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Show CAPTAIN PARKER'S FUNERAL. The Last Tribute Paid to the Memory of the Dead Man. The last set in the "removal'' of Captain W. B. Parker from the police force took plaee yesterday between the hours of 11 o'clock- in the morning and 1 in the afternoon, af-ternoon, during which hours the interment took place under the auspices of the Independent Inde-pendent Order of Odd Fellows and Washington Washing-ton Camp No. 5, of the Patriotic Order Sons of America. The services began at the captain's late residence, that at 11 o'clock had become a center of gravity. Tokens of grief and respect re-spect soon tilled the gloomy little abode, and after a christian ceremony the solemn march to t lie cemetery was begun. The column, col-umn, composed of the orders to whic h the dead otiicer belonged, presented a strikingly picturesque appearance as the rays of the sun fell upon its regalia, and then followed the long line of carriages and other conveyances. At the grave the ceremony was conducted iu accordance with the ritual and the re,mains committed to their last resting place. The captain's eventful event-ful career was ended, and not a man but hopes that upon his untimely tomb will be placed not by his friends, but by his enemies ene-mies the olive branch. A brave man never brandishes his sword at the grave of a tallen rival and while the pub-lie pub-lie has probably criticised the fact that' the cortage was not accompanied by ajjlarger number of the police force it is uot too late for them to do the graceful. |