East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-01-06
Death of Archbishop Hughes.

From tho N. Y. World, Jana
John Hughes, Right Reverend Arch
bishop of New York, of the Roman
Catholic church, died yesterday after
noon at his residence, 1913 Madison
avenue, in this city. He had been
sick for some days previous, his illness
appearing to result from his extreme
age and feeble state of body rather
than from any accute attack of sudden
disease, and his demise had been mo-
mentarily expected for more than for
ty hours. He expired calmly at half
past in the evening. He was appa-
rently in full possession of his mental
faculties at the moment of his death,
but was very weak and unable to
speak. Besides his physicians there
were present at his bedside, Bishops
Mclaughlin and Clusky, Fathers
Mooney, McMahan, Michigan, Nc
Carthy, STAIRS, and some others. His
great age, some seventy-eight years,
had brought with tia feebleness of his
physical strength that appeared to be
increasing for some time past, and de-
stroyed tho vigor of his bodily system
so that he was unable to rally from the
last attack. The illness of the veneer
able prelate was referred to in the
Catholic churches yesterday morning,
when the priests, many Of them with
tears flowing copiously, requested the
prayers of the church in his behalf,
for recovery, if such should be the Di-
vine will. There was an unusually
solemnity in the services, as it was
generally understood that the Arch
bishop was dangerously i'll. The ar
rangements for the funeral services
will be made to day. The death of
Archbishop Hughes will be deplored
beyond the limits Of the church gov
eminent. His hearty efforts to pro-
mote what he believed to DO the best
interests of humanity in America, his
warm interest in the welfare of the
country, evincod by his labsrs and
precepts at home and abroad, will be
remembered and revered by whole
people, without regard to theological
distinctions, whilo in the church of
which he was here q Jealous and dig
nifed prelate, the news of his decease
will be received with the deepest and
most heartful regret.
John Hughes n IT,, Archbishop of
New York, was born in the north Of
Ireland in I I,oo, am. vas consequent
ly about sixty eight years old. He
was the son of respectable farmer,
and on emigrating to this country in
1917 was placed with forist to learn
the art of gardeninS. Being of n stu
dious and ambitious turn of mind, he
did not remain in this employment,
but entered tho theological seminary
of Mount st. Mary's, Emmettsburg,
Md, where he was soon employed as
teacher. He was ordained priest in
1925, and was settled in parish in
Philadelphia. In 1882 he founded
st. Johns Church in that city, and be-
came its rector. In 1887 he was APP
pointed coadjutor Of Bishop Dubois,
in the diocese Of New York, and in
the following year, Bishop Dubois be-
ing attacked with paralysis, he was
appointed administrator of the diocese.
The government Of the church in that
dioees was henceforth in his hands,
though he did not become actual Bish-
op until 1912, when Bishop Dubois
died. The coadjutor had already be-
como distinguished, and was the found
err of st. Johns College at Fordham
subsequently he established the theo-
logical seminary of st. Joseph, at Ford
ham. In 1914 he was solicited by
President Polk TO accept special mis-
sion to Mexico, but declined. In 1860
New York was raised to the dignity of
an archicpiscopal see, and Bishop
Hughes was invested with the sacred
office at the hands of the Pope, at
Rome.
Archbishop Hughes has been fire.
quently engaged in public controver-
sizes in defense of his religion, and dis
tinguished himself alike by his abili-
ties and the good temper which he
preserved i'll all his discussions. He
was n prelate of great influence, which
he used for the best, and since the civ
il disturbances in America has en-
ployed the great weight of his charac-
ter earnestly iu behalf Of the Union.