The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-04-01
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NOTED CARDINAL
James Gibbons, Foremost
Catholic In u. S.
Succumbs.

lSAALm more anu seHlOT pi0ldbS VI NhN
Catholic Church in the United States,
died AZ 1888 O'Clock this morning,
passing away so -quietly that even his
.unrse a Bon Secours nun, could not
ne sure that 1t was the end. She had
seen the change that betokened 1t,
but ii was slight, almost impercepti-
BILE. and five minutes passed while
shn LEANED above the slight, still
form, watching.
Then from the house where he had
lived and worked, in the shadow Of
the Cathedral of the Assumption Of
,the blessed Virgin Mary, went forth
the news that he had died.
His grave will be a niche in the
crypt under the high altar of the
cathedral A slab of marble carved
with an inscription in Latin in the
north wall of the crypt will mark his
.xesting place.
Above this vault, behind whose.
south wall lie the six archbishops, OF
Maryland, who preceded him, is the
,Fanctuary of the cathedral to which
cardinal Gibbons parents brought
him as a baby to be baptized, where
ne was cOnsecrated a bishop, where
ne was later consecrated an archbish-
-op, and on June 80, 1886, he was in
vested with the robes of the cardina-
late There, too, stands the throne
Of the cardinal and above the throne
will hang the cardinals hat, symbol
Of prIncedom in the Catholic hierar-
echy- There it will hang as long as
The cathedral stands.
The death of the cardinal in the
midst of Holy Weeks devotions at
Eas cathedral will not affect the SER
vices there. Thru Good Friday and
Holy Saturday and the dawn of
Easter the body of Cardinal Gibbons
will lie in his own room, where he
died On Easter Sunday night it will
he moved to the cathedral, to lie there
Turnout the masses of Monday, Tues
lay and Wednesday, where his peo-
ME may see him for the last time thru
-shR high requiem mass that will be
his funeral on Thursday and from
kheTe to be borne to it's niche in the
crypt
Al the funeral will gather the
-rrsafest company of churchmen ever
assembled in the United States. In
she mass of kilograms and cablegrams
that members of the cardinals house
ss,I9 sent all over the world today
Txsrg messages to 100 bishops, four
teen archbishops and countless mon
signOri and priests everywhere.
Mourning is City-Wide.
Two cardinals may come to Balti-
3, nure-Cardinal O,Connell, from Bos-
ton. and Cardinal Begin, from Can
ada. Monsignor John Bonzano,
sapost0lic delegate at Washington, will
pOntificate at high requiem mass on
Thursday.
The funeral procession will include
sns cardinals, the archbishops, the
bishops, the apostolic delegate and
virtually all the priests in the diocese
ST Maryland, which includes the Dis
erIet of Columbia.
Representatives of all the church's
N5FJtHTs will be there-the abbots from
the monasteries in robes of white,
brown or black.
Amhbishop j. ]. Glennon, of the
archdiocese of St. Louis, will preach
GAs funeral sermon. 1t is notewor-
Ehy that it was Archbishop Glennon
rssno preached the sermon at Cardinal
Gibbons golden jubilee at the ca;he-
Q siTzI in October 1911.
News Ofthe cardinals death spread
fhru the city rapidly and the mourn
ing was city-wide. Practically all the
.cc1rts in the city adjourned when
glsa s,oliing of the bells announced the
cardinals death. Judge Corner sus-
pended proceedings in the Superior
Eossrt for five minutes, and there was
pFDf0nnd silence in the courtroom
1fuTiRg that period The same sol
ssmnity was observed in other courts,
City Bell TOiied.
Mayor Broening called a special
mint session of the City Council for
) O'Clock Monday afternoon to take
.Sunable action on the cardinals
'caszth 1t will be a special session
because the Council he's adjourned
aver the Easter holidays to April 4
AS soon as news of the cardinals
a4aEh reached him the mayor order
ssb the bell in the dome of the City
EEaE tolled eighty-six times, once foI
earn wear OF the cardinals lie. He
then directed that the flag be plac'
81 at nan mast on the City Hall and
lther municipal buildings and kept
80 until after the funeral.
In the afternoon messages of re-