The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-14
NOTABLE FUNERAL
Thousands Attend Burial Ser
vices of Suffragette.
Threatened Police Interference
Failed to Develop.

London, June 14.-Suffragettes, mill
liant as well nonmilitant, came
from all parts of England today for
the funeral of Miss Emily WiIding
Dawson, who met her death while in
terfering with the kings horse in the
derby of June 4. A special train
brought the body of the woman suf-
frage martyr from EPSON to Vic
toria station, where a procession of g.
900 women was waiting to escore it
across the city through the principal
streets to ST. Georges church, Blooms
bury, where the service was held.
Crowds gathered early in the morn
ing in the vicinity of the militant suf-
fragette headquarters, where the blinds
were down and huge banner hung at
half mast. Many detechments of Wc-
men arrived from the provinces to
participate in the parade. They were
dressed in white with purple sashes.
They wore black bands around their
arms and carried bouquets and wreathS
of white flowers. Twenty brass bands
furnished the music for the process
sion.
There was a great display of ban
ners. bearing such legends as:
Fight on, God will give the victory"
or "Unconquerable and not afraid
The train bearing the coffin left Ep
som station soon after IL o'clock. The
coffin was covered with a purple pail
and was accompanied to London by
Miss Davidson's brother and a suf-
fragette guard of honor.
The program arranged last night was
for the funeral procession to pass
through the main streets of London be-
tween Victoria station and Blooms
bury. This morning the officials of
Scotland Yard suggested the women
should parade through the quieter
streets. The suffragette leaders became
n hicrh hIxy ind
would pay no attention to the police.
The possibility of collision thus SEEM
ed large.
The funeral procession started at
Victoria station at O'Clock. The cof-
fin, covered with flowers, was in an
open hearse drawn by four black
horses.
The bands played dirges. while the
members of the various women socie-
ties fell into line behind the hearse.
each group headed by its banner and
all wearing mourning emblems. Enor-
nous crowds surrounded the station,
making progress difficult. The parade
was divided into eleven sections The
suffra gettes marched in fours, all car
rying flowers.
The coffin was in the middle of the
procession and the clergy of ST.
Georges church, Bloombury, march
ed at the head. The rector of the
church, DR.. Baumgarten, had address,
ed a statement that he was not a sym
pathizer with the women's militant tao
tics.
With the exception of Mrs. EmmeIine
Pankhurst, who was rearrested to-
day and General Mrs. Flora Drum
mond. who is i'll. all the leaders of the
miltants occupied prominent places in
the procession. Owing to the crowd,
the cortege moved slowly. A young
woman at the head, dressed entirely
iY, iod q
The bands played dead march
There was some slight booing here
and there, but the crowds for most
part were orderly and sympathetic
A deal of confusion and commotion
was caused by the report that the po-
lice would compel the paraders to pro-
ceed through secluded streets. There
was no serious trouble. however.