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POPE LEO HAS CREATED TEN SAINTS
AND THIRTYONE BEATIFICATIONS.

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Your correspondent had the honor TO re-
ceiye from the chauCeilory OF his Enincnce.
Cardinal MazelIa. project 4 the Sacred
Congregation of Rites. a list of the DEGREES
Of bestihcation and canOnization. respec-
lively. ordained by the Holy See during
the Nineteenth Century
The designation Nineteenth Century
would seem to indicate. that until after the
beginning OF the Twentieth Century, no
more saints Will be created, which IS par
Icularly hard on the French, that have
hoped for years that Shakespeare's
pruphcsy.
No longer on st. Denis will We cry.
But Joan. la Pacelle, shall DO Frances
saint"
may az last be fulfilled.
According TO the official list the Pontifs
Pic VII ,whO began his reign in ISyp. Leo
MI uNG-ls-yl, Hio VIII us2s-lS5D, Gregory
XVI uSdi-Ioi5. Pic IN Gsi6-ls1SI, ana The
IeigIiug Pope Leo Mi, have pronounced
$40 Qualifications. while the names of sev-
cnty-eight holy men and women were
placed on the roll Of saints 10y them.
Leo NH.
Ills Holiness. Leo Mil, Was pleased 70
pronounce thirty-Une Qualifications and ten
denominations during his most successful
pontincate. According TO the authorities Of
the Congregation OF the Holy Rites. the
present Pope, since the beginning Of his
reign, has taken particular interest in the
martyrs who suffered under Henry VIII and
ms daughter. Queen Elizabeth OF England,
and nothing gave him greater happiness
'idn the beatI1catlOn OF Cardinal Fisher,
ElsEgp of Rochester, OF Margaret Pole.
mother Of Cardinal Pole. and of Thomas
More, the great Lord Chancellor OF the
Kingdom.
Fisher and More, as is well known. were
executed because they wouldn't recognize.
henry VII rs supreme head of the
'HnTch IN England. At that time Bishop
f!SHer was the most aged and most Vcncr-
able Of the English prelates, and Pope Leo
hcIus nm worthy OF special honors seeing
mat The Battle of English Catholics,
against Henry and Elizabeth began when
he refused to deny his convictions.
MarS irct Pole died for the faith in the
Tower after seeing her younger son be-
heddcd-this in consequence OF Cardinal
l'ole's appeal to the Roman Emperor TO
carry into execution the bull of Paul Ill.
10y which Henry VII WAS accommodated
md dcpostd.
Aside from honoring these most prcmi-
Hent defenders Of The papacy in England.
ms Holiness conferred honors On n~fty-one
Of their contemporaries and COun;rymcu-
notably on many brethren Of che Charter
House, a monastic order renowned for
charity and devotion to duty. These good
fathers followed Bishop Fishers example
N unfolding the Pope's supremacy, where
upon Henry hanged many and starved the
rest TO death Leo. having made a study Of
their lives, readily responded to the pras-
rrs Of the English Catholic hierarchy. aud
10y his orders their names We're Inscribed
on the church calendar as "venerablcs
Catholics are now at liberty to offer pri-
vate prayers To then: on the days Of their
martyrdom and on other occasions; in the
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Of Christians there. Among them was ona
venerable lady. Lucia FleiteS. " years old.
who was cruelty murdered while singing
the praises of Christ and defending the
cross against blaSphemous heathens.
Pop" Leo also placed three small chill
Grcu on the list Of the beatified. John CO.
rav. l. years old. his brother. Peter. . years
OLD. and Fernandez Gicrgi. 4 years old.
These died IN the same massacre that
crushed the blessed Lucia's gray hair into
the dust. OF the seventy-eight new saints.
fUrty-sevan were martyrs and the majority
of them suffered death in TonGuin, South
Asia. IN lSl5 and later. The list of the Tom
Guin martyrs - headed by the venerable
Bishop Melchior, a Frenchman, who was
murdered with great barbarity on July 81
ely put TO death by Anam natives on Nos
yember ;. 1850.
Cases Under Consideration. ,
The office of the Holy Rites has now un~
der consideration thu following cases:
joan of Arc, as above set forth
Rita OF Cascia. a nun OF the Augustinian
order. la Santa Gegl Impossible tho,
pajroness Of The impossible. as she ia por-
Agolin Of sommariya. Concentration near
Is Cnnplste.
