Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-29
HOLD A GOLDEN JUBILEE
PassiOnist Fathers Perform Imposing Oers.
mSnieI at Pittsburg Monastery,
CARDINAL GIBBONS CONDUCTS RITES
Pleasure of Event MARRIED by street
Chr Accident Occurring After serV-
ices. I'm which Nine Persons
Are Badly Injured.

~PITTSBURG, Dec. 2S.-The golden ju-
bilee Of the Passionist Fathers in the
United States is being celebrated in the
monastery of st. Paul Of the Cross. The
first session was opened this morning at
1880 with a solemn blessing OF a marble
Calvary group over the altar and a solemn
pontihcal mass.
The blessing Of the Calvary group was
conducted with much religious pomp by his
emience James, Cardinal Gibbons Of Bal
timore, assisted by Rev. Father Joseph
Suehr, with Rev. William Kittell and Rev.
II. j. Goebel as deacons of honor. In the
sanctuary we're: Right Rev. Bishop Phe-
Ian, ranking next TO the cardinal; Most
Rev. Archbishop Ryan Of Philadelphia, Most
Rev. Archbishop Elder, Right Rev. John
w. shannahan, Right Rev. p. ]. Domains,
Right Rev. Leo Haido, O.. S. B., and dig
~nitaries and priests OF this and other
dioceses.
Following the blessing Of the crucifxion
came solemn pontifcal mass, with Rev.
j. j. Ryan as celebrant, assisted by Very
Rev. f. A. Bush, w. c., Of Allegheny, as
assistant priest, and Rev. ]. S. Scram as
deacon. Very Rev. James Kent Stone
preached the sermon, taking for his topic,
"St. Paul, the Saint Of the Cross"
Cardinal Gibbons Presides.
The afternoon service commenced at ESQ
o'clock with solemn pontihcal vespers. Rev.
A. A. Ambling OF Williamsburg acted as as
sistant priest to Cardinal Gibbons, who was
on the throne. Archbishop p. J. Donahue
of Wheeling acted as celebrant at vespers,
with the Expansionist fathers as chanters
in copes. Rev. Charles Cegne OF McKee's
Rocks delivered the sermon, speaking on
THE Triumphs OF the Cross"
Mass will be offered tomorrow morning
for the deceased, Bishop Burke of Albany
being the celebrant. Cardinal Gibbons will
be present at the mass, but leaves at /
O'Clock in a special car over the Baltimore
& Ohio for Wheeling, w. Va, where he will
be given a reception by Rev. p. ]. Donahue.
The great crowds attending the jubilee
celebration taxed the capacity Of the street
cars to and from the monastery, but only
one accident Of consequence resulted. Nine
passengers in a runaway Southern fraction
car were badly hurt, but none seriously.
Two newspaper men, John M. Eagan of
the Times and J. B. Johnson of the Post,
suffered the severest injuries. Eagan had
two ribs broken and was cut and bruised
all over the body. Johnson's head, hands
and legs were cut and torn.
The accident occurred Immediately after
the afternoon service. The car was crowded
and when the long hill was reached the
brakes were ineffective because the raib
had been covered with snow by boys who
were coasting. The car began to slide and
attained a wonderful speed, when a wheel
broke, throwing It against an electric light
pole.
The car was completely wrecked and the
passengers TANNED into a confused mass.
To add to the passengers distress, the fire
in the stove communicated to the wreck
age.
Fortunately other cars came along at this
moment and 1t was only a short time be-
fore the fire had been extinguished and the
passengers relieved. 1t was found that the
car had coasted 1000 feet before the wheel
broke.