Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-11
COLONEL TURK BURIED
SERVICES OVER REMAINS AT
RALEIGH, N. c.
Victim of Pneumonia, His Death Fol-
lowing Brief lllness-Native
of Virginia.

late~ Col. VIM. A. Turk, passenger traffic
manager of the Southern railway, who
died at his apartments in the Mendoza
apartment house in this city Saturday even
ing at 6:4o O'clock. were held in Raleigh
N. c., this morning. The remains were
conveyed to Raleigh Sunday in a special
train over the Southern Railway. accom-
panied by Mrs. Turk. Miss Margaret Turk.
Mr.. Rudolph Turk. Col. R. S. Turk. editor
of the Staunton Spectator, Of Staunton.
Va, brother of Col. Turk; Mrs. r. s.
Turk, Miss Pattie Mordecai, a sister of Mrs.
Turk Mr.. George Little of Raleigh, DR..
Mckee of Raleigh, c.. H. Ackert. general
manager of the Southern railway; C. b.
Northrup, special attorney for the road;
Col. j. z. Mintree, purchasing agent: Col
l.. s. Brown. Col Gordon, NJ II. Dooley
chief law agent: J. A. Dodson, superindend-
ent of constructions: ]. NJ CuIp. fourth
vice president; s. III. Hardwck general
passenger agent; Alex. s. Thweatt, eastern
passenger agent, of New York; w. Ii. Tay-
Toe, assistant general passenger agent of
atlanta; J. b. Thompson, general agent of
Atlanta; d. Cardwell, assistant general
freight agent. of Columbus, s. c.; d. L.
Winstead. who was Col. Turks private sec
rotary: Charles L. Hopkins of Philadelphia;
3. j. Pence, correspondent of the Raleigh
Post; Z. Il. Ryan, general passenger agent
of the Seaboard Air Line; Charles E. Har-
mon, general passenger agent of the West
ern and Atlantic, of Atlanta; DIR. K. Berk-
ley OF Staunton, Va: c. A. Beuscoter of
Chattanooga: II. T.. Hutchfngs of Memphis
Joseph Richardson of Atlanta.
While Colonel Turk had been in bad
health for some months. he was not re-
garded as being seriously i'll until Wednes-
DAY last. when pneumonia developed and
ne was compelled to take to his bed. The
early part of last week he went to New
York with one of his sons on a pleasure
trip. He was at his office all of Wednes-
day, but Immediately upon leaving his Of
flee he went home, complaining Of feeling
i'll, and went to bed.
At an early hour Thursday morning he
awakened with chill, and DIR. Glazebrook
found the upper and lower lobes of the
left lung were congestsd, and later in the
day this congestion became acute, ard
pneumonia developed rapidly. DIR. Thayer,
the Johns Hopkins specialist. was sum
moned IN C rs citation, and cam. ever at
once, and again on Friday Colonel Turk
began to sink rapidly, and it was seen
that nothing could be done to save his
life. He remained conscious up to within
two hours of his DEATH.
Native Of Virginia.
Colonel Turk was born in Augusta
county, Va, and was fifty-three years old
He received his early education in a pub
lie school and later attended Roanoke Col
lege. Shortly after leaving college he be-
came connected with one of the branches
of what is now the Southern railway. as
soliciting agent. His work and ability at
tracted the attention of bis superiors, and
he had constantly risen in the ranks until
at his death he stood very close to the
highest pinnacle
Colonel Turks first important promotion
was assistant general passenger and
freight agent of the Western North Caro-
lima railroad. Then he became assistant
general passenger agent of the Richmond
nd Da In md tad 10
the general passenger agency of the road,
with headquarters in Washington.
When the Richmond and Danville was
reorganized and became the Southern,
Colonel Turk was continued as general pas
senger agent. This position he filled with
distinction to himself and the company
for years, and about two years ago he
was promoted to be passenger traffic man-
ager of the Southern, which Office was
created for him in recognition of his
splendid servi to the company. He vas
an EXPIRE sident of the American Associa-
ton of General Passenger Agents.
Genial Qualities of Deceased.
Col. Turk was noted for his genial good
humor, his remarkably large physique and
especially lovable qualities, and his death is
incurred by large concourse of friends
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Thousands
of kilograms of coincidence were received at
the apartments in the Mendoza.
The funeral party on the trip to Raleigh
occupied two private cars, one Pullman
car and the rear part of combination
car. The front part of the combination car
carried the casket and floral tributes,
which were banked on all sides. Some of
the flower pieces were elaborate and in
Guided Immense wreaths, cross and crown,
ard masses of cut roses and lilies, many
of which had been sent by the business as
sociates and subordinates of Col. Turk
Among the flowers were pieces from the
employees of the passenger department of
the Southern railway, and the eastern rep
resentatiyes of the Southern railway.