Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-02-24
.FALkENBuRc At REST
HEAD coMsuL's GRAND FUNERAL
Chief offieer Of the woodmsn Of the
World Has One Of the Largest
Funerals Ever known
In Colorado.

Worio Vae One OF tne lAF3eeS
Funerals Ever Known
In Colorado.
Denver. Feb. eO.-The funeral of +.
4. Faikenburg. head consul OF the
wOodmen of the Work. Pacific Juris-
diction. and president OF the interna-
iional Fraternai Congress. was prob
ably the largest and most elaborate
that has ever occurred in Denver. Ey-
cry camp of woodmen turned oui in
force, and every traternai organization
In the city sent representatives 10
honor the president OF their congress-
Fully 1000 people. II In estimated. as
semhled around Trinity church after
the services. and on account Of the
crowd the funeral procession was con
Quoted only with the greatest difficulty.
AT 2 O'Clock In the afternoon. the
hour set for the services. Trinity
church was literally packed with men
aud women OF Woodcraft. A special
detail OF police In charge OF ohicer
Hunt WAS stationed at the doors and
inside TO preserve order.
The casket containing the body OF
the dead consul was placed In front oil
the pulpit. near the front seats. which
were occupied by Mrs. FaikenburI and
the Immediate relatives and friends.
during the services. Al the front OF
the rosirum sni Sovereign Commander
]. e. Root of Omaha, the succeeding
head consul. John Foley Of Los An
geies: Rev. Frost Craft OF Trinity
church. ". c. Hnwlcy OF Salem. Ore
gon. chairman Of the board OF head
managers. and Head Clerk !. ]. Boak OF
Denver.
The pulpit was decorated with beau
tifui and costly floral cmbicms sent
from all parts of the Pacific division.
II was one OF the largest floral displays
ever seen nj funeral In Denver. The
largest piece costing 5000 was or
dcred by Wow Wow Camp No. jog. In
the center was design given by Camp
No. l. OF which Mr.. Falbenburs was a
member. To the right was beautiful
design. "Thc Gates AjaT." sent from
Oakland, California. II required seven
carriages to transport the foral oncr'
ings to the cemetery.
In the choir loft Mt the church were
the members of the woodmcn Of the
World male chorus. which rendered
two selections under direction OF Prof.
Gwllym Thomas. The opening selcc-
tion was "oh. Paradise" and Mt the
close the chorus sang Lead. Kindly
Light"
Special trains arrived during the
morning from Pueblo. Leadvillc. Boui.
der and numerous other points. bring.
Ing driil teams and other members OF
tho order. who were given scnts within
the church, 80 far ns possible.
Short addresses were made by the
Rev. Frost Craft. J. c. Root. sovereign
commander: W. G. Hnwlcy. chairman
Of the head board Of managers: John
Foley and ]. I. Boak.
Mrs. ". J. whitcman sang solo.
In his address Professor W. c. Haw-
ley iikcned Fnlkcnburg TO handful OF
clay that has gone through the FUR
mace nnd come out diamond. sap
phirc and nm opal.
"Hc wns always friend OF the Wild
owed and fnthcrlcss." said Professor
Hawlcy. ''and in his lifetime he caused
upwards of 100000 TO be spent for
their benefit. He erected monuments
to his dead brothers. which. II put end
TO end. would reach higher than the
lofticst peak in the Rockies.
Let that be his monument"
Mai. A. II. Williams was marshal OF
the day, his aides being Gen. W. II.
Cherrier. Col. John Campion. Capt.
Paul Smith, Mai. II. NJ. Libby and Col.
Nyman. the later of Cheyenne.
The drill companies were us follows:
No. 9. from Pueblo. Capt. II. c. Noble;
No. Is from Golden. Capt. VIII Mcln-
tyre; No. 12 of Leadville. Capt. WI.
liam Youe: No. IA OF Cheyenne. Capt.
A. j. Matthew's: No. e5 of Denver.
Cant. J. Floyd Nef: No. 1856 of Colo
rndo City. Capt. Thomas ]. Sullivan:
No. 30 of Pueblo. Capt. II. J. Sparr: No.
8 Of Colorado Springs, Capt. +. p. Mar
tin: No. 81 of Longmont. Capt. w. w.
Jones: No. So OF Loveland. Capt. John
Sherman: No. 15S Of Denver. Capt.
Charles Sampson. No. 10 of Denver.
Capt. ]. G. Bonnell: No. 40 of Denver.
Capt. VIM. Heinig: No. "A of Fort Lup-
ton, Capt. j. G. Freuden; No. OF Den
yer, Capt. w. Il. Woodman.
Services were held at Fairmount cem-
etery according to the ritual of the or
der. and an immense gathering was
present.