Thomas Morgan Memorial donations published in the Winfield Daily Courier from January 19 - February 12. 1891
Collection: Paul Bedilion and Thomas Morgan
Title
Thomas Morgan Memorial donations published in the Winfield Daily Courier from January 19 - February 12. 1891
Subject
Winfield Daily Courier
Bedilion, Paul
Morgan, Thomas
Winfield, KS
Description
The articles in the Winfield Daily Courier in January and February of 1891 describe the funds that were raised to make a monument in the memory of Thomas Morgan who gave his life to try and save Paul Bedilion from drowning.
Creator
Winfield Daily Courier, Winfield, Kansas USA
Publisher
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, KS USA
Date
1891-01-19
1891-01-30
1891-02-04
1891-02-12
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Format
text/plain
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Clippings
Citation
Winfield Daily Courier, Winfield, Kansas USA, “Thomas Morgan Memorial donations published in the Winfield Daily Courier from January 19 - February 12. 1891,” Winfield Digital Collections, accessed June 23, 2026, https://winfield.digitalsckls.info/item/224.
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A HERO.
IS A TESTIMONIAL OF THE
HEROIC ACT OF
IN MEMORY OF
Thomas Morgan
Thomas Morgan
Who Sacrificed his Life in the Attempt to Save Paul Bedilion
From a Watery Grave,
THE COURIER Opens a Fund to Erect a Monument to
his Memory.
Every citizen who wishes to test-his appreciation of the noble conduct of Thomas Morgan in try-ing to save the life of his playmate Paul Bedilion, in which attempt both boys were drowned, is request- ed to contribute to the fund so that a suitable monument may be erected in his memory. The stone will be placed on the Central school ground.
Subscriptions to the fund can be left at the Courier counting room or at the First National Bank, and the names of the subscribers and the amount given will be published each day in the COURIER. An ac-
count has been opened to the credit of the Morgan Monumental Fund at the First National Bank and when the fund is complete a committee will be selected by the subscribers and the money turned over to them to purchase the stone. Every per-son in the city is asked to subscribe.
NAME AMOUNT
Courier Printing Co.................$15 00
Ed P Greer...................... 10 00
COURIER EMPLOYE’S FUND.
J P Winton ......................... $ 2 00
J W Henthorne...................... 1 00
George C Rembaugh.................. 1 00
Albert Hough....................... 1 00
Jay Roberts........................ 1 00
J L Cooper........................ 1 00
John Schaffhous.................... 1 00
Will Walker........................ 1 00
Jack Beck.................1 00
Ohas Greer ........................ 1 00
Harry Croft........................ 1 00
Harry Thomas...........................1 00
B F R Mundell.......................1 00
W S Jennings....................... 1 00
Walter Crane....................... 1 00
James Mann......................... 1 00
Fred Hurst......................... 1 00
John Kessinger..................... 1 00
FIRST NATION AL BANK FUND.
W C Robinson........................$5 00
Henry E Kibbe.............. ....... 1 00
Chas S Dever ...................... 1 00
W M Tomlin......................... 1 00
Robt A Nipp........................ 1 00
W W Doane.......................... 1 00
FARMERS BANK FUND
J A Eaton............................. 5 00
J F Balliet........................ 1 00
COWLEY COUNTY BAR FUND
J F McMullen.. . .................. 1 00
L H Webb .................................50
Jos O'Hare......................... 1 00
CITIZENS FUND
P H Albright & Co................. 10 00
J C Fuller......................... 5 00
C E Pugh........................... 1 00
John P Whitmore................... 2 00
O'Braham .......................... 1 00
W W Huddleston . .1 00
Ed J McMullen & Co................. 1 00
J N Harter... 1 00
J M Keek 1 00
Woodward Bros 1 00
H E Steinhilbert 1 00
H L Park 50
A Snowhill .... . . ..2 00
C A Dunkel . .. 1 00
Brown Drug Co .................... ..1 00
T H Harrod . .... ...2 00
Lizzie Siverd . . .............. 1 00
A R Harvey ... 1 00
W B Denton ................ 25
The Morgan Monumental fund, started by the Courier is generally endorsed and citizens generally will contribute thereto. The heroic con-duct of Thomas Morgan in losing
his life in the attempt to save that of his young friend, Paul Bedilion, should be held up before the gaze of the youth of our city as an example of unselfishness to be emulated by all. The memory of Thomas Mor-gan deserves such a tribute and a monument to his memory, placed upon the public school grounds will be one of the most effective object lessons to teach unselfishness that can be originated. Aside from ad-miration for his noble spirit, the Courier has another motive in starting this fund, and that is a re-cognition of the many noble quali-ties of Thomas Morgan, knowledge of which was gained while he was an employe of this office. All citi-zens are requested to contribute to this fund in any sums they think they can afford. These sums may bo left at the Courier counting room and the names of subscribers and amounts contributed will be published each day—or the money may be left at the First National Bank.
