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Newspaper Page TextXTheSentenesT X FOR THE C j Septemb' r».'ontest > S Is < X “Tbo whole rqu<. X then set out to hunv down *’ ” Fill in the word and \ f seed It right in with your f J subscription. j Only <l.ou per year for \ J The Weekly Conatltu- < \ tion. The missing word X / costa you nothing and y X may pay you a good C v round sum. f VOL. XXXI. NO. 39. DAUGHTER OF confederacy IS AT REST IN ROHiYWOOD Funeral of Miss Winnie Davis in Richmond, Va., Saturday Last, Was Largely Attended. Flowers in Great Profusion. Richmond, Va., September 23.—Varina ' Anne Jefferson Davis, the "duighter of the confedera v." shops her last si" l> in the I bosom of the land she loved so w-11. Her rem . ; ■ at SlO o'cb < k this ; morning in eombim-.tion Pullman and , V nor , o o: t«i- N v York, N-xx Haven . and Hartford ratiroad. which was atta.-iied , to th.- r.-gulir nmrnlu-- train front W ish- I inatoti, and wi- 'net at the depot by Is-- . <■ nip Confed, rate Veterans, of winch she] was a membsr, and delegates from Picactt < < olonel \rclt.r Anderson. Hon. J. Taylor; Ellyson, Colonel E. L. Hobson and Dr. I G and their wlv< s rec iV( <1 Mrs. : l>avis and t • * ' •' immediate party [ V m the funeral train ■ ■' gentlemen lend for lit !• oil- andt no i.t: ird I an r h V Thero S U whhe l h.Zs attached to the hearse. | and | ntht rs ft I»vin I th. #u rs<, xx hle t>) pall- I J rc-rs ind feui.ri In tor v.vaikxd on | t a, r -id ..r th. x ■ bicl". Up set. nth str. ' :■■ Fri.nli'.im th. me , to Nit th «d to - ■ cture ro. n >1 St. . Paul s church Hu pt •>« " ‘ ' I Its way. p .-sing eV y f< w yards itt.c , knots -?f Si ent p.-'l'b Who. as ■ Hie • showed tl ■ir ■■ ■ -t bj uncovering. Hie , casket was placed in the lectur. room and Colonel Laughton dismissed tit” cseoit. The members of the guard of honor re mained constantly on duty, being reii'V' , d .-very half hour. Throughout the forenoon the committee to rec.ee.- ami to list tlow.-rs at St. Paul's was k. pt busily engage.l. and Hie coil, . tion was simply superb. Be- Std , ... V. .. to «»• le. turn room many ~ ...tittiii dowers were sent to the Jiffers. ii hotel Floral Tributes from Southern States. r ... .. ■■ deposited in the lecturt room, | ll„. casket ••■.. .-.irro mded by floral nib utes from G- orgi.i, Virgin a, South C no- , from Al. xandria, w hl. it rest. 1 upon a stand U ip< d in bl t< k i Ilk. To th 1< it of f,‘ ' '• • • bl ’• ■ r•• I i . > S »’ , « irn- 1 .« p ilnv (to • jl n.t.-., rh«- South Carolina dvp.t■m-nt of < J ‘i - \' i‘-t:tns. spent tHc entire V r. noon in t !j.<einvnt u! Up <T;un n . ..r mm.hl ■ I <-y :>■<• Mule R . . < - r Os tlw Ark ;. - Da .■ i . tl |-e -.-!1 .Ml'. 11. C. Ho :■ .O ig, lull 1C j'.’o. I, tl - O ,■ 1 a -T. '- ■■ s; : oi . .rn .- 1.. i :-:oac presidem of th. T.-r.as d:- t. nt it li Mr. D avis was < n- 1; ■ ■ ■■■ . - '. . . ■ . "J r.-- ~ I >.ivis J. . ■ I . .. :. -,-ssiaii entered , i. . • . . ; - ■ ■ V a r;.,t>. Tl. tin . • ■ ;■ i pt....i.ra ?. entered tho church ■ to the right of tho , . . -1 . lowing the I’iekett e..mp , me ’■ ■■ ■ ■■ i . pallb. ar--is as jr. - i .w .in.-, them • rn-- J '• ■ 1* ips, D. S. W i : ibl-A n I'. ' ' x ai;-i V.it. V. i- .- • . j.luthe ■ Close Behind the Casket. Mrs. J‘..MS follow .1 . .... o behind th- Cas io . ~rin of Colon- 1 Ar--lier A...bison. So V.. I With i.owrl head .. : v - f ' 'y, ' ouim; 1..- ivily tin her Mt Hay. tives and and fl • ■ vas placed on the j.. .I.M.ii- in front of Hie chancel, and Mrs. 1 iv. . v. t i .- r i-arty. took s.-ats. So--u tin- body of Hl- Chur, h and galleries wore ;he c’.nn .. 'hrov.n <r, to the public, jo. t • ir.i-i-iiael .inn-un...1 tho first hymn, •'ll .w 1 rm a l-'otlmla I ion,” whit ii was a I . vorite of c- n- r.-.l Rob. rt E. Leo's. Aft< r the hymn had been sung Rev. Dr. f>. Hol--- !'• id the psalm for the day ,m.i ■ X- a- r. My Hod. To The.-." was .mg. Dr. Cirniielm. 1 r. id the lesson. "Art Thou Weary" «,i.-> D-.i sung and at its , ),. s ,. the vei-rans moved out with the Mr Davis was prostrated a-id could not t once tak« her place, but her daughter, 'jr i: wlii r- i . of . inl.nl ip,] Is. oichl her to be brave. It was sev . min'::- -1" -r.- tin- grief-.tr:.-k<-n 1.. r could rise. The scene wis deeply ,i;. ling tho .> who witne dit were . d :- i t' ■ ; ' i y :ha t in- ans so mu a to I,ini. w. pt lie w: a.ss.