The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-07

Cap, and the Circumstance With Which
They Were Delivered Procession Head
ed by the Professional Cross Bearer,
a Marvel of Beauty, Containing Cor
geousiy Clad Prelates, Priests students
and Monks-How the Pageant Looked.
Baltimore, Md, Jan. 6-The second
step in the elaborate ceremony of elevat
ing Francis Sabolli, archbishop of Lee
panto, and apostolic delegate to the
United States, to the rank of cardinal.
prince of the church. took place in the
venerable ca thedral here yesterday.
The ceremony consisted Of comforting
the bepretta, which is the cap worn by
priests on ordinary occasions, and diff
fering only in the case Of cardinals in
that it is red
The preceding steps have been the con
ferring of the zouchette, or red skull
cap, and the administering of the oath.
The remaining step is the comforting of
the red hat, which must be done in
Rome by the pope himself, within six
months from Nov. so, the day upon
which Satollrs appointment was made.
The old ediffce in which the ceremony
took place. and in which the first Amer
lean bishop was ordained, and which is
presided over by the only American
born member of the college of Cardinals
was packed to the doors with an audi
ence, which numbered among its mem
beers many of the most prominent &c
clesiasts, diplomats, legislators, educa-
tors and journalists in America Arch
bishops, bishops and eminent profess
sOIs represented the Catholic church in
the congregation. The vice president
of the United States and numerous con-
gressmen, senators, judges and minor
officials were present. Eminent Cath
olics outside the priesthood came many
miles TO see the ceremony, and to lend
impressiveness and Importance to the
occasion by their presence. Diplomats
of high degree came to represent Tor
eigu governments, and show the re-
epect in which they held the church
which doe homer to SaftoHL
The initial step in the ceremony Of
the day took place in the palace of the
cardinal, shortly after o'clock in the
morning, when Monsignor Sbarretti
presented his credentials to Cardinal
Gibbons. The credentials which came
from the holy see, authorized MonSlg-
nor Sbarretd to act as the ALLOCATE or
the pope deputiZe Cardinal GIBBONS
10 confer the beGretta and announce 10
Monsignor SatolI his elevation TO the
panie,I by the beTretta, which, from
that moment, were in the custody or
Cardinal Gibbons. In preSentelnS the
documents and the berretta, Monsignor
SbaTTetti said:
.sYolIr F,minence:-In fulfilling the
most honorable duty imposed upon me
by his holiness, l have to conslgn 10
your enntnence these documents. The
mission which his holiness has fntrust-
L; !, ~ r.affr 10 ma
more than one.
mo one could be found who might
more wcythily perform the high office
now intrust6d to your enl1nence than
the one who has made himself so con-
slpicucus and universally beloved Tor
his Christian Catholic work congratu-
safe your erninence and conslgn to you
these leitt6rS-
Cardinal Gibbons. in receiving the doc
,srnen $ and the berretta, responded
briefly. expressing his high apprecia-
ton Of tde honor conferred upon MIN
and CONTEMPLATING MonSigmor Sbrrettl
lfrDa the manner in which he had per- |
formed his duties in this country.
While this scene was in progress With |
in the palace, the procession was toTIn- |
ing IN front Of Calvert hall, 2 block !
away Al 10 O'Clock it was ready to |
start. and when formed the participants |
were arranged as follows: First came |
the professional cross bearer, with the |
crJc;fix raised high in the air, and flank |
ed on eithHr side 10y a boy IN caSSock |
and surplice. Following him were |
long line of students from the various
Catholic colleges, after which came |
seminarians from St. Mary's. then the
priests. then Franciscan monks in their /
cra1.b of brown. Following these the !
members Of the faculty of the universe |
ty in Washington. in long robes of black |
heads adorned with the shovelboard J
lined with many colored silks, their !
hat Of the scholar. After these came 4
half a hundred bishops and score or
more Of archhishops, the purple and
gold Of their rich veStments Sllstenlng
in the cid, clear air, their immense
trains held up by little boys, in brilliant /
yestrnent, too. In this formation they /
marched through the cathedral to [
Charles street, and passed the palace of /
the cardinal. where they were Joined !
4y his e4nfnence, who took his place |
last in line. Upon his head he wore |
the red berretta, an exact duplicate or
the one which he was soon To confer
upon the man who will, for some time
at least. share his honors in this coun-
sry. Upcn his shoulders hung the beau
tiful cloak OF cardinal silk and ermine, J
with half a dozen train bearers clad in !
cardinal velvet and gilt braid, following
in his wake. In this order they swept /
along I'D Mulberry street TO the ca
tbedral again, where they filed into the
venerable old pile through the main en-
trance.
Satolli was not in THE procession, but,
as the head Of it reached the altar, he,
accompanied by Monsignor Sbarrettl,
Marquis Sacripand. the member Of the
noble guard who drought the cardin-
eiate insignia here. and the priests who I
had been deputized to assist him in the
coming ceremony, entered the cathedral
from a rear door. leading from the pal
eoe, and advanced to the front Of the
altar. The students and seminarians
followed 10 the right and 90 the left as
they passed in front Of the high altar,
finding seats on either side. The 9th
srs in the procession advanced within
the sanctuary and took the places re-
served for them.
The decoration within the church
were Of a simple character, save at the
altar. the beauty of the painting with
which the walls were adorned rendering
other embellishments u-1neccessary.
Upon the altar, however, the ladies Or
the congregation had spent their efforts
and the result was q, floral effect be2uu-
fnl beyond compare Great festoons
of evergreen dropped gracefully from
ahe caps of the immense columns at
the rear of the altar and twined around
these columns 10 the fiOOC. Equally
graceful loops of crowfoot and laurel
swung from the arches over each Of the
smaller affairs at the sides The taber-
ssa,cte twas fairly hlsldaa beneath a
bower of cardinal roses. symbolic. not
only of the robes Of the Celebrant. but
2 ESQ OF the 10Y OF the occasion. Grouped