Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-09-27
ARCHBISHOP JOHN
IRELAND PASSES
AWAY At ST. PAUL
NOTED CATHOLIC PRELA1E Hal
BEEN IN POOR HEALTH SINCE
LAST JANUARY.
MEET, DEATH WITH SMILl
Erection of Splendid Cathedrals l.
Twin Cities Growing Achieve
nent Of Archbishop's
Energetic Career.

Energetic Career.
St. Paul, Sept. 25.-Archbishop job
Ireland died Wednesday morning a
1855 o'clock at his residence, 226 Sum
NIT avenue, St. Paul
The eminent Catholic prelate hal
been i'll almost continuously for nearl.
year. He suffered a relapse ten day.
ago and became gradually weaker I'm
til his death. The end came peace
fully.
Knew End Was Near.
Archbishop Ireland was aware TO-
more than As hours before his deatl
that the end was near. His counte
nance was continually lighted with {
smile, which throughout his life hat
been one of his most charming char
acteristics. He said several times dur
ing the last two days that his life worl
had been accomplished and that hi
was ready to go.
His recent serious illness became
known last Thursday when Father
Thomas A. WEIGH announced that the
archbishcp's condition was very low
He sank gradually Friday and on Sat
urday hope was given up by those al
his bedside
Vert South for Health.
The first information that the arch
bishops heNlth was failing came last
January when it. was announced he
was going to Florida fer his health
En- route, he was snoWbOund at Chi.
cagO for one day. This is believed
to have been very detrimental to his
physical condition.
He gradually became better and
early in april returned to his old
home al OF Portland avenue. On
April 20 it became known that the
archbishop had suffered a relapse.
Physicians in attendance at that time
announced that the strain of the long
trip to Florida had been more detri.
mental to him than the climate was
beneficial
Rallied From Illness.
Archbi. ..>cp ."o!c?1f' rallied from that
illness; an: " able to leave his bed
late in Ma. n Fully he moved to his
new home nj Z26 Summit avenue,
Whic.l ia, -' .::.:r,7t TX cu,nmuni-
cants OF t--1 -. al: -: '"c.<'
Archbishop Ireland was nonored on
May Is by the Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States by
being elected commander of that body
at meeting at the West hotel. 1t is
icr1, OF ~, 80
The Loyal Legion, militant and pro-
gressive body composed exclusively of
officers of the Civil war and officers
sons.
Eighty Years Old.
Archbishop Ireland was 80 years old
September II. He spent the day at
his residence, but there was no cele-
bration Of any kind. He received
few of his friends and many congratu-
latory messages from various parts of
the country.
His new home on Summit avenue 10
considered one of the finest structures
on the avenue. It is built on the emf.
hence overlooking St. Paul and the
Mississippi river, while the front of
the building faces the st. Paul cathe-
dral.
StimuIants Proionq Life.
It was learned Saturday night that
Stimulants had been used to keep the
archbishop alive since last November.
Oxygen has also been used during tho
past week in an effort to sustain life.
Mother Superior Seraphine, sister of
Archbishop Ireland; Bishop Thomas
O'Gorman, of Sioux Falls, and Bishop
James Trobec Of St. Cloud, MIMI, had
been at the bedside of the prelate
since Saturday.
Foremost Figure Gone.
The passing Of Archbishop Ireland
removes a foremost figure in Mime
sofa and the Northwest, a national
figure for many years. AS priest,
army chaplain, colonizer, temperance
advocate, educator, diplomat, friend Of
presidents and popes, and leader in
religious thought, he had been among
the most widely known Americans of
his time.
Erection of the Pro-Cathedral of st.
Mary in Minneapolis and the new Ca
thedral In St. Paul, both works o.
the last decade, was browning
achievement of the archbishop's. He
had seen the archdiocese of st. Paul
develop from log chapel erected by
his church in St. Paul to great mis-
sionary field with six suffragan bishops
and great edifices as monuments to his
zeal and faithfulness.