-d the grief of Hie ag.-d lady. 'rli, ei wd about tii.. clmr.-ii. wia-n the , . bet i.- ’ • n -.in and p’a . d in tlie j. ,r --. a; of itnme. proportionAs f ; ,r as th.- i'-" < o-il'l le-i.-h up I'ratiklln street, tiial thoroughfare was. crowded and Ninth street was jammed for a block above and below the church. Deflect order was Jt^nteLßßilff^l ' 4 Ilf fobs' 1 ilf >sm«s. S- ■ p gsiaMBMKIIB i maintained, however, the marshal and the police handling Hie crowd with little fric tion. The order of Hie procession was: 'rile marshal and staff, mounted. i Behind them came General Alonzo Philips ■ and slaff. including Dieutcnant »'• |.>ncl .1 •• l.me Sterne. Captain Wortham and Cap tain Win-;lieid Grlflin. of company H. S'. - | mid Virginia regiment. immediately following the general and | staff cam> company 1. and company M. ‘ Second r. giment. tin- former command. I by Cap ain Shm keliord and tin- latter by l-'irsl Lieiiti-nanl Moore, of company D.. i Capt.-Hn l o. i. ux. eommatid.ng the b.it i talimi, .--.•al Lii-iiti-naut J’airhimb, tin- only I other cog.mi iotied ollicer in th.- company ; sine,- the d.-ath of Licu.i-nant Woon, being ; ill in the li -spit; I in l-’lotai.i. Company M. of th- Third r giment. under Cat.lain Ma . .r. completed C.-plain Ito i- ux'n bat- ■ ia.ion B< hirid t l‘e I '-'iiil'mb s of the Second 1 Third regii ' I’- ll and G, .il ill- J'irst and the Richmond j Howltzi r . Alter the military trie pro< es n w formed In the follow Ing ord< r: I; I. I■ ■ , ' '. •' '■ te Vet I . timl-r command of Commander led by t’h< First tim. i t i bl.lid. George i:. I’iekett camp, mid r i command ..I I’ob-nel R. I.- M -.ury. Visit i ing < imps. Veterans- from soldiers' hotnes. * Sons Os V. teran.-. Honorary pallbearer.-.. I A live ' pt-llbe.ir. rs. Hi as . Family. ! Friends in col ri.ig- s. Hollywood Asso- I elation. Holly woo<l, Junior Association. ■ iiakwood As -i.it.-ii. (bikwo.i-l Junior As -u 1 ■ ~te Museum A-so.-i 11ion. Daughters of th- Confederacy. 1.-• mid D:ek< ti camps ladies' an:ii.i: i- • Private c.nii g''.s. Starts to Hollywood. With til b.m.l 1-- ing "* 1 ' ‘ r ' 11 in Saul" and tin t-nhug of b -Ils of many ,1,0- , .8, the I :. ii ;- d toward Holly wood <■mt< . y. nmr. king bctw< ■ l d- ii...- Um s of human.ty the entire m-- 1 me. The procession was n-arly a mile I in j, ngth, uiough the carriag. s were dri-, n . ta were i.i-• -1 with p ... ie .h ■ entin distant • . and along tho -.. . . , n t. ry 1< .ding to tit. grave, "' \ if mi -, and tdl ■ ' . it-, I'.ein bunds <l' and tnou .■ ' ’ ' ovndi- . .rnpany B, Second n hnt nt, ui ' <l, r C.ipi.iin Hu.'- 1. was >i- aued ■ -i guard lo li.- a pi.: ‘.i- b' ’ t- !i "' Davis , ■ .mar. ;.n.I pr- vcnled th'- crowding ot the ■ dr;-... ..ml kept ai. crowd from ent-.-ring j 1... .' I.on. Ar..;..- wus slr -tehcd .-.bout , ;;n- lin . ■..- ai' in w liich Mr. Davis is iu- leried and a detail ul police assist. .1 tho military in preyenting to'- crowd trom <-n- Tli.- ; .mi was just sinking b.-hlnd the I ..is when tho 1.M.1 of th'- proc.-,- in canm l p sight along l«i< road that wind > in and 1 out ..in..ng the- trees by the river’s bank, j ill- unitary formed a: tne foot of tie. o v.-i a■ .... the rit r and commands 1 a vie A of 1.1" city. Tlict ■ Was a . - :■■■ . , ... :y. 1. r..ns ttirm-d to tain I a-; ] t ,‘i.in.i ui lie l. at w ill m . -..r be- f u g-d - n I by :<io.--.‘ w; . witnessed The eliir-f marshal and aids had paused ; in the road titty yards fioni Hie grave ' and the s.:n<- d,stan«- troni tile he.id of . tne pro.-.-ssi--ii. Tile long line of veterans, . Cue li. oi . ..- and the carriages ,noving atom ’ ,!,.• v.o.dland road, tie mi.i-.aiy drawn up I in rigid line, the pieturi: que group of ' mounted marshals in grey, the crowns mi | the hillsides an.l as ci..:;.- up to the clrcby tne fii.rd would allow them to .-m. . 1 t.i" oi > grave, the 11. over d.-.-ked mounds i ii.. squ.iic, the broad river moving re.-t --. lessly, th, gr- .-n liil.s casting Hi. long 1 ndow .- of ey enin;.',, t'neir tops glistt ::ing with tbe gold of sunsi t- -all these < nt. r< .1 I i;. o a pi. ..lie >f rale beauty, and many ' a man and v.-oman must have felt it titling ti. it tile fuiiei.,l time of th.- fair daugb.ter 1 o: confederacy should be in an hour so 1 ,- icclul ami beautiful, and Hiat site should . down in a spot so lovi-ly. 'i'll.