The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-19
LAST TRIBUTE IS
PAID By MANY
TO DR. NJ MAhUS
Great Crowds Attend Funeral OF
Rector of st. A~l0ysius's
Church.
BISHOP O'CONNOR AND
BISHOP M'FAUL PRESENT
Monsignor Isaac P. Whelan
CeIebrant of Solemn High
Mass of Requiem.

Before the funeral services were De-
gun in st. Aloysius's Church for the
Rev. DR.. Michael A. McManus, who
mad been rector of the church for sev-
enteen years, the pews in the body or
the edifce were crowded by men and
women of the parish. The young
women of the Children Of Mary So
siety wore long white wells and were
seated in front pews. Members of the
mems societies of the parish wore their
saGges. They were in front pews also.
Bishop John j.. OConnor, OF the
.Sewark diocese; Bishop James A. NC
paul, If the Trenton diocese, and the
nonsignors put on their robes In the
rectory before going to the church.
Charles ]. Preusler and Charles A. Nc
Guinness, ushers for the priests, escort
ed the latter, more than 100 OF whom
we're present, to the parochial scnooi
building, where they put on white cas-
socks.
The chanting of the Office for the
dead was begun at $3.50 o'clock. INT
aev. John E. Herman, curate at st.
Patrick's Cathedral. and the Rev.
rhomas F. o'Donnell, assistant at ST.
James, Church, we're the chanters.
They were assisted by a large numoer
of priests. Bishops O'Connor n NC
Faul were seated near the main altar
during the solemn chanting service.
A solemn high mass of requiem was
begun at 10 o'clock. Monsignor isaac r.
Whelan, rector of st. Patriok's Cathe-
dral, was the c%elebrant, the Rev James
2. Poels, rector of old ST. johns
Church, was deacon and the Rev. Eu-
rene p. Carroll, rector of st. Bridget
Church, was sub-deacon. The Rev.
charles p. Smith, chancellor Of the
diocese, served as master of ceremonies,
and was assisted by the Rev. Frederick
j. Mitchell, assistant priest at ST. Aio-
ysius's Church. The Rev. Robert Everett
Burke, of Englewood, who was a school"
mate of the Rev. DR.. McManus,
preached the sermon. After speaking
If death and the sacred office OF the
Priesthood, he told of the work OF DR..
McManus as a curate and q pastor. A
special program Of Gregorian music wal
rendered by a male choir of twenty
voices under the direction of Profess
sor Francis P Dunn, the organist OF
the church.
At the end of the requiem mass
Bishop O'Connor gave final absolution
at the coffin, which was at h head
! OF the centre aisle, near the chancel
rail. He was assisted by Mopsignor
Whelan and the priests who assisted at
the mass.
While men and women OF the parish
were passing by the coffin to a k a
farewell look Of their dead pastor. the
choir sang a dirge. the words Of which
the Rev. Father Mitchell composed.
There were seated near the main altar
during the services Monsignor Joseph
NJ. Flynn, who was a classmate of the
Rev. DIR. McManus; Monsignor John A.
O'Grady, of New Brunswick; Monsignor
p. Connolly, of Phillipsburg; Monsignor
Charles A. Kelly, of Hoboken; Monsig-
nor John T.. Brady,of South Amboy; the
venerable Dean McNulty. of Paterson,
who prepared the Rev. DR.. McManus for
his first confession and communion;
Very Rev. Dean Mulligan, Of Camden,
and Very Rev. Dean Cody, of Newark.
No pews had peen reserved for the
priests. They sat on chairs inside the
sanctuary rail n ~overfiowed into the
vestry. Among them were the Rev.
Maurice p. O'Connor, of Harrison; the
Rev. Andrew NJ. Egan and the Rev
Ninial 6hoihs VI
Rev. Thomas j. Herman. Of Passaic,
Charles f. Mulhall, of Paterson; the
Rev. ]. j. Corcoran, the Rev. Rudolph
Huelsebusch, the Rev. William j.
Richmond, the Rev. }. j. Butscaer, the
Rev. Father Polycarp, the Rev. p.
Connolly, the Rev. NJ. ]. White, the
Rev. Edward t. Quirk, the Rev.
Julien Mamtoshte, the Rev. Father
7 a,,te n = L t1an DAxr ~ fanf. WIFI.
Jams, o. S. B.: the Rev. Francis =.
O'NeiH. all of Newark; the Rev. Faith
er Meyer, the Rev. John Maher, the
Rev. James H. McManus, Jersey City;
the Rev. r. J. Boyer, Newton; the Pey.
James A. Mockinson. the Rev. William.
Brothers, Montclair; the Rev. p. y.
Maher. of Mendham; the Rev. p. M.
Mcdonald, of South Orange; the Rev.
Father Basil, Q. G. c., OF Englewood;
the Rev. W. b. Masterson, of Caldwell;
the Rev. C. D.. Leponta, Orange Valley
Others were the Rev. William T.
Cantwell. of Long Branch; the Rev.
j. a. Reynolds, of Red Bank; the Rev.
James McAanus, of Vailsburg; the Rev.
William r. Mclaughlin, of Union Hill;
the Rev. James e. Murray, Of New
Monmouth; the Rev. James j. Sheehan,
VI Newark, the KEY. y. d. SIliln' %
Elizabeth; the Rev. H. j. Watterson,
the Rev. Dr.. NJ. Mulligan. of Jersey
City; the Rev. b. A. Koecher. o. c. c.,
and the Rev. Father Peter. Q. c. c., OF
Englewood; the Rev. r. X. Langan, OF
Long Branch; the Rev. NJ. ]. Giennor
and the Rev. 7. J. Gallery. of Harri-
son: the Rev. r.. c.. Freeman, of Coy
lante; the Rev. Father Monahar, ri
Iryington; the Rev. John P. Callaghan
the Rev. J. T.. O'Malley. Of East Or.