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Show ARCHBISHOP RIORDAN'S JOYOUS HOME-COMING. Health and happiness radiated from Archbishop Riordan when he reached San Francisco yesterday on his return from Rome. His absence of ten months from the care of his charge has brought color to his cheeks and more spirit to his eyes; and he brought cheerful greetings greet-ings to the friends who met him at Oakland and escorted him across the bay. says the San Francisco Examiner of July "6. His friends in this city, both clergy and laiety, had planned to give the Archbishop a reception commensurate with his high position and to attest the esteem in which he is held in this diocese; dio-cese; but the reverend gentleman, when he heard of the preparations to receive him, put a stop to the arrangements. Letters received from him after his arrival in America gave an expression of his wishes that no demonstration be made in his honor. So the contemplated public reception w' '"h was to have been held in Metre . 'itan hall some time next week will j;.-. take place. So anxious was the Arehnishon in avnM any demonstration that the definite time of his arrival in San Francisco was made known only to a few of his intimate friends. The Archbishop arrived ar-rived on the train due in the city at 5:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was met at the Sixteenth street station in Oakland by his friends and escorted to the city. Last September Archbishop Riordan left the city for a pilgrimage to the Church authorities at Rome. It is necessary nec-essary for every Archbishop throughout through-out the world to visit the Vatican at least once every ten years and give a verbal report of the condition of the Church in his diocese. The Archbishop was accompanied by his secretary, the Rev. Father Mulligan. Most of the past ten months were spent in Rome and other places in Italy, after which a visit was made to tne rtoiy iand. which was one of the interesting parts of the trip. Afterwards France was crossed and a short stop m.';de at Paris for a visit to the Exposition. Expo-sition. The Archbishop and Father Mulligan then crossed the channel and a couple of weeks were spent in England Eng-land and Ireland. Last month they landed in New York, and Father Mulligan Mulli-gan started for San Francisco. The Archbishop, who had been met by his brother, next proceeded to Washington, and then to Chicago, where quite a stay was made. It was in Chicago that the Archbishop had charge of his last church as a Priest, as he was appointed coadjutator to the late Archbishop Alemany when officiating officiat-ing as a Priest in that cuy. His stay in Chicago this time was made memorable memor-able by the evidences of love and esteem es-teem showered upon him by his old friends. After parting with his friends in Chicago Chi-cago the Archbishop proceeded to Salt Lake City, where he had promised to assist in laying the corner-stone of the new cathedral there. Salt Lake was formerly in this diocese, and his duties often called Archbishop Riordan to that city, so that he had maiiv old friends to welcome him there. From Salt Lake he came direct to San Francisco. Fran-cisco. Father Mulligan and Father Mc-i Quade left yesterday morning for Sacramento, Sac-ramento, where they met the Archbishop Archbish-op and accompanied him to the city. The Committee of Reception appointed appoint-ed by Vicar-General Prendergast crossed cross-ed the bay to meet the train at Oak-I Oak-I land. It consisted of Judge Robert J. Tobin. the president, and L. F. Montea-gle, Montea-gle, the sec retary of the General Committee, Com-mittee, and the special Reception Committee, Com-mittee, composed of John M. Burnett, Garrett MeEnerney, James R.. Kelly and W. H. Nolan. In the party ass were the Rev. Father Philip D. Rvaa and the Rev. Father Joseph McOuade of the Cathedral. The Archbishop's council, consisting of Fathers Scanlan, Lagan and Gleason of San Francisco, Francis-co, Father O'Connor of Stockton and Father Serda of Temescal .also met the Archbishop at Oakland. As the party boarded the car at Sixteenth Six-teenth street, Oakland, the Archbishop was met at the door of the parlor and warm greetings and hand-shaking ensued. en-sued. The party entered the parlor and conversation became jreneral until the pier was reached. At the pier the party par-ty was augmented by Father Dempsey of the Cathedral and .School Director John B. Casserley.