Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-08
FINAL RESTING PLACE.
The Remains of jefferson Davis uonore,
at EichnfoEd-A Great Military an,
Floral D5sntav.

The Remains of jefferson Davis Honored
at Richn,ond-A Great Military and
Floral Display.
RICHMOND. Va. June 1.-The Jeffer
son Davis funeral train arrived here
yesterday morning and was saluted
by artillery, the firing continuing until
| the body rested in the capitol. From
the depot the casket was escorted by
the r. E. Lee camp of the First Vir-
ginia regiment, the march up the hill
and through the capitol grounds in the
early morning hour being most impress
sive.
Miss Winnie Davis and the rest of the
family on the train joined Mrs. Davis,
who arrived last night from New York
| with Col. ]. C. Wood Taylor, of Halifax,
Nova Scotia, and Col. Robert C. Wood,
of Louisiana, both grandsons of Presi-
dent Zachary Taylor and nephews of
! the first wife of jefferson Davis.
AT $3.50 o'clock the body was removed
from the caisson drawn by six white
| horses caparisoned in black and the
| line of march was taken up for Holly
| wood. Houses along the line were al
| most without exception draped in black
| and the national, state and confederate
flags, the latter predominating, were
either floating to the breeze or worked
! in funeral colors. The streets along
| the route were packed with people
| Nothing of tumultuous or noisy
character marked the day or the pro-
gress of the cortege while the scene
was a most imposing one, although the
whole city seemed to be in mourning.
The time set for the procession to move
! was o'clock, but there was short de-
lay in starting. First came Gen. John
Il. Gordon, chief marshal, and staff OF
some fifty prominent confederate of
ficers, followed by a number of mill
tary companies. Then come the
catafalque behind which were car
riages containing Mrs jefferson Davis,
Miss Winnie Davis, the governors and
officials of the southern states and
many other prominent citizens, fol-
lowed by the confederate veteran
camps and civilians.
AS was expected would be the case,
| flowers were strewn along the route in
front of the catafalque and the sight
indeed was a pretty one. Women and
little children performed large part
of this feature of the parade. The bells
of the town were tO1led while the pro-
cession was in progress.
Ilc oISpidN Ol EGlcrd0S was Il1I.
doubtedly much greater than at the
unwilling of the Lee monument, and
never since the war have SO many con-
federate soldiers been seen in one body
in Richmond. They marched in tours,
headed by the mounted officers, and
swiftly and steadily assuming the
places assigned them, seemed to come
in endless succession. Except for the
a hSanoa of lrafC "a
as if the confederate armies were on
the march once more. AS the veterans
poured by the carriage in which
| Miss Winnie sat, one fife and drum
| corps after another played dead
march. But when the Maryland men
| came up their band gave Nearer My
| God to Thee" and the daughter of the
| confederacy burst into tears and hid
| her face in her handkerchief. When
| the military movement was complete
! the coffin, the open grave and the fam
| lily were surrounded by three solid
! walls of men. Outside of this triple
circle was dense crowd of thousands
| upon thousands.
The grave was of unusual depth and
| size and was carefully constructed of
brick lined with confederate national
| flags. At the foot was the battle flag
and on the Sides with broad stripes of
| red and white, the confederate colorS,
| n broad and massive cover of polished
| oak for the lower vault lay by the side
of the grave. Across it were stretched
eight or ten lines of new webbing of
red and white. -Four carriages held the
| floral offerings, everything OF this kind
which had been received from New Or
| leans to Richmond, though only q few
| punches of wild flowers, having been
carefully preserved and carried out to
! the cemetery in carriages to be laid in
! the grave. AS soon as everything was
in readiness the Stonewall band. of
! Staunton, played a funeral dirge
composed by Prof. Jacob Rine-
hart Rev. William Munford then
read selection of Scripture. Bishop
Thompson, of Mississippi, was to have
taken part in the services, but he was
unable to come. Rev. w. w. Landrum
then read the hymn, How Firm a
| Foundation" which was sung by the
| crowd. At the close of the hymn DR..
Hoge stepped forward and said: Let
us pray" and nearly every head in the
vast assembly was bowed. Rev. DIR. O.
Barten, of Norfolk, pronounced the
benediction.
After the benediction the casket was
lowered into the grave. After the
bugle signal came taps and the infantry
| fired a salute which announced that the
services We're over. The column then
moved to Gettysburg hill, where the
| annual memorial services of the Ladies'
! Hollywood association took place,
which consisted of the decorate of
the graves of 16, 900 confederate soldiers,
after which prayer was offered and a
! hymn sung.
| Crop Bulletin.
| WASHINGTON, June 1.-Generally the