Kentucky Irish American from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 2

ii 1 tts XRI8JI AltJERIfC KNTUGKY IRISH fiMtltltftN NM1 11 Np sei oted to the Moral ad Social Advancement of all Irish Americans wILrIAM AX HIQQXJV Publisettear SUBSCRIPTION PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR SINGLE COPY sc iU05CRiPTION8atered SoeodCla Matter Entered ot the UmUrUlo Potorf Ice a 9co idduiia1ICo BiIe tU lltt KENTUCKY IRISH AMERICAN3ZlW Preen Street OWo I 1902LOU LOURATHER RATHER DISAPPOINTING The various patriotic organizations which have been endeavoring i by varied means of ostracism and proscription to restrict the growth of the Catholic church in this coup try must feel gratified at results as evidenced in the census of 1901 It not only shows the Catholics to be much the largest religious denomination in the country but that the present membership of 9i58r 741 is an increase of nearly half a million over 1900 fifteen times the increase of the Protestant Episcopalians who come next with 741 697 members an increase of 31341 In the ratio of percentage the Catholic increase was 25 per cent greater than the Protestant Episcopalians being 51 against 42 Of the total church membership of 28 090637 the Catholics have 326 per cent as against 317 per cent a year ago Of the total increase of 730027 in church members in the past year 468083 or nearly 65 per cent of the increase are Catholics while the total percentage of gain in population is 218 percent and of all church membership 267 per cent the Catholic gain is 51 per cent centOn whole it is clear that the efforts of the patriots have not only failed of success but have had a counter effect If they knew as much of the Catholic church as they profess they would know it is one of the peculiarities of that church that it thrives best under persecution that oppression is the great unifier of the oppressed and prompts them to more earnest effort that the Catholic church has experienced resistance and proscription of all kinds at all times since its founding that the blood oft martyrs has been the seed of the church and that it has not only survived but triumphed over its enemies grown stronger and extended farther over the world This has been its history from the beginning and the last ten years of organized antiCatholic agitation and ostracism has produced the same result in this country as the same policy has in other countries in past centuries PUBLIC PRINTER BEHItyD lt The lowest bidder State 1pt lie printer seems to be like tliy dogs tail as usual The Senate last week adopied a motion and ajv pointed a committee to jog he public printer to print the journal of proceedings daily and flat a copy on each Senators desk every morq ing This is an important require ment qf the public ir rater and his failure to comply wiflf4t4elaysnd embarrasses legislation If he is behind already before the ession of Jhe 1 legislature has fairly started he is likely to block business when bills and reports pour in just as he did two years ago These matters were all brought to the attention of the Printing Commissioners and a repetition of such embarrassing des predicted before they awarded the contract but they decided to again give the State printing to the lowest bidder regardless of all considerations except the price bid claiming that the law gave them no alternativeThe The public printing will be of poorer workmanship and quality and more delayed under the present contract than the last for the rea soil that the price is lower than the last which was too low for prompt and good work The scheme adopted by the public printer to save his eon under his lowest bid of send State printing to country offices mt lack facilities and workman requiring time for shipment back and forth precludes the possibility of prompt and good work Some things are so cheap that tithey are no good at all and a waste of money and Kentucky State printing has been of that class for several years and will be worse under the present contract because the price can not guarantee any better Good printers do not work for low wages but prefer to leave the State and work elsewhere for fair wages as too many of them have done and are doing Poor printers work cheap but poor printers cannot do good work promptly nor otherwiseThe The Legislature is in for another worry over the printing of the journal bills and reports They can remedy the evil however by amending the law so as to require the union label on State printing which preceding Legislatures were petitioned to do but refused If this Legislature will pass such an amendment there will be no more trouble about delay and jimcron printing If they will not do so they will deserve all the worry and annoyance of dillydally and botch prints and we hope the cheap public printer will give them a good and lasting dose of it As the Legislature will have this matter brought before them we refer them to States which require the union label on State printing for comparison with the cheap sys tem in vogue in Kentucky In those States they will find the work alle I things considered the cost cheaper Try the union label printing LOOKS LIKE A JOB There may be some question whether the sale of the citys gas stock is right or wrong though we doubt it but there can be no ques turnabout the strings tied to the pending bill in the Legislature We Can see no good reason for the sale but believe it