El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-13
MEMORIAL SERVICE
A Large Attendance and Impressive
Service i'll j. b SCOTS Memory.

A Large Attendance and Impressive
Service in j. b SCOTS Memory.
Memorial services we're held last
night in fire mems hall in honor OF the
late j. B. SEQ member of the Hook
and Ladder company Of the Ell Paso
fire depa' tment.
The Hook and Ladder company
was present n foil racks and tie re,
mainder of the CeEartme Mt was vel
represe nted with ladies. Colonel Nef,
president of the hooks, presided with
Chief COnncrs and Assistant Chle1
Mlnspaugh at his left hand, ard Pres
ident E wards of the department., Elk
President Julian ard Vice Pres dent
Buchanan at his right hand. ln fr, Mt
was a chair dr4red in black and white
with the cap of the deceased re sing on
wreath of chrysantbemums ana
smilax having the letter IS" within.
Exc llent music was furnished by the
Ell Paso ladies quartet, with Miss
Moore as the orgsnist. The lighting
apparatus how ever, was badly ''out of
whack," aud so little light did the
purners she1 thai it was necessary to
borrow large lamp from across the
street to ''help piece OUT
Col. Neff called the meeting to order,
and made the opening address. He said
in brief I'VE meet tonight in memory
of j. 3. Scott, valued Der OF the
hook and ladder company of the FL
PasO fire department. The slow to l.
ing of the bell tells us at the age OF 3S,
iG the prime of life, our cOmrade was
cal ed away. To you whose sense OF
duty leads you to where self is for
gotten, this is reminder of that mes
senger tn at comes 10 US at such times as
we know not. So let us Orde + our lives
that we may b, found ready, ready
for duty in the language OF tho COM
pany's motto.
On motion. the calling of the roll
was dispensed with, and Miss Moore
favored the audience with voluntary
selection, La FoDtaine, on the organ.
This has long been a favOrlte VOlun-
ta,y, and with large inst ument with
extended resou1 ces Of registration, the
com position is susceptible of beautiful
trsnsposi'iops and varying harmonic
Arrangement The Ell Paso ladies
quarter, composed of Misses Shelton,
Trumbull, Jones and Ullman, then
sang The Lord is my shepherd, l
shall rot waut." Captain Fassett read
a set of resolutions appropriate to the
occasion and deeply rePrettlng the
event which deprived Comrade Scott of
his life and the fire department CT q
valuable man and friend. The resoIu-
President Edwards of the departm eut
made a reat and earnest address. In it
he said We are gathered here around
this vacant chair 10 memory OF him
who is gone from us forever. AS
we pass tt rough life we stop TO con-
template the beauties of nature, so 1t
is that we halt now in our care
err to lend our minds 20 the cOntempa-
ton Of the friends we have lost. The
l. he, oil
volunteer fireman whom he held was
more entitled to consideration
than the sold err on the battle field, for
the fireman goes into his work to save
life and property without any thought
of glory or renown. Our cOmrade was
80 :, ears old and a member of the de-
pa-tment for three years. one WHO Is
outside. Can hardly apprec1a'e the
ties that bind together the mem bels
of the department. Mr.. Scott was iull
of loving kindness and charity, that
charity that casts the mantle over the
faults of friend. He was ever ready
to answer the calls of duty. He was
sober, honest, Industrious man full
of good works, and we feel I'll at we
have lost friend we cannot replace.
But we can feel that at the last day,
there will be said to him, well done,
good and fsitt full servant
L uc FL L dSO LduiSo quoipOo e1So iu
sang, this time ''abide with me-" fol-
lowed by the reading Of the impressive
fune,a ritual of he dela tment'
Then Vice-Pre ,ident Bucha IAN of th e
department made few well timed re-
marks complimentary to the d. c. ased;
and Miss Moore played the ever fav-
Orite ''Traumerei" on the organ.
The me ting then adjourned.
a early morning fight occurred this
morning in front of the Bronson
biz c1 on Sau Antonio street between
Ezra CT iffin and Henry Chriss. The
fight was getting very hot when the
p If backed into bicycle stand that
was on the sidewalk, overturned 1t AMI
~ -shed the wheel of Waters Davis BIZ
cycle until il was badly crippled. AS
the fighters fell in the street Grlffi n
G OF his arm around Chriss' neck and
one finger in the corner of his mouth
and when the crowd saw this they ran |
in aad separated the combatsnts just
a, Const able Farrell came along aud |
pulled the IN both. They wers taken up
IN Justices Mckic'scourt and hLed Gle |
dollar and costs, the total amounting !
to $l3 % each. Tn ere will proba bly, |
be more trouble as the result OF this !