r. and Mrs. J. F.
Scanlan.
Clan-na-Gael Guards, 175 Men, Capt. Buckley Commanding.
Lake Side Cornet Band.
I. O. Foresters, Uniformed Rank, Fifty Men, High Marshal Frank Boden
Commanding.
I. O. Foresters, 1,200 Men, Wm. Kilpatrick Commanding.
Drum Corps.
Royal League, 250 Men.
Catholic Benevolent Legion, 200 Men.
The Illinois Catholic Order Foresters, 2,700 Men, representing the
following Courts:
St. Bernard, St. John, McMullen, St. Nicholas, Sheridan, Conway,
St. Leo, St. Charles, St. Agnes, All Saints, Pius, St. Francis, St.
Patrick, St. Stephen, St. Lawrence, Immaculate Conception, St. Joseph,
St. Henry, St. Alphonsus, Blessed Virgin, Holy Name, St. Cornelius, St.
Vincent, St. Benedict, Sacred Heart, Ascension, St. Michael, St.
Aloysius, American, Dearborn, Excelsior, Columbia, Sedgwick, Superior,
Independence, Industry, Jefferson, Amity, Cavour, Paterson, Fidelity,
Unity.
Cornet Band.
Ancient Order United Workmen, representing the following Lodges, J. F.
Walter, Commanding:
Light Guard, Peter Cooper, Troy, Lakeside, Aetna.
Carriages.
Civilians.
[Illustration: THE PROCESSION TO THE CATHEDRAL.]
All along the line of march--Michigan Avenue to Rush Street, to Chicago
Avenue, to State Street, to the cathedral--the streets were packed with
people. It was a solid line of humanity, on pavements, in windows, on
lamp posts, even the tops of the houses were a sea of heads. To the
solemn music of the bands the men marched with slow and measured step.
The muffled drums, the draped flags, the drooping banners, the tens of
thousands of solemn faces, made the sight an impressive one. Every man
in the multitude bared his head as the hearse passed by.
A SOLEMN CATHEDRAL SCENE.
It was nearly noon when the cortege arrived at the cathedral. Save that
reserved for the mourners every foot of space in the sacred edifice was
already occupied, and the thousands that had followed the hearse were
unable to gain admission. High above the mass of humanity tolled the
deep-toned funeral bell as the casket, preceded by a guard of honor of
officers of the Hibernian Rifles, was borne into the church. Gently it
was deposited between six lighted candles upon a catafalque in the
center aisle. Then, with the rendering of Schmidt's Mass in D minor by
the choir, the service was commenced. An atmosphere of grief was
prevalent. The sobbing of women mingled with the impressive notes of the
fu
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