Benedicta nsis-I7lSD Mgr BarnadouS
bishop OF Gap. collected evidence OF het
Camille Centlli Fifteenth Century, Her
Identification was authorized BY Gregory
Francis Xavier Joseph Mary Biarchi. died
at Naples in the odor Of sanctity in ISIS.
iEei al
Gasrard del Buffalo. born at Rome. died
1881. Gregory XVI Introduced q decree for
his beatifcatiOn. hut i. Is still sub judlce.
Joseph Mary Pignateln OK Saragossa, died
in the odor of s~anctity in 1871. aged "a.
Mary Frances de Plates de Notre Seiss
npur ~ Naples G1l6-l,yn.
Nicholas Molinari, Bishop OF BOvin1, in
Naples n7GS-i7g2). Process of his canoniZa-
ton commenced In 1881.
Paul de la CrOix, founder Of the Pas
Honists. died At Rome in the odOr of sane
tiry In I775. Plus VI introduced the cause
of her bsatiication.
pomp!llo Mary lie st. Nicholas Piro'ti OF
EeHrypnto, died At Campo in 17Js- TeTdi-
nand II of Naples Interested himself in his
canonization.
Theresa Margaret du Occur de Jesus OF
Arezzn. died In the oior of sSnCtity in f11n-
Vincent Mary Strambi Of Civita Nicchia-
died 1921.
Vincent Lorelli. Archbishop of btranto,
died 1872. aged Il.
Vincent Pomanus Of Naples. died 1891.
COpyrisht, 1910. by Henry ". FISCHER.
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rules of evidence. he is welcome to all the
exhibits" and the presiding Judge can {
make him sit down before he is through
with his objections.
This funCtionary is especially nominated
for each Identification and Cauonizat.pn act.
and the brightest, most analytical thinkers
among tn" pFeiates are selected for TIM OF
lc-. He appears il court masked, the pre-
siding Judge alone knows his name and
character. for IN case the subject be ol'-
waited to the station his admirers crave for
him, ii would be awkward 4" be known as
an opponent"
Joan of Arc.
Those advocating the elevation of Joan
of Arc charge most OF the delay in the
matter TO the account of the power of the
DEVILS advocate.
That Pope Leo flgoIs the heroic Joan. is
an open secret. for His Holiness expects u
great religious revival IN France to follow
upon the ConSummation Of the act. Reasons
Of state, too, speak In its favor, and thOGgn
such cannot Influence the judges Anal d.
ciSion, of course. they might have a ten
dency to hurry the proceedings. The Con
gregation of Rites * said to be satisfied
by the proofs Of picty. unseltiShncss and
the performances OF miracles furnished. bat
the devils advocate succeeded In THROWING
doubt ON the contention that the maid en-
joyed supernatural Inspiration. He persist
emily refuses to admit the reality Of the
voices which. it is said. the maid heard
from heaven, and there the matter rests ~
present.
The preIate from the holy rites Office
cautioned sour correspondent against fall
ing into the common error Of speaking Of
Jcan's prospective "canonization."
"The present proceedings only ask that
she be placed among the 'bca,ified.' ne
said-it would he against church law to
ask higher honors for her at the begin
ning."
According to present prospects. Joan's
beatiiCation may taxi place next year.
hut. owing to the slowncss nf the Vatican
and the extreme deliberatinn and caution
with which IL moves. her canonizations may
be delayed Indefinitely. and this, despite the
fact that Joan is credited with many mira
cleS, some Of which are well authenticated
The Only American saint.
Speaking of the only American saint. St
Rose of Lima. whom he called "a lovely
flower of sarctity.' the holy rites officer
expressed some astonishmcnt at the fact
that the New World contributed but a sin
gle name to the roll OF saints.
To be sure" said the prelate. st. Rose
was a most extraordinary character. She
was christened Isabelle, but on account of
her beauty of face and mind. the people
likened her to the queen of flowers ard the
name given her by common consent chung
TO her in life and death. Though she worked
night and day 10 keep her poor parents.
her beauty was SO great that, from fear of
vanity, she cut off her hair and b~listered
her face with pepper and her hands with
time As a st. Dominican u she wore
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under her habit = hair shirt studded with
nails. while n silver crown armed with
ninety points cuCircied her head often.
wh'n he Self-intliCtca torture was 700
much for her. she heard 4 voice from
heaven that said My cross WAS yet more
painful" The blessed sacrament was about
her only food.
Hers" continued the rrelate. were Ger
iaiuly rar" virtues. her devotion to the Lord
was limi,lSss. the fame Of her charity am
piatv world wide. but undoubtedly there
have been other American men and wouru
whn led equally exemplary lives and who
ere. consequently. entitled to church hoUorS
Of the lower degrees at least. St. RuS"
achieved tire highest pinnacle because Of the
miracles she performed while in the flesh
and because of others that are still wrought
at intervals At her shrine. The history of
hcF cauOniza'iOu is 80 Instructive. AT TIN"
anne time. that | will shortly review II for
the benefit Of American readers.
