El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-11
DIR. Whites funeral.

DR.. Gallagher sent out written in
vitations yesterday morning, to mem
bers of the profession in this city to
attend a meeting at 2:3O p. M, in DR..
Villas Office to take appropriate &C
ton on the death of DR.. White.
There was a large gath erlDg OF
phl siciens who were called to order oy
DR.. Villas, and DR.. Justice was chosen
as presiding officer with DR.. Thompson
secretary. Among the ply s,cians pres
enL were:
Drs. Justice, Villas, Irwin, Race, Tur-
ner, Baird, Wright, Wegefarth,
Hufaker, Gallagher Y andell: Rawlings,
Schugt, Hipgin Lawrence, Mansur,
Wigglesworth, Wilkinson, and Ihomp-
son.
Drs. Yandell, Gallaghe and Wright
were appoint ted a com nlttee to draw
uD resolutions: Drs. Villas, Gallag her,
Wright, Rawlins, Turner and Hui
aker were selected as pail bearers; the
committee of arrangements for physl-
clans were Drs. Race, Wright and
Scnugt: floral Offering committee,
Drs. Higgins, Wegefarth and Gal
lagher.
The physicians present then paid
eloquent tribute 10 their late brother
in the profession; all speak in2
feelingly and from a knowledge born
character and general worth. 1t was
the une nimous sentiment that most
valuable member of the profession and
q substantial, loveable citizen had been
taken away, and sense OF genuine
grief prevailed. An adjournment was
take until ! 80 p. m. today, when the
physicians Of the city met at The office
of DR.. Justice to march in a body to
ST Clements church in attendance
on the funeral.
The remains were laid out this
morning in fine black broad cloth
casket with textile and silver trim
mings, and with the top buried in
flowers. All day people have been
;hronging into the house to take a
far we'll look at their departed friend,
and to offer sympathy and coincidence
to the afflicted family and relatives.
ST. Clements church was crowded to
the sidewalk at the funeral tn after
noon, and people were in fact stand .ng
out in the street, while the roadway
was thropged with vehicles. The pro-
ce sion exteude several blocks, and
every one who entered the church or
followed the hearse was a genuine
mourner. A notable feature of the
procession was the leading of the
DOCTORS horse and buggy behind the
hearse draped with Grape, by Robert
Hlghtower who has been in the DOCTORS
employ for many years.
APPROPRIATE RESOLUTIONS.
At the nesting today of the local
medical profession, the committee on
resolutions reported the following
which were adopted:
The members of the medical profess
sion of this city assembled, desire 70
make public record of their profound
sorrow at the death of their confrere
DR.. Award M. White, AID in so dOiGg
take occasion to Dear witness to his
ste Ring worth as d physician, whose
energies we're untireingly enlisted in
the highest professional sense in the
aiIevistion of human suffer ing. We
desire to testify TO his scientific attain
ment and 20 extol his civic virtues both
as the loved physician and tae good
citizen, a model mau.
loss to his wife and famI-
ly, we extend to them our
sincerest sy pathy with what comfort
there may be in the assuran ce that his
memory will be to US stimulus to
higher aims in our work within the
domains of science and the more hum n
realms of the heart in its relations to
suffering and want.
Resolved, as q further testimony of
our esteem that we accompany the
body of our late friend and brother to
it's last resting place and while we lay
his ashes in peace N mother earth we
pray erfully petition the father of all
mercy for his eternal happiness.
Resolved further. that the secretary
of this meeting had engrossed and con-
vey this expression of our sorrow
and appreciation to the bereaved wife
and children. Signed
F. w. GALLAGHER,
w. M. YANDELL,
M. 0. WRIGHT,
Committee.
FL Paso, Tex, March 1lth, 1858,