- hearse was halted at the southeast ern .-ntrane. to the circle, t veterans being .ii.-.wn up close on all sides. Th. services at the grave were simple, but <b-e;dy impressive After the casket . 1: been placed on th.- supporters, the ~ ,-tion was removed for a moment ' .-,-el Mis. Davis ami her daughter, Mis. Hay. I. -I tho d< ci as<-I Mr:,. Duvis h in an armchair mar the grave during tl.- scrvi.-e .‘ml Mrs. Hay - knelt by her I--. The Centenary M'taodist cliureh ! c’-.oir sang "Sh-.-p Thy Last Sleep." the ' committal pray- rs W'te r- ad by Dr. Car ' mivh.-iel ini tl.cn the vast and sorrowing Th- Dat s circle tonight is a mass of l floweia, the designs being numbered by ■ limi.lrc'i.-. Prominent among those on the .-. i., i v . i.. I a.lltz. r .ilfering, which yy is Mr- Davis spent the night at the Jeffer ■ n bole, and will b-av" tomorroyv morning -,t ... -k for New York. She will ... aipanied by Mrs. Hayes, h< r only living child, win. yvill rcsidy yvlth li.-r for i some tiini. A.i- i<ly contributions are being received from -i distaii e for the proposed Winnie Davis monument, some of them coming . from northern people. GENERAL GORDON ISSUES ORDER ■ C i: itir.ndcr cf United Confederate Vet- erans Anncunces the Death. I lb ■no .1.-'. S,-;... -rilo-r- ; c : . rii i John B. Gordon, eomman.b r-in-chl f of the I United Confederate Veterans, upon i< irli.g I of the de.'Mi of Mi s Winn!.- Davis, s. nt | out tin following, addressed to tin- Unii-d I Cons, derate Me.eiai.s: 'Tin . ..n,i;ijmi iu gem rat. w ill a sorrow wliiva i.. yv-i.1.. .in e-.pics..-, ,uin-'uacto I th. .u nit of M. \. .n.i.e Davis, ;b iiul- | 1Z .1 ..an, alec of file e-mlederacy.’ , le i . • .It. lll- . -a yva ■ 1 was • VOg. d nr every apj ■ our I eunions ti 1. 111 d‘ ■ :t. . 'em a..d t e i.n • < ,: ■ d a dan: a ,1 y. n:• :• all ' : ti«t ra e.s “It no too much to say that the ova tions with wl,i. i she was every where ■ iby th< <-x soldiers of t > outhe n arm'.. . were sm h as have rarely been ac cord.! to any woman. Their grief at her untimely' death yvill be as profound ami poignant as their love for her yvhil" living I was universal and sincere, and their most ATLANTA, GA., NIONDAT- LITEMBEE 2(J, 1898. ■<ee»e«®o*oc«oo»o ooo®o«»<’ , » •••<>••■?■ : GARCIA SPEAKS TO SANTIAGO CROWD; : : CUBAN GENERAL ROYALLY ENTERTAINED : • © • Sanilac de 'nb .. September 23 To 'he -,-sldents of Santiago yes- a L ' terd important event si '■ • pituiation. as it was ® o - .. tn. .... • of Gen I Cuixto Garcia to Santiago • • Z-'. ■ ■ Sine. 1 temper on J ITth A' 9 o’clock in the • ® ' 1 rtl ° n ' " ' ‘flrnHs • • ; c'D.-'.-tJ;-'- Cl sevet .■■■■■ ■ luteide tho city litii.t- O :■ . and ■■ i him to town. Gar. la v.. - . • Iby his son, Co o- • oV- • ne{ C -*n ' « " ; recentb ? : V '. ' BO ' , . - ' ' rongedwlth . 0. • ■ '' was estimated th ■ lied the plaza • /\ . I. ■r- ■ tint I. H ' ■ at he • o -..'"J - : Ameri an o • ZL. ' Seneral Gar la - the ® ° C’ ■ .'> /' ’ San c • which was lilied wit'h pt * : * o '■ '■ /' '■ .. - T.e ) d •""* ° o ' Y uid General Garcia and d offlt • : » WIZL- : : w isl! - -- ■ ■ ■ -": : -■ - :i: e GENERAL GARCIA. 1 ; ' , • • in the t '■ v called the ‘little n ( . ir , and foi the remembrance of • « i : . led at whore gray * • tn..:.' noble :-"l 1.-rs wio f.-li in th. mu- ■ v.'ii-h ' ' h ‘ |)( , \ ~f Cl , p mien.'.-, . ff-u'ts » o ' . f Cuba, wo o great, debt t " . , , . : • ... . ive. if th< ® • which wot ■ s -no, not . . nd dauntl. armv, had i ® • Am. rican people, th 1 republic, t wl’.o had nothing • o . -v. i sons to shed their blond wI th ours. Air:;. ~ . - . ■ to th • • to gain in Cuba but : r. . two the a ene<> and • o noble <"Hii : ry wbi. h has always I’aught for the ■a. '-*»■• j, ’• £ ’ a tie ■ esslon. at • General Garcia’ speech wl ' ' , . a „ t j .. •m < -it .. >f this city. • o Cubans present. . •«•••«•••••* *coe»ooo»«<»ot>oao«:C'0«®ce® ” ~i,. i ■ . -- I P' c ■ e. mnn ■■ n on board. .irtM .1 n '• off. -t-on.-it" sympathies arc yvlth the grief str'. ken mol tier. . .linmaiullng gcTi- '.il direct- that th.. .!•■;. a nil. ill ami d y Dion eomnr'nders j. g ~. >ns and escorts of hot or as ' m.-iy- deem proper to r --pr. ■nt Hi-- United Confedi rate Veterans and t > ac< om- P iny Hie r> inains to their final resting ' "Bv order of I. R. GORDON. "Gen. r il <’onnna riding. "GEORGE MOORMAN, Adjutant fi ll- I eral.” Cabell Sends Condolence. Dall j 3, Tex., S< pt< mb< r 19 kntong the many telegrams sen' today from i - x l .