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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

and the fifties by famine and obnoxious
Ieglslatlon, were fiocking to this coun-
try Whole regiments were being
formed of them. Among the Irish
volunteers in st. Louis was a young
priest, Father Patrick j. Ryan, who
had come to America in 1852, and been
ordalned the following year in the
missouri metropolis. His services were
accepted as chaplain and he was as
signed to military prison.
by this time Father Ryan had be-
gun to justify Daniel O'ConnelPs
prophesy His sermons, from the time
OF his ordination. had attracted atten-
tlon. They are different" said the
people, and they went in increasing
numbers to hear the priest who could
touch the heart strings, was not afraid
10 tell a witty story in an inimitable
nrogue, and in the next instant draw
picture that would bring tears.
Among the Prisoners.
So Chaplain Ryan went among the
soldiers in the prison as he had gone
among the people in the slums of ST.
Louis. He made those who were
wounded laugh even in and at their
pain by his wit; he cheered up Others
with droll stories; he kept the whole
prison as cheerful as any prison can
be by means of his tongue; and there
are men down South to-day who will
tell you stories that they heard from
the lips Of Chaplain Ryan when they
were hostages of Uncle Sam between
the years 1S61-65.
In his work Chaplain Ryan came
in contact with men of all sorts of re-
ligious beliefs and creeds. Never a
radical, he came to understand how
men could feel differently on the SUBJ
Ject of religion and still be sincere, and
so when he was mustered out of the
army and returned to his pulpit, his
sermons were marked not only for
their eloquence and wit as before, but
for their liberal views as well. AS a
result, Father Ryan's name soon be-
came known to Protestants, and be-
fore long his speaking acquaintance
with men of other faiths was as large
as with his own, and good Presbyte-
rians were repeating and laughing at
his latest stories every bit as heartily
as the most pronounced Catholic in
his congregation.
His First Ecclesiastical Reward.
Thus things drifted on, Father Ryan
winning the respect and regard of all
creeds, to the year 1872, when the
priests eloquence brought him his first
ecclesiastical reward-that of coadju-
tor bishop of St. Louis. The promo
ton was fuel for his oratorical fires.
For the next twelve years whenever
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27
Archbishop Ryan, the
Next American Cardinal
The Boy Who Started Out to Be Great Orator and Be-
came an Archbishop as Well
By GUY T. vIsKNIsKKI.

Archbishop Patrick ]. RYAN of
philadelphia, who is being continually
referred to as "the next American
cardinal" got his ambition to be
somebody in the world from pat on
the head and few words said to him
by Daniel O'Connell. the famous Irish
agitator, known in history as the
"Emancipator."
In 1874 Paddy Ryan was 13 years
old and a student in Carlow College,
Ireland. In that year Daniel O'Con-
nell visited the college and the stu
dents were called upon to declaim for
his entertainment The great man sat
through the speeches, apparently nav
ing no attention to them, as far as
outward sign was concerned, until a
lad. marked chiefly by a thick shock
of fiery hair, mounted the rostrum and
began to speak. Then Mr.. O'ConneIl
came out of his SHE'LL his whole atti-
tude changed, and he gave earnest ear
to what the boy had to say from be-
ginning to end.
He did more. AS the student was
starting to step down from the plat
form, the great orator, in an excess of
enthusiasm, walked over to him.
placed his hand on the shock Of red
hair, and said:
O'COnneIPs Prophecy.
my boy, your tongue: it will some
day make YOU famous. Don't neglect
1t; 1t is your talent"
That was all. but it stuck to "Pac-
dy" Ryan's mind. Like other boys
of the time. he mad made a hero of
O'Connell, and he could not get away
from the prophecy. which O'Connell
forgot about next day: so at last he
told himself that. although he was set
aside by his family to be a priest, he
wouldbstill try to be what his idol said
he could be if he only would-an ora
Icr.
Three years later. just a few months
before OConnel's death in Genoa, he
was billed to speak in a town near
Thurles, young Ryan's birthplace.
When the doors We're thrown open a
red-headed boy presented himself and
started to walk through.
"Hey!" yelled the doorkeeper, "you
can't get in without ticket
But I want TO hear Daniel O'Con-
NELL" protested the lad.
'SThen buy a ticket" said the man.
''I haven't any money" confessed
khs lad.
The man laughed.
'Then," he said. you'll not hear
Daniel O'Connell speak this night"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

