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and special representative of the pope a,
Baltimore and at the dedication cere-
monies, began the celebration in the chapel
of Dontifical mass of the Holy Ghost.
Father Mccall was the master of ceremo-
| MES, Right Rev. R. Gilmore, bishop of
| Cleveland, preached the sermon.
Secretaries Blaine and Rusk arrived
about 1:30 O'Clock and were shown to the
parlors at the right of the main entrance
| Secretaries Tracy. Noble and Window and
Attorney General Miller arrived in time
to participate in the banquet,
which took place after l O'Clock.
Covers were laid for about $50
guests and the dining table in the banquet
hail were handsomely decorated with flags
and flowers.
Cardinal Gibbons occupied the seat at
the head of the table. The first toast,
His Holiness Pope Leo Kill" was
responded to by the Most Rev. Monsignor
Satolll, the representative of the pope, who
| spoke in Latin.
Secretary Blaine. in responding to the
toast, Our Country and Her President"
SAID: i come to represent the United
states, not In any political sense, much
less IN any partisan sense, nor in connec-
tloD with any church or sect, but to speak
Tor all ana the great freedom which
we enjoy. have made the
statement in Protestant assemblies
and am glad to make it in Catholic
ones" He referred to the administration
as one which had produced good results
Mr. Blaine was cheered loudly during his
remarks.
cardinal Tlschereau, of Canada, was re-
80 ming to the toast "Our sister UNIVERSE
ties" when the marine band struck up
Hail to the Chief" and President Harri-
son entered the hall. The entire assem-
blage rose to their feet nd applauded I'M
ri Z ba bo
him on the left of Cardinal Gibbons. AS
soon as the president was seated. Bishop
Keane proposed his health, which was
drunk standing. In response
to urgent calls for a
speech the president said: 81 am thank
full for the reception you have given me.
have avoided speech making heretofore on
occasion of this kind. 1t has been my for
tune often to have this covenant broken by
being compelled to make speech. am
sure GU Will permit me to exact a COM
pllance with that covenant and to again
SIMPLY thank you for your kindly greet
ing"
Vice President Morton and his wife en-
tered the han just as the president con-
Carolina Gibbons. The next ceremony was
the presentation of the bust of ST Thomas
Aquinas. the gift of the Catholics of
Great Britain and Ireland in Rome.
Archbishop Satolli in the name of the
glvers turned the bust over to the board of
directors Of the university.
The days celebration then closed with
inaugural exercises which took place in
the lecture room. Cardinal Gibbons
opened the meeting with prayer The
Right Rev. NJ. j. O'Farrell, bishop of
Trenton, delivered An grafton and the
Very Rev. Mgr. Schroeder, professor of
dogmatic theology in the university. read
a Latin GRAFTON. The choir sung "Oremus
pro pontifice nostro, Leone" and the audi
ence was dismissed with the benediction.
METHODIST MISSIONARY c COMMISSION
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Noy. 13.-The first
session of the seventy-first annual meet
ing OF the general missionary committee
OF the Methodist Episcopal church opened
this morning in the chapel of the indie
pendence avenue church. This is one of
the most important conferences held by
the church and it is the first one of the
meetings that has been held in the west
They have been confined to New York
City. The committee comprises fifty-one
members, sixteen bishops. fourteen repre-
sentatives of missionary districts. fourteen
members of the boarb of managers, five
secretaries. one treasurer and one assistant
treasurer, representing the churches
throughout the world
Bishop Bowman, of St Louis, called
the committee to order. Fourteen bishops
responded when the roll was called
as follows: Thomas Bowman, of ST
Louis; Stephen NJ. Merrill, of Chicago;
Henry Warren, of Denver; Cyrus d. Foss.
of PHILADELPHIA; John F. Hurst, of Wash
ington; William x. Ninde, Topeka; Will
lam +. Mallallion, of New Orleans; Chas
II. Fowler, of San Francisco; John H.
Vincent, of Buffalo; James w. Fitzgerald,
of Minneapolis: Isaac w. Joyce, of Chat
tanooga, Tenn; Daniel A. Goodsell, of
Texas.
The first business was the consideration
OF the report of the committee on Detects
OF arid improvements in the missionary
methods now in use." The discussions of
the subject occupied both morning and at
ternoon sessions, and an adjournment was
taken until tomorrow,
This evening Bishop Fowler addressed
large audience on missionary work and
his recent trip around the world
Important-All persons afflicted with