Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-12
AN IMMENSE FUNERAL coRTEGE
Follows the Leaders Remains to thu
Tomb in Glasne win.

Follows the Leaders Remains to the
Tomb in Glasneyin.
At Gas the funeral cortege started for
the grave in Glasuevin cemetery. 1t was
led by the executive of the Parnell lead
ship committee, and following came the
bier drawn by six black horses. Sur
rounding the bier were the parliamentary
colleagues of Parnell Parnell's favorite
horse followed the bier. Then came 4
strong body of Gaels, headed by James
| Stephens the lannon's Fenian organizer;
John O'Leary, the well-known advocate
| of IN Irish republic, and other prominent
features of the procession were John
| O'Connor, NJ. p, leading by the arm the
| blind NJ. P, Mr.. w. A. Mcdonald, of Os-
sorry. and the lord mayor of Dublin in Off
cial state, preceded by the city marshal
and sword and mace bearers.
Impossible of Description.
TIC describe the procession as other pa
geants are described is impossible. 1t was
a motley crowd of citizens-well clad and
i'll olad-all made equal by common
mourning. The Gaels, the Foresters, the
home rulers and various trade societies
/ came first after the hearse and then the
| populace, some in Carriages, some on foot,
| but all possessed by a reverential awe
| that prevented disorder. The numbers of
the procession are not possible Of estima-
| ton, but the 40 1000 who viewed the re-
mains was part of it. As the procession
started the sun burst out and flooded the
damp landscape with brightness. The
streets were packed with people, the win
| dows and housetops crowded, and along
the river Liffey the banks were thronged
| with spectators.
A Struggle at the Cemetery Gate.
Bands dropped into the procession where
| they could, and in some cases were so close
| together that they made discord, and
| spoiled the cadence of the march. AS the
| head OF the procession reached the lower
| gate OF the cemetery it was found that
such dense mass of people was wedged
| in from of the gate that the cortege could
not get through. There was a short strug-
| gle with police who tried to open a
road, but it was given up, and the process
| sion went TO the upper gate, where the en-
| trance was effected. Inside the cemetery
the coffin was taken from the hearse and
! placed on a platform so that the process
sion could file past and view it. 1t was
| O'Clock before this had been well begun,
and the coffin was therefore removed to
the grave.
The Funeral Ceremony.
A circle was formed and in this
the lord mayor and civic dignitaries,
and Parnell's colleagues and relatives
stationed themselves. The crush on all
sides was terrible, and the noise OF Shrek
ing women and of children squeezed in
the throng, and the shouts of men strug-
| Cling am d the crush made inaudible the
voices of the clergy reciting the ritual of
the Church of England. The first portion
| of the service had been celebrated at st.
| Nicholas, where the remains rested for
twenty minutes en- route for the city hall.
At the grave the Rev. Mr.. Vincent, of the
Rotunda hapel, andthe Rev. George Fry an
Irish Protestant clergyman from Man
chester, England, officiated. They had TO
cut the service short, as the crowd broke
through tie protecting circle and over
whelmed the inner group.
| Final Farewell in the Gloom.
Some time after, in dead darkness, when
the crowd had thinned away, the friends
grouped again about the grave and took
| last look at the coffin. 1t was o'clock
| when the mourners started to return to
the city. The funeral, if not q grand
spectacle from a snowy point of view, had
an especially solemn interest attaching to
a gravely conducted demonstration. The
intense seriousness of feeling pervading
the multitude gave unique character to
the whole memorable manifestation.
Apart from accidental disorder at the
cemetery the day was without incident
Most of the public houses remained closed
through the day in respect for the dead.