- to Mr.'. Jefferson Davis w is the f. ..lowing “Pallas Tex., Semptembet 19 Mrs. Var ina J. it- rs m I" ■ is. > - i: ragan t. Pier, ;> r | jn conim-m with all in-- i-on.ea erates in the traus-Mi pi d P ■ : .-.empathize wi'li you m '- "ir ; ’.-v.-re be . men through tin . ■ M ■- Am- W. L. CAIM.LL. ‘‘Lieutenant G neral.” “Trans-Misslsslppi I'■ partme it." ...j,, mi . V J. I ’.aw . ii 'em - t: >;■ D j. | -|-' l4 I’nll. I Dali; liter- ot Hie 1 on- fed. r.iey arc b .w.- i wild grief. ...nd Wi'd" 1 ’ to -111 their I.e-ir "V .-: 1I• ■ ■ ■■ - - ■ ' '■■■ “KATE <’ VBELL < 1 RBH.. «p r( sivlent United D inght nt ot th< C >n- (‘urrle Will. on tom irrow. Issue a SUltihle order to Hie national and state org miz.-i lions and the sul.. >r. 1 i:i ■ t chapters of 'l l e Daughters of th.- < •<mf.-d.-t aey touching up.-a the d-'Hi es Ml- D.vis. She wi; l likely at'end the fnnernl 'it Rich -I’l,', “d ' It w-is with Mr- Curri.- that Mi.-s D; V 3 was i ling in th rrlag. at tho <-,,n;edy rate, annual reunion .at Atlanta tile terrilm- rniustrirm. tho effects Os which pr< ■ • ‘i- d Mi ’ 1 1 O'c-. s (-■ .Il 111- TICS Governor Culberson Wires Mrs. Davis. Xustiti, Ter:., Sept.-mber lovr-rnor (•ulber.. n i -I ty sent Hi. following mes w i<- ( . t , c(.!i<h»icib • io Mrs. Jefferson Da vis at Lt Pi r: “[ beg- to .assure you of the profound sympathy of the pie ”f Texas In the ~.,,n of V.iur great ami tiobb- daughter. Inheriting a great name and born to the > ■ th<' ■it il war. si ■ wa , ’ loved by ill- southern pl<. and "er memory will be tenderly . ...n-h d by Grand Army Men as Escort. G li-.d Army men Will < “ th. r. I" ■ • of Miss Winn DavN t" tin- d.-pot. Com „ , ,1, , Cha ■ note to Mt . Daw w m ,s fol; -w-': H.adutmrter.s Sed'-rwi.-k Pee:, G. A. .. 1 it men t Rhode I i.iml. Wake field, September 21. Pi'J.S. •'>' ' • r. r<o-i Davis Ro.-kliigh im Hot-I. Nar i--,gansett 1’ - : r R- I- D.-ar M.i-l.nm-: In b'.-li'aif of tln-’ollk -'"d memb.-rs of post I wish 1.. ..her tin- - i' •’ . four Os our members to ese“H tho ZnLLs of y<- r d ' 'y cLZ" ' Ib'cHAi 'comma td< r. M NaJtgansett Di< t. S' h" >' . ~- ~ ander of S Igwiek P< st, . p W ak< ti. Id Sir. In n.'-nioi'y ot our pleasant sojourn in Rhode Island, , ordi iluy of tin- wh..h i-0pu1.,- ;LLT'm'rL'' l L;'V, , ';: I .L-wI't.' 1 't.'' l ''.'" ; kind of£Cr ' K P y f J ! EFFERSON DAVIS. tih< m n in blue to one w bom th s . t of the late < OnG v " ■ ' RICHARD MALCOLM JOHNSTON. Novelist and Lecturer Passes Away in Baltimore. Laltltnoi". Md. i-.pt.mm-r 23.-(Spedal.) Richard M.lt-olm Johnston, the, fnm.s s.m; b.-i n : ’ nd le <’- tur ' ?r ‘ ; vb ° been in a precarious con-'t i---' ' ' ninths in this city, di-d tl.is m-.rmrg. Cm th. Hh Os M ir.-h. W-''. F-i-~b ird Mnl- .. I- ■< -hstirgiiisbed b.lm c- ,lm .!< c.'.i- tai’, w ■ - ; . jn ,-n !,t.: .‘iH“ a- »- m ot!-. , f , .m;T. r. .v. bom on th -am strw , I'm,', lltoii, G-i. i;.. t> -I'd th. limits of the .dm ,' inml fa<’iiit ; . s l>y which he was surround, I an..l hay'. ng resolved to devote his . ir. rto Jett is, ent - i M- • " a; 1 - ' tim. lo< i'-.t I’.null Id. in h'll. He wus of ihe I'.' -I ''l'-' -s fmmed at th.- ■ ■ ■ j tan d with ,- recc-rd in til studies. He diligently studied layv for twelve months. an<) b»gan :> j.r.-ii lie. 'n D! , wh!< M" John =tun w c . ■,.y.-n a D: it ’im. is .-iiown I - tn fact E: ; t in i’l.7 ihr ■ imp inani off. we re made ’■ him. '■■ ' the j . of tiie north, rn judi.-iil <-ir<mt. .lujtl.e:- was tiio presidency of Mercer university, and tiie third, which lie accept.-.!, was tho chair of belles lettres in the State univer sity. On tho declaration of hostilities be tween the sections lie resigned ills post at ’L i mLm ' ‘"VZvu'v W- ■ • war bi .-’mol ' yvm in op.’rat.on D- t al-mf forty I --.-holiirs amt gt <<D •’ ‘>f >"'> dirtinguishe.i m- n v.h.i i.av.- since figured , !in the history of Ge rgla and other sjou h \, , : -...,e. h four yearßt st rife im rcsolv- .1 on " d .• m- i. and moving to .1 sit., about mil- ■ di.-tunt from imnimore, Md.. ; -’d the since fatuous I nn i.u-y b.y ■ bool. Sidney L.ini-T. another st-. - et sin. of this state, yvas 'or .- >n, • time . onneet-d with Johnston m this I venture, ami dut -. this p< riod the lift - | time :< . n.iship <: -■■■> two men was ce- ' m i,' I. Tl.e ■ i ii-.d 1,.