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Show Letter From Martyr McKinnon. St. Paul, Oct. 16. Archbishop Ireland has received a letter from Rev. William Wil-liam McKinnon of Manila, who died before his letter had reached its destination. des-tination. Father McKinnon was a martyr mar-tyr to his own zeal nnd loyalty to duty. Exhausted from devoted attendance upon cholera patients during the recent epidemic in Manila, this heroic priest at length fell a victim to the plague and died at his post of duty. As chaplain of the First regiment, California volunteers, Father McKinnon McKin-non went to the islands almost in the beginning of American occupation and remained until the time of his tragic I death. During that time he took a prominent part in establishing the sovereignty sov-ereignty of the United States, having been charged at the outset with the reorganization re-organization of the school system and holding to the end of his life a place on the Manila school board. Following is part of the letter, which is dated Sept. 2, 1902. and addressed to the 'Most Dear Reverend Archbishop:" "Your interview XX' a a mi,r.V o tm-ii-o!o t ed by all here. I enclose a clipping from the Manila American with regard to it. "The way in which our government was being abused at home made me almost al-most ashamed to ask any favors for the church here, but your interview will show that the Catholic body is not back of those attacks. "Governor Taft is the idol of the people peo-ple of these islands, and Vice Governor Wright is next in favor and abuse of them by our Catholic papers at home has done much injury to the church here. "The cholera is still raging here, and I am pretty well tired out." |