The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-01-08
DEATH OF FATHER M'GLYNN.
wELL-KNOwN CATHOLIC PRIEST
DIES OF HEART FAILURE.
His Bright HrnmSr and Chesrfuinsss
never Left Him TIN He Lost Com
sciousness 1t the IAst-Iad been
Ill for Nearly Two Months.

NEwBuRGH. N. r., Jan. REV. DR..
Edward McGlynn. rector Of st. Marys
church. died at the rectory Ct $40 o'clock
this AFTERNOON after an illness Of about
seven weeks. Of heart failure. superin-
duced by Bright's disease.
A minor surgical operation WAS per-
formed on DR.. McGlynn last night. but
this did not affect the patient or contrf-
butte materially to his death.
During the night DR.. McGiynn had sew
efal sinking spells. and the physicians
were called early to his bedside. where
they remained until he died
1t was apparent that the end was near
and DR.. McGlynn received holy commun-
ion from the assistant rector Of b.
Marys, who later administered extreme
JUNCTION. After high mass In the morning
DR.. McGlynn was annointed.
All efforts toward prolonging life were
made by the physicians. but at o'clock
the priest lapsed into Inconsistencies, his
last audible prayer being: Jesus have
mercy on me-" He passed away without
recovering consciousness.
For two days past DR.. McGlynn had been
troubled with hiccoughs, but was able to
take liquid nourishment to the last. Dr.
McClynn was aware that death was near.
receiving the word TRANQUILITY.
This morning kilograms were sent to
DIR. McGlynn's nephew and niece In
Brooklyn, and several Catholic clergymen.
patch was sent to Archbishop Corrigan.
and his secretary telegraphed: His grace
will arrive at Newburgh at $40"
Archbishop Corrigan had already made
arrangements to visit DR.. McGlynn, and
would have come on Monday. The rela-
tives missed the train and did not arrive
until DR.. McGlynn had become uncon-
scious. Efforts were made to locate Frank
McGlynn. the actor, son OF Dr. Nc
Glynn's brother. who lives in California.
The cheerfulness that characterized DR..
McGlynn was exhibited to the last. Even
when the physicians were using salt wat
er to keep him alive q few hours longer,
DR.. McGlynn eyinced much interest, and
finally remarked: 'Weil. the ways Of
physicians are wonderful"
The citizens of Newburgh were prepar-
ing testimonial for DR.. McGlynn, who
celebrated his first mass in st. Marys
church on New Years day. 1885, and who
had been in the ministry for forty years
People Of all denominations were to have
united in honorjng the priest, and a purse
was to have been presented to him. News
Of DR.. McGlynn's death caused profound
sorrow. Prayers had been offered in both
Protestant and Catholic churches for his
recovery.
LIZ. lNCSlyHn was ITSt StfICheH WITH
illness on November 16 at the rectory. He
was seized with a severe cold and was
compelled to seek his bed Though he was
obliged to break ENGAGEMENTS to lecture,
no alarm was felt by his friends until the
following Monday, when he suffered a se-
we're chill. The first serious attack oc-
CURED November Is, and day or two lat
err there was a consultation of physicians.
1t was announced that DR.. McGlynn was
RArlS. fva~~ obi fAs4n ,1foAn
Early in December DIR. McGlynn suffered
two attacks Of heart failure, and his rela-
tives were hurriedly summoned. He raj
lied, however, and until Saturday night
he appeared to he able to sit by his bed
side for few minutes each day, but
never was able to leave his room.
DIR. McGlynn was GO years of age. He
was robust and Of fine physique. but he
became emacfated by his long illness.
Archbishop Corrigan arrived at $40 and
proceeded at once to st. Mary's rectory.
He expressed deep regret that he had not
arrived before the end came. He was
much moved when he entered the chamber
of death and looked on the face of the
dead, and commented sadly on the dead
priests appearance. He knelt with the
other clergy and said prayers.
Edward McGlynn was born in New York
city. September az, 1887. He studied for the
priesthood at Urban College Of the Propa-
ganda in Rome, and was ordained priest in
1850. He was assistant at St. Stephens
church, acting rector at st. Bridget's, rec
tor at st. AIMS, military chaplain at Gem
trail Park hospital during the war and later
rector at st. Stephens He was a man Of
high literary attainment and a profound
theologian, and in the early seventies came
into notice both here and at Rome as an
advocate of more churches and priests
rather than more parochial schools as a
means for preserving the purity OF religion.
DIR. McGlynn had been q student OF eco
nomical and sociological questions, and be-
lieving the remedies suggested by Henry
George might be applied, he came forward
as a champion of the single tax theory
and entered the campaign in New York in
1885, when George was a candidate for
mayor. Archbishop Corrigan notified him
that this could not be allowed, and upon
showing disinclination to desist, he was
suspended. Soon afterward he was ordered
to got to Rome, first having abjured his
doctrines" Some correspondence followed
and finally he was peremptorily ordered to
present himself at the propaganda under
pain of accommodation If he refused He
was communicated in July, 1887. He at
once forced the Anti-Poverty Society, with
himself as president. to popularize the theo-
ries Of Henry George. In 1892 an apostolic
delegate was appointed to act in his case
and an exhaustive statement Of their doc
trines signed by Henry George and Dr.
McGlynn was turned over to a committee
of theologians of the Catholic University at
Washington, and this committee reported
that they contained nothing contrary to the
teachings or doctrines of the church. Ac-
cordingly, Cardinal Satolli absolved Dr.
McGlynn from the communication and
restored all his priestly faculties. In 1894
he was appointed rector OF st. Mary's
church, Newburgh, with the understanding
that he should have the first desirable va
cancy in New York.
Thomas F. Conway Dead.