-, n named in ■ m 11-., -. , r ’ D> y unort, w: ---a ' h . I ■vit'-g ■ Not until lie was lifty years old. but yvhilo still in the very prime of life ment- I ally nn! pl ysl. u.l.y, .11.1 Mr. Johnston b.-gii [Wii.-.t was to piove I.is life yv-.rk by which | In- should be lovingly r nr-mb- red by huti | dr.-.ls of southern and iiiruurn ]»< ~ple. I i- I ;,ii-r -y.is the m in who discovered the latent I genius in Johnston ■ .■! yy b i would not i let Imi re-t until h, h.“l consented to | publish some of his earlier stories. From I Hie sui-c -s of tiles • Ml. Johnston was in | due. .1 to gi-..;,.- and giving up te.lolling aitiq-i-ther. in , f. yy- years began to di y ot.- his yvimle ti to literature and •-> - ■Z.' '.. -• ) . “T .'‘■’j. / w ! Vl' // . . IiICH A 1 1 i > M A L’2 1! N 1.-<tu-.-s to the .-I'-'" '> ' ,nd tin- John Hopkins u iversitles of Balti more. Since first b.-gmuing his active lit eral-. work he has written over one bun dr. d st )H< e art < r portion of which hav ■ been jmblls!:- d in book form and which hav. found their way to Hie library sh.-ly.-s of the most ■ ilture.l people in the country. "The Dukt-sbormigh Tabs.” under Hie pseudonym of Philemon Perch, appeared in ICI-lS'-:!; "Old .Ma'k Langston," a novel, in DM; "Two Gi-av Touri"a. novel, in ps.'.. “Mr. Ansal.ini Billings anti Other I Geoigf . E dk." In lEw Among his other w< !!-ki own “Th ■ Primes and I Ti,, ... " and "Widow Guthrie,” a ! '1 I-. woik Which Settled Ills reputation I 1,"-.. , .) . ■ -J and I n i -I him in the front I . . tiioi ■ of this country is his i■ ; , . , 'l l,', ; s a historical and I . book on il'"- ■ litera.'.'.ire, and Is , I ■! : a '.exilic.-k in r.i.iiix of tile II ". ■ u.) ' i- :ml . -il' g-'S ill lin I -ip. d Sl.’-'tC-. 11. wt. it while e.m- I r.... ;■ ,| wit ii tSt :-■ iinil • : -i' X and as t.-r •| ~ -. Baltimore gve William Hand i i:,-.>y-n a half lrit n rest in the work for , ; l-H.miig it ..“Wil IO Hie tim of Tenny- ■ I N,>t only .as an author, but als > as a I n i '■ i hv.;.l t ■■■ i iin. ~f Richard Malcolm I .lobm ton' be .-lit. • He v. as n . Xpert on ith ihiu. ..nd yv.i'-n. m-i-ompiini. d on the I ],'. - hi- b .o.iil'i' wife, he eonson'.e.i ■ ' :•> p. .rm for bi- tri mis, a rare tr at • i a ■ lev rmbiy !.'•• r- suit. I Mr Bi- 'wn .ml Mr John toil, who be .< m. i.iitm te Hi nds shortl.y after the ! l;a;.-’s r. nioe.tl to I:.ilthnorc, togetin-r [ -,y nte th i biogt tphy of Ah xand< r Ste- I I pip U -, W.iieh wa- published in lS7s. , I Mr. e.) Mrs. Johns: m had . b-v. n chii i ■!, five s a.' and ■ daughters M.il i m ,i:,<. A-'.biir <’ id. Alb -n J.winston ’ i hoi s n ri-spunsib!" Post with tin- I'entr.,! • j :a:1r...i.1. Ki.-hard is tim city editor of The Bit i-il-mh'ini rA . n ng News, and Luci m. • i tin -. oim-ie-t < ~ -1. s a Roman Catholic I i-D. -• I lag : ' 'Wn. Md. His living I daughters are Mrs. W. <;. Charlton, of Sa- '| v .11:1:11. Mrs. Ward of '!,.yy- York, and Mis.., itn h .'Hid I.file .1. mm-' ot.. yvrio r-- ■ I -si “. ih t, ir 'il'-" in I' ilt Iniore. Miss ■ Limy John ton d h- tore the family 1. r t , G< • . and M ■ Amj Johnston di. .1 in 1 L.ltimcre. ♦ Peace Commission Reaches Queenstown Queenstown. September 23. The Cunar.i line steamer Campania from N.-yv York t on September litli, with the United States t ii< >on ..'D'-r an uneventful vov.iee w -, . : v.. i n b .. exc< pling St nator (■ vho i b-<-n suit, ring Hom t.eii ;r - w ia Th-re wa i , . ... -j- . . o n board ' imp inia ' .;■! of H- ’ c-h tritics. I j'r .- pr"- id.-I 11m collection netted ?-t'> | for V'.ie S' . a n’t! Society. BRYAN CALLS ON PRESIDENT. DISCHARGE OF NEBRASKA REGI MENT IS DISCUSSED. ' Governor and Colonel Seek To Have Seven Hundred Soldiers Mus tered Out. Waihlngton, Stptembfr r l!ry -1 an of the Third N"braska. with Governor I H mb and R. pre- ■ nla'ive Stark w-rc I ,in at the w. - department today and 1 c.-ill'd .-11 General Cot bin. Bryan sabmitt'-i. i a few mor, papei.- requesting the dls< hair,c | of m.-mb- rs of tils regiment. Il is stated at tin- department that all ' a pH tion- lor dist harm submitted by i Colonel Bryan yesterday and today will i p .y-,. to j -i s through the regular nul.tary > channels, and lite Hn.il determination will } be the 1 .••■nimend;iti..n of th" corps < oin ! niander, who is Major General Fitz I.ee, Th.