can only result in pecuniary loss to the city as well as injury to the public Be this as it may why is the city not to be allowed to sell the stock to whom and for the price it the owner of the stock sees fit Why is the consent of the Gas Company required before the city can sell What business is it of the pas Company to whom its stockholders sell their stock As this consent of the company is not required to allow individuals to sell their stock why should it be required before the city can sell its stock Why is the city to be made subservient to the Gas Company in the disposal of property belonging to the city This and other features of the proposed bill look queer or to put it more like politics savors of a job in the interest of wouldbe speculators desiring to get a cinch on obtaining control of the Gas Company and that on terms and at a price satisfactory to them and the Gas Company regardless of consent and interests of the city the owner of the stock stockThere There has been no good reason given for the sale of the citys gas stock while there have been many reasons given against the sale but aside from the real merits of the issue there can be no defense of the scheme of the pending bill to bunko the city out of its gas stock on terms acceptable only to the purchasers and pleasing to the Gas Company which has no right whatever to consideration in the transaction If the city is to sell its gas stock it entitled to a free and open market and any restric tkm can only be for the benefit of others than the city TO BULL THE MARKET The rumors of prospective peace in South Africa reiterated in different shapes and credited to various sources and incidents all seem baseless from a view of the real situation and movements in connection with the war The British Government has appealed to the Britishpeople to enlist and to the colonies to furnish additional contingents to increase the army in South Africa and these appeals failing every part of the empire is i being scoured for troops to be sent to reinforce Kitchener Last week we noted that 1200 men detached from the already depleted regiments on home reserve duty had left England This week 6000 men detached from many regiments throughout India left Calcutta I and others are to follow as fast as they can be gathered from all parts of the empire 1 This does not indicate that thfe Government attaches any credence to the reports of imminent peace or probable ending of the war by defeating the Boers The fact that coincident with these peace rumors efforts are made to boom the London stock market and the well known fact that the Government must call for another loan to carryon the war give color to the suspicion that the purpose of the peace reports is to bull the stock market now greatly depressed maintain and advance the price of stocks overcome the apprehensions of the public start trading attract money into circulation and thus prepare the way for the prompt sale at a fair price of the new Government i consols which it is claimed will have to be put on the market not later than March or April Experience with the last loan demonstrated that nothing is to be expected from foreign markets and the only hope is the London stock market inI I which trade hi i depressed stocks declined and money scarce even at the high rate for London of 3j per cent centfather Rather a poor prospect of floating 5 per cent consols except at a heavy discount heavier than the present quotation It is the avoidance of just such a humiliating manifestation of lack of confidence of its own people that is worrying the Ministry The money must come from somewhere however howeverI I and how to boom the market is the problem Peace in South Africa would undoubtedly do it but real peace except on Boer terms is not in sight Hence the peace rumors which are becoming monotonous and ineffective ineffectiveWe We certainly feel complimented when our editorials are copied with proper acknowledgement by other papers but when our editorials are published bodily as original editorial in another paper the lack of fairness and courtesy assumes such gaily plagiarism that we hardly know whether to condemn our brother editors laziness or admire his nerve But it is a common saying that an editor sometimes does not know how many papers he really edits till he looks over his exchanges A committee of the Typographical Union visited Frankfort on Tuesday and arranged for the introduction of a bill into the Legislature reo quiring the union label on State printing We hope this bill will be passed Preceding Legislatures allowed it to be smothered in committee This time no effort will be spared to at least bring it to a vote as the printers and all workingmen in fact want a showdown to see who is who Louisville members especially will be held to an accounting The success of the Labor bazar the first ever attempted here shows what the workmen can do when they unite and go at it in earnest The financial returns were fully satisfactory and the displays and management were favorably commented by its patrons Of course the ladies who worked so faithfully must not be forgotten in the praise One of the first bills to pass the State Senate was that of Senator Farris to amend the constitution repealing the Australian ballot in i elections and returning to the viva voce system of voting As it passed by a strict party vote it will likely pass the House The