Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-02
CHARLESE. MORCANFUNERAL
Services Are Attended BY Lsrgs Humber
and Are Affecting.
BURIAL is At woODBNE, IOWA
N. @. Burns, who Had Premonition
of UntimeIy Death, is Laid
at Rest at Forest
Lawn.

| The FUNERAL services over the body OF tho
late Charles E Morgan were held Tuesday
morning from $3.50 to II o'clock at Calvary
Baptist church. Twenty-ffth and Hamilton
streets. and were largely attended. Among
the friends who assembled TO nay their
last tribute were many OF the leading
citizens of Omaha. The services were
Jointly conducted by Rev. e. r. Curry OF
the Calvary Baptist church, Rev. ]. w.
Conley Of the First Baptist church and
Rev. B. F. Fellman of, Grace Baptist
church. The services throughout were of
deeply impressive interest, the music
being especially beautiful
The eulogy was delivered by Rev B. f.
Fellman. lifelong friend OF Mr.. Morgan.
and was an affecting tribute to the Chris
tian character OF Mr.. Morgan. The eulogy
was simply narrative of his life, spoken
with the deepest feeling from the heart
of friend. At the end, when Rev. Mr.
Fellman, with HIS voice trembling with
the deepest emotion. babe his friend GOOD
night good night" as he leaned over the
casket there was scarcely a dry eye in
the entire audience.
Numerous Floral Tributes.
The floral tributes were very numerous
and beautiful Among them was white
horal pillow with the word victory in
vlolets' the tribute OF close friends in the
church. Another was handsome wreath
from the Baraca class, an anchor from
the Ancient Order Of United workmen. a
large cluster OF American Beauty roses
from the Omaha Bar association. a floral
Offering from Grace Baptist church and
numerous other tributes from personal
friends and one or two other organizations
to which Mr.. Morgan belonged
Tho Il1,~
Sunday school class. were: Gilbert earn
enter. Joseph Heinricksen, Ray Phillips.
Edward Smith. Cole Yeoman and Thomas
Estelle
Upon the conclusion of the services at |
the church a large number of friends |
followed the body to the depot preparatory |
to its being conveyed to woodbine, Ia.
where interment will be made. The mother. |
father and brother accompanied the body |
to Woodbine.
Mr.. Morgan, who had been a law partner
OF John c. Wharton and ] II. Adams. had
been sick for months and for weeks he had
endured excrucating agony, the af1ictiou
being cancer of the throat. He displayed
fortitude and physical power to stand
pain which were amazing even to his ply
sician' DIR. Martha e. Clark, an old friend
or the family, as well as friends and rela-
e'SS' MS SpceCn leII MIN weeks ago and /
his hearing was almost totally gone. He
knew long time prior to death that the
end was merely a matter of time, and
awaited 1t with cheerfulness that was af-
fecting.
PremonitiOn of His Death.
The funeral of N. G. Burns, aged
a. brakeman for the BurIing-
ION, who fell off a freight car last
at Union City and sus-
-ained injuries from which he died two
1ours later, was held at 9 a. m Tuesday
rom the undertaking parlors of HOFFMAN
Z Gentlemen. Ipterment was had at Forest
Lawn cemetery. Heris survived by a wife,
whom he married in Omaha about three
years ago. The funeral was largely at
ended by friends and associates OF the
amily, as Mr.. Burns had been a switch ,
nan in the Omaha yards for several years /
PRIOR to his accepting the position Of brake !
nan.
The widow said her husband had a pre- :
nonition of his death on the morning he ,
started on his run. which was only his ,
bird time out. While he was combing his ,
lair that morning a cat, the pet of Mrs
Burns, jumped on his lap, and he remarked
hat he wondered IL that was an omen of
Dad luck. After received his injuries and
ust before his death he said:
WELL 1 guess that cat jumping on my
APP this morning brought the bad luck, all
light"