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Show PALLBEARERS RACE ; WITH THE CORTEGE A race between an automobile and a funeral procession was the novel sight furnished visitors at Greenwood cemetery ai Spokane, Sunday. When the pastor finished the services on Webster avenue and tho smull funeral party had departed, the pall-bearers wore amazed to discover they had been left on tho .sidewalk, while thoir hack, empty, had Joined the procession. The representative of the New England Undertaking company was oblivious of the blunder. Tho pall-bcarers secured an automobile and arrived at tho cemetery ceme-tery in time to participate at the final ceremonies. This occurrence was equaled only once before In Spokane, nnd then in the case of a funeral of a plumber, the proi-en-slon proceeding for three block.? from Hie I home of Hie deceived when I: was discovered dis-covered that Hie hcaise was nnoi-eiiplpd. |