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Body of Chivalrous Cavalier Laid to
Rest in Atlanta Cemetery with
Solemnly Imposing Obsequies.
HOSTS PAY HOMAGE
Thousands Take the Last
Look at Body as it Lay
in State in Georgia
Capitol Building.
With funeral obsequies on a scale of
elaborateness, solemnity and impress
iveness never before witnessed iu the
slale of Georgia, or perhaps in the
whole south, the remains of General
John li. Gordon were laid to rest in
Oakland Cemetery, at Atlanta, Thurs
day afternoon.
From an early hour Wednesday,
morning to within a short time of in
terment, the body of the distinguished
and beloved chevalier lay in state in
the rotunda of the stale capitol, where
many thousands paid silent and tear
ful homage to all that is left of the
south’s great, soldier, statesman and
beloved civilian.
Those who had seen him last.'in life
or had known of bis matchless deeds
of valor canni In serried column and
unbroken idle witli bowed, uncovered
heads to get one final look at the body
which had been once the tome of such
a mighty heart and soul. 'Members!
from all the walks of life, From the I
highest in the roaloi uhlo the lowest, j
with every trade and profession enlist- I
cd, from the eminent judge tq .the rag- j
god newsboy, all bent upon the same ]
mission of homage to the dead and
reverence for what he had been in fife.
Bosldes the veterans qf the gray,
were many of the blub, -fifi'ey /hail 4 '
heard the whistle of the shot and
shell from Confederate guns and when
the implements' of war were laid aside
had learned to honor and love the man
who had fought them fiercely but fair
ly. With these old heroes were young
men and beardless youths to whom
the horrors of war were out stories, ot.
thrilling adventure. 'They, too. had
come for the otto common purpose that
inspired the otiters and mingled their
tears with those of the soyrowing
throng.
Flowers in Profusion.
Thousands of sorrowing friends sent
flowers, and the rotunda iu tho, capitol
resembled a veritable flower garden,
only it was more beautiful ni its rich
ness of color and design. • ! '■ • 1 ■
It would bo 'i in possible to describe
all the floral ofEertngs sent One of;
the prettiest was that srent. by the ex-
Confederate sold!ora now in the United
States congress—a flag of thq.Cqnfod
orary worked out with rouvrhablo
skill. It was mado of farina viol its,
narcissus; white and r >d roses, red car
nations and red poinsettia. The ro3es
make the stars and the violets- the
bars, while red carnal ions, and the
poinsettia formed the base,, The white
of the flag was done in nafeissup.
Another offering of surpassing beau
ty was that which the city of Atlanta
sent in testimony of its love and es
teem and admiration. This design was
the seal of the city, with the word
“Rosurgcns” written across ttatj border
at the top. the dales 1847 and ITIS re
spectively on each sido and “**.Uguta”
on the lower border.
Governor Terrell and the otnor sta’e
house officials had two very beautiful
designs made— ‘One the cuqri of. arms
of the state, done in Easier iiHas) lilies
of the valley and roses; the other rep
resenting the heart of the Confederacy,
made of red and white carnations and
Parma violets. Ro-b, of ihq
were largo and beautiful. ■> .
Edward Hugh Bang* of Indianapolis.
Ind., sent an immense wreath of \yon
derful rTchness of color niiti^beaut) 11 of
design. It was crescent-shaped and
built of bronz gal ix jCaves. Vnh.a gar
land of pink roses and maiden hair
ferns, tied with a pretty bow of tyti’ie..
Camp W. H. T. Walker. United Con
federate Veterans, expressed its low
for the departed hero hi a‘ Sro£,-<n
wheel, throe and a • in diam
eter and made of white and' pink car
nations and narcissus. «
Another beauliful offer mg was that
of the Atlanta chapter of Che Grand
Army of the Republic. "It wns'S'h.lhd
seme wreath of bronze galas Heaves
red. white and bide streamers
Gordon Camp. UnTtoiT
Ha.
Sons of Confederate Veterans, No. 4G,
sent an offering of particular beauty
in the shape of a Confederate flag.
The Georgia Society of New York
paid tri'outc to the memory of General
Gordon by sending a very handsome
wreath of roses and hyacinths.
Andrew Blakely, manager of the St.
Charles hotel, New Orleans, sent a
very beautiful design in the shape ol
the shield of the Confederacy. It was
bordered with lilies of the valley,
while !he solid was of white carna
tions. An anchor and sword crossed,
made of Parma violets, were in the
center of the design. The base was
of pink roses and Easter lnies.
Public Funeral Exercises.
Public exercises in honor ot General
Gordon began promptly at 10 o’clock
Thursday morning in the hall of the
house of representatives at the capitol.
Some of the most prominent men in
the southern states were on hand to
deliver eulogies on General Gordon.
Each speaker was limited to ten min
utes.
