The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-19
Impressive Scene at the Grave
Where More Than 1000 Per-
sons Witnessed Rites.
coRTEGE WAS A MILE LONG.
Nearly -Four Hundred Floral
Tributes Were Sent by Friends
From All Over the
United States.

When the body Of John R. Butler
youngest son Of Edward Butler. was
placed in the grave at Calvary Cemetery
yesterday morning. there were assembled
more than 1000 persons. most OF them
friends Of the one who had died. all of
them friends and acQuaintances of the
Butler family.
The tribute paid to the memory Of John
r. Butler was most remarkable. From
st. Louis and many other cities. among
them Washington. Baltimore. New York,
Louisville. Cincinnati. Kansas City, Chi
cago and Little Rock. there came tele-
grams of sympathy and floral tributes
from friends OF Edward. James j. and
John R. Butler
A greater floral display has perhaps
never been seen at any funeral in st.
Louis Some Of the offerings were mag
nificent. every society with which Mr..
Butler was connected. and hundreds Of
friends. contributing gorgeous bouquets Of
flowers as token Of the esteem in which
he was held by his associates.
In all there were SO floral pieces offered
by either societies or individuals, and two
large rooms in the residence at No. 34l1
Lawton avenue were banked with them,
while a surplus, including about 100 pieces
was stored at the Jefferson Club, which
is not far from the home. until the fu-
neral cortege started for the cemetery.
Mr.. Butler died with the sacraments Of
the Roman Catholic Church. and two fu-
neral services were held. one at st. Fran
lie r. xiop, n of a
Lindell boulevard. the other at the grave.
A requiem high mass was celebrated by
the Reverend Father Bronsgeest, g. J..
and when the service began the church
was packed from the altar to the doors,
while hundreds were unable to gain adj
mission.
FIFTY HONORARY PALLBEARERS.
The funeral procession started from the
residence of John r Butler. Members of
the Democratic City Central Committee
marched In front OF the hearse. while fif-
ty honorary pellbearers, all members of
the Jefferson Club. walked behind it.
Aside from the celebration Of the
requiem high mass. the service at the
church was simple. Following a request
Of the dead man. there was no sermon.
and when the mass had been ended the
crowd filed out Of the church and the pro-
cession to the cemetery began.
1t IL estimated that there were 100 car
riages in line. Many OF them were used
to carry the floral offerings. The process
sion was so long that on F1orissant ave-
nue., the road leading to the cemetery, #
was necessary to place the carriages four
abreast.
At the grave the Catholic service for the
dead was conducted by the Reverend
Father McErlane and music was furnished
by trio consisting Of Bernard Dierkas,
Ed Dferkes and John ]. Rohan, who had
long been friends OF Mr.. Butler.
The immensely OF the floral offerings
was shown at the grave. when the flowers
were strewn over the Butler family lot
The entire space was completely covered
with them. and the remaining bouquets
were distributed along the path leading
from the lot to the entrance to the ceme-
terry.
MANY FLORAL TRIBUTES.
A Moral pillow. sent by Mr.. Buffers
children. was placed at the head of the
grave This piece had upon 1t the simple
WORD. Daddy" Floral Offering. we're
also sent by the Elks. the Eagles. the
Democraeic City Central Committee. the
Jenerson Club. the Twenty-second Ward
Club. the Fourteenth Ward Clnb N.
Flfth Ward Club. the Twenty-third Ward
Ciuo. the Empire Theater C,ircu,t Com.
pany. Of which Mr.. Butler was a mem.
oer' aeuck q Fennessy. theatrical man.
aeefs OF Cincinnati; Whalen Bros. Louis
v'le; James NJ. Lowry OF New York: Mr..
ana Mrs. Festus j. Wade, Mr.. and Mrs
=. Lacy Crawford, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cornelius, Augustus Busch, Mr.. and Mr..
James Campbell. Mr.. and Mrs. John n
Blessing. Mr.. and Mrs. Mead johnson.
George Munson. Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel C.
Miller. William R. Faulkner. sr.. and WI
liam r. Faulkner. Jr.. Doctor and Mrs.
Heine Marks. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry n
Halves. Judge W. B. Kinealy. Colin NJ
selph. Mr.. and Mrs John Scullin, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Guion. John P. Nicholas. g. J..
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward james IAnchey.
Walter J. Blakely, T. p. Doran, Century
Tneafer employees. Kansas City, and DOG
tor and Mrs. Jef ]. Prendereast
Colonel Butler. his son. Congressman
James J. Butler. and the family az John
n butier received many kilograms of con-
President Francis was on his way to
new orleans when he heard of the death |
or Mr.. Butler. He sent a telegram OF |
to Colonel Butler from Fulton.
KY. Other kilograms were received from
congrsssman John T. Hunt. Congressman
Timothy T. Sullivan Of New York. George
J. Krause Of New York. Frank p. walsh
Of Kansas City. Colonel William a
Phelps. John Whalen Of Louisville. Hugh
oDonnell Of Little Rock. Thomas M
Rogers Of Warrington. D. c.: Herman ana
ftife OF Washington. d. c.. and James
campbell. who IL in New Orleans.