The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-15
IN MEMORY OFSAM DIVERSIFIED
All HOnOrs, Public and Private, VIII
be Paid the Deceased

Guthrie, o. l., Nov 14.-Attorney Gen
eral Harper S. Cunningham and Ex-
United States District Attorney c. r.
Brooks, representing the territorial bar,
left this morning for Franklin. Ind, to
attend the funeral Of the late United
States Attorney Samuel L. Overstreet.
Otto Bekemeyer, a close personal friend
of the deceased attorney, accompanied
the party. The representatives Of the
Oklahoma bar were selected a a meeting
Of Guthrie attorneys in the district court
room yesterday. As soon as the news Of
Mr.. Overstreets death reached this city
Judge Burford adjourned court for the
day and a meeting Of the bar association
was called. 1t was decided to mold
memorial services at some date in the
near future, which all members Of the
territorial bar viii be invited to attend,
and Attorney General Cunningham
Judge George S Green and ]. W. Nc
Neal were named to propose suitable
resolutions to be submitted at the meet
ing. An expression of sympathy was
wired to Mr.. Ooverstreet's parents at
Franklin, Ind. to which the following
reply from Mr.. Overstreet's father was
received:
Franklin Ind, Nov. 18. 1899.
Hon. A. H. Huston, or Roy Hoffman,
Guthrie O. T.:
Il greatly appreciate the kindness of
the Guthrie Bar association in these times
of trouble. The funeral of my son will
occur here Thursday next
&c. NJ. OTERSTREET"
1t is probable that the government and
territorial offices here will be closed on
Thursday, the day Of the funeral The
death of Mr.. Overstreet has caused
genuine feeling of sorrow which is
strengthened as the realization of the
blow becomes greater. Mr.. Overstreet
numbered warm friends among people in
every walk Of life, and the grief express
e3 is universal
Deputy Auditor F. P McCabe today
expressed the regard which the late
United States attorney was held by the
coiored people. as follows:
The large colored element in the ter
ritory share in the emotions incident to
the loss Of a tried and true friend in the
death of Samuel L. Overstreet so that
almost to a man they express intense
.srief at what they characterize as their
personal loss With this class. genial
am Overstreet possessed no faults His
ever-we,come Ito them) come in. boys
was SO familiar to them all as against the
usual formal mode Of most men whose
-taton in lfe was akin to his thaht they
feel that they have indeed lost their best
friend. From them his free advice and
eyer-helping hand was never withheld
and no time or place was by him held 70
sacred to welcome to his presence the
humblest of their race. His Office was
rarely exempt from the presence of some
member of the race seeking his help and
they have Vet to record a refusal from
him. What manner of man can fiji his
place is the query they are making
Their grief IS genuine"
The State Capital says editorially: 1T
was said for the departed during his life
time that he had more real friends in the
territory among all classes than any man.
What We're the qualities that gave him
that heart-tie to all who knew him? He
was generous To a fault He had inf
mite charity. lie was tender as a child.
lie was absolutely truthful. These were
his intrinsic qualities An his virtues
were for the good Of others all his faults
We're but 10 the injury of himself.
No matter how much a man may
achieve for himself no matter how great
he becomes. If those around him have
been the worse that he has lived. II he
has crushed and oppressed all he came in
contact with. his life 10 the world has
been nothing. The deceased
had no distinction Of class. He loved his
fellow-men and had the utmost confidence
In them. In official OF private life he
who once met him was tied to him with
hooks Of steel. Hence the heritage OF
friendship left his friends is rood that
viii not die but continue pleasure -