The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, February 01, 1906, Image 2
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I mourn no more my vanish'd years;
Beneath a tender rain.
An April rain of smiles and tears,
My heart is young again.
The west winds blow. and. singing iow
I hear the glad streams ran :
The windows of my soul 1 throw
Wide open to the sun.
No longer forward nor behind
I look in hope or fear:
But. grateful, take the good I I'.nd,
The best of now and here.
I plow no more a desert land.
To harvest weed and tare:
The manna dropping from Cod's hand
Rebukes my painful care.
I break my pilgrim staT?I lay
Aside the toiling car:
The angel sought so tar away
I welcome at my door.
The airs of Spring may never play
Among the ripening corn.
Nor freshness of the flowers of May
Blow through the Autumn morn.
^ Yet shall the blue-eyed gentian lock
Through fYinced lids to Hiavcn,
And the nale aster in the brook
Shall see its image given:?
The woods shall wear their robes of praise,
The south wind softly sigh.
And sweet, calm days in sr?>!den haze
Melt down the amber sky.
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It was almost time for the Phila- f
delphia express to be called, and in
the waiting room the usual quota of
travelers had gathered. It was a comImon
enough scene, but full of absorbing
interest to a serious mite of a
child sitting like an obedient little
statue on the seat where her companions
had placed h.er, hands sedately
folded in her lap and her plump little
legs barely long enough to dangle
over the edge.
Her wide eyes questioned each face
about her with wistful intentness, and
there were occasional evidences of a
mighty struggle of cogitation in her
little mind. The man with her was
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juna ^uuugu, <utt?r ins u w u n^uto uu<,
he was not used to children, and this
child was not used to him, and she
was lonely.
The Desbrosses street ferry had
just come in, and among the string of
passengers who hurried into the wait%
; ing room were a man and woman,
upon whom the child's eyes fixed
themselves in speculative admiration.
This was a stately and beautiful lady,
ft; The man was large, and perhaps
would some day be larger, but now he
carried his bigness of height and
breadth with an enviably easy swing.
He went to the window and bought
one single ticket, and then the two
came and and sat diagonally opposite
the child and her companion. The
?>1 . woman was speaking in a constrainedly
polite tone.
"There are but a few moments to
wait. I beg that you will not consider
it necessary to stay. There was no
occasion for your coming at all."
"You forget that there are still
' some appearances to maintain," he
answered stiffly. "There is no occasion
to create any more gossip than
is necessary, and this is an absurd
hour for you to start."
"Isn't it a little late to consider apt
pearances?" she asked, with a touch
ip . of scorn in her voice, chafing at his
cold supervision of her actions, which
he did not attempt to explain by any
m warmer motive than conventionality. [
She knew what he meant?that it put
him in the light of a brute that she
should be fleeing from his home unat.
tended at a particularly inconvenient
hour. She knew that it was an absurd
journey, bringing her at her destination
at midnight, but she could
not endure that silent house for another
minute. The fever to be among her
v own people?the few, the very few,
who would sympathize and ask no
rrnel mie&tions"?had rushed irresisti
bly upon her a few hours before, and
she had recklessly made her preparations
and started. What matter? They
had agreed that the hollow sham of
their married life had better end at
once, and that later they would - be
legally separated. It soon would be
known to the world, and New York
had become a cell of torment to her.
['.. And he?when he was coldest he
was always punctiliously polite, and
?v . he had insisted on seeing her off if she
was determined to take this foolish
journey. His face had been hard and
indifferent as the door?their door?
had closed upon them as man and
wife, and the ride to the ferry had
been made in rigid silence.
Her eyes caught the child's unwavering
gaze, and her face softened from
its flinty composure. She had no
children of her own, and u*is was such
an unconsciously pathetic figure, with
its primly folded hands and solemn
eyes. The little traveler smiled faintly
and looked shyly away. Then the
eyes crept back again, and friendly
communication was established. For
a few moments she sat in sober consideration,
weighing some mighty problem
in her mind, and ever and anon
slipping a tentative glance toward the
stately lady; then there was a cautious
peep at the caretaker's face,
and with the anxious haste of one who
gathers all his courage for a desperate
leap, she slid swiftly down and
was across the way before her companion
could realize what had happened.
"Won't you, please," she bsgan,
?agerlv, her eyes searching the woman's
face, "wont you please tell me
what a diworce is?"
