Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 November 1913 — MONON TRAINS STOPPED FIVE MINUTES TODAY [ARTICLE]

MONON TRAINS STOPPED FIVE MINUTES TODAY

Owing to Death of William Wilson Findley All Trains and Work On Monon Stopped Today. All trains on the Monon, as well as all work on the entire system stopped today for five minutes from 10 to 10:05 a. m., on account of the funeral of William Wilson Findley, late president of the Southern Railroad and a director of the Monon. The funeral took place today at St. John’s church in Washington, D. C. As a mark of respect to his memory President Fairfax Harrison, of the Monon, ordered all trains to stop for five minutes, no matter where they were, from 10 to 10:05. and that all work on the entire system in the shops and offiees cease and that the telegraph wires remain open. Several trains made the stop between Monon and Rensselaer and one freight was caught by the order hsre.