The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-10
THE CARDINALS END.
He Dies Peacefully About One
O'clock This Morning.a
MOST HAPPY END.
Surrounded by His Relatives and
Beloved Priests, the Cardinals
Spirit Takes Flight.

New YORK. October 1O.-Cardinal Nc
Closkey died at ESQ o'clock this morning.
neacefully and surrounded by relatives and
clergymen OF his church. Soon a'ter r
o'clock yesterday afternoon the Card'na'
sank into Inconsistencies. and SO cont'n-
ned through the evening. The gravest APP
nrebensions were based on this fact,' and
Monsignor Farley, Father Donbrosse ana
Mrs. John Kelly, who was in her home,
were hurriedly summoned to the Cardinals
house and bedside. At 10 O'Clock those
about the bedside of the sick man were OF
the firm belief that he would
NEVER AGAIN REGAIN CONSCIOUSNESS
The Cardinals nephew had been sent Tor,
he being in Philadelphia. For some hours
prior to his loss of consciousness, the
Cardinal had taken no nourishment, and
those who watched felt that all that
was left was the inevitable and the speedy
exhaustion of the unsupported vital forces.
Rev. DR.. Doucey came hurriedly, soon alter
10 O'Clock, and joined the group OF watch
ing friends. 1t was thought then that dis
solution might be distant yet from ten to
twelve hours, but this was not to he.
THE DEATH SCENE
About midnight the lights began flashing
from the various rooms in the Cardinals
house and to the group waiting outside
there cam q consciousness OF unusual &C
tivity inside, which was Indicative Ofthe ap-
proach of the closing scenes. At 12:3O
o'clock nervous twitchings OF the muscles
of the dying mans face were observed, and
the household drew nearer. DR.. Bent was
by his side and constantly felt the rapidly
Pickering pulse. The Reverend MOnsignors
prayed fervently and repeated the invoca-
tions for the dying. At 1886 the scene
was one simply of waiting.
THOSE PRESENT.
On one side of the bed were the Cardinals
~nieces, Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Cleary, and ON
the other side were Miss MeCloskey and
Miss Mullen, the latter another niece.
Behind them, standing almost in a circle,
were the Monsignors Farley. Preston and
Quinn, Archbishop Corrigan, DR.. Mcdonald,
Father Donbrosse and assistant priests at
tached to the Cathedral, %reciting the
prayers for the dying. DR.. Kries,, at the
head OF the bed, a%nxiously watched the eb-
bling life OF his patient, who, although un-
conscious, still held in his hand the c%rucifix,
the emblem of his faith. At 1850 the end
came.
cardinal John McCloskey was born in
Brooklyn, in 1910, Of Irish parents. He
attends the schools in his native city, and
afterwards passed through college. He was
ordained as a priest when about % years
of age, and was soon afterward elected
president of Fordham College, and under
his illustrations it took high rank. In
1S47 he was created Bishop OF Albany, and
at the death uf Archbishop Hughes, Of New
York, he was appointed as his successor.
When it was decided by the Holy See to
confer a Cardinals hat upon an American,
the field was thoroughly canvassed and
Archbishop McCloskey selected for the dis
tinguished honor, AMI in the year 1875 he
was. with all the pomp and ceremony Incl
dent to such an occasion, invested with the
insignia OF his office. The event was one cf
the most memorable in the history of the
Roman Catholic church in the United
States, as it evidenced the fact that the
head Of the church had finally decided to
recognize the wonderful strength Of the
church in this country. The selection OF
McClOskey for the ~Cardinalship was a most
happy one. An American by birth, Il man
OF literal education and attainn,ents, and
one who, in his dual life OF priest :,nd citi-
zen, desel we'd and held the respect If the
great mass Of his fellow citizens. Like his
illustrious predecessor he was universally
respected and his death assumes theyshape
OF a public calamity.-EDIToR.]