The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-11
TELEGRAM MISCARRIED
Bishop Wigger Intended No
Slight for St. Mary's
Pensioners.
FATHER CoRRlGAN RETICENT.
The Operator IN IIoboken Can't
Find ii Duplicate OF the
Bishops Message.

1t was ex planned to a JERSEY CITY
NEWS reporter this morning by Father
Wallace of Seton H Ill College. who ac-
companied Bishop Wigger 10 his paroch-
ial church visitations 10 Eobokea durins
this week, that the Bishop s9nt Father
Corrig,n, OF ST. Mary's Church. on
Willow avenue. Hoboken, a Telegram GU
Monday stating bis inability 60 N axe the
visit to the church on Monday night, and
%postponing the visit until some future
date. In fact. indefinitely. The Bishop.
Father Wallace said, was i~ndisposed on
Monday night and remained at Seton
Hail College. Father Corrigan failed to
receive the tele gram. 1t evidently having
miscarried.
Bishop Wigger visited st. Joseph's
Church In Hoboken last night. accom-
panied by Father Wallace. During his
sermon he made no mention OF school
matters.
Many thought that the Bishop had
Intentionally aud without explanation of
any sort, evaded Father Corrigau's
church because of the slight misunder-
standings and disagreelnents between
the two. Father Corrigan was ready to
lSCtlFo II DlEuOp OLdIHi1 Jan
night, but the Bishop failed TO come.
Although Falhor Corrigau was dir APP
pointed he made the best of it, aud
preached a sermon to the church full
that assembled, RS exclusively announced
In The JERSEY CITY NEWS last night. he
St at Ell that Bishop Wigger had sent no
word as TO the causes of his failing TO f1Il
the appointment. but hs supposed the
Bishop was fatigueI owing to his duties
during the day.
BISHOP wIGGER SURPRISED.
When the Bishop was apprised that his
telegram mad nj scarried he expressed his
regret to Father Wallace and babe him
hasten. this morning, to the telegraph
Office on Hudson street. Hoboken, and
ascertain the cause OF the messages nom
appearance.
While Father Wallace stood before che
telegraph operator, the latter running
through a file of duplicate kilograms, a
NEWS reporter entered the office. Father
Wallace recognized the reporter and
wished him a good morning. The greet>
Ing was returned and the reporter
went directly to business. Father
Wallace said he had be9u waiti ng
a half Jour for the operator 10 discover
where the message went adrift, out had
not Ascerrained as yet. Bishop Wlgger,
he said, directed that the telegram be-
sent on Monday afternoon. The Bishop
lAA 1COu LHhlhk oAAI az NNJ
aud WAS worn out when he reached home.
He thought it inadvisRbls under the
circumstances 10 visit 81, MarY's Church.
The visit was DO. tDonei and The tele-
gram was sent to tell Father Corrigan of
the inability Of Bishop Wigger 10 attead.
TELEGRAM CAN'T BE FOUND.
The operator told the reporter that he
was unable to Locate the message. and
that 1t must have been carried on an
other wire.
Father Corrigan was seen by the re-
porter. He said he had not received any
message whatsoever from the Bishop.
He hsdn't known why the visit was not
n ade, and had not heard of its postpone
menk. He had rattle; not talk, and said
that anything relating to the telegr IN
was the Bishops private business.
ANOTHER VISIT POSTPONED.
q Bishop WigReI gould hot tie seen, as he
had to leave Hoooken at 1890 O'Clock
this morning, from whence he took the
II O'Clock D. L. & w. train for Newark.
AT Newark this afternoon he will at end
The diocesan conference. The conference
begins OF $50 o'clock.
He will NOT, rs scheduled, visit SIS.
Peter and Paul's Church, Father Hor-
s~chneider's. Hoboken, this evening. but
will return to Seton Hall College. To-
morrow he will visit St. Lawrence's
Church In Weehswken.
The visit to ST. Peter and Paul's
Church. Hoboken. will be made some
time later.