Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-28

Arrangements looking to the recep-
tion of His Eminence, Cardinal Glib
bons, are rapidly taking shape. Rt.
Rev. Bishop Donahue has received a
letter from the distinguished church
man, in which he states that he will
leave Baltimore at 1920 on the evening
OF Sunday, March 7th, and will arrive
in Wheeling on Monday morning at
$50 o'clock, over the b. q o., via
Grafton. He will be met by the COM
mittee some distance up the road, and
the train will make a brief stop at
Ford's Crossing, where carriages will
be taken and the various uniformed So
cieties will escort the party to the
Bishops residence. After that His En-
inence. who will have been travelling
all night, will rest quietly during Mon
day and requests that he be not eX-
pected to see callers on that day.
The subject of his lecture will be:
My Personal Recollections of the Vat
lean Council, a theme which will not
fail to deeply interest those who may
have the good fortune to hear him.
At the time of the Vatican Council
1S69-1S70), he was perhaps the very
youngest Bishop in attendance in all
Christendom. being barely thirty-tive
years old. He was at the time Vicar
Apostolic of North Carolina. His re-
collections of the great events are most
vivid and. being close to his chief
Archbishop Spalding, of Baltimore
during the whole Of the sessions, and
deep in committee work, his opportu-
mites for observation were of the very
best.
Rt. Rev Richard Phelan, Bishop OF
Pittsburg, and Rt. Rev. Ignatius Horts-
mann. Bishop of Cleveland, have ac-
cepted invitations to be present, and Rt
Rev. Bishop Watterson, of Columbus
will also be here, if his engagements
wiz possibly permit. In addition to
this. His Eminence will be accompan-
led by a distinguished party in the
private car, which is to be placed at his
disposal for the trip.
The various committees and sub-com-
mittees are hard at work perfecting de-
tails and will meet informally from
time to time within the next few days
to confer
There is quite a stir among many OF
the dressmakers of the city, and the
sale of cardinal red ribbons is showing
a decided upward tendency. There is
TOO. great impatience manifested TO Sc
cure the tickets for reserved seats, Sis
tersville alone having telegraphed for
one hundred. A special train is to be
run on the Ohio River Railroad for
the accommodation of those along that
line. and other roads will follow suit
1t will be the desire of the appropriate
committee to see to it that out Of town
patrons shall not be Disseminated
against or forestalled in the purchase
of the seats. Already it is quite appar-
ent that some one will have to give way
and. if nothing better can be devised
pro rata distribution will be effected
bv localities. Every effort will be eX-
crted to be impartial all around. The
tickets will be placed on sale by Friday
morning. March 5th, at the latest. The
Cardinal will probably leave Wheeling
Thursday, March 11th.
LENT IN CATHOLIC CHURCHES.
The regulations as to fasting and alb
stinence will be read in the Catholic
Churches throughout the entire world
this morning, at all the services. They
do not differ very materially from those
of preceding years save in this, that the
special dispensation to those engaged in
manual labor as well as 20 the members
of their families, is this year put prom
inertlv forward. The ecclesiastical au-
thorities are inclined to be as liberal
as possible this Lent, in view of the
great amount of sickness and the many
dea ~ which have unfortunately mark
ed the latter half of this winter.
The penitential seasons opens, as is
well known. with Ash Wednesday
March Sd. At the Cathedral on that
morning there will be the usual Masses
and at and 1920 respectively, to be
followed by the blessing and distribu-
tion of the ashes at eight o'clock mass
In the evening there will be a second
distribution of ashes for those who are
unable to attend the morning devO-
tions. This will be followed by a ser
mon delivered by Very Rev. Xavier
Sutton. the distinguished preacher OF
Pittsburg. who is a member of the Pas
sionist Order: closing with benediction
of the Blessed Sacrament.