The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-09-18
:Eucl iarist Procession Held Amid
Scenes Such as Clergy Had
Not Anticipated.
Police HAVE ! t. ANXIOUS 4 ! TINE
Portion Of Spectators Are Openly and
Demonstratively Hostile Boo
ing Heard.

London, Sept. ia great process
sion of Catholic clergy, which brought
the eucharisttc congress to an end.
was held yesterday afternoon amid
scenes such as the English churchmen
who planned it had never anticipated.
Cardinal vannutelli, the pope's legate.
walked at the head Of the procession,
wearing his scarlet robes and hat. but
not carrying the host. He was &C.
companied by bodyguard of English
peers, Of whom the duke Of Norfolk
was the most prominent. and con-
course of cardinals. archbishops and
bishops. who also were attired in UNI
ceremonial robes instead of vest
ments, which originally 1t had been
proposed they should wear.
Vast Crowd Throngs Route.
No such throngs Of people have
been seen in London since Queen Vic
toria's funeral. If even then. The
The route of the procession was laid
through the quiet streets adjacent to
the cathedral; and but for the uneX.
pected partisan strife which discus
sion of this ceremony brought on il
probably would have been solemnized
quietly and in reverent atmosphere.
The great majority of those who at.
tempted to witness the spectacle, how.
ever, apparently were attracted by Gu.
riosity, and small part were openly,
and demonstratively hostile.
The Catholic element cheerei
heartily while the procession passed
by, and throughout the route. bue
there was heard also considerable
"booing," such as the English people
use in theaters to express dispieasure
at any of the players.
Clergy Are Jostled.
The people began flocking toward
the cathedral hours before the process.
sion started. They came from all di.
rections and excursion trains brought
many from the provinces. Long be-
fore the hour set for the ceremony it
was impossible to get near the line of
march. Windows overlooking the
procession, which were rented at high
prices, were filed, and thousands ss
persons gathered on the roofs of the
houses, from which there was con-
sideral display of the papal colors.
The police had not expected such
crowds, and met with much opposi.
ton in their attempts to keep the path
clear, which they hardly succeeded in
doing, so that the papal legate and
his followers had to push their way
through narrow lane. being fire.
Quently jostled about.
Crush Was FrightfuI.
The crush here was frightful for
half an hour, and the police had to
use heroic measures. Many women
and not few men tainted. and those
who were found willfully pushing and
jostling were carried away in police
wagons, only to be released when
placed where they could cause no fur
Their trouble.
After the procession had re.entered
the cathedral Cardinal Vannutelli ap.
peared on the high balcony in gor.
geous robes and elevated the host,
while the thousands of Catholics out.
side the building reverently knelt.
The last day Of the congress opened
with pontifical mass in the cathedral
The great edifice was crowded, thu
audience following with rapt attention
the sermon Of Cardinal Gibbons. who
preached elO0uently. J.,