Waco Daily News (Waco, Texas) Vol. 2 No. 124, Monday, December 9, 1889

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VOL- 2- WACO, TEXAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 9, 1889. NO. 124.
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The Public generally are invited
to visit our store and inspect our
Large Assortment of HOLIDAY
GOODS, also our GRAND
HOLIDAY
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The first Window, which is now
ready illustrates the Legend of
This Window will be lighted
every night, from now until the
Holidays, with Incandescent
Electric Lights. Bring the Chil-dren
to see the “Water Mill,”
run by
REAL .'.WATER
Holiday Window No. 2 will (be
ready in a few days.
SANGER BROS.
OBSEQUIES.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL OF
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
'A Mighty Concourse Assembling to Follow
to the Tomb Our Illustrious Chief.
Statesmen, Soldiers, Civic and Military
Organizations Bringing Their Offer-ingr
and Taking Part.
New Orleans Deo. 8.—Mayor
Shakespeare has issued the following
proclamation:
“As an outward sign of love and ad-miration
our people feel for the illus-trious
man and stainless gentleman
now lying dead in the city hall, I re-commend
that commercial bodies and
citizens generally drape in appropriate
mourning, and that on Wednesday,
December 11, business be suspended,
and various civic and military organi-zations,
as well as individual citizens,
attend the funeral of Jefferson Davis.
A life so pure, a career so illustrious,
may well serve as an example to rising
generations, and I recommend that
schools be closed and children attend
the funeral.”
Gov. Lowry, of Mississippi, and the
state officers have signified their inten-tion
of being present at the funeral,
and Gov. Boss and Ex-Governor Lub-bock,
of Texas, and many other South-ern
executives will be on hand. The
Houston Light Guard, Mobile military
and other southern companies will par-ticipate.
A number of lodges of uni-form
rank have also asked for places
in the parade. The various commands
here have tendered their armories for
the accommodation of visiting soldiers.
The influx of visitors has already
commenced and there will be more
people here than on carnival occasions.
A bureau of occupation and informa-tion
has already been established, and
hotels and boarding houses prepared.
The remains of the deceased have
been viewed by a mass of people to-day
in column at the rate of 1500 an hour.
The army of Northern Virginia tomb
in Metairie cemetery was chosen as
the temporary resting place by lot.
The tomb is surmounted by the statue
of Stonewall Jackson, which Mr. Davis
assisted in dedicating. Bishop Galla-gher
of the Protestant Fpiscopal church
has been placed in charge of the reli-gious
services of the funeral, Bishop
Hugh Miller Thompson of Mississippi
will assist him, and Rev. Ebenezer
Thompson, of Bolaxi, Mississippi, who
was Mr. Davis' pastor, will also take
a prominent part. All the clergy in
the city, irrespective of denomination,
have been invited to participate. A
special messenger has been dispatched
to Beauvoir for the sword worn by
Jefferson Davis in the Black Hawk
war, which will be buried with him.
The programme for the funeral was
adopted last night. There will be
eight divisions in the. parade and the
place of honor has been reserved
for United States, civic and military
officers, colored society, fire depart-ment,
veteran and benevolent bodies
and secret organizations. Gen. J. B.
Gordon is mentioned for honorary
grand marshal. Gov. Wilson, of West
Virginia, is the only southern state
executive, so far, who has notified the
mayor of his inability to attend.
Floral offerings have been pouring
in and the coffin now looks as if placed
at the base of a bank of flowers. The
army of the Tennessee leads with a
design ten feet high, one of the hand-somest
floral offerings ever maoe here.
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GOODS
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
JUST IN RECEIPT OF A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
Rustic Baskets, Fined and Unlined.
Rustic Boxes of all Descriptions.
Celluloid Whisk Broom Holders.
Dressing Cases at all Prices.
Reduced to Nominal Prices. All we desire is to sell them
fast, and have Reduced Prices Accordingly.
Don’t forget we are closing out our entire stock of
Ladies’ and Children’s Fashionable
At a Discount of 20 per cent.
ALL OF OUR IMPORTED French
Pattern JE5onnets MARKED
DOWN TO HADE PRICE.
OMipipci I
To the Gentlemen we would say, come and see our line of
Suits and Overcoats, and you will be delightfully surprised
at our Low Prices. . Lowenstein £ Co Successors to Lessing, Solomon, Rosenthal & Co.
Corner Austin and Fifth Streets.
