Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-22
BISHOPS BODY
LIES In STATE
CONTINUED From First Page. I

office and wore the bishops miter. In
the prelate's hands was placed large
cruclilX. covering of purple silk
plush was thrown over the body and
Catafalque while it was being carried
into the Cathedral
The body was in the Cathedral rec
tory, at 2l2 State street from Satur-
DAY, when it was taken there from st
Joseph's hospital. Lancaster. until its
noon.
Bishop Shanahan's body will lie in
state all night and tomorrow until the
conclusion of the funeral services
which will begin at $40 o'clock Dur
ing this time thousands of persons
Catholic and Protestant, will pass by
the catafalque on which the body will
rest. During this period, too, guards
OF honor, appointed by the various
catholic organizations of the city and
Steelton, Will stand on the platform on
which the catatalque has been placed
The big platform was completed
this morning and covered with a black
material. 1t extends over ten pews al
the front of the church. Drapping OF
the altar and the bishops chair in
the sanctuary was finished this morn
ing. Purple, the bishops color, has
been used in all of the interior drap-
ping and black cloth covers the pil-
lars and doors at the entrance to the
Cathedral in State street.
Beginning of Service
The removal of the bishops body
into the Cathedral this afternoon real
ly marked the beginning of the fun
eral services for while it was being
transferred priests who are already
IN the city for the ceremonies, formed
in a short procession and recited the
offices of the dead while walking from
the rectory to the church. Tmme-
diately at o'clock the first set of four
guards of honor. representing the
knights of Columbus, knights of St
George, Ancient Order of Hibernians
and Holy Name Society, took their
place on the platform where the cata-
falque had been placed.
Children Pay Respect
This morning at o'clock a solemn
high requiem mass was celebrated in
the Cathedral by Mgr. NJ. NJ. Hassett
assisted by Father Rearden and Faith
er johnson and almost a thousand
children from the parochial schools OF
the city and the Sylvan Heights or
phanage which the bishop established
We're in attendance. In addition there
were scores of adults who could not
find seats and were compelled to
stand in the rear of the church. DR.
Hassett, during his sermon, talked OF
the bishops life, and urged the chill
dren TO daily remember the prelate in
their prayers.
Bishop McCort to Speak
Tomorrow morning at $50 o'clock
the visiting priests and bishops will
recite the divine offices and at 10
o'clock the pontifcal requiem mass
Prendergast, of Philadelphia. The
funeral sermon will be preached by
Bishop j. j. McCort, of Philadelphia.
At the conclusion of the mass prayers
for the dead will be recited and the
body of the late prelate will be blessed
by Archbishop Prendergast, Bishop NJ.
j. Hoban, of Scranton; Bishop j. r.
Canevin, of Pittsburgh; Bishop John
F1tzmaurice, of Erie, and Bishop Eu-
gene Garvey. of Altoona.
Music for the Dead
Following this absolution the body
will be viewed for the last time by the
priests and lhen it will be placed In
the casket, preparatory to the trip to
Mount Calvary Cemetery. During the
mass the augmented choir, under the
direction of John r. Elscheid, Jr., the
Cathedral organist, will sing Joseph A.
Michers New Requiem. At the con-
clusion and while the priests are view
ing the body. following the absolution
two quartets will sing alternately the
Benedictus from Carl Won Weber's Mass
The male quartet will be composed OF
George Sutton, Thompson Martin, Roy
Strock and Carl Matthew. The mixed
quartet will be made up of Mr.. Sutton,