The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-09-18
ARE NOT FOR RICHES
HoQdD Of tho Catholic Church Arc
Not Wealthy Men.


Inc Ate CAE0a1Al Naming was won
to aay that tho proper way for . prizes
or bishop to die w1s without none,
and without debts. The great Englial
prelAte followed out his own teaching1
in this respect, and IL has been the
usual rule with American bishops also
! Few, If any, Of them have died pos
sessed Of any personal fortune, n
though the opportunity to amasl
wealth was oftAn present. Here In
New York, says the Herald, for In
stance, the late Archbishop Hughes
and Cardinal McCloskey could, If they
had been 20 disposed, have easily &C
cumulated fortunes through specula.
tions or investments. Neither had any.
thing to bother him 1T his demise. The
late Archbishop Wood, OF Philadelphia,
was noted for his ability - = fnancier,
having large experience in business be
fore he entered the ministry. ALI his
talent in this direction was exercised to
improve the diocesan property. He
left nothing Of his own. The pioneer
bishop Of Brooklyn, Rt. Rev. John
Loughlin, was famous for his shrewd
foresight Of real estate values. He Sc
cured property all over the city in the
best sites long before the city limits en-
hanced their value. With the resources
at his command he could have easily
been . millionaire. All he disposed OF
in his win was his watch and q set of
old spoons, which he gave to his sister.
A year before his death the people Of
Brooklyn gave him purse Of twenty
i've thousand dollars at the celebration
Of his sacerdotal jubilee. With this
money he paid OF the debts Of some Of
the charitable institutions.
The only modern prelate on record
who tried to make money was the
late Archbishop Purcell, Of Cincinnati,
who started banking annex to the
Episcopal palace. What . disastrous
failure it was need not be recapitulated
here. Yet it was his brother more than
the archbishop that was to blame in tho
matter, and the object Of the scheme
was not for personal gain. It was
means adopted to better the resources
OF the diocese to meet the demands Of
the increasing population for churches
and priests.
OF the present members Of the hier-
archy Of tho United States Archbishop
Ireland, 1.-THE consecrated blizzard" Of
st. Paul, il probably the wealthiest.
His personal fortune comes from land
investments made before the marvellous
growth Of the western cities near his
home and from railroad enterprises in
which he had been included by the in
innate and powerful friends he has
among the western trunk line mag
mates. According to his admirers, the
bulk Of his income goes to the poor mis-
sions and churches that form no incon-
siderable part Of his province. Arch
bishop Corrigan has . modest patri-
monv from his fathers estate. It is
doubtful if he has increased it from the
salary Of his Office, which, ~ has al
ready been explained, b well balanced
by the demands continually made on
it. He il now much interested in the
completion Of the new diocesan SEM
mary near Yonkers. His personal con-
tribution to it II the erection Of the
chapel Of the institution. This viii
probably cost him seventy-five thou
sand dollars. Cardinal Gibbons does
not get . very large income from the
small diocese Of Baltimore. It is well
known that he hesitated for some time
about accepting the red hat, for the
reason that he was too poor to incur
the very considerable expense that &c
compeuied such m honor.
Archbishop Williams, Of Boston. whose
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