Ttiere: 11 was oui.?max awiux, uu*
angered question which had been
tormenting her small soul for d&vs
upon days?and her bolstered-up courage
suddenly subsided into flatness
as she realized the magnitude of her
temerity in asking this strange and
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Not kss shall manly d*r<I and word
Kebnke an a:c of wrong:
Tin- graven floors that wreathe the sword
Make not the blade less strong.
rat smiting hands shall learn to Imai?
To build as to destroy :
Nor loss my heart for others feel
That I tlie mare enjoy.
Mr.ou.rrh that blessings undeserved
Have mark'd my erring track:?
That wkeresoYr my feet have swerved,
liis eh.isttitinj turn'd me bark;?
That more and more a Providence
(?f love is understood.
Makin.tr the springs of time and sense
Sweet with" eternal good :?
Thar death seems l>:it a eovor'd way
\\ hieh opens into light.
Wherein no blinded child can stray
Beyond the Father's sight:?
Thar care and trial seem at last.
Through memory's sur.set air,
Like mountain ranges overpast,
In purple distance fair:?
That all the jarring notes of life
Scorn M"i:ding in a psalm.
And ail the angles of its strife
Slow rounding into calm..
And so the shadows fall annrt.
And so the west winds play:
And ail the windows of my heart
I open to the day.
?John Gree-nleaf Whittier.
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beautiful lady a question which had
invariably met with a startled rebuff
from others. Her eyes went to the
floor and she dropped obviously.
The effect was electrical. The two
faces before her seemed suddenly immobilizd.
The woman looked ahead
of her with hard, unseeing eyes, and
winced as though struck; but the man,
with a man's distaste for a scene, was
the first to treat this, conversational
bomb as a casual matter. He leaned
forward in the most friendly manner
possible, although his ruddy skin had
taken on a still warmer tint, and
forced a smile as he looked into the
wide eyes that gazed wonderingly into
his own.
"Well, now, what makes you ask
such a funny question?" he queried.
"I wanted to know so bad," she said,
appealingly. "Mamma's got one, but
she's gone away, an' everybody says
'Be still,' w'en I ask them. Nobody
will tell me what a diworce is. Did
it hurt maram?" she cried. Her eyes
still urged their question?the question
that she had asked again and
again, but to which no one had given
her an answer.
The woman leaned forward, gathered
the little bundle of loneliness into
her arms and held her close.
"Where has mamma gone, dear?"
she asked. Her husband had leaned
back again and was staring at the
floor. Husband and wife ignored each
other.
"Gone to be an angel," was the
prompt answer. "Papa went away
first, but he didn't go to be angel.
Cook said so. An' mamma cried and
cried, an' got sick and went to bed,
an' I heard nurse tell cook that mamma
had a diworce. An' w'en I asked
mamma w'ot that was she jus' cried
and hugged me; and I asked nurse,
an' she cried, an' she scolded me an'
said I mustn't ever say such a thing
again. Then they took mamma away
in a long carriage with flowers in it,
an' the lady next door came in an' said
the divorce killed. mamma. An' today
I asked the lawyer-man over there
an' he just jumped an' said, 'My good
gracious, chile!' I do so want to
know what a diworce is." It was a
long speech for a small girl, but the
words tripped over each other in
their haste to escape, and there were
plenty more waiting to be released.
The woman's voice was calm and
even as she answered; the curve of
her cheek vouchsafed her husband's
view was as fair and cold as the snow,
but the eyes fixed on the child burned
like living coals.
"But who takes care of you, dear?"
"I don't know," she said, slowly, as
though this were a new idea to her.
"Mamma did, but she went to be an
angel so awful soon; an' nurse an'
cook did, but they kissed me an' cried
an' went away the day that lots of
people came to our house an' bought
things. Now the lawyer-man is taking
me away to live with mamma's auntie.*
I guess," brightening up, "she'll take
care of me now."
She lifted a supplicating face to the
woman bending over her, and with a
child's unwearied insistence again
sought an answer to the question that
lay so heavily on her little soul.
"Won't you please tell me w'ot a
diworce is?"
It was a delicate situation. The man
leaned forward and answered for his
wife, who had mutely turned her head
away. He was fond of children.
^ "Now see here; suppose I tell you,
will you promise not to worry about
it any more?"
A vigorous nod.
He remained silent a moment, trying
to formulate an answer so simple that
the child's mind could grasp it, then
spoke to the anxious face:
"Well, a divorce is?a divorce?well,
two people it married, you know;
and sometimes it doesn't work as well
as they thought it would, so they go
| to the lawyer-man like yours over
there and get unmarried."
