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rochial. school, are endangered by the
! mine settings in that section. The
Rev. DR.. George ]. Lucas, the pastor,
| states that workmen are but twelve
! feet away from the church and that
! blasting can distinctly be heard dur
! inc the services. The Bellevue public
! school is also threatened with serious
| damage, while other educational build
| ings in the city are also in danger.
| The Delaware and Lackawanna Coal
! Company, which operates the mines.
offers to sell the coal beneath the
buildings to save further trouble
| Hospital Burned.-St. Mary Hospi-
/ tai. at Jefferson City, No. a four-story
| stone structure and the leading in
| stitution of its kind in Central Mis-
souri,, was destroyed by fire of I'M
known origin February II, after II
| patients had been rescued from the
| burning building. Many women, in
Guiding Mrs Frederick ID. Gardner,
wife of the Governor, hurried to the
! hospital in automobiles and helped re-
/ lieve the suffering of the sick patients.
| Mrs. Gardner later turned over one
! entire floor of the State Mansion to
/ the Sisters of the hospital for the care
of the patients.
| His Last Official Message.-On the
/ eve of leaving the presidency of Bra
! zil, DR.. Braz, through the minister Of
| foreign affairs, sent message to the
| Chamber of Deputies recommending
! that the delegate near the Holy See
| be raised to the rank of an ambassa-
| dor. in gratefulness TO the Holy Fa-
! Their for having chosen as the first
| Cardinal of I.atin-America a Brazilian
priest, IAN act" says President BraZ,
without political significance, but of
/ great moral value to the people of
Brazil, Catholic nearly in totality.'
! And the Brazilian review, Ave
! Maria" makes the pointed remark
that, had the Mexican government
| taken the above utterance into ac-
count, Mexico, one of the most impor-
| tant frst-born daughters of the Church
in the New World, would have en-
| joyed the honor bestowed upon Brazil
Christian CiviIization.-A proof that
the great government of Brazil is not
neglecting the work of it's mission
aries in the conversion of the Indians
living in the immense regions yet I'M
explored, is the following telegram re-
ceived by DR.. Amaro Cavalcanti min
lister of justice: Il make known to
your eXcellency that the recent eXplo-
ration of the Indian territories of Rio
des Mortes is happily concluded. Re
lying on Gods protection and your
patriotic support, we shall begin the
the Caian Indians, mortal enemies of
the BOrOros, and constantly at war
with them. | am starting with the
new eXpeditiOners and about seventy
two Bororos lately baptized, with the
purpose of establishing in Rio des
Mortes new mission which will re-
quire no small pecuniary resources.
Most cordial greetings. Bishop Nalan.
Thanks America.-One of the most
interesting visitors to America for a
long time is Mile. de Saint Exupery
lady in waiting to the Duchess of
Vendome, sister-inlaw OF King Albert
of Belgium. The Duchess de Ven.
dome has had charge of large
amount Cf hospital and relief work in
both Belgium and France and has sent
Mile. de Saint EXupery to the United
States to express the gratitude OF
these two countries for the splendid
generosity of America, to thank the
American ladies who have helped her
in relief work, and to beg of them to
continue the assistance for some time
The need in the devastated regions is
as great as ever, and what has been
started must not be abandoned
Jesuit Artist Dies.-Many a wor
shipper, while kneeling in different
churches in the Northwest, has won
dered at their decorations, which evi
dence so much painstaking and arts
tic labor. But few know the author
His name was Brother Joseph Carig
nano, of the Society of Jesus. Re
Gently Brother Carignano passed tC
his reward at st. Elizabeth Hospital
Yakima, Washington. He was born
near Turin, Italy, in 1853, and entered
the Jesuit Order in 1873, in the Prov
ince of Turin. Brother CarignanC
took up the artists career as a pro
fession and attained his rank in that
vocation by diligent and thorough
course under proficient instructors
and today quite a number of the mis-
sion and other churches bear artistic
testimony of his handicraft as paint
er of acknowledged ability, clear anC
devout conception, and painstakins
execution. He also gave the art Of
his pencil and brush to many a relig
iouS house, convent home, and ever
family dwelling of the Great North
west.