The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-13
DEAD SENATOR
LAID AT REST
FUNERAL OF THE LAMENTED
JAMES G. VAUGHAN.
Men from Many Places and All
Walks of Life Assemble About the
Bier to Testify Their Esteem
for the Honored Dead and Their
Grief at the Loss of a Friend.
Funeral Cortege one of the Largest
in History of the City Impressive
Services at st. Peters Cathedral.

The remains of the lamented Senator
James &. Vaughan were laid at rest
in the Cathedral cemetery. yesterday
morning, with obsequies that were' a
hitting tribute TO so honorable and be-
loved a man.
Seldom II ever was there a larger
funeral corteGe and never before in
the city's history was there such a
widely representative assemblage Of
mourners. Men high in the official life
of the nation, state and city. who knew
the deceased as a leader among the
commemorative law makers; jurists
and lawyers, Who regarded him as a
practitioner of the law shedding lustre
on their illustrious professions bust
ness men who will remember him as
| one of the City's most energetic up
| builders; members of fraternal. bene-
| ficial and other organizations, filled
| with realization of a great personal
loss and the knowledge that a gap had
been caused in their ranks which
| never can be filled. and last but not
| least his host of personal friends and
neiGhhors. by whom he will he the
most lovingly remembered as just plain
| Jim Vaughan" and whose SORROW was
only less keen than that of the incon-
sOlahle relatives.
| ESTEEM OR HIS NEIGHBORS.
| Nothing is more indicative of the
merit of man than the esteem in
which he is held by his inn
mediate neighbors, those among
whom he lives day in and day out and
who according to the custom of neigh
| borhoods regard him without prejudice
| but view him closely. In Senator
| Eaughan's case, no more nattering
tribute was paid him than that which
came of these indications. An incident
! is sufficient here. While the funeral
procession was passing through the
! Bellevue portion of the city. porChes
| here and there were seen containing
aged men and women too feeble 10
| join with the thrOng that massed
in and about the bereavd home
and as the hearse containing the
remains came into view, they were
heard hewailng aloud the loss they
had suffered in phrases like MAY
God be ds good to him as he was to
me"
If an earnest of the deceased SEN
ator's prominence was wanting il
would he furnished by view
of the occupants of the carriages
which preceded the hearse as the
Cortege moved from the house to the
church and thence to the cemetery
Among these We're President Judge
II. NJ. Edwards. Additional Law
Judges John p. Kelly and j. W. Car.
penter, Congressman William Connell
a tnp T. g,,, IN,,, /,
eX-Lieutenant Governor l.. A. Watres
| Postmaster +. II. Ripple, Recorder w
l., Connell. State Senators r.. NJ. Her.
bst, of Obey; William Drury, OF
Luzerne; Benjamin X. Focht, of Tn.
ion; John +. Higgins and Charles T.
Quail, of Schuylkill; Milton Heidel.
bauSh, Of Lancaster William p. Miller
of Dauphin; w. :. Scott, of Philadel.
phia, the president pro tenn: Ser.
geant-at-Arms of the Senate o
j. Molter, New Brighton; Executive
Clerk Sol BacharaCh, representinl
Governor W. a. stone; Representa-
tives John Scheuer ir., p. A. Phlbn
! T. j. Reynolds, and Edward James: J
$. McAnulty, John r. Williams, ex
| Representative Alex r.. Connell, Mes
sage Clerk George Marshall and others
MANY PROMINENT MEN.
With the societies marching at tn,
head Of the cOrtege, or in the carriage!
following the hearse We're many o
city and co0nty officials and mer
prominent in various walks of life.
So great was the throng at the hous,
and so general the desire to view tn,
remains that 1t was not until 1913
O'Clock, an hour after the scheduled
time that the procession could b.
started for the church.
At it's head were ST. Peters Youn,
Mems Temperance and Benevolent so
Getty; Branch A. Catholic Mutua
Beneficial society; members of tn
county board and Division No. Il
Ancient Order of Hibernians, delega
tiOns from various other fraternal or
EanizatOns and the Eagle Hose com
pany
A large glass panelled undertaken
van filled to its full capacity with tn
floral tributes headed the line of car
riages. Following came the car
riages containing representative
of societies, the honorary pal
bearers and the active pail bearers
Then came the hearse, bearing tn
black velvet Casket encasing the re
mains, followed by the carriages con
tanning the family and persona
friends.
The Cathedral was reached at !
o'clock. The church was crowded sav
for the space reserved for those VIII
came in the cortege and outside wer
massed hundreds who could not secur
admission. The members Of the ba
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