not only gave his permission, but he
put on his chaplain's uniform, preach
ed the sermon, and led the way to the
grave. And the veterans, forgetting
that they were in church, and the So
lemnity of the occasion, cheered their
new-found comrade in arms.
Tolerant Prelate.
That one act, supplemented by few
sermons revealing the speakers toll
erance, oratorical powers and over
flowing humor, broke down much of
the old prejudice, and before long the
Archbishop was addressing meetings,
religious and otherwise, not under
Catholics auspices. At one of them
Rev. DR.. Henry c. McCook of the
famous fighting McCooks and Phila-
delphia's leading Presbyterian minis
ter, walked across the platform to
grasp the Archbishop's hand, and to
say that he, too, had been a chap
lain in the Civil War. Now, when
ever DR.. McCook and Archbishop
Ryan attend banquets at the Union
League, of which they are members,
they always see to 1t that they sit side
by side, and each in his sermons fire.
quently states that my good friend,
DR.. McCook," or my warm friend,
Archbishop Ryan, declares"
AS with the clergy, so with the
laity; the Archbishop's tongue pre-
vailed there, in one way or another.
Your grace" said the Hon. Wayne
MacVeagh, when he was counsel of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, "Mr. Rob-
erts here, our president, who always
travels with his counsel, will undoubt-
edly get you passes over all the rail-
roads in the United States, if in return
you will give him a pass to Paradise. ;"
"Ah," replied the Archbishop, quiet
ly Il would do so if it were not for
separating him from his counsel"
The Archbishop's reply made him
two influential friends, and it is typical
of the way in which he has kept Phil
adelphia in good humor for twenty
fnl1r NaarS
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

The civil War had begun Thous-
ends 81 ifclnnda best hghtlnF men,
eofced 20 America in the late foFtles
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27
FATHER RYAN.
FsEEF'E

But the boy would not be discour-
aged. He sought out the stage en-
stance.
"I want you to tell Mr.. O'Connell
that Patrick Ryan would like to speak
to him." he said to the attendant.
"And who's Patrick Ryan," asked
that worthy.
"I am replied the boy, land want
you to take my name in to him and
tell him Id like to speak with him Cor
a moment"
BOund to Hear the EmancipntOr.
The man laughed just as heartily as
the other one had. He also said much
about the boys audacity in thinking
he could gain audience with such a
distinguished person as the "Emanci-
pator, and he did not neglect to make
other personal remarks about what
Cardinal Gibbons has called Arch
bishop Ryans red hat that nature
gave to him."
But Paddy" Ryan would not be
laughed down. He had a tongue-Dan-
iel QConnell said it was his talent
he wanted to see Daniel O'Connell, and
he talked and argued and joked and
bantered with the man until finally the
fellow, becoming impressed with the
pleader's earnestness, took in his name.
"A rev minutes later Ddilei ~ OoH-
nell stood before the boy
'Well?" he said.
'Mr. O'Connell,' asked the youth,
~don't you remember me?"
The "Emancipator" took a good look.
why, bless mel" he said, you re
the boy whom praised at Carlow Col
lege for speaking so well. What are
you doing here?"
The boy told him.
so you want to hear me speak,"
said O'Connell. well, you shall But
first tell me what are you doing now.
II am gtudying to be a priest" was
the reply.
Good" answered the agtator
keep Il up. and don't neglect your
tongue. You will make your mark with
IL when you have entered the church
Come"
And so Patrick J. Ryan got To hear
HIS idol from an advantageous seat on
the stage, the great man had once
again prophesied he would make his
mark ~ an orator. and the boys am.
bition. awakened three years before
had received fresh impetus.
Iu the Civii War.
The civil War had begun. Thous-
ends 81 ifclnnd'a best nRhtlnE men,
forced 10 America in the late foFties
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27
Build Up the Chnrch.


