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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
LAID AT REST. 
Final Tribute paid to the Memory of Late 
Rev. John J. Downey, Monday. 
The little St. Margaret’s church_at 
Beverly Farms was crowded Monday 
morning when the last rites were held 
over the remains of the late Rev. John 
J. Downey. The throng which filled 
the structure to over-flowing and which 
crowded around the entrances and on 
the sidewalk to pay their last tribute 
of respect and love to the memory of 
the late pastor was a sight such as has 
never been seen before at Beverly 
Farms. 
From Manchester came scores of 
the former parishioners, and from 
Beverly and all along the shore came 
many others. From Boston and sur- 
rounding places came 110 clergymen 
to pay their last respects to one whom 
all loved and respected. 
Sunday afternoon, under escort of 
St. Margaret’s court, M.C.O.F., Oliver 
Wendell Holmes council, K of C., and 
Division 12, ‘A.O.H. of Beverly, and 
hundreds of sorrowing friends and 
parishioners, the body was removed 
from the parochial residence to the 
church, where it lay in state till Mon- 
day. Immense throngs attended all 
the masses Sunday morning, but in 
the afternoon the greatest expressions 
of sorrow and sadness were evidenced, 
when many from Manchester and all 
along the shore attended. 
From the time the body was 
brought to the church, it was guarded 
by watchers from the different socie- 
ties. 
Monday morning requiem mass for 
the repose of the soul of the late pas- 
tor was held, Rev. Father Maguire 
officiating. The choir, in charge of 
Miss Lydia B. Hayes, organist, was 
Miss Margaret Quirk, Miss Louise 
McCowan, Miss Julia Grady, Col. 
John H. Watson and Heel ae lsem- 
blay. 
At 10 o’clock the office of the dead 
was chanted and at 10.30 solemn high 
mass was celebrated. Right Rever- 
end William Bryne, vicar general, 
under whom Father Downey labored 
for many years, was the celebrant with 
the Rev. Henry Grady of St. Rose 
church, Chelsea, deacon, and the Rev. 
Philip Gormerly of St. Mary’s church, 
Charlestown, sub deacon. The Rev. 
Joseph G. Anderson of Boston was 
the master of ceremonies. 
Rev. John T. O’Brien of the Gate 
of Heaven church, South Boston, de- 
livered the eulogy, and he spoke in 
most glowing terms of the work done 
by Fr. Downey for the Working Boys 
Home and for the work he had done 
since coming to the North Shore. 
The St. Cecelia’s quartet of Boston 
rendered several selections during the 
services. At the close of the services 
many remained and looked once more 
upon the face of the dead pastor. 
The floral tributes were many and 
most beautiful. Among them were a 
large cross from the Manchester 
parishioners, “ Gate’s Ajar”’ from St. 
Margaret’s court, M.C.O.F.; Crosses 
from Oliver Wendell Helmes Council 
K. of C., Back Bay Council K. of C. 
and Young Ladies Sodality of St. 
Margaret's church; Open Bible, St. 
Margaret’s choir; Pillow, s¢ Brother, 
Miss Downey; Pillow, St. Margaret’s 
Altar boys; Wreath, Mrs. Gornelly, 
Boston; Wreath, Linehan family ; 
Bouquets from Miss Mary Quinn, Mr. 
Frank Lomasney, Miss Ellen Fallon, 
Boston; Misses Murphy, Salem ; Mr. 
Mr. Barret, Harry Quinn. 
The ushers at the church were: 
Thomas J. McDonnell, L. J. Watson, 
2d, Frank I. Lomasney, John Bresna- 
han, Dr. J. J. Riordan, and Philip 
Gaudreau. 
The pall bearers were : Thomas 1): 
Connolly, John H. Linehan, Col. lige 
Watson, Michael Riordan of St. Mar- 
garet’s church and John Desmond 
and Thomas Sheehan of Sacred Heart 
at Manchester. 
