The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-06-12
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new undertaking. A unique and in
teresting event was the presentation
of a Chinese play. THE Dream of San
Toy" under the auspices of the Sis
tiers, was given on June 2. All the
actors were Chinese.
Sir Louis Jette Dead.-Hon. Sir
Louis Amable Jette, formerly Chief
Justice of the Court of the Kings
Bench of the Province of Quebec, and
Lieut. Governor of the Province of
Quebec, and father-in-law of the Hon.
Rodolphe Lemieux, died in Quebec last
month. Sir Louis Jette was born at
L'Assomption, Canada, January Is,
1886, and educated at the college
there He was called to the Bar in
1857, and entered Parliament to rep
resent Montreal East. He was Lieut.
Governor of Quebec from 1898 to 1908,
and was appointed Chief Justice OF
the Court of Kings Bench in 1909.
Tacoma Church.-On Sunday, May
coo church. now in the course of con-
struction for the Holy Rosary parish,
Tacoma, was laid in the presence of
members of the parish and all the
Catholic societies of the city. The
Right Rev. Joseph McGrath, D. D.,
Bishop of Baker City, Officiated in the
absence of Bishop O'Dea, who was
unable to attend. Bishop McGrath
was formerly pastor of St. Patrick's,
Tacoma, and it was JOY to his host
of friends to have him in their midst
again. Also present for the ceremony
was the Ri. Rev. Oswald Baran, 0. S.
B., Abbot of St Martins, who for 10
years was pastor of Holy Rosary par
ish. Many members of the clergy of
Tacoma and neighboring cities were
present
Arizona Honors Nuns-T ravel
stained and weary six nuns who had
braved hundreds Of miles of sand and
heat on the southwestern desert, rode
into TuscOn, Arizona, on the jOlting
stage from San Diego. That was in
1870, when Indians and white outlaws
were the perils Of the road. On May
26 was the semicentennial of their
coming, observed there by Catholics
from all parts Of the state. On the
morning of that day the Right Rev
Bishop GranjOn of Tuscon celebrated
pontificial High Mass at st. Angus
tines Cathedral. Afterward a jubilee
celebration and reception was held at
st. Joseph's academy, founded by the
order to which the pioneer nuns be-
longed. These pioneers came from
| the mother house of CarOndelet, St.
Louis. They travelled down the Mis-
sissippi and completed their long jour
ney by stage.
Dr.. Thomas S. O'Brien.-Dr Thomas
S. O,Brien, former Associate Superin-
tendent of Schools of the city of New
| York. died last month at his home
Before his retirement in 1913 he had
served for fOrty-twO years as an edu-
Gator in the city schools Dr. O'Brien
was born in Tullamore, Ireland, So
years ago and came to this country
at the age of 16. He received his edu-
cation at the College of ST. Francis
Xavier, N. Y, where he later received
the honorary degree of LII. D. He
also received the degree of Phi. D. from
New York university. Early in his
career he served for time on the
staff of the New York Herald and was
accorded the honor of reporting the
astronomical observation of the tran
sit of Venus in 1872. After leaving the
Herald he took up teaching in the
public schools, serving in various ca
pacities until 1898, when he was made
associate superintendent, which posi-.
ton he held when he retired.