Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-05-31

bis life to the glo.y of God and the
salvation OF souls; that through the
mercy OF God he may hear those words
which God has promised to those who
serve Him on earth below: well done,
good and faithful servant, enter into
the joy of thy Lord
Tho simple. yet eloquent words Of the
bishop, reached the hearts of the
mourning people and many of them
were heard to sob.
The music was furnished by a large
choir, under the leadership of James
Curran. The soloists of the mass were
Miss Elizabeth j. Schwab, Miss Cora
Taggait, Miss Laura Curran, M. j.
Roach, John A. Mahonoy and James
Curran. A quartet composed of Louis
B. Preston, Joseph McCullin, John A.
Mahoney and James Curran sang
There is an Hour of Peaceful Rest"
De Profundis was chanted by james
Curran and John A. Mahoney assisted
by the choir as chorus.
At the conclusion Of the mass, the
bishop and PRIESTS left the sanctuary.
Father Connolly and James j. Fox, the
undertaken, placed the lid upon the
casket. The lid boie this inscription:
Rev. M. X. Fallon.
LIED May 2lSt, lSUU.
r. /. r.
The initials on the last line stand
for the Latin phrase Requiescat in
pace, ''rest in peace. -
After the coffin had been closed, it
was borne from the church by the
honorary pall-bearers who were the
Reys. W. j. Birmingham OF st.
Joseph's Church, i. G. Comfy Of Ash
land, =. J.. Mealey Of st. Mary's, John
Connolly, chancellor of the diocese; p.
j. Hughes of st. Faul's, and j. @.
Comiskey, assistant priest at st.
Patrick's.
Father Hugo Of the Sacred Heart
Of Mt. st. Mary's College, assisted
them. As the casket was carried down
| the aisle on the shoulders of the priests
it served TO recall those lines of Brown
ing's on the Old Grammarian:
| This is,our master. calm and dead,
| Borne on our shoulders.
The lay pall-bearers were members of
st. Patrick's, st. Mary's and st. Paul's
parishes, the parishes of which Father
Fallon had Eeen pastor. They were
John II. MoCracken, John Il. Ahrens,
Francis Schweinhart, E. II. Brennan,
John Z g. Monaghan. ID. j. Mention,
Michael McVeigh and James f. Tray
nor.
4 LARGE CROWD FOLLOWS HEARsE.
To spite Of the rain, a large number
of ORGANIZATIONS followed the hearse ia
tthe Philadelphia, Wilmington & Balti-
more railroad station. John T. Clark
was the marshal Of the procession. A
platoon of police, in charge of Capt.
Thomas A. Kane, who had been in
charge Of handling the crowd at the
church, led the procession, which was
six OF seven squares long. 1t is esti.
mated that 1880 to 1000 persons were
4 in line. The Knights of st. Lawrence,
in uniform, and In command OF Lieut.,
Frank Sewer, acted as guard to tht
body. The rall-bearers, clergy, re-
ligious sisters and relatives followed
In carriages.
Il Then came. the following societies
St. Patriek's St. Aloysius Society ant
Children Of Mary, about 200; St
4 Patrick's Blessed Virgin Sodality, so
Miss Mary Moran, marshal; st. Paul.
parochial school children, st. PAUL.
Children of Mary, Brownson Library As
ISOLATION 200, William Bayley marshal
delegation of Santa Maria Council
| Knights of Columbus; ST. Paul's Bene
fetal Society, St. Paul's st. Aloysiu
Society, John Walls, marshal; Shield
Library Association, Reilly Lyceum
James Noon, marshall; Tom Moor
Club, Wilmington and Delaware Coun
ellis Catholic Benevolent Legion; st
J Benedict Society, and Divisions l,
and 8 OF the Ancient Order of Hiber
! mans.