MASS MEETING.
There will be a mass meeting held in Manning’s Opera House some night this w eek—date to be an-nounced later—for the purpose of appointing committees to wait upon our citizens' and give all an oppor-tunity to contribute to the Morgan Monument Fund.
The Double Funeral.
The funeral services held Sunday afternoon over the remains of Paul Bedilion and Thomas Morgan were mostimpressive. The Baptist church where the services were held, had not the capacity to hold one-third of the number who sought admittance. In fact, the church was crowded a full half hour before the time an-nounced for the services to begin, The altar and the frame work in front bore a wealth of beautiful plants, flower pots blooming with fragrant blossoms, and exquisite wreaths of the same, that tended greatly to take away the sombre as-pect of the occasion.
The remains were carried in two hearses, those of Morgan in the black hearse, drawn by black horses, and those of Paul Bedilion encased in a white casket, in a white hearse, drawn by white horses. The pall bearers were Ad. Brown, Jolhn Bal-lard, Jas. Fuller and Frank Robin-son for the remains of Paul Bedilion and John Cooper, Albert Chaney, Will Lamport, Dick Harper, Frank Curns and John Schaffhous, for Morgan. The caskets were covered with beautiful wreaths of fragrant flowers.
The services were conducted by Revs. Wright, Carnine and Miller, Rev. Wright preaching the funeral sermon. The choir consisted of Prof. Lee, Prof. Hayes, Mrs. Frank Robinson, Mrs. Fred Blackman and Miss Bertha Wallis, under the dir-ection of Prof. Gordon. Mips Mc-Coy played accompaniments to “Wait and Murmur Not,” “Rock of Ages” and “Sweet Bye and Bye.” The remarks of the ministers were earnest and all the services impres-sive. Words of consolation were offered and the stricken relatives and friends were urged to look to God for a balm for their bleeding hearts.
The church was crowded to its ut-most capacity and hundreds packed the sidewalks in every direction from the church, unable to gain ad mittance. At the close of the ser-vices the caskets were opened to give an opportunity to view the re-mains of the dead and for nearly an hour the people streamed in at one door and out at another to get a last look at the faces of those who such a few, short hours before were full of life and happiness—now gone to that other and brighter world that is hidden from mortal vision by the shadows which envelop the turbu-lent river of Death. A gentleman standing upon the rostrum counted 1,900 persons who passed by the caskets at that time. The procession to the cemetery was very long and the remains were solemnly laid to rest and the little mounds of earth that mark their graves were strewn with flowers, hallowed by scalding tears of grief.
May Time and the Ruler of Time being relief to the hearts and repose to the minds of the bereaved rela-tives, is the sincere wish of th COIRIER and hundreds of deeply sympathizing friends.
IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS MORGAN
MORGAN MONUMENT FUND. nAME AMOUNT
WINFIELD CITY SCHOOLS.
High School (additional) ........................ 81
Miss Bertha Wallis' room central wards 2 30 Mr.
Limerick's " " " 1 00
Mrs. Williams’ “ east “ 1 19
Miss Gaskill’s " " " 1 13
Miss l.afferty’s " " " 2 16
Fifth Ward School ................. 1 91
CITIZENS' FUND.