- party I.i ’• r h.i-l another inlcrvleyv with I’m md. t : M -Kinley. At 1' ‘dime Governor Holcomb ant boriz'-d a slat-ment as t., the requ st wliieli Hwy »i--d sub net‘..<l. iI- sad: • y- ~ di.i not coiitlnc our repr-sent.itions to I bird r- git-.i' iit, but m ule it em brace ...: the Nebraska troops in tin- field. N. -k i raise.t tiiree tegitm-nls for the War. "Leaving th Second regiment “it ot con- Bideralion v.. have soldiers in the field. J 1,,, , X,-. : our q ota by about 7« <> im n on 111.- basis of .111 army of lOO.UOO. and We have a.-ke.l th.H tiie Nebraska love be redrc-.l as to tiring It down to son, -thing I m ,r th.- emreet proportion. "This .art ang< ment w ou.d p.-rnit. tne . weeding out el men yvhose eh- umstnm • s | are sm h as to appeal especially to the authorities for relief. Tiler,? ar, many of 1 th.— and the list is not confined to s:.k I m< u. Th* re ar,- many of our volunteers ! win, left lucrative pmitions to g" i , Hi" I war.-I!..I who have families dependent upon them .-md f'-r whom we are seeking to ,-ur.- :. li. f." I . Hol. oaib 1.1de.l that th.- r. quest was rn ide in b, half of the enlisted men I only and not in th.- interest of tin- | ■ They hive the privilege of resigning if tl’.ey desire to get out of Hu- service." he I in this connection the governor stated 1 that no representations had been made I eon-- ruing th.- attitude of Colom I Bryan I personally, and lie could not say whether I the colon', I would seek to resign or to se cure a furlough. The president took the representations of ■ th. delegation under consideration, prom ising to give his response at an early date. Governor Holcomb will leave for home to morrow -.ml hopes to have the president's reply before starting. Bryan Still in Washington. Wa: «ib.i.-ton. September f’L— Contrary to | oxji, .-tation, Colom i William J. Bryan did i not 1,-.iv.- th.- ,-lty tonight to rejoin his ' eommiml at J.ieksonville. He wished, ho said. learn tin- decision of the president concerning tin- discharge of soldi'-rs from th,- Third Nebrasl;.i regiment and. there fore. !:■■ :- rnvn -I to wait lu re another I day. 11.- wi’! l--ave for the s.uitii tomorrow . ... TRAGEDY OVER NUTMEG GRATER Charley Robinson Kills His Brother, Berry, Near Caesar’s Head. Gre.-nville. S. C., September 24.—(Spe- ■ rial.»—N<-w.< r.-aehed here today of a hor ; rible homicide near Caesar's Head, on Wednesday n ght. when Charley Robinson killed his eider brother. Berry Robinson. ' The fratricide was brought about by a ; slight quarrel concerning a nutmeg grater. ; Charley Robins.m. who is toll gate keeper, i .Hid has been driving for the < a,-.-ar Head : hotel this summer, w.-i: to his lirother's j house under the Influence of whisky and ■ emptied one barrel of his shotgun into his i brother's heart. The shooting was in North ( arolina. in eight of the eta: line, over I Hire., mil. s from Caesar Hea,i. Charley ' Robinson lives in Greenville eountv. South C.'.rolina He is now in the Transylvania ; county jail, at Br.-vnrd, am! is prostrated . over liis ra.- I deed. He is a married man ■ with nine .-hildr, n. | 8.-ri'y Rouiiisoa leaves a wife, but no I children. They were known to be on good t- rm.- the day of tiie shooting and the af fai: li. ■ uis-d great regr.-t among the . mount list penile, among whom the Roh ' i:i-..ns ar,- a pr. mlm-nt family. Chari, y ; having ,-u cum ilti :>■<) considcrabie property for a mountaineer. Vesuvius Causes Alarm. Naples. September 21.-The eruption of Vesuvius is increasing in violence and It is feared that it will assume the nropor- 1 lions of that of 1872. DUG D’ ORhERNS ISSUES AH l|m-DREYFUS MIFESTO Censures the Ministers and Declares That the Artillery Captain Has Been Rightly Adjudged Guilty. Taris, September 19.—Tho Due d'Orleans has issue 1 a manif.-s'., d noun g Die Dreyfusit'-<. The manif, " , I.- a : t At las: tho juomotcr.- .-f i >.l. -ns plot against the . - or ■ : i<" la iht "and liave ' ■■ - - ofl ' ■■ mask. Ini.mi ! ,i■ I ", 'be mln i.-ier. bay. d •I ■ .' vs ■> far ns to b. -oni... Hi ir ,< -.. ;i< Tile Dm- d'orl ,n- a.'-us<.i tin- ministry of seeking a in of the Di yf is pt --I.n-.- . wail,- eoi.v in, guilty, umi. i- pt of • a.i-.g lb" "U" for their own pi itit. h that the ■pr.-. pe.-t i. ~ a. t .|.,i. <r. ..nd ho eulii luil' . his a:.Ill . ,m ' ■ wo.-'s: Frcmihmi a. w ar.