The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-11

minal station, accompanied by Judge and
Mrs. Oscar R. Hundley, on Birmingham
Special from Philadelphia. Met by Mayor
Harry Jones, President M. J. Gregg and
officials; Chief Bodeker and a body of
policemen on foot. and fraternal orders,
who will accompany the remains to the
family residence, 900 South Nineteenth
street.
Tomorrow, $50 a. M. short service at
the home, after which procession will
form and the remains be carried to ST.
Paul's Catholic church, where solemn
high mass of requim will be celebrated
at 10 o'clock.
Members of Camp Hardee, United Con-
federates veterans, will form the body
guard. Shows concert band will march
and render music in front of the hearse.
Twenty mounted policemen will act as
escort. Following on foot will be mem
bers of the following fraternities: The
Elks. the knights of Columbus, the Turn
Verein, the Concordia society and the
Musicians union. Then will come the
members of the family, the pallbearers
and friends in carriages. A detachment
of Battery D will bring up the rear.
After the funeral services the process
sion will form again, marching to Oak
Hill cemetery, where the remains will
be laid beside Captain O'Briens two
daughters Mrs. Margaret Davis and Mrs.
Nettie Smith, In the O'Brien vault. The
battery will fire a salute at the grave.
The funeral of Mayor Frank P. O'Brien
will be one of the most impressive in
had more friends and truer friends than
any other will be escorted to his last
resting place by thousands.
The throb of life in Birmingham will
cease tomorrow morning to pay tribute
to the dead. During the. hour of the
funeral, from 10 to II o'clock, most of
the stores of the city will close, the
municipal activities will cease entirely,
and the whole city will be bowed in
grief.
The democratic rally which had been
SCHeuuleQ lot capital park SATURDAY
was postponed. out of respect to the dead
chief, who was always stanch demo-
crat
The various fraternal orders in which
Captain O'Brien held membership will
meet in their halls today to make ar
rangements to attend the funeral in a
body Most of them will go to the station
this afternoon. The knights of Column
bus have been called to meet in their
hall at $3.50 o'clock and will proceed to
the station.
The death of Mayor OBrien spread sor-
row all over Alabama. From Montgom-
cry, where he once lived, came a tele-
gram to Secretary Scudder Ryall from
the Business Mems league, signed by
Bruce Kennedy, secretary: 1.-The death of
Mayor O'Brien is great shock to us.
We knew him as a citizen of Montgomery
and our people valued highly his fine in
telligence, his good judgment and his
purity of motives. We join in sorrow
with you and your people in your mis-
fortune
The Montgomery Elks Immediately sent
condolences and ordered beautiful floral
offering.
Since the announcement of his death
the people of Birmingham have been
thinking. During his long life here he
came in touch with thousands and every
one Of them remembered some incident
with feeling of regret Captain O'Brien
always left an Impression. He was al
ways original, always ready with story.
He had most remarkable memory, and
could tell the average Albanian his
pedigree better than he knew 1t himself.