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Body of Chivalrous Cavalier Laid to
Rest in Atlanta Cemetery with
Solemnly Imposing Obsequies.
HOSTS PAY
Thousands Take the
Look at Body as it Lay
in State in Georgia
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Capitol Building.
With funeral obsequies on a scale
elaborateness, solemnity and
iveness never before witnessed in
state of Georgia, or perhaps in
whole south, the remains of
John B. Gordon were laid to rest
Oakland Cemetery, at Atlanta,
day afternoon.
From an early hour
morning to within a short time of
terment, the body of the
and beloved chevalier lay in state
the rotunda of the state capitol,
many thousands paid silent and
ful homage to all that is left of
south’s great soldier, statesman and
beloved civilian.
Those who had seen him last in life
or had known of his matchless deeds
of valor came in serried column and
unbroken file with bowed, uncovered
heads to get one final look at the body
which had been once the home of such
a mighty heart and soul, Members
from all the walks of life, from the
highest in the realm unto the lowest,
with every trade and profession enlist
ed, from the eminent judge to the rag
ged newsboy, all bent upon the same
mission of homage to the dead and
reverence for what he had been in life.
Besides the veterans of the gray.,
were many of the blue. They had
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 of
thrilling adventure, They, too, had
come for the one common purpose that
Inspired the others and mingled their
tears with those of the sorrowing
throng.
Flowers in Profusion.
Thousands of sorrowing friends
flowers, and the rotunda in the capitol
resembled a veritable flower garden,
only it was more beautiful m its
ness cf color and design.
It would he impossible to
all the floral offerings sent, One
the prettiest was that sent by the
Confederate soldiers now in the
States congress—a flag of the
eracy worked out with
{skill. It was made of Parma
narcissus, white,and rid roses, red
nations and red poinsettia. The
make the stars and the violets
bars, while red carnations and
poinsettia formed the base. The
of the flag was done in narcissus.
Another offering of surpassing
ty was that which the city of
sent in testimony of its* love and
teem and admiration. This design
the seal of the city, with the
Resurgens” written across the
at the top, the dates 1847 and 1T65
spectively on each side and
on the lower border.
Governor Terrell and the otner
house officials had two very
designs made—one the court of
of the state, done in Easter lilies,
of the valley and roses; the other
resenting the heart of the
made of red and white carnations
Parma violets. Bo.h of tne
were large and beautiful.
Edward Hugh Bangs, of
Inch, sent an immense wreath of
derful richness of color and beauty
design. It was crescent-shaped
built of bronz galax#leaves, with a
land of pink roses and
ferns, tied with a pretty bow of
Camp W. H. T. Walker, United
federate Veterans, expressed its
for the departed hero in a
wheal, three and a half feet in
eter and made of white and pink
nations and narcissus.
Another beautiful offering was
Of the Atlanta chapter of the
Army of the Republic. It was a
some wreath of hronz© galax
with red, white and blue streamers.
The John B. Gordon Camp,
Sons of Confederate Veterans, No. 46,
sent an offering of particular beauty
in the shape of a Confederate flag.
The Georgia Society of New York
paid tribute to the memory of Genera)
Gordon by sending a very handsome
w'reath of roses and hyacinths.
Andrew Blakely, manager of the St.
Charles hotel, New Orleans, sent a
very beautiful design in the shape of
the shield of the Confederacy. It was
bordered with lilies of the valley,
while the 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 Easier laies.
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 iu
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 the capitol, funeral services
were held in the Central ures-xyterian
church, which is just across the street
from the capitol building. At tne com
pletion of the services at the church
the remains were placed in a hearse
and headed by the military and fol
lowed by Confederate veterans, state
j officials, Daughters! of the Confeder
acy, Sons of Veterans, Ladies’ Memo
j rial Association, city officials and citi
zens generally, were taken to Oakland
j cemetery for interment, and to the
place among the Confederates which
j had been selected as tne hallowed
resting place of the distinguished gen
eral.
Governor Terrell was in charge of
the exercises at the state capitol. He
introduced Rev. T. P. Cleveland, chap
lain of the Confederate veterans of
Georgia, who delivered a prayer, Fob
lowing this 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’s death;
General Clement A. Evans, or Georgia;
Judge Thomas G. Jones, of Alabama;
Gov. D. C. Heyward, of South Caro
lina; Gov. W. S. Jennings, of Florida;
Judge Georg© Christian, or Virginia;
General Bennett Young, or Kentucky;
Colonel Albert Cox; of Atlanta; John
j Temple Graves, of Atlanta,
During the public exercises at the
capitol the remains of General Gordon
j I continued people were to lie permitted in the rotunda, to view where the
body.
