JESUITS (ante). The religious instructors of the first Catholic settlers of Maryland were Jesuits who came with lord Baltimore from Europe. John Carroll, born in Mary hind, while receiving his education in France'became a member of the society of Jesuits, and was with some other Americans completing his studies when the order was sup pressed. At the commencement of the American revol don he returned to the United States, and after the establishment of peace he was appointed vicar-general. The prog res' of the Jesuits in the United States since that time has been rapid. They are divided into two provinces, those of Maryland and Missouri, and several missions. The province of Maryland has establishments in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massa chusetts, and the district of Columbia. The province of Missouri has establishments in dioceses of ,St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Milwaukee. The mission of New York. founded by the province of France, is now independent, and has establishments the state of New York, Canada, and the Indians of lake Superior. The province of
Germany has a mission which operates among the Germans of New York and Ohio. Tim mission of New Orleans, established by the province of Lyons, has several monas teries and colleges in New Orleans and Mobile. The provinces of Naples and Turin have numerous missionaries in Colorado, New Mexico, California, and among the Rocky mountain Indians. The colleges of the Jesuits in the United States are: St. John's, Frederick, Md.; Loyola, Baltimore; St. Louis university, St. Louis, 31o. ; college of the Immaculate Conception, New Orleans; St. Charles's, Grand Coteau, La.; Spring Hill, Alabama; St. Joseph's, Bardstown, Ky.; Gonzaga, Washington, D. C.: St. Ignatius college, San Francisco; Santa Clara, Cal.; St. Joseph's. Philadelphia; St. John's, Fordham, N. Y.; St. Francis Xavier, New York; college of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. The Jesuits in the United States in 1874 numbered 1002.