Show BLAND LAID TO REST 4 Funeral Services Were Held at Lebanon Leb-anon Mo Yesterday HONOR TO HIS MEMORY 4 TOWN WAS CROWDED WITH THOUSANDS OF FRIENDS I Ministers of All Denominations Living Liv-ing In the Place Took Part Knights Templar and Masonic Fraternities Had Charge of Services Ser-vices Brynn Present 4 Lebanon Mo June Congressman Richard Parks Bland was laid to rest here today with honors befitting his Illustrious career The town was crowded with thousands of his friends who came to honor his memory Special trains were run by the Frisco railroad and all were packed Only a small part of the crowd pained ndmlttaree to the hall the capacity ca-pacity of which was about 1000 The rest I contented themselves with standing in the street below The funeral Cervices were participated In by the ministers of nil denominations which are represented In Lebanon After the Knights Templars had been seated In tho body of tho hall and the distinguished guests on the stage Mrs Bhuid and family fam-ily entered Mrs Bland leaning on the arm of SenreantatArms Russell of the national house of representatives with her son Theodore also at her side The discourse was delivered by the Rev W K Collins of the Methodist EpIscopal church and was followed by the ritual of the Knights Templars and the Masonic fraternities William J Bryan had a seat on the stage but delivered no eulogy owing I ow-ing to Mrs Bland s request that only I ministers take part in the services The funeral procession to the Catholic cemetery was formed as follows Lebanon Leb-anon band Knights Templars escort mounted congressional escort in carriages I car-riages the undertaker hearse with remains re-mains the family the Masonic fraternity Hobarts military band St Johns com I mandery Knights Templars on foot visitors In carriages general procession Tho cortese was the longest and most Impressive ever seen In southwestern Missouri Mis-souri Tonight President McKInley wired Cap tain Farris It Is with the deepest regret I hear of Mr Blands death He was a man of honest convictions and a monument to I the growing nation Express my sympathy sympa-thy to Mrs Bland and 4 the family |