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Deaf I'm New York City Of ..
''nso'snsd fre'ate. Cardinal MccloIn's us
Biographical Sketch. *"e'-i'rie
New YORK, Oct 10.-Card;r.,
Closkey died at 1880 o'clock this m Nc
peacefully and surrounded by relative lung,
%clergymen of his sect. Soon af.os and
o'clock yesterday afternoon tho w.. toas
sank into Inconsistencies, and So co,aa
through the evening. The grayest .Nea
tensions were based on this f,ot N'l"r,
Mgr. Farley, Father Donbresse and ;aAa
John Kelly-who was at her ho"s'
were hurrlediy summoned to the Car1ins,,
house and bedside. At ten O'clock ~"
about the bedside of the sick man wsr n'0,e
the firm belief that he never again wl. !,
regain consciousness. The Ca,1;n".
nephew had been sent for, he he;m" $
Philadelphia. For some hours nria ~
to his loss of consciousness ""'
Cardinal had taken no nourisbn.e
and those who watched felt th,, eAt
that now was left was the ineyjtahla ai
speedy exhaustion of the unsupported aai
forces. Rev. Father Doucey came hIrr;'ls '
soon after ten o'clock and joined thu yro" "s
of watching friends. 1t was vet them,'"aD
that dissolution might be from fem a.t
twelve hours distant, but this was not toh IA %
About midnight lights began flashing f ,op'
various rooms in the Cardinals house . a"s
to the groups waiting outside there ca "ns
the consciousness that the unusual actjyj,.
inside was indicative of the approach y
oIn.;nr con,oc Al 1O.Yn n N' VI |
ing of the muscles of the dying mans t W.
was observed, and the household o ,"ye
Learer. The doctor bent by the hed I' !
and constantly felt the rapidly flicker.
pulse. The reverend monsisnnns
prayed fervently and repeated inyucatinns
for the dying. Half-past twelve, and t%s
scene was II simply OF waiting. N.Y.
one side Of the bed were the Cardin,yyaa
nieces, Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Cleary. and oS
the other side were Miss McClosker an "
Miss Muller, the latter another niece. E@
hind them and standing almost in a circy,
were Mgrs. Farley, Preston and OHM" |
Archbishop Corrigan, DIR. Mcdonald. Fatha,
Donbresse and the assistant priests attacIsi
to the Cathedral, who recited the PRAYERS
for the dying. DR.. Keyes, at the head
of the bed, anNiously watched the ebfa |
ing life of his patient, who, though uucon.
scious, Still held in his hand a cruelty ,Ia
emblem of his faith. At 1880 the enl
came, and SO peacefully and painlessly that |
those who watched scarcely new TIM
the great change had come, until d. |
Reyes signified that all was over and
that the Cardinal was dead. Then ,6e
butler. Walsh, ushered forth to a cab the
venerable Rev. Donbresse. The sery.
ants eyes We're wet, and DIR. Keyes. who
supported the reverend father on one side |
said to the waiting crowd %outSide: 'Tie
Cardinal is dead" Mgr. Preston rename +
with the relatives and offered prayers for
the repose Of the prelate's soul. The other
dignitaries and priests retired after tie
death.
John McCloskey was born in BrookIrr
March 10, 1910. He studied theology in a sem.
mary at Emmettsburg, Md, and graduate |
from Mount st. Mary's College. He received
t the n ilrst orders rssass January m 8, 1854 and then wen,
a year in France he returned to this country
and was appointed assistant pastor of s..
afSsephh's ec c ! ,a in this city hIsn and n six months rs
ls+l, nominated him first President of St.
Johns College. at Fordham, but in 1872 hcl
sumed the rectorsh!p of st. Joseph's Church.
suggestion of Bishop Hughes. his coudjutor,
and was consecrated with the title of Bishop
of Axicre March 10, 1874. Bishop McCloskcy
was nominated first Bishop of Albany MAY
q, in the division of the diocese Of New
York, which took place in 1871. After
the death Of Archbishop Hughes, he was
appointed to the See Of New York Mayd. Isl;
the building of the Fifth Avenue Cathedral.
He was created Cardinal Priest March Ia, ls5
The jurisdiction over which Cardinal McCloS
key presided comprises the city and county
of New York, and the counties south o. the
fOrty-Sccond degree north latitude. excepting |
those on Long Island.
Cardinal McCloskey was the first Cardinal
of America, and upon his death be does rot
Of necessity have q successor. The growth
OF the Catholic Church in this country
has been so satisfactory, however, that
there is no doubt felt about the COW
tinuance of the Cardinals cap in New Yors.
But it is thought that even greater favor
will be shown the Catholics in this coun,ry
than that, and that before the cap is again
given to New York either Archbishop Glib
bons. of Baltimore, or Archbishop Williams.
OF Boston, will be made a Cardinal. 1t is
thought most likely that the cap will be given
to Archbishop Gibbons. The cap will prob.
ably then be given to Archbishop Corrisan,
and there will be w Cardinals in America.