The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-19
FINE TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF
 J. H. M'ELROY
Solemn and Impressive Ser vices, Marked By Sim
 plicity, at Obsequies

Rev. Fr. Stanley, 30 Years
 a Friend, Breaches Touch
 ing Eulogy on Text,
 Blessed Are the Dead Who Die In the Lord.'' Rev. Charles J. McElroy, P. R. of St. Augustine's church, was the cele- brant of the solemn high mass of requiem sung at the obsequies of his brother. James H. McElroy. in St. Augustine's church this morning. Att I tended by Representative Catholic clergymen from all parts of the state, a large number of men prominent in circles, the funeral was the largest ceremony of the kind at St. Angus tines church since the obsequles Of the late Monsignor Cremin.
 Services were held at 9:30 at the bereayed home, BOT Golden Hill street, where had gathered relatives and intimate friends of the deceased. The remains reposed in a sombre casket of black, surrounded by banks of superb toral tributes. Here many took advantage of the opportunity to gaze for the last time upon the fea- lures of the deceased. Rev. Father T. J. Finn of Port Chester officiated. Half an hour later the funeral cor tege moved to St. Augustine's church, two blocks away, and when the first solemn notes of Batiste's funeI al march were sounded upon St. Angus tines massive organ, the church was well filled, and the streets leading to the church were lined with carria ges and automobiles bringing mourners. Solemnity and simplicity marked the Obsequies. The Gregorian Chant
 mass for the dead was sung by the choir under the direction of Prof. A. T. Brisebois. Rev. Father McElroy was the ce1ebrant of the mass. The deacon " as Rev. Walter J. Shanley, L.L.D., F. R., of Danbury, and the subdeacon the Rev. T. J. Finn, of ,curate under the pastorate of Father Me Elroy in Derby.
 The masters of ceremonies were Rev. James A. A'Meara and Rev F.
 J. Mccormick. S. T. L., both of St. Augustine'S parish.
 Inside the altar rail were Rev.James Smith of Norwich, Rev James c. O'Brien of Stamford, formerly pastor of the Sacred Heart church, this city; Rev. John McGivney of Westville, Rev. William Doolan of South.ngton, Rev. Henry Quinn of Derby, and from the Catholic church in this city. Rev. T. R. Sweeney of the Sacred Heart; Rev. w. H. Lynch of St. Charles, Rev An gelo DeToro of the Church of the l Holy Rosary. Rev. John F. Murphy and Rev. Thomas F. Mulcahy of St.
 Mary's. Rev. T. Joseph Picker and Rev. Edward P. Curran of St. Pat rick's, Rev. Hubert Dahme of St. Jo- seph's.
 Father McE'.oy sang the mass in unfaltering voice, and despite the strain that must have borne upon him. he officiated through the funeral ser vices following the requiem mass, and stood among the seven priests who as sisted in the committal services at the grave in St. MichaePs cemetery. St. Augustine's church has seldom
 contained at a funeral congregation
 of men representative of such diverse interests and so strikingly non-sec-
 tarian as paid tribute to the memory of the late James H. McElroy. In-
 cluded in the congregation were the
 mayor, several former mayors, men prominent in the civic life of the city, professionalal and business men, and many men and women who had priZed the friendship of the deceased. The
 Bridgeport Board of Trade, the Board of Public Library Directors of which the deceased was member at the time of his death, the Board of Pulp
 lie Charities of which he was once the head, the Bridgeport Republican ciub'
 were represented by delegations
 Among those in attendance were Mayor Edward T. Buckingham, For mer Mayors Henry Lee, Marcus l.. Reynolds, Thomas P. Taylor, Super intendent of Police Eugene Birnnin2 ham. General Henry A. Bishop, presi- of ry- v Police Commissioner George w. Bald win: Charles B. and David F. Read, Archer C. Wheeler, Sheriff Sidney b. Hawley, Deputy Sheriff Peter Doolan, Judge A. B. Beers, Attorneys Ebert Q. Hull, Eugene B. Peck, Henry P. Shannon. Collector John M. Donnelly, Jerome Orcutt, John F. Keane, Seere- tary of State M. H. Rogers, Prose cutting Attorney A. L. Delaney, Peter w. Wren, former president of the board of education; Calhoun Latham, public librarian; WIT. Haviland, clerk sor John M. Hawley and Robert N. BIakeslee.
 Prof A. T. Brisebois had arranged an unusually impressive program of music, playing solemn prelude and postlude as the remains were borne into and out from the church. The program included the following num- bers:
 The Gregorian chant mass for the dead was sung by members of St. Augustines choir under the direction of Prof. A. T. Brisebois. Prelude, Funeral March in c. minor, Batiste; Introit, "R equiem Aternam'': "Kyrie'; Sequence, ''Dies Irae''; Offertory, "Domine Jesu Christe,'' Schmidt; "Sanctus"; "Benedictus'; "Agnus Dei''; Communion, LUX Aterne"; Post Communion, "Pie Jesu'', Vie gand; "Libera Me-, Dressler; Post Jude, ':peath Song" Schubert. The solo in ''Domine Jesu Christe" was sung by Miss Mary Flaherty and the 'Pie Jesus g. tCommunion by Miss Elizabeth Stanton.
 Rev. pr. Shanleys eulogy was a brief, and plain but effective tribute to MT McElroy's lofty character. 1t follows:
 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord These words of Holy Writ find their justification in him at whose f11 0bSeQlIipS VIC assist and whose