The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-15
GIFTS TO THE CATHEDRAL.
THE HIGH ALTAR A MEMORIAL TO
BISHOP BECKER.

A Gift From the Personal Friends OF
the Late Heard of the Diocese-The
Sacred Heart Altar n Gift From the
Priests of the Countrywide Pulpit
From MIR. and Mrs. j. j. McDOn-
Ough and the Bell From Miss Mary
G. Bennett-The Donors of the Sta
tiOns-SOme of the Memorial Win
dows.
The Cathedral of st. John the Baptist
is rapidly nearing completion The great
er part of the work on the building proper,
has been finished, and the work of bronx
ing, and gliding the columns, frescoing
the walls and ceiling, and erecting the
affairs is now being done. This work is
progressing rapidly and within a short
time the church win begin to assume the
appearance that it will have when COM
pleted, which will make it one of the
handsomest, if not the handsomest, edi-
flee in the South.
All of the affairs have been provided.
The High Altar which will be a memo
rial to the late Bishop Becker, has been
given by the following friends of the
Bishop:
Mt. Rev. NJ. A. Corrigan, New York,
Mt. Rev. Patrick ]. Ryan, Philadelphia;
Mt Rev. William H. Elder, Cincinnati;
RI. Rev. A. A. Curtis, Baltimore; Rt.
Rev. Ignatius f. Horstman, Cleveland;
Rt. Rev. James a. Healy, Portland; Rt.
Rev. Patrick j. Donahue, Wheeling RI.
Rev. Edward P. Allen, Mobile; Ri Rev.
Leo Haid, o. S. B., Belmont N. c.; Very
Rev. E. a. Bush, Allegheny, Pa; Rev.
John ]. Tierney, Mt St. Marys; Rev.
Denis J. Flynn, Mt. St. Marys; Rev. DIR.
John E. Gum, S. NJ, Atlanta; Rev. DIR.
G. X. Schadewell, Atlanta; Rev E. L.
Brady, New Castle, Del; Rev. Philip j.
Carey, Savannah; Convent of the Vista
ton, Wilmington, Del. Sisters of Mercy,
Savannah; J. Smith Brennan and sisters,
Wilmington, Del; Mrs. E. Springer, Co
lumbus, Ga; a friend in Savannah Au-
gust DORIS Sons, Augusta; DR.. r. D.
Spalding, Atlanta d. j. Foley, Baltimore;
p. Lynch, Atlanta; ]. Carroll Payne, At
lanta; John II. Mecaslin, Atlanta; Jack
j. Spading, Atlanta; Mrs. Kate Cox, At
lanta Louis Gholstin, Atlanta; James To-
bin, Augusta; Miss A. Woods, Augusta;
Mrs. NJ. A. Anderson Richmond; a Sa-
vannah friend; various contributions in
New York.
The restoration of the altar will cost be-
tween 81, 400 and $780, something over 81, 200
of which has already been given, and the
balance will be the gift of a Virginia
friend of the Bishop
The Sacred Heart altar is present to
the Cathedral from the priests through
out the Uniled States. The Altar of Our
Blessed Lady is a memorial to the late
Archbishop Gross. The work of collecting
the funds for this altar was done by Rev.
James NJ. O'Brien. The Sisters and chill
dren of St Mary's Home, desiring to ex-
press their gratitude, have given the AL
tar of ST. Anthony in memory Of Father
Cafferty; and the Altar of st. Joseph has
been given in memory of their daughter
Margaret, by Mr.. and Mrs, Henry Blum
A similar altar to her memory had been
dedicated in the former Cathedral
a beautiful pulpit will be erected by Mr.
and Mrs ]. j. McDonough, who were also
the donors of the former pulpit.
A bell Weighing 4,20O pounds, much larger
than the old one, has been donated by
Miss Mary G. Bennett in memory Of her
father and mother The cost of this bell
was very near $1,000.
The Fourteen Stations of the Cross
which are extremely handsome, being OF
carved wood and imported from Munich
were given by the following persons.
Relatives OF Father Semmcs. Mrs. Mar
garet II. Cash, Capt John Flannery. Mrs
W. J. Harry sr., Mrs. 7. f. Gleason
and Mrs. Joseph Gleason, Mrs. John T.
Roman, John G. Butler, Jr., Mrs. =.
O'Connor family OF Mrs John Sullivan.
Mrs. John j. Lynch, Mrs. Henry Blun,
Mrs. j Cron'n, Mrs NJ. a. OByino,
family Of James Kennedy.
The brackets to support ia sa stations
have not yet been racc,,c1 but contrlbu-
ons for HON aye been roe vel from
MS Hcn'y Blum Mr. A. 4. Bvrnc,
Mrs w. j. Hartv. $ b.. Mrs. J ". Wilson
NJ j. a ew T.. and NJ ~. Thc.naa
Ballartyno.
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