Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-11-13

WILLIAM A. SNOW.
good will among men. Nevertheless, there
was something touching about 1t all-some
thing missing.
One thought was probably native to ey
cry mind in the Athens of Kansas, and sac
regrets We're native TO every heart thai
has ever responded to the presence and the
comradeship of William y. Snow in the
days of his residence in Lawrence. Borr
and raised in the shadow of the university
and known to every student who hat
breathed the air of college life here; one
who had long ago grown familiar with the
sound of the Sabbath bells in Lawrence
was not awakened by them this morning
Chancellor Snow and many others missed
the touch of a vanished hand. and many
others gathered in the Plymouth Congre-
gational church to attend the beautiful and
simple memorial services conducted by the
Rev. DIR. Richard Cordley.
Some time before the hour announced for
the services all manner of vehicles began
arriving from the surrounding country
with men. women and children as occu-
pants. from every home within a radius
of several miles of Lawrence. OF course
everybody in Lawrence was there-that is
to say. everybody who could possibly crowd
ars. bankers, merchants, journalists, pro-
fessional men and farmers were all repre-
sented in the large audience. Between TOI
and 500 people were there.
The church had been beautifully dec
GRATED for the occasion. Bowers of roses
were banked up high around the altar
and almost hid the speakers. Chrys-
anthemums in lavish profusion were taste
fully arranged in way that almost en-
tirely surrounded the organ and choir
while fragile andtgraceful vines and bitter
sweet hung in festouns of greenery, and
contributed TO make the church a veritable
summer garden. The floral decorations had
been arranged by the Phi Kappa Psi and
Phi Beta Pi fraternities, with the assist
ance of the Plymouth Endeavor Society.
The entire city was in mourning
Sorrow borrows its saddest tongue from
jest and among these farmers and hus-
bandmen were many who, years ago, de-
Tended their orchards and apples from the
invasions of jolly bands of boys headed BY
VIII \. Snow. Men were there who were
once boys with him and they collected in
little groups ami told how VIII Snow used
to sit around and tell droll stories while
they did the work. Many years ago all
this was, and afte. all it is the far off sim
pie things of life that endear themselves to
the memories of meI.
On the first glance it seems strange that
SO young man could have reached the
maturity of character and noble manli-
hood that commanded such widespread
admiration. Deed by DE- ed he laid in place;
friendship after friendship he cemented.
until he had built Il character that was
nobiy simple and admirable. Such were
the testimonials to-day from scholars ripe
In wisdom and years-men who are ac-
knowledSed TO be the peers of all men of
thought in America.
William Appleton Snow was 80 wears of
age last June. After graduating from the
Kansas state university and teaching there
and at the Illinois university, he went to
California in 1856 as the colleague of his
friend, Professor Vernon Kellogg. of Ie-
land Stanford university. An early love
for journalistic work led him TO become A
member of the staff of the San Francisco
Chronicle. 1t was in pursuit of his repor-
torial duties on this paper that he went out
on his last assignment. On the night of
October 10, 1889, he boarded the tug Sybil
In San Francisco bay and went out 10
meet the transport ship Tartar that had
just arrived from Hong Kong with the
Fighting Twentieth Kansas regiment on
board. He had known General Fred Funs-
ton as a brother. and, as 4 reporter, he
realized that nation was waiting TO hear
the first news of the safe arrival of the
gallant Twentieth.
Under bright moon the Sybi started
down the bay. Mile by mile she sped and
battled with the waves in the heavy swell
Mile by mile the gallant little craft crept
through the darkness toward the watch
lights out at sea. Closer and closer clutched
the waves as the daring little craft sped
on with those on board. until at length
they We're alongside the big black sides of
the transport towering above them a line
had just been thrown the tug when an i'm
rnense wave lifted the little boat with VIII
A Snow, who was reaching over the taf-
frail. and dashed il against the big vessel
Another wave rolled in and the reporter
lost his balance just the ciutching sea
plLcked him into the darkness. Under the
moon he grappled with the waves without
avail \ Cry out of the night was the final
sound his comrades heard as his begging
hand fingered the air and disappeared The
body -,, Sf w, WI SNOW was swept away
a happy island in the unknown summer
seas.
The impressive memorial services began
to-day with beautiful organ voluntary
by Professor F. o. Marvin Dur
ing the progIe ess of the music Chancellor
Snow entered with his wife and two
and Miss Edith Snow, who lives in Law
renee. Memters of the various fraternity
chapters caEe in III bodies and General
with Mrs. Funston, was also an
eral Wilder Metcalf. The university facui- |
ty came in together Among them We're
Professors Ephriam Miller, J. W. Green,
w. II. CarrUth r. o. Marvin. e II s
Bailey. A. NJ. Wilcox, Lucius Elmer Sayre' |
Arthur G. Garfield. Lucien l. Blake l. +
Dyche. F. w. Blackmar, c. G. Dunlap. g.
B. Penny. s w Wiiiston. c. A Preyer,
olin Templin, F. II. Holder, E. " Hop