The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-25

friend" cried the preacher as he turned
brimming eyes toward the catafalque
, where the slight body Of the dead Cardl-
, nal lay. Farewell. Together we Join
In our prayer to God for the beloved
John Cardinal Farley. May his soul
rest In peace"
Despite the brevity OF the funeral ora
tion the ceremonies which marked the
last obsequies over the body OF the Car
dinal did not come to a close until al
most 2 o'clock In the afternoon.
Hours of Obseauies.
More than four hours earlier the cere-
monies had been begun with the slow
march OF clerical. military and lay
procession which, short as the route was.
undoubtedly was the most impressive
religious cortege America has seen. And
hours before the sailors who marched
at the head Of the line had made their
appearance the faithful. most of them
with no hope of gaining entrance to the
cathedral. had begun to flock toward the
massive gray edifice.
In fact daylight had not yet appeared
when the earliest OF the arrivals-men.
women and children. thickly marked
with young men in the uniform OF the
army or navy--settled into their places
in and around the cathedral.
eighth btTctl Oh Uilt boutl
north to Fifty-second street for the
length of Fifth and Madison avenues
| and throughout the cross streets the po-
lice as the morning advanced kept a
watchful eye on the gathering throngs.
simultaneously Police Inspectors Morris
and O'Brien and lesser members of the
| uniformed rank and file to the number
! Of 1900 bluecoats kept traffic of the
two avenues between the cross streets.
Throngs Honor Memory.
In the Madison avenue block at the
| rear of the Cathedral. on the Cathedral
| side of Fifth avenue and in Fiftieth and
Fifty-first streets between Madison and
Fifth avenues the sidewalks were kept
clear Of all pedestrians. There was no
slight sign of disturbance. The police
arrangements were on par with the
church arrangements OF the preceding
week. during which Joseph A Boyle
| the youthful sexton and undertaken OF
| the Cathedral. had so managed the
funeral plans that throngs estimated at
| the hundreds OF thousands had passed
| through the church or attended the
| earlier funeral services in a manner sc
! orderly that not once was II necessary
to call an ambulance to attend even the
| fainting women who heretofore had been
| omnipresent at similar gatherings.
Already in the late Cardinals resi-
dence at the northwest corner Of Madi-
son avenue and Fiftieth street the high
| est church dignitaries Of America
Cardinal Gibbons Of Baltimore Cardinal
OConnell OF Boston and Cardinal Be
| gin Of Quebec-were waiting to take
their place in the procession about to
| be formed With them was the cele-
| brant OF the mass. Archbishop Bonzano
| the Apostolic Delegate from Rome &c
| the United States.
No Halt in Procedure.
In rooms in the cardinalate residence
| or in the Cathedral rectory Just to the
north also were Archbishop Paul Bru-
chest OF Montreal, Martin Tritschler y
Cordova, Archbishop OF Yucatan: Johr
J. Glennon Of St. Louis. Henry Moeller
| OF Conc,nnati. George w. Mundele!n OF
Chicago. John Shaw Of New Orleans and
| Dennis ]. Dougherty of Philadelphia.
Besides these Archblshops there were
| Bishops in numbers never before seen II
New York-the alert and learned Bishop
| Michael'J. Hoban of Scranton. who II
addition to his wide reputation for piety
and priestly virtues. has been called. or
| high authority. 'the best read man II
America: the recently consecratet
Bishop Thomas J. Walsh Of Trenton. N
j.. as well as Bishops Charles r. Nc
Donnell OF Brooklyn. Thomas Byrne Of
Nashville. John J. Monahan Of Whining
| ton. Del John j. OConnor Of Newark
Peter ]. Muldoon of Rockford. I'll.
Thomas F. Hickey Of Rochester. DAME
F. Feehan Of Fall River. John p. Far
reilly of Cleveland. John Grimes OF SYRIA
cuse. Joseph Schremhs of Toledo. Jane.
II. Conroy OF Ogdensburg. John J. Nc
Cort. Auxiliary Bishop of Phila delphia
| Charles w. Currier OF Hetalomia 9TH,
| titular dignity, Patrick ]. Hayes. Bishop
In Ordinary for the Army and Navy ant
Auxiliary Bishop OF New York and
| William T. Russell OF Charleston, S. c
There was the Right Rev. Mgr Joseph
Mooney. the learned senior Vicar-Gen.
| eral of the diocese, into whose able carr
have come since the death OF the Cardi.
| nal the affairs of the local archdiocese
Also moving in and about the groups
| OF church dignitaries with Mgr. Mooney
| were the other prelates who might be
called Cardinal Farley's immediate
"family"-Mgr. John Dunn, upon whose
broad shoulders had descended most OF
the active work OF preparing for the
ceremonies; Mgr. Lavelle, rector of the
Cathedral: Mgr. Edwards Mgr. Fer
rante, Mgr. Mclean and Mgr. Flood.
Friends Lay Casket Away.
1t was to these last named and closest
| associates of the Cardinal. under the
direction Of Bishop Hayes and Mgr
Mooney, that the privilege was given OF
| conducting late in the afternoon the final
| rites OF entombment in the vault where
already the bodies of Cardinal McCloskey
, and Archbishops Hughes and Corrigan
had been laid away. When the pomr
and ceremony Of the funeral mass and
absolution had been finished in the early
afternoon and the visiting Cardinals and
other prelates had departed for their
far off homes, 1t was Bishop Hayes
Vicar-General Mooney. Mgr. Dunn and
the other monsignori OF the late Cardi-
nars official household who covered the
bronze casket and laid their friend away
in the vault beneath the altar.
Monsignori and priests from the arch.
| diocese and from churches scattered the
length and breadth Of all Of North Amer.
lea also were gathering In the early
morning hours in numbers hitherto un,
| known even to the metropolis of the
world. As they came to the building al
| Madison avenue and Fifty-first street
which shelters the Cathedral College and
the archdlocesan chancery Office there
was martial tap Of drums and the
blasts Of bugles in the streets as a block
long detachment Of Naval Reserves and
their officers swung around the corner
of Madison avenue and Fiftieth street
and stood at attention on the east side OF
| Madison avenue In a double line thai
ran from Fiftieth TO Fifty-first street.
The mass had been announced to be
gin at 10 A. NJ. but so long was the
procession which first must march
around the block into the cathedral thai