At the same time he has not neglect
ed the church When he assumed
charge of the archdiocese 1T had 250-,
600 Catholic families; now it has dou-
BILE the number. He has built, lust
outside of Philadelphia, the second
largest Augustinian monastery in the
world; the largest is in Spain. He has
erected a protectory for boys, founded
several large hospitals, and with the
S25O,OOO which was collected as a gift
for him on his recent golden jubilee,
and which he refused to accept, he has
started building an orphanage.
The Archbishop was once asked
how he raised all the money for his
various enterprises. Why" he re-
piled, Il just talk to people and, some
how, they give
1t was just his talking that ended
Philadelphia's great street railway
strike in 1895. This leading citizen
and that had tried, without success,
to get the strike leaders to arbitrate.
A big bribe had failed to move them.
Riot and disorder grew apace. The
city's business was paralyzed. Then
somebody thought of Archbishop Ryan:
he was approached and consented to
see what he could do.
Put Down street Car Strike
He went to the place where the lead
ers were assembled. He introduced
himself, then said be guessed n
wouldn't hurt If they'd talk over the
situation a little. 1t turned out that
the archbishop did about all the talk
ing. He got the men with him at the
start by a funny story, and he held
them by the flashes of wit with which
he interspersed his argument. An hour
or so later when he left the meeting
he carried with him the word of the
leaders that they would arbitrate their
claims. The next day Philadelphia
was a peaceful town again and street
cars We're running as usual on every
line.
My boy, your tongue; it will some
day make. you famous" His fellow
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

Robert ]. Burdette. Jr., son of the
humorist, is a reporter on the Burling-
ton Hawkeye, with which his father
was associated while making himself
famous years ago. The young man
has much of his fathers originality
of expression and humor with good
deal more that is peculiarly his own,
and while devoting his time to perfect
ing himself in the routine OF news
papering he finds time to write much
special matter of merit. His ambi-
ton is to become a special writer along
the lines of his parent, and his pros
poets are very bright. Young Bur-
dette is a great favorite with every
body. He was born in Burlington
twenty-seven years ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

churchmen declare that If Archbishop
Ryan gets the red hat, as many of
them think he will, 1t will largely be
because of his wonderful eloquence and
his attitude on church matters which
he expressed, parable fashion, some
few years ago when ne was asked
where he stood in a supposed differ
ence between Cardinal Gibbons. ex-
treme liberal, and the late Archbishop
Corrigan. a-conservative:
LAS Archbishop of Philadelphia,
naturally stand half way between New
York and Baltimore"
Copyright, 1904, by Guy T. Visk-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27
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Copyright, 1904. by Guy T. visk-
niSkki.)
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-27

CONTINUED on Page Twenty-eight-)
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-15
HENRY 6. DAVIS
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
West Virginian the Choice Of
Democratic Assembly for
Second Place.
MEMORABLE CONVENTION
Nomination Mas Not Made Until Late
Sunday Morning After an All
Night Session-Final
Adjournment.
CONVENTION

st. Louis. Mo-, July 12.-At 1:3t
o'clock yesterday morning the national
democratic convention adjourned, aft.
er having nominated Henry G. Davis
OF West Virginia, for vice president
on the first ballot. Davis received 65i
votes, being $50 more than the neces-
AIRY two-thirds.
Never, since 1860. whe the demo,
cratic delegates met at Charleston and
after days of wrangling We're obliged
to ADJOURN to Baltimore, has the party
experienced scenes Of greater excite
ment, or has one Of its national con-
ventions aroused greater interest.
The nomination of the candidates.
for president and vice president was
accomplished on the first ballot in each
instance, and as to h former
at n time since the convention con-
vened has there been much doubt of
the result. This cannot be said in the
case of Mr.. Davis. for Williams. OF
Illinois, and Harmon, of Ohio, had
been considered stronger candidates,
but Mr.. Davis finally was the choice OF
the leaders. and it did not AXE long
for the convention to ratify 1t afte,
the long debate on Judge Parker's at
titude had been concluded.
Tho Nominee for Vice President.
Henry G.. Davis, was born in Howard
county, Md, November 16. 1923. HI
received only a country school educa-
ton. AT an early age he was left
fatherless and he was forced to begin
work for his own support. working on
a farm until 1913. For four years after
that period he was in the employ of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, working his
way up from brakeman to station agent
at Piedmont, w. Va, which is now his
home.
In 1858 Mr.. Davis began the business
of banking n mining coal in and
around Piedmont, and he became one OF
the most successful business men and
capitalists in his home state. He pro-
Jected and carriedaon to success the
West Virginia Central & Pittsburg rail-
road, of which he is president. Mr..
Davis Is the largest Individual coal
miner in West Virginia and he has a
large individual business of manufac-
turing lumber. The only political office
ever held by Mr.. Davis was that OF
member of the house Of delegates In
1865. He served in the state senate a
great many years. He was elected to
the United States senate in 1871 and
served until March, 1856, declining a
reelection. He has been a delegate to
six national conventions, including tho
ones in New York in 1868 and in Balti-
more In 1872. When the delegates to
the pan-American congress were se-
lected Mr.. Davis was made one Of them
and he is a member Of the intercontin-
entail railway commission.
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PARKER is SILENT.
is Pleased to Be Nominated, But Will
Not Discuss tho Matter Any
Earther.

