Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-21
PILGRIMS TO TREvES. Preparations to Transport and Care for Many Thousand Persons.

BERLIN, Aug. 20.-The managing officials of the railways entering Treves are making extensive preparations for an enormous passenger traffic. The trains announced for Sunday alone will be able to bring 5O,- 900 pilgrims to Treves for contemplation of the "Holy Coat" relic. The burgomas- ter of Treves says that he expects 800. .0O0 pilgrims will come to the city and march in the processions. He is of the opinion that the bulk of the pilgrims will bring their own food and that, therefore, there will be no difficulty in feeding the crowd.
 The provost of the cathedral has declined military aid to preserve order. The guard of honor which will line the pilgrims route will consist of volunteers from Catholic families and pupils of the Priests seminary. The pope permits the exhibi- ton to continue two months, but the bishop thinks that six weeks will suffice. A deputation of the Knights of Malta will keepers are obliged to dismiss their waitresses and to employ only men during the exhibition. The garment was exposed to view this morning in the cathedral at Treves. Two Knights of Malta in full costume, with drawn swords, stood on either side of the shrine enclosing the holy coat case, which was surrounded by tall lighted candles in handsome candlesticks and mounted by large gold cross. There over a hundred priests assisting in the ceremonies, which were grand in the ex- treme.
 The cathedral was richly decorated for the occasion and was packed to the doors with people. The interior of the sacred edifice was sight we'll worth seeing. Bishop Korum made an address to the as sembled multitude, earnestly urging the faithful to unite in venerating the garment from which power and virtue proceeds. The nave of the cathedral was then cleared so as to enable the municipal authorities and the parochial societies to march up to the shrine of the Holy Coat and venerate that relic. The scene in the cathedral was tweed suits and Prussian officers in uni form, stubbornly refused to kneel before the relic, and Bourgeois citizen in even l ing dress, were prominent in the crowd. The service closed with the emonotonousGre- gorian chants, and the administration of | the eucharist to representative ecclesiastics l seemed of character of a medieval cere- l mony. The unveiling of the relic evident ly made deeply devotional impression on | bho CToWo OI were | ovsrpowered by their feelings. Several | women tainted. There was a general move ment of the crowd, prompted by curiosity as well as religious fervor. The procession passed the shrine of the pilgrims, most of | whom handed @ rosary or cruclfx to at | tendant priests, for contact with the relic was accompanied by low hum of pattern | osters and ayes. Among the pilgrims are 1 aged cripples and sufferers from almost
 every complaint.
 1 At 10 o'clock tonight pilgrims were stil filing in to behold the relic and an eager | throng was besieging the doors of the cathedral. The police had some trouble te preserve order. The whole town is in { commotion. Pickpockets are rampant an6 several have been arrested. Treves ii | overfowing with pilgrims and with wis 1 itors whose curiosity alone has been ex. cited. The streets are filled with proces l sions of all descriptions and sacred ban
 ners, crosses and lighted candles are to bt l seen on all sides
 During the whole time the holy coat ii
 on exhibition about twenty excursion
 trains day will arrived at Treves, a very
 great number for continental city, and
 large temportry railroad station has beer
 built for the pilgrims. Nearly 300 citi
 zens of Treyes sent in petitions to the mu
 nicipal authorities for licenses to keep inn
 and other public houses during the exhi
 bition of the holy coat. In addition near
 ly every private house holder has made ar
 rangements for receiving visitors durin,
 the six weeks of the exhibition.
 Extra horse car lines have been laid an,
 there will be market held every day o
 the six weeks.