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Show RESIDENTS OF 'MASKATO , PAY HOMAGE .. ., All People of Citiet and -Towns Will Bow Their ... Heads in Silence as the ".Train Proceeds East OMAHA. Neb. Aug. 4 When the presidential funeral train, bearing the body of President Harding arrive ar-rive within th throes of th state ot Nebraska, every orgranlsatlon. very official and every man and omn In thta commonwealth will bow their heads In tribute and el-lent el-lent prayer. Hmaller towna along the Union Pacific railroad route ver which the 'train will be carried car-ried will see throngs of not only members of their own constituency but farmers, who will drive over prairies and sandhills for a chance to ahow their respect for the nation's na-tion's dead. Nebraska will show Its ; tra appreciation and lov for the memory of Warren O. Harding Sunday. At Hydney. th first city of Im-' Im-' portanee along th route, the en- ' fire populace win march Ttr irmssr to th depot, standing at attention as th train pass through. After th corteg passes beyond th city limits, prayera will b offered and recitations of the life achievements of the president wll be made by etty offlciala and ministers of the gospel. All flags will h at half mast as they have been since news of his death reached th city. .-Ceremonies aimilar to those at Wydney will b carried out In every town and city In th stale thougn ihey are not on th direct rout, 'armer were busily engaged all to-4ay to-4ay arranging matters o that they too may drive to the atation and - ray reapeet to th departed leader. lead-er. Many sorrowful facea will be aeen even along the road s right of stay far away- from the stations. . "T l- 1 11 u In nnt.hl t 1:1 Monday morning by members mem-bers of civle. military and patriotic organizations. Tha occasion will. Jbo marked with the greatest of simplicity. sim-plicity. General Oeorge B. Duncan! and his staff of tha tteventh corps area, will participate la the military honors to be bestowed' Tha troops pt tha Seventeenth Infantry. Fort Omaha, will be on parade as the I'M Ion station. Tha American legion le-gion contingent will salute as the train peases and will lower their flag, according to regulations. The .Nebraska national guard, all city officials and representative of oth-i oth-i r pat rlote organisations will stand at attention until the train Is across the bridge spanning the Missouri Mis-souri river, which connects Iowa jnd Nebraska. . Tha train will be delivered to the Chicago Northwestern railroad y the Union Pacific at S:M a. m. Monday. As a precaution against unnecessary delay tha Northwest era will run a pilot train, consist- i log of an angina and two coaches, fifteen minutes In advance of the special through the states of Iowa ! and Illinois. The pilot w-aln will tart at Council Bluffs. All freight crews have been ordered to stop their trains immediately on meeting meet-ing the pilot. . TRAIN TO REACH . MIOWEST SUNDAY. CHICAGO. Aug. 4.Whlle the nation's train of sorrow bearing tha body of the . late President Harding sped eastward from the Oolden Gate, the Central West prepared pre-pared tonight to pay tribute to the dead executive when the funeral . oartv reaches tha mldcontinent to- Miorrow. - - -l.'lties and townr In Kebraska. Tmra and Illinois tonight had completed com-pleted plans for public demonstrations demonstra-tions of their sorrow, for memorial .services and dther manifestations of-the sorrow Into which tha whole nation has been plunged. Hurry Ids; across Wyomlnr tomorrow to-morrow the train will enter Nebras- ' ka Sunday afternoon passing through Sydney. Kearney, North, Platte. Grand Island. Columbus and1 fYemont. arriving at Omaha at t:t Monday morning and leaving to the schedure In fifteen minutes. -Tha estimated time of arrival at Ounctl Bluffs, la., la 3:kft a m. ( and at Boone at :4I, a short stop will be made to change englnea. The train will make another stop at Clinton, la., which It la expected to reach about 11:U a tn. The funeral party will travel over tha Chicago and North western Railroad from Omaha to Chicago, transferring here to tha Baltimore . Ohio. Over tha Chicago Northweet-ern. Northweet-ern. tha funeral train will he pr. ceded by a pilot train running fifteen fif-teen minutes In advance of the funeral fu-neral party, while the main track will be kept clear an hour before ' the funeral train la expected to pees and all westbound freight will be required to stop aa soon aa the . pilot train passes and await the passing of the funeral train. Tas-aetiger Tas-aetiger ,t rains running West will travel six miles an hour after pass- ' .iJAJLlrgij"1'" the speed until the funeral train speeds peel. The funeral train la expected tn be In hl-ao from 4): Is tn 4 i p. m. Mnnday. A city council rnm-ajiiltee rnm-ajiiltee plsnned ta board lha train upon Its arrival and present a huge floral wreath In behalf ef th peo-nle peo-nle of Mrnsi |