Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-06-09
FUNERAL OF JOHN KELLY.
The Great Leader of Tammany Laid te
Rest To-day.

The Great Leader of Tammany Laid to
Rest To-day.
New YORK, June 5. The funeral OF
John Kelly took place this morning
from st. Patrick's Cathedral. There
were no services at the house. At an
early hour this morning people began
to arrive at the house to take a final
view of the remains which lay in the
casket between the heavily draped
windows in the rear parlOr. There
were no flowers on the casket. All
was black save the silver plate and
handles at the sides. The plate bore
the words:
JOHN KELLY.
Born April 20, 1921.
Died June /, 1885.
Many candles burned at the head OF
the casket. Shortly after 8 o'clock
the relatives entered to take a last
look at the dead. The pall-bearers
next viewed the remains. Then the
lid was placed on the casket and fern
branches laid uponit The casket was
carried to the hearse and the
funeral procession moved toward
the cathedral. The pall-bearers
were first in carriages. They
were Judge Hilton, Arthur Levy, John
T. Agnew, Recorder Smyth, Judge
German, Commissioner Brennan,
Eugene Kelly and August Belmont.
The streets and avenues adjacent to
the house were filled with the rank
and file of Tammany Hall. An i'm
mense throng of people had gathered
in and about the Cathedral while the
windows of private houses in the
neighborhood were filled with people.
Shortly after arrival at the Cathedral
the remains were borne into the edltice
accompanied by the pail bearers and
followed by the mourners.
The Cathedral was crowded when
the funeral procession reached there.
Every seat was filled and the aisles
were crowded with standing men and
women. The ushers at the Cathedral
were members of the Tammany' Hall
organization. A black ante-pendum
pordered with gold draped the altar
and the sanctuary rail was covered
with black velvet bordered with silver.
In the center aisie stood catafalque
covered with black velvet. These were
the only emblems OF mourning in the
ediice. The music was under the
direction Of the organist of the
Cathedral, who was assisted by the
chancel choir of boys. When the cas-
ket was borne into the church the
congregation arose to their feet. Along
side the casket walked the pallbearers,
while behind came Mrs. Kelly and
the other mourning relatives. When
the priests entered from the vestry
Bishops Conroy and Wigger took seats
within the chancel with Mgr. Preston
and Archbishop Corrigan. The latter
was the celebrant of the solemn requi-
EN- mass on the occasion. At the
conclusion of the mass Mgr. Preston
preached the funeral sermon.
The funeral procession passed down
Fifth Avenue and through other
thoroughfares to old st. Patrick's
Cathedral, in Mott Street. About
fifty carriages were in it, containing
Mrs. Kelly's friends and relatives.
One hundred members of the Tam
many Society followed on foot.
Only the pall-bearers and Fathers
Kearney and Reardon passed down
the stone steps leading to the burial
vaults. The remains of Mr.. Kelly
were placed in an oaken box just with
in the entrance of the vault. Father
Kearney pronounced the exequiae,
Father Reardon responding. The lid
was then placed over the coffin and
sealed down. It bore g. silver plate
with the inscription "John Kelly.
Died June /, 1885,"