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NEWS FROM THE VATICAN
LETTER DEALING WITH MATTERS
ATTRACTING ATTENTION AT
THE PAPAL COURT
EoRE RUMoRs OF LEo's HEALTH
ERoEmous PiIGrimaEes Continue
Leo MI. Has Decided to CeIe-
brate the Entrance OF the
Twentieth Century.

brate the Entrance OF the
Twentieth Century.
Rome Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
Since Oct. ii, his holiness has accorded
the privilege of private pontificial audi
ence to the Princess Matilda of Sake
Coburg, who, with her nephew. Prince
Louis, Duke of Saxe-COburg, was re-
ceived with the honors due their rank;
to foreign cardinals, archbishops and
bishops innumerabe including Mgr.
Thomas OGorEan, bishop of Sioux Falls,
S D., and Mgr. Romero, utular bishop
of Jasso Auxiliary of Buenos Ayres.
The latter made offering to the pope, in
the name of that archdiocese, of valu-
able furs and skins of rare animals.
which greatly pleased the holy father,
who Immediately appropriated a portion
thereof to the decoration of his private
apartments, declaring his intention TO
reserve the remainder for the manufac-
ture of the high fur boots always worn
by him, of late, during the cold season,
MGR. Romero further presented an auto
graph letter addressed to his holiness by
Gen. Roca, president of the Argentine
Republic. II the same audience, the par
iSh priest of La MERGED of Buenos AyreS
director of La Buena Lectura, made Of
fering. in name of his subscribers, of
SGUu, as also OIL SlUO, SlIC OIL the 0OCISOoo
da San Francisco Solano. protectress of
the missions IN the archdiocese of Bue-
nos Ayres. presided over by Nine. Can
tino da Fernandez. The entire Peter
pence from the Argentine Repub ic
amounted to $4,000. Private pontifical
audiences were likewise accorded to Mr..
Bellamy Storer, American minister to the
court of Madrid, and Mrs Storer; to
Mr.. Boucher de la Bruere, superin1end-
of bn
of Quebec; to Archbishop Tont, dele
gate apostolic to Venezuela, Hayti and
San Domingo; to the grand chamberlain
of the emperor of Russia, NJ. Louis Cor
ski, with his two nephcwS; t. the Portu
gueser minister at st. Petersburg; to a
group of noble Hungarian DANES, and
to the sisters of the Society of the
Daughters of St Anne, assembled in
chapter at their mother house in Rome,
for the recent election of a superioress
general to replace their lately deceased
foundress and first superioress, Mother
Rose GattOrno. Sisters came from Amer
lea and from all the provinces of Italy,
and their UNANIMOUS choice fell on Sis
ter Benedicta Carega, of an ancient and
noble Genoese family, who has for locg
years filled the responsible post of secre-
tary general of the institute.
POPE'S ILL HEALTH
The Osserratore Romano of Oct. II,
having given DO Official list of that day
audiences, the quidnuncs Of the Liberal
press. busted themselves forthwith in
cas- er!y spreading the hint of a serious
Illness of his Holiness, who was simply
by advice OF his med cal attendant, pass
ing an interval in much needed repose
after the fatgue OF recent crowded re
ceptions and to FIT himself for renewed
physical and mental activity Further
m, m 6Gt 10It l7o
blessed the coming espOusals betw n
the young Pr nceSs BonCCmpa gni-I-ud-
ovisi and Count POmpeo Campelo, grelt-
grandson of the Prince OF Can:o. Lucian
ROnal arte, the brC the Of the Emperor
Napoleon /. The youthful couple were
presented to the holy father by tire
father of the bride. Mgr. Boncompaoni
Duke of Cora, and canon of the Vatican
chapter, who took holy orders after the.
death Of his second wife, Princess Laura
~Altieri His holiness likewise admitted
to his presence, informally, in audience
OF calf an hour in duration tn junior
partner of the firm Rivoitai Carmienani
Co, Of Milan. acc0mp by 2 Of
Angelo Cataneo Of the Brera academy
(BIera, a c0rruI tion of PraediIm, mean
Ing meadow VINO made offering to the
pope OF a most art site and magnificent
altar cloth wrought in their n anufactory
In Milan, expires ly~ for, the private attn
OF the sovereign pontiff. This work of
art, gift OF the Lombard pilgrimage to
Leo XIII, mas been tines years on the
loom. woven after the d(s gns Of The
above named Prof. Cataneo, in the Goth
lco-N Venetian style, and is unique in its
conception ind exc ution hai monizing
exactly with the chara cterstics of the
altar and port-ayieg in fully appropriate
symbols and hume Ous Nell chosen allie
gnrIes the various evangelical truths.
Tie Snl-ndid. gift was rppOrnTauip6 nv
detailed description thereof engrosscd
on vellum, together with an al tograps
letter from Cardinal Ferrari, archbishop
Of Milan.
The altar-cioth is in the finest white
linen and of truly remarkable workman
ship, viewing the difficulty of executing
the varied details in white, upon white
ground The expression of the face of
the Madonna as also of each of the per-
Eonages represented is marvelously per-
feet, while the exquisite delIcacy of the
bordering and ornamentation in general
is beyond all praise; though the most
notable feature of this unique master
piece Is the entire harmony between the
various designs constituting the entirety
The altar-cloth measures four meters
twenty centi-neters in length, and is
valued at $40 600. For the prepare tiou
IF the design alone were employed 142 0Gi
cardboards q centimeters by eacF
which measured, from end to end, over
Il ldlometers with a weight Of more
than 1872 QuintalS. Seven Jacquart ma.
chimes executed the material labor il
the manufacture of this altar-cloth, pre-
sented- by the Catholics of Trieste to hi.
aoliness, which is regarded as one OF
The greatest victories Of the Italian loom
Leo XIII presented the members of tn,
kfiIanese firm and the designer, Prof
Cattaneo, each with large gold medal
bearing his effigy and announced his in
tention after having himself made USE
IF the splendid gift, to present it, ulti
rI2tely, to one of the four patriarcha
l,asilicas of. Rome, because of its inesti
nlable artistic and intrinsic value.
MORE ENORMOUS PILGRIMAGES
On October goth the pope descenda,
anew to the basilica of St Peter to i'm
Part his apostolic benediction to owe
$1,000 pilgrims from Hungary, Germany
Italy and Spain; the last named preside,
by the archbishOps of Burgos and Seville
included the Captain General Augusta
and wife, the Duchess de Abantes an,
other historic names, as also editors o
prominent journals, together with man,
pilgrims from the Basque provinces, es
pecially from Bilbao, capital of the prov
ince of BiScay. who bore as homage +
the sovereign pOntiff an Offering OF $40,
roo Peter pence, in the name of the com
mittee for the FESTIVAL Of the tncoronatio
of the celebrated statue of the Madonn
OF Begona, yenerated IN Bilbao, togethe
with an artistic cage containing 4 dow
which during the procession made in tha
city has persistingly settled upon til
shoulder of the afore-nan3ed statue
needless Of all attempts to drive it theme
and ce-enterinS the church with the pro
cession finally suffered itself to DE cap
tured when twas unanimously deter
ntned, viewing the circumstances of tn
case, to present the dove TO Leo XIII
who g2aciously accepted the synb Ii
bird which had So lovingly attached II
self. rs It were, to the miraculous statu