The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-10-14

favorite horse followed the bier. Then
came o strong bodyof Gaels, headed BY
James Stephens the famous Fenian or
ganizer; John o Leary, the well-lsnown
advocate OF an Irish republic, and other
prominent features Of the procession
were John O'Connor, M. P. leading BY
the arm the blind NJ p, w. A. McDon-
aid. OF Ossory; Parnelrs brother and
sister and then the Lord Mayor Of Dub
lin In Official state, preceded By the city
marshal and sword and mace bearers.
N,xt came the representatives Of the
corporations Of the principal Irish
towns and the various trade societies,
then the Foresters, the Home Rulers
and a line Of private carriages.
As the procession started the rain
ceased and the sun came out The scene
was most impressive. All windowsand
housetops were packed. The procession
wended It's way by circuitous route 70
the cemetery, the circuit making IL
scarcely possible to reach the cemetery
before 8 o'clock. Perfect order pre-
vailed, although the vast line Of mourn
ers surpassed in numbers any spectacle
ever seen In Dublin. No systematic
plan seemed to regulate the multitude,
yet some fine instinct of reverential or.
der prevailed everywhere and gave the
march an aspect of drilled regularity.
At the cemetery crowds had all day
been inspecting the turf-lined tomb,
guarded by small group Of police.
The grave was about seven feet deep
and had been cut out of an artificial
mound covering the plot long used to
inter the poorest of the community.
When the first part of the procession
reached the gate of the cemetery at )
o'clock II was found impossible to penc-
trate the dense masses assembled there
and after struggle the police had TO
abandon the effort to make way through
the crowd. The surging multitude
around the gate seeking to see the
cortege met and went counter to the
way Of others trying TO enter. A scene
of great confusion ensued. II was then
decided to close the lower gate. Thii
was effected amid great disorder, jusi
as the hearse reached the spot. This
hearse was then escorted to the upper
gate. The coffin was removed and
placed on q platform especially CON
structed in such way that the process
sion could file around 1t and have a view
Of the bier. a
At o'clock, when dusk was fast fall
ing on tho scene, the procession wal
still fling around the bier. so orderl
were given TO remove the coffin TO The
side of the grave A body Of Gaell
cleared the way TO the grave and formed
a circle within which the lord mayo
and civic dignitaries and Parnell's col
leagues and relatives stationed them
selves. The crush on all sides was ter
rible, and the noise Of shrieking womeI
and children squeezed In the throng
and the shouts Of men struggling amit
the crush made inaudible the voices o
the clergy reciting the ritual Of the
Church OF England The first portion o
the service had been celebrated at Vt
Nicholas whore the remains rested 70
twenty minutes, en- route TO the cit,
hail. -fr h
At the grave Rev Mr. Vincent, Of tn
Rotunda chapel, and Rev. George Fry
an Irish Protestant clergyman from
Manchester, England, offioiated The,
had 70 cut the service short as tn
crowd broke through the protecting
circle and ndoverwhelmed the inner group
Some time after, in dead darkness
when the crowd had thinned away, tn
friends grouped again about the grav'
and took last look at the coffin. !
was o'clock when the mourner
started 10 return TO the city.