The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-10-22
THE LAST CHAPTER
The Remains Of the Unfortunate Victim
OF the Recent Wreck Laid to Rest.


All that was mortal of Phillip Reamel
and John G. Wade was laid to rest yes
terday afternoon in the cold and silent
grave in Maple Grove cemetery, where
mother earth will nurse them in bel
bosom until the morning of the resurrec-
| ton. The remains were followed to the
grave by large procession Of sorrowing
and sympathetic friends, who paid them
the last sad tribute of respect.
At 1:30 the remains of Wade were coffin
ed and conveyed from his late home on the
corner of Washington and Gilbert to the
residence of his unfortunate comrade and
friend, Phillip Reamer, and from thence
the two hearses travelled side by side to
the South Emporia Methodist church,
where the biers were located in front of
the pulpit. The Eagle band, with their gay
uniforms, played some very solemn and
appropriate music on the lawn of the
church while the coffins were being taken
into the building, at the end of which the
people in attendance filed into the church,
where half those present could not be ac-
commodated with seats. The collins were
exactly alike and were each covered with
black cloth. Many designs in flowers
were laid upon them, the handsomest be-
ing beautiful cross presented by railroad
men.
The widows and orphans and other rela-
tives of the deceased were seated in the
front row of peNs and they presented sad
and compassionate sight.
The ceremonies commenced with the
singing of hymn No. 654, entitled "Thy
VIII Be Done" This was followed by
very earnest prayer by the pastor, which
caused the tears to come from the eyes Of
half the people in the house. 1t was GER
tainly very touching appeal to heaven
to comfort the afflicted widows and or
phans of the two corpses before him. He
not only caused tears to come in the eyes
of those p.esent but he scarcely could sup
press tears springing from the generous
fountain of his own sympathy. After
prayer another hymn was sung, and at its
conclusion iMr. Nesbaum slowly opened
his Bible and read the following sentence:
Watch ye therefore and be We also ready
for In the hour ye think not the Son of
Man cometh." This was very beautiful
and appropriate sentence and the reverend
gentleman made it his text. He spoke for
fully three-quarters of an hour and many
of those present regarded his sermon as
one of the strongest they had ever heard
on a similar occasion. He paid a high
tribute to the railroad men present and
his reference to the widows and orphans
was the very essence of gentleness and con-
ISOLATION and sorrow combined.
After the sermon the doors were opened
and enough people filed ont to make pas
sage way alongside the coffins, IN order to
give the friends of the deceased and their |
hosts of sympathizers an opportunity to
take last look at the faces of the poor
fellows, This occupied a half an hour |
longer, and when the procession was |
ready to move it was $3.50 p. IN. The pro-
cession formed in double file, with the |
hearses side by side, and marched in that |
order to the grave. The procession was |
headed by the Eagle band, which was fol- |
lowed by two files of railroad men on foot, J
among whom were Superintendent Par
sons, Chief Engineer L. B. Speel, Train
master Strohm and the other officers of |
this division. The minister, the hearses,
the families of the deceased and the friends
making in all very fine pro-
cession. The procession moved slowly
and it was fully O'Clock when the grave
was reached. Both coffins were laid side
oy side, loving hands covered them, and
'hus ended the last chapter of the unfor-
,unate and fatal accident of Monday,
which made three widows and three times
hree orphans.
Earlier i'll the day the remains of Frank
Nalby, the dead yard master, were con-
Keyed to the depot and shipped via the
Santa Fe to Wheeling, w. Va, for burial