St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-29
Written to a Friend by a
Young American Member
Of the Academia.
A Scene Of Magnificent Splen-
dor That is Told Most
Graphically.
Crowds That Made the Pill
grimage From ALI Over
the World.

dry ucScTlpLIFe vi Gllo ndBnlHcenL
ceremonies OIL the occasion of the pope's
jubilee in st. Peters at Rome Oh New
Years day. The writer is a young
American Of most brilliant gifts and
attainments, and, as will be Obser red,
is student of the famous Academia,
whose pupils are limited to fourteen in
number, he being the second
American in its history who has
achieved this distinction. For a long
period the Academia has been the
nursery of papal nuncios, statesmen
and cardinals, and this young American
is manifeStly one who is destined to an
| eminent career in the ancient Church
of Rome.
ACADEMIA, PIAZZA DELLA MIN
ERVA, ROME, Jan. l, 18SS.-To-day is
the jubilee feast Of our holy father, the
pope, and now, tonight, as | look back
over the time since O'Clock this morn
| ing, L feel how very powerleSs any
words of mine would be to convey even
crude idea of its splendor and maj
esty. L presume the newspapers have
told you the details. Since many weeks
Rome has been filling with people from
all parts of the world, until now there
are over $4,000 pilgrims here, and
the Italian pilgrimage of about
$4,000 arrives tomorrow. The queens
Jubilee in London lacked the variety,
and was wanting in sOlemnity, that so
eminently marks this feast in Rome.
Cardinals, from all nations, i'll all the
splendOr the Roman purple can give
them, are here in scores. Eastern pa
triarchS and metrOpOlitans in wonder
full furred robes and jeweled shoes,
wifi ~ &c,
nent of the European bishops and pre-
lates, and the diplomatic representa-
tives of the world are mixed with the
thousands of Catholic laity that thr ong
to the feet of the pope. Day before
yesterday the Academicians went for the
Christmas audience, which is always
given to all bishops and the
prelature of the church. 1t was the
first time that l had seen the pope since
my private audience with him. In the
| antechambers were piled the gifts that
the various visitors had brought. One
rests stuDefied at their richness and mi
raculOus workmanship and variety. We,
despairing of finding anything that he
already had not received. gave him 5000
lire in gold for his charities. He made
us a good speech; recalled his own
days in the Academia, and spoke of the
great men who had come out of it, and
laid it upon us to do honor to the old
house and meet the expectations of the
church. Then each of us kissed his hand
and he said something very kind to
each. He spoke to me in Italian this
time; asked if l situated we'll and was
happy. Yesterday there was quite a
stir in the political world. The Prince
TOrlOnia, SyndicO of the city QOrd
mayor, has always maintained sort of
balance between the vatican and the
| quirinal; being piOus Catholic in his
way, and yet serving the king. Of
course he has never been recognized
AT THE VATICAN.
But day before yesterday he went in
state to pay visit to Cardinal ParrOchi,
the vicar of Rome, who is practically
bishop of the Roman diocese, and fell
icitated him upon the jubilee of the
holy father. The same day the cardinal
likewise in his state carriage, with out
riders and tOrch-bearerS returned the
princes visit, and the prince escorted
him personally to his carriage on leav-
ing, and kissed his hands. That night
| the king degraded him from his office
and dignity as syndico, ETC., and yester-
day he received the unanimous feIicita-
lions of the Roman princes and aris-
tOcracy, the college of cardinals and the
clergy and papaliStS generally. But
this is not of interest, as you don't know
the situation sufficiently we'll nor the
of such an event. Over 10000 tickets
were issued for the mass i'll st. Peters
to-day. For the first time in seventeen
years Pope has said mass on the tomb
of st. Peter in the BaSilica. For the
first time i'll seventeen years the high
altar has been used, for no one but the
pope in person may say mass at it.
The crowd was bewildering, yet so we'll
ordered that confusion was impossible,
and such a crowd as one may hardly see.
The gentlemen present were in full
dress, all women in black with mantillas,
the diplOmateS in full uniform. All the
soldiers had new uniforms and were
smart as possible; the bishops and pre-
lateS in purple in their braVeSt garments.
L had an excellent place near the altar,
overlooking dOwnthe church so that the
perspective of the vast church. black with
the silent crowd, stretched away before
me. All the walls were hung with red
damask with cloth of gold borders
There were no lights save the eighty
seven lamps that always burn at the
apostles tomb, and six great wax
torches in massive golden sticks OH the
altar. Down the ceuter of the nave, an
aisle some ten feet wide, was kept open,
and a file of soldiers of the PaIatne
guard lined either side. At about 10
O'Clock there was flourish of trumpets.
and the Noble guard. with bare
swords, marched in, and then in a mo-
ment long procession of canonS, biSll-
ops and prelateS, and finally the cardi-
mails lover forty. Each in scarlet and
ermine, with train-bearers, etc, came
in sight; while far in the distance,
borne high aloft on the shoulders of
q fhrnnn
gold, thanked by the famous peacOck's
| feathers and wearing the golden mitre
the Emperor of Germany sent him,
came the holy father himself. There
was moment of silence and then such
cheer and roar of voices went up as l
never in my life heard. The people
were simply wild with JOY. Talk of
loyalty, of enthusiasm. Combine these
two with all you can imagine of per-
sonal love, profound veneration and
keen sympathy with one whom $50, 000,-
900 of people acclaim as the
VICAR OF JESUS CHRIST.
Think of all that he has suffered, the
indignity with which he has been treated
by those who owe him all they have by
men who are but as dust under his feet,
and who represent, unworthily even,
the last and feeblest and least noble of
nations. Think of the $4,000 pilgrims
nearly, who had come from far
countries at a great cost and
sacrifice - and for what? All
this and more, and you NAV
imagine what enthusiasm went into the
grand cheer. One'S.earS were deafened
with the ceaselesS roar. The clash of
the brass music. the thunder of the Or
gan and the voices of the choirs were
scarcely heard for it. The procession
came on slowly, and it is long distance
up the church, and, indeed, it was like
an ideal of the papacy. The pope's
strong, bold features, his majestic mien,
his pontifical robes, the apostolic dig
nifty with which he gave the blessing,
first to the right and then to the left. as
he WAS carried aln, nr--nu ,..n..