- Scats were taken in the cabin and the Archbishop mada the trip over the bay pass verp pleas- i antly with anecdotes of travel. He said: "There is no place like California Cal-ifornia after all, and I am delighted to be back again. I have experienced very warm weather ever since I landed in New York. While 1 was at that city the weather was hotter than at anytime any-time since 1891. It was the same in Washington, and, in fact, Chicago, and. all along the route until we entered California. My visit to Salt Lake was a very enjoyable one. When I first came to the coast that city was in my diocese and 1 used to so there often in my episcopal capacity when it took longer to accomplish the trip than it does now. I assisted in the ceremonies last Sunday, and there were over 10,-CoO 10,-CoO people present at the services." When the party landed on this side of the bay they were met by the Rev. Fathr Prendergast, Vicar-General, the Rev. Father Ramm and Judge Jeremiah F. Sullivan. The greetings were warm and heartfelt. As it was the desire of the distinguished distin-guished prelate to be as quiet as possible, pos-sible, he was not disturbed when he reached his home on Eddy street, near Laguna. To make his home-coming pleasant his personal friends members of his household had decorated the house most beautifully and a tempting dinner awaited him. The hall was a mass of potted plants, greens and roses. Opposite Oppo-site the door was a floral arch on which was "Welcome Home," made of scarlet pinks with a background of delicate del-icate ferns, and clusters of coreopsis were at the sides. The parlors were decorated in pink with bunches of Car-aline Car-aline Festa roses and pink gladiolus. The rear parlor was aglow with pink roses, carnations and ferns, ,and the dining-room in yellow with huckleberry, huckle-berry, smlilax" and poted plants. Archbishop Riordan Lays the Corner Stone of a New Catholic Church. San Francisco, July 30. With appropriate appro-priate song and ceremony the cornerstone corner-stone of the new St. Boniface Church, now in course of construction on Golden Gate avenue, near Jones street, was laid Sunday afternoon in the presence of thousands of interested spectators. So great was the throng that the police were obliged to stretch ropes across the street in order to handle the crowd. The Committee of Arrangements, however, how-ever, had the situation thoroughly . in hand, and not a hitch occurred in the programme. The singing of the Veni Creator by a chorus under the direction of Profes-I Profes-I sor John B. Mayle inaugurated the ceremonies, cer-emonies, the procession emerging from the old church during its rendition. Archbishop Riordan was accompanied by a large number of visiting priests. Conducted to the sanctuary of the new building, the blessing of the cross was solemnly performed. The procession then' threaded its way to the corner where the stone awaited adjustment. The chanting of the litany with corresponding corre-sponding prayers preluded the impressive impres-sive ceremony, the antephonol response of the thousands present producing a most pleasing effect. After the placing of the stone Archbishop Riordan and his attendants made a tour of the uncompleted un-completed building, sprinkling the walls and calline blessing upon the future fu-ture of the Franciscan Fathers. In a brief address the Archbishop commended the people for sacrifice and devotion to the cause of Christ, as evidenced in their ambitious endeavor. He reminded his auditors that the Catholic faith takes no account of obstacles, ob-stacles, and expressed the hope that the present might be an earnest for the future. "We know nothing of divisions in the Roman Catholic Church," continued the speaker. "There is no German, or Irish, or French Catholic Church. We all belong be-long to one great family, with interests inter-ests identical all engaged in the soul-saving soul-saving mission that is ours: all interested inter-ested in the uplifting and betterment of mankind." An eloquent address in German was delivered by the Very Rev. Maximilian Xeuman, Superior of the Franciscan Order, in which he congratulated his people, lauded those vho had preceded him in the work that is now his. and exhorted all present to perseverance in beneficent endeavor. At the conclusion of the ceremony the several orders and sodalities participating partici-pating joined with the procession and made a tour of the premises to the accompaniment ac-companiment of appropriate, song, led by the Very Rev. Father Maximilian Xeuman. |