Long Delay in CaDonizatiOu.
st. Rose died in August. 1911. that is. IN
der the VoutiGCate Of Paul V, and the aci-
ta;iOn for her beatiicatiOn began under his
successor. Urban VIII. who sat on tn"
papal throne from 1923 to l6H. Agreeable to
the prayers OF the metropolitan Of the
Church of Lima. the clergy. nobility and
the people. Pope Urban at last sent a com
mission "a South America to investigate The
case on the spot. There were then still
man living witnesses to- Roses holy life,
and the papsl ministers also had occasion
to inquire into thu circumstances of the
miracles worked by her and subsequently in
consequence" of prayer at her scpulch'r.
The commission brought back 10 Rom.
So many well authenticated accounts re-
s~pccting the subject that his Holiness al
lowed the testimony to he laid before the
Congregation Of Rites. which. theregpOn.
began to sift and weigh the evidence ac-
ccrIing to the prescribed rules.
Yet Urban died ere one-tenth part Of the
inqUiTendo was over. The good cause went
slowly on under innocent y Geii-l655. and
even the next Pope. Alexander VII n65i-
1851. did not see its finish. though all the
religious and secular orders Of Lima. the
NicerOy. Council Cf State and the M8Eis-
trateS VI the different towns entreated his
Holiness 10 give Lima her much cherished
pstroncSs.
Roses Qualification was at last pro-
nounced by Clement N u6,5-I6T. and his
successor of the same name. the tenth
Clement. placed this American Virgin on
the roll of saints nearly fifty years after
her death. Oven the interceSSion of Kings
Philip " and Charles II Of Spain was pow
crIesS TO hurry the process by a single
month. The various commissions and au-
thOrities. by the way. examined all together
ls3 witnesses to Roses holy life and mir
aClsS."
The Enormous Expense.
The official told your correspondent that
the expenses connected with the comforting
of church honors must be borne by the
friends and admirers Of the candidates. Ia
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Eastern Star Installations.

Public installation exercises were held
last evening at CarrOIlton by Temple Chap
ter, No. 325. Order Of Eastern Star. in the
Masonic Temple. Mrs. L. $. Carpenter Of
Carrollton and Mr.. r. y. McPherran OF
Greenfield rendered vocal solos; Miss Gilda
Harwitz of CarrolltOn, a piano solo, and
Mrs j. NJ. Sanford. also of CarroIltOn. read
several selections. The installation eXer-
cises were in charge of George W. Davis,
retiring worthy patron Following are the
officers Installed: Mrs. J. T. Hays. worthy
matron; F. 7. Kersher. worthy patron; Mrs
c. A. Weimsr. assistant matron; Mary
Gimmy, secretary: Mrs. Kate Rainey. treas
urer; Mrs. II. II. Montgomery. conductress;
Mrs. Thomas Henshaw. associate cOnduc-
ress: Mabel Morrow. Adah. Name Robin
son. Ruth: Edna Rumrill. Esther; Netis
Davis. Martha: Hester Bowman. Elsctas
Mrs. 4. ID. Irvine. chaplain: Orva Weimer,
or9anist; J. W. Beatty, sentinel: Mrs. J.
NJ. Sanford. marshal.
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the hp.tificafion must be carried before the
Cardinals. and when their eminenCes have
approved of il, it is Submittel TO the ron
siSt0Ty presided over hy the Pope.
Some fourteen steps may he counted in
the process, which gives the superlativc III
tie of saint to the previously bcatt:ied per
son. and they extend over many years. and
sometimes from one century to another.
Above all. more miracles must I've at
tested before canonization can he talked Of.
That means the Vatican authorities VIII not
consent to a new and still more rigid in
vestigation, unless miracles continued TO be
wrought at the blessed persons shrine.
No saint Ever Told n Lie.
Proof of this forthcoming. the faithful
are required to show tina the subject has
never told a lie. This must be vouchrd for
hv renuiable witnesses. Records of their
testimony may be kept from generation TO
generation. and, IL well authenticated. are
accepted as evidence. Secondly, 1t must
be proven that the subject was positively
unsalfish in all deeds. pure, kind and I'M
worldly. without O-e faint upon his or her
personal chara ter. This must be vouched
for by the testimony of a large number Of
witnesses who knew the person intimately
during life"
"All this" concluded the officer Of the Con
Gregation of Rites. takes much time. and
more often than not two or three decades
nay. even - or 100 years. pass by. before
the Holy See is satisfied that the subject
for whom supreme honorS are sought ~
worthy Of them. The one eminent exCcp-
ton TO this rule was the case of st. Fran
els n'Assisi. who was canoniZed within two
Nf1iF "at'A - n anu E'f'al! dllFt WI Us
"a church was dedicated TO him at his birth
place.
