New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-21

John Iorahn Was born III County Tyrone
Ireland in the year 1915. and is now IL tie sew
cn,y-hil, i,.r "i h.s as". HIS parents hr"'*h'
him Ia this cu'itiv while he Vas 'hi'd. ana ~
early showed IN Inclination I" the pi:r"'i'"I an"
wa, sen, e, Mnuni =. MarI'> tol"cr ~ tmn"'t>-
Il l,y Md. where Lc cotpirird n:s i "ii"s III ~"
/, O. ,olr Of tia: year l,r VAS "rIurd 49, i'' "id
=, pnIlck's Cahhcir. III M"'i-,'. N""-\"i".
hy bishop Ilu.ir>. Ills inst dn'E "lN ~ con
nc,iion with the Cathedral and IA l. u" "'''i'
r,,ior Of :, Ia;n"lis. \ tcl l'i"i h~'"p
Ilualcs app"lnird un Ni'a'-''rI"'i'i 81 the -"
r.c v.h then incl:...ri l;io"h aud ~" .">' O.:
l.uLs lsaid ~ It's li'niis. lie d'H'h'I.'' Use
d,,ic, ,lc,olyin. npon him Wit! great iiic;y aI
ability ai.d IL -. accompanied Bishop liiiI"' !"
ia, frs, Plcnaly Council IN Is,;tiin"rr Ilmi body
suggested 10 Pope Pms IN the ad:i>AhIli'y I'll &c
a,ing srver,l new dlo"">rs among Item 'h'' 81
| I,,ooLl,n The SUGGESTION, were approved. AMI ~
ono>,l,c letter u,oi july -, l-,;. HAT '.lo''s'
! and n,c oti.r, wrIr formed ana Bishop l"u-hIln
,,,, ,ui.uc,l ', the head of IL" jurisdiction with
INCL, .. ha. .,,cr '.rn injected. lie WH> CON
c.,.,cd II, Inc Nrw-i ok Cattci ii Oh october !.
l>J i,y cardinal BED. n. VII" ", thrn a $40 al
Papnl VISITOR this counify and had not Vet I""h
| made a CARDINAL A!hhisn"p IlHe"s pr '"I'l
| lie ..-,lon on this 0ccrsioa HE i""I! created
hl,hop IL uic- entered upon tie date" "l hi> see
| with thr in,ica,i.aIic energy "h"h hiS mItkrd
| T. adminI-tIai on 81 I,,r Affairs dhc'r Us care
Au i,np"sins n!>t ,liail"n ~r'i" III k'd ms '"im''
taking charge Of III, 'or"'r. II" "h"~' IA" 'hif'h
| of 81 James III I.y->t tl" oldest Roman hth"!r
,hirc;i IN the cltr, which "a> erected III ~, a.
hi. cthrlIal church. and established i'" cpN'"p'l
| nu,c ON the opl,>Ii" side "i TIN street li"m ~
| IIrlc hc sci nn loot and caiiIri ont hS plans
| which have resulted III 1h' rn"fin"'> grown al
parishes ard parish work III il plri, "i the 'i'N
| and the res, of l.ong Island. WIN consistent
va,ch care and oversight J." has snhiin'"!r ga '"'
| ,,,rk .llo,,cd 70 him Almost wtli"ut a.ssiInr"
! lie has discharged 'hc mniliiar"is "''"S 81 =
c,,,, and u,,,iu. ilocr,r II lbs frequently beef
reported that a rnahlIt" would lr Signed 1" t.
| Geyc Inn from .nac Of the dridlcil and detail.
bu, he LA, never sought such assistance. AMI de-
spi,c III. Years hc s,.ll s.ipcrir,cnds anh manages
| all aN.rs which require lis supervision. I.vrn
| the JOS, of rirar-trncral kmaan lasl year by
death ha. no, been snpplird hy the appointment
| Of LIS successor The 3Ah"p has secretary
| Father MITCHELL vino relieves him Of some 'illr>
| tions, hui is by no means lnirnstci with all his
| coIrcspondcnc. When his health permits the
! bishop still maintains hi, custom ii many years
standing Of wa!kin. 10 the post Office every morn
| ins for his mail.
| Af,rr the fine which nearly destroyed the Jay
ST rec, Cathedral i'll is? the Bishop in'iut ci
10 !rr,L.r from the house " h'h he mad long "rr'-
med to the new enc which had been prepared foi
| linn a, Greene and (lcriHOnt ayes, aud there he
| now has the headquarters of the diocese. The
Elshops house is Il mansion constructed IN accord
an,c with the si2r and Importance OF thr diocese,
and intended Ia form part OF the great 'iirdnl,
| the foundations OF which occupy Il lar:c part oil
| the entire block bounded ny Lafayette. trrmont,
! Greene md Vanderbilt This structure was
| projected more than quarter of century a-p,
| and the foundations were laid aud the walls bull,
I'D So that the Cornerstone was laid with inpos.n.
ceremonial in June, lehS. Bat work was SOM
| after st'pp'd. and only ~. Johns Chapel snal!
part Of the entire structure, has been completed
| The Cathedral IL tine immaculate Conception,
| when it is completed, VIII represent an cNpcndi-
| turc of upward Of $:,oOo,"00 and II will he Il
| noble structure with a seating capacity Of many
| thousands Of persons. The size Of it will he $50
| by $50 feet, and tho towers will he 80 feet high
As designed it will lr French Gothic structu Of
| granite. The site cost $1,000. and is worth far
| more now, comprising rs II does block 40 10y
200 feet in the heart Of the city. The work
| done upon the foundations, the chapel and the
| Bishops house represents an expenditure of over IA
| qulrtcr of million OF dollars. Although the
| Dishou hns had the money 10 build the Cathedral