St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-10
Americas Greatest Catholic and Human
itarian Breathes His Last in New
York City.
He Dies Peacefully and Quietly, Full of
Years and Honors, and Deeply
Mourned.
Dissolution Witnessed by Men Emil
nent in the Church and by I'm
mediate Relatives.
a Review of His Most Notable Life
and the Many Good Works That
owe Existence to Him.
Passed AWAY.

! rounded by men high IN the church and
immediate members of his family. The
cardinal passed quiet night
last night and gave evidences this
morning of the refreshing rest enjoyed.
The weakness that precedes dissolution
was, however, becoming more and more ap-
parent with each succeeding hour At 3
o'clock it was evident that he was failing
quite rapidly, and soon after O'Clock
he sank into Inconsistencies and so con-
tiGued through the evening. Grave appre-
tensions were feared on this account, and
MonsignOr Farley, Father Donbresse and
Mrs. John Kelly, who was at her
home. were hurriedly summoned to the
cardinals home and bedside. At 10
o'clock those about the bedside of the
sick man were of the firm belief he would
never again regain consciousness. The car
dinaI's nephew had been sent for, he being
in Philadelphia. For some hours prior to
his loss OF consciousness the cardinal had
taken no nOuriShmenJ, and those who
watched felt that all that now was left was
the inevitable and speedy exhaustion of the
unsupported vital forces. Rev. Father
Dancey came himself soon after o'clock
and joined the group of watching friends.
1t was yet thought that dissolution might
be distant from ten to twelve hours,
but this was not to be. About
midnight lights began flashing from various
rooms in the cardinals house and to the
! group outside there came the consciousness
that the unusual activity inside was indica-
tive of the
APPROACH OF THE CLOSING SCENES.
AT 1890 a nervous twitching of the
muscles of the dying mans face was
! observed and the household drew nearer.
The doctor bent by the bedside and con-
stantly felt the rapidly fickering pulse.
The reverend mOnsignOrS prayed fervently
and repeated invocations for the dying.
Half past twelve and the scene was one
simply of waiting. On one side of the
bed were the cardinals nieces, Mrs.
Kelly and Miss Cleary, and the other side
Miss McCloskey and Miss Mullen, the latter
another niece. Behind them and standing
almost in a circle were Mgrs. Farley,
Preston and Quinon, Archbishop
| CoTigan, DR.. Mcdonald, Father
DOnbresse and the assistant priests attached
to the cathedral, reciting the prayers for the
dying. DR.. Keyes at the head Of the bed
anXiously watched the ebbing life of his
patient, who though unconscious. still held
in his hand a crucifiX, the emblem of
| MS faith. At 1890 a. m. the end came.
He died so peacefully and fearlessly that
those who watched scarcely knew the great
change had come until DR.. Keyes signifed
that all was over and that the cardinal was
lead. Then the butler, Walsh, ushered
forth to cab the venerable Rev. Don
bresse. The servants eyes were wet and
DR.. Keyes, who supported the Rev.
Father on one side, said to the waiting
crowd outside: 1.-The cardinal is dead. %
Monsignor Preston remained with
the relatives and offered PRAYERS
for the repose of the dead prelate's soul.
The other dignitaries and priests returned
after the death. The dead cardinals re-
mains will rest in the vaults of the cathe-
| dral. The interment will probably be one
week from Sunday next.
| SOMETHING OF HIS LIFE AND CAREER,
No man Of the present century has fig
ured more conspicuously and yet modestly
| in the history of the Catholic church than
Cardinal John McClosky. He was born in
Brooklyn, n. Y, March 10. 1910.
Piety seemed his by right of in
heritance from his parents, whose
devotion to the church led them to
cross the East river in row boat for the
purpose OF attending mass on Sunday morn
ing III days when there were no ferries In
the autumn of 1921 he was sent to Mt. st.
Mary's college, near Emmettsbury,
Frederick county, Md. During
| UllO SONcu years WHICH followed
the piety and modesty of his nature, his
gentle and sweet disposition, his enthusi-
asm for his studies, and his abilities as a
student, won for him the esteem and ad-
miration of all who knew him. His studies
were not directed with view to priest
hood. He decided for that calling
however, and after his graduation returned
to Mt. st. Mary's to pursue theological
course. On Jan. l, 1884, he was ordained
piiest in st. Patrick's cathedral, New
York. After his ordination he
was sent to Rome, studied two
years in Roman college; spent another in
France, and on his return was appointed
assistant priest of st. Joseph church in
New York, and six months after be-
came priest of the parish. In 1S41 Bishop
Hughes nominated him first president of St.
Johns college, Fordham, but in 1912 he
resumed charge of st. Joseph. At the So
| licitation of Bishop Hughes he was appoint
ed his coadjutor Nov. 81, 1913, with the
title of Bishop Auxerre, and was conse-
Grated March 10, 1849. In
THE DIVISION OF THE DIOCESE
! of New York which took place in
1S47, Bishop McCloskey was nominated
first Bishop of Albany, May 20.
II. His zeal, eloquence and popularity OBJ
| tained him the means of building churches
in every city and town, and of creating
many institutions of charity and education,
He introduced into his diocese
the Sisters of the Sacred Heart,
the Sisters of Charity, the Sisters
of Mercy, the Gray Sisters hospitalers,
from Montreal. The sisters of st. Joseph
and those of the third order of st. Francis:
also the JeSuits, Oblates, Augustinians
Fraciscans and Capuchins. He began and
| pOmDipfp1 thn oathadro1 of Ibo11-
| donating to it a large part of his own
income. During his last years in that city
he purchased extensive buildings in Troy.
destined to be used for a general theolog-
ical seminary for the dioceses forming
the ecclesiastical provinces of New 7 York, and
| obtained for it from the university of
| Louvain and staff of trained professors.
After the death of Archbishop Hughes he
was appointed to the see of New York May
| g., 1864, and took possession of it Aug. 81.
! Besides a large number of spacious
churches built in the city and elsewhere,
| the archbishop established a founding
asylum, an asylum for female deaf mutes at
| Fordham, home for destitute children and
| young girls attached to st. Stephen and st.
Ann churches, homes for aged men and
women, and new orphan aSylumS outside
| of New York
TO DIRECT THESE INSTITUTIONS
and to cooperate with the secular clergy,
! he established committees of Dominicans,
Franniscans, Capachins, Little Sisters of
the Poor" and German Franciscan Sisters
for the German hospitals. He also labored
| Strenuously to complete the new cathedral
begun by his predecessor, for which he GAGE
| 81, 600 from his private purse, and to pro-
cure materials for which he visited
Rome i'll 1874. On March Is.