The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-30
More Than 5000 People at the
Largest Funeral Ever Held
In Montana
Special Trains on eli Roads Bring
1000 Out of Town
Visitors.
The Leading Citizens From Every Section
of the State Came to Honor Col.
Hroadwater's Memory.

Down in the valley and beneath the
shadows of surrounding snow capped hills,
Col. Broadwater was laid away to his long
rest. II is not an attractive place. for tho
cemetery Is yet new, but some day 1t will
blossom with flowers and vines and then
amid all the sepuchres Of the dead the one
most sought will be that Of the man Helena
loved and mournsd.
1t WAS indeed day Of mou ming for all
Montana. Men came from every corner Of
the state to honor tho memory of great
pioneer citizen and loyal friend. There
were special ttains from all directions
draped in black and white colora, banks of
costly and beautiful flowers. greetings of
sorrow and sympathy from the thousands
who assembled at the Hotel Broadwater
yesterday. In Helena, which has been
dressed in mourning raiment since Tues
day, there Was the silence of genuine sor-
row. In the morning the streets were
filled with the dead mans friends
waiting TO greet those from other cities.
With but few exceptions the buildings from
the head of Main street to Helena avenue
were draped in mourning. Streamers Of
black and white were hung together with
rosettes over the entrances and in many
windows were pictures of Col. Broadwater
in heavy black frames. Over the Pitts
burgh block WAS a large photogr aph, the
finest and best seen on the street. The
sidea of the electric cars were hidden IN
black and all cars and locomotives of the
Montana Central bore like outward evi-
dence of the sorrow of employees. Flags
from the hotels. public buildings and nata-
torium were flying at half mast. The early
trains on both roads we're filled with Wis.,
itors. train from Bozeman and Living
ton brought nearly 200 people. and few
hours later a special flom Butte had m r.
than 800. Nearly 200 were left at the sta
tion in that city unable to secure seats.
Among the arrivals were Mayor Man
tle ex-Mayor Mueller, Hon. W. A. Clark.
Lieut.. Gov. Richards, Hon. H. l.. Frank.
Gen. Charles s. Warren, George w. Irwin,
John T. Cowan, ex-Mayor Kenyon, Judge
Pemberton, Editor J. M. Quinn. of the
Miner. Capt. Thomas Couch, Major Dol
man, County Commissioners Capiice, Nc
Queeney and Palmer. Judge Hs2ilton
Judge Lippincott Representatives Couyt
ney, Bray, Frsen. Thompson and Clark,
Leggatt, Il. d. Leegatt. p. j. Giiligan
John A. Davis, Silas r. King, Senator ID. J..
Hennessy, John Mcguire, Aldermen Pax
son. Kennedy. Campbell. Grandy. Dugan,
Van Busklrk, Maule, Orton, Harrington.
Bostwick. Bowman and Pascoe. County
Auditor d. P. O'Connor, Clerk of the
Court Will Clark and Deputy Clerk Carter,
County Clerk C. F. Booth, Col. Harry Kess-
Ter, Sheriff Lloyd, Col. John H. Curtis, City
Editor Waisworth, of tho Standard City
Editor John McMurrsv. of the Inter Noun
tain.
The train from Anaconda consisted of a
locomotive and three cars, including Mr..
Daly's special. All were heavily draped.
About sixty people were on board, inolud-
ing Marcus DAILY, Editor Dursson of the
Standard, Senator Thornton, j. B. Loser,
Hon. j. II. Toole. Shelby Tuttle, Hon. s.
d, Hardenbrook, Prof. Stone. Hon. Sylvan
Hughes. Warden Tom McTaeus of Deer
Lodge. Editor Leonard of the Review.
Manager G. w. Loonis of the Anaconda
hotel, y. F. Hallahan, Alexander Devins,
Major Peter Roman Of the Flathead agency.
President ]. J. Hill and party, of st. Paul.
were also registered at the Brosdwater with
the Anaconda people. The Great Falls and
Missoula trains were we'll filed. Among
tho visitors from the former city were Hon.
Il. Z. Collins, Mayor Webster, ex-Mayor
Dickerman. Ira Myers and Il. G. Maclay.
Mayor Frank Higgins and Representative
Crutchfeld were on the Mlssoula train.
Nearly all of the prominent visitors had
known Col. Broadwater in business and
politics for many years. and with their
Helena friends they passed the hours be-
fore the funeral in recalling personal rem
iniscenoes of his life in Montana. The
assemblsge of out Of town people WAS very
much larger than was anticipated and there
were fears that the transportation facili-
ties would be crowded to great inoonven::
ience. This was fortunately avoided by
the extra exsrtions of the Montana Central
and electric railway companies. A train of
thirteen cars was in waiting at the station.
while the cars of the electric lines were
massed on upper Nam street. All availa-
BILE carriages il the city were secured sew
erel doys ago. The lines were very busy
from 1890 until two O'clock but there
were neither accidents nor delays. and at
two o'clock the Broadwater hotel and pa rk
we're packed with people.
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