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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
ESTABLISHED 1826.
MACON, GKO IP A TU LSI) AY AUGUST If. Ifr8-T\VELV K PA(j KS.
VOL.LXIII.S NO. 10.
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K VPT.T.OW FEARER <iium of c,0EeJ compartments For in- j carts of tlie str torce at the service of
l •*-* v * stance, if a car leaving a locality where the Board of} ,h, making nine carts in
the disease is epidemic should come to an all for scave-.o' service:
uninfected country,and a person should go | '-Resolved, 'inat in the present state of
and s eep in that car, that person would j affairs it is necessary to have additional
be exposed to the dise>se just as if he j carts to keep the city clean; we therefore
had slept in the town where the i request the mayor and council to furnish
disease was epidemic. It is possible for 1 three additional carts anil one additional
lacofl Wants the Refugees
but no Fever Patients.
[eeting of the board of health.
I »„ saoltnrjr Condition not Sncli ns
Slake nn l° vltat,on to ° H*nRd—
10 ' Th , people Coming Away
From Florida"
The
Iiiff)
tunouncement in the Teleobaph
morning that Mayor Price had
ed the gate* ‘* le cit .? to the Florida
u provoked no little comment. The
L,vor’s action, construed so as to mean
Jr i0D \j those flying from the disease
Lild find a haven here, was applauded
t l, e reason thatMacon has never, since
U M> , city, barred the gates against
the people fleeing from the districts over
Jshich Yellow Jack threw his pall. There
(V 3eo ,,lciti«ns who remember well
Itheieonrge of 1854, when the yellow fever
■prevailed iu Savannah. Mncon not onlv
I .tended an invitation to the panic-strtcK-
I „ Lonle to come, but shipped hundreds
•'fffi* filled with bread tor the afflicted
, it In 1870, as was stated yesterday,
I the lame refuge was tendered, aud many a
■ family came here to remain until the
I Lard of health of the plague-stricken city
announced the city safe from further rav-
I *f ut the majority of our citizens protesi
against bringing any hver patient into tl,e
citv. l )r - Walker, chairman of the heard
of health, joins his protest to iliat of the
peuple sgainst anyone coming here that
iLid be likely to bring the germ of the
disease. He is perfectly williug that the
reiugees—the people who are runningaway
to escape the scourge—should come to
Macon, but he knows that the city is not
in the
OOOI) SANITARY I ONDITIOX
to open too wide the gates and admit any
md everybody. For the purpose of con
sidering the matter and taking proper and
prompt •measures, he has called a meeting
of the board of health for this morning at
9 o’clock. It is, therefore, quite lit ely that
the board, with the mayor, will place the
necessary restrictions around the people
who come from Florida.
The fact is known that while Macon is a
healthful city and its health record is un
surpassed bv any city in the land, the
sanitary condition at this season of the
vear. with an inadequate sc live tiger force,
lack of sewerage and the condition of the
swamp, makes it ne-. essary to be cautious.
A single germ of the disease which now
seriously threatens the coast cities, if
planted here, would, under the condition
of things above named, propagate the dtS'
ease anil the consequence would be fearful.
Tu avuid this it is necessary for the mayor
and board of health to exercise the great
est precautions, and this will be done.
THE SCAVENGER FORCE
is not sufficient to keep tho city clean, es
pecially in the summer season, when
melon rinds and discarded vegetables are
to be carried ofl. The city council has the
Inrgnt force possible, but there are locali
ties seldom cleaned. There are alleys reek
ing in filth and decaying vegetable matter.
The swamp into which the garbage is
daily dumped, and into which tho sewers
carrying away the fluid filth are emptied,
has no outlet'as formerly, and the result is
the swamp is a seething, rotteoing mass of
poison that needs only a little stirring up
to give ofl' gases that mean death. The
outlets to the swamp have been choked up
with the trash of years and headed of!' by
levees thrown up by the brick yards. But
the swamp is removed from the city
proper, and for a few years past the people
'have been moving their residences farther
and far her away from that portion of the
town.
Under the condition'of tilings which, to
a large extent, is regarded as unavoidable,
the citizens commend Mayor Price’s ac
tion in saying to the people of Jackson
ville that lacy will find a welcome here,
but say the precautions must be taken to
prevent the fevered from coming.
Yesterday the trains from Florida by
the Central and East Tennessee came in
crowded with passengers. Veiy few
•topped over, as nearly all of those who
caute were Northerners, who ran at the
first scare. Conductor Retteau remarked
*» he was about to leave the Union depot
yesterday morning, that if Macon had any
Passengers lie would be compelled to ask
for another coacb.
Hr. Walker says yellow fever is not con
tagious, though infectious. He says he
would not hesitate to treat a case coming
bere if the clothes of the patient had been
THOROUGHLY FUMIGATE!!.
