St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-08
The Funeral of the Late Congressman
Price to be Attended With No
0stentation.
The Delegates From Washington Headed
0f-Interesting "reminiscences of
the Deceased.
Huron Preparing For a High Time
at the Legislative Gather
ing.
Iowa Dairymen in Session at Cedar
pfds--Dak ota stock Grow
erS.
Special to the Globe.

MADISON, WIS, Dec. f.-UOV. huSh
leaves here tonight in special car for
Black River Falls TO attend the funeral of
the late Hon. William r. Price to- morrow
afternoon. Secretary OF State Timme. State
Treasurer McFetrdge. Superintendent OF
instruction Graham. Railroad Commissioner
HaUgen. Commissioner of Insurance
Spooner and several other prominent per-
sons will attend in company of the governor.
NO JUNKET.
SPECIAL TO the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. CONGRESSMAN
Price has scored a victory over his col
leagues, if not over death. His disgust for
costly funerals was not shared in by them,
and they desired TO pay the usual tribute TO
their dead friend. The committee ap-
pointed Yesterday to attend his funeral
worked far into the night to get ready
for the trip. and this morning they were
ND and busting around early. At O'Clock,
however. their plans were suddenly frus-
trated BY dispatch from Mr.. Prices son
at Black River Falls, saying that the funeral
would take place tomorrow afternoon, and
that the committee leaving Washington this
morning could not possibly reach there in
lime. Word was sent around to the various
members Of tn e committee.
THE JOU RNEN WAS GIVEN UP.
1t is suspected by Mr.. Prices friends that
he purpOsely arranged with his wife and
son that his funeral should take place
within a short time after his death. so that
no great parade could be made over him at
government expense. When Mr.. Price was
maxim. a speech last June on the legsla-
live bill he produced good deal Of SEN
sation by declaring that if the gentlemen
- IN, in
whisky. KID gloves, terrapin and cham
payne, to say nothing of $500
coffin. at the funeral of the
late Congressman Haskell. of Kansas. had
run I'D those expenses in private business
they would have been sent IN the peniten-
tiarv. At that time MI. Prices old friend,
Isaac Stephenson, took him aside and gave
him pretty sharp talking 10 about
BEING SO GRANNY"
The conversation at that time is of partic-
ular interest now Both Price and Stephen
son are rich lumbernen, employing hun
dredS of loggers.
Bill" said Stephenson, you are all off on
this funeral business. Now just suppose
case. I've got three or four fOremen in my
mills that have been with me ten to fifteen
years. and you have too | guess.
Yes. l have, and blamed good men they
are, too. You don't wont any OF them to bury,
do you. Ike"
No; but, Il. if one of these men who has
been so faithful TO me all these years should
60 Wouidn | shut down and make all the
DO : 90 to his funeralE
''Of course you would; so would l, and
what's more, discharge the first cuss that
wouldn't TO-
well, Bill, do you ever figure up what one
of those funerals of ours up in the pine
woods cCsts?''
mo: but I've had four or five in the last
few years, and we always shut down, you
bet"
well, had one of those funerals last
winter that cost me mooe than any one of
these congressional affairs. Now what's the
use of acting Ike u blamed crank. as you
have to-day. Bill. Don't you think con-
gresham is just as good as lumberman?"
No, by thunder, Ike, no, never; but guess
I was Il little rough"
MI Prices desk was draped in mourning
aDd covered with flowers tO-daV