The Nome nugget., 1924-11-22
CARDINAL. MICHAEL LoGCE
 DIES AT ARMAGH. IRELAND

Cardinal Michael Logue venerable Archbishop of Armagh and Prmate of All Ireland. the cessor of st. Patrick" who died this week who strove for Irish tranquility and peace
 The guerrilla tactics of the Sinn Fein sympa- thzers and the reprisals of the Black and Tans filled him with horror and evoked strong pastoral letters denouncing the crimes which, in 1920. brought Ireland to the verge of cva
 Exhorting the people prayer and to avoid all associations leading to crime and disaster. the Cardinal in November of that year charged that 'he activities of the British Military authorities are being carried into districts which hitherto have been considered peaceful" He concluded: God help our country. moaning under this competition in murder" The calamities in Ireland. he de clared. were greater than in the memory of any living
 Cardinal Logue physically small with grey hair, ruddy face and blue eyes and vigorous and energetic despite his eighty years. He nounced the attempt the life of Viscount French. the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 1919 and said that the shooting of the police plain murder When conditions became critical he forbade pol itica meetings later he received warning threat ening his life
 The Cardinal paid visit the United States in 1908, at he time of the centenary celebration of the founding the Roman Catholic archdio- cese of New York. He celebrated ponttfcal in St Patrick's Cathedral in S6,ooo vestment and later a guest of President Roosevelt whom he greatly admired. Before returning home he placed wreath ;he tomb of George Washing ton Nit. Vernon. He also met Andrew Carne- eie and John D Rockefeller and in public ment praised them for their phiienthropies,
 At the outbreak of the World War. Cardinal Logue said that Irishmen would stand by EnglandE but later blamed the government for the political in Ireland. He opposed consoription the ground that would disorder When the and the Versailles had been concluded he declared the whole peace of business is a of grab" Although ing Sim Feners and others to need the law. the Cardinal declared Ireland ruled by ordi- nary statutes and with other Catholic clergymen, united in urging freedom for that country. In June. 1919. he presided a meeting of the Cath olic hierarchy which adopted resolution demand ing home rule and in an address expressed the hope that the Irish would gain their igst right without violence"
 Born at Klmacrenan. Ireland. October 1. 1s4o. he studied at Maynooth and Durboyne and upon graduation showed such scholarship that he appointed. although yet a priest to the professorship of theology and bellies lettres in the Irish College. Paris. Ordained 1866. he re- turned his native diocese of Raphoe in 1874 and made doctor of divinity Two years later he became a dean of Maynooth and professor of Gaelic. which position he exchanged 1878 for the chair of dogmatic and moral theology.
 On July 20, 1879. at the age of 3s he was con- secrated Bishon of Raphoe eight years labored people of Donegal, who that time inn shed by a failure of the crops In year | lected for the relief of the peo- pie of his d. nearly S15Q0O0 and in 1Ss7 the parish D If Armagh chose him as CO., adjutor to tf~ snerable Primate. a position to which he soo~ r succeeded. Pope Leo XIII. in 1893. elevatir 10 the Cardiualate
 II that filled Armagh with pride for before attained by the greatest Or Primates going back the days of St. PatritA. The Cathedral of Armagh under his administration was enlarged in 1ss7 by the addition of Synod Hall. northeast of the edifice. Seven years later the Cardinal broke all preceedents by having the historic interior of the Cathedral redeeorated. The work, begun in 1900 finished in 190i. and resulted in attracting many pilgrims Armagh
 The death of the Cardinal was blow to his diocese ntimation sickness had been made