wheel, full three feet in diameter, all in white, composed
of lilies of the valley, hyacinths and roses. It was the
gift of the employees of the ICONOCLAST, and William
Marion Reedy of St. Louis. The Knight Printing Company
sent a large anchor about three feet long, which
was composed of pink carnations and white roses. The
following were the pallbearers: J. W. Shaw, G. B. Gerald,
D. R. Wallace, L. Eyth, Waller S. Baker, Dr. J. W. Hale,
H. B. Mistrot, John D. Mayfield and James M. Drake.


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THE LATEST TRAGEDY.

(Editorial appearing in the Waco Weekly Tribune,
issue April 9, 1898, and written by Hon. A. R. McCollum,
editor, and State Senator of the Texas Legislature.)

What use to write, or read or talk of the tragic deaths
of Brann and Davis unless those who survive are to draw
from the tragedy lessons which, rightly applied, will bring
peace and good to society and especially to this
community? If not this, then far better silence. In the news
columns of the paper we have told the story of the battle
to the death, fought on the public streets, of the death
scenes and burial. And all over this land, where newspapers
are printed, the story has been told and millions
have read. There will be no adequate estimate of the effect
the reading will have upon the minds of the millions. It
is certain that the most patent result will be to discredit