Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-15

chamber. was buried in masses OF wreaths,
! floral crosses. Irish harps and other floral
| designs. Conspicuous on the coffin were
three wreaths from Mrs. Parnel. :. cross,
an anchor and a circle with the Inscriptions
My Own True Love, Best
and Truest Friend, Ny Husband,
From His Broken Hearted Wife y
From 10 O'Clock until 3 p. N. continuously.
people poured in. 1t is estimated that
! 10000 people availed themselves of the last
opportunity to pay their respects to the
Industrious dead. The ceremony OF lying
| in state was TO have been closed
at noon. but the crowd was SO
the doors was postponed till after , o'clock,
and even then hundreds We're obliged TO 20
away disappointed. At 2:45 the procession
started, LED by The executive committee.
Following came the bier drawn by six coal
olack horses. surrounded by the parliament.
tary colleagues of Parnel. As the coffin
passed every head in the vast crowd was
uncovered. Just as the procession started,
the rain which had been falling contnu-
ously, happily ceased. the sun broke through
the clouds and shOne brilliantly All the
windows ard housetops along the line OF
march were packed with people 1t was
great procession, surprising in point OF
numbers anything of the kind ever seen IN
Dublin.
The grave. which was seven feet deep,
had been cut out of the artificial mound
covering the plot which had long been used
TO inter the poorest people. When the first
part of the procession reached the tower
gate at O'Clock, il was found 10 be impos-
sIble TO penetrate the dense masses. II the
struggle with on-lOokerS the police were
obliged to abandon the attempt TO drive
them back, the sur"ing crowds around the
gate seeking to see the cortege met 4 great
contending wave of others trying 10 enter.
\ Of pffrSi Il
decided 10 close tine lower gate, and this
was effected amid great disorder just as the
hearse reached the spot. The hearse was
then taken 10 the upper gates. Here the
coffin was removed and placed upon plat
form especially constructed for the purpose
in order to get those in the procession tc
walk around it. and have full view of it.
At o'clock the fast-falling gloom found
the procession still film" past There
seemed no likelihood that the stream OF
marchers would end till Ear into the depth
of the night. so orders were given to re-
move the coffin to the side of the grave
y body OF the Clan na-Gael succeeded in
clearing the way TO the grave. The crush
around about was terrible. Darkness had
set IN. The noise of shrieking women. the
cries of children and the cries of men
struggling amid the crush made inaudible
ritual of the Church of England.
The first portion of the service
had been celebrated at ST Nichola:
church where the remains rested twenty
minutes while on the way from the city
hall. AT the grave Rev. Vincent of Rotun-
da Chapel and Rev. George Fry of Man.
chester officiated They were obliged to
cut the service short as the crowd broke
into the protecting circle and overwhelmed
the inner group. Sometime after in
dead darkess when the crowd had thinned
away, intimate friends grouped around the
grave and took last look at the coffin. The
grave became heaped up with floral tributes.
1t was 1o'clock when the mourners started
to return.
1t was seen to have been a libel on the
Irish people to suggest that they would
seize upon the occasion for partisan riot
ing. Apart from accidental disorders at
the cemetery the day was without incident
Probably never anywhere was 4 great
popular demonstration attended by so little
excitement.
Most of the public houses remained closed
throughout the day out OF respect to the
dead
Tonight Sunday quietness prevails in
the city.