The High Shoals messenger. (High Shoals, Ga.) 1897-1???, April 29, 1897, Image 8

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V veterans AND civilians gather GKEAT Nt MBERS to 1)0 HON¬ OR to THE MAGNANIMOUS AVAR HI OR WHO LOVED PEACE. EULOGIZED BT PRESIDENT M’KINLEY—A WREATH FROM BEN. GORDON. *““• ° r t'onfedermte Veteran, In lane ,,n.I Were tlu- livctpi.nl. oi Hearty Cheer,. 'Meet Kl« bore tv l'afvent on land end Sea the Country ll u . l:, ,r Wltnened. Brief Be»vrlptlon of tile ImpoeUtg Mauiw.l.-um. The seventy-tith anniversary of the liirth of Llvsses S. Grant, which oo enrred last Tuesday,the Tilth, w as made memorable by the dedication of the magnificent mausoleum erected to h •• memory on Riverside drive, N York. An elaborate program had Wen ai ranged. The high officials of the states and the nations participated. On laud there w as a big procession of both mar¬ tial and civic bodies. On the water there was a naval demonstration which was tacular. even more The interesting and spec¬ meu most prominent in the affairs of today as well as those survivors of the silent, leader wlvo w ere in the forefront w hen he was winning fame and honor were present to w him spoken ' tribute It was an occasion more of triumph ant eulogy and national pride than of funeral rite, for in these twelve rears since tho nation mourned for Grant the keenness of grief has wnrn aw ay. and in its place there lives ai the hearts of meti that hero-worship which found such t in n n 1 f non s wot in the day’s observances The dedication ceremonies began iit sunrise when from the tall. flawpole near the tomb w as flung nn immense American flag Vhe furnished bv the * Oaughlers of Revolution At the same time the marines on the warships wevo taken from their quarter' and landed on the shoves of the island to he placed at tlie head of tin hind column Tlm I*ri-sldent Arrive,. Lonil shouts announced the arrival of the president ut 9:20. He rode in a carriage with General Porter and Mayor Strung. His reception was flattering in the extreme and he bow ed repeatedly. joined the Vice ddent President mid General Hobart Por¬ pi> ter and the .-mayor, and the open ba¬ rouche in whi -h they were seated drew up in the center of the plaza, where it took its place at. tlie head of the line. Next came the diplomats, the Grant family, the cabinet officers and others. The Grants left the hotel !. r > minutes after the president’s >-, t v xfrs Grant leaned on tho arm of tTv.id T) follfov^.’ (’ run t A cupied ei rht earriage p„ <)-*3() o'clock, t) jis on the move. Mrs. Grant and her family to the third genvi-utiun were objects of es imeial attention ami the widow of the general wh. vi.-ibly affi-ctcd by the demonatrutioii. The mti-rokeii line of humauitx -ix miles Jong whs an msjiiring sight, The the' arrival of the official portion of pro,-e-sion at the tonih v.-m ..he v> ignal 8 for u most stupendous outburst of patriotidseheering from the 50,000 people in.-the grand stands and on the lawn- arouiid the 3 ointment and oil Clare uumt .- The president and other ■s ited from their carriages at the moiminent stand and took the places assigned for them in readme: . to, the oratories! and mu sical ceremonies. , The big warships made rt cant show-ue in their gala attire witli rainbow o! hunting from how to stem. tin same time, and w itli military promptitude and perfect dis¬ cipline, til' ' "d par:, le started fi'nifl Twenty four:, -tree! and Mad,-on av enue. Besides tlm regulars there wore tlie citizen soldiery and the naval militia Hearty plaudits were accorded the ^>ns bf (.’ohl'ederato Veferan ■ youths whose sires “took their hors* ■ with them” at the man*lute of thii great-sgi er in who *• honor the march was made. But the enthusiasm readied its cli¬ max', when, the division led by .Major General O. 0 - Howard intm-hed into view . The *>i.