Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-12-26
AoNoRs TO THE DEAD.

1OIEhAe huuse bCts -LOhk OChOAO
10 o'clock yesterday morning. the hour
ut which Senator Plumb's funeral train
was expected to arrive in this city. tho
streets along the line of march of tho
funeral cortege were lined with men.
women and children, eager to obtain II
view of the solemn procession. Busi-
ness houses on Kansas avenue were
draped in mourning and many OF them
were closed out Of respect for the hon.
ored dead.
II was o'clock when the first gun
was fired in the state house square an
nouncing the arrival Of the train, and
at intervals of every thirty seconds
from that time until the procession had
made its slow journey from the depot
to the state house the cannon doomed
forth.
After the arrival OF the train the pro-
cession was formed with little delay
and the march to the capitol was
taken up.
Col j. w. F. Hughes. chief marshal,
and Chief of Police John Gardiner led
the procession us IL started from the
station. Following them was platoon
Of twelve Topeka policemen, command
ed by Sergeant O'Rourke. and eighteen
policemen from Kansas City, Kan,
led by Capt. Porter Marshall's mil
itary band playing the dead March
in Saul" followed. and next to them
were the Knights Templar, sixty strong
and in full uniform. Each knight wore
white buttonhole bouquet The next
in line were eighteen veterans, the little
remnant of Col Plumbs old regiment,
the Eleventh Kansas. Following them
the Royal Arch Masons marched. Com
pany C, of the K. n. G., followed, with
arms reversed.
The honorary pallbearers, Hon. F. p.
Baker, Judge +. G. Adams, ex-Gov. T.
A. Osborne, Col c. X. Holiday, Hon.
George r. Peck. Judge J. r. johnson,
DR.. s. e. Sheldon and DR.. NJ. OBrien,
were next in line.
The burial car. drawn by four black
horses heavily draped followed. Each
horse was escorted by a colored man
in livery The acting pail bearers,
eight in number, marched on either
side. They were: Hon. J. X. Hudson.
Mai. William Sims, Col. Joel Huntoou,
Judge John Martin. Judge John Guth-
RE, Capt. C. NJ. Foulks. Frank P. Mac
Lehman and s. p. Wade.
The guard of honor from the national
congress followed in six carriages.
They were Senator W. A. PETER of
Kansas, Senator Joseph W. Dolph OF
Oregon, Senator A. s. Paddock of Ne
braska, and Senator John NJ. Palmer of
Illinois; Congressman f. II. Funston
and Case Frederick of Kansas; W. II.
Cate and s. w. Peel, both of Arkansas,
and II. NJ. Youmans OF Michigan.
The procession was one of the long
est ever seen in Topeka.
Thousands gathered about the state
house as the procession neared the end
OF its journey and deep silence fell
over the vast crowd as the pallbearers
with gentle hands bore the caskct up
the steps of the capitol building into
the senate chamber. Topeka COM
mandcry Knights Templar had pre-
ceded them and as the pallbearers
appeared with their burden the knights
were drawn up in two columns on
either side of the catafalque upon
which the casket was deposited.
The pallbearers took parting view Of
the dead and passed out the near exit.
The committees Of senators and con.
gressmen passed through the chamber
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the Copeland. The public was then adj
mitted and it is estimated that fully To-
900 people cast parting glance at the
dead senator's face during the three
hours it remained in the senate cham
ber
When the time arrived to continue
the mournful journey to Mr.. Plumb's
old home there were thousands moro
massed about the entrances to the sem
ate chamber and in the grounds sur.
the capitol. At 5 o'clock the
casket was returned to the special
Santa Fe train, accompanied bv the
which reformed in its origin
nj order and marched solemnly back to
the railway station. The casket hav-
ing been replaced in the funeral car the
train resumed its journey.
ARRIVAL AT EMPoRIA.
EMPoRIA, Kan, Dec. 24-At $50
last evening the funeral train convey
ing the remains OF the late Senator
Plumb arrived at the Santa Fe depot
where an immense concourse was coli
lected to receive them.
Two posts Of the g. A. R. were in
waiting and in an extremely short time
\ detail under command Of Col j. NJ.
Steele stepped forward and received
from the 0cort the casket containing
the remains. Then the G. A. r. formed
IN open order, clearing a passage way
TO the hearse, and the casket was at
once carried out and placed in It. The
accompanying delegation followed in
The rear and took the carriages pro-
ufIa1 Co.. Nhaun