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...first day's session was expected to be taken up largely with formalities ? organization ? speeches by the Mayor of Scranton and the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton. As usual, Mr. Lewis was elected permanent Chairman of the convention, but Mr. Lewis had not cared to be present for the first day's routine. So Thomas Kennedy, President of District 7, a conservative, was made acting Chairman. Then was Cappellini's opportunity, before Lewis arrived...
...will prevent Constantinople from becoming the seat of any other Greek Orthodox Patriarch. The Greek Orthodox Church has ancient patriarchates at Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem, but these are all cities in foreign hands. The Tzar, who used to have an authority in Greek Orthodox circles somewhat less than the Roman Catholic Pope, is dead. To whom can Tikhon go for help...
Carthage. The excavations under Count Byron Kuhn de Prorok and the Prince de Waldeck have been suspended, but a more systematic scheme of operations will be started later by arrangement with the French authorities. A Roman chapel and Punic tombs were unearthed. The government has been aroused by indiscriminate vandalistic excavations, and future work at Carthage will be limited to those having permits from the resident-general at Tunis...
...muddy banks have yielded up a colossal statue of Minerva. It was discovered by workmen on the site of the old Emporium which was a landing place for marbles shipped from Greece to Imperial Rome. Antiquaries declare that the statue might have been dropped into the mud by Roman stevedores...
...project was started over 50 years ago by Bishop Horatio Potter. The cornerstone was laid in 1892. During the ensuing decade and a half the chancel and seven chapels were dedicated. In 1911-14 the foundations of the tremendous nave were laid, reminding one of the appeal of the Roman Catholic Cardinal to the mediaeval churchmen of Seville: " Let us lay here the foundations of such a cathedral that men will say we were mad ever to have attempted it." Ten years of inaction have followed, and the foundations have been tantalizingly vacant. Upon his induction to office, Bishop Manning...