| veteran' were given the greatest honor of'ali the imirdiei's. A eoniui.itte' of Confederate veter ans wild W'e: e to arrive a.t the tonih at ') o’clock and. pla. V a wi-oiith on the sureophagus. i rc r; 11 hour late. Ehev WITH h, a>h d I'V-I ai.iiC' K. Braiidi, eoih inaii.der-ii! - n - . t th* < '• ml .-deride v*-T erans. (.ortloii I..M it Y' mil li - Tokens were no •ntly laid on the ' sarcophagus by (iein-i al John B. Gor- j doo. of Geii'.-gia, ,: Ie hi comrades utood by witli iineov, 1 ,-d heads. it u;,- pret-i-elv ll>:H',t O'elo k when the earri.-t 1 ..'*- hearing tin- president and vim- pre ideilt. the members of Grant’s j fantilv and oilier rejirm eutati .- tiled! into tin-grand stand, j nn tin* >jM*)«krr’*i Stand. At 11:04 o’clock I’l esident Melx mley entered tie - .peuker’s stand and followed by the others who xv participate in the. eere.tnonie-. Fin pr< sident ' I, udlv cheered a- wa else ex-President Cleveland, who ap peered wit'" . Secretary Tracy, t X commenced with the ftingu A; ictt.” A solemn sil I’Qoe t felt . the dense crowd as he ve. ' hie hop John P. New roir r U Uia i Jessing of heaven on he ,i ies. id Jott it nighty cheer arose as Pres c ut rley, »•' 'i the singing of the hyu. move- • he railing of the speaker u: i «r his address, He was ’uyor Strong, and spo v i n v w: f he VtldroSN. «, "A voat 1 1 • ■ dies. I ireut deeds are ifnporifnutile; iV at uames iiimiertal. (len '' rul l V” nt ' s UFr ' i ' an, ‘ "ill 04 "ue umtlrolntshod it, iiiltui'ncafand ail v ’ .....Umuthm-of mau-klttl strloag 5: ‘ r ,,,lins the ••opn-wUme’dl free K ' l »■! integrity «t life-tho - guar au ' • •ttivwtishq., ul b arb - .-,s a volunteer sol dier. anil iavinctl>lv us commander of the armies of the Vnion, calm and •'nflffi-utns president of u reunited and strengthened ttatior. wtii.-li Ins genius had b<?e11 "strumeiitat in him itfg, lie has our hom «« that of ih, work; tout briRlant ! * s " " fus piihlic cli.-ou o-r «>■ love him all t,M ‘ l -"'p ftir ! (-twm life ami luum-ty vir U ' HU individua,lit>. - - hearing and ’ ! •»« "«k- <d . r U]id Un “i' u, ‘ ! IU 1 Ameriran ' "as so trim and ........promising that h ' wdl stand t r all time a- Hi*cm ! :c« itt oi Hi) tv, invHitv mill nn’e-mil v ictorious in i w *e-k wiiich i.\ the dir <’providvuve lie was catkd upon t-* *ii>*, tiled with almost limitless power, be wils one d the peep!**, pun,-nt, patriotic aud jusi. Success did not birturh the even auce of his mind, white Jana--was pevver s-to swcrvciiltu fr-'iii file paili ot duty. vrent as lie was in war, ho lov»*-i |-oa. e, un.l • I the world that »'.**uorahh‘ arhitratioii of iifT'‘r«»nees was thi* Ijest h <>[’0 of eivilizfttion, With NVashhufton ami Vdn<*oVn, Grant an exulted jdave in hisinry, and the i f^jtions *»; the people. Toda\ his memory 'held in equal esteem !»> th j e whom ho d to v.ftorv ami tho>o 'wu-> ii-n’epted his nerotis ternis «ii (•♦m«i Hn* veteran id«rs of the blue and oi iM'* tjriiv -riu’et > » not Wv. e, tn -,tv. r ,-f 'departed Grant, hut to. te-diiy u>. the living T'-al-ty • a fraternal .nutiohat spirit which has triumphed owr thi differences <)f tin* l’«-* t «ml. trai.,-emle,i - th»- limitations It - •>-m ! .lcti..i,. which we f r «> ‘•"• l '•*. ........I will >- th- naH-.u'« «n-a.t, v -mr.. V1 tlm couclu 10 . 