The sun., 1891-02-21
SHERMAN'S LAST JOURNEY.
THE FUNERAL TRAIN NARRoWLY rs
cAPEs A COLLISION IN OHIO


~..o,stratsoss Of Respect asa Gr4ef ..
Many Tow.s and C1tiss-osA selAssrs ~
Almost Every staties-sahtess saA Dirg.
.s-schooi ChslAre. sineinG" Nearer. Ny
nos. To Thee" Heard Above the Neiss
.r the RsshinG TrasH-Iseaaents.
prrrspunoH. Feb. 2o.-The sherman funeral
.,,in won't into an open switch At Mansfield,
ohio. this morning while running at the rate
Al niteen miles An hour. twas 8:89 O'Clock
-han the train approached = siding a few
,.rds abovs tho station. A shifting engine
.na eight cars were side.tz acksd. Just
"a the train approached the signal
,nv.r. a middle.aRed man was seon to etoop
Sovn and throw back switch No. 8. giving
s,.,ns on the main line access to the siding.
Tnalnser Wolfe. in charge OF tho funeral train.
.sv the situation at glance. and threw back
,hs throttle. reversed tho lover. and brought
tbs funeral train TO standstll. 1t had nearly
reached the shifting engine.
Tho train Immediately backed to the main
track and proceeded westward. The anslr
er,ated considerable excitement among the
.r,vd. The man who opened the switch
and nut tho train In Imminent danger We
simeon Hill. an employee Of the railroad com.
n.nv Tie was standing on the main track
.h,n tho engineer Of the shifter motionsd to
him TO get out OF tho way Of the funeral train.
He thought the wave OF the hand meant to
open tue switch.
T. C. Turner. yardmastsr at Mansfield. said
IN an Interview: by good iiiok bad acci.
dent vas sverted." Hill said tonight: :" I
wouldn't have wrecked that train for the world.
! would sooner have been struck down IN my
irseIs. Ibelona tothe National Guard. and
am . citizen OF the United States. am
IS years old. and am employed by the
rsironl company In laying railroad tracking
bar. ~. ds.s suaa iseu.sssen ss .ssnsns:sd .sd
|: @ .. ssn:sT:! opinion that the matter was en-
L. RI. H.. IL sS :ss .hs
s.ss,s.'s ss the vniop sS pspSs
ientatives from every Grand Army post in the
eity were drawn UP to DO honor 10 tie dss"
Wien the train drew slowly into the station;
struck Up dse and the vess,sns Ss ,s s.t lsid
lowed b. y lovely horai emblem from the Union
III seas as q:T sss .ss!s Z. .; s III:
.oiSlers ssaaism: s9d tbs irsin started on its
minute asI snns d frei sii rom the hilisides.~ ~ .
ss run Al mss s' ran
o. speed; Al. others. when on some OF the
steen grades It went at = very slow pace:
oSs saessS for mi shres eR
dren 70 ct on. Soon after the children were
5sssn ss * Lieu" Fitch Into the composite car to
man wss called upon bv seve, q priests oi this
ccers hs eonssssd Ss shs ts.nts Of The amly
'o5 their .okens q sSmnsshTfb .un .bone
br:sh,iy soon after the funeral party loft Pitts.
me msmsss q Ss
TSss ioand .eVersi besStiiSl foI.i plsoss that
S4 put n Sosd % aopPP
Army posts at towns in the West through
iunsrsl osr mlsht b Spened e ne veterans:
Tss 6sn Rsss vas asey srosssd So
time, and ten minutes later stsubeuviIle. Ohio.
Hundreds OF work men from the factories Of
he train made = short stop: They we're clad
sl.rsIs rs3syea his hss while .hs s!sin r.
min Il Inc On sts The dspoe % n L. "''' o'A"n uD
At Caaiz Junction. which was passed at 1905.
number OF g. 4: H. veterans from Cadiz
holding the remnants OF . battle.torn faG:
rwsn!y,ay MINUTES latsI ;. q: t The train rushed
Caught ssSs smpse sS'S q com: co9psny OF of soa so
syss and Grand Army Post In front OF tho
Dennison was reached at 1880. and . atop Of
i've minutes wa- made to lot the fast mail
pass. A large crowd was gathered st tho sta
oSo were ieSs NO .so o
The door Of the funeral ar was opened. and
NOON. At Newcomerstown al the public school
u nd ss:
me-: .;: 0qS s1 6 Sds q TS. S' az s.s
Army ro.t and company Of Sons OF Veterans
were also At tho depn.
family were ,ery much touched by the mani
s sssSss;ss sss:s ss:s
$40 school chicreu stood 10 one long line on
tho street running parallel with the track. The
as.. A similar demonstration was made at
IrnTay az IN oh vas rsaohsd at half past Y,
Mr. Sass dansss sosnsaa sa hsr son sisras
hsJ S about io6 @ss III in ilae @ or ths eistiorn:
NV Dssss Il: 4: :'ss 4 f;sSs: sh..:
Msn FoN !uot u0 WOulu COuQu0t tn0 boEVlco6
at hs fatheTs grave In calvary Gene ery IN
It. Louis. but Just what the order OF services
uld Do no could not say until he arrived
r. As the train rolled into tho Union station at
C9iumous tho space on ether side WAS crowd
on WITH people and Tor s1uares away there
w WAs mas o. people stru99ling. 70 get view
q no train. The comrades OF Mccoy Post and
Wells fosk 9. A. H.. wers In the station. NC.
ssDstor Sherman asa1 Geo. so.R Ewing and other. o,
hp ,ns hpaIy Got on the train and pad o brlei talk
WIZ relatives who had cCme from Lancaster |
Hou Ispssvllle to Join the funeral marty at this
bo,nt Tne parade Of the military took place |
oernre tho arrival Of tho funeral train.
Ine ,nevsntesnth Regiment, Iol. Pocock, |
sso0ut oOO men; reached tho Union station Q |
iimole and Ohio and Ohio and Mississippi to |
r. n ~. L9nis. The Fourteenth tegiment. CoI: A.
r. y Ioit about the anne number OF men. left at |
'nH same time over tho Big -Four route
Inc members OF Gov. Campbell's stan |
sccrompanied the officers OF The Fourtsenth |
SesgnSt Sss q TO attend the, funeral had special
SSsr, San,E En,cn wSS attached to Tho regular Pam |
maggie train West. following the funeral train.
aiter walt nf forty. i've minutes the funeral
mnp MAD pulled out. There wns crowd OF about |
~ ThUn people In tho vicinity of the station.
adis aans locomotive which was attached here was |
pa 10 charge oi Engineer Phil Chase of Co |
umous nnd Conductor n. M. .Msy OF Indian. |