, 1872-12-08
KILLED ON THE CARS.
Resolutions Of Respect to the Memory
Of the Late Matthew Knowles
and George F. Bacon.
Meeting OF the Grocers, Association
Arrangements for the Funeral
Services

tota ec+;o1 7,,oe, ~ = a,,a7o, th ~ 1r,i.7a,
saAo 'ae'1oo upoA t1e etuoeA oeatt7 ~ mateueh
cent accident IN the Pen1sr1rapia Central R,if,
| -. .n.o .: o1- ~
1oaos WAS nela yesterday morning, at NO. etate
street, in the rooms OF the Chicago Freight Asso.
ciation
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T. Il. "1uaro' tIeslaent OF tne ASSOCIATION,
and OF the firm OF Willard, Bacon d Co., sug'
gested that Vice President s. P. Harrington
oceunv tha chair Mr., r. N. Nav WIZ thnsen
sac-at.r1 'N'
Inc caa'rnan 1eehngly s1a1eo tne on|ect~ OF
the meeting, and, On motion Of William Stewart,
appointed to draft appropriate resolutions .
committee consisting OF William Stewart and
Colonel John Messer. While the Committee
were out Mr. George Leslie made some :emarka,
wherein he paid most glowing tribute to the
characters OF the deceased.
The Committee on Resolutions, through the
Chairman, Dir. Wm. Stewart, reported the fol-
lowing, which, on motion, were adoptsd:'
WHEREAS, By the recent shocking Disaster On the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad, have depore the
1nt1mely deaths OF Ar. Matthew KnoFies and Mr:
tSsd TSo
iesosefa, ta0s ane aesGasea wefo un,seIsaay kno"1
ana Is and
honorable merchants; and their deatas have CAUSED
widespread gloom, and created void In the wholesale
grocery trade which cannot be perfectly hled:
eso1osa, Inat . snsis oereaea ana e5 iaes
We offer our nrnfonnd cono1ence n ts Their fima ~
deep Anguish ana distress. '1'11~ ~
Resolved, That va are sincerely sympathetic With the
respective firms with which the deceased were associ-
ated in tie e great loss they hare sustained,
texoses mat wa attend the1uneral Of the deceased,
eac ~ er az aa ~ T..
as lastine memorial. O4~ 1'~0'@
After tha raa7;no ~ +ba raao1n+;on. 1rr 1o.-
sott -sa,sa5 ~ ~ sno ~. oae
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+,,at 1uo. " ~, oooR - sA.. ta1 10 noula sug8eat
for - f,,,5eroia 70 20 r. ny tne ~ ~
than. occr- a. ~ ~ .s-aa t;1ea 1aae aso
ala ~ ~ f-;erd. 0A1 r. t,na P4ase 1a
remarls su aftar c ba Aea oaraJ soo ton teeHn
the Chair appoint Committee to comulata tha
arrangements for the funeral. The Chair ap-
pointed Mr. Wm. T. Allen Mr. Geo Sherwood.
and Mr. shearer. These gentlemen conferred
together and it is probable the services will take
Mr. Bacon sometimes oficiated as oreaniat,
Mr. Willard, Mr. Bacon's partner. made 7erv
eloquent speech, wherein be spoke Of Mr. Bacop
az B gentleman ct rare worth. and wboge care, =:
looked bright, promising great suocasg and r % o.
fulness, ~
A remarkable so1ennnutv ner,ade3 the
ing. and the VARIOUS msmbers oresent .,ns meeE
Impressed with the importance of 1oa,;s. aeu .anS
pared for yisitationa no gnf]i1an and -nts ons PIT
On motion. thn meetinp waa tf,en sn:.le1peGkea..
The Committee aupo;nted to 30 ~ 10y -
their efforts to arranre the f-a.oi ~ tS7
at The same lime and n1ace psa4;a" ~ 'ahe pug .
ments had been made ~ tha fr;anda ~ a. r
tives Of MI, Knowles erhoua fnara1 auM % te1 ~ T..
place Ut 10 o'clock tba Inorn at ~ W. III 20
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