People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 33, 17 August 1905, Page 10

People We Hear About

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ronrlfl & Z\ Hent /. D6nlfle ' 0 - P " Wh ° dled at M ' Uni^ recently while on his way to Oxford to receive an honorary degree, was the greatest living authority on modiamai history,: and had been for over twenty years attached to the Vatican Archives

As a little illustration of the universality of the Church, the ' Sacred Heart Review ' notes the wide separation of an Irish Catholic family, the Kennellys of Jsorth Kerry. Of two brothers, one is a missionary in cnina, the other a parish priest in South Australia ■ and two sisters are members of the Order of Mercy in California.

Captain Travers H. Falkiner, of the Comuught Ran^ gers, rode with the unemployed from Leicester to London. Falkiner is the son of the ex-Recorder of Dublin ho gained the blue riband of the Northern Circuit of Ireland Captain Falkiner addressed the Leicestermen in Trafalgar Square, and promised £1000 to their iunas. f Tr he d n°r ath *?, announced from Scranton, Pennsylvania, of Mrs. Mary Padden, a sister of Michael Davitt. Mrs fad den was widowed many years ago, and although left in anything but affluent circumstances, she would accept no aid from anybody, but by her own efforts determined to maintain her family. She did so successfully leaving them all in comfortable, well-to-do circumstances. k + i s u LminenCe Cardinal Gibjbons, of Baltimore, celebrated his 71st birthday on July 23. He was born in Baltimore of Irish parents, and educated in Ireland Ixe was ordained priest 44 years ago, consecrated Bishop in 18G8, appointed Archbishop of Baltimore ten yeais later, and recehed the red hat in the same year Ihe death of Lord JVlassereene in London the other day will recall the fact that he was the lineal descendant of Mr. John Foster (Lord Oriel), the last Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. The mace of that assembly, which Mr. Foster, as its Speaker on the extinction of the Irish Parliament, refused to deliver except to the authority-the Irish House of Commons— from whom he had received it, is preserved as a precious heirloom m Antrim Castle, the country seat of Lord Mas&ereene, who was the holder of Mr. Foster's coronet and peerage. Dr. Thomas Addis Emmet was honored on his 77th birthday (says the ' Irish American ' of Juno 3) at a dinner giun at Delmonico's by his medical friends About 12d guests were present. Dr. Emmet was eseorttnl to tho dinner by Archbishop Farley, uho pronounced the blessing and also made a brief speech. Dr E C Dudley of Chicago, made the address of introduction. Others who sio'ke were Dr. W. M. Polk Dr W H Baker, of Boston ; Dr. S. <J. Gordon, of Portland 'mc '• Dr George T. Harrison, and Dr F. J Quinlan. 'in his leinarks Aichbishop Farley said : ' I ne\er felt more of a layman than I do at this dinner gnen to the eminent physician, Dr. Emmet. Honor is due to him who stands at tho head of the medical profession. What he has ac in literature, medicine, and surgery is more than suilicinit for any one man. H e has lifted up for himself, a m< nument for work that will s'l-and long when he is in his grave.'

The inquiry into the methods of «ie War Office has again brought the name of General Sir William Butler into prominence. The 'Westminster' printed the other day some interesting details of the career of this remarkable Irish Catholic soldier —Sir William is one of many Irishmen, as his speech readily "netrajs, who have r ism to fame in the ranks of the British Army But his chances in this respect looked slender enough at one time These were the days of purchase, and the £1500 needed to get him his company was hopelessly beyond his resources. A bright idea occurred to him, howe\er and on, the inspiration thereof he cabled to Wolsplev then m command of the Red River Expedition : ' Please lenieniber me,' followed <rp his wire by the first Canadian boat and by the sheerest good luck obtained the appointment co\eted His wife has a personality .scarcely less distinguished. Sir William had caught malaria in one of his campaigns -As he lav recovering from the fcAer in Netley Ilosjilal he hear,! wonderful accounts of £i? IC w? Jiamo(iJ iamo(i ' TllC Roll ( ' aI V by a certain Miss Elizabeth Thompson, winch was drawing all London to Burlington House, and when later, oh his first day in London, ho went to see it, his eagerness to know tho painter was irresistible. Miss Thompson became the lion ot the London season , the Duchess of Rt Albans introduced the soldier to Ihc artist, and thiee year? after they were man and wife