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Show PRELATE LIES AT POINT OF DEATH Cardinal Gibbons fteceives Last Sacraments and Sends Final Message tALTlMOftC, Jan. 1. Cardinsl Gihbena haa rallieel from his relspse ef - -1 yesterday after m fove) night's rest and s was muoH wottar this morn inf. aceacd v ing to nwi raesived at tha areh-Kaia oapal radsrtes ahartly bafora 10 e'olesik fram Inim Mills, Md., whara tha cardinal car-dinal a ill at tha Noma af friends. Tha me sea o e cams from Cardinal Oi khans' aaoratary whd was quotad aa saying Mhia aminanoa ia foaling ftna and , a talking about aaming htrnt." All tha Cat Ha lie raligiaua aammunl- ties here, embracing tha varieus ar dsra. prayed througHaut tha greater part af tha night for Cardinal Cibbana, wha yasisrday auffsred a severs ra- Upsa . Tha biahop'a natics stated that tha cardinal yasterdsy had raoaivd tha last isoramsnts. Yssterday wn tha saoend lima ha haa racelved axtrama unction. A lPI MO Rio Mrt .lan fXrWrtlT nal f; lb bona yesterday received the last sacraments of the church and Is lying Irt a critical condition at tha home of hi friend. Kobert T. Hhrlver. at Union Mills. In the Carroll county hills, near Westminster. ' Physicfena Thursday had gravely Intimated In-timated that a crlais waa Imminent, but they had hoped the patient would rally today. Hinoe lani. ftunday. when tha condition con-dition of the-eardtnal took a favorable turn. It had been hoped that be would steadily gld strength and eventually he tn condition to? travel to Fteltlrrmre. Obviously, the doctors hnd not anticipated antici-pated the relapse, hut this turn, they explained, was -due to the cardinal's advanced ak and cnneeqttent Infirmities. Infirmi-ties. The mind of tha prelate is said to- he perfectly clear. DIRECTS PRAYERS. The turn In the cardinal's condition prompted the Right Hav. Owen R Cor-rlgan. Cor-rlgan. auxiliary bishop of Haltlmore. wha la associated with Mt. Oregnry's church, to Issue last night an official notice to the Catholic clergymen of tha archdiocese, and through them to their congregations, directing prayers for the recovery of the prelate, or, In lieu of this, for a happy death. As the old year gave way tn She new, prteMs tn most of the Catholic churches of Paitimore recited tha litany and prayers for the prelate. At the Hhrlver home, with tha cardinal, car-dinal, are Archbishop Bon snna, papal delegate; Monsignor O. A. lMugherty. physical condition preclude, mental effort or excitement. He ha. been noticeably no-ticeably worse after vialt. of any length. NO RECEPTION. Kor the first time In more than a generation, the cardinal will not hold the annual New Tear reception at his home Hunday. Ever .Inc. he wa. Invested In-vested with the princely Insignia In 1HK7. 11 ha. been hi. custom to hold a reception on the firat 8unday In the new year. l-at year he personally greeted more th:in rne thousand per-sons per-sons after officiating at a nolcmn high mail in the cnthedtal. It also ha. been the cardinal', custom cus-tom on New Year day to receive the prlrata and seminarians of Ht. Mary's seminary. But this yesr there will be no reception at his residence and no pontifical mass at ths cathedral and no New Tear's sermon hv the cardinal. eoretary to Jhe papnl representative, aa.1 (he Very Rev. K. A Pace, historian his-torian of the Catholic university. MESSAGE TO FRIENDS. ' F.srller In the day Cardinal Oil. bona, from hta sickbed, gave a New Year's measage to his host of friends In Baltimore, Bal-timore, Washington and throughont the-Country, the-Country, expressing partlculiir regret that be would not be able this year to freet ha Baltimore and Washington Nends In person, aa haa been his custom cus-tom for more than a generation. "1 wish ta give a New Tear's greet-Jng greet-Jng and blessing to my friends In my awif xlty rf ftsUliiioie ami tlitouslioui mrr country, and ta thank them for -. their Innumerable klndnesaea and for thtir prayer, fur my health In the last few weeks. AFTER, VISIT TO BEDSIDE. "Particularly do I wish to extend a greeting to my friends of Maryland nnd An official bulletin given out last night by Hiebap O. K. Corrlgan revealed re-vealed that the laet sacramenta of the church had been admlnintered te t Ordinal (llbnona, who Is seriously 111 at the home of Kottert T. Hhrlver, I'nlon Mills. Md. TEXT OF BULLETIN. The bulletin ot Bishop Currlgan I. aa follows: "The condition of His Eminence today to-day has been lees favorable than at any lime during his Illness, tie has na.nington. wno lor o marry years 1 have greeted In person on the first ftunday In tha new year. I deeply regret re-gret that I cannot greet them face to fure title new yeer Kunday. I aak their continued prayers and give them my blesaing ami my beat wlehea for a most happy year."- Biahop Corrlgan'. statement waa Issued Is-sued after a vislllo Ihe bedside of the cardinal during Ihe afternoon. " kater in the evening It waa said by the Rer. Albert K Hmlth, who wa. In constant attendance on the cardl- received the tout sacraments and the reverend pastors are requested to urge their people to offer prayer for Ills Kmtnence's speedy recovery or happy death. All paatora will please have the litany of the Blessed Virgin Mury reeited after each mass until further order, for that Intention. . All the priest, of the diocese will add In every masa. when the rubrlca permit, the prayers from the mass 'Pro Inflrmls.' reciting tha same In Ihe similar number. num-ber. 'Pre famulo noatro Inftrmo.' These piayera sre to lie recited until further orders. The religious communities commun-ities are also aked In redouble their prayers thai Almighty dod will re-1 store Hi. Kmlnenre apeedlly. If so be Ills Holy will, to strength and good nai. tiiat tne prelate a oomlltlon ha. changed slightly for the better sine, the visit of Hiehop Corrlgan. NERVOUS WEAKNESS. The cardinal's Mines, has been due, acciM-dtng lo hla physicians, to a nervous ner-vous weakness of the heart. Induced by fatigue from ov erexertion. The first sign f a breakdown came when he nearly ealmpsed while preaching at Havre de tirace. Md. Yesterday waa the second lime he ha. received the last rites of the church, the first time hsvlna been nbout two weeks ago, when his condition first became grave, Ki nee then he had gained steadily in strength until yeatvrday. The cardinal's physinlan. believe that minor relapses, aa well as his condition yesterday, nave hern brought about by nervousness Induced by the reception of visitors by the prelate. The cardinal's mind is a. clear and vigorous aa at any time during his long life and he cannot realise, ac-TvrrMJhtMethntht. health. ttllgned): "O. B. CORRIUAX. "Rlshop of Marra. Vicar General.'" Ir. Charles O Donovan. Ihe cardinal's cardi-nal's phyatcian, announced that the prelate had two fainting spells this morwlor axes s saaBs |