1 , ihc president' address t’obmel Fr.-d G'ant advaneed and shook him "arndy bv the hand. The two men Stood in the foreground “1 the wonderful i-d.iri- and the Hpe<-tutovs applauded T he Star Spangled Banner ’ w„s rendered by- tin- hand, alter which General Horace I’orter was introduced by the may, The unitin' of the day was accord. a warm reception. He read his nddre .from type-written mannseript. Genera! Vort.er ».e followed by Mayor. Strong, w ho, as mayor ,of the 'city of New Volk. and.on behalf of all its eiti/.ms, fornuilly aee,-j,ie,l the, Grout monument ass-oe.iatioii the inaguitieent t-onih, The ilullehijah eht.irus froiii ‘'Messiah and the doxohigy w ere ung, and this concluded the ceremo¬ nies ut the speakt-r stand. The .president and other official's and the d • tim i,-tied ......... r* tired t" t he tern in tin, i- ar of the tomb, where au elaborate luncheon w as seryoil. The pr<- -dent ivi, escorted to Hie table by Mayor S'r,.ng, and Colonel Grant eseo ted hi- mother, Mrs. Julia Dent Grant 'Iln* M.onurncnt. The monatiieid is lfio feet high. It i' lfltt feet sqim, e on t Induce, and this rest on an uii'lergroiuid foitudation of eiiiicr**te 110 bet aqua I - *-. Thin fotin dution rests oil the btdrodc of Mil'll hattnu Island, whideerops out on this pan of-tlie island mure than b’.deot iibov, tide water: The iiody "t tin: to..'" ■ a -.qmy -• t r not 0 e I >t the v ire¬ dan -1 torie order of ai a- i< t-et 11 r* The north, east and v *-sf are finished in plain seventy, h:il the south side, in ’ iiieb* is the o.my en trance, is embellished by a p ft i med hv a double line <>t fluted ed¬ umns. i he eiitiuliev .approached by a-lout flight of done'Tep -7tt feet wide. The lower structure i- finished with au ornate eol'llic,'. ahoy,- which is a parapet. The eorni*-*- i HO teef from the ground attd is .decorated by a i frieze of carved lions heads, Thr circular cupola is ,0 feet in diameter.. Above this is the lantern, some" lint siualler end on this rests the eotih-a! don-eg u ill < FALL AM) EV ACiJATl ,N ’ i. lit. issv IS ANNOUNCE! END OF HR IS N 01 ?R! DrED. A rrobeblltlty Yliet tlie Power, Wilt In trrvenr to Stop Further lllood ulietl tirrrk* Drtpoiult'nl. The 'Em kith legation at. \W Kington has received the following dispatch from the minister of fo . . . s at Constantinople, eonfin at-oi ‘ the press dispatches of the f all • f Lai isa. The dispatch ' was dated ,S.:: dev. tlie ’doth: ' "Larissa has been ~<K\ Otto' •; cu av by tlie cavalry of the "" '.t.;iay. Hie Hellenic troops fled it disorder, abandoning a great (plant) y of arms and ammunition.'’ t he legation also receive! the fol lowing ‘The dispatch imperial from Constantinople: toik in quantity troop* rifles Tyr UHVU a great of and ammunition for cannon and rifles: also provisions. The Greek soldiers who were taken prisoners were sent to Klassona. The village has been sur sounded by a military cordon. “Ottoman patrol make continual rounds and efficient men urea have been taken to prevent f ,ny depre nations. Tlie wise nnd proper be . havior of onr troops has been the subject-of admiration of the foreigners who are on the spot.' 1 th.ioi, i ig at <-on,<Mi>tino|>te. The triumph of th,- Turkish anils has caused the livelh t satisfaction at Gonstantinoplc. The following tele gram from Kdbem Lusha is posted rv . . ory where. \ * ‘Iiiiris-a was oieujifti V<jday ‘ the cavalry of the imperial army. qq u . Hellenic troops fled in disorder, shun- 1 (Voninir a large (jumititv of arms and * Ammunition.'’ • This has been put as a bulletin in manv places, while the people arc also reading F.dhem Pasha's dispatch an . noinieiiig his possession of a strategic poritioti on trout.of Tyrnavo.' KEginiiiiif; of the Kiul. A cable dispatch from London say,: What seem* likelv to he tho lust week <titlieult *>I war was entered upon Sunday. It from the tangle of eoiiflieting telegratim to inulerslantl the exact po sition of affairs. j Foliowiugthe Greek defeat at Iinrissa, Ijondon opinion todtij is almost tuiani moils that the end is to : ; ud this view is probably shfti »wers, as they ' are already , liter vi*w. It is believed that ini e: > >, v ill Brat take the form of a ,on of armistiee, to which iht oombatants would no doubt agree. Since ye-ter ! day afternoon the BriH.--h foreign for j eign office has been in e pse cmntuam . ation w ith the other po Jersof the 15u ropeun eoneert,Great tnSr 11 /tain suggest mg Hint the time has arrived for them to net. L ho French, Oerman and Italian government! have already responded, offering to igree, though | Hie German goxcvnwn ,t adds as a j-condition .that pledge it from would.be necessary j O' exact a Greece to obey the Inahdiite of Kurnpe wRen this man dnte is again given.” j •’ 1 he British foreign , ffree believes that Greece will gj,,. ledge, as the disaster which has •• her has demon -.-I rated that ..•It, still possess^ a fonuidahlo tl - bine j -a fact which must tia a c- trtng j -a fleet upon the pop.uaff demaud for 2 ar at Athens, and w hii k w ill permit the Greek nation to eliniT) devn wifeh °"h *ii-grae<-, al ter a diea - tion of the perso e:' , >. a<» the (>r,'ek tmopH and a a 1 urn Mi ration of Hellenic i .-.ti in: Ut ADMIRAL M lit, ILL. 11,-1 iml Saint I'flleor May llrnarr l imn l-yc-t-nt I.ow C'omttilon. The coin) it ion of Rear /.dmiral Rich and \V. Meade, retired, w|io lias hten ill in Washington for sonlt days,is not so favorable. About ten days ago he w as operated upon l >r -ppen tis. Until Hnnday an impf . »• aont ■ - , no¬ ticeable. 1 firing the afteru*■■■ b • - u hill, which left him in a v i "tnli tion. """ U i i s there «*« some rally dorm the , veumg. He is very » egk (o(,l tiikM liquid notirishrSent. ( Y( LONE FLAYS lUvOU. S#'\rial l*#*o|»l« liijnr#*tl a in I 1 1 * rfy J)#* rtl I it Micltifrln. - - I ) 1 ; ()iri<*r, Arlnar county, Midi., -ay- that a eyelom struck that tow n al.Mi.nt JO o'clock SaWf* 1 " even¬ ing, eomplet.dv demo’ store of W. 11, t iowstou, X * re Hence win. abo torn down. Mr. and Mrs. R, i i. were blown sixty feet into the • ...u both are fatally hurt. scalp Mr. C^Nwston re eelvetl a serious wound, and is thought to lie fatally injur,tj. The evdone lasted but a moment and was followed b.V a terrific rain. I’he cloud wir funnel-shaped and took a northeasterly direction. RESULT Of COU K MARTIAL. The Atlanta Artillery .......pain I* rr»o lloally Ill.t.iin.l.