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Show DEATH OF BISHOP BRORJDEL. I v . 1 - 1 j Head of the Catholic Church of Montana Died at Helena on Tuesday. Helena, Mont.,' Nov. 3. The tolling of the bell at the cathedral at 6 o'clock this morning conveyed to the ponple of "Helena the sad news of the death of Jtight Reverend John Baptist Brondel, for nineteen years bishop of the diocese dio-cese of Montana. His soul had passed beyond earthly scenes about three hours Jiroviously. The head of the Catholic church of lor.tana. loved and revered by clergy find laity, died at nineteen minutes past .1 o'clock this morning In St. John's hospital, which adjoins the Episcopal residence. While the watchers at the bedside of the dying prelate feared he could not live many hours, he was expected to mrvive the night. Consequently no one vas present except the nurses when they noticed a sudden change for the Morse and hastily summoned Rev. Father Fa-ther Day, who id retired for a short needed rest. j At the .bedside. Father Day as t-.ble to arrive a few ! minutes befoie the. end. He and the: nurses were the oii'y ones present. Soon , sifter death many of the other clergy-men clergy-men hastened to the death chamber and remained unitil morning. j . v Bishop Bronde was conscious for j I ,., vfow minutes about 9 o'clock last night, i 2,-ater he relapsed into unconsciousness ! nd about midnight Father Day and j II the other watchers, thinking he would J Jive out the night, retired. Shortly after i S o'clock this morning the nurses noted .i derided charge for the worse and, realizing re-alizing he was dying, hurriedly sent for Father Day and the end came. The primary cause of death was prob- uiy iany degeneration oi ine neart. During the last days odema of the Jungs and brain developed. The funeral of the dead bishop will 1c the most imposing ever held in Molilalia. Moli-lalia. As befits his standing in the church, distinguished prelates from other states' will join the clergy of Montana Mon-tana in paying the last tribute. Among the notables who are coming !? Archbishop Alex Christie of Portland, l:i which province the Helena diocese 5s located. Archbishop Riordan of San (Francisco, who studied in the same lass at Louvain university with Bishop j Brondel. will also probably attend, al- j "i lumen this is not certain. The bishops j of Washington. Idaho and Oregon are j s lso expected to he present. Archbish- j p Christie has telegraphed he will j romp and officiate at pontifical requiem Ijnass. Plans For the Funeral. At a meeting of the clergymen of the church in this city this morning plans for the funeral were discussed. Among the clergy present were Fathers Day, Sullivan and Foley of Helena: Fathers Pi mat and Coopman of Anaconda, Father Fa-ther De Siere of Butte. Father Pau-velyra Pau-velyra of Great Falls, Father O'Farrell of Townsend. Father Gallagher of Fort Benton and Father Follet of Marysville. It. was decided to have the pontifical requiem mass, which will mark the close of the services in honor of the dead, at 10 a. m. Friday in the cathedral. cathe-dral. This will be conducted by Archbishop Christie, and if Archbishop Riordan is j present he will assist. x ; Following these services the interment inter-ment will be made with, fitting ceremony cere-mony at the Catholic cemetery here. The body of the bishop, in its pon-I pon-I tiiical vestments, will lie in state in the cathedral beginning tomorrow fl morning until the end of the services Friday. While at the cathedral it will be guarded by delegations -from-ths "ntholic Knights. St. Joseph's Verein and other societies. First Masses. The first of the masses for the repose of the soul of the dead will be celebrated cele-brated at S a. m. tomorrow. Rev. Father Fa-ther De. Siere of Butte will officiate. .Thursday morning at 9 o'clock there j will be solemn requiem mass for children chil-dren only, at which Father Day will officiate. Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock all of the visiting clergy will chant matins about the bier. The pall-btarers have not been selected, select-ed, but will probably consist of prominent prom-inent churchmen and laymen. While here. Archbishop Christie will fx the question of the dead bishop's temporary successor until the pope appoints ap-points .another bishop. If Bishop Bron-dej Bron-dej named in his will his choice of administrator, ad-ministrator, that person will be named by the archbishop; if not, the archbishop archbish-op will name some one. It is expected that Father Day has been named by the bishop as administrator. adminis-trator. This will not be known until the bishop's will has been opened, which will be done when the archbishop ar- Ti c: Father Day has assumed temporary charge of the diocese and is preparing a letter to the clergymen, telling of the bishop's death aivl urging them to come h"iv to the funeral. It is expected the funeral will be the largest g.u tiering of Catholic clergy over sff'ii in Montana. Many prominent laymen from all parts of the state are also expected to bp present. No Flowers Requested. Helena. Nov. 3. In accordance with one of the last requests of Bishop Bron-dej. Bron-dej. there wjil be no flowers displayel at his funeral, anil the press of the ffnte is requested to notify the dead prelate's friends to that effect. It is reported this afternoon that in-sad in-sad of heing' buried in the Catholic' cemetery. ihe body may be placed in a crypt underneath the cathedral where tv priests, v, ho died a number of years ngii. were buried. This