The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-21
MOURNING In CHURCHES HERE
ARCHBTSHOP'S INVESTTTURE AND
BISHOPS CONSIDERATION OFF.
Postponed TIL After the P0pe's Burial
--PreIates About 20 Como Here stay
NJ Home Order To Drape Churches I'm
Black and for Daily Masses Issued.


NJ Home Order to Drape Churches I'm
Black and for Daily Masses Issued.
The death OF Leo XIII. has cancelled
all the plans for the ceremonies incident
to the investiture OF Archbishop Farley
and the conservation Of Bishop-elect Cotton
of Buffalo. As soon as the official announce
ment of the death Of the Pope arrived,
Archbishop Farley telegraphed to DR..
Cotton. who was in retreat at the Jesuit
novitiate, st, Andrew -on Hudson. asking
him to return 10 New York. DR.. Cotton
is expected to reach here this morning.
The investiture has been postponed until
after the close Of the Conclave which will
elect the new Pope. and 1t is probable that
the ceremony will not take place until
Aug is.
Bishop Cotton will probably be conse-
Grated on Monday. Aug. "a, which will be
the feast Of st. Bartholomew, though AZ the
need of an official administrator of the
diocese Of Buffalo has seemed to become
urgent, the new Bishop may be consecrated
on Sunday, Aug. 0.
DIR. Cotton will return to his retreat six
days prior to the new date selected.
Archbishop Farley photographed, yester-
udy w MkI' EhNOAuo, IINe ApootOlC Isio-
gate. who was to have come to New York
to-day to bestow the pallium. The Dele
gate confirmed the reports Of the Pope's
death. Archbishop Falconio will now re-
main at his post In Washington until the
new date set for the investiture. Bishop
Rocker, who was consecrated for a see in
the Philippines and was expected to attend
the investture, will now proceed at once
to his charge.
The news from Rome also prove nted the
departure yesterday for this city Of Arch
bishop Ryan Of Philadelphia. Archbishop
Of Chicago and Archbishop Kahn of st:
Louis. Archbishop Ireland Of ST. Paul
will remain in the East for some days
Bishop Burke of Albany, Bishop McQuaid
Of Rochester and Bishop O'Connor of
Newark were here yesterday, but all re-
turned to their dioceses.
As soon as the official news came from
Mgr. Falconio at Washington, Archbishop
Farley and the Cathedral staff held private
requiem services. The Archbishop ordered
| all plans for the investiture to cease and
issued an order to all the priests of the
archdiocese for masses to be celebrated
each day during the nine days preceding
the burial The Archbishop also directed
that solemn hi gh mass be said in each
church and a eulogy Of Leo XIII. be de-
livered during the period of mourning.
On the day of the Pope's interment !,
| sOIefIln pOntiTCal nHn fflabR Will De CSle-
brated by Archbishop Farley in the Cathe-'
dral and will be attended by all the clergy
of the archdiocese. A sermon OF eulogy
| will be preached at this pontifical requiem.
| An effort will be made to make this service
| the most impressive ever held in the,
Cathedral, which has sprung up with the
blessing and during the reign of Leo XIII
After each low mass in the churches daily
a special prayer, which will be prepared
| by Archbishop Farley, will be recited by
the priests and congregations. All the
churches Of the archdiocese will be draped.
in mourning and the Cathedral will he draped
| until after the months mind mass on
Aug. 90
Archbishop Farley will celebrate mass
every morning in his private chapel for
the repose OF the soul of Leo XIII. He
will also celebrate the third and seventh
day masses in the Cathedral. Vicar
General Mooney will have special solemn
| requie m services at the Church of the
Sacred Heart. in West Fifty-first street
| The Jesuit fathers in Sixteenth street
and at Eighty-fourth street and Park ave-
nue. and the Carrnelite priests in East
Twenty eighth street have planned elabo-
rate and impressive mourning ceremonies.
| The Rev Plus Mayer, Prior-General of
the Carmelites and Cardinal Gotti's sue
cessor in that order, will celebrate the
requiem mass and speak the eulo9y on
Leo XIII, whom the prior knew well during
the years OF his stay az Rome.
1.-THE world has lost one Of its truest
gentlemen, greatest minds, noblest hearts,
| highest philosophers and wisest teachers.
said the prior yesterday in speaking OF
| Leo XIII.
A discussion arose here Yesterday az
| to the color Of the papal mourning BY
some il was maintained that violet Is the
| official color some cable dispatches an
| nouncing that the Cardinals appeared
! at the deathbed in their violet robles.
| On other good authority ii was stated
that the custom had been to adopt the
shade woven into the cope of the dead
Pontiff, which ia a rich purple, more
| like the color of the amethyst than the
| crimson of a Cardinals robes.
As the question had not been settled
| officially, It was decided to use black.
All the churches in town will be draped
| to-day; no flowers will be placed upon the
affairs, and only the required number OF
lights will burn.
The chimes of the Cathedral tolled
twenty-five times Yesterday at noon. to
| symbolize the twenty-five years Of Leo
Kills pontificate. During the first nine
days Of mourning they will toll after the
Angelus at morning, noon and night.
ninety-four times, the number of years
lived by the Pontiff. On the day Of the
funeral all the bells in the churches will
toll, and no music and no lights. save the
sanctuary lights. will be displayed.