Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-02-23
Impressive Service at the Presby-
terian Church. People Could Not
Begin to Get Inside EdifiCe.
THOUSANDS LINE THE SIDEWALK
Magnificent Display of Flowers Wreath from President ROOse
etE|ks in Charge at the Church and Red Men Conducted
Service at the Graye--Cy Has Seldom Seen Such Crowds
as Turned Out TO Pay Last Respects to Departed Mayor

Mayor Brace was buried yesterday
with all the honors the city and it's
people could bestow and thousands
of persons lined the streets. Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent large wreath
of lilies and lilies Of the-valley us his
tribute OF sympathy TO the memory
OF him whom he had known III his
boyhood The entire city, that is,
practically all who could, witnessed
the funeral procession in which 700
marched and 100 rode in carriage.
Joseph r. Stricken was the mar
shal of the parade for the Elks and
the arrangements were handled with
out a hitch John Hanson was mar
shall of the Red Men.
The street and grounds about the
First Presbyterian church and the
lawns of city hall park opposite were
black with people an hour before the
time set for the services in the
church. So many members of the var
ious organizations, the Ells, Red
Men, Middlesex County Medical So
ciety, Daughters of Pocahontas,
Daughters of Liberty, Knights of Py
thias, the Fire Department, st. Mars
Siovak Society, No. 81, n. S. S., Roy
al Arcanum, Garfield Battery, Rari
tan Yacht Club, Danish Brotherhood,
Hebrew Mutual Aid Society, G.. A. R.
Veterans, and Westminster Cadets,
besides all of the city officials, includ-
cipal boards and the police force, that
the church was filled to overflowing.
Even then there were many members
of some of the above organizations
who were not in the church. Very
few of the public managed to get in.
Thousands stood about the church
throughout the course of the services
while others lined the thoroughfares
along which the funeral procession
was to pass on it's way to Alpine
cemetery and other thousands went
at once to the cemetery, where many
followed after the services at the
church.
The Procession.
The procession did not start for an
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vice, because of the time occupied by
the people passing through the
church and viewing the face of him
they mourned. The head of the line
was at State and Smith streets.
When they finally got under way,
it was with the two barouches filled
with flowers and then the hearse and
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lowing in order the organizations
named above. The Westminster Ca
diets fife and drum corps, assisted by
two from the Independents, marched
with the Grand Army veterans and
Westminster Cadets. Their drums
were mufiied.
The pallbearers, eight active and
twenty-four honorary, two active and
six honorary from each of the four
organizations, Elks, knights of Py-
thias, Red Men and St. Marks So
ciety, walked at either side of the
hearse.
The crowd at the cemetery was
not quite as severe a jam as that
which had swarmed in city hall
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nevertheless, so large that the plots
and paths around were covered with
the people who stood solid until just
after the freeing of dove, a beauti
full part of the Red Mems ritual.
The crowds were the largest for
this city in the memory of the oldest
of those who saw them, and an aver
age of several of the most conserva
tive estimates placed the number of
people viewing and in the process
sion at from 10, 900 to 10000. Many
were here from other towns.
At the grave the people were in q
large circle, the inner rings being
composd of the members of the vari
Gus organizations.
The family and close friends and
city officials were within the circle,
at the side of the grave. Jorgen Mar
tinusen, prophet of Pc Ambo Tribe,
,I.,O. R. NJ conducted the service at
the eyave, and Dr. Mendenhall and
Mr. Nofthrup each took part.
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