-.l. Captain Joseph F. Kemptonj of the Atlanta Artillery, has been dismissed from the military service of Georgia, forfeiting all pay and allowances due him as witness or otherv iso. Sergeant Guy Thurman, Corporal H. G. McCord and Private W. A. Sunges arc dishonorably discharged frotn the service. All other members and officers of the Atlanta Artillery on trial are dis¬ missed. This verdict dismissed twon ty-six men from the ntate n^rvibe, prae tically disbanding the company. Six¬ teen members only are left. The swoeping decision of the court martial was handed down Haturduy night nnd the decision, printed in tab¬ ulated form, containing the charges, specifications and pleas, were mailed to every officer and private of the com¬ pany by Captain Brown. The decis¬ ion came in the nature of a startling surprise to the friends of the Atlanta Artillery, Captain Kempton < burned that he had been treated badly by his men and was not guilty of the charges which ' mi ' Inferred against him. His frltM1,ls were of the opinion that he " ould he vindicated and that all would * >0 .T'ic ' safisfaetorily arranged, privates scarcely dreamed of dismissal and the announcement will cause a tremendous sensation in the city among the companies in the service of the state. 1 story of the rupture .... in the " <'[ ln,, Hu* h the Atlanta public Artillery is familiar, w-one Captain Kempfotl w as disliked by llis ,non an ^ *bere was no congeniality among the members. I'issntisfaetion ami discontent grew as time passed by a !ul umtiuy arose in the campy, . In . strongly thrown »<>«>» 'V«>ro out ’> Hie men that they w ere not pleased ' vl,1 > their captain. Captain Kempton turned a deaf car to these muttenuga 1,1 1 persist ml in the com “nind of the company 11 ^ " aH "n'othcred for a.time, >u ^ u,l *y '*reak out afresh with renewed fury. The men talked of the Hit iiation nnd the story would reach 0,irH " f ,h, '' r ''aptiun. Rmnors >nnttnierablc were afloat, but no change was made in tho command and the battery held together until the charges were brought, which resulted in the 0 ° Urtmart i? L **•’ BUCK IS I)I NED, •**!»« ii#***' Milliliter VfiKlily <‘oin)iltuiftntii the OttorRlrtvi. din not kriveti nt the -TapaiieRe ^ioti at Washington Saturday * n honor of A. F. Buck, of *^ihuitu, ha M the new niinister to dapan, was one of tlie most notable of Peasun s diplomatic affairs. I he Japanese minister, )lr. Torn Hoshi, <,ou [* He * the ho^f, Among those present, at the dinner Hon. A. Iv Buck, Secretary John Sherman, Secretary Lyman J. Gage, AHorney < 0-1101111 Joseph McKeiiua. ,r - M- '•‘•ph, numater of Hawaii, Air. , . 1 Koilrtguea, minister ? "enatoi * ent r f K. ’ HaVis, *“'°f 0’ Honntor ntla ^1 Arner- (dm »e»; . . , ' * or k u! '* ' * 11,1 <n ' <, |T1 J ‘ 1 ‘ M * . Axenem ->eison a. Mites, ar .tonn Foster ex seerotary of state; Mr oiu I oi.n. It was a social dumei with no set speeches. DEADLOCK STILL ON. Kentucky -Vulnt Scsli*,, Y**t Full* to Klc-t j* I nltrd ststfK Senator The largest crowd of the extra ses¬ sion of the Kentucky legislature as¬ sembled in the house shortly before noon Saturday, the hour for the joint session at which it was expected that the long and tedious wrangle would be ended by the election of W. J, De¬ hoe to the,Unit,>d States senate. There were rumors to the effect, that Senator Lintiey, of Louisville, who xvas one of the bolters in the Hunter race, would not be present and that Representative Lioberth, of Newport, woti'il also be missing, both without pairs. This 1 caused the republicans great uneasiness. To add to this the gold democrats held a caucus at, noon and decided to assist the silver democrat a in an effort to break a ijuorum. Earthquake In Illinois. A severe earthquake was felt at Cairo, Ill., at 10 o’clock Sunday. It lasted twenty seconds. The largest Tr-ui ires were shaken w ith a swaying nnitioe. and people rushed in terror to t he treets. 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