_ He sees no objection to the people of
-Jacksonville coming here, but says safe
guards must be uited to prevent the pa
tients trout coming. He does not regard
the city in a bad sauitary condition, even
though he is thoroughly posted as to the
condition of the swamps ami sewers, and
has applied on more titan one occasion for
ashute. by which the garbage can be
dumped into the river. He thinks that
Macon posses-es too many climatic ami
other healthful .advantages to produce any
thing like nn epidemic of any kind.
la 18TS, w!;.:: Maccn "»“* (•>** refnee of
the Savannah and Brunswick people, some
thirty-two people died here from fever.
I he question has never been fully set'led
hy the pbysscians wh ther it wus yellow
lever or a malignant type of malarial fever.
At any rate, the |ieople died, and they
*erc natives. It is mud that the yellow
■ever was brought here in crates of cab
bages from .Savannah, and in box can that
were shut up iu Savaunah to be opened in
Macon and the poisoned air to be scatter-
*d- It will be remembered that all the
‘icknessat that lime was confined to tho
lower part of the city contiguous to the
railrosd.
These mediums of bringing the disease
here must be guarded against now, and the
board of health to-day will no doubt take
them tinder consideration.
the chances roll spreading.
As to how and the chances for spreading
‘he disease, I>r. Baird, of the Atlanta
"card of Health, has this to say in the
Atlanta Journal of yesterday:
‘Yellow fever is a disease which can be
transported in baggage, clpthing, etc., anti
“ c *n be carried in cara and ships. The
atmosphere that contains gvrma of the dii-
**te way be transjiortcd through the me-
baggage to spread the disease under favor
able circnmstances. It is impossible to
say how much of that germ atmosphere it
would take to convey the disease under un
favorable cir umstances—that is, to a lo
cality where the atmosphere is pure. Ye!
low fever is, properly speaking, an infec
tious disease. Tiiat is. it is spread by im
palpable products of the disease in the at
mosphere, rather than hy (lersonal con-
' tact. The gerniH of the disease originated
! without the body. It u Indigenous to cer-
\ tain tropical or semi-tropical localities aud
spreads, under f-vorable circumstances, to
| localities whero it cannot be said to be
I indigenous. In lert .in places within
, the fever district sporadic cases occur al-
j most every year, but the disease prevails
, as an epidemic only in certain years. It
| has been said that a summer never passes
without a few sporadic cases in New Or
leans, but they hare not had an epidemic
there for several years, and their immunity
of late from such epidemics is probably
due. to their more all let attention to the
sanitary condition of the city. Persons
going from a distance where the fever pre
vails, int > a district where it does not ex
ist, do not, as a rule, communicate the dis
ease. The exceptions to this rule are so
few that they need not be taken into ac
count.”
fever on the cabs.
Trains are arriving daily, from Florida
by the Central and East Tennessee, and it
is thought hy some that there might be a
liability for the spread of the disease
through this source. Hr. Baird said he
would not think it would be -prudent for a
person in Allinta to get into a car there
orel ewhere which had been brought out
of an atmosphere iu which the yellow fever
wasepidemic, unless the most careful and
thorough ventilation of the whole c-r
had been taken. Of course, in ordi
nary day coaches there is verv little
risk. In an open car running through the
loimtry the atmosphere would he thor
oughly changed over and over again, and
you would probably have in the car none
of the poisonous atmosphere with which it
had been charged several hundred miles
away. The main risk would be in sleeping
cars or curs which had been closed and
only opened in some place at the time of
being occupied. Tbe bedding in the sleep
ing cars makes them more liable that oth
ers to carry the infected atmosphere.
Bartini Quurauttue Regulations to be En
forced.
The Florida yellow fever was the theme
of earnest conversation Saturday.
The arrival at 4 o’clock a. in. of a train
of eight well-filled coaches on the E.T., V,
& G. K. K. caused some little excitement,
especially when about 80 of the refugees
stopped over in M aeon. The majority of
these refugees were from the I’ablo Beach
hotel, and were following. Mr. John G.
Christopher, the landlord, and his family.
Mr. Christopher had just rrUiioed home
from a visit to North Carolina, llis house
was crowded, as it had been all the sum
mer, and every room was engaged for the
month of August. The report reached
tbe hotel of the prevalence of the diiecsn
in Jacksonville, and in .'!C hours the big
hotel, with its hundreds of guests, wus
emptied. The people became panic-
stricken, and Me. Christopher simply came
with the crowd, knowing that it was use
less to try and stop them or to remain.
Those who remained in Macon spent the
day at the hotels or in viewing rite city,
some of them going away ut night and
some siopping over, well satisfied with
Macon’s climate.
