The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-01

at nll rs the measure Of what the donors were
willing to give. but simply rs the small amount
then deemed necessary to relieve the Arch
bishop.
But all that gave but a few days relief. Then.
Tor the first timo. the seriousness OF the situ-
alton began to- be realized. All this terrible aud
unusual trouble had n deeply painful effect
uuOu the Archbishop. Those about him say
that he has aged more since the beginning OF
November last than in several years before.
me distress OF the unfortunate depositors AZ
measure Of the blame that all familiar with the
facts agree was not his due. As soon rs tho
resignation to Home. That was in No
vembcr. At the same time there went from
great numher Of the priests in his diocese an
tion should not be accepted. IL has not been.
Not even has its receipt been officially recog-
Cardinal Simeoni took the occasion To reply to
the Archbishop that his resignation under the
circumstances was inopportune." which some
peopl" take TO be sarcasm. based upon the
fact that the Archbishop opposed rs "inoppor-
tune the adoption Of the dogma ot Pupal in
iallibility at the last council attended by him.
The fact is however. that the Cardinals use OF
that word was In letter upon the subject to
Bishop l'orgcs ot Detroit and no official COM
munication has been received by the Archbishop
IN January. when the means already noted
hmd proven utterly insufficient, an earnest
effort was made to raise n sum supposed To be
sufficiently large to meet the requirements OF
the case the debt then being supposed to be-
about 100000. II was projected TO issue
500 900 worth of bonds to secure which real
estate worth t9i000O was mortgaged. That
real estate included tho cathedral and grounds.
seminary and grounds. the Consiiine farm of
eghty.four acres. a lot worth SS0.OOO, ana other
valuable property The bonds were to bear five
per cent. interest were to run three years at
least. and be redeemablc within twenty
years. The mortgage was made on Jan. 20 and
tho trustees then named were Cnas. Stewart.
Albrinck. and the Rev. Father L. A. Quinn.
The bonds were printed and parties stood
learned that the % indeRtednes%s NJ % was "VT more than @
100000. and how much more none could tell.
Tie useless bonds were locked up in n
afeir into their hands for the Arch
bishop. have since been steadily at work
ness has swelled from day to day. They viii
not say what the total amount is and prefer not
20 give any information OF the actual dlscov-
cries they have made prior TO the completion OF
their report. which they hope to have done next
week. Consequently all the rumors SGT afoat
outsiders. not Of positive knowledge from
ha,,I. them But there good reason to
the lesser sum named The trustees had little
no assistance from Father Purcell Indeed thcy
say he could give them but little. He had no
books to turn over TO them. only u bundle of
nutes-some s625. 900 OF nominal value. q part OF
which only will be paid. As for the claims
pass books and memoranda held by depositors
in the most confused, entangled. and almost
hopeless manner imaginable.
On the 18th inst. the Archbishop called
synod Of the clergy OF the diocese at which the
SUBJECT OF renewing MIN was discussed. ana
four plans or schemes. all presented by the
Rev. Father Callahan editor Of the Catholic Teie-
graph, wore adopted; These were, first. a dio-
cesan aid society. II contemplated n society in
each congregation. the members of which should
pay 10 cents per month each. There are one
hundred and fifty congregations in the diocese
each Of which would enroll 800 members at
least. ana the total receipts would be thus t5O-
900 a year. or hall million in ten years. Sec
Catholic churches in the city. and by churches
outside at their convenlcnce. from which.
estmatr1. the yield would be $4,000 annually.
or t75O,OOO in ten years. Third. colec
tons Of voluntary contributions from the
lottery. II WINS also kept in view, in the pre-
sentation Of these uropositions by their origi
nator. that the 81 100000 raised 10y the first aud
second schemes in the ten years would. II ap-
piled by wise and prudent men. from year 10
yelr in business. yield some 100000 or
ten years. Then there WAS property t.
be disposed -of-the original Considine
farm. with its enlargements. some III acres ia
all. worth S4OO.OuO; asiNty-nine thousand dol
lar mortgage on the Cutter street property. be-
tween Clark aud Court. which used 10 be the first
Catholic graveyard in the city: stock to tho
amount Of $4,000 in remunerative candle
manuiacturipg enierprlse in TINS city and some
other available assets. The trustees have some
other scheme to propose. but are siill consider
The Archbishop has left the matter entirely
tive found him to-day NJ his residence lust be-
fore going to a carriage 70 oe taken few
rest and tranquility. His face WAS deeply
bnsd' evidently more 6 ~ mental anxiety ,S
KIND coartesy which has " made him him
SO popular. only know" said no
that neither my brother nor have spent one
cent Of church or trust money for ourselves.
nor have we now one cent in our pos
session. Sss great deal Of the be- large sum
parish churches | believe But had no
charge Of the matter whatever. for / knew my
own incompetence in the matter Of money af-
md r.1.t
lated me upon having so competent a man TO
take charge Of that business for me as my broth
er. and | left II all 10 him entirely. When
found how matters stood | offered my resigna-
tiou. That was In November. Some seventy Of
our priests wrote to Rome begging that my
resignation would not be accepted; also a
ooS d aiormation q" Of any any action 9''5 being me-
was simply treated as Il il had not been offered
| know the story that has been bruited abroad
Of reply TO me from Cardinal Simeoni but
in Rome | thought II was nopporune 70
make this dogma OF the papal infalliblity; AT
The same time acceded 10 the views Of the
majority; but have not personally received
the retort alleged 10 have been sent by the Car
dnal. Concerning these unhappy troubles
about finances. | will have TO refer you 10 Father
Callahan. who knows far more about them than
l DO. Anything he says TO you l will cheerfully
endorse"
Father Callahan, who Is the private secretary
OF the Archbishop. after recOunting much Of the
matter already given. said: The present
residence. cost not less than $3.50 600. tho re-
modelling. organ and other furniture say
$4,000 more. The taxes and assessments on
that part OF the property. not exempt as prop
erly church property. not less than $4,000
more" IA trustee atterwurd placed that Inter
item at S75.OOO nj leastl IL was on Nov. ]
1915 that the cathedral was cOnsrcrated and the
present Cardinal McCoskey. a pupil of Arch
bishop Purcell. preached the conservation ser
mon. Neither before that date nor since
have there been any contributions by
tho congregation or by other Catholics
70 pay the cost OF this great property
There have been no collections and no
assessments OF any kind. All has been paid by
Father Edward Purcell. Then the current
expenses Of the cathedral are annually
some 81 600 In excess Of the pew rents
which are small, and the voluntary Of
ierngs; and that has been always borne
| 10y Father Purcell. But there has been
! no extravaganza You see we1ve very plainly.
and the priests salaries are only $500 year.
| The Archbishop himself never received Il dol
| lar OF salary from his congregation
| fces Tor bnptisms and marriages Were
| all he received. Nor did his broth
| er, who was his Vicar General. eyer
receive any salary Every Archbishop is by
virtue OF his Office entitled TO "A SALARY from his
diocese, known as the cathedralicum, and the
smallest such salary in other dlocesrs is 81 600
or $4,000 per annum. But Archbishop Purcell
had never. until he had been twenty-five years
4 bishop. accepted "a dollar from his diocese
Then II was urged upon him. He said TO the
clergy Offering II. | wanted no cathedraicum,
but A will give ton dollars each To tle tlpO-