New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-10
cATOLLI AND DUCEY MEET.
arr pRELATE AND THE PRIEST HAVE A
SHORT CONFERENCE.
.,~,ruER WOULD SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE
TALK But FATHER DUCEY's FRIENDS ARE
CONFIDENT THAT THE APOSTOLIC


DELEGATE is FRIENDLY TO HIM.
Father Thomas J. Ducey appeared before Mon
.,snor Satolli the highest ecclesiastical authority
n the Catholic Church in America, yesterday after
oon AT about $50 o'clock.
I, Is highly PROBABLE that the priest
mod before the prelate Father Ducey declared
i. few hours prior TO his sudden appearance at the
col,ege Of ST. Francis Navier. in West sixteenth
:, where Monsgnor Sa olli Is staying. that he
sn,uld not go 10 Monsignor satolli unless in
yl,ed as he had no business which would naturally
..te him to the prelate
What took place between Monsignor Satolli and
r,,ber Ducey has not been made public but that
!, will have a direct and important bearing upon
~ relations between Father Ducey and Arch
h.hop Corrlgan is probable.
FATHER Ducey appeared the college looking his
h,, He well-htting suit of black and a
,su silk ha; II he worried he did not show 1t.
We had been to the college half an hour before,
a apparently not finding the object of his search.
~, away Monsgnor Sa;o, at the time of his
erst call in the theatre of the college at re-
ce,,on given in his honor by the Xavier DeafMute
r.n,on on his second call Father Ducey met the
Annosolic Delegate who received him in private
I'm in the college In about ten minutes Father
nucev came down the stairs leading to the main
,u IN the college, talking earnestly with DR.. Papi
uonsieror Satollis private secretary. After they
Md wished each other cordial goodnight Father
nucey turned to leave the building. when he was
met by a Tribune reporter.
.sYou newspaper men are everywhere SAID ne.
,mu,ating Indignation. but smiling at the same
time
you have seen Monsignor Satolli? he was asked
.v,. a vord-not solitary word" said he; ''if
90, want to know anything of what has taken
r,sce to-day in the few minutes have been here
vop will have 10 find 1t out here or at Madison
ave-" and with that he hurried away in the dark
ness.
The Rev Thomas f. Murphy. rector of s.; Francis
yavier's Church and president of the college. was
communicative when asked about Father Duceys
visit Il do not know Father Ducey." said he. i
saw the gray-haired gentleman who just passed
an, He was conversing with DR.. Papi in the hall
q. passed through a moment ago. He couldn't
havs been with Monsgnor Satolli more than ten
minutes all tod said Father Murphy
uonsignor Satolh las; evening declined TO speak
about his meeting with Father Ducey.
There is reason 10 believe that local Catholc MS
.,v is making unusually fast while Monsisnor sa-
,o,r e in the city Archbishop Corrigan was present
u ha sanctuary at the celebra ton OF the Pontl1cai
high mass in ST. Francis Xavier's church yestSr-
Iception given by the deaf mutes to Monsisnor Sa-
TOLL but he dd not f ad ron waS o sac Of town Eve
z; his hqnSg fhS that Monsgnor sa,oi going
% Five the Situation in this city regards the
ie,ons between the Archbishop and Father Ducey
a rigid though quiet investigation before ne goes
doing everything possible TO make the Delegate
visit 10 the city pleasant this occasion The re-
ception by the deaf mutes was tasteful ana eX-
ceaiing.y pretty AFFAIR. Tonight Monsgnor Satoh
will have a reception at the Cathedral far, where
q beautifully engrOssed set OF resolutions setting
forth the esteem In which he IS held by this diocese
will be given TO him. that altogether II the apps
.olic Delegate returns TO the National Capital TINS
week with a poor opinion of Archbishop Corrgan
parshoners il Will not be because they have failed
10 furnish demonstration of their anecton ior anu
loyalty 10 him. . ,., c.o,,
viii not become the guest OF Archbishop Corrigai
while In the city. Father Murphy. president OF 81
Francis Xavier's. said last night that Monsignor
Satolli would remain over Monday night with the
priests at the college and would probably return
10 Washington on Tuesday. 49,
Father Ducey would not talk last night IT is
not the proner time 10 talk" said he. HIS irienas
said however that there could BE no doubt that
Monsirpor Satolli was most friendly 10 HIM lhey
pointe3 10 the alleged fact that Father Ducey
fwenfy-seyen years faithful labor as priest To-
gether with his known intimate friendship win Ut
Burtsell and Archbishop Ireland. were guarantees
that his disregard Of the Archbshops recent an-
monion to refrain from attendance at the sessions
OF the I.exow Committee would not result In any !.
thing more serious him than the dispieasure OF
the Archbishop. ,....,. ...-
ing on Tuesday will have all the greater sghncace
now that II is known that he has seen the APps,,
tolic Delegate. His presence there VIII ne ieeatuu
nv a great many indicative or the Aposooc
Delegates permission for him TO attend.
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