The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-12
CATHOLIC PARADE
Hudson County Churches
Send Delegations to
Newark.
CATHEDRAL CORNER STONE LAID
Impressive Services Mark the
Event Jersey City's Rep
resentation.

| the laying of the corner stone OF the
| Cathedral in Newark yesterday. Ihere
was a great demonstration in this city
| prior to the departure of the laymen Oh
the down town churches. A great
| parade. with over three thousand men,
| took place.
| But few of the organizations were uni
| formed and there was an absence OF the
| usual variety of banners and other para
| phernalia which lend eclat to such oc-
| casions. But the three thousand Wen
| dressed church laymen marched IN soma
| phalanx to the stirring music or many
| military bands and fife and drum corps,
| and each organization waved abort at It's
head the American flag. By the slde
| of some of these waved the coiors OF
various organizations.
Some of the individual members OF the
parishes or organizations carried tiny
| American flags. which lent color anu
patriotism to the scene. All wore badges.
4 The parade was reviewed by thou-
sands, who lined the sidewalks along
Jersey and Newark avenues, the route
| of the parade.
over at Hamilton Park where the
| parade was organized the scene was
pretty and inspiring. 1t was witnessed
| by great crowds.
The various organizations that were TO
parade came marching. with bands play
/ in from almost every direction. .Each
| organization came to halt at the places
| designated. There was marching ana
| countermarching. but no confusion
The parade was well planned. There
was no delay, as is usual on such occa-
| sions The various organizations reached
| the points assigned them on time, and
took their places in line in the quickest
! time. without even the slightest confus-
ion. of any parade that ever formed IN
the vicinity of Hamilton Park. The last
body to arrive had scarcely reached the
| vicinity before the head of the column
was moving.
The parade was in charge of Grand
| Marshal Thomas J. higgins. He was
mounted His aides were Messrs. John
Mulyarey William ]. Davis, Michael
Kelleher, Eugene Kinkead, John Nagle
| and John OShea.
A squad of police marched ahead in
command of Captain Cody Mounted Po-
lieemen John IL Burke and John O'Don-
ohue preceded these. Company D.
Fourth Regiment, Captain Dominick
Jennings. with sixty men in uniform, and
other detachments of uniformed military
organizations followed ST. Peters S
Church laymen came next, four hundred
strong They marched in a general body,
wearing badges and headed by the st.
Peters Fife and Drub Corps. The young
men made great showing in the line OF
march, each wearing the Lyceum colors
and carrying bamboo stick The dele
CATION sent from this parish was headed
| cx
Then followed the rector of the church
Rev Father Harpes. Mr.. Patrick Buck
) ley acted as grand marshal, and his aides
were Mr.. Joseph Martin and Matthew
Rooney.
Next came st. Mary's, headed by the
st. Alphonso band of thirty pieces. There
were nearly five hundred men in this
| body. including a delegation from the
J Catholic Club. They were marshaled by
Frank McNally aided by John McEntee
A. F. Pichot, James Nevins, Bernard
Foley, Hugh Coyle, Thomas Burns, L. J.
Clossey, H. A. Crosby, E. Deiner and H
: Kyle. Father Brady marched at the
: head The men all carried canes with
flags attached. They marched exceedingly
well. Each one of the men wore small
badge on the left hand side of his coat
with 'St. Marys Parish Jersey City, or
, 1t.
st. Michael's delegation was about five
hundred strong. Each man carried q
small American flag, the staff of which
rested on his right shoulder. The mer
marched ten abreast and attracted mucl
attention by their good marching and fint
temperance. There were headed by
military band and were marshaled BY
Hugh Mclaughlin, aided by John P
Feeney, Joseph L. Lamb. Joseph P. Clos
sey John Kent, Michael Kenny, p ]
Kennedy, Pierce Flemming. John Quirl
and John ]. Heavey Father Kelly
marched at the head.
st. Bonface's laymen were next in line
numbering about $50 men wearing nea
badges. They were marshalled by L. Mul
1er aided by F. Kuntz and w. Ditmar
ST. Bridgets followed, with four hun
J dred men, marshaled by Michael Nevin
} aided by Joseph and o. Igoe and Martin
Sweeney and William Maxwell The,
were headed by military band.
Then came St. Lucys, one of the larg
| est bodies in line, numbering about so
: men, Father Boylan who was chairman
!, for Hudson county and arranged TIL,
l great demonstration, marched at th'
!, | head. St. Lucy's men were marshaled b,
e John O'Shea and John McAuliffe. jaime.
q L. Furey marshaled the Junior Hol,
Name Society, which also took part IL
t the parade
t st. Aloysius came next, with Fathe
Sullivan at the head. About 100 men com
posed the body. which was marshaled b.
James Langan, aided by 7. Brennan
William Merrity and William Flynn.
All Saints followed, with Father Nee
han at the head of about 125 men. The.
were marshaled by Michael Kilgannon.
Then followed the various divisions o
t the A. o. H, United Division No. il
the lead, numbering nearly 200 men, an,
e headed by Beggs' military band. The di
vision was marshaled by ]. F. Brennan
: assisted by J. McCauley and ]. A. Quinn
! In order came Division No. 3, thirty men
marshaled by Thomas Dwyer; Division
No 5, twenty men, marshaled by Michae
b. Holmes; Division No. 8, thirty-six men
, marshaled by M. j. Curry; Division No
q IS, fifty men, marshaled by James F
e Mulvaney; Division No. s. fifty men, an
I Division No. H. one hundrd men.
j Prior to the arrival of the head of tn
parade at the Pennsylvania depot, tn
laymen Of St. Paul's Church of Green
vile and the Bayonne churches reaches