The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-23
THE NEXT CONVENTION FOR SAN FRANCISCO,

wreaths, each drawn by four horses. Mrs.
Mackay's wreath was OF magnificent
mauve orchids and white lilacs with mauve
and white ribbons, and was inscribed,
From a broken hearted mother" The
wreath placed upon one OF the cars as
coming from John w. Mackay Sr. was in
scIibed "From broken-hearted father"
The floral cars were followed by scores
of mourning and private carriages. filled
with friends of the family. The cortege
left the mansion on the way to the church
at 1910 o'clock
When the procession LETT the church the
body was received at the entrance by Able
Lemonnies and conveyed to a magnificent
catafalque, which had been erected in
front OF the altar. Around the catafalque
thousands of tapers were burning. Mrs.
Mackay occupied a seat between her son
Clarence and her daughter, the Princess
Galatro Colonna. The other mourners
were the Countess Telfener and Miss Edna
Telfener. The pallbearers were: Messrs.
Everard Dgby, Edmond Lynch, Evelyn
Fitzgerald and Comte Albert de Marcis.
The route of the funeral procession from
the house to the church was lined with
thousands of persons. During the progress
of the cortege and throughout the entire
services in the church Clarence Mackay
Wept profusely.
Several splendid floral wreaths, sent by
the staffs of the Commercial Gable Com
pany's station in Havre, were greatly ad-
mired.
At the conclusion of the services Able
Lemonnies pronounced absolution and the
body was taken to the church of st.
Augustine, where it was deposited in
vault pending its shipment to America.
The funeral services in the church con-
sisted of high mass for the dead, with
full vocal and orchestral accompaniment,
several leading operate artists assisting in
the choir. The coffin rested upon
catafalque erected in the middle of the
nave and directly on line with the altar.
The entire nave and the aisles of the edi-
flee were profusely draped with black and
silver. Some impression of the somber
gorgeousness of the obsequies may be
gathered when the fact is taken into con-
sderation that the mourning draperies
and emblems cost over 100000 francs.
Alongside the aisles of the church stood
six monumental candelabra. The cata-
falque was five meters (about sixteen and
half feet) and its pillars and canopy
were richly ornamented with designs in
silver. The whole structure was sur
mounted by baldaquin reaching to the
roof of the church. A perfect forest of
lighted tapers were arranged around the
catafalque, and incensers were burning be-
tween the catafalque and the altar, and
behind the altar also.
At the conclusion of the services in the
church the cortege was reformed and pro-
ceeded to the chapel of st. Augustin, where
the coffin was deposited in provisional
vault, which had been transformed into
chapelle-ardente. When all but the mem
bers Of the family had retired, Mrs
Maekay, who had not been present at the
church, arrived at the chapel, and entering
the chapelle-ardente, knelt and prayed
over the body of her dead son.
Among the callers cards left at the
Mackay mansion was that of James Gordon
Bennett. Included among those present at
the services in the church were the artist
Frederick Bridgman and his wife; DR..
Clarke, General and Mrs. Winslow,
Rodman Waramaker, C. R. Penni-
man, Mrs. Campbell Clarke, the Due de
Aquerine, Henry Squires and Rudolph Err
LANCER.