Republicans oppose the bill It will have to be I submitted to popular vote then the I workingmen will have a chance to defeat the attempt of politicians to wipe out the secret ballot for which the workingmen so long contended Hon Robert Tracewell Comptroller of the Treasury has been elected an honorary member of Columbia Typographical UnionWash ington This is an honor rarely conferred bnT a non prtnter though Mr Tracewell worked as a i boy in a small office at Corydon Ind and is evidence that Mr Tracewell as a member of CongresS and in other public positions has treated the boys right If ever a people were sick of anything the English people are sick of the Boer war CARDINAL GIBBONS SALARY The Sun of Baltimore recently reproduced portions of an outspoken essay from a Protestant source on the reasons why the church is losing its hold on the masses Considerable feeling has been aroused by some statements made by the writer and a publicdiscussion has been precipitated Though the original artical was written solely from a Protestant standpoint Rev John Whelan pastor of the church of SU Mary Star of the Sea Baltimore has been induced to give an expression to his views The following passage is of unusual interest As to the charge of ambition and avarice being the tilling vices of the clergy that too does not hold good in the Catholic church In many Protestant denominations I understand ifa congregation is not pleased with the ministrations of a manor with his preaching he is invited to take his departure In the Catholic church a priest is assigned to his position by his Bishop The question of salary has no place in the appointment Salaries of two three four or five thousand dollars are not uncommon among the Protestant clergy I wonder how many people are aware that the salary of the head of the Primatial See in the United States Cardinal Gibbonsis exactly 1000 a year Thousands of the Catholics in our own citynot to speak of those else whereare under he care of Redenip torists Easskmists UenedlcUnes or Jesuit The members of these orders receive no salary at all for their services PRIESTS SUDDEN DEATH Rev Father William Walsh pastor of the Church of Immaculate Conception Knoxville Tenn died suddenly of heart disease Tuesday night at the age of fifty three He was ordained as a priest in Dublin Ireland in 1874 and was sent to Tennessee that same year When the yellow fever epidemic of 1878 struck Memphis he went there as a volunteer serving ten years in that city In 1888 he was sent to Chattanooga remaining there until 1890 when he was sent to Memphis again as pastor of St Marys church There he celebrated the silver jubilee of his ministry In June 1001 he was sent to Knoxville Two brothers a priest Patrick Of Chattanooga and Edward of Chicago have died in the past year all from heart disease GRAND EUCHRE The friends of Hojy Cross school are down for a pleasant evening next Wednesday at Music Hall The ladies of that parish have completed all the arrangements for their annual grand progressive euchre which has heretofore drawn the largest attendance of any given in Louisville Rev Father Cunningham has received quite a number of valuable prizes from his Eastern friends for distribution besides which many handsome ones have been donated by local friends of the school The scene to be witnessed at Music Hall Wednesday night will alone be worth the price of admission Games will be called at 230 and 8 oclock oclockSEEKS SEEKS AID FOR CHURCH Rev Francis Xav Havelburg the zealojis and hardworking rector ol St Augustines church Grayson Springs is here making an effort to secure funds with which to complete the new church of St Benedict now being erected under his charge at Nolin The reverend father I has done excellent Missionary work in that part of Kentucky directing three missions and therefore deserves the assistance of all Catholics in his noble undertaking REMEMBERED Burt Shrader son of Mr and Mrs George Shrader pf New Albany who is now employed as check clerk in the freight office of the Southern railway at East St Louis was twentyone years old Wednesday His relatives twentyone in number sent him letters of congratulation one from each and the mail he received was a source of amazement and admiration to hia fellowclerks HARRINGTON REELECTED Timothy Harrington Nationalist member of Parliament from the Harbor division of Dublin has been reelected Mayor of the Irish metropolis Salt will curdle jiew milk hence in preparing milk porridge gravies etc NIt houldnot be adfled until the dish is prepared 1 Written for the Kentucky Irish Amtrlcin A MOTIIERS CHILD I At home or away in the alley or street Whenever I chance in this wide world to meet A girl that is thoughtless or a boy thais wild My heart echoes sadly Ah some mothers child And when I see those oer whom long years have rolled Whose hearts have grown hardened whose spirits are cold Be it a woman all fallen or man all defiled A voice whispers sadly Ah some mothers child No matter how far from the right she hath strayed No matter what inroads dishonor hath made No matter what element conquered the pearl Though tarnished and sullied shes some mothers girl No matter how wayward his footsteps have been No matter how deep he is sunken in sin No matter how low is his standard of joy Though guilty and loathsome hes some mothers boy That head hath been pillowed on tender est breast That form hath been wept