Omaha daily bee., 1917-01-11
.mous Plainsman Passes
Away at Home of His Sis
ter at Denver Near
Noon.
ILL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS
Famous Hero of Many Battles
Makes Gallant Fight Against
Death for Many Hours.
BREAK COMES ON MONDAY

the west owed hi'h' 'ne s'a'e ol .o'o,
rado will receive the body OF Colonel
William F, Cody Buffalo BilD, who
d;.d horo tod,v into Ire c,,;,o, SIM.
'>N " '"'O ~ ~ tN.-
uaE' thete ~ TIC Ill s'd'e io' 'ou'
hours.
Funeral services for Colonel Cody
are to be held Sunday afternoon
when the BODY will be placed in a re-
ceiving vault in a local cemetery, bu,
the burial will not take place until
next spring, probably Decoration day
when the body of one of the nations
most picturesque characters will be
inferred in a tomb hewn from the
rock at the top OF Lookout Mountain
near this city, Plans already are afoot
for the erection of, suitable monu-
ment at TINS hnal resting place
The Funeral Services.
The funeral services Sunday are to
be in charge of the Denver lodge OF
Elks, In accordance with the wish
of the diving scout, however, all the
societies to which he belonged are to
have a part in his funeral, including
the Grand Army of the Republic, the
Pioneer Society of Colorado and the
Cowboy Rangers of Denver, besides
the Eiks. The Masons will have
charge of the interment of the body
in its mountain tomb.
Aforementioned made at a CON
ference late TO-DAY for the BODY to lie
in state in the capitol Sunday morn
ing from 8 o'clock to noon. Leaders
of both houses of the legislature. now
in session, attended the conference
and agreed to secure the passage OF
the necessary Joint resolution tomor-
row. While the BODY lies in state at
the capitol a guard of honor will be on
duty.
T-.o,s u;,, Es.,-. podu
r. -,
tr, "a ai .oGps ;, WIN w ~ 49, E,,.s, Wv. hs uous
for the services, according to the
plans tonight. and other federal
troops are expected to march in the
funeral cortege.
Colonel Cody's Masonic affiliations
included membership in the Royal
Ach degree at North Platte, Neb, and
in the Knight Templar commandery
at the same place and membership in
the Shriners of Mecca Temple, New
York After Sundays services and
until placed in the tomb OH Lookout
Mountain the body will be in custody
of the Knights Templar here.
kilograms of coincidence III large
numbers have been pouring IN to the
home of the sister here, where Colonel
Cody had been staying for the last
few days. They included messages
from friends of high and low degree
all over the country. One from Presi-
dent Wilson and others IRON Lieu
tenant General Nelson A. Miles and
General Hugh L. Scott, chiet OF staff
were among the number.
Unconscious Since Morning.
co1ore, Codv d;.d =. 12.os , -,
VIII Colnnel Cody when death
came wore MS w;fe and darobter
,,,ha had h,rr,od dour fro,, 80,
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a. - M n.o, u ~. "n m Us ' r,,asj S, Il
C.d r ,oI 800. 80 " Dense. ] oo'th;, th;a
oouy nau O'e" III No'i" '''Ne ''''
mo, Glil, lnis, roa t.u,. a.o., -
ooi1ne, Couy lousht ueA.n % i.e
o'.e', lau oppoSea 1t Oh 'ne p'a'lis III
inc Gays "nen inc west was young
ou can XIII the oiu scout, nc
Wouio tel! MS physician whenever
MS condition would snow improve
And when tbc doctor told him his
life was ebbing Colonel Cody ac-
cepted his fate like a stole.
Directions for Funeral.
Let the Elks and Masons take
charge OF the funeral" he said to his
sister. Then he turned to his bust
ness affairs, making suggestions tor
their continuance.
Let US have game of high five,
he said after he had talked with his
family, And every one joined, the
colonel laughing and joking because
he was winning.
Since January 5. when he was hur-
ried back to his sisters home in Den
yer, the colonel has surprised all who
knew his real condition by great pow
ers of resistance. and recuperation.
One day his physician would see the
end within thlrty-six hours" and
then the colonel would rally and no
one would predict the exact outcome.
On January ., however, his system
broke down entirely and from then
on 1t was question merely of time,
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