The herald., 1898-03-15
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the greatest respect to the memory Of our
departed hero general; now, therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That all departments of the
city government be closed from 10 o'clock
tuesday morning until / o'clock Wednes-
/ day noon; and be 1t further
Resolved, That the members of this body
pay their last respects to the honored dead
by attending the obsequies Wednesday
forenoon In a body.
Mr.. Mathuss was appointed by the pres
ident to be at the undertaking parlors and
| represent the council as one of the commit
tee to escort the body to the city hall,
where 1t will lie in state. Upon arrival at
the hall the casket will be received by the
full council, who will head the procession
to the council chamber, where the re-
mains will be deposited. All city officials
will attend the funeral tomorrow morning.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
President Forman of the chamber Of
commerce sent the following communica-
tion to the board of directors yesterday.
"In view of the distinguished service rem
dered to his country by the late Gen. Will
lam s. Rosecrans and the efforts so intelli-
gently made by him for the progress and
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fitting as mark of respect and apprecia-
tion that the board of directors attend the
funeral in body. Therefore you are re-
quested to meet at the chamber of COM
merce on Wednesday at $3.50 a. M"
FREE HARBOR LEAGUE
The Free Harbor league met in the d.
rectors room of the chamber of commerce
in the afternoon, the president, Col. II. c..
Otis. in the chair, w. d. Woolwine secre-
tary. The meeting was called to take action
on the death Of Gen. William 8. Rosecrans.
The president appointed Robert M. Gar
win as representative of the league, to
accompany the remains from the under
takers to the city hall this morning. A
committee of seven was also appointed to
attend the funeral, comprising ]. r. New
berry, John F. Humphreys, o. T. johnson.
s. B. Lewis, Robert Nc Garvin. G. ]. Grit
fifth, T. e. Gibbon. Carriages for the use
Of the committee were donated by Mr.
Griffith and Mr.. johnson. Col. Otis, A. w.
Francisco and General Forman constitute
a committee elected to draw up resolutions,
Of which an engrossed copy will be sent
to the family of the late General Rose
Grams, to the daily papers and spread upon
the minutes Of the league.
MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS
At meeting Of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers association in the evening the
following action was taken:
Resolved, BY the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' association Of Los Angeles that
in the death of Major General William
Stark Rosecrans the nation has lost one
Of its noblest types of American citizen
ship. whose valiant deeds on the field Of
battle and whose sterling qualities in times
of peace will always remain bright pages
in the history Of the nation; and whose life
should be held up as an example to the
rising generation of this country.
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread in full upon the minutes of this as
sociation and that copy be presented to
the family of the lamented dead.
Resolved, That the board of directors at
tend the obseQuies in body.
Upon motion of Director Meyberg the
secretary was instructed to have the hall
of industry draped in mourning on the day
of the funeral.
Director Heron was appointed to repro
sent the association as pallbearer today
when the body will be removed to the city
hall.
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Wills as the associations representative
as freeholder and Max Meyberg as alter
nate. H. w. Frank as freeholder at large
with J. M. johnson as alternate.
BOARD OF TRADE
The directors Of the board Of trade will
attend the funeral of Gen. Rosecrans in q
body, as mark of respect to the memory
of the deceased. When the remains are
removed this morning at 9:So from the un-
dertakers' to the city hall, the commercial
bodies Of the city will each be represented
by one director. who will act as pallbearer.
President p. M. Daniel has appointed Mr..
J. J. Bergen to represent the board of trade
in this capacity.
Gen. Manderson of Nebraska, who Is vis-
iting In this city, served under the lare
Gen. Rosecrans in his first campaign, and
also at other times during the war. He
expressed the intention Of staying In Los
Angeles to attend Gen. Rosecrans' funeral,
as he wishes to pay this tribute to his old
commander and friend. Gen. Manderson
says that by some chance he has attended
the funerals Of all his other commanders.
including Grant, Sherman and Sheridan.
and Rosecrans is the last to go.