The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-03-25
Titular Head Of the Catholic
Church In the United
States Dies at Baltimore
Widespread Sorrow With
out Regard to Church AT
hliatlons

RaIlirnor" Md. Mar. 2i--jtlnrs 'd:-
d!rG,L Gibbons. archbishop IF l%t!I'tn"r"
and senior pr"!:tt" -: th" 'hiho!lc
church Of the Emttrd States, dlrd at
ll:32 o'clock this morning. passing
away 50 quietly that even his nurse
could not be sure that il WAS the end.
Sho had seen ,hc change ;ha, hrtokcned
it. but 1t was slight, almost impcrcep-
rrh!r ami iir" minutes passed Will" she
!canrL above the slight. $t.Il form'
Watering.
Then rom tl.,. nous" wE,r.' II" had
lived and worked. in I'll" shadow Of the
Cathedral Of III" Assumption "f the
blessed Virginia Mary. went forth the
news That he had died
His grave will he Il niche in the crypt
under the high altar Of the cathedral.
4 slab Of marble carved with inscrip-
ton in Latin in the north wall Of the
cryp. Will mark his resting place.
Above this vault, behind who's" south
wall lie thc sIx archl'tsh"rS Of Mary
lard VIII" preceded him. is III" SanCtu-
AIRY OF the cathedral 10 which Cardinal
Gibbons parents brought him rs baby
10 b" baptized. whore he WAS c"nSe-
Grated bishop. where he was later
couscrraicd an archbishop. and where
on ,Iunc 30. 1886, Ii" WAS invested with
the robes nf the ";trdinala
T'hrr". too. stands IL" throne OF IN"
cardinal. and above the thror" WILL
hang the cardinals hat. symDo! "l
urintrdoin III the Catholic hicracay.
There il will hang rs long As the cath
ctiral stands.
Holy Week Services Unchanged
The death Of ;hc cardinal in the
midst OF Holy Week dcvot!ons At the
ca,h-draI wall no: affect III" services
there. Through C;"oL F>riday, and Holy
Sunday. and the dawn Of Easter the
body Of cardinal Gibbons vii! lie In his
own room where he died. ON Easter
Sunday might It vii! De moved 10 the
Cathedral. L. lie there throughout the
MASSES Of Monday, Tuesday and Wed
urSday. where MS people may see nam
for the last time. through the high re-
cuicm mass that Will be his 1uncra! on
Thursday and from there 10 be- Lornc
TO its niche in the crypt
AT the funeral Will gather IN" great
est company Of Churchmen ever assem-
blcG IN the United states. In the mass
Of tcicerams and Cablegrains tAtt meM-
hers of the cardinals household sent
All over the world today were messages
to one hundred bishops. fourteen arch
bishops and countless monsiSnors aho
priests everywhere.
TWO Cardinals Nay Como
Two cardinals may come 10 Baltimore: !:
Cardinal O'Connell from Boston and
Cardinal Begin from t:intd!t. MonSis-
nor John BonUno, apostolic delegate at
Washington. VII pontificate AZ high re-
ouicrn mass on Thursday.
The funeral procession Will include
the cardinals. the archbishups. III" hish-
ops. the apostolic delegate ami Virtually
all the priests in the diocese Of Mary
land. which includes the District OF
Columbia.
REPRESENTATIVES oi all the chuTchs
orders Will y" lherc-.thc abbots from
ln, monastcrics in robes or white
brown or black
Archbishop J. }. Giennon. oi the arch
diocese of ST. Louis. Will preach the
funeral Sermon. II is noteworthy mat
it was Archbishop Giennun VINO
preached the sermon at Cardinal GID
bons' golden jubilee. at the cathedral
in October, 1911.
MARKS of Respect.
Erws Of the rardinafs death spread
rapidly and IN" mourning was ci;y-w!de.
Practically all the court i'll the city ad-
journed when the to!iing OF the bells an
n,,uUced the C.lrJ!nars death. Judge
fcontInuad ON Pare FourtNen)