Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-02-06
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Richmond Pa High Tribuse to the
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Threng Assebles at the Statiea-
The Funers Partv--ScI Meredith
Post G. A. : and High School Ca
dets Perfordkailitary Hsnsrs.

| dets Perfor1Dailitary Hsssrs.
The special ain bearing the re
mains OF the he General Lawton,
arrived last esniEg at exactly 5:3o
o clock from Z Wayne over the g.
r. and l. and few minutes before
o'c clock the trh once more resumed
its journey Indianapolis, where
the body will X in state in the CAPT
tol building tdhy and tonight. From
Indianapolis ttbody viii be taken t.
Washington. [ c., where the final
funeral SERVED will be held
The train bdring the dead hero $
remains and accompanying fu-
neral party VT special, made up
of four cars, OF express car, CON-
bination sleep{ and baggage car, in
which were }aeral Lawton s re-
mains, an eleghtly furnished sleeper
and obsevatid ear and an ordinary
day coach.
Word vas fist received that the
train would arrive at 7:45 o clock.
Afterwards the hour was changed to
7:35, and stiilSater to 7:30, SO the
party arrived in this city as
elsewhere atead of schedule
time. AS 4 slowly pulled
into the st,tion the immense
gathering of ppple lined up on the
south sids olthe train and many
heads We've bard in respectful atti-
tude, the impressive silence giving
evidence of tie sincere honor in
which Indiana greatest general was
held.
The train wa hauled by G. r. & l.
engine numberl2 and remarkably
fast run was m$le to this city. The
special left Fat Wayne at 5:0S last
night and reacled this city at 1;3o,
covering the sntire distance of 92
miles IN littleover two hours and
twenty inmates Next to the engine
was the baggage car in which was
the favorite pony of General
Lawton son. Manley. The
pony's namr is Aguinaldo
and is priced vty highly by young
Manley. 1t was brought from the
Philippines and viii be sent to
friends in Louisville, Ky, where it
will he taken care of during the win
ter. Next to this car was the flu
neral car bearing the heavily draped
casket and guarSed by two members
of the military secort.
There was no Insignia upon the out
side of the train to indicate it's so.-
emn mission, but inside of the fu-
neral car in which the casket rested
the sides aud roof were completely
hidden from view behind the national
colors and heavy bands of Grape. III e
sealcd casket. enclosed.
in a heavy Yrso6S8 Dox, stood upon a
dais iA the eastern end of the Cal, and
was< completely concealed by the
f.s1ted States Aags which encircled
II while on top o. the casket was a
pYofusion of wreatbs of wax flowers
winch had been placed thereon prior
TO the departure from Manila.
The funeral car was in charge of a
special military escort, consisting OF
the orderlies of General Lawton dur
ing his campaign in the Philippines,
and two men were constantly pacing
beside the casket. This escort was
headed by Sergeant Joseph Simon of
the Fourth United States infantry,
who is now the only enlisted man in
the army who was a member of the
famous troop B of the Fourth cav
airy when Captain Lawton com
it in the campaign against
the Apache chief, Geronimo, in 1884.
Sergeant Simon carried General Law
ton S division flag during the Philip
pine campaign.
Next to the funeral car was the
handsome sleeper and observation
,ar and attached to this was the day
coach, in which were the railroad
men and others not directly connect
I'd with the funeral party.
Major General William R. Shafter
was in charge of the train, three ears
Of which were the same the party
has occupied since leaving San Fran
cisco. With General Shafter were
Lieut.. Eugene Wilson, third artil-
cry, aide to General Shafter; Mrs.
Lawton and her four children, Man
ley, Frances, Katherine and
Louise; Lieut.. Col. c. r. Ed
wards, Capt E. L. King and Capt
Robert Sewen of General Lawton 5
staff, Chaplain Charles E. Pierce,
Mrs. Samuel Gulbertson and Miss
Fannie Craig of Louisville, KY, the
two latter being sisters of Mrs. Law
ton, who joined the train at Chicago.
Along with General Shafter and
under his protecting care, the same
as if he were his own son, was the
little Cuban boy, Mariana Utrero,
and he is well taken care of.
At this point the entire party left
the train and partook of a hearty
supper in the depot dining room, the
meal having been especially prepared
for the occasion. The party in going
from the train to the dining room
passed between two lines of G.. A.
Z. veterans who stood on either side
with heads uncovered. The scene
was most impressive one and the
simple ceremony was appreciated by
the party, who were not expecting a
showing of any kind at this place
When the party passed to the train
after the meal they proceeded
between the ranks of the high hoo
cadets who also stood with
heads until al
were on the train. The
Cadets presented a handsome ap-
pearance and were in charge of Gaal
c. Williams. whe gave orders in true
military style After the party were
once more comfortably seated in the
train the cadets lined up along tht
south side of the funeral car and "a
the train slowly pulled out of the
station the comm an to uncover was
quickly obeyed. Many others n the
depot also lifted their hats tbs
last tribute to their dead favor1ee.
During the tw. ty-fve minut stay
of the distingui he'd party in tn seit,
the central figures of attraction
were Malor-Geaeral Shafter and
Mrs Lawton with her family O
bright children. The windows abou'
the dining room were crowded with
those who were glad of chance o
seeing sucl a distinguished American
- GararaJ & .affar