The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-14

shoulders and body, ard covering the face
SO that only the eyes are visible. a COM
pany of these funeral figures, gliding slowly
through the streets, with bowed heads,
calls to mind some of Dore's illustrations
in Dante's Inferno.
Since everybody is not only invited, but
expected, to call upon the illustrious dead,
let US join the multitude and proceed to the
house of mourning The Indians and half
breeds go in their everyday, bright hued
toggery, having no other, but custom de-
crees that other people must dress entirely
in black, the gentlemen in tall hats with
band Of crepe around them, and the ladies
with no hats at all, but the universal manta
worn over the head.
The palace though very extensive,
looks shabby enough outside, the lower
floor on the front side occupied by several
poor shops, and its once white walls now
yellow-gray with dirt and time Passing
down q side street, we find a pair of double
doors, like those of a barn, standing wide
open, and enter big, bare patio, paved
with small round stones, the same in which
Melgareio drilled his troops. Doors are
thickly set on all sides of the enclosure,
but there is
NO MIsTAKING THE RIGHT ONE.
Through. a hall-like salon we go, where
soldiers stand on guard and rows of black
gowned priests are perched around the
edges like so many over-grown birds Of
prey; and come, at last, to the inner ROOM
in which the prelate is holding his last re-
ception.
1t is large, square sdld, the walls COW
cred with wreaths of white and purple
flowers, each chaplet tied with long black
ribbons. to which the card Of the donor is
attached. Monks, priests and friars stand
ali around, each holding lighted candle;
while hour after hour constant procession
Of mourning people pours in at one door
and out at another
The bishop never looked better in life,
despite the sufferings of his last days. The
proud, dark lace. Moorish in type, wears a
calm, though by no means happy smile, a
Sphinx like expression that will long haunt
the beholdcr. He lies at an angle of forty
five degrees, on what appears to be a solid
bed of roses, his tall and stately figure
dressed in the richest vestments of purple
and gold, with splendid lace beneath. and
sparkling with jewels, with the mitre on
his head, and
GOLDEN CROOK BESIDE HIM.
The right hand, which has dispensed sc
many blessings, lies at his side, within
reach of the passing multitude. 1t is COW
cred with a black kid glove, and on the
middle finger is the well-known ring, set
with big fiat diamond, which has been
worn by other bishops long gone TO glory,
and pressed by the lips of successive gen
eratons. 1t is said to be worth $50, 900,
and being the property of the church, will
be removed before the body is inferred.
There are two other jewels on the back OF
the same glove, each set in rosette Of red
ribbon; the significance of which | do not
know, and everybody ascends two black
palled steps, kneels beside the flowery bier
and kisses the dead man three times. once
on each jewel. Meanwhile scarcely sound
is heard but that of sobs and sighs, and the
purple robe is stained with tears.
As tits not every day that bishop dies,
the citizens of La Paz improve the occasion
by making it a general holiday and an OPP
portunity for the military and CIVIC display
they most enjoy Several Thousand invita-
lions have been issued to, the services
elaborate cards or large saeets folded in
quaint fashion, with heavy, black borders
and other funeral emblems announcing
that performances will begin at 10 O'CLOCK
a. M, and close at III the afternoon. il
is only two squares from the palace tt
the cathedral, but the whole army is out t.
escort the illustrious corps and process
sion SO vast that it requires nearly two
hours to accomplish the short journey
THERE ARE HUNDREDS oE PRIESTS
Monks and friars, in white gray and black
robes with scarlet hoods. all chanting anC
upholding candles or crucifixes. There arr
children from the public schools, boys from
the Jesuit college, and red skirted acolytes
singing with piping voices; nuns of every
order, Daughters of Mary, Sisters o.
Charity, female seminaries, female Rene
ficenciaries, congregations of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus, Rosario, San MERGED ant
many others, and the murmur of theil
united prayers sounds like the distant voice
of .he sea. There is the president and his
cabinet, the diplomatic corps, municipal
council, national institute, lawyers anC
judges, bomiberos (tiremen) the Hayder
choir, Catholic choir. Philharmonic anC
other musical organizations; the Work
men of the Cross" Brothers of San Jose
Mutual Beneficent brotherhood, and no enc
of other societies. Even the gambling an6
dancing clubs are represented in separate
bodies, and thousands of citizens have
Joined in the parade, intending to walk from
the palace to the cathedral and afterward.
to the cemetery, distance of about three
miles.
The military brings up the rear, and the
most striking feature of this part of the
pageant is the cavalry, a thousand men il
scarlet and gold from top to toe, on splen
did white horses, riding five abreast
A SCORE OF BRASS BANDS
marching at equal distances, are playing
all at once, and numberless banners AM
emblematic devices are flying along tn,
line in the midst, enveloped in clouds of in
cense. the body of the bishop is borne OF
an uncovered catafalque, whose black pal
is strewn with fresh roses. 1t is carrie,
by priests, but the black ribbons extendin,
from it are held by the president of the re
public, the vice president, ministers o
pressiveness of the scene is somewha
married by the spectacle of the empt,
hearse, dressed all over in purple ant
white guaze, put on in billowy puffs to rep
resent clouds, spangled with silver star
and hung with wreaths of roses,) career
ing to fro to show itself off.
Arrived at the church, the catafalque il