The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-07-28
coNFERRINc THE PALLIUM
Upon Archbishop Fabre at Montreal
by Cardinal Tasehereau,
Fifteen Thousand People Witness
the Imposing Ceremony.

MONTREAL, Que., July Z1.-Ine reception
given to Cardinal Taschereau today on the
occasion of his conferring the pallium on
Archbishop Fabre was one of the most i'm
posing events ever witnessed in this city.
There were about twenty bishops and arch
bishops from all parts Of Canada and the
United States present at the ceremony, be-
sides large number of clergymen. Among
them were Mgr. O'Brien, the papal ablegate
Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Hara of Scranton, Penn.
Rt. Rev. Thos Coffey of Scranton, Penn.
Rt. Rev. J. Conroy, ex-Bishop of Albany,
n Y; Rt Rev. NJ. Gravel, Bishop of Nico-
let; Archbishop Duhmal of Ottawa, Arch
bishop Tache of st. Boniface, Bishop Car
bray of Hamilton, Bishop NORM of St.
Hyacinth, Bishop Rogers of New Bruins
wick, Rt. Rev. Bishop Maer of COvington,
N. Y, and Archbishop O'Brien Of Halifax.
The city was in holiday attire for the occa-
sion. Banners and flags were hung every
where, and arches were erected all along the
route of the procession. The acting Mayor
had proclaimed civic holiday, so nearly all
the business houses were closed. The streets
through which His Eminence had to pass on
his way to Notre Dame church, where the
ceremony of comforting the pallium took
place, were packed with people.
The steamer bearing the distinguished
party arrived at the Richelieu Navigation
Company's wharf at $50 a. M, but the Car
dinal did not get off the boat till $50 o'clock.
A squad of 100 policemen guarded the
wharf. On the wharf five cornered tower
had been erected, fifty feet in height, sur
mounted with richly draped dome and
covering platform. On the platform were
the acting Mayor and aldermen.
On His Eminence leaving the boat, Acting
Mayor Grenier stepped forward and pre-
sented him with an address, welcoming him
in the name of the civic and ecclesiastical
authorities of Montreal.
A procession in honor of the cardinal was
then formed to proceed to the church. 1t
comprised. besides the City Council, the COM
mittee of the st. Jean Baptiste Society, the
Union st. Joseph, the Union st. Pierre, the
Union Commits Marchands, the Cercle Dra-
matique, Croisard, Ch9ur des Montaguards,
the officers and deputation from st. Pat
rick's Society, st. Patrick's T. A. and B, So
ciety Stanus I. A. and B. Society. ST. Ga
briefs I. A. and b. Society, the Irish Catho-
lie Benefit Society, the Catholic Young Mems
Anthony's Young Mems Society, st. Mary's
Young Mems Society, and the Young Irish
mems l.. and B. Association, the Sixty-ffth
Regiment, the Papal Zouayes, a cavalcade in
Louis XIV. costumes and the fremen.
Notre Dame church, where the ceremony
took place, was beautifully adorned for the
occasion. The high altar was layishly dec
Grated with red blue and green silk banners.
richly covered with gold embroidery. The
balustradeS were draped with red and white,
and the columns adorned with silk and satin
shields of various colors The pulpit was
most richly draped. The smaller altars had
all been recovered with new velvets, and the
whole interior was amoSt gorgeous spectacle.
A massive silver throne was erected on the
gospel side of the high altar, surmounted by
a beautiful canopy of crimson and gold. This
throne was occupied by his Eminence Cardi-
nal Taschereau.
The ceremonies at the church were as fol-
lows:
AT 10 o'clock, the procession of clergy en-
tered by the main door, the dignitaries of the
church, the vicar-general, superiors of or
ders and elder clergy taking their places at
the sanctuary, the ordinary members taking
seats in the tribunes on either side of the
altar. The sermon was preached by Rt
Rev. Bishop Maer of CoVington, n. Y. His
eminence 0fficiated at high mass. After
communion the pallium was placed on the
centre of the altar, and Immediately after
mass ended the Cardinal, sitting with his
back to the altar. administered the oath OF
Office to the new archbishop. The cardinal
then arose, took the pallium from the altar
and placed it en- Mgr. Fabre, saying:
The Honor of God Almighty, of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, our Holy Father, the
Pope Leo Kill Sf the Roman hns church 1adad ana
to you, we transmit you pallium, taken
from the body of st. Peter as sign of the
plentitude of pontifcal dignity, besides the
rights, that you may use it on
the days marked in the privileges given you
by the Holy See.
The ceremony ended a little after noon
when the party proceeded in a body to the
Cabin ct de Lecture Paroissial, where ban
quel was given in their honor.
reception was held by the two prelates
at the City Hall this afternoon. The mayors
throne was occupied by the cardinal and
during the reception while the
chairs of the aldermen were occupied by the
visiting bishops and dignatarfes of the
church. The reception room was very taste
fully decorated. On three large windows
opposite the throne were the arms of His
holiness the Pope, His Eminence the Car
dinal, and His Grace the Archbishop. In
the evening there was a grand
and a magnificent display of
fireworks.
Notre Dame Church, where todays cere-
mony was performed, was on the thirteenth
of February, 1871, the scene of similar GER
emony, when Cardinal Taschereau was con-
secrated archbishop of Quebec, by Arehbish-
op Lynch of Toronto. The church held
$1,000 people, and it was packed today.
Thousands failed to gain admittance.