oer those tips have been pressed That soul hath been prayed for in tones sweet and mild For her sake deal gently with some mothers child childMARGARET MARGARET A LUCKY MISS BANGS The beauteous buxom Bertha Bangs Is due of our divinest girls She bangs the doors and bangs the chain And likewise bangs her auburn curls She bangs on the pianny too And bangs upon the light guitar But oh of all the bangs she bangs She mostly bangs her auburn hair banging bouncing buxom belle The poets lyre with rapture twangs Responsive to the influence Of thy beloved and beauteous bangs Eugene Field S0Gi Lee McCann of Owenton was a vis ilor this week Owen McCabe is visiting relatives at Charlestown Ind Miss Mae McCann left Wednesday to visit friends in Lexington Judge Frank Daugherty of Bardstown was a visitor here Wednesday Miss Sallie Slack is visiting her sister Mrs Edwin Field in Owensboro Miss Margaret Bacon arrived Thursday from Lexington to visit relatives here Misses Catherine and Nana Coleman are visiting Mrs Lloyd Baldwin in Chi ta oI Spalding a prominent citizen of Lebanon visited here the first part of the week Miss Miriam Pickens left Tuesday to Visit Miss Hermetic Willien in Terre Haute Ind Mrs Gerard Alexander returned Tuesday from a visit to Mrs Ella Elwanger at Frankfort FrankfortFrank Frank Heeney who is known as the Capital City merchant prince visited Louisville early this week Lancaster of Lebanon was among the prominent Kentuckians who spent last Sunday in this cityi i Albanyl Miss Lillie Coyle of New Albany spent a pleasant week as the guest of Miss Babe Baker in Jeffersonville Misses Eliza and Jane Reid of this city were last week the charming guests of the Mfsses Overton at Frankfort Officer James Collins and wife leave today for a two weeks visit with the family of Martin Milor in the country Miss Susie McHenry a pretty and popular Frankfort girl has returned home after a pleasant visit with relatives hereMiss Miss Harriet Sweeney left Wednesday for New Orleans where she will be the guest of Miss Annie Myrtle Seago until after Mardi Gras Mrs Sweeney accompanied by Miss Emma Sweeney left Friday for New York where they will spend the next two months Mrs Sullivan of Portland Me who has been visiting her mother Mrs Maggie Meehan Second street will leave for home next week Mr and Mrs Lawrence Downes of New Orleans who were the guests of Mrs Downes brother Mr George Mulligan of the Louisville Hotel left for home Wednesday evening Dr Ouchterloney who has been ill for about a week is greatly improved and expects to be able to resume his practice within a few days The Young Ladies Auxiliary of Unity Council gavea delightful euchre Thursday night to their friends at their hall on East Ninth street New Albany Mrs Edwin Sweeney of Kokomo Ind who has been visiting friends in this city was the guest of honor at a number of social entertainments I Mlsa Sadie McKenna who sustained a severe gash in her forehead and other injuries by falling on Spring street Jeffersonville last weeks is i doing nicely at her home at Howard Park her Injuries not being as serious as were fearedMisses Misses Ella and Phoebe Harris entertained informally at dinner Monday evening in honor of their guest Miss Louise Gwynn of Columbus Ohio Miss Minnie Moriarty who was seriously threatened with grip is now convalescent at her home to the great relief of her many friends and relatives Officer John Bradley an efficient and popular member of the police force in the First district the brotherinlaw of James McGill lies seriously ill at his home 935 Stevenson avenue Miss Fay Duffy a very attractive and accomplished Jeffersonville girl has made known to her friends her intention of shortly entering the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Misses Anna Murphy and Mary Mead who came to Louisville to attend the i china wedding of Mr and Mrs McCluskey returned Tuesday to their home in Shelbyville Mrs Cora Bennett a society leader of Lagrange Ky is being entertained by her brother Prof A Pemberton New Albanys principal optician at his home 1803 East Elm street George Shea who for some weeks past has been suffering from indisposition has almost entirely recovered having been greatly benefited by the application of Edward Daltons heart pellets Mrs Henry Hoertz and children left Thursday for San Antonio Texas where they will spend the winter They were accompanied as far as New Orleans by Mr Hoertz who will arrive home next week The tacky euchre given Monday night by the Young Ladies Auxiliary of Meckin Chuncil I was greatly enjoyed by those present The prizes were awarded Misses Mary Lanigan Price and Mary Cunniff St Francis of Rome church was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday evening when Miss Esther Donahue the handsome daughter of Mrs Donahue became the bride of Fred Flanagan a well known and popular young railroad man A host of friends wish them a happy journey through life Judging from the many complimentary expressions heard the ball and reception of Division 4 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians was the most enjoyable affair in our local Irish society circles The young gentlemen who had the affair in charge are known all over the city as a jolly set and it was everywhere acknowledged that those who attending would be royally entertained James A Hand a title examiner of the Kentucky Title Company surprised his friends Monday