The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-02-24

Scottish Catholic v. C.-Quickness of
decision and unhesitating bravery and
self-sacrihce mark the deed by which
Private Lauder, Royal Scots F'usiliers,
the latest Glasgow Catholic V. c., won
his distinction. During the Gallipoli
campaign Private Lauder was engag-
ed in bombing the enemy's trenches.
One of the bombs failed to clear the
parapet and fell back among t he bomb
ing party. There was no time to
smother the bomb, but Private Lauder
put his foot on it, thus localising the
explosion, which caused him the loss
of his foot but saved the rest of the
party.
Recent Appointments a list Of
honors which appears in the "Acta
Apostolicae Sedis" publication is given
to the nomination of the Right Rev.
Mgr Henry Parkinson, Birmingham,
England, as Parliamentary Apostolic;
the Right Rev. Mgr. Stanislaus J. Dou-
Get, and the Right Rev. Mgr. Michael
A. OKeeffe, as Domestic Prelates. Mr..
Edward Eyre, Westminster, and Mr..
Edward S. Graham, Commandant OF
the Artillery of the English troops in
the Vicariate Apostolic OF Sierra
Leone. have been made Commanders
of the Order of Pope S. Gregory the
Great, in the civil and the military
class respectively, and upon M. Gus
tavc de l.amarZelli, member OF the
Senate OF France, the Grand Cross OF
the Order of st. Gregory the Great mas
been conferred.
Irish Inmajcration FaIls.--Irish i'm
MIGRATION continues to show steady
decline. The official returns for 1916,
just published, are the lowest on rec
ord. Only 1902 persons emigrated
as compared with 1860 in 1915,
% 91A in 1914 and 30.967 in 1913
Only 4,207 went to the United States
or 2,474 less than the previous year.
Prepaid passages to the Uni ted States
used to make up the bulk OF the emil
grations to this country. Last year
thev numbered only 511. The emf
grafton from Ulster is still the high
est of the four provinces and amount
ed to 1888 in 1916.
Bishop of neutrality-suspicious.
say that Mgr. Emdici, Bishop OF Trent
| is imprisoned in a convent, because
Of his nrO-Tta1ian sentiments.
! Ven. oliver PIunkett.-The Sacred
| CONGREGATION Of Rites has postponed
for seven months the Cause of Beatifi
| cation of the Ven. Oliver Plunkett
Archbishop of Armagh.
| Irish Bishops-The Bishops of Ire
land have issued note urging the
people of Ireland to cooperate witt
| the civil authorities for a greater in
crease in tillage and food productions
Society of Christian Mothers.-Tht
| Society of Christian Mothers canon
ically erected few years ago, is dolnE
splendid work, and has received thu
commentator of the Holy Father.
Cathedral of Verdun.-The grea
Cathedral of Verdun, France, perchet
on a hilltop and visible for miles, il
but little damaged by the shells tina
have wrought desoiation and destruc
ton all around and below it. 1t Il
considered a wonderful preservation.
CaroIus-Duran Dead.-Enil August
Carolus- Duran, the painter, died Feb
ruary IS. NJ Carolus-Duran was born
at Lille in 1888. He lived for a time
in Spain and Italy. He was grant
officer of the Legion of Honor and ;
member of the institute. He painted
many portraits, among them that o
| Pope Plus X.
Irish in China.-The Bishop o
Buffalo, Mgr. Dougherty, recent!
Bishop in the Philippines, relates
that, as he was on his way to thu
Mission House in Hongkong, China
he met "a pig Chinaman, CARRIED il
true Monaghan style, with a yar'
long queue, mustache, and goatee.
The Bishop accosted him enquirin'
| if he spoke French. The Chinamal
replied: What's the matter witt
you? Sure, I am Faith er Keneall.
from Cork"
First Hospital in RoFne.-Fabiol
established the first hospital in Rom
and the West, says st. jerome. In tn
18th century Rome had thirty hosp
tails. The Hospital of the Holy Ghost
in Rome, built about the year l20C
had a room or ward 400 feet long b
forty feet wide. The CIR and Hospita
: of Milan was opened in 1856 and
y still used caring for more than 200
patients. It's ceilings are from 80 t
40 feet high; it's wards were spaciou
corridors. When Scotland was Catht
lie before the "Reformati on she ha
II hospitals.
; Money Raised for Children.-Th
Corriere d'Italia subscription for Be
gian children has reached the sum {
100000 francs ($S,000), and this ha
been handed to M. Van den Heuve
Belgian minister to the Holy See, wit
letter expressing the pleasure tn