At the Church.
At the Central Presbyterian church
Rev. Richard Orme Flinn, who was for
years General Gordon’s pastor, was in
charge of the services. He was assist
ed by Rev. Dr. WoodstocK, Rev. Dr.
Rice and Rev. Dr. Nesbit. The ser
vices were very brief, interspersed
with several musical selections by the
choir.
Each of the ministers named made a
I few remarks concerning General Gor
j don and the funeral services were
closed. The public meeting at the cap
j itol were the main exercises.
The active pallbearers for the fun
j oral were General W. E. Mickel, Gen
j oral J. Ellison, General George P. Har
rison, General B. A. Teague, General
Bennett Young, General G M. Wiley,
Colonel S. A. Cunningham, General
] Sampson W. Harris, Joan W. Triplett,
j W. W. Hulburt, General Robert Lovv
ry, Col. W. S. Shepard and Mayor Ev^an
: P. Howell. The&e pallbearers were
named Wednesday morning at a con
ference between General Evans and
Governor Terrell, the family having
requested them to make the selection.
| A salute of seventeen guns were
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fired during the day, one gun every,
half hour. The salute began at 8
j j o’clock in the morning and continued
until 4:30 o’clock in the afternoon,
During the exercises ai the capitol
and the services at the church the fire
bells on engine house No. 1 tolled un
til the services were ended.
On arriving at the cemetery the cas
ket was placed in the vault to the left
of the Confederate monument, ona, ot
j the two vaults presented to the Gordon
family by the Ladies’ Memorial Asso
eiaticn.
| The usual saffite and ceremonies due
; a lieutenant general then took place,
j and the funeral was complete.
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Son© of us with troublesome whis
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4t Well, sir,” said one of the com
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day. A young man with a .lot of j
scraggly furze on his face was a
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I went into his room for a chat while
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u t What are you doing?' I asked.
“ ‘Shaving,’ said he. |
“And with one match he made a
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his face there was no sign of hair
nor indication that he had injured his j
skin.
‘I “ learned ‘I always it shave from seeing that way,’ said mother he, j
my
singe the pin feathers from chick
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REAL THING.
Tipkins—I don’t believe there ever
was a horse race that was on tha
square.
Piker—I saw an honest race once.
Tipkins—Indeed! Where?
Piker—In Arizona. The chap in tha
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.”
i * Very likely. I was only the bride
groom.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
NOT IN HERSELF.
. - TT Has tne prima . donna talent*?”
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Quite a lot.” „
t ■ But I thought said she
you could
neither sing nor act.” |
“She can’t. The talent is in the j
company she carries with her.”—Cin
cinnati Times-Star.
ONE PROOF.
it Eskimos are not too much addicted
to cleanliness,” remarked the man
who reads so much.
t ( I don’t know about that, said the
friend, * * I m sure they all sleep in
snowy beds. • ’ Chicago News. |
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but they are scattered all through the
COlUlt ^ ° n t be °, tbei ' b and ' tb r e ; ,r0
only 10,000 French in Italy T .-London j
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In reality it is composed of human
bones. The bones were collected dur- j
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formed them into the wreath which
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PROBINS THE SHOOT CASE.
Arglimniis Begun fiefoiC S:nat2 Coa
mittec on Eectbns by Attorneys
on Boih 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
expected to prove the following
charges:
1. The Mormon priesthood, accord
ing to the doctrine of 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 cf the church claims to
receive divine revelations and these
Reed Smooth, by his covenants and
obligations, is bound to accept and
obey.
2. The first presidency and twelve
apostles, of whom Reed Smoot is one,
is supreme in exercising the authority
of the church and in the transmission
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 cf 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
t ji e . i aw 0 f 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
directlv * resnonsible e for or go vr-od u fnfth tait.i tn to
the American . people, permitted, witii
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. Tayler 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 BLAH? *#
Death Intervenes to Put End to Notorious
St. Louis Scandal Case.
James L. Blair, of St. Louis, Mo.,
died at Eustis, Fla., Saturday morning.
He visited Florida in search of healm,
and it was thought that he w T as 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
i 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 Ee Held at Indianapolis June 29-Com
nittee Meets in Chicago.
x\t a committee meeting in Chicago,
Friday, Indianapolis was chosen by
the prohibition party for its national
convention, which will be held on
June 29.
Bond Issue of Phiipiines Sold.
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New York, representing Mske & Rob
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But how was she to be expected to
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