Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-18
FINANCES DISCUSSED
Preliminary Statement by
Catholic University Trustees.
WAGGAMAN FAILURE
WORK OF THE INSTITUTION NOT
INTERRUPTED.
Alleged Remuneration Of Faith by the
Marquise des Monsters to Be
Considered Later.


At the conclusion of the evening session
of the board of trustees of the Catholic
University yesterday an adjournment was
taken until the second Wednesday after
Easter. In the two days occupied by the
meetings four session of the board were
held. The principal matters under consider
alton were the finances of the institution,
the Waggaman failure and the renunoia-
ton of the Catholic faith by the Marquise
des Monsters.
The financial collapse of Thomas e. Wag-
gaman and the condition of the funds of
the university were considered jointly, it
is said, one had direct bearing on the
other. AS exclusively stated in The Star
yesterday the trustees will issue a state
ment and appeal to the parishes throughout
the United States in advance OF the annual
collections for the university, with the view
of raising a large amount to replenish the
funds of the institution which were hard
HIT it is said, by the Waggaman failure.
In view of the straitened condition of the
finances of the university, 1t is stated that
several wealthy churchmen have already
come forward with large contributions. The
statement Of the trustees, which is being
prepared and will be promulgated by Car
dinal Gibbons, will formally thank the
Catholics of the American hierarchy Tor
the collection last December for the uni
versity, which was more than $loo.ooo.
to the action of Pope Leo Kill in setting
apart one day annually for ten years for
collection in every American church of the
Roman creed in behalf of the university.
The next collection will be taken up Sun
day, November 81 and, as stated in The
Star yesterday, 1t is the expectation OF the
officials of the university that the large
sum to be collected will be received by
them before Christmas.
Not Officially Informed.
ed by the board of trustees concerning the
Remuneration of the Catholic faith by the
Marquise des Monsters the matter was
not officially considered. Her action was
informally discussed and surprise and re-
gret expressed by the prelates. What &C
ton will be taken should the newspaper
accounts of her remuneration be ofhclally
verified, as 1t is believed they will be, could
not be learned, but the statement was made
that the authorities of the university would
be compelled by law and precedent to adopt
stern measures should 1t be officially de-
termned that the status of the Marqulse
deS Monsters Is that of voluntary heretc
These measures would, it Is believed. be
the elimination of the name of Caldwell
from the records and walls of the instltu-
ton and the substitution OF the phrase,
IAN unnamed person., or some similar
phrase, to show the source of the first big
donation for the founding OF the univer-
sity
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gone over informally by the prelates during
their recent assemblage at the university.
1t was limited in another quarter that the
whole matter concerning the marquise Will
be submitted to Rome by Cardinal Gibbons
for final decision, owing to the Importance
OF the university and the uniqueness of the
case to be considered, which is said TO =
without modern parallel.
No Interruption Of Work.
At the conclusion of the sessions of the
notwithstanding the Waggaman failure, by
which the institution will lose at least
portion of the $4,000 which has been in
vested through the bankrupt, the work OF
the university would go on with greater
vigor than ever before. 1t was intimated
that offers of financial assistance from
Catholics throughout the country had been
made For the present. the finances of the
Institution will be managed by the commit
tee appointed last year.
Monsignor O'Connell, through his sec
rotary, Father Dougherty. has issued a
statement regarding the affairs of the
university, a resolution authorizing its
issuance having been adopted by the
trustees. more formal one will, 1t Is
said, be issued in the near future to the
Catholic public.
Preliminary Statement.
The preliminary statement follows:
sion to thank all those who contributed
so generously in the past year for the
support Of the university, and thereby
exhibited their desire to conform to the
wishes of the pope. The collections last
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