Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-11
INvESTITURE OF SATOLLI
Baltimore Filled With Church
Dignitaries.
The Pnpal Legate Will BE Made &
Cardinal Tomorrow--WHl BE
Great Church EVENT.
Program.

Baltimore. Md, Jan. 4--Members OF
the Roman Catholic hierarchy, repre-
sentative priests and eminent members
Of the laity of hat church from every
see and diocese in the United States and
Its territories are pouring into the city
today for the purpose Of taking part in
or OF witnessing, the ceremonies tina
tomorrow will mark the elevation o.
Mgr. Satolli, for some time past papa
ALLOCATE to the United States, with HI
official residence at Washington, 10
The dignity of the c~ardinalate. AT
east one representative Of the dominion
Of Canada-the eminent and learned
Archbishop Langevin OF Winnipeg
las also arrived.
The ceremony had originally been
liked for December Is last, but the i'll
ness OF the holy father delayed the
meeting of the consistory at which the
formal announcement of the elevation
of the distinguished Italian t~heologian
and diplomat was made, and this In
urn necessitated a delay In the depart
ure from Rome for this country OF the
Marquis Sacripanti. the bearer or the
oeretta.
Tomorrow's event will be on a scale
II magnificence reached by the church
in this country but once before, n
this when the same honor was con-
ferred upon Archbishop Gibbons. Ad-
mission TO the cathedral will be strictly
by ticket. and the number OF invitations
accepted is about equal TO the seating
capacity OF the vast edifice, so that no
provision for the general public is pos
eible.
At 8 o'clock the doors will be open,
and at 1890, when the procession
energies from the robing room, they
will be closed again for the entire serV-
zee. Fifty of the most distinguished
members of the visiting hierarchy ana
priesthood will occupy seats within the
chancel. while for the remainder spe-
.ial platforms covered with cloth have
been erected on either side of the altar
without the rails.
The musical program for the cere-
nony is elaborate. a new mass having
been written for the occasion, with the
consent Of Mgr. Satolli, by Prof. Fan
,uilli. leader Of the Marine band. When
hose in the procession have been seat
ID. Cardinal Gibbons, who has been
specially commissioned by the pope 10
,onfer the beretta, will occupy his
.hrone on the gospel side Of the sanct-
lary. while Mgr. Satolli will take his
,lace on a temporary throne which has
been erected upon the epistle side. All
bout them will be ferns. and palms,
md plants, while thousands or waxen
.apers will shed a soft light upon the
magnificent vestments. The Marquis
;~acripanti, in the brilliant uniform or
he Noble Guard, OF scarlet and white,
With gilt helmet and heavy sword, VIII
stand erect throughout the ceremony
between the two thrones. In front OF
aim will be a small table, and resting
apon II the red beretta and the consis-
.orial letter. The comforting of the car
iinalate will precede the celebration OF
mass. At it's conclusion, Mgr. Satolli
will leave the sanctuary, change his
purple robes for those Of a cardinal,
md, re-entering the sanctuary, proceed
With the celebration OF high pontiical
mass. Archbishop Kahn Of st. Louis
will at the personal request of the new
cardinal, preach the ermon Later in
he day, at the archbishop's residence,
Cardinal Satolli will be the recipient or
1 large number OF presents from the
pope and the members Of the hierarchy,
including rings set with amethysts n
,ther stones, jeweled crosses, and other
nigh ecclestasticen NORTHUMBERLAND