The Portland daily press., 1898-10-13
ANNUAL MEETING OF ARcHBIsHoPs.
of Appointing of Arch
bishop Chapelle Apostolic Delegate to
Cuba.


Catholic church began at the Catholic
university today under peculiarly aus.
picious circumstances. just prior to the
| opening session, Cardinal Gibbons who,
as archbishop Of Baltimore, Is presiding
officer of the archbishops, received cable
DESPATCH from Rome, announcing that
Pope Leo had appointed Archbishop
Ohappelle of New Orleans as apostolic
delegate to Cuba. Archbishop Chappelle
is in Rome at present and the despatch
came from him. It stated simply that
His Holiness had made the appointment
without going into details.
Archbishop Chappelle will retain his
present position at the head Of the New
Orleans archdlocese,the mission to Cuban
being in addition to his other duties. His
choice for this important and delicate new
duty was warmly commended by Cardi-
nal Gibbons and the other prelates as
sembled at the University. he speaks
both Spanish and French.
1t was said that Archbishop Chappelle' g
duties would depend entirely upon the
instructions he received at the Vatican
and as to these no iptimation has been
received here thus far.
Those present at the meeting were Car
dinal Gibbons, Archbishops Williams of
Boston, Corrigan of New York, Ryan Of
of Cincinnati, Kahn Of St. Louis, Hen
messy of Dubuque and Basezen Of Mil
waukee. The sessions were private and
1t was stated at the noon recess that
nothing beyoLd routine affairs of the
church, matters OF organization, disci-
pline, etc., had been taken up,
The archbishops completed their work
nd ho oft qQsGiOn and QHinnrnQd
although q committee will remain here
until tomorrow to apportion funds for
Indian schools to the several archdioceses
in which the Indian work is carried on.
Archbishop Kahn, who acted as secretary
today, said there was nothing to give to
the public, as the proceedings had been
confined to the internal affairs Of the
church.
The Pope's appointments of Archbishop
Chappelle as apostolic delegate to Cuba
continues to be the uppermost theme
among the prelates It developed late
In the day that the archbishop had left
home and was now at Paris.
While 1t was believed that Arch bishop
Chappelle would remain at the New Or
leans diocese yet it was felt that 1t might
become necessary to appoint a coadjutor
archbishop to assist him during his spec.
ial mission.
The understanding here is that he will
90 to Havana AND Santiago ana conduct
his work in Cuba.
There he will be the personal represen.
tative of the Pope.
BIG TIMBERLAND TRANSACTION
Ellsworth, October 12.--Ellswort, lum-+
Der men have sold to Charles Mullan and
others of Oldtown and Bangor, half OF
a township in Range 10, Somerset county,
for $4,000. The same parties have praoti.
cal1y closed negotiations for an entire
township in the same locality, the pur-
chaee price Of which will be S4s, 0o0 It lie
unders TODD that behind the pur6haserSls
syndicate Of New York capitalists who
pro pose to erect in the vicinity of their
timber land purchases, large pulp and
pap er mill the site for which has aheHay
been secured. The name of Editor Pulit-
yer of the New York World is associated
with the syndicate. This is one of the
largest timber land transactions in Maine
for several years.