The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-24
WAS VERY SIMPLE
RECEIVER I0WILsON OF THE SANTA
rEB BURIED IN TOPEKA.
Reverend McCabe breaches the Funeral
Sermon at the Residence to the Family
ann Intimate Friends-Meanwhile the
Procession Forms Outside the House, 1t
Reing Composed of all the Santa Fem
ployes in Topeka-Special Train Brings
the Officers Of the Road From Chicago
"Details of the Funeral

Topeka, Kan, Sep. 23.-Despite the
,,old wind which swept over the town
like message from the boreal pole and
brought with it dashes of rain yester-
day morning the turnout TO the funeral
Of the late Joseph G. Wilson. receiver
Of the Santa Fe railroad, was probably
the largest Topeka has ever witnessed
upon a like occasion.
The services at the residence were
characterized by the severest simplicity
A brief address by Rev. F. S. McCabe,
the family pastor, with sacred music
and prayer, was all, and the throng
which had assembled about the resi-
fence ready to form in procession was
not long kept in waiting in the rain and
wind.
The pallbearers who conveyed the
body to the hearse were: J. J. Frey,
A. A Hurd, James L. King, George F.
Sharett, Hiram p. Dillon, Charles B.
Smith, W. c. Perry and Eugene Ha-
gan.
The honorary pallbearers were:Judge
Cassius G.. Foster, Judge Albert H.
Horton, Judge w. A. Johnston, Colonel
w. H. Rossington, Major Calvin Hood,
of Emporia: Hon. A. L. Williams, Cap
TAIN tTeOTSe II. feCh ana ". ID. Taylor
Of Leavenworth.
The procession formed in the follow
ing order:
MarshalPs Military band.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe en-
ployes on foot.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee Off
cialS in carriages.
A o. U. W., four lodges on foot.
Kansas state officers on foot.
Mayor OF the city and common coun-
ell on foot.
Platoon Of city police on foot
Carriages with pallbearers.
Carriage with chaplain.
Hearse.
procession of carriages with family
of the deceased, relatives and friends
To the music of solemn dirge play
ed by the band this procession proceed
ed from the family residence across
the city to the eastern boundary, where
IL disbanded, or rather broke ranks and
proceeded to the cemetery.
More than 500 men belonging to the
several organizations represented
marched in the procession. The en-
ploys of the railroad company of which
MIR. Wilson was an officer made an i'm
posing appearance. There were posi-
bly, 500 of them in all, arranged in the
procession as follows:
Mechanical department, general man.
ayers department, fuel department, ie-
gal department, land department, med
ical department. tax department, claim
department, auditors department, aud
1tor Of passenger receipts department,
auditor of freight receipts department,
auditor Of disbursements department,
general passenger department, general
freight department, car service depart
ment. telegraph department, special
service department, chief engineers de-
partment, general superintendent road
and transportation employees, store de-
partment, stationary department, jani-
tors department, treasury department.
Just before the funeral hour a special
car arrived from Chicago, bearing the
following gentlemen more or less prom
inently connected with the Santa Fe:
George T. Nicholson, general passen-
ger agent; w. T. White. passenger traf-
&c manager; George r. Peck, ex-general
solicitor; w. @. Nevin, general purchas-
ing agent; w. K. Gillett, general audi
tor. and Z. D. Kenna, general solicit
tor.
A numbNr of officers and employees
from Kansas City also arrived by spec
ial train and took part in the funeral
exercises.
AT the cemetery the body was depos-
tied in the family plot, after brief but
reverent ceremony. and the vast throng
every one of whom felt that he had
babe farewell to a friend, passed back
through the rain to the city.