Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-04
PASTORS BODY
LYING IN STATE
PariShioners Taking Last
View of Dr.. Stafford.
BURIAL TUESDAY MORNING
Conference With Cardinal Gibbons
Respecting Arrangements.
LARGE ATTENDANCE EXPECTED
Guard Of Honor Composed of Men,
bers of st. Vincent de
Paul Society. A
BURIAL TUESDAY MORNING
LARGE ATTENDANCE EXPECTED

Paul Society. a
| The body of Rev. DR.. Denis ]. Stat
ford, pastor of st. Patrick's Church. who
died at Providence Hospital yesterday
| afternoon, was brought to the rectory
adjoining the church. at 10th and {;
streets northwest, last evening. ROBBED
IN cassock. surpice and beretta the re-
mains are lying today in one of the north
| pariors OF the rectory. and constant
| stream of the parishioners have been
calling to offer mute testimony of their
| love for the departed After the II
o'clock mass tomorrow the body will be
carried to the altar of ST. Patricks
Church, there to lie in state until Tue sday
morning.
Rev Father Thomas E. McGuigan who
mas been acting pasto. # ST. Patricks
church ever since DR.. 8 affords illness
began went to Baltimore this morning
| to confer with Cardinal Gibbons and
accordinS TO arrangements there made
| the funeral service will be held in the
| church at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning
Cardinal to Attend Obsequies.
| 1t is expected the funeral will be ono
of the most notable ever held over the
body of Catholic priest in this city.
| Large numbers of the members of the
priesthood and religious orders. headed
by Cardinal Gibbons will be present, and
all Catholic societies in the city have
planned to attend: First in the actual
funeral service will be the chanting of
the office of the dead. followed by the
| solemn requiem mass. Interment will be
made in Mount Olivet cemetery Men,
oers OF the clergy who have been closely
! associated with DR.. Stafford. as well as
the immediate family of the deceased,
have united in request that flowers be
omitted.
Within the church. and until it is finally
lowered into the grave, the body will be
| surrounded by guard of honor. consist
ing of members of the, st. Vincent de-
Paul conference the Knights of Column
bus the Ancient Order of Hibernians
and the Catholic Knights of America.
| The solemn requiem mass will be
chanted by Rev. Charles Bart pastor OF
st. Teresa's Church, Anacostia. a per-
sonal friend Of Or. Stafford: Cardinal
Gibbons will preside and Rev. Dr. william
Fletcher of the cathedral. Baltimore, will
deliver the sermon
! solemn requiem mass will be sung by
the children of the church Monday morn
| ing at 10 o clock, and all the children of
st. Vincent's and st. Josephs orphan
asylums will attend. This mass will be-
| chanted by Rev. Thomas E. McGuigan OF
st. Patrick's Church. and Rev. William
J. Carroll and Rev. James A. Smyth will
be- respectively, deacon and subdeacon.
Expressions Of Sorrow.
| The death of DR.. Stafford was felt
throughout the District of Columbia as a
distinct loss to the community. Clergy
men Of his own and other denominations
united in expressions of sorrow. and
churchmen in other cities sent messages
of coincidence to the dead priests official
family.
His strong personality and eloquent
voice made him known all over the COM
munity. 1 was shocked when I heard Of
his illness and hoped and prayed for his
recovery said the Rt. Rev. Henry Yates
Satterlee, Bishop of Washington. ut will
not be easy to fill his place. His lectures
on Shakespeare were celebrated. but his
upbuilding of st. Patrick's Church will
be lasting monument to his name.''
The following telegram came from the
Mary's Seminary. Baltimore: II deeply
regret DR.. Stafford's death. which is
great loss. 1t will be hard to fill his
place.
Said Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe. pas
tor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church: II have known Father Stafford
| during all my pastorate here. and l have
found him good neighbor. He was
bilities. yet catholic in his religious
| sympathes.
Profoundly grieved by DIR. Staffords
| death. May he rest in peace" wired
| Iowa.
| Very Rev. John Cavanaugh. president
| of the Notre Dame University. sent the
| following telegram: THE death of the
| beloved DIR. Stafford is personal sorrow
| to me. and a great loss to the University
| of Notre Dame. Sympathy and prayers
Rev. DIR. Frank NJ Bristol, pastor Of the
| Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Epis
| copal Church. joined in the trib-
utes to the deceased rector. saying:
| Il am sorry to hear of DIR. Stafford's
death. as it is not only loss to the
| Catholic Church. but to the people of
Washington. He was a man of fine SEN
sibilities and extraordinary gifts. He
was thoroughly American and patriotic.
| Although thoroughly Roman Catholic he
had the American idea of the freedom
of the individual conscience and the right
of all men to their religious conviction.
An orator of unusual grace and power
he was particularly we'll versed In Shakes
pearean literature. and was undoubtedly
one of the finest lecturers on this subject
in the country. Such man belongs not
to a sect, but to the whole Christian
church and his country
News Sent by Wire.
Notices of DR.. Stafford's death were
wired throughout the country yesterday
afternoon and last night. and invitations
were extended high church officials In the
leading American cities to be present at
the funeral services. kilograms were
Archbishop John J. Keane of Dubuque
Iowa: Archbishop John Ireland of ST.
Paul, Mimi: Archbishop Christie of Port
land. and the Archdeacon of Oregon City;
Bishop Lillis of Kansas City, Kan, the
Bishop of Leavenworth; Rev. DR.. Dyer,
rector of St. Mary's Seminary, Balti-
more: Rev. Father George Harrington,
Barnesvile. Nd; Rev D. J. O'Connell. 81.
Francis Church, Toledo, Ohio; Rev. Philip
O'Donnell. st. Philips Church. Boston:
Rev. DR.. Gum. d. D.. Sacred Heart
Church. Atlanta: Rev. DR.. Cavanaugh,
president of Notre Dame University: the
president of Niagara University. Rev. St.
Elmo Smith of New York city. Rev. +.
T. Moran of st. Patrick's Church. Cleve-
land. and Rev. F. A. O'Brien OF Kala-
mazoo, Mich.
Throughout Dr. Stafford's Illness St
Patricks Church was the scene of daily
supplication in his behalf. Many persons
were in the church yesterday when tho
solemn tolling of the great bell in the
steeple carried the news of the death of
the beloved priest, and the announcement
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