The East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor
gia railroad authorities refused to
receive any sleepers from Jack
sonville, owing to the quarantine at Way-
cross, and passengers northward who arc
allowed to proceed from that point will be
brought in cars sent down from this end
of the rood.
The morning trains from Albany, on the
Central railroad came in on time, but
brought no Florida passengers. It was
said that passengers were stopped below
Albany ana not allowed to come, but such
was not tbe case. Tbe Brunswick and
Western train failed to connect.
THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
As was announced in the Teleobaph,
die Board of Health met yesterday morn
ing at 9 o’clock at their room in the city
hall building. The meeting was presided
over by Chairman F. Walker, who is also
the city physician, and Capt. George A.
Dure waa made secretary. Several physi
cians of the city attended the meeting at
the invitation of I)r. Walker. Mayor
price was also present and seemed anxious
to do all in his power toward assisting the
board iu its precautions. Mr. C. B. Will
ingham, of the board, introduced a resolu
tion to the effect that, in view of the con
dition of the city and the inadequate scav
enger service, that a rigid quarantine be
established. This resolution was discussed
but wss not adopted.
Mr. J. H. Hertz offered the following ss
a substitute:
“Resolved, That the mayor and council
he requested to asaist the Board of Health
in maintaining a partial quarantine, ao ns
to keep people from the yellow fevt r dis
tricts from stopping in this city, but to
allow hem to pass through under proper
regulations.” .
A committee composed o| Chairman
Walker, aSecretary Dure, J. H. Herts and
tt. U. Cuile. a—asp-inM * > meet at J
o’clock in the afternoon and prescribe
such regulations as were necessary to carry
out the resolution,
Mr. Willingham introduced the follow
ing resolution, which waa covered hy the
action of the committee which met fn the
afternoon, and which, as will lie seen, Is
simply the same ordinance already cxist-
'"“Ile it ordained hy the Board of Health
of the city of Macon, that any railroad
conductor of any train coming from any
district infected with yellow fever, stop
ping sny sleeping car within the limits of
the city of Macon, shall be fined in a sum
not less than $1,000, or in lieu thereof im
prisonment for not more than twelve
month#:
“lie it further ordained, that the ofuuen*
and agents of the railroads, resident of
the city of Macon, shall be subjected to a
like fine when they permit this ordinan e
to be violated; aud tliat the agents and
officers of the company in Macon beserved
with a copy of this ordinance.”
Mr. Hertz introduced the following reso
lution, which was adopted, but Mayor
Price had anticipated it and placed three
sauitary inspector until November 1st.”
In the afternoon thecommittec met with
a view to defining the regulations govern
ing the partial quarantine, and after dis
cussing the subject thoroughly adopted
certain sections from the Board'of Health
regulations and authorized their publica
tion, and they will be found iu another
column.
In the afternoon Mayor Price appointed
W. A. Webb a quarantine officer and told
him to report to the Board of Health for
duty. He also appointed Mr. Anthony
Vannuclcissassistant sanitary inspector,
and he will enter upon his duties at once.
THE PHYSICIANS’ MEETING.
The Macon Medical Soc etv met yester
day evening at 6 o’clock at the office of Dr.
McHatton, and after a thorough discus
sion of the question adopted the resolu
tion embodied in the official proceedings
given below:
“At a called meeting of the Macon Med
ical Society, held at-Dr. Mediation's office
August 11, 6 p. m., it was unanimously
resolved, That it is the sense of this asso
ciation that the Board of Health has acted
wisely and well in establishing a restricted
quarantine of persons and baggage ftoni
Jacksonville and other infected districts,
as our city at this juncture is in such an
unsanitary condition as to render it unsafe
to throw wide o|ien her doors, thereby in
viting an epidemic of yellow fever, which
might cause the loss’ of many valuable
lives aud the utter paralysis of the busi-
ni-s-< interests. ■
“R-"cdved i That it is the sense of this
meeting that the city council suppress all
work upon streets and alleys, except such
as to insure additional drainage, and turn
over to the Board of Health sttph carle,
mules and street force os are now in their
service for the use of said board, to facili
tate them in placing the city in as healthy
a condition as possible by removing all
garbage, etc., to such a distance as in tlieir
estimation may seem advisable.
H. McHatton, M. D., Pres.
E. G. Ferguson, Sets"
THE QUARANTINE.
Last night Mayor Price assigned Mr.
Webb to duty as quarantine offleer on the
East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia ra 1-
road, and to day will send a man on the
Southwestern.
He also instructed the police force last
night to inspect the premises all over tho
city, and to report all places in an unclean
condition to the chief of police, who will
in turn report the places to the Board of
Health. The citizens will take warning
and comply ut once with tho sanitary reg
ulations.