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When the doors opened at 10 o’cloc
fully 3000 people were waiting to eu-ter.
The crowd was so great that the
people were allowed to pass the bier in
double instead of single column.
The total to-day was fully 40,000.
The body will remain exposed until
the last minute.
The funeral program will not he de-cided
upon by,Gen. John Glynn, grand
marshal, until to-morrow night-
The selection of pall bearers will be
left to Mrs. Davis. Mr. J. U. Payne,
a prominent cotton factor and life-long
friend of Mr. Davis, will be one, and
grand army confederate veterans and
governors of other states will be repre-sented
beside the casket. The army
of Northern Virginia and the army of
Tennessee veterans will march side by
side just behind the caisson’bearing the
remains of their lamented chief.
Gatesville Gleanings.
Special to the News.
Gatesville. Dec. 9.—Considerable
building and improvements are going
on around town. Farmers are about
done gathing their crops and the yield
has been much greater than was ex-pected.
The farmers have all paid out
of debt, with a few exceptions, and are
prosperous and happy. There will not
he more than one-half the number of
mortgages given next year that were
given this.
The Cuban medicine company is do-ing
the town and are raking in the
spare shekels. They give very nice
concerts every night.
Mr. John T. Post, late proprietor of
the Gatesville Post, has accepted a po-sition
with Mr. W. L. Saunders, in his
hardware house.
If dame rumor is not off her base,
there will he a wedding during the
coming holidays, between two of our
well known young people.
All the stock required for the street
railway has been subscribed, and as
soon as the franchise of right of way is
satisfactorily adjusted, work will be-gin
at once on the line, and ere the
roses bloom again, will be in fine
working order.
Now is the time for those wishing to
buy Gatesville real estate to do so, as
it can he bought at very reasonable
figures.
Little Proctor.
The man who sits on one edge of
the chair once filled by Jefferson Davis
received the following dispatch to
which he sent the subjoined reply:
N®w Orleans, La., Dec. 7,1889.
To the Honorable Secretary of War, Washing-ton,
D. C.:
I have officially to inform you that
Hon. Jeff Davis, at one time secretary
of war of the United States, died in
this city yesterday. His funeral will
take place here on December II at 12
o’clock noon.
[Signed] James A. Shakespeare,
Mayor of New Orleans.
War Department, Washington, )
D. C., Decembers, 1889, 5
So Hon. James A. Shakespeare, Mayor of New
Orleans:
Your telegram informing me of the
death of Mr. Davis is received. In re-framing
from any official action there-on,
I would and hope I do not add to
the great sorrow of his family and
many friends. It seems to me the
right course and the best one for all.
You will, I am sure, understand that
its adoption is prompted also by a sin-cere
wish and purpose to act in the
spirit of peace and good will which
should fill hearts of our people.
[Signed] Redfield Proctor,
Secretary of War.
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GROCERIES AND PRODUCE.
Delivered In any part of the city. Increased
ade assures all of our groceries te be fresh.
STOLTE BROTHERS,
Fifth and Franklin StB
A Mammoth Bank.
New York, Dec. 6.—A bank with
$25,000,000 capital is to be organized
under Philadelphia auspices. It will
be operated in London and will have
an American advisory board including
leading financial men in New York,
Philadelphia and Chicago. There will
also be a continental branch.
The Cherokee Strip.
Talequah, I. T. Dec. 7.—Of the
two nominations for commissioners,
Ridge Paschall and Rev. Mr. Duncan,
sent to the Senate yesterday afternoon,
the latter was accepted. Another
nomination, that of the Rev. Adam
Lacy, was also approved by the Senate.
The Hon. D. W. Bushyhead, the other
commissioner is the only one opposed
politically to Chief Mayes, and Dun-can
is well informed on Cherokee poli-tics,
having written several articles
for the press since the proposition for
sale was made by the government.
He is altogether opposed to the sale at
the stipulated price, and Lacy is be-lieved
to be of the same mind.
No official communication announcing
the appointment of the commission
has been made to the United States
commission, but it is believed that ne-gotiations
will begin very soon.
It appears that the bids of Williams
Blair & Co. may be rejected by the
council. The committee on public do-main
has reported adversely to it.
Speeches against the bill were made by
W. Henderson Wolf and Col. Ross.
The purport of the remarks was that
the present lease did not expire for
four or five years yet and that the ac-ceptance
of the bid would complicate
problems that were now before the Cher
okees.
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