Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-22
JOHN J. kEANE DIES
AT EARLY HOUR AT cATHE-
ORAL PARISH HOME.
cHURcHMAN
ILL SEVERAL WEEKS
Had Been Living in Retirement Since
1911-Had Large Part in Establish
ing Catholic University in Washing
ton-Recoenized by Pope as Able
Orsanizer-Was 70 Years Of Age.
pecial to Times-Republican.


Dubuque, June 22.-Archbishop John
J. Keane, retired, passed away at the
cathedral parish home here this morn
ing at 4:SO o'clock. He was 70 years
| ing health since his retirement in 1911.
! He had been confined to his room sew
eral weeks. The fact that he was seri-
ously i'll was not made public until last
! Sunday, when prayers were asked in
| the churches. His successor, Arch
bishop James ]. Keane, was at his bed
1 side when the end came.
Funeral services will be held next
! Wednesday. The body will lie in state
| from Monday evening until the hour
! for the services.
Natise of Ireland.
John joseph Neane, archbishop of
| Dubuque, was born in Rallyshannon,
county Donesai. Ireland. Sept. II,
| 1899. He came with his parents to the
United States when he was Z years
| old, and received his elementary edu-
cation in the public schools of Balti-
more The archbishop was exception
ally bright ana industrious as boy.
After he hal passed thru grammar
school he worked for aWnole in pub
! fishing house N Baltimore and at the
! age of IS ne Obtained a position as
salesman in 4 dry goods establish
ment, where he remained two years.
Father Foley who afterwards be-
| came Bishop Foley and died in 1879
as cnadiutor bishop OF Chicago. was
young Keane's spiritual advisor. 1t
was upon his advic, that young
Keane. at the age of q years, gave up
his position as salesman and entered
ST. Charles College, Endicott City,
Maryland There he studied the class
! les. After a three years course he
graduated with high Eonors, and in
! 1852 gained admission to ST. Marys
seminary to study theology and pre-
par himself for the priesthood.
| Having completed the regular course
of moral and dogmatic theology Keane
| was ordained by Archbishop SpauldinS
July ., 1856. After his ordination he
! was assigned to st. Patrick's parish
at Washington, D. c., at the request
OF Father Walter, the pastor, who had
been attracted by the uncommon gifts
OF mind and character of Father
| Keane.
! Becoraes Bishop In 1913
/, After twelve years servi Nm the
| capacity ofHassjstant pastor. ~ was
! consecrated bishop if Richmo na, Va,
Aug. 25, 1878 When Father Keane
entered ST. Mary's College his rival in
philosophical theology was a young
man from Virginia by the name OF
| Kahn, who later became archbishop OF
| ST. Louis. When Father Keane was
consecrated on Aug. 25, 1878, Bishop
Kahn united with Bishop Foley and
Archbishop (now cardinaD Gibbons,
| to impose hands On the then young
/ prela4e. ::
In 1884 Bishop Keane took part in
| the third plerary council at Balti-
more, at which time it was decreed
that there should be established
great national institution for post col
legiate and clghly specialized educa-
| ton to be called the Catholic Uni
versity of America, and Bishop keane
was chosen one of the directors. He
was selected to develop the idea, pre-
| pare plans and execute them. Suisse
quently he was asked by the Ameri-
| can heirachy and by His Holiness
YLeo XIII to resign his diocese in or
| der to devote himself exclusively to
| the direction of the university.
The cornerstone Of the university
was laid on May "a. 1883. and on Aug.
% of the same year Bishop Keane,
who had resi- gned as bishop OF Rich :
1nond. Va, after his appointment as
sector OF the university, was trans
ferred to the titular see of Ajasso.
Bishop Keane directed all OF his ire
fendous energy toward the upbuilding
of the university which, in a large
measure, owed its very existence and
success to the ardent devotion he lent
/ to the task consigned to his care. 1t
was family due to his personal inf1u-
ence that sufficient funds were con-
tribrted to enable the establishment
of the institution upon a plot of sew
enty acres. Three large and stately
buildings were erected and thorough :
/ " equipped corps Of distinguished
/ professors was gathered IN the faculty
and with every year the university
gained in importance and power
among the great universities in the
! east.
Summoned to Rome.
On Sept. % 1896 Bisaop Keane re-
! signed as rector of the Catholic uni
| versity upon tie request of Leo XIII,
who summoned him tc Rome and
made him titu;ar archbishop Of Da-
mascus on Ian. 9, 1897. His great
learning and remarkable talent won
| him honor and distinction in the Vati-
can. He served as assistant at the
pontifical throne, as canon OF the Lat
| eran and as consultor to the Propa-
ganda, with residence at the Canadian
College in Rome.
In July, 1900, Bishop Keane was ele-
waited to the metropolitan see OF Du-
buque and he returned to the United
States He was installed archbishop
] of Dubuque on Sept. n, 1900, succeed
ing Archbishop Hennessey, who had
died on March OF that year.
The comforting OF the Pallium,
which took place April II, 1901, the
last symbolic act in the receiving OF
his new jurisdiction, found him at
81 years of age in splendid health, ac-
tive and a potent force, with the OPP
portunity and promise Of a brilliant
career in the west as a churchman and
an American citizen.
The archiepiscopa1 diocese in his
charge included several states and
| during his incumbency Archbishop
Keane devoted himself to the admin
istration OF this large bishopric with
the same faithfulness and energy
which. he had displayed IN the dfrec-
ton OF the Catholic university and