The 'mayor received a telegram from
Mayor Woolfolk, of Albany, last night
saying that no trains from the infected din
iricts are allowed to stop in Albany.
In extending the invitations to the peo
ple to otunc to Macon, Mayor Price was
acting solely on llis broad ground of hu
manity. He consulted with Dr. Walk' r
of the board of health, and felt confident
that the health of record of the city v -is
such as to warrant him in opening the
gat-gs. Dow that the medical society *
L.'y. >-,-,r.l .if health,bnytAAmhUl:^. i'aY.VJW
in nn unsanitary roh'fltionTtie proposes to
leave nothing undone toward prohibiting
the city from the disease.
TIIK CAR IS KKADY
TO THE GRAVE.
Burial of Gen. Philip Henry
Sheridan.
THE SERVICES AT THE CHURCH.
i<> ltody
inp—Tho Lout Tho fc
-Tho Mugler’* LMt tloud
Night.
And will Soon Start ont to Adverttae tho
Slnte Fair In tlio North.
THe car that will Boon start oat on its
way West and North to carry an exhibit
of Georgia’s products, minerals and man
ttfaciurea is now reedy in the yard of the
Central Railroad. It is a handsome car.
It is fifty feet long, of ri.h wine color fin
ished in black and gold, and appropriately
lettered. It contains shelves ami other
appointments necessary lor a complete fair
in miniature, besides an office and sleeping
apartments for Mr. Glessner, the commis-
siuuer. Upon both side, in gilt letters are
the legends “Georgiy Agricultural Society”
and “Georgia Immigration Bureau.” In
the centre ol the enr, and between these
legends is a large tnednlion of the coat of
aruts of Georgia in gold and colors, ad
mirably executed hy W. L. Kline, the
talented son of Maj. T. D. Kline. The
car was made entire at the Central’a shops
under the direction of Master Car Builder
Charpiot.
Mr. Glessner arrived yesterday af
ternoon, ami this car was taken from
the ahiqis. It will be carried to Griffin,
where the commissioner will he joined by
delegates and then proceed to Newnan,
where the Agricultural Society will con
vene. The car will be ahown to the mem
bers and then carried to Americus, where
it will he loaded with the various articles
intended for the miniature exhibit. Then
it will return to Macon and start out upon
its journey to the West and North, travel
ing through all the important States in
time to strike the Stale fairs. In the
towns where it cannot be rolled into the
fair grounds, the exhibit will be taken out
and appropriate signs in gold and blue have
been prepared for such instances.
Secretary Grier is receiving many letters
of inquiry for space, stalls, privileges, etc.,
for the coming fair. Quite a large num
ber of stalls for horses have been already
engaged.
There will lie some sixteen, and perhaps
many more counties, to make exhibits.
Thai much interest U being taken in this
test ure is evidenced by the following from
our Cuthbert correspondent, who says:
Mr. O. A Barry, president of the Ran
dolph County Agricultural Society, has
appointed delegates from every district in
tlae county to £et up exhibits for the
county show, which, after being exhibited
here, will be taken to Macon. Watch out
for Ran l"lpli and her exhibit at the State
fair.
11 lUOINQ GOES UP AGAIN.
Tim Ht. Louis Mill# becelve Notice or a
Further Advance In Untcu.
St. Louis, August 10.—Another large ad
vance bis been made in jute bogs in SL
Louts. The mills having received instruc
tions front the East to increase their prices.
The rat.snow are- On fjf pound bag-
giug, 10R cents per yard; IK pound, UK
cents; 2 pound, 11K cents; 2H pound, 13X
cents. On this basis GOO,000 yards of beg
ging have burnt sold by the Southern mills of
this city.
“Abetter article it U Impossible to get. sir
haw trl-'-l thou ...I at"! unhi-ilallnsl) |.rn
nounee Dr. UaU's Cough Hjrup.su t-. rlortosuy.’
Washington, August 11.—The last rites
for the dead were to-day performed accord*
iug to the ordinances of the Roman Catholic
Church for Philip Henry Sheridan, general
of- the array of the United States, and his
body was laid to rest in beautiful Arlington,
the eiiy of the soldier dead.
The event was marked by general suspen
sion of public business. The ceremonies
throughout were in keeping with the char
acter of the man. Strict adherence to almost
umnllitary simplicity in ail the arrange
ments- a heavy-wheeled military caisson for
his hearse; a procession of a single thousand
erect ,-iud sturdy soldiers who had seen
servlet-, best befitted the closing scenes iu
the ife of so great a soldier.
S*. Matthew’s church, where the remains
of t encral Sheridau hail lain in suite since
lln.rsday afternoon,and where the principal
buti".l services were held, is an ancient edi
fice of iuo-1est proportions.
