Show I t OBSEQUIES OF WRECK CK Her VICTIMS Throngs Brave Ugly Weather td to Pay Last Respects to Engineers Throngs of or mourners braved the dis disagreeable disagreeable agreeable weather yesterday and turned out to pay pa their last respects to the mem memory memory ory ot of or Thomas J Loftis and George 1 W V McAleer the two Salt Lake engineers who were crushed to death In the tIte Jordan Narrows wreck on the Rio Grande road last Wednesday morning Because of the affiliation of or the two engineers with the tho Brotherhood t of f Loco Engineer s for Sor years lan men attended attend tl solemn 1 in large Jarg numbers fact the organization he officials had complete charge of the fu funeral funeral funeral arrangements Their force was aug augmented augmented augmented by b a large circle of relatives and friends of the two men Three funeral cars in addition to a long file of hacks were required to convey the sympathizers to the last resting places of or orthe the two engineers The Masonic ritual was said over ver the body bod of oC Thomas J Loftis at 1 o lock in inthe inthe the Masonic temple Second East and First South streets with the temple Jammed with people W V E Howard wor worshipful worshipful worshipful muster master of Argenta lodge lod e Xo So 3 officiated Prayer was offered by the Rev Louis S Bowerman of the Immanuel Baptist church and Rev Re Daniel 31 M Hel Helmick Helmick mick of M 31 E church spoke a touch touching touching touching ing eulogy Music was furnished by the choir from Crom the Immanuel Baptist church which sang Nearer My 1 God to Thee and My Iy Jesus as 30 I Wilt lit Services were also conducted d in a big tent furnished by b Un Undertaker Eber l r Hall near the grave by b the Masonic fraternity when the body bod was consigned to the earth Funeral services over the body bod of ot George W V McAleer were held in n ODon nells undertaking chapel on South West est Temple street at 3 and there scores stood stool in the snow now and rain outside so 50 great was the gathering The services were simple but Impressive and were ere presided over by b the Rev Re P A Simp Simpkin Simpkin Simpkin kin Beautiful music was rendered by the choir from St Marys larys cathedral under the leadership of Miss lIss Gleason The quartet consisted of Mr Ir and Mrs Irs J W V Curtis Miss Margaret Harley Harle and Fred Graham and they the sang Nearer My Iy God to Thee Jesus Lover of My 1 Soul and Lead Kindly Kind Light or orchestra orchestra orchestra chestra played placed the accompaniment and also gave gate Maryland larland the favorite piece of or Mr II McAleer who was a southerner by b birth Joseph Bywater chief of or the brother brotherhood brotherhood brotherhood hood paid a loving tribute to Mr II Mc Ic sterling character The father Cather and sister of Mrs Irs McAleer Mr and Miss lIss Gib Gibbons I bons of oC Leadville Colo Cola were present at atthe atthe atthe the service One thousand persons it Is estimated attended the two funerals Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers officiated o as pallbearers at both funerals and the profusion of or floral tributes in l both oth instances bore silent testimony of oftie ofte oftie tie te esteem In which the two engineers were held 4 |