has not been definitely decided upon, however. j BUTTE IS GRIEF STRICKEN. Catholics Deeply Deplore the Sudden Death of Bishop Brondel. The entire body of Catholics in Butte, crgy and laymen alike, are grief-strirken grief-strirken nvr the death of Bishop Brondel. Announcement came Tuesday 'o the I,,, al clergy that the funeral will be held in Helena Friday morning in the cathedral. Archbishop Christie of Ponlmd. Ore.; Bishop O'Day of Seattle, Se-attle, Wash.; Bishop O'Reilly of Baker City. Ore., and Bishop Glorieux of Boise, Ida., are expected to be present and officiate during the funeral services. With these high dignitaries of the '.atholic church will be a number of 1 nests from all parts of the state. The funeral of a Catholic bishop Js always accompanied with great pomp mid solemnity. The music is by the great masters and is counted among the most magnificent selections in the world. The full choir, composed of the best singers in Helena and Butte, will sing the responses, while a quartette of male voices will add to the solemnity and completeness of. the services.. A special high mass will be celebrated, cele-brated, in which the bishops and priests will take part, also a great number of fcltar boys. Choosing1 a Bishop. After the death of a bishop a period of thirty days is 'usually set apart-in Menioriam. and during . this . alloted time mass will be said for the, departed each day throughout 'the diocese, and also other prayers for the dead. Rev. Father DeSIere of Butte, Rev. Father Piernat-af-Anacjonda, Rev., Fa-. ,npf ''allahen of Butte and Rev. Father Fa-ther Day of Helena compose the advisory ad-visory board of Bishop Brondel, and to these will fiill the responsibility of Eet- tling upon the names of three priests j as nominees for the office of bishop. I This board will meet in Helena at once and proceed to its work. It is barely possible that the board may go outside the diocese to select a bishop. This was done when Bishop Brondel was sent from Vancouver to Butte. However, this diocese has since become so powerful and important that a priest within its jurisdiction may be found suitable for the position. j j Must Be Carefully Chosen. ! ! When speaking of this point one of j ; the prominent priests said: . ' "It is very essential that a .priest ; whose name is proposed as bishop : should be over 30 years old and possess great adaptability, learning, piety and ; administrative ability. This is espe- , cially so in s,o great a diocese, one so ! cosmopolitan as Montana. This is one , of the most important dioceses in the west, because, being built up. administrative admin-istrative ability is especially needed at this time. The organization left by Bishop Brondel is strong and in har- mony all along the line, and those who j will take part in choosing his successor should bear this in mind." The three names submitted by the advisory board are sent to the archbishop, arch-bishop, who in turn calls a council of the bishops in his province to select from the three one name to be sent to Rome. Independent of the three names selected se-lected by the board, the bishops are at liberty to select another. Sometimes this is done and usually in a case of this kind, a bishop from some poor diocese dio-cese is placed in nomination for a better bet-ter on. Priests Seen. I A number of the priests in Butte were seen fhis morning. While they preferred j not to be quoted, deeming it presump-J presump-J tuous for them to deliver eulogies at I this time, they had only words of high-!est high-!est praise for the life and administra-) administra-) tion of Bishop Brondel. They spoke of j him as being always considerate, kind, J indulgent with his priests, but firm as ja rock when necessary for the good of the church or the individual. "In his home in Helena." said one of i the priests, "we were , just as welcome as the flowers in spring. Never was a ! priest given to feel ..that he had best be ! in his parish attending to duty, even though the priest remained a guest for several Sundays. As a host Bishop Brondel could not be surpassed. His I hospitality was such that every priest I throughout the state would not dare to i think of stopping at a hotel while in Helena, for the "bishop would feel that he had not been treated right, that his hospitality was not desired. Therefore, the bishop's residence has always been a pleasant rendezvous for the priests. "The chief characteristic of the bishop bish-op included an unbounded faith in Providence. He always said that God could ki ow better than his children ! what was best for them In life, that Providence looks over ea-n individual as well as over a people. The bishop's hope for the future of Montana was unbounded, un-bounded, as he seemed to see the realization real-ization of a great state here. His life was one of hardship and privation. His priests were dear to him and he cared for them as children! or brothers. Broad Democratic Spirit. "One characteristic which endeared him to the priests was his broad demo- j cratic spirit. The dignity and evcltr- i siveness supposed to be a part of .a j bishop's life had no place in his heart. He carried his own gripsack and shined j his own shoes and was a part of tne ; country and the parish and the life of ; each one of those with whom he was i thrown. I never expect to see another bishop of his temperament here. It j would be too good to be true. I regret i that he has gone." ! Owing to the funeral coming on Fri- !' day it may be impossible for so large i a number of priests to attend. ' I |