The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-12-01

law. me Temere,' and the arguments
! adduced by the Michigan lawmaker
all go to show the wisdom and fore
sight of the Church.
Monument to Hero. - Information
has been received by the Knights of
Columbus Committee on War Activi-
ties, at Washington, that monument
will be erected in one of the public
parks of Kansas City to the memory
of Lieut.. William T. Fitzsimmons,
medical corps. U. S. Army, the first
American soldier to meet death in the
present war. DIR. FitZsimmons was a
Catholic and prominent member of
Kansas City council, Knights of Co
lumhus His death occurred in
France, Thursday, September 6, when
he was struck by bomb dropped from
German aeroplane. Had he lived
"a hours longer Lieutenant Fitzsim--
mons would have been commissioned
captain
Venerable Nun Dies.-Sister M.
Maud, one Of the oldest members OF
the Sisters of st. Joseph in the Do
cese of Philadelphia, first cousin
of Right Rev. John e. Fitzmaurice,
Bishop of Erie, and Rev. Francis P.
Fitzmaurice, rector of st. Joachim
Church. Philadelphia, and a second
cousin of Very Dew. Edmond j. Fitz-
maurice, V. G., Chancellor, died on No
vember at Mount st. Joseph Con-
vent, Chestnut Hill, the motherhouse
of the Order She had been an in
valid for the last five years, having
sustained an injury in fall at the
Cathedral convent from which she
never recovered A month ago she
suffered stroke of paralysis, which
! resulted in her death.
Fire In lnstitute.-Fire of unknown
| origin destroyed the dormitories and
part of the upper structure of st.
| Johns Institute for Deaf Mutes at ST.
Francis, Wis, recently. Sixty-seven
| inmates of the institution assisted in
| fighting the fire. The fire gained con-
| siderable Roadway The pupils were
all at Mass in the chapel. They filed
| out in orderly manner and while some
! sought to fight the flames, others as
| sisted in removing books and house
| hold commodities from the first and
| second floors. The first thought OF
Rev. NJ NJ. Gerend, superintendent
who was saying Mass, was to carry
the Blessed Sacrament and sacred yes
| sells to safety. This is the second fire
| suffered by the institute in ten years
| The west half of the building was de-
stroyed in 1907 The institute is at
| the extreme end of the ground of St
Francis Seminary. 1t is used as a
| school for the Catholic deaf mutes' OF
| Milwaukee and the archdiocese gen
orally 1t is under the charge of Fa
| Their Gerend and ten Sisters.
| eae
| A Notable Nun.-With the death OF
Sister NJ Stanislaus Murphy, at the
| motherhouse Of the Sisters of Mercy
Cincinnati, a few days ago, there
passed one of the most notable fig
ures of the religious life of this coun-
try. A frail little woman, she was
one of the founders of the Sisters OF
| Mercy in Cincinnati, nursed the sick
and wounded at the battle of Shiloh
and braved the smallpox epidemic
| that broke out after it; and was one
| of the most efficient workers during
the cholera epidemic at Cincinnati in
1866. Sister Stanislaus, who at the
time of her death was IS years OF
age, was one of the little band OF
Irish nuns, who came from Kinsale
Ireland, to Cincinnati at the request
of Archbishop Purcell.