The age-herald., 1901-01-21
THE FUNERAL OF ALDERMAN DAILY Remains Laid to Rest in Oak Hill
 Cemetery
 
WAS LARGELY ATTENDED
Impressive Services at the Home, the Church and the Gene ery-The Cortage Was AImoot a
 Mile Long.

Sylvester Daly, a member of the City
 Council from the Ninth ward and man
 held in high esteem throughout the city,
 was laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery yes
 terday afternoon. The funeral was one of
 the largest ever seen in Birmingham. The
 time appointed for the obsequies at tho
 Church of Our Lady of Sorrows was half
 past two, but it was few minutes past
 three when the cortege reached the church.
 Early in the afternoon sorrowing friends
 of the deceased were assembling in front
 of the residence at the corner of avenue
 and Eleventh street, and by half-past
 one several hundred men stood in mournful
 silence on the sidewalk. When the clock struct two the throng had increased to a thousand or more Nearly every vocation
 seemed to have been represented. The roll ing mill hands were present in large num- bers, for Syl Daly was ever friend to
 the sons of toll and the brawny workmen of the ward were always true to him. Among other classes present were profess sional men, politicians, merchants and large taxpayers, and every soul amongst them had a sympathetic word for their de- parted friend.
 Mayor Drennen and the Aldermen, Pres ident McCary and the Police Commission CTS, and other city officials, came in car l riages, arriving at the house at a quarter | past two.
 1 The casket containing the body rested upon a catafalque in the par1or. At the | head of the coffin stood lighted candle l mounted on a stand of massive brass Near 1 it was a crucifiX, and on the casket and l about 1t on every side were beautiful floral offerings. The Board of Aldermen had sent an appropriate design-"rhe Gates Ajar." surmounted by white doves. The Demo- cratic Executive Committee and benevolent and protective orders had also expressed
 I,Nfw. rfza tA,a Con fhn 6nn6 lT rT1n in
 fitting floral emblems. These, together
 with the flowers that had been sent by in- dividual friends, made mass of roses,
 lilies and carnations that half filled the room.
 Through the glass plate in the coffin lid l was seen the familiar face of the departed l and those who passed around the bier to | take farewell look remarked the natural ness of the features.
 Rites at the Church. After the Rev Father Meurer had read | the De Profundis' and blessed the body, l the casket was borne from the parlor to
 the hearse and the procession uFfeo 10 the ! church.
 The rites es Inc shu were aee9 i'm i =Hassive a= lha na= party ut#E9t D i choir aa Ruraus a= t0z ] saa IseratH. After | uaHiH ss aaeu
 piassd ia szoat of sas~ he 1 san. ,uarA - th5 choir 4s a ,. pfiest. ts.saasd by A alta s5z4 .sea | aprf1l,'ed nd inl-r rse body. ta cln~ 1 tuned #ha service f5 nging the prayer, 1 Deus cui proprium.
 | Father Meurer made a short address, in
 which he spoke tenderly of Syl Daly. He | told of the preparation that this man, whose | body lay before him in death, had made | for his dissolution and exhorted all pres
 ent to be prepared to meet their Maker
 After the discourse the choir sang the l nd ba prieSt recited. while the | body was being carried from the church, l "In Paradisum deductant," etc.-"May the l angels lead thee into Paradise at thy com | ing may the martyrs receive thee, ana l bring thee into the holy City of Jerusalem. | May the choir of angels receive thee ana l with Lazarus, once d beggar, mayest thou | have eternal rest"
 At the Cemetery.
 I The body was then borne to the cemetery, 1 followed by hundreds of men and women in carriages and a great many by trolley | cars, which had been held in waiting. | There were between seventy and seventy | five vehicles in line, extending nearly | mile in length. The procession passed | from the church in avenue F to Twentieth street and out IWentleth streeI lo O"n | Hill.
 l Reaching the place of burial, the priest
 first blessed the grave, and then continued l the offices for the dead. He sprinkled ana | incensed the caSket several times, making l with the thurible the sign of the cross. | After the body had been consigned to
 mother earth Father Meurer and those | around him knelt and the priest recited
 three "Our Fathers and three Hal
 Marys," and concluded the services with | the tender refrain of the church, found ln l some form in all liturgies and oHlces' 1 "May his soul and the souls of all the | faithful departed through the mercy Of l God rest in peace Amen , The mound was heaped with howers' ana | noor Svl Daly's body sleeps in peace.