St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-07

movement to decorate their residences
with mourning colors has already been
made by the ladies down town, and is
meeting with favor throughout all parts
of the city. 1t is believed, however,
that the draping of residences
and places will become more
general if the governor will
suggest the tribute of respect in proc
lamatiOn. The supreme court of the
state decided to adjourn on Wednesday
next, the day of the funeral. In the
civil district court, the tribute of re-
spect to the memory of the lllustriOus
dead was spontaneous and hertfelt.
Four of the five judges of this court,
hon. F. A. Monroe, Hon. Albert
Voorhies, Hon. Nicholas H. Rightor
and Hon. T. G. W. Ellis. were each of
them
SOLDIERS OF THE CONFEDERACY,
and therefore, when the news of the
death of their beloved chief reached
them, their sorrow was as deep and sim
cere as their esteem and veneratiOn dur
ing life for him were profound. This
morning the judges met in chambers
and decided that each division should
adjourn, and this decision was carried
out later in the day. When the meet
ing at the mayors parlOrs at the city
hall was called to order to-day, Mayor
Shakespeare said:
Gentlemen: have invited you as the rep
| resentatives of the SontIl's chief city TO meet
in conference for the purpose of making ar
rangements 20 nay the last sad tribute of re-
| spect to him who was in his generation the
| foremost man in all the South, and who pos
sessed IN an eminent degree the highest
private and public virtues. OF a ne
cessity a man SO great and SO ag;
| sometimes bitter, opponents. But in
| the presence Of that great Ieveler, who laws
at last the shepherds crook and bends the
| sceptre. political animosities and differences
| should cease and all be made TO pay tribute
| to the memory of q man who. while he lived,
| stood forth as the one of natures master
| pieces, and who, when he died, took with
| him from earth such wealth OF virtue and IN
| tellect.
Judge Charles E. Fenner, at the con-
| cluSiOn of the mayors remarks, said:
great and gallant heart is now stilled in
| death, and MIR. Davis now lies clothed for his
| last sleep in :he old Confederate gray. 1t was
his desire that the arrangements for his fur.
] eral should be left to the organizations OF
| Confederate veterans. But as il is the wish
| OF the bereaved wife. she should have pri
vate charge for to-day of the remains.
| The Judge suggested that the body,
| which has been embalmed, be trans
| ferred tonight in an unostentatiOus
| way to some place where it can lie in
state, and thus allow the people of the
South to pay their last respects. The
mayor said he would send an official no
tification to the governor by Gen. John
Glynn Jr. Col. Lewis, president of the
! Army of the Tennessee, suggested that
the remains be laid in state tonight al
the city hall, where they will remain
| until Wednesday next atnOon, and then
be laid to rest temporarily in the vault
| of the army of Northern Virginia. A
| gnard of honor in uniform will have
| charge of the remains while they are
| laying In state. The executive com.
mIttee appointed to arrange for the
| public
| CEREMONIES OF THE FUNERAL
was appointed by the mayor. The body
will be taken in charge by the Veteran
Association of the Washington artillery
and the guard of honor will be in uni.
form. When the body reaches the city
hall Col. John B. Richardson, of the
Washington artillery, will take com.
mand of the guard of honor. and the
body will be placed in the mayors par
lOr. Soon after its appointment, the