Esopus, N. Y, July 9.-Judge Parker
was notified of his nomination at $50
this morning. just as he emerged from
the river after his morning swim. He
was informed by the Associated Press.
Upon receiving the news he smiled
broadly end said:
us hat SOP"
He asked for details of the final vote,
and made no attempt to disguise his
satisfaction over the result. When
asked If he would say anything about
the nomination he replied:
mo. I shall say nothing on the SUBJ
ject until I am officially notified of my
nomination."
A New York Journal reporter asked
Judge Parker this morning While the
judge was swimming in the Hudson:
will you, when you make your an
swer to the official notification Of your
nomination. define your position on the
q~nestion?"
IT will only say what will be in that
statement when 1 make it," was the
reply.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-15
AN INDEPENDENT MOVE
Effort in Minnesota to Induce Van
SAINT to Run for the Gov

St. Paul, July PA hundred prom.
inent democrats met today in the Of
fce of NJ. Hobart. Phoenix building;
Minneapolis, n decided that, in thu
interests of the people, Governor S. r
Van SAINT should again run for Office
They decided that the present cam
paign and the coming election is not a
battle of n political party against,
another; not of one set Of political
principles against others, but a fighi
of the people against J.. j. Hillism; a
J. ]. Hill or the people are the governs
Ing power in the state of Minnesota,
The meeting decided that the DEM
ocrdcy should offer Governor Van SAINT
the gubernatorial nomination. Or, IL
he would not run us a democrat. that
he should. If possible, be made to run
independent. as the peoples candidate,
aloof from n party affiliations.
The democrats assembled agreed to
DO all In their power to secure him
pledges Of democratic support.
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CLEVELAND is A
Both With Parker's Nomination and
the Prospect of BEING Let Alone.

Both With Parker's Nomination and
the Prospect Of Being Let Alone.
Buzzard's Bay, Mass, July 9.-For-
mer President Cleveland, who is the
guest here Of Joseph Jefferson, was adj
vised of the nomination Of Judge Park
er for president as Don as he awoke
this morning. Later Mr.. Cleveland sent
the following statement to the Asso-
ciated Press:
''Mr. Cleveland declines to see any
reporter or representative of the press.
I am in absolute Ignorance Of the action
OF the st. Louis convention except inso-
far as 1t a nominated Judge Parker
as its presidential candidate. With this
result I am abundantly gratified. and
hope the remainder of the work OF the
convention will d to the encouraging
prospects Of the democratic party. I
do not know when I shall have an op-
p%ortunity to read the platform adopted
or to learn of the entire proceedings Of
the convention. In any event IL Is abso-
lutely certain that no further express
sion from me may be expected at pres
ent. 1hope to be relieved Of further Inn
portunity on this subject"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-15
HAS KILLED FOUR.
Negro Condemned to Hang confesse.
to Horrible Crimes.

Pittsburg, July 12.-John Johnson.
colored, who. with Frank Ousley. also
colored, will hang next Thursday for
the murder Of Grocer James Donnelly.
has confessed to four other murders.
johnson said he was born in Georgia
and about eighteen years ago started
out as q tramp. Two Of his victims
on a Virginia railroad, and after muir
dering them for the IS in their possess
sion he threw their bodies from the car
while h train was going. His other
two victims suffered a like fate on a
Georgia railroad.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-15
HONOR cERvERA.
American Sailors Express Appreciation
of Admirai's Treatment-

o1 0 GXPro7s NPPPocIAtIoh
of Admiral's Treatment.
Medina, Sidonia, Spain. July 12.-As a
demonstration OF gratitude regarding
his conduct at Santiago and his care
OF American sailors, Admiral Cervera
was Presented here with an enerossed
msalnsv bearing the signatures Of q
mmRsr Of well known Americans. be-
sides letters from the subscribers.
bound in a volume. The presentation
was made by Mr.. Bird of Vienna, in
behalf Of his fellow Americans. The
ad:airal In returning his thanks said
tnat his conduct toward Lieutenant
6obson and his fellow Americans after
the sinking Of the Merrimac was done
on superior orders.
Admiral Cervera had heretofore re-
fused to permit his American admirers
to honor him, but nevertheless the
plans were carried out. i
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-15
SEEKING QUIET.
Went to Hotel, as Wife Was House,
cIeaninu.

