The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-01-06
NEW WORLD ITEMS

Aid BY Brothers.-Aid given by
Christian Brothers, novices and EN-.
ployes at the Christian Brothers No
Vitiate at Pocantico Hills, N. Y, pre-
vented what threatened to become a
very disastrous fire on the Stillman
estate during the night of December
6.
Cardinal Gibbons Senior Bishop
The recent consistory in Rome has
drawn attention to the fact that Cardi'
nal Gibbons is now the senior bishop
of the whole Catholic world.
Negro Hospital.-St. Anthony's Hos
pital for Negroes will be a new addi'
ton to the public welfare institutions
of Memphis, Tenn, as result OF the
jealous labors of Rev. Father ]. B.
Glenn, rector of st. Anthony's Catho-
lie Church, Memphis.
Oil Boom Helps Kansas Parish
The recent discovery of oil at Edo
RADIO, Kas., has so increased the Cath
Ollie population of the town that ap-
plication has been made to Bishop
Hennessey for a permanent rector.
Governors As PaIIbearers. - The
governor of Louisiana and five ex-
governors were among the active and
honorary pallbearers of Sister Mary
Agnes, siXty-three years a Sister OF
Charity and forty years superior OF
the Charity Hospital in New Orleans.
Hospital Campaign. A campaign
directed by the Chamber of Com
merce, was started in Tiffin, Ohio, a
few days ago to raise a sum of 100000
to pay the Indebtedness of Mercy
Hospital. The hospital was built four
years ago by the citizens and by them
turned over to the Sisters of Mercy
to conduct.
Champion Monument.-Mrs. John
F. Champion, widow of the millionaire
mining man, intends to erect 100000
mausoleum to the memory of her hus-
band in Mount Olivet, the Denver
Catholic cemetery. The work will be
done i'll 1917.
Catholic Girl Wins.-Miss Helen
O'Keefe, who was educated in Holy
Name Cathedral parochial school,
Chicago, has just won the $4,000
prize money for sequel to the
Diamond from the Sky"-a movie
serial.
Preacher Becomes Catholic. L,
Gamewell, for more than twenty-five
years a Presbyterian minister holding
important pastorates in Texas, has
joined the Catholic faith and will join
the editorial staff of "Antidote," a
Catholic paper published in Hereford
Tex.
Building Fund in Notre Dame
Warren A. Cartier, of Ludington
Mich, treasurer OF the Building Com
mittee of Old Students Hall at Notre
Dame, has reported that $44,500 has
been pledged to the fund for the new
building.
$4,000 For Orphan Home.-Prac
tically $4,000 is assured as a result
of the Embarrassing campaign for the
Christie Home for Orphan Girls which
closed in it's public canvassing phase
Saturday evening in Portland, Ore
The success of the campaign has been
largely due to the efforts of the
women's teams, which turned in large
amounts.
Venerable PreIate Dies.-The Very
Rev. Mgr. c. M. Frain, Roman prelate
canon of the st. Louis Cathedral, and
for thirty-four years the rector of the
Church of Our Lady of the Sacred
Heart, in Clayborne avenue, st. Louis
whittier he retired in August, 1915
after resigning his pastoral charge
owing to old age and constantly in
creaSing infirmities.
Request for Negroes.-Rt. Rev. Mgr
John E. Burke, Director General of the
Catholic Board of Work Among Color
ed People, announces that a bequest
from the O'Connor estate, recently re
ceived, will enable the board to pay
the salaries of all the teachers in the
schools supported by it. Since Jan.
uary /, 1916, over $4,000 have ',Heep
received in requests by the board. ::
In Unity They DweII.-In the opera
house in Shamokin, Pa, concert was
conducted last week by a Catholic
priest, a Salvation Army captain and
a Presbyterian pastor for the poor OF
the town. The performance cleared
in round numbers, nine hundred dol
lars, and was SO successful that an
other performance will be given after
the holidays. The priest was Rev. W.
w. Whalen, of st. Edward Church.
Comet coming.-A gigantic comet
outclassing in size and brilliancy all
those seen in modern times, is speed.
ing toward the sun at the rate OF
1,1S4,246 miles a day, according to the
Rev. Martin S. Brennan, priest
astronomer of st. Louis. The comet