The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-25
CARDINAL GIBBONS
DIES FOLLOWING A
PROLONGED ILLNESS
Primate Passes Peacefully
Away as Members of House,
hold Stand Watch BY
His Bedside
BY Associated Press


Baltimore, March 24.--James Cardinal
Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore and
senior prelate of the Catholic church in
the United States, died at l133 o'clock
this morning, passing away SO quietly
that even his nurse, a Bon Secours nun,
could not be sure that it was the end.
She had seen the change that betokened
Ill, but it was slight, almost impercepti-
Bile and five minutes passed while she
leaned above the slight, still form.
watching s
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 niche in the crypt
under the high altar of the cathedral.
A slab of marble carved with an in
scription in Latin in the north wall of
the crypt will mark his resting place.
Above this vault, behind whose south
wall lie the six archbishops of Mary
land who preceded him, is the sanctuary
Of the cathedral, to which Cardinal Glib
bons' parents brought him as baby to
be baptised, where he was consecrated
bishop, where he was later consecrated
1886, he was invested with the robes OF
the cardinalate.
There. too, stands the throne of the
cardinal and above the throne will hang
the cardinals hat. symbol of princedom
in the Catholic hierarchy.
There it will hang as long as the ca
thedral stands
SERVICES TO CONTINUE
The death of the cardinal in the midst
of Holy Week devotions at the cathedral
will not affect the services there
Tbrough 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 ii will be moved to the cathedral,
to lie there throughout the masses u
Monday. Tuesday and "Wednesday where
his people may see him for the last tin1e,
through the high requiem mass tnat VIII
bs- his funeral on THURSDAY anu from
there to be borne to its niche IN the
crypt.
At the funeral will gather the great
sst company of churchmen ever ass an
bled in the United States. In the mass
NJ kilograms and cablegrams That
men hers OF the cardinals household
sent all over the world TO-DAY were
messages to 100 bishops, IA arcnoish-
ons and countless monsignori and
priests everywhere.
CARDINALS MAY COME
Two cardinals may come to Baiti-
NOR cardinal OConnell from Boston.
and Cardipal Begin from Canada. Nom
sisror John Bozano. apostolic dele
gate at Washington. will pontiIicate
at high requiem mass on THURSDAY.
The funeral procession will include
thA cardinals the archbishops, the
b,shops. the apostolic delegate and
virtually all the priests in the diocese
~ Maryland. which include the dis
trict of Columbia
Representatives of all the cnurcns
orders will be three-the- abbots from
the monasteries in robes of white,
brown or black
| Archbishop J. ]. Glennon OF the arch
diocese of St. Louis, will preach the
fur eral sermon. 1t is noteworthy mat
| it was Archbishop GlennoS VINO
nreached the sermon at Cardinal Gib-
hons, golden jubilee at the cathedral
CITY in MOURNING
| News of the cardinals death spread
through the city rapidly, and the
mourning was city-wide. Practically
all the courts in the city adjourned
when the tolling of the bells an
nounced the cardinals death Judge
| Gorter suspended proceedings in the
superior court for five minutes, and
there was profound silence In the
courtroom during that period That
same solemnity was observed in otner
| courts.
Mayor Booming called special joint
session Of the city council for o'clock
Monday afternoon to take suitable ac-
ttion on the cardinals death. 1t will
he a special session, because the coun-
Gil has adjourned over the Easter hol-
days to April 1.
| AS soon as the news of the cardinals
death reached him, the mayor ordered
the bell in the dome of the city hall to
be tolled Sc times, once for each year
OF the cardinals life He then direct
ed that the flag be placed at half-mast
lon the city hall and other municipal
buildings, and kept SO until after the
| funeral.
In the afternoon messages of regret
poured into the residence from the
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