The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-22
WITH DUE HONORS
REMAINS OF GEN. E. B. vAUG- HAN LAID TO REST.
The outpouring of People, the Floral Offerings and the General Sor- row Attested His High
 Esteem.

Mobile August 2t. The remains of Brigadier General Ed ward B. Vaughan. Second Alabama Di- vision, United Confederate Veterans, were morning and all the honor of the veteran Confederate soldiers. Masons and Pyth- ians and the Methodist Church to the dead, were conferred upon him who in life, was a true Christian, warrior and citizen.
 In St. Francis Street Methodist Church. where the last rites of the church were conferred upon the dead man, was assem-
 bled a large cortege of sorrowing friends.
 including full delegations from Raphael Semmes Camp No. II, U. c. V, Athalston Lodge No. 369, A. F. and A. M, Mobile Lodge No. 67 Knights of Pythias. and Independence Day Association of Mobile. of which General Vaughan during life. was an honored and respected member. An important engagement prevented Gen. George P. Harrison of Alabama lon. United Confederate Veterans from being present. but at his request the following members of his stan represented him: Ad- jutant General Harvey E. Jones, Lieuten- ant Colonel Thomas T.. Roache. Major James Prendergast. The church service was performed by Rev. W. P. Dickinson and his tribute to the departed member of the Board of Stewards of the Church was beautiful in it's simplicity. The mu- sical program was well arranged by Mrs. James Wade Cox. organist, and the fol-
 lowing were in the. choir:Mrs. George
 Leftwich, Miss Jennie Harris, Miss Gus
 man and Messrs. Ernest Planck and
 Bruce Stewart. As the coffin was being
 brought into the church Mrs. Cox played
 Twill Not Be Long" and during the
 service the following hymns were rem dered: Asleep In Jesus, We Shall Sleep. But Not Forever" and Nearer, | Ns.. FN- khn Nfr.,
 was leaving the church Mrs. Cox played Crossing The Bar" The casket was lit-
 orally covered with floral designs. includ- ing among others, one, from the stewards of the Church. a Gross and Crown" and one from the Independence Day Associa- ton representing a star with two minia- ture flags, those of the Union and the confederacy, in the center.
 The following were the honorary pail bearers at the funeral: Saffold Berney,
 Chief of Stan; A. Fletcher Hooks, Chief
 of Artillery; Thomas Dennis: lnspector
 General; H. Austill. Judge Advocate Gen
 eral and T. E. Spottswood, Chief of Cav airy on General Vaughans staff and Messrs. J. B. Leftwich, Robert G. Hearin,
 s. J. Wilhelm, l.. D. Holt. Douglass Me
 Milan. G. A. Leftwich. B. L. Stafford, w S. Stewart and A. Ward. The ac tive pail bearers were: Messrs C. s. Schaffner, J. B. Davis, John E. Michael.
 c. A. Mohr, F. E. Aunspaugh and A. c. Pickens.
 At the grave the Masonic ceremony was performed by Worthy Master Elliott G.
 Rickarby and the Pythian ceremony by Acting Chancellor Commander Jacob D.
 Blootn. For the Confederate Veterans
 Bugler Wienand blew taps"
 Order to Police Department.
 Following is a copy of postal card. | ,wrfkh IaaA t1xy
 Chief Case and addressed John Case.
 Esq, Police Department, Mobile. Ala"
 "A most disgusting sight to a visitor to your city is to see one of your )ficers, No. 15, smoking cigarettes at the union
 station this morning. He may thought 1t
 looked becoming but it was degrauing for
 an officer of the law.
 (Signed.) "A Visitor"
 While the writer failed to give his Eame
 and hid his identity behind an anonymous signature, he did so, perhaps, because of his lack of ability to spell and capitalize properly. Be this as fit may an order was l issued last night by the Chief of Police and read at roll call, the postal card be- | ing attached to same, wherein the officers, while on their beats, must cease smoking
 cigarettes, pipes or cigars on pain of sus- pension.
 Damage Suits Filed.
 In. the Circuit Court today was hled a
 suit for $10.OO0 damages on behalf of
 George Page, 13-year-old negro boy, by
 his next friend. William Page, vs. the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Com
 pany. The bill of complaint alleges that on July 1, last on the defendant com pany's wharf. Jerry Lynch, an agent of l the company, weighing about 200 pounds.
 shot George Page in the hip, wilfully and
 wantonly. Lynch is now under bond to the City Court for assault with pistol,
 the out of the shooting.
 A witness in the Recorders Court this
 morning was young white man of slender build, who is proud of the fact that he is feet 10 inches tall. An on
 locker. as the. young man passed out of court, solemnly remarked: He would
 have been a powerful man had he eaten plentifully when a small boy" Maurice T. Marx. a well-known manu- facturer and business man of Mobile, left on steamship Colorado for Brunswick, Ga. New York and other Eastern points on
 business and pleasure combined. MT.
 Mark has been invalided for some time
 at the eastern resorts.
 The following Alabamians are registered Wilcox County; P. Morris and wife, Jack son; L. O. Hicks, T. J. Barrow, J. T.. Williams and daughter, Jackson. The many friends of Mir Fred Scheible | f1 k1 fa