A O U W .................................. 5 00
James Jordan ...................................................... 1 00
Exchange Endorsements.
The Winfield Courier has start-ed a movement to erect a monument to the memory of Tom Morgan, who lost his life in trying to save that of a young companion who was drown-ed while skating on the Walnut river. The boy showed himself a true hero in refusing to abandon the friend whom he was trying to res-cue, though by so doing he could have saved his own life.— Welling-ton Monitor.
The treasurer of the Morgan
Monument Fund at Winfield states that there is no doubt whatever but that the contributions will reach one thousand dollars. This will not
only be a monument to the memory of the young man who gave his life to save. the life of another, but will also be a monument of the spontan-eous voluntary and general response of the whole people in showing their appreciation of an act of heroism.— Gouda Springs Herald.
It is strange that the people of this city and vicinity have not taken more interest in helping along with the Morgan Monument Fund which is being raised in Winfield to build a monument in the honor of the heroic boy Thomas Morgan. The newspapers have given the facts of the boy’s death and through this and the efforts of several of our minist-ers there is a strong sentiment in favor of the movement. All that is necessary now is for some respons-ible men or firms to announce that they will receive contributions and apply them to the fund, and it will be largely increased.—Arkansas
City Dispatch.
Last week’s issue contained an ac-count of the heroic efforts of a Win-field boy named Thomas Morgan, to save the life of a drowning compan-ion, but which attempt resulted in the death of both. The Courier of that place suggested through its columns the propriety of erecting of a monument in memory of the young hero who so unselfishly yield-ed up his life to save that of anothor and without solicitation between one hundred and fifty and two hun-dred dollars of free-will donations had been made at last report.— South Haven New Era.
IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS MORGAN
Jan 30
MORGAN MONUMENT FUND.
NAME AMOUNT
CITIZEN'S FUND.
H E Sillinan....................... 1 00
Mrs Fannie Fisher.................... 25
J C Stewart........................ 5 00
I O O F Lodge ..................... 5 00
J Van De Water..................... 1 00
It Was Settled.
Owing to the many suggestions made by certain persons in this city as to the most suitable use to be made of the Morgan Monument Fund,the secretary of the committee having the matter in hand is repeat-edly being asked what will really be done with the money. This question was settled at first. A monument will be erected and a suitable in-scription carved thereon. The com-mittee has not been obtaining this money under false pretenses and will not allow it to be diverted from its original object. Those who have subscribed for the purpose of erect-ing a monument need have no fear that the subscription will be misap-plied, and all others who desire to subscribed for the purpose of erect-ing a monument need have no fear that the subscription will be misap-plied, and all others who desire to subscribe may rest assured that a monument will be erected. The lo-cation of the site has not been sel-ected yet, but will be by a commit-tee. _____________
The Donation Appreciated.
Last evening Mr. F. C. Stewart, manager of the “Two Johns” comedy company which played at the Grand, donated five dollars to the Morgan Monument Fund. Mr. Stewart re-marked that a young man, who would so nobly sacrifice his life to try and save that of another should have a lasting monument erected to his memory, and therefore asked the privilede of contributing to the fund. This donation coming from a stranger among our people is highly appreciated.
Feb. 4, 1891
IN MEMORY OF
Thomas Morgan
MORGAN MONUMENT FUND.
$553.14.
NAME AMOUNT
CITIZEN’S FUND.
P A Huffman............. 50
Feb 12, 1891
IN MEMORY OF
Thomas MORGAN
MORGAN MONUMENT FUND. $577.59.
NAME AMOUNT
Carl Zitzer.................
A Moral Picture.
Just after the funeral cortege had left the Baptist church, following the remains of Tom Morgan and Pauli Bedilion to the cemetery, on the 18th day of January, George H. Dresser photographed the magnifi-cent floral display, which had been so artistically arranged by the lov-ing hands of friends of the families. From these views he has printed and finished several elegant pictures, eight by ten inches in size. These pictures will be sold at fifty cents each, the proceeds to go into the Morgan Monument Fund. The pict-ures are worthy of a place in any home, aside from the historic inter-est attached to them.