- tn esters in our country. Your , - rv.inis, .ani.lect to <><•- < Impose upon i-ci th, will to which thov submit under pretext of proving the in nocence of a man whom the mil tary tri bunals hav .-is a tr.iiior. It is th. ai a,. i are :rjlng to destroy, and France they arr- striving to ru n. Frenchmen, w will not .-l ow tt. Tin- mani:'e- ’o h fallen rather flat. The I>r< j fus affair presents no n< iv f< a ure It is stated th.-t G.-.iera! I'iianoitie, tim new minist, r "t war, ha ■ led to .-a point an entirely n< .v ." iff for tat ra- ls try and to reorganize tin- ■■■ t.-i intelii g,-nce de] artni- tn . M. I'r,.- e:„ . . a Under in tho Dreyfus agitation l. be, n imtn :, ,1 ■■-■ Pir b fore a eoum il of th-- L gion of Honor. i on the gr »und that lie has fire nw tings at which ora'ors have. del. .unce-l liie army. Legal Status of Dreyfus Case. I New York, Sept- .nbel D. A diM'., . h I Tin World from I'.iri ly- Jul, ; i' I'-’.i' ■ I a leading member of the 1-tench mu, • .. j j,Jains the pr. . ent legal st Hus of the Dr, x - i fus . ,se .is follow- : I ‘‘Judicially, the ministerial decision to re- I fcr th. <-a. ■ to an ■ xamining .--mm;: - -11 -o three decides n- il'.mg ex. - i't the " ' hid ing of lb" Drcyl'.is de. is:.>n In Hi" tig": ~. I .. event .. The eotnmk sloii’s timln’k will det.-I nme Wiiether tber.. shall b a I re .ision or no;. decision is Important po!U icaby .a that it revc ils and rovt the t n lm< nt of the counti y in favor of a i t v,ston I’aris is < ulet outw.u'db-. There seems has Virtual y been determ.nod itjion. Rut there is a great commotion among j th. chiefs of the army. They undoubtedly I have the disposition, if not the r.iura..-, to l try to prevent i revi.• m nt the ehv. -ta hour le. a military - oup d'etat. M. who ■■ ■ min - r of wtr and who has cast his lot unrest rvedly with the army. '. p-ont-d to ' as a possible dictator, but public sentiment I « ,11 be a mo t ■ ff< Hve biF ag i t designs. It. has v.-ered around completely in favor of revision and justice, wdt - h I.' . rhazy's promi < d c >nf< don is av it ed w i the knot st curl ity. though ■■■■ | one will bell '-e .. word li< : >ys unit s he .3 supported by independent Picquart’s Plain Words in Court. i Paris. Si pti ml,er 21. T ■ pape the minister i.i war, Gcni'.il < lamin has examined the documents in the Drey fus case and lias ordered the prosecution of | form, l''.l’iii''l I’l,-quar*. on tho < , ir;;-> I O," m.d'‘Pl'equ i'rt ai I M. I 1..81015, a l.iwx r. tin . , rge “f •< ■ | vealing documents .-one. rning ' >“ n.ith'i I ' def, use, was to havi beg in today b for,? I the correct ioniil tribunal. The public ;.r- ■ ■ ) e.-utor, lew -x■ r, ■ k< ‘I for an . ment on th,- gt -ml ' ,-' ' ■ pros- -.: : a ;Ot <'•olonel l’ieq-1 ,rt .-n th ■ rm of j g. ry and using forged d<.er.;i-.--iits ,i is I. a ! ordered by tho minister • ; war. | M I.aborl. alm w ■ i M ZI i I during th,- latter's famous trial, in-ligiiant : Iv opposed t.ie adiournnieiit, w.,, It. !:■■ I said, was an ai:< mpt I ■ hand „v- r »' - ' Picquart into Hie clutch,- of the military : (lutlioriti, s | (‘olonel Piequart then rose and mM ■ i ' statement whi.'h caused a sensation Il- said: ‘‘This is, perhaps, the last time I i shall speak in public. I shall sleep, : perhaps, in the military prison of Cherche Midi. Therefore, I wish to cle i claro that if I find there tl e stiang j ling cord of Lemercier Picard, or the I razor of Colonel Henry, it will be mur- I dev. for I have no idea of committing' ' suici e.” : The audience was intensely m-iv-d mi l 1 shouted: ! ■ Vive Pi- quirt Th< judg. s. howev, r, aft< r a shor ■■ liberation, -10. -.J.-.l to indetmilelx a I.i,- .' i tl),. case, and Colonel Pn quart was ' away between poll --ni. a 1.- ::'■> ■ " ' ■ ■ ear,l. lb- ni.m r-l- n- I to by (’■ l-.m- I’: - | quart, xvas a detective, understood to i rvo I 1,e,-ii employed in the Dreyfus affair, who ; was found anged in 1 i- - 1 ’■ about a. : some doubt upon the theory put forwatd that he committed suicide. Keep tire Proceedings Secret. | The commission appoint, .I by the mini-- - ter of justice, M- Sarri- n. to examine t I documents in tin- Dreytus • -as- ; nounce upon tin- advis , bdliy < i th. g ■» ,- . erument formally grunting tn - jirisom-r “. ! Devil's Island a new trial, met this .after i noon nt tin- ministry of justice. 'I -at- | est precautions were taken to insure ...