The honorary pall bearers were 
Rev. John J. Lyons, Sacred Heart 
church of Malden, Rev. D. M. Murphy, 
House of Angel Guardian church, 
Boston, Rev. T. F. Branan, Gate of 
Heaven church, South Boston, J. P. 
McGuigan, Roxbury, Frank Harravin, 
Nahant, J. T. O’Brien, South Boston. 
The remains were taken to Boston 
in a special car attached to the 1.45 
train, and interment was in the Calva- 
ry cemetery, Jamaica Plain. 
CAUCUSES AT THE FARMS. 
Everything Very Quiet—No Fights — Only 
Eleven Republicans Out. 
Peace ruled supreme at the cau- 
cuses at Beverly Farms this year, 
there not being the least sign of a 
fight on. The representatives to the 
Republican representative convention 
go pledged for Wm. R. Brooks of the 
Farms, and Editor Vittum of the 
Times, for representativse from this 
district. There were only eleven 
votes cast. |W. H. Brooks read the 
call and Chas. H. Hull was chosen 
chairman and F. Leslie Woodbury, 
secretary. Chas Day and Theo. A. 
Holmes were chosen tellers. The re- 
sult of the ballot : 
State — George H. Bennett. 
County — James B. Dow. 
Councillor — Lawrence J. Watson, 2d. 
Senatorial — Howard E. Morgan. 
Represenfative — Charles H. Trowt, Theo- 
dore A. Holmes, George W. Standley. 
City Committee— William R. Brooks, 
James B. Dow, Albert Standley, George H. 
Bennett, Howard E. Morgan. 
Democratic Caucus. 
The call for the Democratic caucus 
was called by John C. McCarthy, who 
was subsequently chosen chairman, 
and Joseph E. Griffin, secretary. John 
E. McKeigue and Patrick McKiernan 
were chosen tellers. The delegates: 
State — Lawrence J. Watson. 
County and Councillor—John E. Mec- 
Keigue. 
Senatorial — John C. McCarthy. 
Representative — Joseph E. Griffin, John 
L. Eaton. 
A Success, 
The success met by Allen S. Pea- 
body, who returned from New York 
yesterday afternoon, where he went a 
fortnight ago to establish the system 
employed in Manchester for holding 
up auto scorchers, will be seen from 
the following dispatch from New 
York: 
«‘ Now that Commissioner McAdoo 
has been officially caught by the de- 
vice of Allan S. Peabody, terror of 
the scorching automobilists at Man- 
chester-by-the-Sea, over the official 
course laid out in upper Broadway, 
st remains for the commissioner of 
police to determine to what extent he 
will install the new system, for, ac- 
cording to the latter, he is much 
pleased with trials. Today, with his 
secretary and his chauffeur, he per- 
sonally tested it in his big red auto- 
mobile, and not one of three attempts 
to escape the vigilant watchers was 
successtul. Peabody was there to 
superintend the working of the signal 
stations.” 
Com. E. P. Stanley and Adj. James 
H. Rivers of G.A.R. Post 67, who re- 
tnrned a week ago from a three 
weeks’ trip to the G.A.R. convention 
in Denver, say they were royally 
treated out there. “The city was 
ours,” said Mr. Stanley, while we 
were there. It was true Western 
hospitality without any discount. 
Our Mass. department was honored 
in the parade with a cowboy band of 
35 pieces. I visited the State House 
and called on Adj.-Gen. Bulkley 
Wells, who is well known here on the 
North Shore. I called also on Samuel 
Leach and family, natives of Man- 
chester and I found Nathaniel Colby 
in Colorado Springs. He left in 1862. 
The Colorado Springs Pioneers had a 
picnic, which I attended, and saw 
about a dozen of the old timers I was 
acquainted with. 
Mahoney Bros. of Manchester have 
just received the contract for the car- 
penter work on a magnificent summer 
cottage for E, Haring Dickinson of 
Magnolia at The Brambles, on the 
shore of Essex river, West Glouces- 
ter. The house is to be of stone and 
wood. 
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