Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-08-17
w,rn soLaMN CEREMONIES.
The Laying Of the Corner stone Of the Sis
ters' New ssnitsrium. Yesterday Afternoon.

The Laying Of the Corner Stone Of the Sis
ters' New sanltarlum. Yesterday Afternoon.
An immense crowd was gathered at the
sanitarium grounds, In the northern part OF
the city, yesterday afternoon, to witness
the solemn ceremonies OF laying the corner
stone OF that magnificent structure.
Promptly at 3 o'clock, the long procession
wound its way IRON the opera house cor
ner out to the grounds. In line were the
various orders OF the Catholic churches.
having hundreds 10 line, the Las Vegas
military band, fire departments Of the "
towns, city officials Of East Las Vegas,
representatives Of several OF the frafernal
orders, the distinguished churchman who
had charge of the ceremonies, His Grace,
Archbishop Chapeile, accompanied by sew
eral other reverend gentlemen In a car
riages and bringing up the rear were
many citizens in carriages and ON horse
back.
On arriving at the grounds, which al
ready seemed one vast sea of umbrellas, a
roadway was finally cleared to the covered
platform, where the speakers OF the occa-
sion were sheltered from the excessive
heat Of the sun, and whore the choir was
stationed. Here the program as announced
In Saturdays OPTIC was carried out with
the exception Of the address by Rev. Nor
man Skinner, who refused to take part In
the proceedings, on Sunday, and an ad-
dress by FIR. O'Keefe, who did not speak
on account Of the length Of the program
and the extreme heat from which the i'm
mensa crowd was undoubtedly suffering.
The program was opened by music by
the choir, which was composed of Mrs.
Hernandez, Mrs. Cod, Misses Cochran and
volmer, and j. J. Cluxton E. II. Nor
ton, and j. M. Cluxton, with Mrs.
SENEGAL at the organa and it is needless to
add that their selections were rendered
s~plendidly.
Chief Justice Thos. Smith then followed
in a ten -minutes' speech, in which he hap
PLY congratulated the city and the noble
Sisters on the erection Of the handsome
ediice.
The military band then rendered an APP
propriate selection, which, considering the
number of players who were absent, was
handled very we'll.
Father Grom then addressed the assem-
bled throng in Spanish, and he was listen
ed to with deep attention by all those SO
fortunate as to understand that Language.
Following Father Grom was a selection
by the choir, after which Rabbi L. Schrei.
Der presented an eloquent address on the
beauties of Christian charity and the love
that makes the whole world akin.
After Rev. Schreiber's address, the band
the stone, was requested to play
another selection, while the preparations
were made for the ceremonies at the stone,
but from some ones Encouragement they
were crowded Off the platform before tn ey
had completed their selection, and they
formed in line as they dropped off and
marched to town, rather offended at their
treatment.
The solemn conservation ceremonies over
the corner stone was then conducted by
Archbishop Chapelle with the ritual of the
Catholic church.
After another. selection by the choir,
Archbishop Cbapelle made a powerfula d-
dress, first reading a text suitable to the
occasion. He dwelt particularly on the
splendid addresses made by Chief Justice
Smith and Rabbi Schneider. who, he said,
raised high his hopes for that universal
brotherhood which he SO longed to see ex.
isting in all its spiritual beauty between
man and man and the churches Of God.
At $40 the exercises were ended, and
another epoch in the history of good ac-
complished by the noble Sisters may be
said to have commenced.
The following is 3 list of articles placed
within the stone: Copy of the New York
Catholic News, the Kansas Catholic, Leaven-
worth Standard, photo of Mother Xavier
Ross, founder Of Leavenworth branch of
Sisters OF Charity photo Sister ADELAIDE
Callahan. Copies of Church Progress and
Catholic World; photo OF Mt. st. Mary's
academy and a catalogue prospectus Of the
same; copy Of DAILY Optic and Leaven.
worth Times. A souvenir of Bishop
Finks' silver jubilee Of Kansas City, Kas.
Bylaws of the Montezuma club and a
roster of the Las Vegas fire department;
sacred relics and coins of this date.