The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23
THE CARDINALS FUNERAL.

THE CARDINALS FUNERAL.
The Romans q Cardinal lGeCloskey Laso
TO Rest In sho New York Cathedral-IR-
posing Csrenonlss.
New YORK, October 15.-In the presence
Of . large and weeping multitude, and with
all the pomp and ceremony prescribed for
such IN occasion BY the ritual Of the Catho-
lie Church, the remains Of the first Cardinal
Archbishop Of America were to-day laid 70
res& Never before In the history Of New
York, or probably In that Of the country.
have the funeral rites of the head Of any
church been attended with . greater mani.
festation Of sorrow and regret than occurred
to-day. In tho tens Of thousands who
crowded the magnificent cathedral on
Fifth avenue, and In the countless
thousands who. unable to obtain admission,
were fain content to finger within the
sound of the funeral knell there might
have been observed people OF oil denOmina-
tons, Protestants and Baptists, Methodists
and Unitarians, Prosbytefians and COngre-
gatiOnalists, Adventists and FREQ Thinkers,
anxious, one and all. to testify By their
presence in some humble degree, their ad-
miration and respect for the life of tho
grand old man-grand in meekness, in hu-
mility, in kindness Of heart, in charity to
ward other crceds who but few days ago,
was gathered to his fathers.
Dawn had hardly broken before groups
Of people began to gather in the vicinity Of
the sacred edifice, and rs the hours grew
on the groups became thrOng and
THE THRONG A MULTITUDE.
Stately equipages from all directions de-
posted their arIstocratic occupants on the
sidewalk, there to wait with the more hum
BILE folk, whose plain apparel denoted
their poverty, and who. perhaps. had
travelled miles afOot to reach the sacred
pile. 1t was few moments after eight
when the massive doors were
thrown open, and kept in line
by a posse of police. the waiting
crowd poured into the edifice, which, hcav-
lily draped in black, presented sOmbre and
impressive appearance. Before the sane
tuary, which was draped in purple velvet
emblemntic of the Cardinals station in the
church, and surrounded by rows of dimly
burning wax candles, was the catafalIue
wherein repOsed the remains Of the deceased
prelate. 1t was about thirteen feet in
for \ heighth Of four and one-half feet
being covered with fine black
brOadclOth and heavily draped with silk
the casket constructed Of San Domingo
mahogany. dove-tailed sides. double panelled
top and covered with purple satin and plush
and festOOned with gold fringe. The body
lay in full view OF the congregation on tho
bier. The head rested upon a satin up
hOlstered pillow and the face was iife-like.
THE BODY WAS CLOTHED
in full Cardinal vestmsnts-S purple silk
sOntane girt at the waist with a
broad sash of red watered silk with fringe
of gold. Over the sontane was a loose
rochet, and about the shoulders purple
mOZetta. A golden pictorial cross lay upon
the breast, the diamond encircled sapphire
signet Of the Cardinal rested upon the
third finger Of the right hand. and the
hands clasped a crucifix. The head was
covered with the beirata which was pre-
sented to the Cardinal by Plus IN. Above
the casket lowered the canopy, urn-shaped
supported by eight OctagOnal columns COW
cred with brOadclOth and silk plush. and
topped with coping two feet wide, draped
with purple plush and gilt fringe. 1t was
q magnificent conception of temporary
resting place for that illustrious dead who
in his lifetime eschewed pOmp and show
and gave himself and his life to the cause
of the church.
A few moments before ten o'clock the
tOlling Of the Cathedral bells announced
that the services were about to commence,
and almost simultaneous the head of the
procession emerged from the Episcopal
and moved through Fiftieth
street to Fifth avenue and
thence to the cathedral. Nothing to COM
pare with it in clerical pOmp has evey been
seen in this country. First came the bearer
Of the crucifix. then the acOiytes, next the
altar boys of the cathedral, the choir boys,
domestic and visiting priests and the bishops
and archbishOps.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
lined the Sidewalks ami stood with uncov-
sred heads as the procession moved. When
he edifice was reached the congregation
Is a man rose to its feet and the |
procession moved up the center aisle |
Ow requiem. When all had assumed their /
proper stations the services were opened !
with the chanting of the Office of the dead /
BY the augmented choir. The "Miserere"
md the "Benedictus" were next harmon
zed. After this came the solemn requiem /
mass, the responses being chai,ted by Father 1
Lammefs choir of $50 voices. When the
irs. gospel had been recited Archbishop
Gibbons assembled the pulpit and delivered
IN impressive Grafton in which he pictured
he life and labOrs of the deceased preIa,e
md urged his example upon his hearers.
The mass was then resumed and at the
conclusion the rite of absOiution was adj
by ArchbshOps Gibbons, Eegan,
Corrisan and LOughlin. The body was
hen placed in the casset and, escorted by
he priests and sanctuary choir. carried to
he crypt, where it was laid beside that Of
Archbishop Hughes. The choir sang the
and the ceremonies were at an
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