Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-02-26
The PONIEgAL JUBILEE
Pope Leo XIII. Celebrates the TWEEN
ty-Fifth Anniversary Of His
Elevation to the Papacy.
TWAS THE HAPPlEsT DAY OF HIS LIFE.

B~eatifcation Where Pope Held
. His ReceptiOn-A Number o Amer-
leans, Lay and Clerical, Among
Those Present.
Rome, Feb. 21.-"It seems impossi-
BILE that it is rs years since l have
been there" was Pope Leo's exclama-
ton, as he looked from a window of
his apartments, Friday morning, into
the sunlit piazza of st. Peters. This
was the pontiff's only reference to his
long term of ~self-imposed imprison-
ment in the vatican, during which he
has never gone beyond the palace
grounds and st. Peters, which is con-
sidered to be part of the vatican.
what a glorious morning for the jul
bilee of my pontificate," the pope
added, as he proceeded with evident
pleasure to peruse the almost innu.
merable kilograms, letters and adj
dresses of congratulation which have
reached the vatican from all parts 81
the world.
The hall of Qualification, above the
portico of st. Peters, where the pom.
tiff held his jubilee reception, pre-
sented a brilliant scene. 1t was beau.
tifully hung with antique brocadea
and illuminated by thousands of cleo
trio lights and wax candles. The
boxes lining the long, narrow hall
were filled to their capacity will
members of the Roman a~ristocracy,
diplomats, women with black wells,
men in evening dress and monks and
sisters in varying garb. Here and
there groups of papal guards in
bright uniforms lent color to the
whole. Notable among the diplomats
was Count Almodovar, head of the spe.
cial mission sent to represent the
king of Spain at the jubilee.
Among the Americans present were
Bishops Maurice Burke, of St. Joseph,
Mo-, and Edward Dunno, of Dallas
Tex; Fathers S.. P. Mcdonnell and
Hugh O'Gara McShane, of Chicago,
and Thos. O'Gara, of Wilmington, ILL.,;
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son.
Rome, Feb. 21.-The pope entered
the hall of qualification Friday morn.
ing in excellent health and spirits,
and surveyed the scenes about him
with evident pleasure. He was ac'
companied by Cardinals Mocenni, Per-
raud, Farrari, Satolli, Respighi, Bos'
chi and Macchi, and escorted by the
noble guards in their red state uni
forms, which they had not worn since
the fall of the temporal power.
The celebrated feather fans on both
sides of the sedia gestatoria excited
great interest among the Americans
present, as it is said they were a
gift from Mrs. Joseph Drexel, who
has taken the old ones home and
given them to the museum of the
University of Pennsylvania. On the
right of the pontifcal throne was as
sembled the Pecci family, to which
the pope belongs, and on the left
stood Count Almodovar.
Cardinal Respighi, vicar of Rome
read an affectionate Latin address
expressing loyalty and devotion and
offered the gold tiara, the jubilee
present of the Catholic world, which
cost $4,000, and 100000 in money.
Cardinal Ferrari archbishop Of
Milan) in behalf of a pilgrimage from
Lombardy, presented an address of
felicitation to the pope, and gold, sill
yer and bronze commemorative med
ais, on the diverse of which was the
head of Leo Kill, and on the reverse
the figure of the Redeemer, surround.
ed by the apostles in the act of con-
ferring on st. Peter the supreme
pontitical power.
Cardinal Boschi read a third address
and presented to his holiness the
symbolic keys, n of gold and the
other of silver, accompanied by an
offering of $4,000 in gold coins. The
Roman committee for the jubilee
fetes presented a rich parchment vol
ume with the signatures of all who
had contributed to the offering, with
another $40,0 900 to be devoted to tie
restoration of the basilica of St. John
Lateran, which is under the care of
Cardinal Satolli. Other committees
followed with addresses and offerings.
In this address his holiness ex.
pressed satisfaction at the manifesto
ton of which he is the object on the
part of the whole Catholic world. For
the second time in a century, con-
tinued Pope Leo, Christ has wished to
glorify his vicar on earth by allow.
ing him to reach the years of st.
Peter. The address ended by saying
that the pontiff was happy to cele-
brate his jubilee amidst the homage
and veneration of the Catholic uni
verse.
After bestowing the apostolic bless.
ing the pope returned to his apart
ments amid the enthusiastic plaudits
of the multitude. He completed the
functions of the jubilee without I'M
due fatigue. On returning to his
apartments he exclaimed: "This is
really the happiest day of my life"
Anxious About Missing Collier.
Washington, Feb. 21.-The navy de
partment, Friday, decided to send
three more ships in search of the
missing collier Alexander. These are
the Hannibal, at Norfolk; Prairie, al
Galveston, and the Topeka, at Kings
ton Iamaica The Lebanon alraad,