The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-04
PRIESTS ADMIRE
SALT LAKE CITY
Many Prominent Knights of Colum.
bus Pass Through.
OTHERS COMING TODAY
WHAT is BEING DONE FOR THEIR
LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT.

The local knights Of Columbus who
have remained in town to do honors to
visiting delegates on the way to the ma
tionaI convention at Los Angeles were
kept on the Jump yesterday to extend ali
those courtesies for which the people of
Salt Lake are famous
Owing to delays on the railroads, there
was no certainty as TO just when the
trains would come in but there was a
delegation at each Of the railroad stations
10 give hearty welcome to the strangers
one of the visitors, a priest from Kan
SaS remarked after he had been ia the
town for less than half an hour i
think we have q wrong impression back
east about the people OF TINS country
In the brief space of time that 1 have
been here I have mingled with more than
a. dozen Mornons, and I have found them
TO he genial and considerable Catholicism
has "A strong hold in Utah and am glad
to see that the people of our talth are
living here under harmonious conditions.
7 pray that those conditions VIII always
exist for there is no reason IN keeping
1p q state Of affairs that VIII only result
in disaster to all concerned
Piece of the Holy Cross.
The priest who gave expression to this
opinion and hope was Rev b J. MCkeT-
nan of Fort Scott Kan, and near him at
the moment was the Rt. Rev. NJ. Bernard
Murphy, o S r. who is in control of the
Bishop Murphy had In his possession a
cross given 10 him by the Oklahoma cOun-
ell on the occasion when he was elected
chaplain OF the order IN that city II II
of gold, mounted with the design OF the
order and embeliished with pearls and
diamonds The cross was made in Okla
numa City from native gold. and buried
I'm IL is fragment of the cross on which
the Savior was crucIfled, according 10
Bishop Murphy He got the fragment
during one of his trips to Palestine, and
when the moment arrived for the con-
struCtiOn Of the cross he requested that
the bit Of wood be put into the heart OF
The offering. with his own hands he did
That and among his people the cross is
held in the greatest reverence. He car
ries It suspended TO a heavy gold chain
and wherever he goes the pious Catholics
seek to adore it because of the fact that
in IL is that little bit Of wood from the
cross of Calvary.
Head of the Order Arrives.
one OF the important personages who
came into town yesterday, TO leave after
he had seen only little of Salt Lake
was Grand Supreme Knight L. !. Hearne
the head of the order He was received
bv Charles F. Porter and escorted to the
Wilson hotel where an informal recep
tioU was held during the afternoon Mr.
JTearne said that he expected the cOmini
convention in Los Angeles would Prov
of more value to the advancement q
Catholicism than could he easily graSped
IT had. he said. one main purpose, ant
that was the PRONUNCIATION of certain line
advancement of the church. At the sam
time the educational work of the Orde
would be given an impetus that wouh
tend to large extent in making It on
of the potent factors in perfectinC the re
lEiOuS and domestic life of Catholics @
the United States and Canada
Another member Of the grand cOunC
who arrived in the city yesterday va
Rev Andrew +. Harry of Hartford
Conn the supreme chaplain OF the orde
Father Harry IS one of the best know
priests in the east and has been meT
TONED recently In dispatches from Rom
as about To be elevated To the bishdpri'
NJ present he Is the valued advisor
Bishon Michael T. Tierney of the Hart
ford diocese. and is an authority on thee
logical matters IN the church.
Priest Who Wears a Beard.
Another priest who attracted some al
teution during the day was Rev y. Cor
Stautine P0Tsin, q. : B.. from Fl Reno
Okla Father Porsin wears beard
something unusual among the priests G
the Roman Catholic church Tt Is eE
planned that a priest may wear a bear
which IS that n Is afflicted with thrOa
trouble Tn that event he notifies hi
superior and the request is general
The principal delegation to arrive dur
Ing the day was that from MinueSots
Wisconsin and North Dakota. travelling {
the private car Starlight Just after tn
train pulled IN a dispatch was handed
{. H Anheier. the territorial deputy froI
his 14-year-old daughter When he lei
home three DAYS ago tho child was
good health The dispatch did not civ
any particulars as to the cause of ht
death. He was in sore distress, and a
the visiting and local knights. as 500
rs they learned Of the affiCtiou that Ia
come upon him, rendered him their syn
uathV and condolences lie left on q
evening train for his home.
Others Among the Visitors.
l. +1,o ,,.-t,- that Gam. -; r,.,, d.
northeast were Dr. +. W Buckley Of :
Thomas D O'Brien Of St Paul w 7
Dwyer of West Superior. state deputy f,
Wisconsin, J. P MiIev, J. + Barr
James Kenaley. George T. RedinElon.
J. BroderiCk, r. r. MulliEau. n. !. O-Co1
nor. Dennis Healy. !. a Brettuer.
Reardou. W r Mccain. George Lauhar
John Shcehv. w. g Curlcy. J. T. Ike
NEEDY, Mrs. J. P. Miley, Mrs. John Sheen
Mrs. James Kenaley and Mrs T. Rea
don
After a visit to Saltair and tour
the city the visitors were diued at Il
Wilson and left at ID O'Clock By way
ogden for Los Angeles At SD 0'cIog
the special train conveying the Connect
cut delegates and the principal officers
the order left over the San Pedro rout
and they expect to arrive IN the eli
near the sea early Monday morning.
Another special train. booked over ii
7 Mon Pacific. was expected 10 arri-
here at 9 o'clock last night from ChicaE
the evening 20 the effect that the ira
was delayed and might not get. IN uu
possibly . or o'clock this morning The