The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-20
JUBILEE OF THE POPE.
SIXTY THOUSAND PERSONS IN ST
PETERS CATHEDRAL.


The Pope Greeted With Tumultuous
Cheering as He Was Borne to the
Altar-The Best of Order Preserved
by the Throng-The City Illuminated
at Night.
ROME, Feb. 19.-At daybreak the peal
ing of church bells announced the oelebre-
ton of the pope's episcopal jubilee, and by
4 O'Clock thousands of pilgrims. tourists
and citizens were crowded before the doors
OF st. Peters. At 5 o'clock two battalions
Of infantry in full uniform were drawn up
before the cathedral, 30 as TO be ready to
help the 200 or more gendsrmes in preserv-
ing order. The crowd swelled steadily. but
remained quiet despite the tremendous
pressure caused by some 5000 ticket hold
eFs in their hopeless struggle to get near the
doors. At 6 O'Clock the cathedral doors
opened and the foremost of the crowd swept
In. Within half an hour the great building
was packed to the steps. Thirty thousand
pilgrims and 5000 or 10000 Catholics from
this city gained admission. Not fewer than
10000 persons. many of them ticket holders.
were turned away by the military who
cleared the spaces round the building 80 as
20 prevent disorder when the service began.
ENTRY OF THR POPE.
The pope entered the cathedral at Gas
o'clock, pale but smiling, and apparently in
somewhat better health than usual. The
cathedral rang with tumultuous cheering as
the pope was borne toward the altar. His
holiness othciated at the special Jubilee
mass, intoning the opening words of the
Te Deum and giving his blessing
in a clear, penetrating voice. The
mass lasted until 10:45 O'Clock.
but apparently did not fatigue his holiness.
He remained in the cathedral forty-dve
minutes after the celebration and then pro-
Ceeded to his apartments. The crowds dis
persed slowly. At noon most Of them had
gone, and a quarter of an hour later the
military withdrew. This afternoon the
Irish pilgrims attended service in the
Church Of st. Sylvester and were blessed by
Cardinal Logue.
The English pilgrims at st. Georges re>
celved blessing from Cardinal Vaughan
The weather was magnificent all day.
The air was mild and dry and the sun
shown uninterruptedly.
This evening st. Peters and all the other
churches, all the converts aud hundreds of
private houses were illuminated. The streets
were thronged and the square in front of
st. Peters was almost impossible. Without
exception, however, the people have been
perfectly orderly. Not an arrest is re-
ported.
A BRILLIANT SCENE.
The scene at the cathedral was brilliant
and impressive. The interior was hung in
crimson and profusely dressed with flowers.
The pope in full canonicals was borne on
the sedis Restatoria up the nave to the altar,
accompanied by gorgeous procession of
richly clad and bejeweied cardinals, and the
officers of the Swiss Guards. The vigor of
the pope's movements during the mass and
his energy of voice and gesture as he gave
the blessing astonished the people.
A transparency before the Belgian col
lege in Rome attracted a group of liberals
who shouted, Long live Italy :" to which
the Catholics replied, "Long live the
papacy." There was little excitement and
Reudarmes removed the Transparency.
Otherwise nothing occurred to mar the
peace and pleasure of the day.
THE JUBILEE CELEBRATED IN AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Feb. 19-The papal Jubilee was
celebrated in all the large Austrian cities
to-day. Early this morning flags we're fly
ing from all the public buildings and most
OF the private houses. This evening
most of the buildings are Illuminated. Sol
emn mass has been said in all the Catholic
churches of the empire. Mgr. Gamilberti,
the papal nuncio in this city. received for
several hours this afternoon, All
the conspicuous members of the royal
family were present except the emperor
who sent his congratulations directly to the
pope. All the cabinet ministers, most Of
the diplomatists and hundreds of nobility
and deputies expressed their congratula-
tlons to the nunolo.
BOOM FOR TEMPORAL POWER
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-The 5Oth ami
versary of the conservation Of Leo XIII. as
a bishop of the Roman Catholic church was
celebrated by the members Of the Catholic
Club tonight. Incidentally, or perhaps by
design, the restoration of his holiness to the
temporal power was made the keynote of
the addresses and embodied in a resolution
expressing the concerted views of the club
on this rather important question.
THIS CoUNTRY'S OBSERVANCE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-The episcopal
Jubilee Of Pope Leo Kill was observed In
the various Catholic churches throughout
the United States to-day.
Bsmarck's Body Banker Dead.