Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-16
M'eLOsKEY's FUNERAL.
Imposing Religious Ceremonies in
New York.
ARCHBISHOP eIBBENs' GRAFTON
An Able And Eloquent Tribute to the
Memory Of the Late
Cardinal
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SCENES,

! IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL SCENES,
New York, October l5.-At St. Pat
rick's Cathedral this morning the excite
ment was intense, owing to the surglng
thousands eager for access to the great
edifce upon the event Of the funeral OF
ais Emiuence, the late Cardinal McClos
key, and who were kept back to g CONVEX
ent distance by strong Gordon Of police.
Tickets had to be shown to obtain en-
trance, and these were limited. At S:45
the doors opened and the crowds formed
in line. Several minor accidents occurred
in the crush, and the police were unnec'
cesssrily severe in the usO of their clubs.
Superintendent Murray was in personal
command of the police. 1t was ioundnec'
esssry to reinforce them by additional
men in order to handle the throng.
Shortly before 3 o'clock $50 members OF
the S.. Vincent de Pail Society, headed
By Chairman Mclaughlin, had marched
from the Office CT the Board OF Managers
of the Orphan Asylum, at Fify-second
street and Aadisoa avenue, to the
rear door Of the cathedral, and entered the
edi6ce for the purpose Of attending to the
duties assigned them. Soon after four or
five members of the committee appeared
at the south door of the edi6ce on the Fifth
avenue entrance, ready to receive the tick .
cts Of admission from those fortunate .
enough to hold them. At miuutes be- (
fore 9 o'clock the police Captain passed (
the word for people who had tickets to get .
them ready, and at once q rush began at
the police Gordon, and those forming the
Gordon made d counter rush TO Offset the
pressure. Finally a line was formed and
slowly moved into Ibe church. The great
building began to fill up rapidly.
The prelates aud clergy began to arrive
at 9:l5 a N. The first to enter the sscris-
ty was Bishop Wadhsms OF Ogdensburg
the lifelong friend of the late Cardinal
De took seat in the chsnCel chair and
silently recited the Office for the dead. The
next conspicuous figure in the group was
Bishop Conroy Then followed the other
bishops in the order assigned them on
either side Of The sanctuary.
a NOTABLE GATHERING.
In the first row on the Epistle side,
facing frou the altar, were Bishops Rogers,
McQasij, Of Rochester; O. HaTs, of SCran.
ton; Conroy and Groesbrand, of BurliDg
ton Vt. In the second row eat Bishops
O'Reilly, ofSpringfeld; Bonrgess, Of De
troit; O'Mshoaey, Coadjutor Of Toronto;
Archbishop Ryan. Of Philadelphia, and
Bishop Macdabsof shd Bishop Sbsnahan,
Of Harrisburg Pa Cn lhe third Epis,le
seat weIe Bishcps Rodemscher, OFsrrell,
Of Treuton, McNshon OF Hartford; kesne
of Richmond, Chatsrd Of Viucennes, AID
Wsdhams Of 0sdensburg. On the fourth
aud iass scw sat Vicar General Smith of
ihe diocese OF Trenton, and Vicar General
Hughes. LideeD, NcNspu?, NcCaFerty
and Quigky.
On the Gospel side, arst row, sat Bishop
Laughlin, of Brooklyn, who was assigned
the post Of honor rear the altar ss he old.
est and most intimate friend Of the late
Cardinal On the same row were Arch
bishops Sulpoiute and Williams and Bishop
Rgan. On the eecond row we're Bishops
Bradley, Of Manchester, n. Il aud Car
berry, Of Hamilton, 0ntsuo. The remain
der OF the distinguished group Of ecclesias-
ticS were Eoasisnors Sullivan and Doare
of Newark; Power ead SCson, Of Jersey
City and CorcorSn, Of Philadelphia; DES.
Downey, Hogan, Gabri'ls, BVrnes, Gleason
and Porrigsn
At the sig uG! !com Rev. DR.. Mcdonnell,
Chief master of csremon;es, t;se priests to
the number of four hundred entered the
Sanctuary. Before awaiting another signal
Fathers Johp J. Riordau and John J.
Kesne commenced chanting the Office for
the dead, "Regum Cui Omnia viVient the
responses being sung BY Father Lame!les
and Father Youngs choirs
Ths dead Cardinal lay in his coffin in
which he was placed after the closing of
the CHURCH las ! night. The hands were
crossed across his breast, just beneGtk the
uec,orsl On his head rested his
white mitre and on the left side of the
coflin lay his crozier.
THE SCENE AROUND THE COFFIN.
Eight veterans Of the pspal army, wear
ing blue suits green caps with gold stripes
stood guard four abreast behind and in
front -oi the cs:sEaluue. ABIDE from the
gorgeous drspeTy Of The cstsfSiGue sai the
npSts surrounding II, the 6rspiDg Of the
church was as required by the rubics. OF
he nlAiuest character. On the high altar
a. candles burned, and before it hung the
BLACK ante-pe13gm. On Q side table stood
two candlesticks, with sfntdles Of unOIeaeh'
ed waE. I.
AtS:S0 q m the chanting Ct /
THE soLEHy OFFICE rOR THE pRAD
began. The music was conducted on an
exceptionally grand scale and includes
many of the leading singers Of the city |.
Many distinguished ehurchmen were pres
ent, occupying rows Of seats within the
sanctuary on the Epistle and Gosple sides
AIMING Them were bishops from Canada,
/ Vermont, Indiana Philadelphia. Scranton,
Reading, New Orleans. Trento2. \. j..
BROOKLYN, OsdepsSurg Toronto, Montreal,
Manchester, N. H., Hamilton, Ont, and
numerous other places from every section
of the country.
TIE ARCHBsHoPs SERMON,
The sermon at the funeral Of Cardinal
McCiosky, th:2 morning. was preached by
Archbishop Gibbons, of BaltinoFe, The
,.-t Of the sermon was Ece!ssiastes ! o;
%Tbese words, spoken originally OF Aaron,
aid the speaker, may be 6stingly 81 phed
- the great High Priest whose mortal re-
ma;na now lie before you, he also was
|boSea out Of s'l men living to I'LL the
highest ecclesiastical PoslACH in tbs pstion
that he might teach JACOB ns