with the announcement that he had been married to Miss Augusta Trauernicht in St Patricks church on November 22 Mrs Hand is the daugh rof Gen Trauernicht of the regular army who died several years ago He was from Chicago but was living in the Highlands at the time of his death The entertainment given under the auspices of the Leo Club at St Marys Hall last Monday night was a decided social success All the numbers were artistically rendered but the honors of the evening were easily carried off by Misses Henrietta Kaiser and Marie Heverin who in the scene from Mary Stuart were the recipients of enthusiastic applause and handsome floral tributesJoseph Joseph Dunlap one of the brightest young men of Louisville and a fine railroad man has resigned his position with the Louisville Nashville Railroad Company to accept a much mere lucrative one with the firm of A Walker Sons the leading grain dealers of Heni i derson taking charge of their entire business Joe leaves a host of friends in this city who though proud of his promotion sincerely regret his departure Society people of Nelson county are anticipating with no little interest the consummation of the engagement of Harry Bowling and Miss Mary Head whose marriage will be solemnized February 5 The groomelect is the son ijf John Bowling of New Haven and a trusted employe of the Mainstreet house of Belknap Co this city while his bridetobe is the lovely and accomplished daughter of Frank Head a prosperous resident of New Hope A new baby arrived this week at the home of Tom Mulverhill the driver of the Central patrol wagon Ed Fitzpatrick says in the Times that Tom is very proud of the kid although it is the ninth time the stork has visited his house The only drawback to Toms complete happiness is that all of the nine are not boys For if they were says Tom I could have a whole baseball club right in the family To those who know Toms fondness for baseball his disappointment is understood Mulverhill will have a big christening at his home Sunday to which all the members of the force are I invited Their many friends in Shelbyville and this city are anticipating with no little interest the consummation of the engagement ot John OLeary and Miss Agnes Sheridan announced for the first time this week whose marriage will be celebrated on Wednesday February 6 at St Patrick A church The groomelect is a successful blacksmith of Shelbyville and a highly respected and progressive citizen Miss Sheridan is the pretty and winsome daughter of Mrs Mary Sheridan of 1850 Baird street She ie one of the most popular girls in the West End where she has won the respect and admiration of old and young by her charming manner and affable demeanor The marriage of George Daniel and Miss Lizzie Hardy which will be solem niled with nuptial high mass at St Pat ricks church on Thursday morning IUI I Stairs Over EnzlUh Woolen HIIU Store One Door Wet of the Biz Store IDEAL DENTISTRY at reasonable prices at the Mammoth Painless Dental Parlors 436 and 438 Market Street Superb Crown and Bridgework Elegant Gold and Porcelain Crown Best equipped office in the city LOUIS A BRORING DDr Sr PROPRIETOR GO TO BRUNNSFOR FOR WATCHES WATCHESDIAMONDS DIAMONDSJEWELRY JEWELRY Here can be foundeverything suitable for wedding and birthday presents A large stock of handsome Clocks at prices within the reach of all Repairing of all kinds done promptly and at reasonable prices 530 West Market Street Lessons on Piano BY Miss Julia Kelly 1731 PORTLAND AYE Terms reasonable to young pupils who join classes now GEHERSON A Complete Assortment of the Latest Styles and Best Makes of Cooking and Heating STOVES Cast and Steel Ranges TELEPHONE 821 214 Market Street Near Second JOHN DRODERICK 432 to 440 Main St Louisville KENTUCKY WAGON FACTORY MANUFACTURES Platform Spring Dump Wagons and Carts Farm Plantation and Spring Wag ons Carts Drays Etc MudTern pertng 1 Wheels Mudand Brick Wheelbarrows Work guaranteed February interests a wide circle of friends in this city and vicinity The i brideelect is an exceptionally lovely woman who has grown up in an atmosphere of intelligent affection and dignified luxury George Daniel is a handsome young man who is makjng a name for himself in the business world being connected with the large Hardy grocery house at Twentieth and Bank streets He is also a member of Division 3 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and is widely known in Catholic and Irish society circles circlesCHEERFUL CHEERFUL WOMEN A cheerful woman is like a ray of sun shine wherever she goes She not only does good to others by example but she helps discontented and gloomy people to throw off some of their native melancholy and they emulate a little of her own cheeriness The cheerfulness that persists in seeing the bright side of everything and discovers the silver lining where others perceive no break in the gray cloud must not be confounded with selfishness and carelessness They are totally different attributes quite antagonistic to one another A purely selfish and careless woman would be thinking so continually about herself that she would have no reserve force left in which to practice the hundred and one little thoughtful actions which come within the ken of the woman who has cheer fulness as her watchword and who endeavors to make her sisters more happy by imparting some of it to them My hour is come IIas the clock lal 5d when it struck 1.