Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-10
[. A. GARNER LAID AT REST
Hundreds Of SsrrsvilE Friends Follow
Remains to the Grave,
BEAUTIFUL FLORAL OFFERINGS rRoFUst
Many Ohicials Of American Express
Company Come from other cities
60 Attend FunerRl-Mr.
Gamers Career.

ina longest funeral procession prob
ably ever seen in this city followed the
remains OF Lafayette A.. Garner. lately as
~sistant general superintendent OF the Amer
lean Express company. 10 Prospect Hill
cemetery at 2 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The services at the vault In which the
remains were placed were brief, as also
had been those celebrated at the residence.
2539 California street. Rev. Thomas J.
Mackay, rector Of All Saints church, Of
heiated.
The honorary pallbearers were w. A.
Nsylor and R.. e. y. Cowie OF Chicago. d.
S. Elliott Of st. Paul. II. d. Fisher Of Flor
.ence, Wis, and John A. Creighton; J. J.
Dickey, j. r. Buchanan and J. H. Hurlburt
OF Omaha. The active pallbearers were w.
H. Baker OF Eldon, Ia; A. T. Payne OF
Kansas City, ]. w. Baker OF Missouri Val
ley, Ia; c. II. Mann Of Sioux City, and
G. G. Kettering and C. f. Finch Of Omaha.
The floral offerings were ~%profuse, of ex-
ceeding beauty and appropriate designs.
The casket was covered by a pail composed
Of white carnations, surrounding a center
piece of violets. This was sent by the COM
pany's employees In Nebraska and Iowa.
A striking group OF ffty-two American
Beauty roses. indicating the late Mr.. Gar
ner's age, was sent by General Manager
Antisdale of Chicago. A wreath resting on
an easel was sent by the employees in the
company's Chicago Offices. The officers Of
the company sent a beautiful floral design,
the emblem Of the Northwestern Railroad
company. The flowers will be distributed
probably today among the various Omaha
HOSPITALS.
From other Cities.
Among those who attended the funeral
were: j. H. Gates. superintendent in Mil
waukee, Wis. F. B. Daniels, superintend-
emit In st. Paul; F.. ID. Adams. superintend-
emit in st. Louis; d. S. Elliott, general man
ager of the Great Northern Express COM
pany, st. Paul; and the following agents
OF the American Express company: John
Flynn, Dubuque, Ia; A. d. Naylor, Sioux
City, Ia; G. f. Demuth, Des Moines, Ia;
p. l.. Merriman, Clinton, Ia; G. G. Nash,
Waterloo, Ia; John Tester, Fort Dodge,
Ia; c.. w. Jones, Boone, Ia; James Ken
nedy. Norfolk, Ia; M. A. Pinney, Burling-
ton, Ia; C. H. Mann, Sioux City, Ia; G.
F. Kennedy, Lincoln, Neb,, and NJ. A.
Repass, Fremont, Neb.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Bird Of st. Louis,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Payne Of Kansas City,
Mr.. land Mrs. J. w. Baker Of Missouri VAL
ley, Ia. Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Baker of
Eldon, Ia, Mr.. and Mrs. II. d. Fisher OF
Florence, Wis, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ehrhardt
Of Staunton, Neb.
The Chicago ~oficials came to Omaha in
the private car of General Superintendent
r. H. Ashton of the Chicago & North
western railroad.
Mr.. Garner rose to the position Of as
sistant general superintendent Of the Amer
lean Express company, with headquarters
In Omaha. from the obscure position Of
local agent, Gin 1866, OF the United States
Express company, at Alpine, Ia, a station
on the old Des Moines Valley railroad.
From the fall Of 1867 until July, 1874, he
was connected with several mercantile COM
panfes, when he became a clerk Of the
American Express company in Council
Bluffs. la. From this position he became
agent at C~reston, Ia, cashier In the COM
pany's Omaha office. route agent, in 1880,
of the Missouri division, Kansas City;
joint agent, in 1885, OF the American and
Wells, Fargo & Co. in Omaha, and, in 1885,
he was appointed superintendent of the
Iowa division Of the American Express
company, with headquarters in Des Moines.
Ia.
In 1888 the name of this division was
changed to the Iowa and Nebraska division
and the headquarters were removed to
Omaha. Mr.. Garner became general super
intendent of the company's western division
In 1889. this division comprising the states
Of Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri, and the
Black Hills district In South Dakota. The
western division was afterward merged
with the Northeastern division, and Mr..
Garner again became superintendent Of the
Iowa and Nebraska division. On April 1.
1901, his title was changed, to that Of assist
ant general superintendent.