Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-13
THE CLOSING SCENE.
Assembling Of Vast Throng Of People
at the Funeral Of John
Mccullough.
Buried by tee l..ss Lit,io Gir's Touoh.
iug Eribnto--Thc East sad
Ceremonies.
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PltuADELrHl\, Pa, NOV. l2.-At q
O'CLOCK lastp,tht religious services were
held at The late residence OF John Me-
Culough, at which only the momeers of
the family and a fow friends were present
At the conclusion quite 4 large number OF
people were allowed 10 view the remains
before being removed TO st Georges hall,
to which place the body was taken mt 10
pm. The body lay in state until II O'Clock
To-day. guard OF honor delegated by
the Philadelphia lodge OF Elks was placed
over the remains last night. AZ | | O'Clock
this morning the doors were closed and
the public services were held.
LIES lRAvEsTY PLAYED.
PmIADELPuiA, Pa, Nov. PA guard
OF honor, composed OF mombcrs OF the
PHILADELPHIA section Of the Benevolent
Order of Elks, watched over the remains
of John Mccullough during the night.
This morning at 8 O'Clock the doors of st.
Georges hall, giving entrance to the
spacious room in which the body lay,
were thrown open and the public was
admitted. Among the throng were many
faces familiar to the patrons OF the thea
ter, but there were enough men Ia other
walks in life TO demonstrate that John
Mccullough counted as many friends out
OF his profession as nc did In Il. The
small stage was hidden almost by the
floral offerings, which were ilanked with
ferns and palms. The coffin rested up
on q cataialque immediately IN front of
the stage. Several floral pieces rested
upon the caskct lid, the most affecting of
which was a simple bunch of white
flowers and smilax, left by little girl
whom no one knew. This was the in
scrlption upon the plate OF the casket
lid:
John n. McCULLouGH,
Died Nov. 3, 1885, In his $50 year"
On the outside Of the hall, on Thirteenth
street, such crowd was collected thnt
even the steady stream of people which
circulated through the hall did not seem
to diminish. IL is estimated that nearly
5000 people looked upon the features OF
the dead actor and that fully 5000 failed
to gain admission. The family Of the
dead actor occupied bench at the head
Of the hall near the coffin. II was after /
O'Clock when the solemn services began.
The Rev. Dr. Hunter read selections from
the scripture. The portions selected
were two chapters from the 18th
psalm and the 18th chapter
of fret Corinthians. Then the
hymn, Nearer My God 10 Thee" WAS
sung by MISS Bertha Ricci. When the
last struins Of the sweet music died away
Rev. Or. John S. Macintosh made n
touching PRAYER. This over, Mr. w. II.
Morton sung solo, "After Toll Cometh
Rest" The Rev. Robert Hunter OF the
Remington Presbyterian church made
the nrst address. Upon conclusion fthe
exercises AT the hall tho remains were
given in charge Of The Philadelphia Sec
ton Of the d. y. O Elks, who ia con
junction with their brethren irom New
York, 81. Louis, Chicago aud other cities
escorted them to Monument cemetery,
where, after performing the impressive
rites u the Order,the remains were con-
signed 10 the vault, where they viii rest
Tor the present.