I He floundered hopelessly over his
| definition, ending it with an uncomfortably
red face, for it was harder
than he had anticipated, and two
searching eyes glued to your face are
apt to be disconcerting.
The little one nestled back against
the bosom which exhaled the same
faint, imcatchable sweet odor that had
always clung to mamma's dresses, and,
with her inquiring eyes still searching
the man's face, propounded the next
link in mo endless chain of a child's
interrogations.
"Please, w'y do they want to get unmarried?"
The face above her was white, the
arm about her trembled. The husband
studied the floor intently a few
moments before answering, a frown
gathering between his eyes and a little
droop of seem?self-sccrn?pulling
clown the corners of his mouth.
"God knows," lie said slowly, and
stared at the floor again.
A stentorian voice was intoning the
departure of the Philadelphia express,
and with a nervous start the woman
looked up from the child on her lap
to see the "lawyer-man" approaching
them.
"Pardon me for interrupting you,
but the little girl must be going now."
he said, raising his hat and bowing.
The child clung silently to heF new
friend before leaving, and in the woman's
eyes there were hot tears, and
in her threat an aching dryness, as
she gave the upturned face a lingering
kiss and let her go.
Her husband stood at her elbow as
lawyer and charge passed through
the doorway, the child twisting around
for a last look. - Would she rebuff him,
turning the lew- scorn of her eyes on
him? Had he been a fool to detect
any feeling for him in the whiteness
of her face as she bent over the child? i
Would he only make himself ridiculous?
The stubborn pride which had
helped to drive them so far 'apart
tingled at the notion. But wasn't it
worth the risk?
"Your train goes next," he reminded
her, watching her face intently. "I
want to go with you, Honora. Of
course, I won't go if it is offensive to
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you, DUt tnis IS SUCli a wrew;ucu uuaine?s.
Do you know what w? are trying
to do, dear? Can't we try each
other once more? I know I've been a
hidebound brute; it was just cursed
pride all through; but I love you, dear,
and can't give you up. Let me come
with you, just part way if you like,
Honora, dear!"
In his heart he cursed the public
waiting room and passing people, forcing
him to stand like a miserable
automaton and cautiously mumble the
words that came rushing into his mind.
Her band touched his arm' for an instant,
her e}res looked into his, and
she turned toward him like a weary
child.'
"Oh, no," she whispered back, a sob
catching her voice, "I don't want to
go away, dear! Oh, my husband, I
want to go back with you! I want to
go home!"?Agnes Louise Provost, iD
Woman's Home Companion.
QUAINT AND CURIOUG.
The biggest gas meter in the world
is at East Greenwich. When filled it
contains twelve million cubic feet of
gas.
The ancient custom of putting a coin
in the hand of the dead is still occasionally
followed in the rural districts
of France.
The query of Cassius concerning the
origin of Caesar's greatness is one
often repeated in these days regarding
the Japanese. Upon what meat
doth the little Jap feed that he has
Ac r.r?r>oorna his ma
givnil au givat, no vvuvv.^.
terial food, it has been many times
stated, to the amazement of the world,
that he does his fighting on that mild
and insipid cereal, rice.
The kite, according to ornithological
authorities, is declared to be extinct,
and it is practically so. But a vigilance
committee has nevertheless been
formed in Wales for the protection of
the bird. A photographer recently
traced one of the only pair of kites
known to exist in South Wales to a
cave in the mountains and with a
lucky shapshot secured a photograph.
There are about ten millions of migratory
sheep in Spain, which each
year travel as much as two hundred'
miles from the plains to the mountains.
Their m^rch, resting places and
behavior are governed by special regulations,
dating from the fourteenth
century. At certain times no one may
travel the same route as the sheep,
which have the right to graze on all
open and common land on the way.
For this purpose a road ninety yards
wide must be left on all enclosed and
private property. The shepherds lead
their flocks, which are accompanied
by provision mules, and by large dogs,
to guard against a night attack by
wolves.
Large Families in Great Britain.
In St. Botolph's church, Aldgate,
there is a monument to the memory
of Agnes, widow of winiam rsuuu,
who "bore him 1G children, eight boys
and eight girls."
That was in the spacious lGth century,
but it is noteworthy that John
Gully, grandfather of the late speak:
er of the Commons, had 24 children.
A .year or two ago a Northampton
shoemaker entered*as his plea in the
police court that he was the father
of 32 children, of whom 27 were living:
while 20 years ago Chester
boasted of a couple who were "the
happy father and delighted mother of
33 children," ten of them being alive
in 1890.