- I It is understood the comtni. .-ion will coma : to a decision by Monday m xl. when M Harriett will communie.it,- its finding i- t . cabinet council wihieh will b ■ pi- side d over i by President Faure. Meeting in French Guiana. London, September 21 \ sp-.d il d.saat h from Paris says the .1 : French Guiana in t.ie • ,ml>--r his i<- eeived a dispatch announcing t'hat a mu tiny has taken pin.-,, among Hn- ...nve < i at C lyentm. tin- capital ,-f I-': a h G,::.in . ! Tiie mutineer.-:, it tpp.-, . ox ~.w ■-I and murdered the guards, t 'ion st .rim-I tiie military storehouse and seized tho arms and ammunition there. Tin y are now, ac cording to the dispatch, besieging tiie prin- wuarls it?s "Tbo whole Rquftdron then *»< t out to hunt x down * • ’ ” Just follow ti-at Hquad- r ? n r“ 5 ? Tl." Wcel ■ ' nstttn \ tion f • nly fl per yea SCC'I ii y.H. ■ Wi.,- I xil:, yo ,r - ei-li't on Bo y Him- a. s. *'i ■ ",r wor-l ' < xtn-tly r. i.t. .«• tin- \ |.,.1,-is i a. -nv:ml the C PRICE FIVE CENTS | <ipal prison, and It Is feared that -h“y max sure, ed in ft, .-ing tin- IjCtO convicts contlm-d :a tho building. It- ,-i.|,,r. “in.-Ills I l.—n ' 1 graph- 1 for to tin- island of M.irti'dqu. . hut it is said they will not :. rrl x - in timt - to sti p press the mutiny Dreyfus Will Probably Bo Ki'lcd. Dev.l's i.-land, v ..- ■ xil-: Dr-yfus. the former captain in the French ..a ill.-r., is contim d tin.h r sentem - I .-.< . :.-'g sold s,. rets of t In- w■■ r olli-ton f.-t .-n n >v < rum,-nt, is but a .short distune, from [ It is possible that the revolt of con j victs may be tiie death knell of the prisoner whose condemnation has so I stirred up the French nation, for his guards are under strict or: cs to kill him if any attempt is me.de to release j him or if there is any possibility of ; his escaping. Esterhnz.y T -lks. London. S j-tembei !■'.' Tl-' D ::y N« iv< I today ..'vs that (' -mt I'. - •, u l-■ i I sojourning in London in tl.,- gm.-e of an | Italian count. Ari pl . ( s . nt itlve of The N( ws < t ight him at (’haring Cross -s I,- w- -about t( , start for I’-'Hs In -h'""’" ’• • “j I tervi-w ( unite !. 'Z... : ■ I . - .., 1 x■. Ily tri. d ■ neral Veil ■"Xth it 111.- I 1.-nrl rlocum, nt w is i . I tl>“" l n;’t'.'.r- ! San,7l .r- ' Henri and mxs. . I Tiie first two arc d< ad and I alone hold the Comte I?’ Tl’izv iiff. ■!..! i guy non- Rumors Ki r e in Pai is. Pai . . Among* oth> r im 1 , ■ :’ ni ■m- * • (-■ ‘I Cln r< I Ai Mi H •'). 11 •: - < . ‘ • Chi f Ik- M <’i p’i'on lomcrro'.v. be k- »t mpl ’ i •' .‘I 1.--- >• i in i •inP/ 'v 1 ■ Picquart Sent to Military Pti on. ’ i .of the n ilitary tuliiorities ii i civil coart. and The l-'ret. ' . i n ■ th ,: th« premier. M. Bri ..n . x . in - s I were instituted w ■ ■ of i The Rad:, ,1 makes a hitler att; -k on the i general st.-frf. win. it .- iri.-es with .inning I at the moral assassination Picq rt -th rough ~ si-:-, t irii.it.,:'. t, i - '. H“fi im.-h.-fort in bis pap.-, The In j transigeant. deci ires that I'.- quirt was I I:'' ' ■ ' ns el Hmt ■!.' . ! L\ /j staff of tile Fr. h ,niiy <-.:nn t n.,w i < the full light of a revision of Hie j Dr,yfus >..s,- ■ Ex-Major Presents All the Facts j I. r.don. S- ; ' -ini,, i .... , 1..,-:. r\ ,-■ • :!s morning eontln . ,- - . . j lions, begun I. st Sunday, in . '.-i::- irti- '■>, ■ f <• in -i , . a, ..'in.- ... whieli Is ■ Coni' ■■ Este'a z> .. • ma : . it is I ass riod. in t h-- ;>r. -a . ■ nio -■ j■ :. ■■ ;3 i than on . that In- was t'i- au -r of :■« i f in;..a- Dr. xftis border, .hi. w : he w"e I ".it the request of Ceionel .< :<a. rr, 11... w I dead." | "It was int,aided." In s.’id. "to e. a.-tituia i material pro.,l' o' Dr, y Ins'- rm'll. |, was I known through a Fr.-ncli spy in th. s :vi -o ;-.t Berlin lan: • tain d<>< anicnls aid ■ reac'iio.l tho German gon.-t il st: fl wh,.-!i , Dreyfus alone could have obtained it was a list of these documents wni constituted the boidircaa. I'r. yfus h i., <, t, tested It. sex.-ral ways. For in<iaa,.. .-, plan t'.,r i the .-.im-ciitr.,t mu of tro.q,.- on t ..,? -omh eastern frontier !.ad been <li. t.at".| to him i wliie-h wars quite fruit.-: i ■ A .ort time j afterward- cur sides in Italy informed us j that the Italian :: ff was making uioditi-

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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, September 26, 1898, Image 1