Ai 9 o'clock the doors of the church were
thrown open and such of the large crowd as
sembled outiide as had received tickets of
admission were permitted to cuter. They
avert conducted to their scats by a corps of
aide: la full military uui'orin. under the di
rection of Col. John M. Wilson, of the corps
of engineers.
Nome time before the ceremonies com
menced, carriages containing members of
the diplomatic corps, the joint committee of
Congress, and Senators ntid Representatives
in Congress, began to arrive, uud the body
of the church was speedily filled.
At about 9:30 the pall bearers, -headed by
Ceneral Sherman in fall uniform, entered nt
the left door, and' filing up the aisle, took
seats at the left of the catafalque. Soon
afterward the joint, committee of Congress
appeared and its members were conducted
to seats reserved for them in front and to the
right of the catafalque, four of them occu
pying General Sheridan’s pew. They wore
while sashes and were headed by Senators
Gray and Hampton, and among them were
the cx-Confederate General Joseph Wheeler,
of Alabama, and one-armed General Charles
i-. Hooker, of Mississippi. About 9:40
o’clock President mid Mrs. Cleveland
and Secretaries Fairchild uud Vilas came in
uud took seats in the front pew at the right
of the center aisle and just in the rear of (he
chairs which had been provided for them
aud which remained uuoccutded during the
ceremonies, Mrs. Folsom. Secretary Bayard,
aud Postmaster General Dickinson loJJowed
md were seated in the vicinity.
About five minutes after the Presidential
party bad been seated Mrs. Sheridan arrived
and was es orted to her teat ut the left of
and near the casket.
She was deeply veiled and leaned upon
the arm of Col. Sheridan. They were ac
companied by General and Mrs. Rucker auu
Son, .Mi"* Pucker, John Sheri.b.n, the Gen
eral’s brotl er, and his wife.
Meanwhile the diplomatic corps, many of
tburp attired in full court dre>., had been
Ltfreo tti'.iie extreme right sod imutof the
church.
Army surgeons Dra. O’Reilly and Yarrow
aud Dr. Lincoln, who waa several times
called in for consultation during the Goner
al’z illness; Col. Blunt aud Col, Kellogg, of
Gen. Sheridan’s staff, occupied seats to the
left of t ie main aisle and immediately iu tbe
rear of Mrs. Sheridan.
The rear of the church was occupied by
a large uutuber of members of Congress,
oflieers of the army aud navy and public
officials. The galleries and all available
seata in the church were occupied before the
church services began. Ltrgo wreaths,
crosses and baskets of beautiful tl iwers, tin-
gift of the Grand Army of the Republic, tbe
Loyal Lcgiou aud other organizations and
friends, Idled the open space in front of the
side altars.
THIt RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.
At just 10 o’clock, twenty-two acolitcs
entered from the sacristy, sod, filing right
and left, took seaU beiide tbe black-palled
catafalque. They were followed by eight
Dominicans, wearing heavy black and white
habits, mid ten surpliced ’’priests, chanting
tho “miserere.”
At the conculsiou of this service Fathers
Ryan, Kervick and Mackin, deacon, sub-
deacon and cclebmut of the mass, entered
the sanctuary. They were followed by
Right Rev. John P. Faley, bishop-
elect of Detroit and two pr.ests. Car
dinal Gibbons was lost to enter. He
wore the red cassock, white surplice and
purple cape, with a long gold chain
supporting the pectoral cross upon his
breast and tbe red baretla upon his head.
Kneeling at the altar he offered prayer.
Taking his seat on the throne the celebra
tion of the solemn requiem mass begsn. In
accordance witli the request of Mrs. Sheri
dan, “Schmidt’s Mass,” one of the simplest
in musical composition, was sung by the
church choir, with organ accompaniment.
At the offertory, “Christus! Salvator mundf,”
was sung. The ceremony occupied forty
minutes, and when it was concluded the
Cardinal ascended the pulpit aud began a
sermon. At 11 o’clock he descended from
the pulpit, and, taking his place in front of
the throne, a black and gold mantle wss
placed upon his shoulders and tue bishop’s
mitre upon hia head by the attendant priests.
A number of priesU with lighted
tapers took their places on
either side of the caskel; meanwhile the
Dominicans and the male voices of the choir
sang “Libera Mea.” The Cardinal, who had
taken his seat at the head of the casket, re
moved his mitre and sprinkled the casket
with tioty water, auu swinging a wtwCT, pre
nounced absolution.
At the conclusion of the ceremony the
“bonediotat” was chtuted and the solemn
and impressive service was ended.