But the record in family numbers
belongs to Scotland. It is that of a
Scotch weaver in the 16th century
whose wife bore him G2 children. Only
12 died in childhood, 46 sons and four
daughters living to be 21 and upward.
This almost incredible record is fully
and absolutely authenticated. Sir
John Bowes and three other gentlemen
each adopted ana reared ten of
this prodigious family.?London Daily
Chronicle.
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Farmer Found Dead.
Philip Hambright, a farmer 60 years
old, was found dead near Kings' .
Creek, Cherokee county, a few days
ago. It is not known whether his
death was caused by accident or vi?
lence.
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Clemson to Have Good Team.
John W. McMackin, a former pitch
er on Clerason's baseball team, and
now with the Montgomery Southern
League te^m, will coach the Clemson
nine this year. That means tha>
Clemscn will have a good team.
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Ssuadron Goes^to New Orleans.
Admiral F. W. Dickens announced
that he had received orders to take
the coast defense squadron, which
consists of the battleship Texas, the
monitors Arkansas, Florida and Ne\ada
and six torpedo boats for a cruise
in the gulf of Mexico, leaving Charleston
February 12. The squadron is understood
to be bound for New Orleans
and will take part in the Mardi Gras
celebration. Information received
from the bureau of navigation is to
the effect that the squadron will return
to Charleston after the festivities
in the Crescent City and probably
will remain until the spring gun
practice, which usually takes place
near ixorioiK.
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Seeks to Repeal Charter.
Senator Butler of Cherokee has Introduced
a bill in the legislature to
repeal the charter of the Richland
Distilling company, which does a million
dollar a year business with the
state dispensary. Among the directors
are N. M. Block of Macon, Sam
Lanahan of Baltimore and J. S. Farnum
of Charleston.
Senator Butler will urge the passage
of his bill on the ground that
that concern's mean whiskey and its
grafting practices are debauching the
citizenship of the state.
Representative Irby's scheme to free
the farmers from the grasp of the
fertilizer trust by allowing the counties
to engage in fertilizer making,
was promptly killed by the house after
he had delivered hours of an impassioned
speech on it.
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Alleged Poisoning Case.
W. Cleare Dickinson, twenty-eight
years of age, was jailed at Bamberg
a few days ago, charged by the coroner's
jury with responsibility for the
death of B. F. Reid by arsenic poisoning,
January 13. Reid, a young
farmer and widower, that day complained
of illness, and that he believed
he had been poisoned. He died after
a few minutes. The coroner's
Jury Had tne Doay exnuineu <iuu caarained.
Arsenic was discovered more
than sufficient to kill a man. Eliza
Bunch said that Reid came to her
house, January 13, and while there
Cleare Dickinson came in, and, taking
a bottle of whiskey from his pocket,
offered Reid a drink, but took
none himself. Later in the evenihg
he returned, and said that he "reck*
ODed he had gotten rid of Reid." Sbe
said that about two weeks before Dickinson
had told her that he would kill
Reid if he did not desist from hi3
attentions to her. Reid was a prosperous
farmer, and Dickinson is bro
ther to the mayor of Bamberg.
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Anent Dispensary Matters.
There are fifteen various and conflicting
propositions relative to the dispensary
on the house calendar, and
some of these touch only on minor
phases of the general situation.
The outlook just now is that the
real fight will be on two bills. First,
on the bill proposed by the dispensary
committee?this committee is
largely composed of pronounced
friends of the system?and then on
the Morgan local option bill. It will
be on these two bills that the chief
fire will be centered. The former bill
proposes to patch up the present system
and provide for a slight change
in the methods of doing business. The
Morgan bill; on the other hand, starts
out with the abolition of the state disDensary.
The corner stone of the en
tire fight is the state dispensary, and
it is on this that the fight is to be
made.
If the house decides to abolish the
state dispensary then the sailing will
be easier, and the outlook now is thai
a majority of the members of the
bouse favor the abolition of the state
dispensary and are not worrying them
selves very much about what is coming
afterwards. If the state dispensary
is abolished, then even those who
favor the retention of that branch of
the system will perforce go to the
Morgan bill to retain county dispensaries
rather than give up the dispensary
altogether. There are entire
delegations that take this position, and
it is a sensible position.
They argue that if the general assembly
adjourns without having done
something to remedy the conditions as
they are and do not respond to the demands
of the public, then the danger is
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a tidal wave of prohibition, and they
do not want to be swept into the sea
of prohibition, and it is better for those
who want dispensaries to fall into line
ai.d take county dispensaries rathei
than run the danger of state prohioi
tion.
