New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-23
FUNERAL OF. W.MACKAY I'd
RESEMBLES THAT OF GREAT pv,p, ;.
PARSONAGE
THE HEARsE DRAWN by SIX WHITE HOPPE,
FIVE FocR-HoRsE CARS LADEN WITH
wREATHs FoLLow-IMPosING SPEC.

WREATfIS FOLLOw-IMPOsING sprc
TAcLE IN THE CHURCH.
Paris, Oct. 22.-The funeral OF John w Mac...
Jr., which took place to-day in the Roman cathn,,
Church Of st. Ferdinand des Ternes In manv :"
spects resembed the obseques OF a great pub,.
parsonage The entire front Of the Mackay man
sion. No. Rue Tisit. was covered with mouruI,.
drapery, the lamps In front OF the house ve,s
lighted and covered with Grape. ard street tran.
was entirely suspended In the avenues in the u
clnity of the Arc dc Tromphe.
The pallbearers were Everard Digby EdmocA
Lynch, Comte Albert de Marois and Evelyn r1t,.
gerald. The coffin was covered with a white nall
and cross bearing the inscription ga mars
desolee" rested upon It's top The hearse was Or.
namented with white and silver trappngs upon .
black ground, surmounted with black plurnes ana
drawn by six white horses. Following immediat.lv
behind the hearse were five cars laden win
wreaths each drawn by four horses. Mrs. Mackay.,
wreath OF magnificent mauve orchids and whit
lacs, with mauve and white ribbons. and was In.
scribed, From a broken-hearted mother" Tn
wreath placed upon one Of the cars as coming iron
John W. Mackay, ST.. was inscribed. From
broken hearted father" The floral cars were FOL.
lowed by scores Of mourning and private carriases
filled with friends OF the family.
The cortege left the mansion on the way to IL
church at 1910 D. m On arriving al the church The
body was received at the entrance by Able Lemon.
nier and conveyed to a magnificent ca,afaiQue
The mourners Clarence Mackay, his sister
the Princess di Galatro OF the Coonna; the Coun.
tess Telfener and Miss Edna Tefener.
The funeral services in the church consisted Of 4
high mass for the dead, with full vocal and orches-
trail accomplishments, several leading operate ar.
lists assisting in the choir. The CONN rested on 4
catafalque erected in the middle OF the nave and
directly on a line with the altar. The entire nave
and the aisles were profuseiy draped with black and
silver. Some impression of the sombre gorgeous.
ness OF the obsequies may be gathered when the
fact is taken into consideration that the mourning
draperies and emblems cost over 10000 france
Along the aisles of the church stood six monumental
candelabra The catafalQue was five metres (about
1917 feet high, and its pillars and canopy were
richly ornamented with designs I'm silver The whole
structure was surmounted with a badaqun reach
ing TO the roof Of the church. perfect forest OF
lighted tapers was arranged around the catatalQe
and censers were burning between the catafalQue
and the altar and behind the altar also:
end OF the services In the cnurcn tne cortexo
vas reformed and proceeded TO the chapel OF 81
Augustin, where the coffin was deposited IN pro-
yisional vault, which had been transformed into
family had retired Mrs. Mackay. who had not been
present at the services in the church, arrived az tne
chapel and prayed over the body OF her dead SON
Among the cards left at the Mackay mansion was
those who were present at the services in the church
were the artist Frederick Brdgrnan ana MS wife,
DR. Clarke, General and Mrs. Winslow, kodman
Wanamaker, c. r.. Penniman MIS- Sampoen
clarke the Due de Acquerino Henry Squires and
Rudolph Granger.
London Oct 22-The London Office OF the Gem
mercial Gable Company Is draped with black. u
mourning for John ". Mackay, Jr.