The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-03
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Five Thousand Men Pass wet
Eyed Before Hurley Casket.
EmboWered in Flowers 1t Rested
in First Baptist Church.
SERVICES ARE SIMPLE.
Masons Take Charge Following
Brief Song Ceremony.
Railroad Men of Every Station
Attend the Funeral.
Then March in Solemn Process
sion to the Tomb.

The gre. est tribute ever given TO
the memory of man in Topeka was paid
this afternoon when almost 5000 people,
friends and associates of the late
James E. Hurley, marched in solemn
procession to his grave in the Topeka
cemetery. The funeral procession, the
floral donations, the friends who came
for hundreds of miles for the event and
the general spirit of mourning and
grief exhibited in Topeka and over the
5000 miles of Santa Fe system told Of
the loss and the love of the man who
served as general manager of the
Santa Fe in Topeka
Marching four abreast this vast pro-
cession on foot and the endless line of
carriages extended for many blc<s
from the Baptist church to the Topeka
cemetery.
The church services were simple and
short-just the kind that Mr.. Hurley
would have wished The singing of
two hymns, silent prayer, a solo by
Miss Irene Horner, the quartette music
by Mrs. Parkhurst, Miss Horner, Mr.
Pribble and Mr.. Hunt, and the Lord S
Prayer led by the Masonic bodies added
to the beauty of the services.
The body lay in state all forenoon i'll
the church embowered In flowers and
thousands of people passed for the last
time before all that is mortal of their
friend who died alone in a foreign
land far from those he loved.
Masons in Charge.
Immediately after the services at the
First Baptist church the Masons of
Topeka took charge. They accom-
panied the body in the funeral march
and to the grave and with their i'm
pressive and beautiful services they
lowered it in it's last resting place on
earth.
Mr.. Hurley was a member of Sloan
Lodge No. 225 of this city. This lodge
under the worthy mastership of George
w. Hart attended to all the details and
the presentation of the funeral rites.
The Masons who were in the funeral
line as Masons did not compose the en-
tire Masonic attendance at the funeral.
In every department and in every line
and body there were one or more Ma
sons. Instead of combining their
bodies the Masons preferred to allow
the railroad men to march in their de-
partment lines.
Thousands In Line.
The line of march to the grave at
the Topeka cemetery from the Fist
Baptist church undoubtedly was the
longest and the most representative
of any every held in Topeka 1t is
estimated that there were 5000 peo-
pie in this march-al people who
came to pay their respects to the
memory of Mr.. Hurley
There were at least 1000 railroad
men-most of them employees in To-
peka. Probably 400 out of town rail-
road men were in the city to attend
the funeral. The friends of Mr.. Hur-
ley from other walks in life number
ed about 1000.
It was a gathering that in numbers
and sentiment told of the
popularity and the love of James E.
Hurley. The Santa Fe contributed to
the immense funeral line, men from
all departments of their work.
President Ripley-one of the great
est railroad men of today, paid the
same tribute and the same respects
and felt the same loss as the section
men of different parts of Kansas, who
learned to know Jim" Hurley, as a
friend-as man who would walk
right down the track to them and
grasping their hands, call them by
their first name.
With bowed heads and with the
feeling of sadness this vast Santa Fe
army marched to the Topeka ceme-
terry and every man, every employee,
every official allowed the tears to
trickle down their faces-they were
not ashamed of their weakness in such
a time of grief.
The funeral procession left the
Baptist church, went one block east
on Ninth street, one block north on
Kansas avenue. four blocks east on
Eighth avenue then south to the Cary
residence and thence to the burial
grounds.
When the procession turned or
Eighth avenue. the columns which
had been marching four abreast, di-
vided into pairs with a double file or
each side Of the road. The entire di-
vision ahead of the hearse parted ir
this manner and bowling in reverence
they removed their hats while the
hearse drove slowly between them
When within short distance of the
burial ground the column divided
once more, the Masons, the family
the hearse and carriages going east
and encircling to the grave and the
employees and others going south
Swinging around slowly the two col
umns met at the grave where the Ma.
sonic ritualistic service was given anG
the benediction.
Among those who came from g
distance were F. o. Melcher. SECOND
vice president of the Rock Island a
Chicago; A. L. Mohler, general man.
ager of the Union Pacific at Omaha
j. Berlingett, general manager of the
Grand Island at st. Joseph; c. A
Fellows of Los Angeles and many 9th.
ers.
Order of the Funeral Procession.
The order of the funeral procession
from the Baptist church to the Topek;
cemetery was as follows, the head O
each department walking with his EN-
ployes:
apprentices.
Locomotive and erecting shops.
3-Boiler shops.
4-Blacksmith shops.
5-Water service and pattern shops
6-Passenger car shops.
Freight car shops.
S-Motive power clerks and test de