The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-17

matter and report their findings.
Historians agree that it was from the
ChicksaW Bluffs that De Soto first
laid eyes on the mighty stream. He
called it the River Of the Holy
Ghost"
Sprinkler Ruins Archives.-Pre-
cious archives in an iron safe in the
Office of Coach Harper at Notre Dame
University were destroyed last week
when an automatic water sprinkler
burst, sending a flood OF water
through the floor The archives had
been collected and were to be re-
moved to the new library in a few
days. 1t is impossible TO estimate the
loss at this time.
Club Building for x. Of c.-Tnaugu-
ration Of plan to secure commodi-
Gus club building for Salt Lake coun-
Gill; knights of Columbus, marked the
close of an eventful day in the coun-
ellis history in Salt Lake City. The
plan to secure large and permanent
quarters was launched following an
address to the members By the Rt.
Rev. Joseph S. Glass, c. NJ, D. D., at
banquet held in the Hotel Utah in
honor of the members initiated during
the day.
Church Robbed.-Two Fort Worth
churches were entered by burglars
and robbed recently. They were the
Church Of the Holy Name, and the
First Christian Church. Nothing was
missed from the Christian Church
except two pennies, which were lying
on the desk in the pastors study
Silver and gold vessels used in the
services were taken from Holy Name
Church, and were valued at $50. En-
trance to the Catholic Church was
effected through side door which
had not been locked.
Rev. DR.. GuiIday Honored.-The
executive council of the American
Historical Association, at it's annual
meeting held in Cincinnati, appointed
the Rev. Dr.. Peter Guilday, OF the
Catholic University of America, Wash
ingtOn, D. c., and priest of the arch
diocese Of Philadelphia, one Of the
eight members Of the Public Archives
Commission for 1917 Dr. Guilday' s
years OF study in the chief archiyal
cenrcrs Of Europe and the United
States fit him for this high post, and
his friends will rejoice in this honor
which has come to him at the outset
| Of his historical career.
Priest Victim of Auto Collision
| Early last Saturday morning, While
| on the way to the Sacred Heart Cattle
dral, Dallas, Tex, where Rev. 4. J.
Bruening was going to celebrate Mass,
! and Mrs. Louis F. Rick and three chill,
dren intended to receive Holy Com
munion, an automobile, being driven
at a rate of not less than fifty miles
| per hour, crashed into the rear end
! of the Rick touring car with such
| terrific force that a telephone pole,
| against which il was thrown, was
broken off close to the ground Mr.
Rick, who was driving the car, was
not hurt. Mrs. Rick and the children
| were severely bruised. The most
| painfully injured of the party was
Father Bruening, whose back was
badly fractured, and who sustained
other serious internal injuries.
Buys Picture for ,0oo.-Martin
\. Ryerson of Chicago, known as the
| greatest art collector of the West, for
many years one of the patrons of the
Art Institute of Chicago, has just
added to his collections Madonna
by Piero Pollaiuolo, painted about
| 1870, purchased from the Kleinberger
| Galleries of New York for something
in excess of $4,000. The Virgin is
shown in three-quarter length with the
Christ-Child, the hand raised in the
! act of blessing, in her lap. The
figures are placed in niche of stone
| through the sides Of which two
angels appear. The colors are bright
and luminous. The picture has be-
| lOnged to a number of well-1noWn
collections in England and Paris and
| has been shown in exhibitions in
| England and in Berlin.