Immediately following these exer
cises) at. tho capitol, luueral services
were held in the Central rresayterian
church, which is just across the street
from the capitol building. At tne com
pletion of tlie services at the church
tho remains were placed in a hearse
and headed by the military and fol
lowed by Confederate veterans, state
officials, Daughters) of the Confeder
acy, Sons of Veterans, Ladies’ Memo
rial Association, city officials and citi
zens generally, were taken to Oakland
derttetei’y for interment, and to the
place among the Confederates which
had been selected as the hallowed
resting place of the distinguished gen
eral.
j.Governor Terrell was in charge of
the exercises at the state capitol. H*
.introduced Rev. T. P. Cleveland, chap
lain of the Confederate veterans of
Georgia, who delivered a prayer. Fol
.lpWjng (jus were speeches from Gen
eral Stephen D. Lee, of Mississippi,
now commander-in-chief of the veter
ans,: having succeeded to that position
because of General Gordon’3 death;
General Clement A. Evans, 01 Georgia;
■lqdge Thomas G. Jones, of Alabama;
Gov. D. C. Heyward, of South Caro
lina; Gov. W. S. Jennings, of Florida;
.fudge George Christian, ot Virginia;
General Bennett Young, 01 Kentucky;
i Colonel Albert Cox, of Atlanta; John
Temple Graves, of Atlanta.
: During the public exercises at the
oivpitui the remains-of General Gordon
continued to lie in the rotunda, where
jH'ople were permitted to view the
body. , r
At the Church.
At the Central .Presbyterian chifeh
Rev. Rlbhard Orme Flinn, who was lof
years General Gordon's pastor, was*in
charge of the services. He was assist
ed by Rev. Dr. YVoodstocx, Row. Dr.
Rice and Rev, Df. Nesbit. The*'-.fier
\iccs were very .brief, intfjfsijersed
with several mualcahseh?otiotis by the
choir.
Each of the ministers pamed made a
few remarks concerning General Gor
don and the funeral .services were
ejtosed.. The public meeting at the cap
ital were the main exercises.
The. active pallbearers for the fun
eral were Gtiaeral W. E. Mickel, Gen- #
era! J. Ellison. Gen*ra< George P. Har
rison, General B. A- Teague, General
Bennett! Young, General C M. Wiley,
Colonel S. A. Cunningham. General
W. Harris, John W. Triplett,
W-. W. Hulhuft. Genera] Robert Low
ry, Col- W. S. Shepard and Mayor Evan
P. Howell. These pallbearers were
named Wednesday morning at a con
fcrcßcg? between General Evans and
.Gofev.ner Terfell. the family having
request*>d them do make the selection.
A salute of seventeen guns were
fired during the. day, une gun every
half hour. The salute began at S
o'clock in the morning and continued
until 4:3d o’clock in the afternoon.
During the exercises at the capitol
and the services'at the church the fire
belli on* No. l tolled un
til the service^/Were ended.
On arriving 4lt the.cemetery the cas
ket was*placed in the vault to the loft
lof the Confederate monument, one ot
the two vaults presented to the Gordon
family by the Ladies'. Memokial'-Asso-'
ciaiion. t f:
The usual saftite and.peremiiiieqldi®
.a lieutenant general then 10011 plaice,,
and the funeral was complete.
A Quick Shave.
Some of U 3 with troublesome whis
kers wore rejoicing over the report
j that a compound had been discovered
; which, when rubbed on the face, will
| remove the hair more effectually than
a razor does it, yet leave the skin in
■a perfectly healthy condition.
“Well, sir,” said one of the com
pany, “I saw something new the other
day. A young 'man with a lot of
ccraggly furze on his face was a
guest at my house. In the morning
I went into his room for a chat while
he was dressing. Presently he step
ped before the mirror, scratched a
match and made a few motions with
it near his cheek and jaw.
“ ,4 What are you doing?’ I asked.
“ ‘Shaving,’ said he.
“And with one match he made a
good job of it. After he had washed
his face there was no sign of hair
nor indication that he had injured his
skin.
“ ‘I always shave that way,’ said he,
T learned it from seeing nay mother
singe the pin feathers from chick
ens.” —Brooklyn Eagle.
REAL THING.
Tipkins—l don’t believe there ever
was a horse race that was on the
square.
Piker—l saw an honest race once.
Tipkins —Indeed! Where?
Piker—ln Arizona. The chap in the
lead stole the horse.
UNNOTICED.
“You say you saw my sister at a re
cent wedding?”
“Yes. It wasn’t very long ago.”
“But I don’t remember that she
mentioned seeing you.”
“Very likely. I was only the bride
groom.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
NOT IN HERSELF.
“Has the prima donna any talent?”
“Quite a lot.”
“But I thought you said she could
neither sing nor act."
“She can’t. Tha talent is in the
company she carries with her.”—Cin
cinnati Times-Star.
ONE PROOF.
“Eskimos are not too much addicted
to cleanliness,” remarked the man
who reads so much.
“I don’t know about that,” said the
friend. “I’m sure they all sleep in
snowy beds.” —Chicago News.
