New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-05
HONOR TO THE ARCHBISHOP.
THE coRRIGAN JUBILEE A CEREMONY
OF GREAT FOMP AND MAGNIF1CENCE.

49, rusENsg GATHERING IN THE CATHEDRAL
sorrMs ENTRANCE OF HIGH rREIATEs OF
-7,r CHURCH. CLAD IN GORGEOUS VEST
yrNTs-GIOwINo TRIBUTES TO THE
CHARACTER AND WORK OF ARCH
BISHOP coRRIGAN BAN
QUIET IN THE AFTERNOON.
=, the presence OF what was probably the
,orrsst congregation which has ever gathereu
,,hin 81. Fatrck's Cathedral, with all the
.-,,,d,d and elaborate ceremonial which is pro-
,.,ssa wv the Roman Catholic Church for solemn
oocasjons. and surrounded by scores or the hien-
os, d,o7nitaries Of the Church In America @fCH-
,.shop Corr,gan yesterday morning ceieOia'ed
nontifcal high ma on the occasion VI 'ic
,vortv-Afth anniversary Of his consecra'io' as
Bishop
magnificent ceremony Is always nnpossioie
~ good description. Queen NictoTias Juollee
offered II ever there was offered, ar opportunity
,o- descriptive writer. Yet those who at
,cr,nted 70 paint the scene IN words were wholly
,,adoouate for the task Even the best &C
counts were little more than catalogues OF those
taking part in the procession. 1t Is the same
nth regard to the ceremony OF yesterday In the
co,hea-sl AT FIfth-ave and Fiftieth-st The
estimated. and the names OF the church clsh'-
.-,es Dresent printed and the decorations de-
c,,hed and the music and musicians speclned'
pr, the scene when the Archbishop elevated the
,os+ facing the kneeling multitude. cannot he
described II was made up OF too many hetero-
eereou. clements; TO picture 1t would he IKE ~
tempting TO represent panorama IN S"ia''
vater-color drawing. II would ne NhposS'"''
even 10 describe the picture the eye saw
without regard TO its significance or 'ne ia
OF those who constituted 1t. In the centre !"
the front OF the beautiful reredos or the 'a'"e
6ral was the Archbishop in his gorgeous new
vos.rents OF satin, embroidered thickly IN silver
and gold In front Of him his assistants Win
vestments scarcely less gorgeous. On el'"ei
side the Archbishops and Bishops. robed IN rich
rurnle and behind these and IN the foreground
hundreds Of priests in their black cassocAs
monks in brown and gray, whte-rooed aco'! 'es'
red-robed acolytes and nuns gowneu III O'iO"
and white It a wonderfully lhpreSSi'e
scene. and one which those who witnessed II Will
not be likely ever 70 forget
THE PROCESSION ENTERS.
An immense crowd gathered outside the
Cathedral long before 10 a In'' "nel '"e -
cession was timed TO reach the buhcins' MS
,rooass,on was formed IN the poland TRACE
school Madison ave. and Flfty-frst-st II con-
sisted Of the surpliced choir OF the Ca'heu' al
+be clergy. bishops and archhishops' ana mon
signori There were one hundred choi' 'VS''
who led the procession. With them We're al
,,,, ,rr,hsr of the students Of ST. Josephs
Seminary. Members Of the various 'e'e 'o",
orders ~ the diocese followed. They consisted
only OF men, the members Of the women = orue'
being already inside the Cathedral
Tn. nr,ests followed a large proportion OF 'he
.,x hundred priests Of the diocese taking par'
q, tho PROCESSION. After them came 'he hls"ei
aiynitaries a conspicuous place beins reserved
"a, Nonsignor Martinelli. he Apos'ohc be'e
cate At the end Of the procession walked
Archbishop Corrigan. The Rev. n A. brahr
and the Rev. j. F. Kearney. who were his ciass-
rrstes AT ST. Mary's College at Rome. ATTENDED
him as deacons Of honor.
.,,o,g the orchbishops and bishops were
Rishop Mcdonnell. of Brooklyn: BisAop ourNe
=, AIhanv. Bishop Ludden. Of Syracuse; Bishop
-. =, RuTaIo: Bishop Gabrels. OF Ogdens-
hurg. bishop McQuaid. 81 Rochester bishol
xU,sser Of Newark: Bishop McFaul, OF Trenton
.rd~~-nalIv. Archbishop Ryan, OF Philadelphia
.-o.Nsshon Williams of Boston: Archoishoi
cbenneu. OF Ncw-Orleans; Bishop McCiusKey
y, Louisville; Bishop Horstmann. NJ CLEVELAND
and Bishop Chatard. Of Indianapolis
WELCOME FROM THE CHIMES
r,e nsw chimes Of the Cathedral had beer
-.,,,,g s,nce 10 o'clock This was the first time
.,a, ,hev had been heard. They are the hnes
a. ,h,s country. and the rich. full notes OF me
n,neteen bells which constitute them were hear'
a grea, distance from the Cathedral Inc cAiine'
first played rhe hymn OF ST. Casi'n'r' am
s.terward the hymns OF ST. Joseph ana 81
Patrick AS he Archbishop entered the Na'he
Avail the chimes rang out with new tune, com
nosed by william F. Pecher, the organist anc
r,us,cal director Of the Cathedral. IL wa
..Fcce Sacerdos Magnus." These WORDS "ef'
illuminated in electric lights high above I'M
reredos OF the Cathedral. About nve huhore'
oode+. ~ 81 Francis Xavier's. St Johns Col
lege. and Of the De La Sale lnstl'u'e. "er
drawn UP IN front OF the Catheurai "n"e -"
procession was entering H.
AS soon as those who took part In the process
s,on Ind heen seated the side doors were opened
and those who possessed tickets were aoIni''ed
hundreds tried No gain admittance withou
+,cke,s hut the doorkeepers were obdurate. ana
&C n WAS most OF those with tickets who arrived
late found that they We're unable 20 mo seats
After a short time not even standing room wa
10 be found and the doors had to be Closed !"
immense building was crowded In every co'ne'
even tho steps Of the chancel being all occup'e'
DECORATIONS IN THE CATHEDRAL.
over the main door Of the Cathedral the arm
OF the United States. OF the State and OF IN
Archdiocese draped with flags. were displayed
The National colors were suspended from you
poles about the Cathedral, and many or the sur
rounding houses were decorated in honor OF IN
occasion. Tho interior of the building was Deco
rated mostly with Gothic shields fifteen rec
long The coats-of-arms Of Pope Leo XIII Arch
bishop Corrgan and the Auxiliary Bishops wer
displayed the four great columns 81 IN
angles Of the transept. AT the ends OF the alta
appeared the shields OF the dioceses Of Albany
Rochester Syracuse Newark. Trenton. Buhal
and Brooklyn.