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Show Diocese of Rctena BUTTE CITY. Close of the Mission in the Catholic Churches. The weath?r was pleasant in Butte Sunday rnd in the churches where Palm Sunday was observed with spe- j , :,,! nA,-tr.oc Ihere was n ; c!"i an" ifauuiui ni ... : large attendanmeoacm foac oac oacoa j 1rg att nince. Thousnds of worship-cf. worship-cf. from St. Patrick's, Sacred Heart I and St. Lawrence churches could be i s-en on the streets bearing the palms ' that were blessed and distributed to 1 the pecplc at the conclusion of the cele-brationof cele-brationof high mass in the forenoon. An exquisite feature within the altar rail of the Sacred Heart church was a statue of the Madonna, profusely decorated dec-orated with carirations and other beautiful beau-tiful flowers. The instructions at the close of the 11 o'c lock mass at Sacred Heart church were delivered by Father Mulconry. The devout father strongly urged upon his hfavers that they should sign the "No treat pledge." This movement was anaugurated by. Cardinal Manning in LondorL.and hundreds of thousansd. of Catholics' have" already signed the Pledge. Father Mulconry stated that the pledge was as. follows: "I promise that for a space of one year I will' riot treat anyone or accept a treat from anyone in a place where intoxicating liquors are sold." Father Mulconry stated that the object ob-ject of the taking of the pledge is twofold: two-fold: it keeps the man who signs it out Of places of sin and keeps money in a man's pbeke for the use of his wife and children; money that would otherwise be sp?nt in dissipation. It is stated by Father Callahan that several hundred of the communicants of his parish had already signed tile pledge and the, appeal of Father Mulconry Mul-conry yesterday' led many more to sign it. 'V Father Mulconry alstvappealed for a larger membership for the League of the Sacred Heart.. The speaker said that all in Sacred Heart parish should ally themre'ves with that sacred league, and it was announced that twenty promoters have been appointed There was an immense attendance of women at Sacred Heart church and the ceremonies dedicating the deVout women wom-en to the b'essed virgin were most impressive im-pressive and beautiful. The exquisitely decorated statue of the madonna was the central figure during the service. Sunday evening's Service closed the mission at Sacred Heart church. The iervices of thii week. holy. week, at this church will be very solemn and impressive, impres-sive, and Easter Sunday will be one of great triumph in the history of the church. Fathers O'Connor and Mulconry will remain in Butte for two weeks, the guests of Father Callahan, after which they will go to Anaconda to conduct a mission there. AT ST. PATRICK'S. At St. Patrick's church yesterday afternoon aft-ernoon at 3 o'clock the mission closed. There was an immense attendance and the vast throng was impressed and edified edi-fied with the snecial sermon, benedic- 1 tion and papal blessing. The members of the parish and others who were privileged priv-ileged to attend the mission were congratulated con-gratulated upon its wonderful success and the blessings that had been obtained. ob-tained. The Easter services next Sunday at St. Patrick's will be very impressive and beautiful. Special music and. decorations dec-orations have been arranged. AT ST. LAWRENCE. St. Lawrence church at Walkervi! has been crowd d to overflowing at th mission services which opened last Sunday week. The mission was opened by Father Niermann and Father Straubinger, and now that St. Patrick's mission haa closed Father Mahoney will also assist at St. Lawrence. The special mission for women closed with a great attendance Sunday afternoon after-noon at 3 o'clock, and the two weeks' mission for men opened. Sunday evening the women of St. Lawrence parish were dedicated to the blesesd virgin, the altar and church be ing beautifully decorated for the occasion. occa-sion. The children's mission at St. Lawrence Law-rence church will open at 9 o'clock on Easter Sunday. The Intermountain Catholic acknowledges acknowl-edges the receipt of an invitation to attend at-tend the annual Easter ball of Ravalli council, V. M. I., of Butte. The affair comes off at Renshaw hall on the even ing or April 4. inese oasis 01 tne 1. m. I. are always anticipated with pleasure. pleas-ure. On St. Patrick's day Mrs. Ignatius Donnelly went over-to Anaconda to sing for the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Hiberni-ans. She was accompanied by Mrs. Belle Rooney, Mis? Dorothy Supernaut and Miss Mamie Nevin. Mrs. Donnelly is a great favorite- in the Smelter City and her selection. "Asthore," was encored en-cored again and again.. She gave for her first encore "Kerry Dance." After the entertainment the Apicius club, a swell organization of Anaconda, composed of ten young gentlemen, entertained en-tertained Mrs. Donnelly and her party at a fine course banquet. The decorations decora-tions were exquisite, all in green, save the wealth of American Beauty roses, which composed the centerpiece. The name cards were water colored gems. After the banquet an impromptu mu-sicale mu-sicale was enjoyed, in which Mrs. Donnelly, Don-nelly, Mr. Hockey, Mr. Davies and others oth-ers participated. Mr. and Mrs. Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Hickey and their guest. Dr. McKenzi?, were also present. On St. Patrick's evening Dr. and Mrs. j John Mclntyre were surprised by a number of their friends at their home on West Broadway. The guests brought with them potatoes, big and small, and the evening was devoted to playing potato games trying to guess the size arid weights of potatoes, carrying car-rying potatoes on a. knife, and other funny games, all with potatoes. At a late hour a dainty luncheon was served. In the party of surprisers were: Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wethey. Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson, Steven-son, Dr. Nevin. Miss Telfar. Miss Wethey, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Berry and several others. ANACONDA. A pleasant birthday party was given by Miss Irene Carriher. youngest daughter of Alderman Charles Carriher, Carri-her, at her home, 416 Elm street. The afternoon was spent in playing games and later refreshments were served. Thos? present were Mary Heater, Myrtle Myr-tle Gordon. Mab:-1 French. Pearl Has-kins. Has-kins. Violet Meltzer. Gilate Mailory, Desourie Moore, :Ada St. Jean. Rernice Kennedy. Marie Denny. Aliee Drag-stedt, Drag-stedt, Agnes Kilpatrick, Ruth Repath. Wayne Mrndrnhail, Luke Mallory. Earl Denny. Eddie Conley, Kenneth Repath and Charles Repath. 7 DEER LODGE. Deer Lodge. March 21 The members of St. Teresa's Literary circle of St. Mary's academy of Deer Lodge, Mont., held their regular meeting in the academy acad-emy hall Thursday evening. March 14. Th? programme, which was an entertaining enter-taining one. was pleasingly render;.!. Each member responded to the oil-call oil-call by a quotation from some famous author. The pupils are nwch interested in their work. ' For March they had studied the second colonial period of literature. The next month's meeting is to be called "The Hawthorne." GREAT FALLS. At St. Ann's church, at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Rev. Father Cyril Pauwelyn officiating, occurred the marriage mar-riage of Mr. Oscar Graetz and Miss Birdie Monahan, both of Gold Butte. Mr. Le Roy Deminon of Gold Butte was best man and Miss Agatha F. Oglesby of this city was bridesmaid. The bride was gowned in gray satin, carrying roses, and the bridesmaid was attired in white silk. . The wedding partv was entertained at dinner by Mrs. Oglesby at her home at 910 Fifth 1 acenue norm. u nnz-.- vhuck, ' left Tuesday morning for Gold Butte, where they, will make their home. Mr. Graetz is a well-known mine owner of the Sweet Grasp hills, and his bride has also v sided in that section for a considerable time. Both have many friends in northern Montana. Mrs. Patsy Dv.yer died at 6 o'clock Monday evening, at her home at. 311 Sixth avenue, south, the cause of death being appendicitis. All that three surgeons sur-geons -could do to save her life" proved of no avail. Funeral services were held at the family residence, and at 10 o'clock on Tuesday mass was celebrated celebrat-ed at" St. Ann's church. ' Interment in Calvary cemetery. . .. ; . Mrs. Dwyer was born Oict. 2;i. 1869, at Mitchell., pnt.-She-. -ind4Mr, Dwyer , were married Nov. 1. 1S9.". 'She" was a loving, devoted wife and a good'. woman , l I in all relations of life. She had many friends and to all the news of her death will cause much sorrow. : t A very large and congenial crowd as 1 sembled at Luther's hall iri the evening ; of St. Patrick's day to enjoy the de i lightful entertainment and dance given j j by the Ancient Order of Hibernians to I their friends and the members of the i order. The hall was artistically deco-I deco-I rated in flags and irt the colors of the I day( and the dining room was entirely ! in green and white. At li o'clock a ' very elaborate supper of salads, sand- ', wiches", coffee, cakes, fruit, oysters, ! etc.. was served by the ladies' auxiliary of the A. O. H. During the evening ap- , pronriate and enjoyable selections were I rendered by Dr. Brady. Mrs. W. W. i Judd and Mr. Nick O'Brien. The enm-I enm-I mittee on arrangements was composed ! of Mrs. J. A. O'Neill, Mrs. James j Greeley, Mrs. B. Joyce and Mrs. White. . i The music for the dancing was fur- ' i nish d by Bovee's orchestra. The ! ivHnlo affair was a erost sureess in ' every way. and the Hibernians have! every reason to be proud of the work I that is being done by the local lodge, j The ladies of the auxiliary wish to j return thanks to the A. O. H. and also j to the public for their patronage of the I supper given by them. j Drastic Politics. Helena. Mont., March 25. The entire police force of this city last night quit their jobs as a result of orders received by the officers from Mayor Frank J. Edwards, given in connection witlLthe Republican primaries which are toXbe held in this city Thursday night. Edwards Ed-wards is a candidate for re-election and , will go before the Republican city convention, con-vention, to be held Friday night, and ask for the nomination. A strong faction fac-tion of the party is endeavoring to secure se-cure the nomination of Dr. William Treacy. and already the fight between the two factions has grown exceedingly bitter. The policemen assert that they were personally instructed by the may- or to attend the primaries and to arrest ar-rest all anti-Edwards Republicans. The . men favorable to Edwards were to vote ! a colored ticket, and those not having I this ticket were to be taken in and 1 locked up until after the primaries were over. After holding a consultation consulta-tion among themselves the men derided derid-ed it would be better to quit now and avcid further trouble with the mayor. Accordingly they handed in their resignations resig-nations last evening, the members of i tve night force offering 1o remain on duty until morning. Great excitement prevails as a result re-sult of this action, and the friends of the mayor have advanced charges of bribery. Some of the men who quit tonight have been on the force for fourteen four-teen years. |
