The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-06
.ORRIGAN SUCCUMBS
ARcHDIsHoP OF NEW YORK
 SUDDENLY CoLLAPsEs.
Throughout the Day the Eminent Divine's Condition Had Been
 Satisfactory to His Physi-
 cians--Ill Since February.

New York, May 5.--Archbishop Corri- gan died tonight at 11:05. The death or the archbishop came as a great surprise and shock. Up to 10:30 there was no evidence of collapse. in fact, the arch bishop at 10:i0 talked, with his secretary. Before Il o'clock, however. the trained nurses who had charge at the bedside noticed change and the physicians were .telephoned for. At the same time the archbishop's two brothers were summoned
 to the room as well as a number of
 priests. It was quickly seen by the rhy-
 sicians that the end was at hand and
 in less than quarter of an hour his grace
 was dead. His last moments were peace
 full and without evidence of suffering. A
 cruciffx had been placed In the hands of
 the archbishop as he lay, breathing with
 difficulty and he died clasping 1t. His
 rosary hung from his wrist: over his
 head was a statue of the Savior and on one side picture of the Madonna.
 Dr. Reyes was unable to reach tie
 house until ten minutes before m'dr :eht. He said that death had doubtless Lcen caused by degeneration of the heart and
 weakness resulting from the arcabishop's
 illness. The illness really dased iron
 the end of February of this year when,
 in going through the Kelly Memorial
 Chapel, in course of construction at the
 rear of the cathedral he Tell bsIween
 some beams and to keep himself from
 falling to the floor below he had t, hold
 ip,a mn hxr ho arr, nit ba zfr ir,
 was very great and before he r1cf vered
 from the effects of the accident fe was
 attacked with pneumonia.
 Dr. Keys after making his examination
 tonight said: "The condition tf the
 archbishop today was, excellent At 2:3f
 o'clock when Dr. Delafield and I con
 suited Dr. Defafieid was 50 delighted u al he told the archbishop he might get cut of bed Wednesday and sit up for a while The archbishop had been proppsd up in bed all the afternoon"
 The most Reverend Michael Augustine Corrigan, D. D., was born at Newark, N J.. in 1S40. His parents came from Lein- ster, Ireland. After having graduated | from the schools of his native place he was sent to St. Mary's College In Elm mettsburg. Md. After leaving St Mary's | in 1859. having made a brilliant record as i student. iie went to Europe to take Holy orders In Rome he was one of the l thirteen students who registered in the American College there when it was | opened. < He devoted two years to the pre- | liminary studies of the college and then began the study. of theology.
 I Atthotigh ordained a priest by Cardina | Patrizi in the l4atoran Basiiica in 1SS3 h' | remained in the American College an other year and won the degree of doctor I of divinity. Dr. Corrigan then sailed for | home and reported on his arrival tc | Bishop Bayley in Newark, who at once assigned him to the professorship of dog matic theology and Sacred Scripture as well as to the dictatorship of Seton Hal l College. Later the Rev. Father Corrigai became Nice-President of the College ant when only 2S years old became President of that institution. When Bishop Bayley visited Rome in 1870. Dr. Corrigan be- came the administrator and vicar gen. eral of Newark. He was consecrated Bishop by Cardinal McCloskey on May 1 1874. and remained in charge of the dio- cese of Newark for seven years. In that time he has consecrated forty-two new churches, among them the Cathedral In Newark. Besides these achievements ht established many religious communities and founded nome for erring women and a reformatory for boys. Owing to hi successful administration of his diocese Dr. Corrigan was selected to be coadiutol of Cardinal McCloskey. October 10, 1880
 he was raised to the Arch Episcopal See of Petra and made coadjutor with the right of succession. When Cardinal Nc
 Closky died Archbishop Corrigan sue ceeded to the See of New York.