St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-01

theirs house are many mansions. 1 go
to prepare place for you. 1 will come
again and receive you unto myself,
that where 1 am, there We may be
also"
FUNERAL OF JOSEPH HOY.
The services over the remains of
Joseph Hoy were brief and impressive.
The funeral was one of the largest
held in this city in years. Several hun
dred carriages were in line and ex-
tended from the church a distance of
two miles. No services were held at
the residence, beyond a simple prayer,
and at o'clock the remains were re-
moved to tho Church of st. Anthony of
Padua, followed by thousands of Sor-
rowing friends. The services We're con-
Quoted by Rev. Father O'Reilly. The
beautiful steel gray casket was borne
to place near the alter, and was COW
cred with floral tributes of beautiful
design. There was an immense shield
from the st. Paul fire department,
ladder of flowers six feet in length, a
pillow of roses from the brothers of
the deceased, and countless offerings
from relatives and friends.
detail Of six firemen, who had been
Joseph Hoy's closest friends, acted as
pail bearers, with an escort of sixteen
firemen.
Father O'Reilly's remarks over the
dead were very brief. He spoke of
the dead fireman as a man whom he
knew but slightly, yet a man beloved
by all his friends, kind, generous, true
and brave to a fault. Young and full
of hope and ambition, he had entered
the public service and bravely laid
down his life at duty's shrine without
a moments warning or preparation.
There was a lesson to be learned from
the beloved dead whose cold lips spoke
more eloquently than uttered words.
In a few weeks the horror of Thursday
nights calamity will have passed over
the city, and in time it will be almost
forgotten. But the memory of the
brave young men who laid down their
lives while doing their duty will al
ways remain.
Following the service at the church
the remains were taken to st. Anthony
cemetery for interment, an earnest
prayer closing the simple service. The
crush at the funeral was re-
markable, and many hundreds were
unable to obtain admission to the
church.
JOHN HORNER'S FUNERAL.
John Horner's body lay in state yes
terday at 1906 Fifteenth avenue south,
the home of the bereaved bride who
occupies the anomalous position of be-
ing widow without having been a
wife, awaiting the last sad service
which was held in the afternoon by
Minneapolis Lodge No. 10, A, F. & A.
M, which conducted the services at
the express request of the deceased
only the officers of the lodge who
read the rites, the firemen and relatives
and intimate friends of the deceased
and his bride were present in the house,
although fully a thousand less init
mate friends or morbidly curious gath
cred without to watch the cortege
Promptly at 8 o'clock the lodge
brethren of the dead fireman, with the
surviving members of his company,
who were to serve as pail bearers,
gathered with the family, except the
bride, and listened to- the impressive
ritual of the Masonic order. The room
was, then cleared of all but the pail
bearers and the director, and the bride
was given her last look at the re-
mains. The strain was almost too
much for the grief-stricken woman,
who cried piteously as the coffin was
closed over her beloved husband
Escorted by platoon of firemen and
a large number of friends the remains
! were then taken to Lakewood Gene
| terry, where the mourners were Joined
Dy company b, of the local militia
sixty strong. Here again the Masons
read the even more impressive service
or the grave, and after a requiem was
sung by the Masonic. quartette, the
DTS OF palm were dropped upon the
coffin and the grave was closed Com
pany b then drew upIin double column
! before the grave and fired three volIeys,
! as the soldiers tribute to a dead hero
and a. dead comrade, for up to the time
that he joined the fire department he
was member of the company.
The floral offerings sent to the house
were profuse and magnificent. The
! brides offering was a beautiful Gates
! Ajar." The Masons sent the emblem
! of the blue lodge, the square and com
| pass, and the P. 0. S. A Lodge No. !
sent a, pillow in which was set floral
miniature of the American flag. The
| most beautiful of all the tributes. how
| ever, was the offering of the St. Paul
firemen, huge floral shield, the legend
was "St. Paul F. D. Mourns," the F.
d. being in bright red, and the other
! letters in violets. Mcdonald Bros. sent
an anchor, and W. S. Mott & Co SIM
ilarly remembered Horner
Engine company No. 5, at whose sta
| ton Horner was located, sent a, beau
tfful broken wheel, and his own COM
| pany broken ladder. No. s sent a
! broken wheel, also, and No. 10 a circlet
! These We're a few of the tributes only,
| WALTER A. RICHARDSON AT REST
! The funeral of Walter A Richardson
took place yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock from the residence, GOO East
| Fifteenth street
The front parlors of the cosy little
home were yesterday changed into a
, temple of flowers. Every corner was
filled with wreaths and cushions and
| shields Of white flowers and pale
| flowers, significant of the slumber of
the dead. In the middle Of the room
| rested the dead hero, dressed in a gray
suit. The uniform for the honor and
| glory of which he had given his life
had been laid away, his mother could
| not stand the thought of seeing her
son dressed in it.
The coffin itself could hardly be seen
which had once proved large enough to
contain so much simple bliss, were now
altogether insufficient when they were
| to shelter all those that had come to
show the dead man the last honor
which it is possible for one man to
show another. 1t is safe to say that
there were at least 200 persons present.
including Chief Stetson and ex-Chief
Runge.
A detail of six firemen under the
command of an officer were present to
act as pail bearers, but besides them at
least twenty-five more members of, the
department had appeared to escort
! their dead comrade to his last resting
| place.
The service was opened with a solo
by Miss Rose Turnbull, followed by
Scripture reading and appropriate re-
marks made by Rev. John A. Steemen.
of the Como Avenue Congregational