Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-27
CARDINALS
CONFIRMED At ROME
THREE AMERICANS AN o N q
THOSE TO RECEIVE
RED HAT.
UNITED STATES NOW HAS
FOUR MEMBERS OF COLLEGE
Public consistory to 30 Held on
Thursday and Honors Conferred
Archbishop keans, of Dubuque,
Among the Bishops confirmed-Pops
Shows Signs Of Recent lllness.

Rome Nov. 27.-In obedience to a
linals In Rome assembled In secret
consistory today and confirmed the
papal nominations of eighteen new
members in the college OF cardinals.
the supreme governing body of the
roman Catholic church. OF those thus
honored three are citizens of the Unit
ed States, Monsisneur John NJ. Farley.
archbishop Of New York; Monsigneur
William oCornell. archbishop OF Bos-
ton, and Monsigneur Diomede Falconio,
apostolic delegate at Washington.
Thus, with Cardinal Gibbons Amer
lea VIII have now for the first time n
representation of four in the cardina-
stituted will elect Il successor in the
reigning pontiff.
Pope Shows Effects of illness.
AS he entered the hall of the con-
sistory where today's ceremonies took
place the pope's steps were less sure
and the care worn face of his holiness
bore signs of his recent Illness. New
erthelesS. he withstood the fatigue OF
In accordance with ecclesiastical law
a public consistory must be held three
Gays after the private gathering when
the new cardinals. with the exception
from Spain and Austria, will receive
their red hats. The Spanish and Aus
trian prelates. as Is provided in the
concordat with those countries. must
receive the biretta first from the hands
Of ion
Public Consistory Thursday.
The public consistory will be held on
Thursday in the hall OF the Beatitica-
ton instead of in the Sala Regia. as
at first planned. The former hall Is
much the larger and was decided on
today because OF the many applications
for admittance.
Today's ceremony, so comparatively
simple. was carried out with the great
dignity and form that has characteriz :
ed the institution from the earliest
days.
The consistory was set for 9 o'clock
and early in the day great crowds
gathered in the piazza of st. Peters
and around the basilica to witness the
arrival Of the cardinals and other dig
nitaries. Soon after $ O'Clock a process
ia Della Cecca. and passing thus the
courts of San Domeso. from where
their occupants found entrance to the
palace.
High Personages Present.
AS the moment arranged for the APP
pearance Of the pontiff approached the
asscmblages separated in three groups
before the throne. In one group were the
cardinal bishops. in another the cardi-
nal priests to whom the new American
cardinals will be added. while the third
group comprised the cardinal deacons.
Behind the cardinals We're the pat
riarchs, archbishops. bishops, heads Of
orders. other high personages, and var
ious personages familiar to the papa!
court
Archbishop kcane Confirmed.
Among the archbishops and bishops
confirmed In their offices were James
J. Keane, archbishop OF Dubuque. Iowa:
Peter J. Muldoon. bishop of Rockford.
ILL.,; Edmund NJ. Dunno. bishop Of
Peoria; james O'Reilly, bishop OF
Fargo, N D.: John w. Shaw. coadjutcr
bishop OF San Antonio. Tex: Vincent
Weirheile, bishop OF Bismarck. n. D.:
John Ward, bishop Of Leavcnworth.
Kan; ]. II. Then. bishop of Lincoln,
Neb., and Neil MacNeil. archbishop Of
Vancouver.
Another Cardinal Named.
Besides the new cardinals who re-
ceived the red hat today the pope
created another whom he reserved lin
pectore" (kept secret, and whose name
will he published In n later consistory
at the pope's request. In some cases
the name of the pre!ate thus chosen
only becomes known after the death OF
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