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Show PROMINENT MONTANA PRIEST DIED AT BITTE Father Honore B. Allaeys, priest in charge of Saint Joseph's Catholic church in South Butte, died at Saint James' hospital Friday night of last week after a short illness of four days. He was taken ill with appendicitis on Monday afternoon and was removed to the hospital, where he underwent an operation on Tuesday. A rupturre of ten years' standing and a recent attack at-tack of typhoid fever complicated the attack of appendicitis so that his attending at-tending physician had little hope of his recovery from the effects of the disease, dis-ease, which necessitated an operation as a last resort. Father Allaeys was resigned to his fate and the end approached peacefully. peaceful-ly. He was an earnest worker in his church and was admired by all of the members of his parish. He pronounced mass last Sunday and Monday in his church. For the past ten years he has been troubled with a rupture and when he received his orders to come to Butte last winter he expressed his gratification, gratifica-tion, saying that he was glad to be located lo-cated where there was . a good hospital, for he felt that he would soon need one. Although the Catholic church has been established in Butte for a great many years, Father Allaeys is the first priest to die there. Father Allaeys was born in Flanders, Belgium, in July, 1847 He began his education in Dixmude college, and Father Fa-ther De Siere, pastor of Saint Patrick's church, was his first professor, .and a fond attachment existed between them. From Dixmude he went to Roulers and then to Bruges, where he completed his education and was ordained a priest at the age of 34 years. After that he was professor of French and literature at Avelghem. He then became principal princi-pal of a new college at Blankenberghe. In 1S87 Father Allaeys came to America Amer-ica and accepted his first pastorate at Frenchtown, near Missoula. After four years of work there he was transferred to Anaconda, where he succeeded Father Fa-ther De Siere as rector of that parish I in 1803. He was at Anaconda about I five years and then went to Great Falls and took charge of the church there. Fro Great Falls be went back to Frenchtown in 1902, and came to Butte last winter and accepted, the rectorship of Saint Joseph's parish In South Butte, succeeding Father Quesnel. Father-Allaeys was a scholarly gentleman, gen-tleman, and was a very earnest and zealous worker. He hnd tl0 welfare of his parish at. heart and a new church is soon to be erected in his parish. He was highly esteemed among all of the priests and was a favorite with his parishioners. He leaves a sister. Leoni, in Butte, and two brothers in Belgium. His faithful sister has been his housekeeper housekeep-er during his priesthood. Father Allaeys comes from an aristo- cratic and wealthy family. His sudden sud-den taking off will be a shock to his parishioners, who had learned to love him for his high ideals of Christianity and good citizenship. Imposing Funeral Services. The burial of the first Catholic priest who d.ed in Butte was the occasion of an imposing demonstration at Saint Patrick's church Tuesday morning by the clergy of Montana and the lay members of the church generally. The remains of the late Rev. H. B. Allaeys, rector of Saint Joseph's church in Gnvi -Rntte wpre consigned to their earthly resting place. The church, although al-though the largest in the parish, proved far too small to accomodate the great crowd of people who were anxious to take part in the services. Right Reverend Bishop John B. Brondel of Helena, took a prominent part in the services and delivered an eloquent and touching eulogy on the life and services of the deceased. At eight o'clock in the morning the parishioners of the dead priest's parish in South Butte attended a solemn requiem re-quiem mass in St. Joseph's church, Father Francis Batens of Saint Lawrence's Law-rence's church. Centerville, was celebrant; cele-brant; Father Leshner of Salt Lake, deacon, and Father Phelan of Deer Lodge, subdeacon. Father Gallagher of Bozeman was master of ceremonies. After this mass the remains were conveyed to Saint Patrick's rectory and lay in state until 10 o'clock, during which time hundreds of people took a last view of the dead priest. A number of priests who acted as pallbearers then bore' the casket in procession afong West Galena street, down Idaho and thence east on Murray to the church. The iltar was beautifully decorated in black, and Bishop Brondel's throne was also draped in black. The dead priest lay in his casket clad in purple vestments and purple shoes, with a lace over-covering. The solemn requiem mass was chanted with due solemnity, a large number of priests assisting in the service.. Not a woman had any part' in theservice, even the choir consisting con-sisting of priests and laymen, while Father Dominick of Mount Angel, Ore., acted as organist. Reverend P'ather De Siere, pastor of Saint Patrick's, was celebrant of the mass. His assistants were: Father McGlynn, first dea3on; Father O'Brien of Fort Benton, subdeacon; Father Harrington, master of ceremonies. Bishop Brondel occupied the throne and the deacons to his lordship were Fathers Fa-thers Cyr Pawelyn of Great Falls and Batens of Walkerville. .The priests who chanted the mass were: Van Aiken of Philipsburg, Gallagher of Bozeman. Blaer.'J Dominick and Van ( larenbeke of Billings. Chopin's funeral fu-neral march was .also rendered: ' The celebration of the mass was unusually un-usually impressive and the chief participants par-ticipants were richly clad in gorgeous ii;;Sy3f " " ;v- ' .'ri'iS.-a; ' r. - -- ... ',i3': . Father Honore B. Allaeys. vestments. The illumination of the altar was beautiful. At the close of the mass the services for the dead were completed over the bier, Father Thompson, of Boulder and Father Gioocline acting as- incense' bearers and Father O'Farrell as cross--bearer. . ' '- During the service Bishop Brondel paid a glowing tribute to Father Alla- jtys. He told that the dead priest had sustained a rupture some seven years ago while in charge of the church at Frenchtown, Missoula County. He had been called out at night to visit a sick person and had been thrown from his horse. For several years he kept the fact of his injury secret 'from all, and it was unly within the last three years that the. bishop had learned of it. It was. also stated that, notwithstanding the operation he underwent just before his death, . Father Allaeys could not; have survived. The bishop spoke in i most affectionate terms of the dead man. . At the conclusion of the church services serv-ices a choir consisting of Messrs. Fred Sully, Jack Thomas, Al Hobbs and Sam Coupe effectively sang "Lead, Klndly Light." .-..' An , unusual sight was witnessed at the conclusion of the "service. As a special mark of respect eight priests acting as pallbearers carried the casket from the 'Church and several blocks down to the corner of Silver and Montana Mon-tana streets, where it was placed in the hearse. The pallbearers were: Father Stack of Red Lodge, Father Phelan of Deer Lodge. Father English of St. Mary's church, Father Victor Day of Helena, Father Arts of Kalispell, Father Fa-ther Van der Broeck of Dillon, Father Follett of Marysville and Father Coop-man Coop-man of Anaconda. The priests alternated alter-nated at frequent intervals in carrying The honorary pallbearers from the laity were: D. J. Hennessy, C. P. Con-noljy, Con-noljy, Dr. Christopher Turner of St. Patrick's church. Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Mclnerny and Mrs. Kelly of St.' Joseph's Jo-seph's church. Several societies were largely represented repre-sented in the funeral cortege. These included the Daughtrs of Erin, St. Vin- I cent de Paul society. Ancient Order of j Hibernians. Catholic Order of Foresters For-esters and Knights of Columbus. j At the Catholic cemetery the services ! were also impressive, lasting about J twenty minutes. The male quartette here sang "Nearer, My God,, to Thee." I |