The COURIER has fourteen copies of this picture which may be seen at the counting room.
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Title
Thomas Morgan Memorial donations published in the Winfield Daily Courier from January 19 - February 12. 1891
Subject
Winfield Daily Courier
Bedilion, Paul
Morgan, Thomas
Winfield, KS
Description
The articles in the Winfield Daily Courier in January and February of 1891 describe the funds that were raised to make a monument in the memory of Thomas Morgan who gave his life to try and save Paul Bedilion from drowning.
Creator
Winfield Daily Courier, Winfield, Kansas USA
Publisher
Winfield Public Library, Winfield, KS USA
Date
1891-01-19
1891-01-30
1891-02-04
1891-02-12
Rights
Format
text/plain
Type
Clippings
Citation
Winfield Daily Courier, Winfield, Kansas USA, “Thomas Morgan Memorial donations published in the Winfield Daily Courier from January 19 - February 12. 1891,” Winfield Digital Collections, accessed June 23, 2026, https://winfield.digitalsckls.info/item/224.Text
A HERO.
IS A TESTIMONIAL OF THE
HEROIC ACT OF
IN MEMORY OF
Thomas Morgan
Thomas Morgan
Who Sacrificed his Life in the Attempt to Save Paul Bedilion
From a Watery Grave,
THE COURIER Opens a Fund to Erect a Monument to
his Memory.
Every citizen who wishes to test-his appreciation of the noble conduct of Thomas Morgan in try-ing to save the life of his playmate Paul Bedilion, in which attempt both boys were drowned, is request- ed to contribute to the fund so that a suitable monument may be erected in his memory. The stone will be placed on the Central school ground.
Subscriptions to the fund can be left at the Courier counting room or at the First National Bank, and the names of the subscribers and the amount given will be published each day in the COURIER. An ac-
count has been opened to the credit of the Morgan Monumental Fund at the First National Bank and when the fund is complete a committee will be selected by the subscribers and the money turned over to them to purchase the stone. Every per-son in the city is asked to subscribe.
NAME AMOUNT
Courier Printing Co.................$15 00
Ed P Greer...................... 10 00
COURIER EMPLOYE’S FUND.
J P Winton ......................... $ 2 00
J W Henthorne...................... 1 00
George C Rembaugh.................. 1 00
Albert Hough....................... 1 00
Jay Roberts........................ 1 00
J L Cooper........................ 1 00
John Schaffhous.................... 1 00
Will Walker........................ 1 00
Jack Beck.................1 00
Ohas Greer ........................ 1 00
Harry Croft........................ 1 00
Harry Thomas...........................1 00
B F R Mundell.......................1 00
W S Jennings....................... 1 00
Walter Crane....................... 1 00
James Mann......................... 1 00
Fred Hurst......................... 1 00
John Kessinger..................... 1 00
FIRST NATION AL BANK FUND.
W C Robinson........................$5 00
Henry E Kibbe.............. ....... 1 00
Chas S Dever ...................... 1 00
W M Tomlin......................... 1 00
Robt A Nipp........................ 1 00
W W Doane.......................... 1 00
FARMERS BANK FUND
J A Eaton............................. 5 00
J F Balliet........................ 1 00
COWLEY COUNTY BAR FUND
J F McMullen.. . .................. 1 00
L H Webb .................................50
Jos O'Hare......................... 1 00
CITIZENS FUND
P H Albright & Co................. 10 00
J C Fuller......................... 5 00
C E Pugh........................... 1 00
John P Whitmore................... 2 00
O'Braham .......................... 1 00
W W Huddleston . .1 00
Ed J McMullen & Co................. 1 00
J N Harter... 1 00
J M Keek 1 00
Woodward Bros 1 00
H E Steinhilbert 1 00
H L Park 50
A Snowhill .... . . ..2 00
C A Dunkel . .. 1 00
Brown Drug Co .................... ..1 00
T H Harrod . .... ...2 00
Lizzie Siverd . . .............. 1 00
A R Harvey ... 1 00
W B Denton ................ 25
The Morgan Monumental fund, started by the Courier is generally endorsed and citizens generally will contribute thereto. The heroic con-duct of Thomas Morgan in losing
his life in the attempt to save that of his young friend, Paul Bedilion, should be held up before the gaze of the youth of our city as an example of unselfishness to be emulated by all. The memory of Thomas Mor-gan deserves such a tribute and a monument to his memory, placed upon the public school grounds will be one of the most effective object lessons to teach unselfishness that can be originated. Aside from ad-miration for his noble spirit, the Courier has another motive in starting this fund, and that is a re-cognition of the many noble quali-ties of Thomas Morgan, knowledge of which was gained while he was an employe of this office. All citi-zens are requested to contribute to this fund in any sums they think they can afford. These sums may bo left at the Courier counting room and the names of subscribers and amounts contributed will be published each day—or the money may be left at the First National Bank.
