Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-06-19
DUE HOMAGE PAID
SUFFRAGE MARTYR
BY BRITISH WOMEN

i-ohuoH June l6.-SufragetS. mill
tant as we'll as nonmilitant came from
all parts of England today for the
FUNERAL of Emily Wilding Dawson.
who met her death while Interfering
with the kings horse in the derby on
June A.
:, A special train brought the body of
the woman suffrage martyr" from
EPSON to Victoria station. where a
procession of 5000 women was waiting
to escort it across the city through tine
principal streets to ST Georges
church. Bloomsbury, where the serv-
ices were held
Crowds gathered early in the morn
ing In the vicinity of the militant
suffraget headquarters, where the
blinds were down and a huge banner
hung at half mast. Many detach,nents
OF women arrived from the provinces
to participate in the parade. They
We're dressed in white with purple
sashes. They wore black bands round
their arms and carried boquets and
Wreaths of white flowers. Twenty
brass bands furnished the music for
the procession.
There was great display of ban
ners, bearing such legends as Flight
on! God will give the victory" or
Unconquerable and not afraid"
"Suh" Guard Of Honor
The train bearing the Coffin left the
Epson station soon after L o'clock.
The coffin was covered with a purple
pail and was accompanied to London
by Miss Dawson S brother and suf-
fraget guard of honor
The program arranged last night
was for the funeral procession to pass
through the main streets of London
between Victoria station and Blooms
bury. This morning the officials of
Scotland Yard suggested that the
women should parade through the
qu1eter side streets. The suffraget
leaders became highly indignant and
to the police.
The possibilities of collision thus
doomed large.
March to Drge Strains.
The funeral procession started from
Victoria station al 9 o'clock. The cof-
open hearse drawn by four black
horses The bands played dirges while
the members of the various women's
societies fell into line behind the
hearse, each group headed by it's ban
ner and all wearing mourning emblems.
normous crowds surrounded the sta
ton, making progress difficult.
The parade was divided into II sec
tons. The suffragets nached in tours,
all carrying flowers.
The coffin was in the middle of the
procession and the clergy of St
treoi SS > CHuTS.u. BLOOMSBURY, l0archGd
at the head The rector of the church.
DR.. Baumgarten, had issued a state
ment that he was not a sympathizer
With the womens militant tactics.
No Trouble Experienced.
With the exception of Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst. who was rearrested to-
day. and General" Mrs. Flora Drum
inond who is ill. all the leaders of the
militant organization occupied promi-
nent places in the procession
Owing to the dense throng of spec
tators the funeral procession moved
very slowly. "A young woman at the
head. dressed entirely in white car
ried cross aloft, The bands played
the Dead March,"
There was some Slight booing here
and there. but the crowds We're for the
most part orderly and sympathetic.
A deal of confusion and commotion
vas caused by the report that the POI
lice would compel the paraders to
proceed through secluded streets
There was no serious trouble, how
ever.