The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-04-14


her particular branch.
Priests in Larger cities.-The Arch.
diocese of New York has LILO priests;
Chicago, SIG; Boston, 7S4; Philadel-
phia, 726; Baltimore, Col: st. Louis,
554; Milwaukee, 427; San Francisco,
401; Cincinnati, 372; st. Paul, 346;
New Orleans, 319. The diocese of
Pittsburgh has 552 priests; Brooklyn,
al: Newark, 4f4; Buffalo, 42i Hart
ford, 40; Cleveland, So; and Detroit,
81.
Left 100000 Estate,-The will of
Dennis Murphy, eX-ML.A., late of OF
tawa, Ont, disposes of an estate of
approximately s2,000,000. His son
and daughter, Lieut.. G. p. and Miss
Hilda Murphy, receive 100000 each.
The same amount is divided equally
among three grandchildren, $4,000
each. Another granddaughter is left
81 900. The widow receives the resi-
due and $4,000 per year; sister,
Mrs. Annie Cummings Cornwall, $780,
600; sister, Mrs. Nell Macdonald, Mon
treal, annuity of $1,000. Substantial
sums are also bequeathed to local
Catholic charities and personal friends
and servants.
The Call of the Nation.-ln the
Catholic churches all over Manhattan
and The Bronx, the clergymen of New
York from their pulpits last Sunday
urged their hearers to sign the dec
laration to the President which is be-
ing circulated by the mayors commit
tee on national defense. In St.
Patrick's Cathedral, Mgr. Mooney
urged those who attended each serv-
ice to sign. The Cathedral had 10000
blanks and the enrolment was large.
In the Church of the Resurrection Fa-
Their Murphy made all the services pa
triotic demonstrations, and this
course was followed in nearly all the
churches i'll all boroughs. In Ho-
boken, New Jersey, Father Conrad of
ST. Joseph's installed a desk in the
church vestibule, where signatures
were obtained.
A Patriotic Priest.-Greeley, Colo,
Catholics are preparing to show their
| patriotism in this time of national
need, says The Denver Catholic Reg
lister. Rev. Raymond Hickey, pastor
of st. Peters Church, made arrange
ments last week to place a fOrty-foOt
steel fiagpole on the tower of the
| church, and Old Glory, as represented
| in a banner, six feet by twelve, was
| fioated from the edifice Sunday. A
patriotic service marked the unfurling
of the flag. Father Hickey is also or
| ganizing a branch of the Red Cross
| Society in Greeley A Denver parish
| the Blessed Sacrament, has just had a
75-foot steel fagpole erected just be-
side the church.
Cemetery Damaged.-As a result OF
a cave-in of the workings of the Dia
| mond coal mine of the Lackawanna
Company, on the morning of March
IS, underneath portion of the Cattle
dral Cemetery in West Scranton, Pa.
several bodies were precipitated into
the mines. Collins and rough boxes
| were torn apart, while the ends OF
other boxes and caskets were left pro
truding from the jagged edges of the
cave. When informed of the matter
Rt. Rev. Bishop Hoban was indignant
at the Dissertation of the graves, which
| hn 6npln rod hIt thn nj
the ruthless methods employed by the
mining company. He announced that
he would call a mass meeting to pro
test. According to residents near the
cemetery, rumbling noise preceded
the cavern. Investigation revealed q
hole about seventy-five feet by forty
feet in dimensions and forty feet deeI
just inside the cemetery fence. A
glimpse into the yawniAg chasm re
vealed broken collins thrown about
in disordered fashion, and their con
tents exposed.
| Priest Taken llI.-Rev. Louis NJ
Fede, S. j., pastor of the Holy Fam
lily Church, Denver, was seized with a
fainting spell when celebrating Mass
for his congregation on recent Sun.
day, and was compelled to cease the
service. Later in the morning, he said
| Mass at his home. His condition is
not serious. 1t will probably be sew.
! eral days before he feels right again
but he is not confined to his bed
Father Fede, who is II years old, is
the oldest pastor in Colorado. 1t is
doubtful if there is an active pastor
in the country older than he is.
Work House Fire.-On Saturday af
ternoon, March II, fire broke out in
the common chapel of the work house
Blackwells Island, New York
Strange to say, though the fire de-
stroyed the entire chapel, organ
books and affairs (there being Catholic
affairs at one end and Protestant al
tar at the other) and worked it's way
to a considerable distance into the
building beyond, it passed by the little
sacristy, ten feet square, used by the
Catholic chaplain. One may imag
inc the surprise of the latter when he
ventured on a plank stretched over
the charred beams of the chapel anC
opened the door of the sacristy to