Weekly journal-miner., 1921-03-30
"DISTINCT LOSS ID HIS COUNTRY IS THE TRIBTUE OF PRESIDENT HARDING ID CARDINAL GIBBONS

was translated to North Carolina where he served as titular bishop and first vicarapostolic.
 His record in the southern state is remarkable He travelled among his people from the sea to the noun tains, eating from bare boards and sleeping in shabby cabins. Thus, il Is said, he made the personal ac- quaintance of every adult, and for the Sisters of Mercy built a schoo' for negroes and whites
 The hardworking young bishop was sent to Richmond in 1872. He built and enlarged schools, asylums and churches in Richmond. Peters burg. and Portsmouth. His untir- ing labor attracted the attention oI Archbishop Bayley. of the Baltimore diocese. Through his influence Bishop Gibbons became his coadju- tor. A few months later Archbishop Bayley died. Bishop Gibbons-4. years Of age-became archbishop o tary of the Roman Catholic church in the United States.
 As archbishop, he headed the dele gation of American prelates tc Rome in 1883. He outlined theil plans for the third plenary counci to be held the next year. Pope Lee XIII, appointed him to preside oyer the council He directed the enact ment of many new decrees whicf were favorably approved by the ec Iclesiastical authorities.
 The brilliant executive ability O Archbishop Gibbons was immediate ly recognized. He was created |; cardinal, prince of the church, |; quarter century after he had entered the priesthood. This was in 1886
 He was 5 years of age
 The impressive ceremonies tool place in his home city and cathcdra in Baltimore. In the presence O hierarchy of the church, Cardina Gibbons was clothed in the insigni; of the office He arrived in Rome the following year and received tho apostolic and admission into the col lege of cardinals, the twenty-fifth il succession.
 Cardinal Gibbons celebrated tho centenary of the founding of tht Catholic hierarchy in the United States in 1888. He convened tho first national congress of Catholic laymen ill the United States ill tho same year. He laid the cornerstone of the Catholic university in Wash ington, and was its chancellor since its foundation. He was the frs Roman Catholic prelate in the United States to take part in the election O ia pope, casting his ballot for Plus X
 The scholarship and statesmanshiI of Cardinal Gibbons has been recog mixed by thcolcgians Of all crceds. The last days of Cardinal Gibbon! were spent among his friends in hi! native Baltimore. He was a pictures que figure on the streets. Notwith standing his high office, his eminenct was one of the most democratic o Americans. During his daily walk about the city, he received the re spectful solutions of persons of al faiths, responding with his gcnia and cordial smile whether to apolice man or a distinguished financier. i The cardinal had been in an un conscious, dying condition for tn 24 hours previous to his death
 Slight hope that his death might b deferred was raised among hi friends and associates last nigh when his pulse grew stronger, bu 1 the rally proved only temporary an, was merely an evidence of the car dinal's remarkable vitality.
 A touching incident in connection with the last few hours Of the car dinal was the bestowal of the pope
 bencdiction which was just receivet by cable from Rome. The city hal bell tolled out of respect to his mem ory.