Show DEATH OF L L ALLIANCE PRESIDENT JOINS THE SILENT MAJORITY debill at anti anil exel clue sit ft C ey dillon ex president of t the union pacific caie away at new york RALEIGH N U june 1 1 I president polk of the farmers alliance All ianGe djeh at washington saturday morning at 1115 11 15 nc lock the train bearing the body arrived here at 3 sunday afternoon it was met at the depot by hundreds of people A procession was formed and the body was escorted to the first baptist church of which mr polk was a communicant by dat 1 I the church was vias packed among those pi besent were governor holt and all the state officers members member of 0 the supreme court officers X 9 I 1 J of the state farmers alliance and grand sire of sovereign grand lodge odd fellows the perv were conducted by rev drs J W carter arter C T E skinner and J J hall the face of the dead was exposed and after the choir sang abide with me e the entire audience passed in single file by the gas gasket ket and viewed the body the casket haq taken into and out of tile thy church I 1 by the pallbearers pall bearers who came from was washington in a ton and wha with ladies who also came were wera given seats seals in front at the conclusion of the services the washington party returned to the train and lett left for that city pall bearers selected here then took charge of the remains which were taken to oakwood cemetery there was a great assemblage of people at the cemetery ery A short address was made by ey e dr Y effal rev dr hall offered pra r er C r and kev pr ir Ski tiner pronounced pronoun eed the th benediction ene diction taie yere no alliance eer services vicea lit at the grave grav remarkably a bl ya few v alliance A latiano nen men were present as th they y did not lot have time to rea reach cl 1 here mr r polk and he her three daughters and son bon in law were the chief mourners associate editor ramsay and the compositors po 5 igors of folks paper progressive pa farmer 1 riner were present tile tha funeral was pop pf af the largest ever known hero here and ft 41 mata knaffl respect was paid to his memory |