The Real Meaning of Cauonization.
Your correspondent begged the prelate for
a definition of the term Canonizatiun. 1T
is the final process he said. I'm the recOg-
milton and estimation OF the virtues of a
servant of God preparatory to his or her
being elevated to the affairs. and com
mended to the perpetual generation and in
vocation of the church. The act makes
prayer to the Canonized obligatory. Churches
and affairs may he freely erected in honor
Of one canOnizei. but only in q limited
way Ia one beatifed.'
The DEVILS Advocate.
The authorities celebrating on the cas-. of
"A person intended for the highest or minor
church hon"rs. constitute a regular court
with judges jury. councillors and prose-
cutting attorney. The latter is known as
the Devils advocate" and his unpIaasalt
duty is L" throw doubt on any fact or re-
port introduced favoring the sacred act con-
tennplated. He attacks the veracity Of wit
nssses. tries to dispute the authenticity Of
the ancient documents. and disSecfS the
miracles with fiendish wit and ;cnacitv-
in fact. he exploits in advance all the con-
trary arguments that the enemies of the
church are wont 10 marshal against its
saints and confessors wv The
devils advocate Is unhampered by any
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prayers They are Iaud"I for their eminent
virtue and picty which was Il shining ok
ample to others while they sojournei on
Mart>rs. Confcssors and Virgins.
Two hundred and five out of the $40
bcatiiieG persons were martyrs.
OF the seventy-eight canonized. forty
eight were martyrs. twenty-foUr coniessors
ana seven virgins.
The authorities OF the Holy Rites office
eXDlaiucd to voIr CORRESPONDENT the pre-
pOnderancF of Qualifications over Can0niZI-
lions as follows: A motion for Identification
may lie filed AT the Vatican in favor of any
deceased Catholic by furnishing proofs that.
while I'm the flesh, lie or she praCticed to a
remarkable and heroic degree the three the
OlCCiCll virtues. faith, hope and charity. and
the four cardinal virtues, prudence. tuS'ica.
courage ana temperance, with all that they
imply.
Furthermore. the authenticity of at least
TWO miracles wrought by, or through. the
intercession of the person To Ice thus hon
orcd. must be proved, but testimony that
= person led a holy life and worked miracles
Is acceptable not earlier than fifty years
after death has ensued.
TIE Bishop of the diocese then appoints
\ which carries the case before
the COngregatiO Rituum at the Vatican. and
this authority goes over the whole ground
asain. constituting itself a most searching
court OF inquirendo. only II the testimony
furnished proves valid III every particular,
a decree of qualification is granted. This
mems in many cases the preliminary step
to enrolment on the calendar OF saints.
Difference B-twrrn Degree.
But. while the Holy Soc declares the per
son blessed. IL determines the state of the
bcatihed only so far as TO grant and limit.
respectively. the religious honors paid 20
him or her.
Rome sees n Qualification once in every
three or four years. Several persons. Il will
be remembered, We're beati!ici during The
Pope'S jubilee. one, 4 Spaniard, OF the Six
tecnth Century. was known 10 his Contem-
poraries as the Apostle OF Ardalusia." and
received the honor in the presence Of 700
pilgrims from the peninsula.
The splendid crcmon takes place in The
SIla dele CanonizaZionc. a beautiful hall
over the VestibUle Of s.. Peters. extending
the whole width Of the church. and the
rites include the reading of the bull. Tie
DcUm. the unveiliTE Of the image or pie
ture. and 2 special collection of PRAYERS.
The Pope himscl! offers incense to the new
~ blessed and announces that public nrav-
CT is permissible to the bsatifed.
Canonizaiion.
"CauOnizaiiCD-that Is. the Canonical act
by which enc previously beatifed is nut
down on the canon of saints by papaI YER
diet. is pronounced only very rarely now.
rs III" number Of martyrs and ConfeSSnrs is
diminishing with the continuous spread of
Christianity in all parts Of the world" con-
tinued the Vatican authority.
/ effect II, the testimony produced at
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most cases the money Is brought together
by Subscriptions. or is levied on the diocese
by a special tax. Quite frequently the rel
atlvts of the candidates furnish as least
part Of the money. Thus the family of the
Leo XIII at ST. Peters. spent 29,00o francs
to help defrIy the expenses Of the necessary
INVESTIGATIONS.
