St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-27
Many Thousands View the
Body at Cavalry Armory
in the Morning.
The Number of Persons in the
Procession Reported at
Over Seven Thousand.
A RumOr Abroad That the
Doctors Enemies Would
Blow Up the Train.

the funeral of DR.. p. III. Cronin to-day
was a most remarkable affair. From
one end of the big procession to the
other, through the endless crowds on
the streets, among the throng in the
great cathedral. aboard train after train
that, passing the fatal cottage, sped to-
ward Calvary cemetery, the dead mans
fearful fate was present in every mind.
The corpse had been lying in state in
the Cavalry armory on theslake front,
the most central point in the city, and
there early this morning the morbid
and curious, with the dead mans friends,
made their pilgrimage. Armed SentrieS
from the Hibernian rifles stood, arms
at-reSt, at each corner of the raised
platform on which reposed the cata-
falQue and coffin. A crayOn portrait of
the dead man draped in black stood
near the coffin. A huge cross of white
pinkS and margueriteS woven in with
smilax was at the head of the bier, and
harp and smaller cross stood at the
foot. A candelabra with seven tapers
tlickered in front of the cross: ropes OF
green smilaX and white roses were
looped from the coffin and
ABOUT THE CATAFALQUE,
and potted plants were grouped at the
corners of the platform A canopy of
American flags hung above the bier,
and festoons of black and white twined
the bars above it. A crowd that jammed
Michigan avenue stood before the
armory. The police kept passageway
open for those who wished to enter the
1on fxun oQI
men leaning on bayoneted weapons
lent the glamour of their accoutrements
to the military air of the place. For
three hours the procession in double file
marched across the platform. Only the
picture and the big silver plate on the
coffin lid testified that all that
was mortal of DR.. Cronin was
within the casket. The apparently
unending line of sightseers was turned
out at the south door and few people re-
manned long in the building. At last
the procession stopped and the pail
bearers entered. At their head was
Luke Dillon, of Philadelphia, and Ed
ward O'Meagher Condor and John
Devoy, of New York, and Thomas P.
Tuite, of Detroit. The first three are
we'll known Irish NatiOnalists. and the
latter schoolmate OF the doctor. Fol-
lowing them came a number of local
lrish-Americans representing the
friends of the dead man and societies to
which he belonged. Leaving the armory,
the casket was placed in hearse and
the procession was formed. At its head
was a platoon of police. Through the
procession pushed its way. A drum
corps preceded the Hibernian Rifles
WITH ARMS REVERSED
and then came the c0rtege. with its
hearse in panoply of black and guard
of honor from the rifles and pall-bear-
ers. The Clan-na-Gael guards, In gray
uniform and tri-colored plumes; the
uniformed rank of the Royal Arcanum,
in it's ollve-colored suits. and thousands
of members of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen without uniforms
came next. The Ancient Order of Hi
bernians, 1,000Istrong; several courts of
the Independent Order of ForeSters,
1000 in all, and 700 Catholic Foresters
were in line. The uniformed members
of the Royal Arcanum, the Royal
League, the Sheridan Rifles, the CathO-
lie Benevolent legion and fragments OF
number of other orders swelled the
line. Marshal Cahill said that 7,17O men
were in the procession. The line
was thirty-fve minutes passing
the corner of Indiana and Rush streets,
dozen drum corps played dirges or
marked the slow time of the funeral
march. Scores of furled flags draped in
black. and society banners edged with
Grape, were carried by the standard
bearers. The regalia and badges with
emblems of mourning, the green of Ire
land and the red, white and blue, the
slow tread of the marching host. the
sable pail and plumeS. the bands and
Il {hni COLI OF,
deep impression upon the thousands
of people that crowded sidewalks and
windows, that climbed on stoops and
boxes, that sat on roofs and the tops of
unfinished buildings. Reaching the
Cathedral of the Holy Name an immense
crowd was encountered. The vast
EDIFICE WAS PACKED
two hours before the ceremonies began.
On the approach of the procession. the
bell in the cathedral tower tolled in
measured strokes the presence of the
dead. A few moments later the organ
pealed slowly funeral march. The
pall-bearerS with their burden, moved
up the center aisle, and lowered the
casket OH catafalque in ebOn trim
mings. The candles of the funeral
service were placed beside it and the
ceremonies of high requiem mass began.
The space reserved for the marching
societies was inadequate for the half of
their members, though nearly One-half
of the church was set aside for
them. Only an escort of the Hi
bernian rifles and detachments repre-
senting the different societies entered
the cathedral. Schmidt's requiem mass
was sung. Rev. Father Agnew was the
celebrant of the mass, with Rev. Father
Berry assistant. The dirges of the
bands outside and the roll of the drums
that came in through the windows from
the yet-m0ving procession threw a
shadow of the crime over the funeral
veStments of the priests and into the
solemn intoning Of the requiem service
and the deep response of the organ.
The church was not draped in mourn
ing emblems further than usual at fu-
nerals, and no display was made beyond
the customary church ceremonialS, ex-
cept that
REQUIEM HIGH MASS
was celebrated, rare occurrence on
Sunday. The sermon was by Rev.
Father P. j. Muldoon. The preacher
spoke in general terms of death and its
uncertainty. He told his hearers that
it might come as suddenly and with as
little warning to each of them as to the
man who lay before them, but he hoped
in not so barbarOus manner. He spoke
at length of DR.. CrOnin's kindness of
heart, Of his generous nature, and said
that he died while doing an Qrrand Of