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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-
