The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1914-06-13
GOLOf|ELD PAYS
TRIBUTE TO DEAD
FUNERAL SERVICES OVER RE-
MAINS OF AUTO ACCIDENT
VICTIMS

With all local business places and
mines closed. the people of Goldfield
generally. reinforced by no fewer
than three hundred residents of the
camp of Tonopah, members of va
rious organizations Thursday af-
ternoon paid final tribute in the Hip
podrome theater to the memory of
DR.. E. A. Wheeler, Cyrus Rice. Her.
man Krieger and Daniel Falvey, the
four victims of the automobile acci-
dent on the lower Tonopah road,
eleven miles north of Goldfield, early
Tuesday morning. The services were
simple but deeply impressive.
Every available foot of space in the
big theater was occupied and no few
er than fifteen hundred perons who
were unable to gain admission stood
in the streets near the structure
while the exercises were in progress.
The vastness of the multitude attest
ed in no uncertain manner the high
esteem in which all of the deceased
were held, not only by their fellow
members of the various fraternal Or
ganizations with which they were af-
fiiliated, but by the citizens generally
of Tonopah and Goldfield. The in
terror of the theater presented
scene that will long be remembered.
1t was a solid mass of humanity.
deeply depressed by the calamity
with had overtaken GoldneId. AL
most obscured from view by floral
pieces from various organizations and
loving friends, the caskets bearing
the remains of the unfortunate vic
tins of the catastrophe occupied
positions at the front of the stage.
Services at Theater
Under the auspices of Mckinley
Lodge No. 26, Knights of Pythias,
of which all of the deceased were
members, the services opened with
violin solo, Mendelssohn's "Consola-
tion," by Prof. Thorpe, accompanied
by Mrs. f. p. Cooke on the piano.
After prayer by Rev. J. l.. Collins.
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church, ..yhs Vacant Chair" was rem
dered by a double quartette cOmpOs-
ed OF Walter Jenkinson, e. Pritchard
Smith, Roger Downer, c. H. Olds,
DR.. Ducey, O. T. Conover, Thomas
Phelan and Bert Ward, with Mrs. M.
II. Dannenberg as organist. The
ritualistic service of the Knights OF
Pythias was read by Chancellor Com
mander A. H. Redmond and Vice
Chancellor Commander Walter S.
Norris of Mckinley Lodge No. 26.
w. ID. HattOn for X. of p.
Speaking for the Knights of Pyth-
las, of which all four of the deceased
men were members, Grand Chancel-
lor w. d. Hatton, in part. said:
This is indeed one of the most
solemn occasions that our town has
ever experienced. We are here this
afternoon as members of some of
the great fraternal organizations and
to our departed brothers, and to ex-
press to their families our respect
and sympathy. Many of our fellow
citizens have come from our neigh
boring city to join in this demonstra-
tion of love and sympathy. We ap-
preciate their presence today.
This gathering is indeed an evil
dence of the high character, the ster-
ling manhood of the men whose loss
we now mourn. To the families of
our departed brothers, this gather
ing must stand out as an evidence OF
the brotherhood of men, and as an
evidence of the fatherhOOd of a
wise and loving God. To the moth
ers, the wives, the brothers and sis
ters, the children of these, our broth.
ers, our sympathy goes out today.
But in this, their hour of sorrow,
they have the consolation of knowing
that their departed loved ones were
men among men-loyal, upright and
true. They sleep secure in the prom
Use of bright dawn of reverend
ing day"
G. E. McKenna, prelate Of McKin-
ley Lodge. then. delivered brief
address. after which Jacob Arm sans
Face To Face"
Other Addresses
Eulogistic addresses. extolling the
sterling qualities and noble charac-
ters of all the deceased, were also
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