Eight sergeants from the Third artillery
mart-bed down the aisle, and lifting the
casket upon their shoulders, bore it from the
church, tbe audience standing. Immediately
followed an artillery officer carrying the
General’s headquarters flag. The pall
bearers, headed by Generaf Sherman and
Speaker Carlisle, had meanwbila taken their
places in the carriages provided for
them. Mrs. Sheridan and others of
the famiir and friends followed
the caikut down the aisle and after them
camu the Presidential party and other dis
tinguished persons. While services were
iu progress, the cal ->n was placed in a
poctUon to reouiTU the casket and the Gen
eral’s horse was led to a place immediately
behind. Tho horse is a dark bay and was
bought by General Sheridan in Chicago
about four years ago. it was iirl l1 md
-addled just as when last ridden by the
General, aud Sheridan’s military boots were
in the ktirrups, with the toes pointing back
ward. Tbe animal wasted by a till sergeant
iu full uuiform. Ail the horses used by the
General during the wnrnre dead, and “Guy,”
who was used or this occasion, is an aninial
which had been longest in the General’s
service as his personal saddle horse.
TUE PROCESSION.
In accordance with the wishes of Mrs.
Sheridan, the funeral was strictly a military
affair, aud the escort was precisely aa pre
scribed by the army regulations for an of
ficer of the rank of the deceased. The order
of march was ns follows: Battalion of CSV
e to the (leave With sill-: ‘wo battens, of light artillery, marine
baud, third arti lery hand, battalion of foot
artillery, clergy in carriage, body-bearers,
nrlillery sergeants’ caisson bearing the re
mains, Mrs. Sheridan and family, military
atafl', the President and family, the cabinet,
tbe judiciary Congressional committers,
diplomatic corps, representatives of the
Loyal Legion and Graud Army of the Re
public, citizens.
The column was formed by wheeling to the
left aud moved en route far enough to permit
the formation of the column of carriages in
the rear. Just before the close of the ser
vices, Gen. Schofield and his aides arranged
themselves in front of tbe troops and pre
pared to receive the funeral party. As the
bydy waa borne from the church, the bell
tolle t and the marine band played tho
hymn, “Nearer, My God, to Thee.” The
soldiers stood at present arms, and nearly
all ci izens removed their hats. The best',of
order was preserved, aud tbe crowd seemed
in spirit with the solemnity of the occasiou.
When all had been arranged the column
moved slowly in the direction of thq ceme
tery. Crowds lined the entire route, and all
available (daces for a view of the Hue were
occupied.
Several soldlere became exhausted during
the march aud had to be taken to the hospital.
• AT TUE GRAVE,
Eight sergeants of artillery lifted the cask
et from the caisson and bore it with slow,
careful steps down to the mouth ot the open
g rave, placing it there upon rods, ready to
e lowered to its resting place, when the
ground should have beets consecrated by the
priests. After a moment cf reverent slfenee
the clear voice of the Bishop-elect was heard
uttering the words of the Messing, “O God!
by whose mercy the souls of :he faithful
find rest, dtign to bless this grave And send
Tby Holy angels to guard it aud louse from
all tbe bonds of tin the souls of those
whose bodies are here interred, that
they may ever rejoice in thee
with thy saints, through Jesus
Christ, our Lord, amen!” With a sprig of
fir plucked from a neighboring branch, holy
water waa sprinkled over the grave and the
caskat was lowered by tbe sergeants. Thu
regular burial service brought the religious
features of the obsequies to an end, and the
priests stood aside aud remained in a group,
and every breath was hushed while the wid
ow cante’a step forward aud for one brief
moment gazed upou the cas’.et which held
her beloved dead. As she turned away oth
er mourners paid their tribute of love anil
respect and then the artillery fired a salute
of 17 guns; the Loyal Legion moved up in
line aud looked in upon the still uncovered
casket, and theu filed away.
THE LAST FAREWELL.
The great hollow square contained uow
hut one figure, that of the staff cavalry
bugler, who stood at case faeiug the esst,
his bugle under his arm, at the bead of the
grave. There was a hoarse comtuaud on the
left, echoed and passed on down tbu line of
infantry, a ratt e of steel, a moment of ex
pectation and then the simultaneous flash
and roar of five huudred muskets. Again
and again the voilcy was repeated, and then
the bugler came to attention, raised his bugle
to his lips and blew "tips,” the signal Tor
“lights out,” the military equivalent for
“good night.” The tones were low, mellow
aud tremulous at the start, but with each
succeeding note swelled clear and shrill,
commanding the waking echoes from the
surrounding hunks of foliage, which came
hack to Menu again with the long «lr*»n
wail at the end ns the last echo died away
aud, just as the shaduw of a towering buck
eye tell across and covered the grave as with
n pall, the groups of the living turned
stlcntiy homeward and left the dead to bis
solitude.
