200000 Children in Church Jubilee Celebrate Day
Pontifical mass today at the cathedral marks a day of celebration with distinguished prelates taking part in the solemn service.
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
3
Pontifical mass today at the cathedral marks a day of celebration with distinguished prelates taking part in the solemn service.
Readings and services mark a centennial programme across the cathedral with a Pontifical Mass and Vespers led by Cardinal delegates and archbishops from Baltimore and St. Louis. The schedule lists celebrants, deacons, sub-deacons, and preachers for Wednesday through Saturday including a Carnegie Hall Mass meeting and a requiem for deceased prelates.
The second day of the centennial celebration brought flags from nearly every Catholic family in New York City honoring Cardinal Logue. More than 22,000 boys and 27,000 girls attended high mass across parishes, with thousands more in Brooklyn, Long Island, the Bronx, and Manhattan. Cardinal Gibbons arrived from Baltimore and met with Archbishops Farley and Legue as prelates from across the country gathered for the climax today.
Preparations unfold for a high ceremony led by Cardinal Gibbons at the cathedral with archbishops bishops and papal delegates attending. A formal mass and extensive entourage include deacons deacons of honor and a grand reception at Fifth Avenue venues with notable attendees and dignitaries in attendance.
Report from Rome on an imminent papal consistory with U S elements expected. The American prospects include Archbishop of Boston Vina McDonnell and other church figures linked to American representation in the elevation.
Secretary of State Taft and other leaders spoke at a Red Cross gathering in New York. The event highlighted wartime relief efforts and support from state and civic groups, including the New York Chamber of Commerce.
Supreme Court Justice Marsan in Brooklyn considers whether the Brooklyn Ferry Company may halt operations after Thursday. The Knickerbocker Trust and a receiver contest the move, arguing against discontinuing the ferry service and seeking to prevent draining the receiver from shutting down the line.
Supreme Court Justice McCall grants an interlocutory decree of divorce in favor of Alfred E Dieterich, Standard Oil executive, with custody awarded to him of their only child Grace T. Dieterich. Mrs Dieterich is barred from interfering with the child following her elopement to Europe with Harry S Brensley.
William M. Ivins was elected chairman of the new Charter Revision Commission at yesterday’s meeting. J. Cowden Meyers was chosen secretary, and Moses Altman appointed clerk.
Dr Matthew leads four expeditions into Nebraska Wyoming Montana and Texas to seek paleontological specimens from Miocene to Permian periods. Teams aim to uncover three toed and four toed horses, horned dinosaurs, and other ancient remains, with debates on ancient human presence in America.
A small yellow mongrel attacked 12 year old Kreon of Ames Avenue after a Bronx incident. Police chased the dog near Westchester and St Ann's Avenue. Kreon was bitten in the right leg and taken to Lebanon Hospital for treatment.
Julian Schumacher aged 29 and Horace Stewart ages not stated drowned today while attempting to run the river in a canoe near Milo Maine. A week earlier Amo Seiniminenke tried the run but capsized and struggled to reach shore. Davis and Stewart joined in a second attempt but the canoe overturned again.
The Newport Amusement Company, which barred Yeoman Fred J. Buenzle of the Naval Training Station from its dance hall two summers ago, announces that sailors in uniform may now dance in its pavilion.
Special to The New York Times reports a Supreme Court action in White Plains ending in a $32,500 award. The article notes a verdict linked to a missing or injured party and references Mahoney and local court proceedings.
J Dalzell Brown, former manager of the California Safe Deposit at a Trust Company in San Francisco, is sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzlement. The case centers on misappropriated funds and related irregularities at the bank, with proceedings concluding this week.
Health Board and physicians struggle to explain a spring outbreak affecting Bronx tenements. Officials report dozens of cases daily amid warnings of scarlet fever or diphtheria. experts warn the epidemic could be the worst in years as reports spread across neighborhoods and schools.
At an adjourned hearing before Public Service Commissioner Eustis yesterday, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company submitted plans for an additional platform at the Brooklyn Bridge station of the Third Avenue elevated line. The extra platform is expected to relieve congestion at the station.
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