| Show funeral of watson brothers in giving an account of the last sad rites over robert and ernest watson who met such a tragic death in butte last week the anaconda anacondas Anacon dai standard of october contained the following sad and impressive were the ceremonies conducted at the masonic temple tor for the watson wa ts on brothers ernest and robert ernest watson was a mason and robert was a member of the knights ot of pythias the masonic funeral rites were observed for the younger brother both at the hall and at the cemetery the knights of pythias likewise conducted ritualistic services over the remains of robert watson no eulogies were pronounced and no words spoken other than those or of the rituals masses of flowers and elaborate floral designs completely hid the caskets mrs airs Ill merkle erkle sang a solo and a quartet sang abide with me and other hymns A longer procession has never left the masonic hall than that which followed the two hearses to mount moriah cemetery where the brothers were burled buried in one grave the entire temple building upstairs and down was crowded with friends of the two men among those present were several officials of the north butte company and the men under whose direction or with whom the brothers had worked the pallbearers pall bearers for ernest gatbon were W al gibson H A Me mcmasters Masters H steinberg prank frank robins fred oates and W J kinsman and for robert watson were aleck kelso arthur and ernest ll lawkins awkins from froin tle knights of pythias lodge and li uthe Cw odale clale joe lydan and blaine burnough Turn ough from the montana state school of mines |
