Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-27
PRINCE OF THE CHURCH


ARCHBISHOP FEEnANs NEW HONoKs.
Tn. Prlu,.ss of Chicago to No Elected Car
dlnal-Hs Personal Chsracter1sslcs
and Work for tho Church.
Tho cable dispatch from Rome, an.
nouncing that Archbishop Feehan, OF
Chicago, would bo elected cardinal, has
created considerable excitement among the
Cath olics of that city. No official announce
ment of the appointment has been re-
ceived there yet, though there havc been
rumors of Bishop Feehan's preferment,
and there is no doubt that it will take
place. At the house Of Vicar General
Conway it was stated that there will be no
changes of any importance following upon
the elevation of the archbishop. He will
still remain an archbishop, and will prob
ably retain his council as it has been
in the past. Until some more au.
thentic information arrives, the archbis-
hop will remain attending to his duties as
archbishop, and doing just as though no
such honor were Intended him. This title
and designation will be cardinal archbishop
of Chicago. Cardinal Feehan will be the
second American raised to that dignity,
the elevation consisting in making him .
prince of the church instead of Lord.
as he was when bishop and archbishop.
Though entitled to scat in the cardinals
consistory, to vote for pope in case of
vacancy, and to other similar privileges,
he will not be primate of America, even
on the death of Cardinal McCloskey, for
the Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, has
the priority, as that archbishopric was the
first in America.
As soon as the consistory meets and no.
tice is received by Archbishop Feehan of
his election, he will probably start for
Rome, where his induction into Office as
cardinal will take place. His beretta or
red cardinals cap and cape, will follow
him, and on its arrival he will assume 1t
and will hencefOrth be called I" Your En-
inence" instead of "Your Lordship," as
at present.
Archbishop John p. A. Feehan was
born in the year 1929, in county Tippera-
nv, Ireland. He was educated at May
nooth college, in county Kildare, about
fourteen miles from Dublin, and
left for America Immediately upon COM
pleting his studies for the priesthood. He
arrived in St. Louis in the fall of 1852,
where he was assigned to duty as supe.
rior of the ecclesiastical seminary for boys
at Carondelet, near St. Louis. He was
soon after transferred to thechurch of the
I'm immaculate Conception in St. Louis,
where he remained for several years.
In the fall of 1865 he was consecrated
bishop of Nashville, with jurisdiction over
tho churches and other Catholic institu-
tiOns of Tennessee, succeeding Bishop
Wheeler, who was the successor of Bishop
Miles, the first bishop appointed for Ten
nessee. Under his guidance the church
began to grow in wealth and numbers, his
influence being felG from the first. New
churches were established in all the i'm
portant cities and towns and missionary
stations in many of tho more remote
districts of the state.
In personal appearance Bishop Feehan
is unusually striking. He is over six feet
in height, with black hair and pleasing,
intellectual countenarc, His voice and
delivery are good !; his language is we'll
chosen, graceful and easy, marked by
natural avoidance of complicated utter
ances. His sermons are brief, to the
point, and of kind which always attracts
and holds the attention Of his auditors.
He is regarded as a man moderate in his
views, never engaging in: controversies,
but devoting his whole time to church
duties. He is financier of marked exec
utive ability In December, 1870, the
Papal See at Rome appointed him to sue
coed the late Rev. Thomas Foles as bishop
of Chicago, the appointment being at once
approved by the Pope.
EXPLOSION IN A STEAMBOAT.
Officers and Deck Hands scalded. One Man
Killed, ana Five or Six Missing.
At about 6 o'clock Wednesday evening
the steamboat Fanchon, for the Atcha-
falaya river, when opposite Louisiana
avenue, New Orleans, soon after leaving
her warf, blew out the head of her for
ward fiue. E. Quatreveaux the first clerk
who had just gone down on the lower deck
was slightly scalded and blown overheard,
but was rescued. Dave Harkins, second
clerk who was also on the lower deck,
was badly scalded. He cannot recover.
Mike Foley, first mate, was scalded and
blown overheard, but was rescued. The
second mate was also scalded. One COL
ored fireman was instantly killed, and
fifteen colored deck hands were moro or
less injured. Many of them jumped into
the river. Some were picked up by skiffs
but it is believed that five or six were
drowned. None Of tho passengers were
injured. The steamboat John II. Hanna,
which was just ahead and the Dadube
behind the Fanchon when tho accident
occurred, stopped to render assistance.
The FanchOn is owned by the same par
ties who owned the John Wilson, recently
lost on the Atchafalaya, and was in charge
of the same officers. After the excitement
had subsided the Fanchon was towed back
to the city by the tugboat Jones, which
had been dispatched to her assistance.
A YOUTHFUL MURDERER.
His Victim ,,ies After 11s Days Suffering.
John Foster, the victim of the shooting
on April 4th last, died on Wednesday in
the hospital at Pittsburgh, after suffering
for 112 days. About 8 o'clock on the
evening of'the day named he was talking
with another colored man in front of
Carncy's saloon, on Water street, about a
quarrel that had occurred in the afternoon
between himself and negro named Geo.
Jones. While standing in this position,
and unconscious Of danger, man who is
supposed to have been Jones, walked
within three feet of him aud discharged
thirty-two calibre revolver directly at him.
The ball entered his back about an inch
and half to tho right of the tenth dorsal
vertebra, and passing through the spinal
column, avoiding the ribs in its course.
The wound was Of such a, nature that the |
body and limbs below were paralyzed and
have remained in that condition since. |
Jones, the supposed assailant. who is only
16 years old, was arrested in Erie few
days after the crime aud lodged in Jail,
where he has since remained. Two other |
negroes were also arrested for completely |
in the Offense.