MASS MEETING.
There will be a mass meeting held in Manning’s Opera House some night this w eek—date to be an-nounced later—for the purpose of appointing committees to wait upon our citizens' and give all an oppor-tunity to contribute to the Morgan Monument Fund.
The Double Funeral.
The funeral services held Sunday afternoon over the remains of Paul Bedilion and Thomas Morgan were mostimpressive. The Baptist church where the services were held, had not the capacity to hold one-third of the number who sought admittance. In fact, the church was crowded a full half hour before the time an-nounced for the services to begin, The altar and the frame work in front bore a wealth of beautiful plants, flower pots blooming with fragrant blossoms, and exquisite wreaths of the same, that tended greatly to take away the sombre as-pect of the occasion.
The remains were carried in two hearses, those of Morgan in the black hearse, drawn by black horses, and those of Paul Bedilion encased in a white casket, in a white hearse, drawn by white horses. The pall bearers were Ad. Brown, Jolhn Bal-lard, Jas. Fuller and Frank Robin-son for the remains of Paul Bedilion and John Cooper, Albert Chaney, Will Lamport, Dick Harper, Frank Curns and John Schaffhous, for Morgan. The caskets were covered with beautiful wreaths of fragrant flowers.
The services were conducted by Revs. Wright, Carnine and Miller, Rev. Wright preaching the funeral sermon. The choir consisted of Prof. Lee, Prof. Hayes, Mrs. Frank Robinson, Mrs. Fred Blackman and Miss Bertha Wallis, under the dir-ection of Prof. Gordon. Mips Mc-Coy played accompaniments to “Wait and Murmur Not,” “Rock of Ages” and “Sweet Bye and Bye.” The remarks of the ministers were earnest and all the services impres-sive. Words of consolation were offered and the stricken relatives and friends were urged to look to God for a balm for their bleeding hearts.
The church was crowded to its ut-most capacity and hundreds packed the sidewalks in every direction from the church, unable to gain ad mittance. At the close of the ser-vices the caskets were opened to give an opportunity to view the re-mains of the dead and for nearly an hour the people streamed in at one door and out at another to get a last look at the faces of those who such a few, short hours before were full of life and happiness—now gone to that other and brighter world that is hidden from mortal vision by the shadows which envelop the turbu-lent river of Death. A gentleman standing upon the rostrum counted 1,900 persons who passed by the caskets at that time. The procession to the cemetery was very long and the remains were solemnly laid to rest and the little mounds of earth that mark their graves were strewn with flowers, hallowed by scalding tears of grief.
May Time and the Ruler of Time being relief to the hearts and repose to the minds of the bereaved rela-tives, is the sincere wish of th COIRIER and hundreds of deeply sympathizing friends.
IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS MORGAN
MORGAN MONUMENT FUND. nAME AMOUNT
WINFIELD CITY SCHOOLS.
High School (additional) ........................ 81
Miss Bertha Wallis' room central wards 2 30 Mr.
Limerick's " " " 1 00
Mrs. Williams’ “ east “ 1 19
Miss Gaskill’s " " " 1 13
Miss l.afferty’s " " " 2 16
Fifth Ward School ................. 1 91
CITIZENS' FUND.
A O U W .................................. 5 00
James Jordan ...................................................... 1 00
Exchange Endorsements.
