The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-09-19
MR.. WILSON'S BURIAL.
It VIII Take Place Sunday Morn
ing at 1900.
THE REMAINS HILL ARRIVE HERE

1HG lEWA1HD HILL Ann11h HHnh
Tomorrow Afterneen at S:35-AIi Ar
ranEemsnts for the Funeral Are
Completed.
At $3.50 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the
remains of the late Joseph c. Wilson
will arrive in Topeka
The funeral party left New York at
o'clock last evening over the New York
Central in q private car furnished for the
occasion by President Webb of that
road.
Accompanying the remains are Mr..
Wilson's two daughters Eleanor and
Mabel. and Mr. J. w. Mac Lachlan, pri-
vate secretary to Receiver j. ]. McCook
of the Santa Fe. They will arrive in Chi
cago at o'clock tonight and will leave at
once for Topeka, their car being at
tached to the regular California train
which will reach Topeka at 1886 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon.
Undertaken Geo. B. Palmer and q
committee of ten members of the To-
peka club. of which the deceased was
member, will GO to Kansas City tomor-
row morning to meet the remains, and
will accompany the funeral party to
Topeka.
The members of this committee are D.
W. Mulvane, chairman; E. ]. Dallas,
George Findiey. W. A. [. Thompson,
D. A. Clements, ". ]. Black, DR.. L. c.
WATSON, Henry Strong. and j. B. Furry.
It is expected that W. w. Phelps,
Mr.. Wilson's private secretary, and Geo.
r. Peck will join the funeral party at
Chicago and come with them to Topeka.
When the remains reach Topeka they
will be removed from the car TO Mr.. Viii
sons late residence. 516 Topeka avenue,
where they will be held until the fu-
neral
Arrangements for the funeral have
been completed and it will take place
from the family residence at II o'clock
Sunday morning.
DR.. F. S. McCabe, who was always
warm friend of Mr. Wilson, will have
charge of the funeral. The music will
be in charge of Mr.. James Moore, and
the remains will be laid TO rest in beau
tiful lot in the southwestern part of
Topeka cemetery, which was purchased
by Mr. Wilson about twenty years ago.
when young babe born to him and Mrs
Wilson died.
The following are the pallbearers who
have been selected. Active pail bearers
MIR J. ]. Frey, Mr.. Geo. F. Sharitf, Mr.
II. P. Dillon, Mr.. Charles Blood Smith,
hIr. Eugene Hagan, Mr.. w c. Perry,
Mr. ]. l. King and Mr. A. A. Hurd.
Honorary pallbearers, Judge c. G. Fos-
ter, Mr- W. Il, Rossington, Mr. o. B.
Taylor of Leavenworth, Judge
A. II. Horton, Major c. Hood
Of Emporia, Mr. A. L. Williams Judge
w. A Johnston and Mir. George r. Peck.
Late last evening Judge J. B. Johnson
received telegram from Mr.. c. S. Gleed
| informing him that Mr. Wilson's death
was first discovered by his daughter.
Miss Eleanor Wilson. who went to his
room, where she found her father lying
| on the floor about half way between
the bath room and his bed. Judge
| Johnson says he thinks Mr. Wilson
must have been up and dressed and have
| been about his room some time or his
| door would not have been unlocked SO
| that his daughter could have got in.
Mrs. Wilson and the members of the
family who are at home were very great
| ly shocked by the first news of the death
| of the husband and father, but Mrs. Will
son is a woman of remarkable fortitude
| and her intimate friends say she is bear
| ing up wonderfully well.
An intimate friend of the family told
JOURNAL reporter that Mr.. Wilson's
| death was felt perhaps moro and was a
greater shock to his little boy, Joseph
Wilson. jr., than to any other member of
! the family.
Mrs. ]. &. Trueblood, Mrs. Wilson's
sister, was with her yesterday afternoon,
and last night her intimate friend, Mrs.
L. II. Briggs, arrived from Atchison and
is with her today.
| Mr. Wilson's office in the Santa Fe
building has been closed since the first
news of his death was received, and to-
day large bouquet of white roses. tied
with white ribbon and black Grape, is
fastened on the door
Mr.. Wilson's life insurance is now
thought to be confined entirely
to the policy he held through his
membership in the A. o. U. W. and his
family will get $4,000 from that source.
He owns 240 acre farm in Menoken
| township and their home on Topeka
avenue. In addition to this MIR. Wilson
owned a tract of five acres on west Sixth
street near Judge ]. B. Johnson's house
! yghera ha fnrmarlz rasidad