A noticeable incident at the cemetery was
the presence of Gen. Joseph K. Johnston, in
a group of distinguished persons at the
grave, side by side with Gen. Win. T. Sher
man.
A FATAL TRIP.
THE BITTER END-
Maxwell Executed at
Louis Yesterday.
St.
MOREHOUSE DEAF TO ALL APPEALS,
Tbe Unhappy Mao’* Face a Picture of Sa»l
Deiipatr as tho Cap hliute ill* Ltvlug
T'caturcH Forever from View—
Other Kxecutions.
Tiro Sojounion* at liar Harbor. Go Away
In a Canoe to Iteturu no More.
Bar Harbor, Me., August 12.—There is
great excitement here over tbe su, posed
drowning of two young society people and
the water iu the vicinity is covered with
crafts engaged for searching for a trace of
the misaiug ones.
At 9 o’clock Mr. J. -Harmon Reed uud Miss
Milliken took a canoe out with the inteotiou
of paddling around Bar Harbor. The night
was intensely dark, and being alarmed at
their absence, searchers went out at 11 p. m.
At an early hour this morning the wharves
in tbe vicinity were crowded with anxious
friends, who hoped tnd waited until uoou,
when u gun from tbe steam yacht Kooya,
belonging to Montgomery Sears, announced
that she Imre tidings, she had picked up n
canoe, botiuui up, oil' Kgg Rock, a distance
of three milts from here. The cano** was
No. 14, lupposul to be the broadest and
staunchest one here. There was a paddle
and a deerskin in the canoe.
Miss Fanny Millikeu was a guest at St.
Sauveura and waschzproned by Mra. Van
lloores. Her parents, who are residents of
New Orleans, are at "Rocklaud” with
friend. She was well known uud a general
favorite in society here.
Mr. Reed wus tbe son of Joel Hannon
Reed, one of the wealthy iron foundrymen
of Albany, N. Y., aod nephew of J. Mer deth
Reed, Consul General to Paris under Lin
coln and Grant. His family occupies the
highest, social position there. His mother,
two sisters anil a brother are guests at St.
Sauveur. Hope is abandoned, although
searcher* are still out. The age of each of
the supposed victims is about 25 year*.
CON'OllUsS ruts «VKKK.
Tlie Senate to Make a Week "if It Over the
Fisheries Treaty- In the House.
Washington, August 12.—The fisheries
treaty promis's to absorb tbe attention of
the Senate all the present week. 8hould it
be disposed of before the end of the week,
the bill to a luiit Washington territory will
be brought up.
It is probable that .the committee on the
District of Columbia w ilt make an effort to
morrow to have tbe House dispose of the
few bills of local Interest now upon the cal
endars. Several hours debate are yet to be
had upon the subject of the French spolia
tions cisims before the genern!|deficiency ip-
propriation bill can be passed. After
this is disposed of the lurther action
of the House will, in a measure, depend
upon the committee uu fureign afiairs. If
that coaimittee eun begotten together early
in the week it will doubtless request the i j
House to enter immediately upon the con- . .i
sideration of the Senate bill to give effect to ‘
the Chinese treaty. Otherwise tie* remain
St. Louis, Aug. 10.—Maxwell was barged
in company with Henry Landgraff, who
murdered Ids sweetheart in March, 1885.
Landgraff was sentenced to bang on April
2Bth last year, hut be also, like Maxwell,
has been making a desperate effort to save
himself, and lmi hsd the benefit of appeals,
stays of execution and ret piles. The exe
cution was postponed two hours from the
original time set this morning on Maxwell’s
account, Landgraff sharing in the extension
of life.
At 8:10 Lawyer Martin, of counsel for.
Maxwell, received from his colleague,
Famitleroy, who was in Jefferson City, the
f Bowing telegram, which was delivered to
Maxwell: “The Governor has received
fri-iu Minister West a telegram, hut he per
sists in the same position. Hold as long as
possible.-as we may hear iu time Hr heart
felt sympathy to the accu.ed and bis loved
ones? Wire nis father.” ,
The receipt of this telegram created quite
a sensation, as it was the general opinion in
and about the jail that th- Governor would
grant nt least a brief stay. Maxwell re
ceived it indifferently, that asheu hue on his
face growing deeper.
Ai 8:47 Sheriff Harrington, preceded by a
detail of police, entered the inner yarn of
tile jaii, olid tbs ShcnS' entered Maxwell’s
cell, where he and Landgraff had been
placed together, uud announced that the
final moment bad arrived. Maxwell paled
and pulled bis fingers nervously. His was
the first death warrant read, and he atood
up and heard his doom enlnily; though he
waa plainly growing weaker all th* time.
