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LEO'S GOLDEN JUBILEE.
PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS AT ST.
PETERS AT ROME.

The Pope and all the Cardinals in the
Church -- Enthusiastic Demonstra-.
tions by the $4,000 People in the
Church-Special Masses throughout
Great Britain.
ROME, Jan. 1.-The pontifcal mass to-
day was a great success. Thousands of
people thronged st. Peters square early in
the morning awaiting the opening of the
Cathedral. Sixty thousand admission
tickets had been issued, and the cathedral
was packed. The Pope entered at $50
o'clock, followed by the Cardinals in pro-
cession. His holiness was received with
loud and long-continued shouts of Long
live the Pope" The music of the mass was
deeply impressive and many
persons in the audience were
affected. The Pope blessed all present and
left the cathedral at II o'clock, the whole
audience expressing its joy by clapping
hands, waving hats and handkerchiefs, and
enthusiastic acclamations. Later in the
day King Humbert expressed himself to a
deputation from Parliament as being highly
mony, which. he said, was the best proof OF
the Pope's liberty in Rome.
TROOPS ON DUTY.
Two battalions of the line and a large
number of carbinieri regulated the move
ments of the crowd at the Cathedral and
thousand policemen in plain clothes were
stationed inside of the edifice. "A few ladies
tainted in the crush, but no accident oc-
Cured. In the chapel the columns and pi-
lasters were hung with red damask. The
statue of st. Peter was clothed in pontifical
garments with tiara on the head.
The orchestra included the famoes an
cient silver trumpets. Princes Atilieri,
Colonna, Orsini, Ruspoli, Poldini, and
many other members of the nobility were
present The Pope wore the pastoral ring
presented by the Austrian Archdukes.
His tiara was covered with
thousand pearls. The chalice used by his
holiness was the gift Of the King of Portu-
gal, and the golden plate used in the service
was n present from Queen Victoria. The
to deum was sung in the church of St.
John later on in the presence OF the Cardi-
mails and DIPLOMATS Corps.
FORTY EIGHT CARDINALS PRESENT.
Forty-eight cardinals and 23S archbishops
and bishops were present at the mass, and
it is estimated that there were $4,000 per-
sons in the audience. The Pope prayed for
a long time in his private chapel and then
received the homage of the court cardinals
in the sdid ducdIe While assuming the
sacerdotal vestment the Pope was overcome
with emotion and tainted. Strong
salt4 were administered and he soon
returned to consciousness. He then as
cended the gestatorial chair and was borne
on tho shoulders of the Sediari, attended by
the Cardinals, into st. Peters Cathedral.
Just before he was fully vested for the
altar he again tainted, remaining uncon-
scious a few minutes. The mass occupied
twenty-eight minutes. After pronouncing
the benediction the Pope again seated him.
self in the gestatorial chair and was borne
completely around the altar to the Capella
del Sacramento, where he offered up
prayer of thanksgiving. During the cere-
mony the Pope wore the triple crown pre-
sented to him by Emperor William.
SPECIAL MASSES IN GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON. Jan. Special masses in honor
of the Popes jubilee were celebrated to-day
in the cathedrals and other churches
throughout Great Britain. The ceremonies
were largely attended and kervent enthusi-
asm was manifested.
ST. PAUL's CELEBRATION.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Jan. 1.-The Cathedral
was packed to the doors to-day, the occasion
being the celebration of the Pope's jubilee.
Solemn mass, with orchestral accompani-
ment, was celebrated by the pastor, Rev.
John Stanley The eulogy of Leo XIII. by
Bishop Ireland was an eloquent and
mastery effort. He declared that
the Pope is an ardent admirer
of America, in which he beholds a land
where the civilization of the future is to be
developed, and which presents model to
other nations in its unriya!led constitution.
The Pope strongly sympathizes with the
working classes. the Bishop declared thas
the solution of the vexed Roman question is
at hand and will be met in the broadest spirit
by the Pope, who is not as anxious for large
territorial limits as he is to have certain ter
ritory, of which be may be sole sovereign.
The Bishop closed with an earnest appeal to
his Protestant fellow-citizens TO make the
history and character of the Catholic church
study
CELEBRATED AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 1.-The golden
jubilee Of Pope Leo XIII. was celebrated
with elaborate ceremonies in the Cathedrals
Of Saints Peter and Paul, in this city, to-
day. A heavy rainfall had no effect on
the attendance, and when the solemn pom
tidcal mass began the vast building was
filed TO the doors Rev. Alexander A.
Gallagher was the celebrant of the mass.
The archiepiscopal throne was vacant, Arch
bishop Ryan being in Rome at the present
time