There is general consternation with
lcgard to the order to Commissioner
' Tatum to withhold the payment of alj
claims against the dispensary. Th
last published statement shows thai
the dispensary owes $455,000. This
may have been reduced, but there is
no public information available since
tae import of the committee appointed
by Governor Heyward issued its
figures.
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Committee of Editors Meet.
A meeting of the executive committee
of the State Press Association was
held in the state library at Columbia,
a few days ago, to consider the time
for the next meeting of the association,
and also to discuss the program
and other matters pertaining to the
annual meeting. There were present
Colonel William Banks, vice president;
C. C. Langston, secretary; August
Kohn, treasurer, and Mr. C. M.
Galoway. Messrs. J. W. Doar and J.
P. Gibson, members of the legislature,
also met with the executive committee.
It was decided that the program
would be left open for a subsequent
meeting of the committee, inasmuch
as there was not a full attendance of
the committee.
In view of the fact that it is not
probable that the association will undertake
an extensive trip during the
summer, it was suggested that a short
trip be taken in connection with the
annual meeting, so that those members
who do not feel that they,have
the time to spare from their offices,
might be able to unite a little outing
with the annual meeting, and In view
of this suggestion, the president and
secretary were requested to arrange
for the annual meeting at some place
outside the state.
It is probable that the date for the
annual meeting will be fixed the latter
part of August, so as not to .Interfere
with those members who desire
to be at home during the progress
of the state and county campaigns,
which take place during the
summer.
STATEHOOD BILL PASSED.
As Result of Voting Rule Measure is
Cinched in the House.
By a vote of 194 ayes to 150 nays, J
cne siaieaooa diii was passeu oy uic
house Thursday afternoon. - %
Tie house at 11 o'clock sharp took
up its special order on statehood. The
debate was to run until 3 o'clock,
when a vete on the bill was taken.
As an echo of Wednesday's battle
Mr. Lloyd of Missouri, the democrat
"whip," made an explanation regarding
the thirteen democrats who were
absent when the vote was taken on
the statehood rule.
"A report is current," he Said, "to
the effect that some of the democrats
got away without voting and did so
corruptly."
He then proceeded to give the cause
of the absence of the members in
question. The three 'reasons, business,
politics and sickness, covered all
the cases. Those absent included
Bell of Georgia, Brouse of Louisiana,
Byrd of Mississippi, Cockran of New
.ork, Hearst of New York, Hill of
Mississippi, Little of Arkansas, McDermott
of New Jersey, Patterson of
Tennessee, Southall of Virginia, Sullivan
of New York, Van Duser of Nevada
and Senor of Indiana.
Basing his prediction of the great
future development of Arizona and
New Mexico on the accomplishment
of his own state, Mr. Kahn of California
depicted the wrong that was
being done in these two territories as
one state.
Mr. Mondell of Wyoming followed in
the same line. He predicted the time
when the representatives of the flourishing
west would object to the representation
accorded the dead and dying
east because of its past prosperity.
A brief speech also in opposition
was made by Mr. Floyd of Arkansas.
The debate shifted to the other side
at this point. Mr. Cole of Ohio was
heard briefly, and Mr. Capron of
Rhode Island began a speech in favor
of the bill, and then he said he would
yield to Mr. Hepburn if he would recount
the experiences of the territories
of Iowa and Maine.
Three times, Mr. Hepburn said, the
people of Iowa rejected statehood, and
when she accepted it was by the barest
majority. 'Should the people of
the territories now in question vote
against coming in they would not be
dragged in.
Asserting that 98 per cent of the
people of Arizona were opposed to becoming
a state with New Mexico Mr.
Webb of North Carolina based an
argument against the bill.
Negro Mutineers Gives Respites.
Two of the three negro mutineers
who were sentenced to be hanged in
Wilmington, N. C., last Friday, perfected
appeals to the supreme court
ot the United States and the third,
being the principal witness for the
government against the other two,
has been respited until July 1.
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WHEELER FUNERAL |
In New York Marked by Most
Impressive Services. ..J
AN IMPOSING PAGEANT. M
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Great Throngs Lined Streets Through
Which Procession Passed?Rider
less norse uea oenma xne
Funeral Car. , yfjtm
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An imposing military pageant pass- * -id
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ing across Brooklyn bridge, brief ser- ;
vices at St. Thomas Episcopal church .-gl
on Fifth avenue and an escort across ^
the North river ferry to Jersey City,
where the body was placed on a train '
to be taken to Washington for inter- I
ment in the national cemetery at Arlington,
marked the funeral in NewYork
city Sunday of Brigadier General
Joseph Wheeler, cavalry leader of the? .
confederacy and later one of the most
prominent figures among the generals *
of the Spanish-American war.
