The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-04-19
REQUIEM SERVICES HELD
POntiiical Mass Said ut Mgr. Me
Mahen's Funeral.
A Eife-LosE Friend the CeIebrnnt-
The Various Orders Represented
Cardinal Gibbons Unable to He
Prescnt-Body Placed in n Vault.

Pontifical requiem mass was celebrated
over the remains of Monsignor Mcmahon
at the Catholic University yesterday
morning by the Right Rev j. ]. Farley
ID. D., Auxiliary Bishop of New York.
Clergymen students of the university
which since its establishment had re-
ceived generous benefactions from Mon
signOr Mcmahon gathered in the chapel
at Caldwell Hall at $50 o'clock to
pay to the memory of the dead prelate
their final tributes of respect. AT the
conclusion Of the services the casket was
taken to Mount Olivet Cemetery and
there placed in vault
For two days prior to the funeral the
body of Monsignor Mcmahon lay in state
in the chanel at Caldwell Hall. Glasses
at the university were suspended and the
flags on the buildings flew at half-mast
on Caldwell Hall and on Mcmahon Hall
which Monsignor Mcmahon presented to
the university, symbols of mourning
Were displayed. The chapel in Caldwell
Hall was draped with mourning cloths,
which were suspended on the walls and
above the alcove. and which covered the
affairs
The casket rested in the centre aisle di-
rectly in front of the sanctuary. At the
head and at the foot were clusters of
lighted tapers. There were number of
floral tributes, conspicuous among which
was that from the theological faculty. 1t
was a creation of roses and lilies which
bore the inscription, THE Old Guard"
Representatives of the Franciscan.
Dominican, Jesuit, Paulist, Marist, and
Holy Cross orders were present They
were attired in the habiliments OF their
respective orders.
The following clergymen, clad in their
white vestments. occupied the choir
benches: The Rev. John d. Whitney.
S. j., of Georgetown University; the Rev.
John J. Conway, S. J.. of Gonzaga Col
lege; the Rev. Godfrey Schilling. 0. f. NJ.
of Mount St. Sepulchre; the Rev. d. j.
Stafford, of st. Patrick's Church; the Rev.
]. +. Mackin. of st. Paurs Church: the
Rev. Thomas 5. Lee, of St. Matthew
Church: the Rev. Charles W. Currier. the
Rev. Walter Elliott, c. s. p, St Thomas
College; the Rev. George M. Searia,
C. S. P; the Rev. James J. Burns, C.
s. c.: the Rev. ]. B. Des Creux, S. N.
the Rev. j. ]. SolIier, s. NJ.
Thomas E. Waggaman, Treasurer of the
University, was also present.
Appropriate music was furnished by an
duBIHtuttu cHOir 4 lie organ dCCoiupstiii-
ment to the music of the mass was rem
dered by DR.. j. ]. Dunn. Pontifical
requiem mass was sung by the Ri Rev
John I. Farley, d. D.. Auxiliary Bishop
of New York, lifelong friend of the
dead prelate. The Rev. Patrick ]. Healy,
of New York, assisted. The deacon of
the mass was the Rev. John w. Melody.
of Chicago, while the Rev. Thomas
Flynn, of Utica, N. Y, acted as SUBJ
deacon, and Rev. P. J. Sheridan as
master OF ceremonies.
At the conclusion of the mass the eulogy
of the deceased was delivered by Monsignor
Conaty, of the university. Monsignor
Conaty spoke of the benefactions rem
dered the university and the church in
general by Monsignor Mcmahon. Absolu-
ton was pronounced by Bishop Farley.
The palIbearers conveyed the caskeI to
the doors of Caldwell Hall. The students
of the university formed an escort which
preceded the hearse to the gates of the
From there the cortege took its way to
Mount Olivet Cemetery, where services of
similar nature were conducted by Bishop
Farley The funeral arrangements were
iirsotsd by Costello & Bro
Ihe honorary pallbearers were Profs.
Thomas Bouguillon, Henry Hyvernati,
Charles P. Grammar, Thomas J. Shahan,
Edward A. Pace, and John J. Griffen, who
are among the oldest clerical members of
the faculties and who knew Monsignor
Mcmahon most intimately.
The active pallbearers We're Prof Ed
philosophy; Prof William C. Robinson,
dean of the faculty of law; Prof Maurice
f. Egan, Prof Albert F. Zahn, faculty
of philosophy; the Rev. John w. Melody,
Of the divinity students, and Elmer j.
Murphy. of the lay students.