The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-06
1LObe'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
" &c WASHINGTON Az. SOUTH
Telephone 1896 il

The funeral of Anthony Kelly, head of
the firm of Anthony Kelly & Co, and for
more than forty years a leading busl-
ness man in the Northwest, took place
at Minneapolis yesterday morning.
There was private service at the resi-
dence, rs Fourth street north, at 8
o'clock, mass being said in the presence
of the Immediate family. The funeral
mass was celebrated at the Church of
the Immaculate Conception at 10 o'clock.
The esteem in which Mr. Kelly was
held was we'll shown by the multitude
which thronged the church to honor his
name and memory. His friends of the
business world and those with whom he
had worshiped for so many years min
gled to 90 him homage, and the church
was crowded.
The casket was carried to the altar
while Chopins funeral march was played
upon the organ. The audience knelt and
bowed, and the priests within the altar
began the mass for the dead. Mrs.
Charles Babcock at the organ played the
Gregorian mass, which was sung by
selected quartette of the best singers of
Minneapolis and st. Paul. The mass was
sung by Father Joseph LeGardeur, as
sisted by Louis Shave, of st. Paul.
High mass was celebrated by Father j.
j. Keene, pastor of Immaculate 'Concep-
ton; Rev. p. Danehy was deacon of the
mass; Rev. ]. c. Byrne, formerly rector
of Immaculate Conception church, now
rector of st. Thomas college, Merriam
Park, was subdeacon.~ Father Francis
Turner was master of ceremonies.
The funeral address was delivered by
Father Keane. He did not speak long,
but in the short half hour he told much
of the good which Anthony Kelly had
done while he lived. He told of his
tivity as a business man, of his loyalty
as Christian and of his generosity as a
patron of all charities. He had been
freiend in need to more of Gods worthy
poor than will be known until all is re-
Vealed in the last great day.
Father Keane said in part:
I'VE are taking a last farewell of a
dear friend, man admired in life for
his goodness and in his death for the
wonderful exhibition of Christian virtue;
man by mind and character and life
possessing various characteristics which
made each a single impression, left its
memory, and it is therefore difficult to
speak In the presence Of those who knew
of him; because whatever we may say
will diSappoint by the inSufficiency of the
estimate we must take of him. But we
must speak of him we knew him and
say those things of him that his presence
here suggests.
Anthony Kelly belonged to that
strong generation of men who are pass
Ing away-that generation of men who
saw the possibilities to be nurtured away
in this city, and who put forth their en-,
ergy to develop it. Anthony Kelly be-
longed to that generation of men who
fifty years ago were driven from home
by the severity of trials untold in any
history but in the history of his own
country-that generation of great apos-
ties who make the Christian religion
prominent in this new land: that genera
ton of men poor in the worlds goods
but rich in faith and rich in Christian
hope, who built monuments to Almighty
sod in every center of this new civiliza-
dion and put upon the early history of
Che country the impress of imperishable
Christianity Anthony Kelly belonged to
that generation of great men schooled in
Tant, in Observation-Disclosures which
develop when they find them the strong
est elements in human life.
we are taking a last farewell of the
good c1t1zen-a man interested in every
thing that concerns his brethren. He
could say with the faithful PHILOSOPHER
I am a man and nothing human is with
out interest to me- He threw himself in
to every, good cause, not to gain ap-
piause, but to accomplish for himself
and mankind some great good. He was
a good citizen because he was disinter-
ested. man of genial and tender sym
pathieS, he felt the burdens of everyone
who came to him; therefore. was he a
good friend. Clear in judgment prompt
decisive, dfsinterested he made every
pun pSISOH > cause Ills own. DlSlnter-
ested because by nature tender, and by
grace strong in his tenderness, he threw
himself with loving tenderness and sym
pathy into the circumstances and condi-
uons of everyone who came to ask either
his wise counsel or his aid. The signs
and tears of those who girded his home
near by within the last week testify to
his worth. Up through the avenues of
the little grove came the muItitudes of
Gods poor and the little children whom
he had always met with a smile and
these in want whom he had helped The
world knew not of Anthony Kelly's
worth, and only those who witnessed
the crowds to and fro from his home
within the last few days, not representa-
tons of wealth, but representations of
Jesus Christ, can realize how bountiful
he was
Anthony Kelly was a successful. hon
est business man; he was a devoted and
singGlarly loving father. He was a per
feet husband, and in this sphere was he
successful, for every beating of his heart