SISdlIT1Hs
Chicago Journal: I'D like to get a
room-a nice quiet room in the back Of
the house."
Yes. sir. daily or weekly rate?" asked
the clerk. taking a key from the rack and
signaling for the bellboy.
Weekly. with privilege Of extension"
was the response. You see, 1 live light
here in the berg. but my wife is house
cleaning, and l can't just tell"
Understand you perfectly. sir: several
other gentlemen here with the same COM
plant; home is no place for a man when
the housekeeping bee is buzzing; no man
likes to leave the routine of a quiet office
in a high building and go home to find
everything iii confusion"
I'm superintendent of a boiler factory
myself" volunteered the prospective
guest, "but the racket around the fac
tory is a deep. religious calm compared
with the confusion Of housecleaning."
We'll. you'll be all right here; the quiet
est hotel in the city. We don't permit
any undue noise around the house, and
youH find the environment as peaceful
as though you were encamped on the bor-
der of a teecy cloud"
Whats that pounding I hear in the
basemcnt?"
"Oh. I hadn't noticed it, but now that
you remind me l guess the boys are do
ing a little bowling down on the alleys.
We cut that out every night at u o'clock,
however,"
"Umph. got any theatrical people in the
house?"
"A dozen or so. but they sleep all day
and work every evening until nearly mid
night. you know"
Yes. l know. and then they come back
to the hotel and play ragtime until about
) In the morning. II I'm reliably in
formed
Occasionally, yes. But nobody seems
to AXE any uotice Of that. except a few
chronic ktckers. After midnight Is about
the only time the theatrical push has to
itself, you know"
Yes. I'm onto that, too. but you'll nave
to count my vote with the chronic kickers
and put me on a different loor.''
Let me see. All, the very thing: I
have a room right back Of the office on
this floor. 1t isn't very large, but there
isn't another guest in this part Of the
house."
Elevator goes right up by it, doesn't
it?"
II believe it does, now that you speak
Of
And runs day and night?'
yep. but
Kitchen Is right underneath, too, amt
IT think so, but"
"And the cook begins to grind hambur-
ser about 4 in the dawnlight and starts
the ice cream freezer at 81"
Something like that, but"
N more butts. l live in a fiat building
and know the Interpretation of every
sound in captivity. I had decided to make
housekeeping time my vacation, but I
guess I'll make up a bunk In the office
OF the boiler factory until my wife gets
the home reconstructed. To be sure. the
factory runs q day and night shift, but
as compared with the prospect here, the
hammerfest there is solitary confinement.
Good night"
Now. what do you think of that7"
asked the clerk OF the night porter.
TITS a wise guy that knows enough to
leave we'll enough alone" replied the por-
ter. land when YOU think of the rackets
that are pulled off in the average quiet
hotel you car blame him."
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-15
ATTEMPT TO uRD TWO
9aby's Body Found in Well and Mother
Is Near Death.

Greensboro, Ind, July 12.-Upon his
return home from town early today
William Starbuck. a farmer, found the
interior Of his home badly di]sarranged
and his wife and baby gone. Attracted
by screams. he ran 20 the wood heal
by n found his wife in a hysterical
condition and the dead body Of his
child at the bottom Of an abandoned
well.
It is believed hat a double murder
vas attempted. Bloodhounds were Civ
en- the scent, but without result.
Physicians have little hope for the
recovery Of Mrs. Starbuck. who is still
unconscious.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-15
Roosevelt Says Nothina.

Oyster Bay, July 9.-President Roose-
welt made no comment on the nominal.
ton Of Parker when the action Of the
democratic convention reached him this
morning. What he may have to say
concerning the democratic platform and
candidates probably will be said in his
letter OF acceptance of his own nom-
ination.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-07-15
JUDGE GRAY Is Pleased.

Wilmington. Del, July 9.-Judge Gray
Is pleased with the nomination Of
Judge Parker.
1.-THE nomination Of Judge Parker"
said he today, lis n with which every
democrat should feel satisfied. It is
safe. hopeful, and in line with the best
traditions Of the party