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Show THOUSANDS AT THE FUME! OF BUFFALO BILL West Bids Farewell to All That Is PJortal of Famous Plainsman, Scout, Hun-er Hun-er and Pioneer. BODY Lrs VIEWED IN CApiTOL BUILDING Eloquentj Tribute Paid by John W Springer at Elks' Service.s; All Classes of Society at Bier. I ! DENVER t Jan nxhe west today bade faiewr(, to au that was m0ltai 0f Colonel Wi'niaui F. Cody, "Buffalo Xiilt ' And; the west, iu its own words, "did itself proud ,J in ;ts parting with the man w0 helped to make its his-tory. his-tory. j From thrf momel,E the body of the scout and punter was brought into the state capital building to lie in state until it rcsc(j -la the vauit of an un. dcrtaker to awajt fina t,uriul 0o the summit of lookout mountain, all honors were accurajed to the departed plainsman, plains-man, j Two statg governors, a lieutenant governor, of3cials and Jogislat 01 3 from three states, the un;ted states army, fraternal oranization3 of which he was an honored memher, former cowboys, the Grand jrmy of tu0 Kepublic, and mn, women flnd children thousands of the latter (,aid tribute to the illustrious illus-trious son of the prairie ; Springers Tribute. "Colonel (odv wa3 tle most )lic. turesquc fipt.e in American history," declared a ohn -,v. Springer, Denver millionaire mil-lionaire banker, fricLj of Cooucl CodV) delivering the .ulogy of the Elkg) ger. vices. "His aYieveracnts were household house-hold words thrcl,ghout the aild He . was truly the merican homebuilder, blazing the trai; to the v;rgiri west... Colunel tody's body was brought into the ' stao capitol building at 9:50 ' i clock this morning, it lay beneath 1 Ahe dome of tha capitol, from the flag-' flag-' pole of which the Stars and Strip?s Moated at halt mast. Troopers from Fort Logau foimcd lines through which the people passed. Many Take Last Look. When tha' big doors of the building were turoy .? open the crowd poured in. There wee hundreds of boys and girls in Ihc 1 irong. At 1 o'clock, the hour set for the clos-iug of the casket, the crowd still was coming. The public was held back while the family bade the eoloncS farewell. In the family party was "Johnny" Baker of New Rochelle, X. Y., who was vwth Colonel Cody in his wild west enterprises for man- years. Following the family a delegation of Palestine eommandery No. K!, Knights Templar, from North Platte, Neb. passed the bier. Afterwards marched a delegation of former cowbovs. "Good-by, old pard," "Good-by, Bill," were some of tbeir greetings. Guard of Honor. The guard of honor at the casket included in-cluded delegations from the Colorado national guard, the Tioneer societv, the Klks and too Grand Army of the tie-public. tie-public. One member of the detachment detach-ment from t'-e last named organization eamo across the plains with Colonel ody. He was David Kan kin of Deu-- Deu-- er. The public again was admitted at !L':ln o clock tor twentv minutes A line extending morA thai, a block shivered in the cold wind, waiting for a chance 10 enter. Twenty-five thon-said thon-said persons passed by the' casket ac-col'Ung ac-col'Ung to an estimated count. ' And tingiilarly enough, with it ail th.i ways of the circus and the show line were present to lite last. "-Iter, lively, please; big Vroiv.l he-liin.-,' cried the master of ceremonw- " The circus w as in to the end, " said an eld-time showman. Casket of Bronze. Coonel Cody lay in a huge bronze caskft, dressed in a frock coat and with badys of the legion of honor and Gran I Army of the Kepublic on 'hi breast. The casket bore this inscription: inscrip-tion: 1 COLONEL WILLIAM F. CODY. "BUFFALO BILL." A American flag was .Impel around the casket. The funeral procession through downtown streets was lei bv ciiv policemen. ileum. I was the caisson cais-son on which rested the casket Among the distinguished citizens of his and other states in motor cars were Julius C. Uunler. governor of Colorado;! .(Continued on Fags Two.) j THOUSANDS MOURN EDR BUFFALO BILL (Continued from Page Orre.) John B. Kendrick. governor of Wyoming; Wyom-ing; Edgar Howard, lieutenant governor govern-or of .Nebraska; the secretaries of state of Colorado and Wyoming; legislative delegations from Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming, and Elks from Kansas and New Mexico. Bringing up the rear of the cortege seventy cowboys walked. All had known Colonel Cody. Two of the cowboys led Colonel Cody's horse, ; " McKinle'y," riderless and with the j plainsman's pistols hung from the sad-1 die horn. I Several thousand persons followed the remains to the Elks' home, where, the funeral services were held. Several Sev-eral hundred, unable to gain admission, stood two hours outside to view the bodv at the close of the services. |
