The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-06
EXPRESS their SORROW
Members of the Select Council Meet
and Pass Resolutions.
THEY WILL ATTEND FUNERAL
Captain Kcllow VIII DC Laid at Rest To-
day with Military iIonors Services
Over Remains at Elm Park Church.
Intermcnt In Forest Hill.


of Captain william Kellow will take
place. He will be buried with military
honors. His company of the Thir-
teenth regiment, officers of the latter
organization, and many privates from
companies other than that which Cap
tain Kellow commanded, viii attend the
funeral. A delegation of the police
force will also attend, as will the mem
bers of the city councils.
The remains win be taken from his
residence, ga Mulberry street, to Elm
Park church, where services VIII be
conducted by Rev. W. II. Pearce, ID. d.,
after which interment will be made in
Forest Hill cemetery.
Action OF Select Council.
A special meeting OF select council
was held last night and action was
taken upon the death of Captain kel-
| low, who was the representative from
| the Sixteenth ward. Resolutions of re-
| gret and coincidence were adopted and
a committee selected to arrange for
the two branches Of councils to attend
| todays funeral IN body.
| President Chittenden called the meet
| ing to order and briefly stated his OBJ
| Mr.. Manley announced that he had
resolutions which were at the DISPOSE
tion of the meeting. ON motion of Mr..
Burns the paper was referred to com
mittee, which was appointed as fol-
lows: Members Manley, Ross and Will
| Jams. They reported the following
resolutions, which were adopted:
! The Resolutions Adopted.
Whereas 1t has pleased Almighty God
| to remove from our midst our honored and
worthy member William Kellow, and
Whereas The pleasant and intimate re-
| lations which he held with this council as
| a member thereof, make II eminently ut
| ting that we should place upon record cur
| feelings of appreciation of his service and
regret for his loss. Therefore, be it
| Resolved. BY the select council of the city
| of Scranton, that we will ever hold in
| grateful remembrance the sterling quail
| tiles, the patience, integrity ana exceed
| ingly courteous manner which always
marked his conduct.
| Resolved, That the sudden removal by
death of our esteemed member and citi-
zen from the position he held as public
officer creates n vacancy not easily filled,
and that his fellow members fully realize
| and deeply deplore the loss occasioned 10
themselves and the public at large.
| Resolved, That we hereby extend our
deepest sympathy TO the bereaved rela-
| tiyes and friends of the deceased, hoping
| that even in the sadness of their aitic-
| ton they may yet find some consolation
| in knowing that the worth of his private
| qualities and the value of his public SER
| vices are properly appreciated.
| Resolved, That the members of select
| council attend the funeral in body and
| that the chairman appoint committee OF
| three members to make the necessary ar
| rangements for attendance.
| Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
| tions be properly engrossed and sent 10 the
| family of our deceased member and that
| the resolutions be also published in each
of the daily newspapers of the city.
Members viii Attend Funeral.
President Chittenden appointed
Members Manley. Durr and Westpfahl
the committee TO make arrangements
for carriages and the presence of coun-
ellis at the funeral.
| A number of common council mem
bers We're present, and Presid ant
Nealis, of that body, in response to a
question by President Chittenden, an
nounced that he had issued a call for
the common branch to meet at o'clock
this afternoon and that 1t would proba-
bly, be more satisfactory If the two
branches attended the funeral in one
body. This plan was decided upon.
The arrangements committee an
nounced that carriages would be in
waiting at the city hall at 1.30 o'clock.