The Winfield Courier has start-ed a movement to erect a monument to the memory of Tom Morgan, who lost his life in trying to save that of a young companion who was drown-ed while skating on the Walnut river. The boy showed himself a true hero in refusing to abandon the friend whom he was trying to res-cue, though by so doing he could have saved his own life.— Welling-ton Monitor.
The treasurer of the Morgan
Monument Fund at Winfield states that there is no doubt whatever but that the contributions will reach one thousand dollars. This will not
only be a monument to the memory of the young man who gave his life to save. the life of another, but will also be a monument of the spontan-eous voluntary and general response of the whole people in showing their appreciation of an act of heroism.— Gouda Springs Herald.
It is strange that the people of this city and vicinity have not taken more interest in helping along with the Morgan Monument Fund which is being raised in Winfield to build a monument in the honor of the heroic boy Thomas Morgan. The newspapers have given the facts of the boy’s death and through this and the efforts of several of our minist-ers there is a strong sentiment in favor of the movement. All that is necessary now is for some respons-ible men or firms to announce that they will receive contributions and apply them to the fund, and it will be largely increased.—Arkansas
City Dispatch.
Last week’s issue contained an ac-count of the heroic efforts of a Win-field boy named Thomas Morgan, to save the life of a drowning compan-ion, but which attempt resulted in the death of both. The Courier of that place suggested through its columns the propriety of erecting of a monument in memory of the young hero who so unselfishly yield-ed up his life to save that of anothor and without solicitation between one hundred and fifty and two hun-dred dollars of free-will donations had been made at last report.— South Haven New Era.
IN MEMORY OF
THOMAS MORGAN
Jan 30
MORGAN MONUMENT FUND.
NAME AMOUNT
CITIZEN'S FUND.
H E Sillinan....................... 1 00
Mrs Fannie Fisher.................... 25
J C Stewart........................ 5 00
I O O F Lodge ..................... 5 00
J Van De Water..................... 1 00
It Was Settled.
Owing to the many suggestions made by certain persons in this city as to the most suitable use to be made of the Morgan Monument Fund,the secretary of the committee having the matter in hand is repeat-edly being asked what will really be done with the money. This question was settled at first. A monument will be erected and a suitable in-scription carved thereon. The com-mittee has not been obtaining this money under false pretenses and will not allow it to be diverted from its original object. Those who have subscribed for the purpose of erect-ing a monument need have no fear that the subscription will be misap-plied, and all others who desire to subscribed for the purpose of erect-ing a monument need have no fear that the subscription will be misap-plied, and all others who desire to subscribe may rest assured that a monument will be erected. The lo-cation of the site has not been sel-ected yet, but will be by a commit-tee. _____________
The Donation Appreciated.
Last evening Mr. F. C. Stewart, manager of the “Two Johns” comedy company which played at the Grand, donated five dollars to the Morgan Monument Fund. Mr. Stewart re-marked that a young man, who would so nobly sacrifice his life to try and save that of another should have a lasting monument erected to his memory, and therefore asked the privilede of contributing to the fund. This donation coming from a stranger among our people is highly appreciated.
Feb. 4, 1891
IN MEMORY OF
Thomas Morgan
MORGAN MONUMENT FUND.
$553.14.
NAME AMOUNT
CITIZEN’S FUND.
P A Huffman............. 50
Feb 12, 1891
IN MEMORY OF
Thomas MORGAN
MORGAN MONUMENT FUND. $577.59.
NAME AMOUNT
Carl Zitzer.................
A Moral Picture.
Just after the funeral cortege had left the Baptist church, following the remains of Tom Morgan and Pauli Bedilion to the cemetery, on the 18th day of January, George H. Dresser photographed the magnifi-cent floral display, which had been so artistically arranged by the lov-ing hands of friends of the families. From these views he has printed and finished several elegant pictures, eight by ten inches in size. These pictures will be sold at fifty cents each, the proceeds to go into the Morgan Monument Fund. The pict-ures are worthy of a place in any home, aside from the historic inter-est attached to them.
The COURIER has fourteen copies of this picture which may be seen at the counting room.
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