The Irish standard., 1903-10-24
ARCHBISHOP KAHN.
Death of Distinguished Prelate at Bal
timOre, Md,


st. Louis. died at go o'clock Tuesday
evening. Oct. Is, ut st. Agnes SAM
tari,lm. after an illness of nearly six
months. The end came peacefully.
His Grace lapscd into Inconsistencies
Monday morning and remained in
this condition to the last. Gathered
about his bedside were his sister,
Mother Mary Joseph. Il Sister of Char
F., ity: Sister Olympia. the superior of st.
Agnes Sanitarium: Sisters DE Clantai
and Ambrose. Right Rev. Mgr John Is.
Murray. president of Mount st. Mlry's
Seminary, Cincinnati. and Rev. Jcrc-
lillHh y. Murray. pastor of the Church
OF the At"nrinrn in Cincinnati. both
! cousins of tllr deceased prrlate: Roy.
Mathew t'ahill. Roy. Francis nonuhur
of Washington: Rev. Father Henry. of
the PassioniSt Monastery: Rev. james
+. Mnrl;in. of Washington. and Rev.
L. j. l;yiNr, the .ArrhhiShop's private
secretary. For the last three dny:;
Is. Since Sunday two works ago.
when the patient WAS stricken With an
| attack OF appendicitis. his condition
had been regarded as i,rrrarious But
for the age of the distinguished patient
and his weakened condition. due to the
long illness from which he had been
suffering previous to the attack. al
operation would have been performed.
After several days the symptoms of
appendicitis had practically dslppcar-
ed and the archbishop began to rally
somewhat But in less than one week
worse, and from that time on Mgr.
Kain continued to sink. During the
last four or five days he was nearly
always unconscious. the cOmatOse
state being interrupted occasionally by
short lucid intervals. during which His
Grace would open his eyes and Wills
EARLY Tuesday morning the patient
suffered Il stroke of paralysis. which
affected the greater portion of his
right side. Archbishop Kahn was one
of the most widely known and highly
esteemed prelates of the Church in
America. Born in Martinsburg. Va.
(now West Nir"iniM, May 81, 1911. the
son of jeremiah and Ellen Kahn he
had the advantage of an early training
in the real essentials of life. At the
age of 16 he presented himself as Il
student for the priesthood at St
Charles College. Ellicott City. Md,
being one of the same class with Arch
bishop John Joseph Keane, of Du-
buuuc. The two young men were firm
friends, but also great rivals in their
studies. and both attained high honors.
Their names being pronounced exactly
alike. there was great difficulty in dis
| tn@uishing them apart, and finally the
students adopted the plan of calling
student Kahn odd Virginny" and stu
dent Kcanc MY Maryland" Graduat-
ing from st. Charles in 1862, the fu-
turc archbishop entered ST AIary's
seminary. Baltimore. in the same year
| There he also took high lOnorS and
WAS ordained Il priest by Archbishop
| Spaltling in the Baltimore cathedral
July >. 1866. His first assignment was
to the little church ut Ilarpcr's Ferry
| Va, overlooking John Browns fort
His parish covered Il territory of about
forty square miles. He had to visit
| more than half IL dozen counties He
was indefatiSable. Churches destroy
cd during the war We're rebuilt Be-
fore his assistant was appointed. this
was in 1867. lie seemed to be every
where ut once. Once" says a friend.
Il recall the incident, but cannot re-
member the exact locality. Il farmer
lay dying. We thought that Father
Kahn would not reach him in time, for
the messenger had started Off in IL
binding storm. and we calculated that
unless Father Kahn Travelled like Tam
O'Smntcr and overlooked the danger
of the rising flood he would be too
late. How we prayed! How we
hoped! There was an old Irish wom-
an among us. and between the dec
AIDES Of her Rosary she would con-
tinumlly say. Nothing will stand in
Father Kain's way. and he'll come if
it kills him.. and sure enough. drip
ping. weary. mud splasilcd. almost ut
the eleventh hour, Father Kahn did
come" Sometimes he Travelled great
distances to preach to only half doz-
en- farmers and their wives. His SER
mons We're always carefully prepared.
however. and delivered with all the
oratorical powers which subsequently
made him famous. and his reputation
gradually extended throughout Nir-
-inia. West Virginia ana into Mary
land. In 1919. upon the death of
bishop Whclan of Wheeling. W. Va.
he was appointed Bishop of Wheeling
y touching feature of the ceremony
of his conservation on May -; of that
year WAS the presence of his mother.
lhcnAin her ri.l,ieth year. In Wheel
ing Bishop Kahn continued his hard
work and built up and strengthened