Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-08

moved SLOWLY to the east and down Chihuahua avenue to the depot. Following the services many had taken vantage points in their resi- dences to view the last journey of Col. Greene from his magnificent cananea home. Hats were doffed along the line cf the procession and heads were bowed las the hearse passed Flags were at half mast and upon posts and the doors of business houses were crepes in token of mourning.
 Remains Placed on Car.
 The remains of the deceased were placed aboard the private car ''Ver- de" which has come to be famous fthroughout the cauntry as the trav- cling home of the Cananea copper man. The Verde" was attached to a special train of two cars which ran to Naco and was attaches to the regular train west 'rhe spe. depot to await the arrival of Mrs. Greene, who was under the care of a physician and who, it was feared for a time, would not be able to make the trip to Los An geles. where the remains will be inferred. Again the body was plac- ed in state on the Verde" and number of people boarded the car before leaving in the the effort to gaze again on the familiar feat ures. The body will lie in state or the journey to Los Angeles and will lie in state there until inter ment takes place. In charge of the funeral direction were Under taker Dugan of Bisbee, pr. Bledsoe of Bisbee and Gaston Schobb, the we'll known merchant of Cananea.
 People at the Depot.
 At the depot when the special pulled out were several thousand people. many of whom walked to the railroad following the funeral procession: As the body was plac- cd on the train it left forever the scene of is former activities, the smoke of tEe great smelters were hidden from view and the bFoad acres over which the cattle of Col Greene grazed from Can anea to Naco and west shimmersd through the windows as the train hurried on to the last resting place
  which his genius erected in the place of hurre trail to the Can aEea mountains. Below the car Verde lay the valley in which the finaneier made his one great mistake. when he lost over s1.000, ,000 in a milf Ito reclaim the copper from the mud from his concentra- sors. a process that failed beeuuse of a fatal mistake in the assay. Behind the body was left the thriv- ing city of. Cananea and the cop. per mines which at present have a productive capacity of 100000, ,0e9 pounds annually.
 Relatives Accompany Remains
 Accompanying the remains on the special were the relatives of Col. Greene and one or two close friends Of the family. They were Mrs. GTeeHe, the widow; Mrs. Virginia .Sneed, daughter of the deceased, Frank Moson, stepson of Col. Greene, C., C. Chase, a nephew, and Mrs. Chase: Mir. and Mrs. F. Kirk, Mir. aud Mrs. Frank Proctor Of Los Angeles, parents oS Mrs. Greene. and Chas WisWall. iosiIla5sA OA t-S 0tGSAc 4uAnIltS properties.
 The mines at Cananea were clos ed yesterday so that the employees of the companies ct Cananea might attend the funeral. and the furnaces were banked All saloons wers closed. as were business houses.
 Disposition or Properties.
 What disposition will be made of the Greene properties has not Jeen announced aud it was stated yesterday by a close friend of the family that no decision had yet been reached with reference to this matter. The Greene properties, be- sides the interest held in the va rious mining properties of the Can anea district. include many thou sands of acres of land and cattle No estimate of the actual wealth of Col. Greene at the time of his death could be made. No recent figures had been compiled as to the number of cattle owned by the deceased. Whether the landed es- tate will be divided up and sold to individual purchasers or whether t will be disposed of in a body has HUI BEtM AEIInt1 t1R1- gHSEiS Vi do heavily insured in a number Of life insurance companies. s109.000 being held in the New York Life.
 As Q mark of honor to Col. Greene the Southern Pacific lines of Mexico delegated Vic. W. Ben nett, well known in Bisbee and former conductor on the run from Naco to Cananea. to run the spe. cial to and from the funeral. Mir. Bennett is now instructor and ex- aminer in time fable and standard rules of the Southern Pacific ln Mexico, stationed at EmpaIme, on the west coast of Sonora. For nine years he had hadled the late cop per king to and from cansnea on almost every trip made by Col : Greene and 1t was for this reason that he again went into the ranks of a conductor on the occasion of the Greene funeral