A W e e k ly N e iv sp a p e r a n d R e v i ew .
DUM VOBIS GRATÜLAMUR, ANIMOS ETIAM ADDIMUS UT IN INCCEPTIS VESTRIS CONSTANTER MANEATIS.
F ro m the B r i e f o f H is H o lin e s s P iu s I X . to T h e T a b let , J u n e 4, 18 70 .
Vol. 80. No. 2738. L ondon, October 29, 1892.
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[R egistered a t the General Post O ffice as a N ewspaper.
■Chronicle of the W eek :
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Catholic Schools of Manitoba— The Death of Mrs. Harrison— General Booth’s Honesty—Bishop Tucker upon Uganda—Mr. Courtney on the Political Outlook— The German Military Bill—France and Italy—Illness of the King of Spain—A Battle in Dahomey— The Dedication of the World’s Fair—The Waldstein Will Case — Two Naval Accidents — The Imperial Christening at Berlin— Death of M. Albert Millaud— Floods in Sardinia — Inaugural Lecture of Professor Froude— Massacre by Indians .. 681
waders : Maltese Marriages
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Father Ohrwalder’s Captivity . . 686 Only One Book a Year .. . . 686
C O N T E N T S .
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) “ The Authority of the Bible and t a . __/->1----------------- v. »• no- i the Authority of the Church ” . . 687 Marriages in Malta . . . . . . 689
St. Ambrose’s House.. . . .. 690 N otes . . . . . . . . . . 690 R eviews :
The Lady R.A . .. . . .. 692 The Cemetery of St. Priscilla .. 693 I A Home Grammar.. .. . . 694
Chapters Towards a Life of St.
Patrick .. . . . . .. 694 The Servite Manual .. .. 694 Meditations for Every Day in the
Year .. , . . . . . 694 How God Inspired the Bible .. 694 t Fifty-two Short Instructions on the Principal Truths of our Holy Religion .. .. . . 694 Life and Writings of Sir Thomas
More ................................... 694 I Letter to Cardinal Rampolla . 695 I The Catholic Congress in Spain . . 695
Correspondence :
Rome :—(From Our Own Corre
Page spondent) . . . . . . . . 697 Dublin :—(From Our Own Corre
spondent) ........................ . . 698 L etters to the E ditor :
A Catholic C l u b ........................ 701 “ The Dedication of Our Old
English Churches” . . .. 701 “ Our Duty Towards Non-Catho
lics at Home” . . . . . . 701 Lord Forester’s Statistics.. .. 701 The British Pilgrimage to Rome,
1893 .. .. .. .• 701 The Organ at Ober-Ammergau .. 702 Needless “ Horrors ” . . . . 702 A Lourdes Cure .. . . .. 702 Cardinal Manning’s Works . . 702 The Site of Calvary . . . 702 Catholics in the Army . . . . 702 Aspects of Anglicanism Mr. Gladstone at Oxford The Lord Mayor-Elect •• 703 . . 704 . . 706
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; Social and Political . . . . 7°7 , A ppeal to the Charitable . . 7°7
O b ituary ........................... . . 7°7
SUPPLEM ENT. D ecisions of R oman Congrega
t io n s .. N ews from the Schools :
Canon Diggle on the Free Educa
tion Contest in Liverpool Section Five of the Free Educa
tion Act Ratcliffe College . . ^ .. St. Vincent’s Industrial School,
D a r t fo rd ................................... St. Edmund’s College N ews from the D ioceses : Westminster ........................
Southwark . . . . .. Plymouth St. Andrews and Edinburgh Glasgow
713 714 715 715 7I5 715 716 716 716 716
The Columbus Centenary .. . . 717
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OF MANITOBA. A
r c h b i s h o p t a c h e , of Manitoba,
has forwarded to the Governor-General of Canada a lengthy petition, in the course of which he enumerates the injuries inflicted by recent legislation upon the Catholic body, by the attempt to merge its schools into those of Protestant denominations, and after calling to remembrance the previous efforts of the Queen’s afflicted subjects to procure some redress o f these grievances, prays for a reconsideration on the part of her Majesty’s representative in council with a view to the abolition of the Acts 53 Vic. Cap. 37 and 38, the fruitful source Of the mischief. By these Acts all members of the community of whatever religion are compelled to support what are called Public I schools, which are practically neither more nor less than | the Protestant Denominational Schools in a new garb, and j bolstered up from the national resources. The first effort ■ to obtain a repeal of the obnoxious statutes proceeded in April, 1890, from eight members of the Legislative I Assembly of Manitoba, who, through James E . P. Prendergast, M .P .P . for Woodlands, transmitted to the Secretary o f State for Canada a petition for “ such relief and remedy as to his Excellency might seem just.” Within a few days a similar document was presented by the Catholic section of the Board of Education through its president, the Archbishop of St. Boniface. The same prelate having recounted the circumstances attending the pacification of the outbreak which occurred at Red R iver in the winter of 1869-70, reminded the Governor of his predecessor’s proclamation, in which, on behalf of his Sovereign, he promised that, on their union with Canada, “ all their civil and religious rights and privileges should be protected,” and prayed that, as violating that promise, those statutes should, by whatever means, be rendered ineffective. His Grace then quotes at length an important memorial which proceeded from over 4,000 Catholics of Manitoba. The present document conclucfes with a repetition of the now long-standing claim for consideration and redress.
N ew S e r ie s Voi,. X LY 1 II ., No, 2,047
After a lingering illness, the wife of the t h e d e a t h President of the United States expired at m r s . h a r r is o n . l^ie White House early on Tuesday morn
ing. Throughout her married life, Mrs.
Harrison has been the efficient help-mate of her husband, and has been frequently alluded to by him in public as “ indeed my better half.” She was born in Oxford, Ohio, in 1834, and had therefore completed her 58th year. Her father, the Rev. Doctor William H. Scott, was at the time of her birth President of the Oxford Female College, and she was brought up in an atmosphere of books. When only 16 years of age she met Benjamin Harrison, at that time a student, and before her 17th birthday she was engaged tobe married to him. The future President was then quite poor, and though in the possession of an historic name had little or no worldly prospects, and marriage seemed a remote possibility. Just as his schooldays were at an end, however, and he was about to go to Indianapolis to begin his work in a law office, an aunt left him a legacy of jQ i 60. On this minute fortune the young people decided to marry without delay. This they did, Harrison and his girlwife driving across the State of Indiana in an old farm waggon. Their first home in the city of Indianapolis consisted of a little three-roomed house, for which they paid a rental of 24 shillings a month. Mrs. Harrison is said at this time to have assisted her husband in getting up his cases, and generally in his law studies. The breaking out of the Civil War found Mr. Harrison a lawyer in good practice, and holding the position of Clerk of the Court. Indiana was very slow to respond to the call for troops in defence of the Union, but Harrison recruited and equipped a company, and though leaving a wife and two little children behind him, took the field himself. He was at once sent to the front, and bore himself with such courage that he was three times promoted for signal bravery in action, and this, more than any other circumstance, led to his nomination as Senator, and so paved his way to the Presidency. Mrs. Harrison had been the first to urge her husband to serve as a soldier, bidding him not to be anxious about her, as she could take care of both herself and the children. In 188 1, when Harrison entered the Senate, his wife had a difficult part to play— the Senate being then composed very largely of millionaires, who vied with one another in extravagant hospitality. Her fine tact, however, enabled her to overcome every social difficulty, and the same qualities have helped her to perform the heavy duties which have since fallen to her lot at the White House. Her death has caused genuine and wide-spread
