The herald., 1896-01-06


Mgr. Satolli his elevation to the cal din.l-
ate. They we're also accompanie by the
beretta. which from that moment were in
custody of Cardinal Gibbons. In present
ing the documents and the beretta, Mgr.
Sbaretii said:
"Your eminence: In fulfilling the most
honorable duty imposed upon me by his
holiness, l have to cons ga to your emi-
nence these documents. The mission
which his holiness has entrusted to me is
highly gratifying 10 me for more reasons
than one. No one could be found who
could more worthly perform the high
office now entrusted to your eminence
than the man who has made himself so
conspicuous aud universally beloved for
his Christian Ca holic work. | congratu-
late your emin nee and have the honor OF
consgning to you these letters"
Cardinal Gibbons, in receiving the docu-
menis and beretia, responded briefly. ex-
pressing his high appreciation of the honor
conferred upon him and congratulatng
Mgr. Sbaretti upon the manner in which
he had performed his duties in this
county.
While this scene was in progress within
the palace the process on was forming IN
front of Calvert hall, block away.
At 10 o'clock it was to start, and when
formed the participants were arranged as
follows:
First came the professional cross-bearer
with he crucitix raised high in ne air and
tlanked on either side by boy in cassock
and surplice. Following him was long
line of students from the various Catholic
colleges, after which came semlnariins
from St. Mary's, then priests WI II the
Franciscan monks in their earb of brown.
Following these came the members of the
faculty of the Catholic university in Wash
inqton in long robes of black, lined
with many colored silks, their heads
adorned with the shovel-board hat of the
scholar. After these came half hundred
bishops and a score or more OF archbishops,
the purple and gold of their vestments
glistening in The cold air, thel immense
trains held up by little Doys also in bril-
liant vestInents. In this formation they
marched through the cathedral TO Charles
street and passed the palace OF the car
dinal, where they were joined by his emf
nence. who took his place lat in the line.
Upon his head he wore the red beretta, an
exact duplicate of the one which he was
soon to confer upon the man who will, tor
some time at least, share his honors in
this country. Upon his shoulders hung the
beautiful cloak of cardinal silk and er-
mine, with half a dozen train bearers clad
in cardinal velvet and gilt braid, fol-
order they swept along Mulberry
street to the cathedral, where they filed
into the venerable old pile through the
main entrance. Satolli was not in the pro-
cession, but as the head of it reached the
altar he, accompanied by Mgr. Sbaretti,
Marquis Sacripanti, the member Of the
noble guard who brough' the cardinalate
insignia here, and the priests who had been
deputized to assist him in the coming cere-
mony, entered the cathedral from rear
door leading from the palace, and adj
vanced to the front of the altar. The stu
dents and semnarlans followed to the
right and to the left as they passed in front
of the altar, finding seats on either side.
The others in the procession advanced
within the sanctuary and took the places
reserved for them.
The decorations within the church today
were of simple character, save at the
altar, the beauty of the paintings with
which the walls are adorned rendering
other embellishments unnecessary. Upon
the altar. however, the ladies' of the con-
gregation had spent their best efforts. and
the result was a floral effect beautiful be-
yond comparison. Great festoons of ever
greens dropped gracefully from the caps of
the immense columns at the rear of the al
tar and twined around thee columns 10
the floor. Equally graceful loops of crow
foot and laurel swung from the arches over
each of the smaller al ars at the sides. The
tabernacle was fairly hidden beneath
bower of cardinal roses, sy ymbolic not only
of the celebrant, but also of the Joy of tue
occasion.
Grouped everywh here about the altar were
ferns and scarlet geranums, palms and
pink hydrangeas, smilax and verbenas,
rubber plants and azalias and such a
wealth of other beautiful blooms and
blossoms as must have exhausted all The
capacious hothouses for miles around.
The altar itself was literally overrun
with strands of smilaX and from hundred
interstices among the green, scarlet, pink
and cardinal bower cleaned scores of
waxen tapers, twnklng like stars in the
armament and producing an effect both
beautiful and impressive.
Upon either side of the great auditorium
two thrones had been erected. one tor The
old and another for the new cardinal. Both
were hung with the rich colors of the
princes of the church and both were pro-
fusey adorned with smilax, lsutel and
evergreen, draped around the sides and
looped back from the front.
The Baltimore cathedral, in which to-
days ceremony took place, is one of tna
most interesting of all the histories,
church buildings in America. 1t lies in one
of the most fashionable quarters of the
city. upon an eminence that commands a
good view from every quarter. The main
entrance is on Ca hedral street, upon
which side it, toge ther with a small sane
tuary, takes up about two-thirds of the en-
tire block from Cathedral to Charles, and
the building is in the form of cross, with
the arms extending parallel with Cathedral
street. In the rear of the building and
facing CnarleS street Is the cardinals
palace. an unpretentious but spacious
building, built of the same material of
which the cathedral is composed.
The corner stone of the cathedral was
laid on July 7, 1906. at which time Arch
bishop arroll was in charge of the Balti-
more diocese. The lot upon which it stands
was sold to the church by Colonel Howard
at SO low figure as to practically amount
to donation. and work was begun imme-
diately after the laying of the corner stone.
1t contiu ued slowly and with but few inter-
ruptions until 1912. when it was stopped
by the war with England and lack of funds
In 1915 work was resumed, and the edi-
flee was practically completed in 1921.
Six months before its dedication the pews
in the building were sold at auction and
realized over $4,000, and on May 81 of
the year mentioned, it was dedicated
with great pomp and ceremony
by Archbishop Marechal. A bur-
den of debt hung over it, how
ever, which was not relieved until May
20, 1876, when it was consecrated by
Cardinal Gibbons, then an archbishop.
Among the methods used to relieve the
church of its debt were a lottery, private
subscriptions and the sale of a cemetery.
The total cost of the building was S225.-
900. The dimensions of the building are:
Length, including porches, 80 feet: wild b.
127 feet. Tne material used in its con-
struclion is porphyrite granite, the immense
blocks OF which were hauled from the
quarries at Ellicot City in wagons drawn
by oxen. A circular dome surrnounts the
building, in which hangs one of the largest
and most resonant bells in America, which