The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-08-18
ITALIANS HONOR THE MEMORY
OF KING HUMBERT.
Beautiful Address Of Blshop MAJ.

OF KING HUMBERT.
Beautiful Address of Bishop Matz.
Correspondence Intermountain Catholic.)
Denver. Aug 14-The love and
esteem in which the Italian colony OF
Denver held the ruler of their native
land was manifested by their memorial
services in st. Elizabeths church last
Thursday.
A procession was formed at Four
teenth and Arapahoe streets at 10
o'clock. 1t was lead by a platoon of
mounted police. ChopinNs grand fun
eral march was eXcellently rendered by
a military band. Various Italian So
Cieties made a grand display.
A striking feature of the procession
was that the Star Spangled Banner
was everywhere in evidence, for the
Italians here are very proud to be
called Americans.
A hearse drawn by six black horses
and bearing a beautiful casket was a
salient feature Of the parade. 1t was
draped in the Italian colors on which
were written the words: La Patria
Dolente Piange, La Perdita del suo
Re" a country is grief stricken for its
king has perished.
This was followed by a number Of
carriages. The Italian consul, Dr.
Cuneo, headed these Lieutenant Gov
ernOr Carney, Mayor Johnson and
city officials, together with the British,
French, Belgian and Swedish-Norwe-
gian consuls took part in the process
sion.
A vast concourse Of people had as
sembled at St. Elizabeth's before the
funeral procession arrived, but the
middle aisles were reserved for those
who formed the procession, so that all
were seated. The pillars of the high
altar were festooned with crepe and
streamers of white ran the entire
length of the church. Six lighted wax
tapers cast a dim funeral light from
the high altar, which was otherwise
devoid of ornament. A CatafalqUe,
with lighted candelabra on either side,
was prepared to receive the casket- AS
the procession moved slowly up the
middle aisle the organ pealed out Men
delssohn's funeral march, and the choir
sang with much feeling Dues Irae
Miss WOeber presided at the organ.
and the choir was composed OF
Josephine Woeber. soprano; Margaret
BattmusCh. alto; NJ I. f. Sullivan
tenor and n. Sayer. bass.
Right Rev. Bishop Matz, assisted by
Revs. Gubitosi s. J.. deacon; Cornelius,
o. S. B., of Boulder, sub-deacon, and
Father Phillips. master of ceremonies,
pronounced the absolutiOn at the cata-
sive, and at its conclusion Bishop Matz
delivered a strong address against
anarchy.
"Our sympathy for a nation" said he,
"bereft of it's leader by the hand Of an
archy, brings us together today. In the
name of humanity we. assemble TO pro-
test against such a, heinous crime. In
doing this as the representative OF the
Catholic Church for this great Rocky
Mountain i1o11OfrNr am only pNnreSS-
ing the sentiment proclaimed by our
holy father Lee Kill, when the atrocl--
Gus crime was announced to him. Al
though on his sick bed he insisted on
getting up to say mass for the muir
dered king No matter what their re-
lations in life bad been, in death Leo
Kill. representing the clemency of the
church. had only blessings to bestOw."
Bishop Matz reciting the deaths of
the empress of Austria, the president of
France, prime minister of Spain, en-
peror of Russia. two presidents of our
own country, continued:
whittier is humanity tending? What
is becoming of society? Modern society
for some time has been sowing the
wind and now they are reaping the
whirlwind Modern society has cast off
the yoke of the Omnipotent, and in
fidelity has replaced religion. Infidelity
is the forerunner- of anarchy, for those
that reject the law of God will soon
TeDudiate all law
THE bishop was followed by Father
PersOne. :. j., of Trinidad. Father
Persone is a venerable. silver-haired
priest Of the old missionary type, and
delivered an eloquent address in Ital-
ian on the vcissitudes and brevity of
this life. sketching many beautiful
characteristics of King Humbert. He
said il was his paternal care for his
subjects that endeared Humbert to
Italians all over the world. The paths
of glory he said. led but to the grave,
and we should always be ready for the
death that is certain, for il is. waiting
for us down the road we know not
where.
After the services an informal recep- /
tion was held in the parlors of the
Franciscan priory, where the various
consuls and officials were presented to
Bishop Matz and Father PeTsone.
DR.. Cuneo expressed himself as pro-
foundly grateful to the people of Den
Yer for their sympathy to the Italian
nation in its hour of grief.
1T is bound to weld the nations
closer together. he said The pres
ence of so many noted men was an
extremely gracious expression of SYM
pathy. and one that we deeply appre- |
ciate."
After the services in church were
concluded a luncheon was served to the
state. city and county officials and the
foreign representatives in the Francis |
can priory. Bishop Matz delivered a |
short discourse hoping that they would
all frequently meet again, but never to
celebrate such deplorable event.