The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-16
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N4TzosAE GUARD 90 N4skifSsZoE.
Ss0KASx FxE1S. Dec "a. isss.o
SPECIAL Order No. 4
gsx with heart full Of sorrow that an
aozncs 10 the command the eeatl Of Colonel
TAoaAs r Minor, surgeon general hrst brigade
n G. W. and also Of caIenel e. 1Gor1as HalfzT, OF
the staff of oar eommander-in chief
= The National Guard have lost in them true
friends. noble defenders and among the best
blood Of cur state.
& All true guarasmen eoRdols with the FAM
lly Of our lost comrades
4 0racers Of ne " G, w. viii wear the badge
Of mourning for thirty days Is soksa q respect
Brigsdier-General. Commanding
J. L BooaK. A AG.
He also read the following general and
special orders, received from The National
Guard headquarters IN Olympia and brig
ade headquarters in Spokane Falls, TO be
read with the other resolutions Of the day
General Order No. ISL
sSKNEgAL HEADQUAEIEKs,
NATIONAL GUARD OF MAsHENGTuN.l
OLYMPIA. DEc. il. lSsA
with profound sorrow the coinmandes-in-
chief announces TO the National Guard the
death Of Colonel G. Morris Halter, assistant aii-
iatans general: Northumberland Thomas l.
Minor. brigade snrgeon, and Private Louis Cox,
OF Company E, First regiment. who lost their
lives By drowning on the 81 day OF December,
1852.
The National Guard OF Washington has lost
two of us ahleSt and most efficient cffleers. and
Company one Of It's mos. beloved members.
Their lives have gone out IN the csld watsfs Of
Puget sound bat the recollection 81 their yir-
tues viii be ever green in the memory OF their
comrades.
II Is ordered that the usual military badge OF
mourning be worn by the members Of the Ma
tional Guard for the period of a.irty days, and
the lags over the different arm0Fies Of the Ma
tfonal Guard throughout the staie he raised al
helfstaf from sunrise iii Sanset fer 3 period Of
thirty days from this date. BY order OF the
commander-in-ehief Il. G. osBEIKS,
AaiHtaat General.
The following resolutions, adopted BY the
King County Medical Society, were then
presented, as follows:
Inasmueh as an all wise Providence has seen
it to withdraw from our association our
esteemed friend and associate. Or. Thomas ].
Minor. while yet engaged In the active duties Of
life. therefore be ii
Resolved, by the King County Medical Society,
that in the loss of DIR. Thomas T. Minor, who de-
parted from this life on the ID day of Deem
Der, 1889, this society has lost syslned member,
ore who was always courteous eni c0Esderate
in his intercourse with his fell yw-naembers. and
who has, b. his high character aud sterling quail
ties, gained their lasting respect aud confidence
Resolved, "a, That in DR.. Thomas T. Minor we
recognize one who embo1ies all that was CON-
pretended ia the type OF true and highminded
physician who was devoted to his profession,
and thereby earned the confidence and esteem
Of those 10 whom he was called 10 minister.
AS g citizen DR.. Minor Was characterized in
Nj bis relations by strict integrity. by thorough
devotion 10 daty, and by an exalted pnhlie
spirit
In every phase of life he was generous. true
and gooi, and having left behind him the mem
DRY OF life well spent So may we, his asSo-
eiates IN the practice of medicine. recognizing
the earnestness Of his zeal. the purity Of bis
life, his devotion 70 his work, and his deeds of
charity, be inspired with brighter aud nobler
ASPIRATIONS in the pursuit of life work
Resolved, Sd That a copy OF these resolutions,
properly engrossed, be sent % the family Of the
deceased in toKen OF our wafmest sympathy,
aud be spread upon the reccrsis OF our society.
EDwAED I. Smith,
7. Y. GooDsPEED,
". EAsLEsoS.
RuFUs WILLARD,
l. Il. DAWSON,
For King County Medical Society.
Then followed the presentation OF the
memorial resolutions of the Chamber OF
Commences
The mournfal duty has deyolyed upon this
body of giving expression 10 the feelings of its
members at the loss of two of their most valued
and esteemed associates Since the organization
OF the Chamber of Commerce OF Seattle. no mem
ners have been more wiling more jealous and
more useful in the works undertaken than those
who hare 30 recently and :, uiihappfly gone
from us--DF. T. 7. Minor and Mr. G. n Halter.
They have not only been jealous and willing.
but they have been At all times courteous and
agreeable, aud BY their kind expressions and
good deeds have thoroughly end@ared them
selves 20 all whose good fortune il has been to
be connected with them. Much OF the past
wonderful growth and cf the present remark
able prosperity OF the city arc due 70 the public
spirit and the increasing personal exertions of
these men. They were foremost Ia improve
ments and enterprises. and were ever ready with
voice, hand and purse to help where help was
needed Removed In the midst Of their use
fulness when their abilities were greatest and
when the future promise was brightest. the loss
sustained by the death Of those able energetic
and distinguished citizens is beyond calculation
and expression.
TIE families OF the deceased the members OF
this chamber and the citizens OF Seattle, are not
alone in their loss and sorrow. No narrow clscIe
bouaded the professional, political, commercial
and military ambitions Of these men, They had
long since gone out and corrected themselves
with the affairs q the wh0ie slate aud were
already known IN the eOHnctla Of the nation at
iasEt- lHEt WIZ kE1NAAiS tAaGA alA SAtA4 AitsA
The possibilities OF their future were simply
bonndleSS The people delighted 10 houor them,
and were kouored in Tetarn By most intelligent,
faithful and complete services Well may the
youth Of the land eTaula their bright examples
To the relatives of Mr. Louis Cox, whose young
life wcnt out in the disaster whose results we
mourn the deepest sympsthiss OF this body are
extended
Mr.. Alfred Holman then read the fellow
ing resolutions as expressive OF the sense
oil the meeting.
IN MEMoKIAs.
ON Monday, the Second day Of December A
n. Isss, between The hours of 5 aud O'Clock p
m. off the coast Of whisky island. Thomas r.
Minor. II. D. @ Morris Halter aad K Louis
Cox, residents and CITIZENS Of 9afs city aud state
we're accidentally drowned. Ia virtue Of pubic
services rendered. and the high standing Of the
victims OF this fatality, as well the universal
rezFsae; sas affection which, while living. Lney
Deserved and commanded aud In Whieh they
vert held BY all. we are met 90 pay = pubic
trihHte u their memory. {
Wherefore De il resolved bY this assembly oil
their felioW-cit seBs coavens2 in memorial OBJ
servsDee. That The removal OF these bonSgea
citizens from our midst q beth Eersogsl BE-