While his arms were being piui ned Max
well bit hia lower lip and gulped several
times. Landgraff received the warrant and
pinion as stolidly as a man well could. The
procession to the scaffold was then formed,
Father Tiliau wulkiug between Maxwell ana
Lundgrsff, preceded by Sheriff Harrington
and his deputies, aud followed by. police,
reporters and wltnessea.
As Maxwell passed through the inner
yard be walked firmly but Slowly. There
was a wonderful change from the apparent-
y unconcerned man piffling cigarertes and
the one cn route to his death. Ills face
looked pinched and drawn and of ashen
hue, amt his eyes were swolleu. He glanced
about, him piteously. Ills lips twitched and
his appearance was calculated to awaken the
(•ity of even those who were firmly con
vinced that lie ought to die.
Landgrnff looked and moved like a log,
will hall a smile and half a sneer on hia
face.
There was no time lost in reaching the
scaffold, which the com earned men ascend
ed without assistance. Maxwell was placed
under the no >se next to Twelfth street.
Father Tihan read prayers and Maxwell was
then asked if he had anything to say, and,
in almost inaudible tone, respond
ed: “No.” Landgraff merely shook
his head. The black caps were
being drawn when Landgrafl slipped back
ward, but promptly recovered. There was
an awful look of despair on Maxwell’s face
as the rap hid tt from view and Ids kuees
showed wenknizs. The nooses were ad
justed quickly uud at 8:50 the drop fell.
Laodg.-gfi never mov'd. UO r did a muscle
tw itch.
Not so with Maxwell. When he fell his
breast heuved convulsively and his liuibs
were drawn upward, white the spectators
were shocked by a stream of blood pourlug
down the right breast of his coat, which was
afterwards found to have been caused by a
cut on the nose inflicted by the ropeinsoine
mysterious way. Lndgraffi was pronounced
dead in eleven and a half minutes. Max
well’s struggles continued for fourteen
minutes, wheu be was prououuced deud
by the physicians in attendance. Lundgrutt
was cut down at 9:12, and Maxwell at 9:15.
The bodies were removed lo the morgue
office aud photographed, after which a post
mortem wss held. The postmortem showed
that the necks of both Maxwell and Laud-
grail were broken, and Maxwell’s nose was
broken; it is presumed he struck some part
of the gallows in the fall. Some of the
smaller hones of his neck were fractured.
The morgue officials state that Maxwell'*
body was the filthiest corpse handled in the
morgue for muoy days, llis under-clothing
waa vile, and he evidently bad not bathed
in months,
A SURLY BUTCHER EXECUTED.
Newcastle, Del., August 10.—Charles
Henry Riedel, a weaver in the Arlington
cotton mills, waa hanged to-day for the mur
der of his wife and a 7-year-old boy last
September. His wife was soon again to be a
mother. There was no reason for tbe mur
der, except that Reidel was morose aud surly
when in nil cups, as waa the case when the
murder was committed. Reidel struggled
hut little snd wss dead in fourteen minutes,
tVKATIIEK CHOU BULLKTIN.
Generally Favorable IVealher Reportrd—
Light l-'rost to the Nnrtliwesl.
Washington, D. C., August 12.—The
weather crop bulletin issued by the signal of
fice says: Reports from New England, the
Middle and South At'sntic States, the district
north of the Ohio river and fiom Kansas,
Missouri aud southern Nebraska, indicate
favorable weather in those sections during
the past week, generally improved condi
tions of crops, especially ot corn, although
damage from wind and rain is report
ed from sections of Ohio
and Missouri. Excessive rainfaU
nod cool weather in Minnesota and northern
Nebraska are reported w icumum* the
growth of crops and delaying the hnrvesL
The rainfall during the week in the coring
mid tobacco regions of the lower Mississippi
valley wss not sufficient to remove tbe indi
cations of dronth previously reported from
that section, and crops arc still sufl'ering
from want of rain. Light frost occurred in
northwestern Minnesota and in Michigan
Friday, bnt no damage is reported.
T he Dunnings,Passing Away.
Atlanta, August 11.—The Dunning
family that created such a sensation here
some months ago by two of the girls of the
family marrying nt greet, scene, to he on
the verge of being wiped out of existence.
The fatnile cousistcd of the old woman
aud three daughters. One of the girls
died aL-ent !»•> is* ■ ks ago. another died
yesterday and the thiid is isW to I :ive
died at her home in Ohio. Mrs.) ring,
courting death hy drinking
^ I all the liquor she can yet licr lij to She
der of the week will be spent in discussing
lias tome money, and is spending it
the Oklahoma bill and Senate amendments j fast as she can for liquor. Her death
to the sundry civil appropriation bill. . looked for at an early day.