New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-18
FUNERAL OF MR.. DELMONICO.
A GREAT CROWD IN ST. LE0s CHURCH.

ADDRESSED BY FATHER DucEY-THE BODY PLACED
INA VAULT IN THE OLD CATHEDRAL.
At eight o'clock yesterday morning the friends of
Charles Delmonico began to assemble at the niue
church in Twenty-eighth:st. dedicated 70 Ss'
Leo The funeral services did not begin until NAL nal,
completely filed but large crowd was gatneeIe a
outside the doors Before that time the re ~ 5e
and some ofthe utmate friends had gathers, ina O'clock
house in Fourteenth-st. About nine INES ana and
the funeral procession left the mousse anu
half an hour afterward reached inc tSn o HS
the body was borne in the Organist PLAYED the low
strains of n funeral march. Upon the coffin, which
was of cedar covered with black cloth, was sllyer
plate which was the name OF the dea d dro wr
was almost hidden by the mowers ana MreatIs
winch had been sent by feends beautitui spray
of palm was sent by John Hoey; 1t was cut rom
the same tree which had supplied similar tribute
at l. renzo Delmonicos funeral broken pl, naa
OF S CSares and Lorenzo Crst device inscribed
Brother came from Miss Rosa Delmonleo; j. NJ.
Mora sent wreath of violets; Eugene Dewey
four establishments sent large device with the
words "a notre bien anne HeWdite~,~ while other
tokens were sent by J. g. Bebus. A. u Gardner >;
Wheeler and Nine. Lorenzo DelmOnico. AS the
coffin rs borne into the church il was followed by
c. d. and l.. ID. Crist, John IIoey, S. l.. NJ Barlow
J. NJ Mora W. b. Dinsmore, Eugene Dewey ana >;
G. Babcock. Ii was placed before the altar; lighted
candles were then D aced around the bier ana
Father Ducey celebrated solemn requiem h mo'
the choral portions being rendered by MINI
Salyotti and Mime De Smet and Messrs F. Frltsch
and Colietti. Besides Father Ducey there We're
present Fathers John sIo1G aa A. Heaiey At the
conclusion of the office Father Ducey stePpoo into
the vestry and, after assuming Ihe and de-
lvered short address GU the text, LoIG' iV ;a
hadst been here my brother had not dled.' lie saio
in part: ,o
has never denied his faith who was sinner az an
OF rs are R 4as ever at the disposal Of friends and the
bubble Yet after his DEATH this man who now ,es Deole
70 whom he had b, en- very kind and who shook him by
the hand and called him friend We meet scores Oh suea
these men and they of their hats TO you bow yo
heads and pass them by Every one born mo one
man the ambitious woman, and the AMBITIOUS priest
No can live life worth living ness nc ed for me
TO deliver euogy Charles Demonico' Dut pu you
shiln the men who have malgned him.
Father Ducey then read The prayers for the re-
nose of the soul of the departed, and afterwards
delivered the benediction. He requested those VINO
were in the pews to remain seated anu .noso Wy
were standing in the centre aisle TO leave IL at
once The coffin was then carried from the church,
followed by the relatives and friends, to the hearse
b tsssS to the by Old SsheSTa IL Mos and after
some prayers had been said the coffin was deposteu
in the family vault. AS it took considerable tthe
n seal the casket mp IN the leaden envelope the
friends of the deceased man left the church before
the work was completed. n, ooo
So great was the crowd and SO small the aceoln i
dations afforded by St. Leo's CHURCH that the
various societies including the Societe Amtle the
Societe Culinaire Philanthropique, the Soclete
Columbia, and several other We're unable 10 SEND
delegations as had been intended, and were repre-.
sented only by their officers. Among others present
besides those before mentioned, were:
]. Garcia, G. Renauld Stephen samanos, j. w. Boyle
" Perzel Judge j. II. Brady, f. KearDey, H. Leach,
Imam Barcelo Augustus Isaacs g. Lawrence Peter Bar
low Pierre de la Montague, Wright Sanford Frank M0rk,
Jordan L. Mott Major 9. U. Mcclurg, A. Leary Julius
Nathan J. barton, Godfrey Guntber, c. L. WetherOee.
G. Wetherbee H. Hitchcock, Owen ". Brennan; D. D.
Kelso Alexander 8. Williams, W. b. DinsmOIe, IT., A.
Henriqu g. j. b. Ecclesne Henry Clews, Rufus Hatch
John a. Hecksher, Manuel de Rivas, ii. wafer, j. W.
Caller Johp r. Raymond, Francis Knzer, X. Waite,
Sheridan Shook, Isaac II. Bailey Frank Jenkins j. NJ
Gardner J. H. Gardner Frank Kuhnis, j. G. Rebus, W.
A uanft, and J. Wheeler.