The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-10-20

the province of Baltimore, were here to
do honor to the primate of the Catholic
church upon this glorious consumma-
ton.
+ Great Crowds.
1t was an ideal day and the crowds of
people were enormous that hoped to
get within the cathedral to witness the
august ceremony of pontitical mass, or
to view the procession of the religious,
or to listen to the choir, organ and
orchestra, as the strains of music, how
ever subdued, might reach them. Ad-
mission to the cathedral vas by card.
Every seat was taken long before the
service3 were begun, and after the pro-
cession had entered hundreds Of people
were allowed to follow who had been
lucky enough to receive a ticket giving
them this privilege.
Students of st. Charles college, the
young men preparing for the priest
hood in the seminary of ST. Sulpice,
the priests and monsignors assembled
in Calvert hall, which is situated
diagonally across from the cathedral,
and marched to the arch-episcopal resi-
dence, where the prelates were gath
cred. These soon emerged, all robed in
Richest Vestments of Office
and were followed by Cardinal Glib
bons, in full p~anoply of his high dig
nifty. And now all moved through
Charles street to Mulberry street, TO
Cathedral street, to the cathedral en-
trance. Their heads were uncovered
as the procession passed, marking the
public esteem in which his eminence
is held. AS the head of the procession
reached the porch Hamerik's MAR
c~hesolennelle" was performed by grand
orchestra and organ. Up the aisle to
the sanctuary moved the long line, the
vast congregation, standing at the rail.
They werh received by the master of
ceremonies and his assistants, who
without confusion, connection, agita-
ton or disturbance, assigned each MEM
Der of the procession to his previously
appointed place. All remained stand
ing until the cardinal was escorted to
his throne where he was robed for the
solemn pontifcal mass which was cele-
brated with all the elaborateness de-
manded by ritual and liturgy.
Rev. James A. McCaulum of st.
Patricks church, Montreal, a mem ber
of the Order of Sulpicians, was master
of ceremonies. He was assisted by
Rev. John T. Wheelan and Rev. w. A.
Reardon, priests of the cathedral, and
by Rev. James F. Nolan of Corpus
Christi church. and Rev. P. Cronan of
st. Marys seminary.
Among the distinguished prelates
present were Mgr. Satolli and Arch
bishops Williams. Corrigan, Elder,
Gross, Jannsens, Hennessy, Kahn. Fee
han, Ryan, Riordan, Ireland, Katzer,
Chappelle, and F. Redwood of New
Zealand.
The residence of the cardinal wa.
beautifully dressed for the jubilee. Tn,
leading idea in the decorations is the
representations of the coats-of-arms oil
Maryland, Virginia and North Caro-.
lima, the states in which the cardina
has made his life's work.
Congratulated BY the Pope.
Rev. DIR. Rocker, vice rector of tn
American college at Rome, read in tn
course OF the services the congratu
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dinal Gibbons. The letter Of the hol,
father was first read in the origina
Latin, to which prelates and priests
seminarians and ~collegians gave thei
closest attention. The document wa
then read in English, and to this read
ing the great congregation gave atten'
ton.
Archbishop Corrigan~ then preache,
the sermon, which was an able one
and commanded the closest attentio
OF his hearers throughout When tn
mass was finished the archbishop,
bishops, monsignors and distinguishe
priests entered coaches and were drive
TO the seminary of st. Mary of ST. Su,
pice where a grand banquet was give
In homo. Of the cardinal and his ass.
ciates of the ~episcopate. Before I'll
dinner the clergy of the province DR.
sented an address to his eminence.
which he made q short reply.