Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-19
Funeral Of Late Mayor P.
A, Collins Of Boston.
All. Business Places, Schools
And Courts Are Closed.
Immense Throng at Ssniess---Ias Inter-
meat In Hollywood, BrO0kIine.

Boston is hushed in the midst of a
great sorrow. The business life of q
municipality has stopped for white to
do re yerence to the memory of its dead
chief executive, to maintain silence
while the observance of the last rites
ere beirg performed over the body OF
the late Patrick \. Collins.
The schools, the courts, the rlarts
CT trade, the municipal o.fcIs. tho
manufa cfu.irg establishments, all vo-
cations suspended operation for the
day, OF. at least, for the period OF the
services at the be-eaved home and at
the great cathedral Of the Holy Cross.
Everywhere we're he IN blems Of the
peoples mourning. Death hal oDllter-
sted all political and religious dlVlsioiiS'
Sonbrc drapings cover City hail, me
public buildings the nawspaT or orlccS
rnd many af the comnercl1l structures
Flags are at half mast all over the
city and On the ships in the haroor.
while in shop windows Of ~ relaiL
districts are portraits Of til. dead chleE
In frames Of black.
The SOLEMN tolling of bells rom
many church spur. and the ringing
OF the fire alarm bells throughout tle
entire system, every 80 seconds gave
voice TO the unweltorlt message that
the time of final leave taking mad StElc.
Tho wishes Of AIuy,r Collins family
were respected and III" suggested plans
of the body TO lie in state ut city nan
were abandoned. Mrs Collins tht
widow OF the mayor, and the children,
desired that the last tributes to the
dead should in no way be different
from that accorded to m ordinary clti-
zon Of the municipality and that the
religious services should bo the same
as those he'd for any member .. the
Roman Catholic churcn, Of which Mr..
Collins was n member. IN order tfat
IS many people as possible might par
t,cipatc in the services, however, the
largest Roman Catholic edifice in 1908
Ton was selected and at the cathecfel
or the Holy Cross. n solemn high mass
Of requiem was celebrated for the aeRd
before tho services at the Cathedral
The members Of the family and Iela-
tives had an opportunity to meet ant
Join IN private prayer over TIC bCuJ
Of M. Collins, at the Collins nome IN
Brighton. Here selections 'i1m TIC
Scriptures were read by Rev. Michael
r. McMarus of tie BrC0klne Catholic
church. where the Collins fAHil" resu-
larIy attended church. Hundreds OF
,eopl,. friends ana neiShbors S1thcrci
near The house and when The body WSs
borne from the home at the "onciuAloli
of the brief services. placed in a hearse
which passed slowly through the
streets to the Cathedral there were on
either side Of the thoroughfares silent
yrcurs of citizens assembled in tri-
hute TO their DISTINGUISHED fellow resi-
dent. The body bearers, all Of whom
are heads Of the various departments
"a we'll as personal friends and ap-
pointers of the late mayor escorted
the hearse to the cathedral while the
members of the family and relatives
followed in carriages. Rain BEGAN 10
Fall IS the PROCESSION started but l.
apparently deferred few people from
participating in some way in the :lnal
honors. When the cOttege arrived at
the cathedral n great crowd If people
vas present to receive it. Long before
the appointed hour for the beginning
of the mass the grea. cdifce was fill
Cd with the exception of those sec
tons which had teeu reserved for the
honorary pail bearers and the various
civic military and f. tcrnal organiZa-
lions which had elected to attend.
The casket was carciel by the body
bearers down the center aisle of the
church followed by the honorary pal!
bearers and the mourncrs and placed
upon bier in front CT the main alter.
The honorary pail bearers Inc ude men
distinguished in various spheres of
Massachusetts, life. Among them wc-e
Gov. William L. Douglas, Richard
Olney, United States Senator Winthrop
Murray Crane. General Charles w.
Taylor. Major Henry l.. Higginsoi.
Lieut.. John y. Tobin, u. 5. n. Getired)
y. Shuman. Acting Mayor Daniel a.
Whelton. ali the llrins former mayors
Of Boston and William II. X. Redman
Irish member of the British parlia-
ment, who is visiting in this country
Ill the pew sat many men OF
prominence and seats had been re-
served for the various civic, military
and fraternal ORGANIZATIONS.
The interior of the church was
draped with black. All the pomp and
solemaity Of the services OF the Roman
Catholic church married. the requiem
mass. Within the sanctuary enclosur,
about $50 priests were seated. The
high iiCnitariCs OF the church who
were represented Archbishop Williams,
auxiliary bishop of the diocese. Right
Rev. Mgr. Byrne, Vicar general. Righ.
Rev. Mgr. Denis O'Cnllaghan of South
Boston ard Right Rev. Mgr. Thomas
Maginnis of jamaica Plain. Rev
Nicholas Il. Walsh, rector OF he
cathedral was the otlcbrant Of the
mass with Rev. Thomas II. Mccoy as
deac con, Rev. John ]. Crane sub-deacon
and Rev. NJ J. Splamo, master of cere-
monies.
The musical part of the service was
marked with dignity and beauty. The
regular church quartet was assisted By
200 voices Beethoven'S funeral march
was followed by the singing of Cassiol-
mi requiem aeternanl rendered by the
sanctuary choir AMI By the Kyrie
Eleison sung in plain chant. An i'm
pressive musical feature was the sing
ing of "Pie Jesu," by Or, Francis X.
Mahoney. assisted by the choir. The
church services ware brought to a