2,000,000 Italians in Franc.
There are 2,000,000 Italians In
France, chiefly engaged in artistic, edu
cative or laboring pursuits. Most of
them are found iu the eastern, espe
cially in tlio southeastern departments,
but they are scattered all through the
country. On the other hand, there are
only 10,000 French in Italy.—London
Globe.
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Wreath of Human Bone?.
On a grave in ;t cemetery at Chiches
ter, England, there is a wreath which
at first glance appears to be a coral.
In reality It is composed of human
bones. The bones were collected dur
ing liis travels by the deceased, who
carved them with a penknife, and
formed them into the wreath which
now adorns his grave.
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PROBING THE SMOOT CASE.
Argumsflts Ecgun Eefoie Smat? Com
mittee on Eectbus by Attorneys
on Bo in S.des.
A Washington special says: The
senate committee on privileges and
elections met Saturday to hear the at
torneys on both sides of the case in
volving the right of Senator Smoot to
occupy his seat. Former Representa
tive Tayler, of Ohio, was heard for
some Protestants, and E. P. Stevenson
for those who are representing the
National Rerom Association. A. S.
Worthington and Walderman VanCott
were present on behalf of Senator
Smoot, who also was in attendance.
The first presentation was made by
Mr. Tayler, who said the Protestants
expected to prove the following
charges:
1. The Mormon priesthood, accord
ing to the doctrine ot the church and
belief, practices and its membership
is vested with, and assumes to exer
cise supreme authority in all things,
temporal and spiritual", civil and politi
cal. The head of the church claims ".o
receive divine revelations and these
Reed Smooth, by his covenants and
obligations, is bound to accept and
obey.
2. The first presidency and twelve
arostles, of whom Reed Smoot is one,
is supreme in exercising the authority
of the church and in the
of the authority to their successors.
Each of them is called prophet, seer
and revelator.
3. As shown by their teaching and by
their own lives, this body of men has
not abandoned belief in polygamy and
polygamous cohabitation. On the con
trary—
(a) As the ruling authorities of the
church they promulgate in the most
solemn manner the doctrine of poly
gamy without reservation.
(b) The president of the Mormon
church and a majority of the twelve
apostles now practice polygamy and
polygamous cohabitation, and some of
them have taken polygamous wives
since the manifesto of 1890. These
things have been done with the knowl
edge and countenance of Reed Smoot.
Plural marriage ceremonies have been
performed by the apostles since the
manifesto of 1890 and many bishops
and other high officials of the church
have taken plural wives since that
time. All of the first presidency and
twelve apostles encourage, counte
nance, conceal and connive at polyga
my and polygamous cohabitation and
honor and reward by High office and
distinguished preferment those who
most persistently and defiantly violate
the law of the land.
4. Though pledged by the compact
of statehood and bound by the law
of the commonwealth, this supreme
body, whose voice is law to its people
and whose members were individually
directly responsible for good faith to
the American people, permitted, with
out protest or objection, their legisla
tors to pass a law nullifying the stat
ute against polygamous cohabitation.
For all these things Reed Smoot is
responsible in law and in conscience
to this body and to the American peo
ple. In connection with the third spe
cification Mr. Taylor gave a list of the
documents recognized by the Mormon
church as inspired.
In reply, Mr. Worthington said the
statements made by Mr. Tayler differ
ed very materially from the charges
made in the formal statements, and he
asked time in which to make a reply,
which was granted.
GRIM REAPER REMOVES BL4IR.
Death Intervenes to Put End to Notorious
St. Louis Scandal Case.
James L. Blair, of St. Louis, Mo.,
died at Eus'tis, Fla., Saturday morning.
He visited Florida in search of healm,
and it was thought that he was im
proving when his condition changed
alarmingly for the worst.
Mr. Blair held the position of gen
eral counsel for the St. Louis exposi
tion and Mrs. Blair that of president
of the board of lady managers, which
position was resigned owing to certain
charges of official misconduct of the
deceased, of which the St. Louis pa
pers were full at the time.
Sunday night the body was taken to
St. Louis, accompanied by Mrs. Blair
and her son, Percy Blair.
national prohibition convention
To Be Held at Indian 3polis June 29--Com
mittee Meets in Chicago.
At a committee meeting in Chicago,
Friday, Indianapolis was chosen by
the prohibition party for its national
convention, which will be held on
June 29.
Band Issue of Philpaines Sold.
The war department has adopted the
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The Home Nest.
“Papa,” asked his youngest, “what
do you call these little places in your
desk?”
“Pigeonholes.”
“What’s the reason you call ’em pig
eonholes?”
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person, with a dreamy, faraway look,
“that’s what they are; for homing pig
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But how was she to be expected to
understand that? —Chicago Tribune.
To know just how to sing’s a thing
Desirable, but, then,
It’s well to knew how not to sing
And also where and when._
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The life that dees no good is guilty of
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