Nineteenth Century's Blessed and
saints.
Among the saints credited from $50 TO
1910 tho following are the most widely
Columbia. She was a sanity virgin. In
1873 her body was discovered In the Ceme-
t"ry 81 -. Calepode, canonized by Greg
Flumena. Her body was discovered in
1852 I'm the Cemetery of 81. Priscilla. An
arpaTitiOn revealed the identity Of the
CORPSE, which was removed 20 Naples in
1913. and WAS honure1 by So many miracles
that she was called The Thauinatursist of
onizatioa in 49,. Plus tx granted great in
drl@'nCes to those honorinE the new saint.
Gerard Maiella Of Naples died 1855: the
miracles which continued to honor her tomb
caused her canonization by Plus N I'm 1877.
Hcreneta. Her body was discovered in the
cgt1Cumbs Of Rome. and her Canonization
was authorized by Gregory XVI in 1871.
Mary Clot!!de d. France died in Is2. Was
h'gtitied lSA.
Crsic. Her body was found in the GENE
terry Of st. Calixtus and was removed to
bordeaux in 1872. when her caaonization
was authorized by Gregory V
Jean BdpIiste de la Sale. He was found
or of tho teaching order of the Catholic
Church. the Christian Brothers,. and WAS
horn at Rheims. in l651. of Il good family.
The brothers were introduced into fhe
United States in 1876. by Archbishop Ec-
clastun OF Baitimore. They have four gem
eral divisions in the United States. with
about loo brothers. teaching. 3J.0g1 pupils.
CanOniZef by Leo MIL.
Antonio Maria Zcccaril. He was a holy
priest who died in 15$9. Wars. pestilence
and the Protestant influence of Lutheran
soldiers in Northern Italy led him To es-
rabi!Sl; an order which should he If service
among the neople-"a secular clergv-not
going out Of III. world. but living and
working in it" They are called Barnibites.
CanOniZcd by Leo XIII.
The blessed Fourier. He was better
known as the Apostle Of LORRAINE; he
lived in the time Of Cardinal Richeliau. His
relatives are the Counts Fourier dc BacOurt
in France.
CathOIics That Died for Their Faith.
While ii is estimated that three-fourths
Of the 31.oo saints on the canon were mar
tvrS. the proportion of martyrs among the
Catholics bcatified and canoniZed during
the past uInety-nine years was even
greater.
OF the 80 beatifed. 2N5 died for the Lord.
most VI them in Japan during the slaughter
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prayers They are Iaud"d for their eminent
virtue and picty which was Il shining sX-
ample to others while they sojournei on
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The official told your correspondents that
the expenses connected with the comforting
OF church honOrs must be borne by the
friends and admirers of the candidates. Ia
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DEMOCRATIC HYPOCRISY

1t must be a little provoking to
ardent free silverites to have the dem
ocrats explaining the 16 to l plank the
way a large number do. Mayor Rose,
of Milwaukee, who was at the Kansas
City convention, declares II do not
think free silver will be a permanent
issue during this campaign"
And Samuel Alschuler, the demo-
cratic gubernatorial nominee of Ill,
hoping to pacify the gold standard.
democrats of his state, says: "They
know that if MIR. Bryan were elected
the 16 to 1 ratio could not be made a
law for six years, because Of the politi-
cal complexion of the United States
senate.
That is the way the democrats, are
talking when they are among sound
money democrats, and then they will
go among free silver republicans and
free silver democrats and declare that
they are more interested in 16 to l
than any thing else-that it is the
paramount issue" to day just as it
was in '96. They are thus going to
make Il campaign of deception and
fraud. They say SO themselves. No
wonder Senator Teller wept, with
tears streaming from his eyes," as the
Associated Press reports him after
Towne's defeat at Kansas City. And
no wonder EN- Senator Dubois pitiful-
ly declared, "While there are many
sad hearts here to day, no II feels
more keenly than myself the disaster
which has over taken us to day"
The result will probably be that
Towne will withdraw and leave Steven
son alone for the tail of the ticket
and the free silver republicans get nit
ON the ticket, and also are having
their hobby discredited and belittled,
Even should Towne remain on the
ticket it will be merely as more hypo.
critical pop to induce free silver re
pu blicans to stay with them-for it
would be as voting for nothing, an
other Tom Watson affair.
Why shouldn't Senanor Teller weel
aud Ex-senator Dubois mourn owe
the "disaster?:"