Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-10
HOMAGE OF The FAITHeul.

1ne Closing Scene of .r...,.,
tha .s .unliee In st. Louis-Reception by
cuDharian and His Guests of the Am.r;.
n hierarchy-One of the PIeasantest
Features of Jubilee Week.
LOUIS, Dec. 3.-The reception
oehoered by the Marquette club to his
Saoe' Arch bishop Kenricl, in honor of
ms soioen jubilee, was one of the most
oie gatherings of distinguished
=. of the Roman Catholic
icny ever witnessed in the
west Inc Marquette club is an as
eocia1lon OF the leading Catholic
sehtIemen OF st. Louis 1t has one of
.he nnest club houses in the citv. and
is located at the corner of Grand av-
ehue and West Pine street, in the aris-
'ocratic residence portion. The club
was organized four years ago for the
purpose OF bringing together socially
the representative Catholics of st.
Louis, and now has a membership of
over 500, embracing men In all the
higher walks of life.
decorations and illuminations
We're arranged on a magnificent scale,
hundreds of incandescent lights being
placed IN artistic devices both on the
>2uts1de ana inside of the building.
The grand salon, where the archbishop
and visiting prelates were received,
was exquisitely draped in American
and papal colors, interspe rsed with
red and purple banners and streamers
illustrating respectively the colors of
the cardinal and archbishop. Flowers,
Terms and evergreens were scattered in
profusion throughout the spacious
building
The jubilarian and his distinguished
guests were seated on dias at one
side of the hall under canopy draped
IN gold, red and royal purple The
clubhouse was thronged with a
brilliant assemblage, eager to meet
such prominent factors in the church
as Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishops
kenrick, Feehan, Ryan, Gross, Ireland,
Corrigan, Janssens, Elder, Riordan,
Salpointe and others The church
dlgnitaries were attired in their canon
ical robes, forming unique and i'm
pressive picture.
In addition to the recipients of in
vitations who signifed their acceptance
by their presence at the reception, the
following named persons sent letters
OF regret, many of them worded in an
appreciative manner expressing a deep
sense of the high honor embraced in
the invitations: President Benjamin
Harrison, Vice-President Levi p. Nor
ton, Secretary of the Interior John
w. Noble, Secretary of the Navy b. Z.
Tracy, Secretary of the Treasury Chas.
Foster, ex-President Grover Cleveland,
Postmaster General John Wanamalzer,
Governors ID. X. Francis of Missouri
j. w. Fifer of Illinois. Horace Roles of
Iowa, James Campbell of Ohio. Car
dinal Taschereau, Canada; Arch bishop
Duhamel, Ottawa, Ont; Arch bishop
O'Brien, Halifax, n. S.; Arch bishop
Walsh, Toronto, Ont; Arch bishop
Williams of Boston; Archbishop Fabre
of Montreal, and others.
A reception committee, marShaled by
the president of the club, Mr.. A. IL.
Handlan, Jr., assisted by r. c. Kerens,
Rev. Father Pahls, S. j., the moderator
of the club; Peter l.. Foy and other
leading members, received the guests.
Arch bishop Kenrick. Notwithstanding
his advanced age and the fatigue
of the jubilee celebration, was in
excellent health and spirits, and
thoroughly enjoyed the occasion,
as did Cardinal Gibbons and the other
prelates. The reception was pro-
nounced one of the pleasantest feat
ures of jubilee week. There were over
800 clergymen present. including the
cardinal, archbishops, bishops, mitred
abbots, monsignori and priests. Of
the 1900 invitations issued fully two
thirds availed themselves of the opDor-
f,,x, 20,