People

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 38, 18 September 1902, Page 10

P eople

Saturday, August 2, was the centenary of the birth of one who played a great part in the Catholic revival in England. On August 2, a hundred years ago, Nicholas Wiseman, Cardinal Archbishop- of Westminster, was born at Seville of an Irish family settled in Spain. The Buenos Aires ' Southern Cross ' reports the death of Mr Nicholas Jordan, who had experienced the varied vicissitudes of Argentine life for over half a century. The deceased, who had reached the patriarchal age of 102 years, was born inEmpor, County Westmeath, and went to the Argentine in 1848 The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has lent the King a full-length portrait of himself, painted by the Hungarian artist Gyria. The Emperor is represented in the uniform of the Colonel-in-Chief of the let Royal Dragoon Guards. This picture is to be hung- in the private apartments at Windsor Castle, probably in the corridor. Mr Sohwab of the Steel Trust has been taken suddenly ill at Atlantic City. He is suffering from nervous prostration, and bis friends state they are anxious about him. The Maharajah Kumar of Tagore, who was brilliantly attired and had with him a considerable body of followers, was received in audience by the Holy Father recently. The V* ry Rev. William Whkrnee, Rector of San Silv< stro in Capite, presented the Prince to the Pope and also acted as interpreter. The Holy Father has conferred upon Mr J F. Spencer Turner, a well-known resident of Rome, the title of Marquis. Winifred, Lady Howard of Glossop (says the Catholic ' Herald '), who has lately returned to London from a tour in Palestine, is one of the mot-t determined travellers of che day, and has published a journal of a tour in the United States, Canada, and Mexicr. Lady Howard in a daughter of Mr Ambrose dn Lii-1. , of Garendou Park, Leice^terphire, one c>f the oldest of our old Cathoho families, sn d married m 1803 Lord Edward Fuz-ilan H<n\ani, who was gu-.rdiun of the prti-ent Dke of Norfolk, and dettd as Deputy Furl Marshal during a portion of the late Queen's hf ■. He was created Lord Howard of Glossop, and was father of the present peer The Right R( v. Bishop McSberry, Vicar-Apoi-ti'lii. of the Enstern District, Cape of Good Hope, is one of the small lumbtr of non-mihtary mentioned by way of special distinction in Loid Kitchener's final despatch published in the ' Gaiotte.' Mr. fhomas St. John Gaffney, whose reception by President Loubetat the F.lysee I'alace, Pan-, was reported recently is a native of Limerick City. Mr. Gnffney enjoys a very largo legal practice as a member of the New York Bar. A leader in Republican politics, he was on very close terms of friendship with the late President M'Kinley. It may be mentioned that Mr. Gcffney, wbo n a prominent member of tho United Irish League of America-, accompanied Mr. John Redmond on hiß visit to the White House on his late tour through the Slates. M. (Jambon, the French Ambassador to the US., drove to the Eiy*e* in company with Mr. Gaffney. It htin been truthfully Paid that the pot s of Erin may be found in every part of the civilised woi Id. The appointment of Ei.nquo O'Xeil as a justice of the peaoe at Vitqu «, Pono Rico, adds weight to the assertion. Giovanni P. Morosir i, tho well-knovn New York banker, whohan jnnt pi. punt d rhe inunuipaluy if V t mi-i- witn £20,000 for the reiiuil ii' g or the gnat Camp.mlo, or hell tower ot bt. Maik'^ church, \n a native of the hi-torio city, arid is a devout Catholic, and, although a patriotic American, is intensely proud of the glories of his race.

Mr Patrick Ford, of the New York ' Irish World,' iB about to visit Ireland. He makes his home in Brooklyn, where he is highly esteemed by all olaaaea of the citizens. Cardinal Manning, on the day before his death, said to Canon Ryan, of Thurles, ' Give my love to Dr. Croke, and tell him we have alwayß been two honest Radicals.' Mr. Stead, in an account of an interview with Cardinal Manning, says : — ' " The Arohbishop of Casbel," paid the Cardinal, in aocents full of loving admiration, is a " saint." And he added many expressions of affection, which showed that he loved him as hie own brother.' Dr. Oroke, says the ' Iriah Times,' was a splendid specimen of the robust and genial ecclesiastic. He was equally at home in the ball-alley or on the hurling ground. When he was 70 he learned to ride the bicycle, and until quite recently he used to watch for a young priest who fancied himself as a handball player. There was no finer sample of healthy Christianity im Ireland. The late Mr. C. Kegan Paul's confidential business adviser for the past 13 years has been giving his opinion of the deceased. ' I can testify for myself and those around me,' he said, 'that he never said a harsh word, never waß guilty of a bitter or ungenerous thought. He \yaa a very ardent Catholic, and it waß owing to his influence that I had the happiness, along with my wife, of being received into the Churcb. He suffered a veritable martyrdom before his death, and he was for the past six months stone blind.' v