The body or the dead soldier Was
wrapped in the flags under which he
had served with almost equal vigor
and distinction?the stars and bars 'urala
of the confederate states and the stars ^??1
and stripes. Veterans of the south
ern and northern armies mingled,; together
in paying tribute to General >-j| ^
.Wheeler, with the younger veterans / .
of the Cuban and Philippines campaigns
of 1893 and 1899. The route >
of the funeral cortege was lined with" ^ -?
ereat crowds, most of whom stood
with bared heads as the funeral
The funeral took place from the \ .
home of General Wheeler's slater, a
Mrs. Sterling Smith, in Brooklyn, $$ '
where General Wheeler died. ^Th> ' '.H ,
body was borne from the house /by ^ %
eighty non-commiseloned officers of ' ||
infantry and placed upon a fiag-drap&J ":m
artillery caisson. The seventy-first* |
commanded by Colonel W. G. <Bale& ; /
served under General Wheeler la
Cuba, and on this occasion was girea ; : ?
the post of honor, infantry from Gov- '*M
ernor's Island, headquarters of the-46- l J
partment of the east, United States
Army, also joined the procession;^
A riderless horse, with boots re^
versed in the stirrups and a cavaJhy^/^'
sword dangling from the saddle^ waa^? ^
led just behind the caisson. IgggjHI -isj
The church edifice was throMDedgj^B'ja
Seats had been reserved for memhere^
of the Southern Society, the Confed- / ^Jg
erate Veterans' Association, the'So*
ciety of the War of 1812 and several,
other friends of the family.
Reservations also had been inado> v^B"|
for the honorary pallbearers, the staff ^
of Frederick D. Grant, United 8tet#J^ij -<i
Army, and the officers of the escort ' r
The altar of the church was almost/
hidden beneath the floral offierlnyt v^
among them a great wreath sent by
President Roosevelt. _ %
The brief services were conducted _ \
by the Rev. Ernest S tires, rector of . \
the church, who was formerly rector ;
of the Church of the Good Shepherd ' ^
in Augusta, Ga., which Is situated near ^
the birthplace of General Wheeler,
assisted by Rev. Morgan DIx, rector
of Trinity church.
Br. Stires, in beginning his sermon,
'This is one of the great occasion# . /jSB
of our lives. For we are met to hon- '"'slsPi
or the memory of a rare man. I do V
noit speak to you of him principally ' as
a citizen, statesman or soldier, for
the mere record of his deeds is far
more eloquent than any praise of ours --.
could be. It is of the man I think
at this hour. Was he entitled to be
called great? It is not difficult
you to decide. He was distinguished ?
by courage without rashness, by wisdom
without pride, by gentleness
without weakness, by patience witkout
heedlessness and by Justice with* ^
which always leaned toward mercy.
The body arrived in Washington ~t^?|
10:55 Sunday night, and was at once I
taken to St John church. A detach-\ 'lM.
ment of Spanish war veterans formed
an escort from the station and con- j
stituted a guard of honor at the ca?- ' '
VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION. 1
Further Particulars of Coal Mine 01#aster
In Indian Territory. |
(Fourteen lives were lost in the ex- ' ' stajB
plosion Wednesday in the WattviHe ~:'Jj
mine, near Poteau, I. T. The explosion
was caused by fire damp. Three " IflS
*h/v fnn^non VtrullAa haVA hPPn rft. \
Ui uxu i^vu > -? 'y-'riKrf
covered, but it is impossible to enter 'V*8K
the mine because of gas to attempt .vUjg
a recovery of other bodies.
The explosion occurred in entry
No. 4,' where sixteen men were at ?*jg fl
work. Two of the men were able to
make their escape. 3
DAMAGE SUITS A PROBABILITY. J:fM
Judge Speer Comments on Macon's
New City Chaingang.
Judge Etaory Speer of the United
States court says that the city coun- f M
cil of Macon, Ga., should inquire if '"'.J?
they have not violated another tradition
of the constitution in the re-sen- JH
tencing of a number of prisoners, who
were on the county chaingang, and, <|?9
according to Judge Speer, entitled to ^99
a discharge from custody. 19