Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1905-09-18
THE CITY IN
MOURNING
BostOn's Grief For
Its Dead 'MayOr
Business Suspended at the
Hub To-day - Solemn
High Mass Sung at the
Cathedral Body Did Not
lie in State at City Hall.

bosloii, sept lS.-IO-day the city of
Boston was hushed in the midst of a
great sorrow. The business life of the
municipality stopped for the while to
DO reverence to the memory of it's dead
chief executive, to maintain silence
while the last ceremonies were being
performed over the body of Patrick A.
Collins.
The schools, the courts, the places of
trade, the municipal offices, the manu-
featuring interests, suspended onera.
llons, some for the day, some for the
period or the services at the bereayed
nome ana at the great cathedral of the
Holy Cross.
Everywhere were the embleIns ot
the peoples mourning. Death had oh
hterated all political and religious di-
vision. Sombre drapings covered City
nall, the public buildings, the newspa-
per offices and many of the commercial
structures.
Flags were at half-mast all over the
city and on the ships in the harbor.
Whlie III shop windows of the retail
districts We're portraits of the dead
mayor In frames of black.
Ine solemn tolling of bells from
church spires and the ringing of the
flre alarm bells throughout the entire
system every thirty seconds voiced the
message that the time of final leave
taking had come.
The wishes of Mayor Collins family
We're respected and the suggested
plans for the body to lie in state at
CITY hall were abandoned. Mrs Col
Inns, the widow, and the children de.
sired that the last tributes should. so
rar as possible, in no way be different
from that accorded to the ordinary
citizen and that the religious services
should be the same as those held for
any member of the Roman Catholic
church of which Mr. Collins was a
member. In order that as many peo-
pie as possible might participate in the
services, however, the largest Roman
Catholic edifice In Boston was selected
and at the cathedral of the Ha'y Cross
a solemn high mass of requiem was
chanted for the dead.
Before the services at the cathedral.
the members of the family and rela-
tlves had an opportunity to meet and
Join IN private prayer at the Collins
home In Brighton. Here seYections
from the Scriptures were real by Rev
Michael T. McManus of the BroOkllne
Catholic church, where the Collins
family regularly attended service.
Hundreds of people. friends and
neighbors, gathered near the house
and along the thoroughfare as the
body was borne from tne home to Chr
The body bearers, all o.
whom are heads of the various civie
as well as persona!
friends and appointees of the late
mayor, escorted the hearse to tine
church, while the members of the fam
lily and relatives followed in carriages
Rain began to fall as the procession
started. When the cortere arrived az
the cathedral great crowd of people
was present unable TO find seats with
In the edifiee.
To the strains of BeethOven's pro
cessional the casket was carried by
the body bearers down the center aisle
ary pail bearers and the mourners. |
The pail bearers included men diStin- |
guislIed in various spheres of Massa- |
rhusetts life. Among them were Gov |
nrnor William l.. Douglas, Richard OIL |
ley. United States Senator Winthrop |
Murray Crane. General Charles II. |
raylor, Major Henry l.. Hlgginson,
Lieutenant John A. Tobin. u. $. y
retired. A. Shuman, acting mayor |
Daniel A. whelton, all the living for
ner mayors Of Boston. and William /
d. X. Redmond. Irish member Of the
British parliament, who is visiting In
his country.
In the pews. rs mOuruers. sat many
men OF prominence, together WITH
arge delegations from many civic,
military ana fraternal organizations.
rlre interior OF the church was drape1
With black. All the pomp and solem
,ity of the services OF the Roman
'atholic church marked the requiem
mass. Within the sanctuary were
ligh dignltaries. including Archbishop
Williams. Rev John Brady Of SOutl'
BOSTON. auxiliary bishop OF the do
ese: Right Rev Mgr William Byrne.
lear general: Right Rev Mgr Denis
,'CaIlaghan. OF South Boston. and
tight Rev Mgr Thomas Magenis. OF
amaica Plains. as we'll as i50 priests.
lev Nicholas II. Walsh. rector Of the
athelraI. was the Cefebrant OF the
,ass. with Rev Thomas r. Mccoy as
qacon. Rev John ]. Crane sub-deacon
nd Rev NJ. ]. Splaine, master OF cere-