The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-25

was Ouc VI lut Btot CloWuS IL NV tuo
largest. that has even attended a funeral
in this city, and 1t gave evidence of the
popularity of the dead priest, and the high
esteem in which he was held by the PEG
! pie of Wilmington.
! Preparations had been made for large
crowd, but those in charge did not think
II would reach the proportions which 1t
did. During the afternoon the grass plots
In front OF the church and orphanage had
been roped off, but the crowd was so
great that these we're torn down long be-
fore the doors were opened. A squad of
police were on hand and while the crowd
was well behaved and seemed impressed
with the solemnity Of the occasion, the
police were busy keeping them in line
and preventing a rush through the doors
The doors Of the church were opened
shortly before o'clock, but long before
that hour French street from Tenth to
/ Eleventh was filled with people. Fully
1000 were there and every minute more
were arriving from all directions When
the doors were opened there was rush,
but the police soon checked this, and in
a few minutes formed the crowd in line.
They entered the church at the front
door, and passing around the casket in
which reposed the corpse Of the priest,
went out side door on the street again.
This procession was kept going from 8
O'Clock until nearly midnight.
During the first two hours the crowd
passed the coffin at the rate Of forty a
minute, making about 5000 that passed
into the church before II o'clock. After
that there were not so many, although
1t was an endless procession until mid
night and it is estimated that about 1000
persons viewed the remains during the
night.
The decorations inside of the church
were very simple, but nevertheless i'm
pressive, The body was in handsome
black cloth-covered casket in the centre
aisle. The body was attred in his
priestly garments. with a handsomely
embroidered purple vestment In his hand
he held a chalice. There were no flowers
OF any kind. Father De Ruyter looked
very natural, and his appearance was
the subject of much comment. The cas-
ket had silver handle bars and on the
lid was large heavy silver cruciiix, I'M
der which was plain plate, bearing the
Inscription: Died August 81, 1896, Rev.
John A. De- Ruyter, Aged A Years.
The decorations to the church were con-
fned tn the altar Around tho chance,
rai, uos bunc haa,,, hiaol, ,,o,,rnira ma
.,.. e ~, 'N us,
''" anu tle WV S'ue at'ais "eie
covered with black cloth, while the rear
of the building was covered with the same
material. All the Candeabras were COW
cred with black. and the burning candles
added much to the imnresstveness of th4
decorations.
purihs the night the oody was watched
by the members of the various Catholic or
CARNATIONS OF the city. Simon p. Dough-
erty was chairman of the body guard
which was as follows. Fran q tn II nrlock
Donio, Ma,,rlo, II I1o,I ,,hn NJ
De "l Me na NY N.Y. a. \, Lowell 'o,'n wv
SfsUhe1' anu W. D. MeMahoil' from IL 10 l,
y, I. Lowell W. D. Kelly James Ward and
Hugh Gallagher, from to 3, George Hig-
gins, Frank MrCafrerty, Arthur Jennings
and Charles Doughprty: from a to 4 daniel
O.Rrie, I,bn Kan, Inbn 1Iiooin, ava IA
ward Monoah.r. ,r,n, r., In,a,'h NJ.
.u no'iasran' iio", " " = 'uSepn N',
Saheity, ~ W. LyIch' l.. D. Hayes anu
Richard Kelly
Service for the rrrose If tho Rev.rnnd
Fathers soul was resumed At o'rIorE
this morning by Father. Slattnry, We
beers st Laurent. O avn W,r,luo Ian
bAw, Dr. Dreutfyrd. lucirs Rr,llpy and
Quade of the Joscphi,e Order Thji con.
tinued two hours, then the body was To-
moved to St. Peters Pro Cathedral ana
The doors Of the sanctuary wcr, omen
1t O'Clock and through them their lass.
ell a concoursr of DeuIle the lin II of which
was never before seen here Fricuds n,Ss.
ed about the bier thrn out again To- nllnw
still others to look upou the remains, I;y
9oclock it is estimated that five thousand
people had PASSED in The church Hv q 70
cupird At that hour the clergy hcvnn
their final office for the dead
1t occuDied ahult an hour. after which
solemn pontiticul mas, Of rruuiem for the
repose OF the dead priest was begun,
Rishnn Alfred A Curtis VA. TN. rrlnhrrnt
Rev DR. DYER of 81 Josruh's seminary
n. Y. was deacon: Rgv, L 4 Wrlnnrs
OF Richmond arrh.dcncnn. and Rrys
Kelley and MINI nr Ills citv Irncnnc If
honor Rev G.. K indies wn, u,nstcr If
ceremouirs Rev, i r. SIntirry Of Ralti.
more pre;,chcd tho srrmon r,yiur n hiuh
tiblItr tn lhe Christian 2r,I If Tho dcn,I
prirst
The sinrinu was fine vet solcmn and
jmprrssivG II was ftlrni,hrJ Inv Tho
church choir uururntrA Inv all thn ,l, ir
of The CITY and unl,r tho direction Of l.,
+ Currnn TN /, d. SAM OhnrwolI's
mass and (irrrrrinn', Mi,srrr After thn
service tho remains wore np,in yirwnl
followed "A n an
conducted by Bish,n Cnrtis After whjrh,
the body was removed from tho Church by
Father: FIinn Rrniv Cnrrv Erilnv
Comfy, Hurn Han ,ht and CruyIrv
ThG cier,7v wrrr mot nm tho .iI,ty,,Il. A.,
Peter A UGrtv Win n Nyrnr H,niam.
in + Keenan, SIirhnrl CnIIins I i Erv.
an John k HrnIrnrl and Mrssrs lin
and Rnbinsnn Of pnItimnrr TIny con.
vevrd tho rnmnins tn thn lo,r.t Trc
nr1ccssinn thnn moved to thr philainr.
mia. Wilmington and Bnltiinorn railroad
stnt'nn and hnnr,IrI a .,','.inI tr,,,n f,,r
CInvtnn thnt lrnvn. ut > ,,rI,r; Tm,,,u.
rnry informant vii h. nn,,n in ,Iu' ,irri,i,
in front Of tho main huilIing and tho in.
dnstrinl schonl And missinu rnIn,v rstnh.
Gsbed Inv Fnth,r ~. Rmytrr nm .cr>ir,,s
thcrc viii rUm.i.t If ~. hrrs.in,, If tI,n
Trnya h.. pisLt,, I,urt,. ,,,i H., 7,,tt ~
services, the party will board the special
tran anu arrive at Wilmington about
O'Clock. As soon ~ the vault under tho
Oh tpGl at the industrial school Is finished