Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-02-06
STREAMS OF PEOPLE
Gaze Upon Remains 4,
Famous Boston Glad.
iatOr

Boston, Feb. 5.-Hundreds =, .
younger generation of Boston r,,
known John l. Sullivan only as -
nero OF innumerable legends w,n
their own offspring in the fr..
they had gazed on the fsmous q. ;,
tor whose funeral is TO 10 ,,,,
tomorrow morning. Al day ana y
the evening Notwithstanding Nv al
Ter state II the winter n s,.a VIZ
people passed through the .craso-" y
which the home OF Sulliyan.s
Mrs. Anna Lennon. is s,1uo,,s 's'
where, in coffin bread as a bed am u
huge frame of the mighty fghtsr @s
as II in sleep. And noticeahia - ~
the mourners and the norlid ~
and merely curious. were tho rhns Nu
brought ny their olders 10 ra,o iS
for once in a lifetime. on the co,os ~
figure. All day the people knoI,
stood among the lilies and tbs -, "
at the bier. and then moved a.
out into the zero temperature Of -
street N'
But there were those who lines.
in sadness. Conspicuous auonc ~.
was James J. Corbett. the mo, ~
tore the American championship a..
sullivan at New Orleans in 1909
tears Ccrbett turned from 1ho -
face OF the champion he had lanasal
TO a full-iength portrait Of Jobr
hung above the coffin. II pictured :,
Sullivan that Corbett had know, -,
ter. man of lusty strength ard n,,a.
stripped for the ring. his eyes shin,g
with the light Of battle. as when !,
faced So many opponents before II.
ringing of the gong.
Corbett. all feuds at an end n.ss..
the night in the Lennon home u
rested in the bed where the great Jok,
l.. reposed when he made his bore
with his sister before retiring 10 ri,
farm in West Abingdon. where his spd.
den death occurred on SATURDAY, Chr,
bett will he one of the bearers.
Many other figures Of national prom.
lnence in sport will attend the funsra,
tomorrow. Another Of John Is. onno.
nents, Jake Kilrain, defeated nv sp,,
Ivan at Richhu-g. Miss, in 1850 IN
the last and one Of the greatest fsh,,
conducted according To London nrzs
ring rules, will come in from Nohu-n
TO pay his final tribute to his con.
querer. Kiirain is too badly cripplaj
by rheumatism TO follow Corbet,'s ev.
ample by acting as a pall-bearer Vii.
liam Muldoon, the veteran trainer will
be an active pail-bearer. The Other.
are local men, friends Of the champor
and of his near relatives who now are
only his sister, her husband and their
eight children. William Kelly. a by
recently adopted by Sullivan will NJ
the only other cose mourner. Sullivan
will be buried beside his second wifi
IN Calvary cemetery following the ceI.
ebration Of Requiem High Mass at u
o'clock IN St. Paul's church. Roxburr
by the pastor. Rev. Peter C. Quinn
The church can contain only about 2t@
persons. hut the members of the fam.
lily opposed the idea of Il more publc
funeral.
The pall-bearers will be James II.
Curley, now eX-mayor of Boston; Cor
bett and Muldoon: Police Captain
James P. Sullivan; Daniel J. McDcn-
aid; Edward NJ Curran, William Ho.
Sarty: Clarence w Rowlay: John Nj.
honey and Fire Chief William j. CAT
fey.
The ushers are 70 he Henry Black.
we'll, John J. Mitchell. United State
marshal: Daniel J. sullivan; Lewis l.
sullivan: William L. Hegsar;y; JACK
Shechan, the boxing referee; Gerou1
Savage: Miah J. MURRAY and John l.
Taylor. former president Of the Eos.
ton American League Baseball cub.
kilograms regretting inability 70 he
present Were received by Mrs. Lennon
today from Theodore Roosevelt Jane.
f. Madden the turfman Jim
O'Rourke, Charles A. Comskey and
hundreds of others.