Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-12
drenching rain, large proportion OF
the mourners were women.
THE FUNERAL CoRTEGE.

drenching rain, large proportion of
the mourners were women.
THE FUNERAL CoRTEGE.
At q quarter to three the procession
started, led by the executive leadership
committee. Following came the bier,
drawn by six coal-black horses, sur
rounded by the parliamentary colleagues
of Mr.. Parnell. AS the coffin passed,
almost hidden in flowers, every head in
the vast assemblage was uncovered. Mr..
Parnell's favorite horses followed the
bier. Then came strong body OF the
Clan ma Gael, headed by James Ste
phens and John O'Leary. Prominent
among the individual members of the
procession was John OConnor, leading
by the arm the blind member of par
lament, Mr.. Mcdonald. Then came
carriages containing Mrs. Dickinson,
sister of Parnell, Parnell's brother and
sister and other nearer friends. The
lord mayor in state, preceded by the
city marshal and the sword and mace
bearers, was next behindsthe family
carriages. Then followed representa-
tives OF the corporations of the principal
Irish towns, various trade societies.
Foresters, Home Rulers, private car
riages and citizens on loot.
AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE.
Just as the procession started the rain
ceased. The scene was most impressive.
All the windows and house tops along
the line of march were packed with peo-
pie. The procession surpassed in point
of numbers anything of the kind ever
witnessed in Dublin. Throughout the
long route admirable order was KEEP till
the cortege came near Glasnerin.
THE CROWD AT THE CEMETERY.
The people began gathering in the
cemetery early in the morning, facing
the wind and drenching showers. Dur
ing the long waiting throughout the day
the crowd inspected the turf-lined tomb,
guarded by single group of
police who had difficulty to
keep them moving. The grave, which
was some seven feet deep, had been cut
out of an artificial mound covering the
plot, which had long been used to inter
only the poorest people.
By O'Clock the police became over
whelmed by the ever-increasing crowd,
and by the withdrawal OF portion OF
their force, who went to clear the way
for the funeral az the entrance of the
gates to the cemetery.
DISORDER AT THE GATE.
When the first part of the procession
reached the lower gate at 5 O'Clock it
was found impossible to penetrate the
dense masses. In the struggle with the
onlookers the police were obliged to
abandon the attempt to drive them
back. The surging crowd around the
gate seeking to see the cortege
met a great contending wave of
others trying to enter. A scene of
great confusion ensued. The process sion
for time was checked and thrown into
disarrv. 1t was decided to close the
tower gates, and this was effected amid
great disorder, just as the hearse
reached the spot.
LAST VIEW OF THE BIER.
The hearse was then taken to plat
form specially constructed for the pur-
pose, in order to enable those in the
procession to'tile around and have full
view of the bier.
At O'Clock the fast falling dusk found
the procession still filing past. There
seemed to be no likelihood that the
stream of marchers would end till far
into the night. So orders were given
to remove the coffin to the side OF the
REdNCs n DOuv Vi SuC-
ceeded in clearing a way to the grave
and formed circle, within which were
grouped the lord mayor of Dublin, civic
dignitaries, Parnell's colleagues in
parliament and relatives.
THE CRUSH WAS TERRIBLE.
Darkness had set in. The noise of
shrieking women, the cries of children,
and the shouts of men, struggling amid
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 church, where the remains
rested twenty minutes. while on the
way from the city hall. At the grave,
the Rev. Mr.. Vincent, OF the Rotunda
chapel, and the Rev. George Fry, Of
Manchester, officiated. They were
obliged to cut the services short, as the
crowd broke into the protecting circle
and overwhelmed the inner group.
BURIED IN FLOWERS.
Some time after, in the dead darkness,
when the crowd had thinned away, the
more intimate friends again grouped
themselves around the grave, deposited
wreaths thereon and took last view of
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up with masses of floral tributes, one of
which was Miss O'Shea's Overlooked in
description given above).
SUNDAY QUIETNEss PREVAILING.
Apart from the disorder at the ceme-
terry, the day was without accident.
Probably never anywhere was a great
popular demonstration attended by so
little excitement. Most of the public
houses remained closed throughout the
day in respect to the dead. The police,
unfailingly obtrusive in Irish public
gatherings, were today conspicuously
absent. Tonight Sunday quietness pre-
walls.
LONDON COMMENT.