Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-06-01
The Remains of Jefferson Davis In
TERED in Hollywood.
QUIET HONORS PAID HIS CLAY.
Thousands of Garlands Strewn
About the Casket While Lying
in State, and the Road to the
Cemetery Covered With Fra
grant Blossoms-Dead Marches
and Measured Tread Of Confed-
crate Soldiers.

tween ] q q. M, out 10 Was uot uuNiI
500 this morning that 1t rolled into the
depot. An hour before this tipce the
artillery began to fire their guns, and
the salutes continued until the remains
rested in the capitol.
From the depot they were escorted oy
the Robert Z. Lee Camp and the First
Virginia regiment, the march up the
hill and through the Capitol grounds In
the early morning hours being most i'm
pressive. Miss Winnie Davis and the
rest OF the family on the train joined
Mrs. Davis at the hotel.
Mrs. Davis reached here last uight
from New York. Mrs. Davis was met
by committee and the Grand Camp OF
Confederate Veterans Of Virginia.
She wore mourning, with her veil
thrown back, appeared to be quite
feeble, and on reaching the Exchange
Hotel, where she will stay, she retired
Immediately to the apartments prepared
| for her.
From daylight until o'clock hun
dreds OF strangers and city people
PASSED through the Capitol and viewed
! the casket, which was almost enveloped
| in floral tributes of various designs
from the North as we'll as the South.
Between the hours OF 9 and IL o'clock
about 5000 school children passed by
the bier, each one dropping flowers as a
| tribute of affection until the whole mass
assumed proportions equal to several
! wagon loads.
At $3.50 o'clock the body was removed
on the calsson, drawn by six white
horses caparlsoned in black, and the
line of march was taken up for Holly
wood.
Houses along the line were almost
without exception draped In black anc
the National, State and Confederate
flags, the latter predomnating, were
| either floating TO the breeze or worked
| in the funeral colors.
The street along the route, yards and
windows of the dwellings were packed
with people. The time set for the pro-
cession TO move was o'clock, but there
was short delay ia starting.
First came Gen. John B. Gordon,
Chief Marshal, and staff OF some fifty
prominent Confederate officers.
Then the infantry, under Col. Henry
Jones, headed the line, and was fol-
lowed by the artillery with three bat
terles, the Howitzer Grays, OF Ports
mouth, and the Norfolk Light Artillery
Blues, all under command OF Major w.
| Z. Simons.
Four troops OF cavalry followed, COM
manded by Col. w. +. Wickham. These
were followed Immediately by the cata-
fslvue, behind which came carriages In
which we're seated Mrs. Jefferson Davis
and Governor Mckinney, Miss Winnie
| Davis and Mayor Enlyson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Hayes.
These were followed by the honorary
pail bearers in carriages: Governors b.
| p. Tillman, South Carolina; Elias Howe,
| North Carolina; Frank Brown, Maryland;
| p. Turney, Tennessee; w. A. MacCorkle,
! West Virginia; T. }. Jones, Alabama;
Generals j. A. Early, d. n. Maury, VIM.
| H. Payne McLaws. l.. s. Baker, Stephen
| ID. Lee, Harry Heath, Geo. H. Stuart,
Major John W. Daniel, Senator K. c.
| Walthall, Messrs Moses Millhisner, NJ. A.
Allen, Hugh Blair, John B. Purcell, p. p.
Winston, A. S. Buford, Col. John L.
Wood, Dr. John B. McCaw, Col. e. z.
Reeve. F. T. Glasgow.
| Other carriages contained distinguished
persons, among them Bishop II. H. H.Thomp-
son. Senator NJ. G. Butler, Senator q. NJ.
| Vest and wife.
AS was expected would be the case,
| flowers were strewn along the route in
| front of the oatafalQue, and the sight was
| indeed q beautiful one. Women and little
children performed a large part OF this
feature of the parade.
The bells of the city were tolled while
| the procession was in progress. On ar
irving at Hollywood Cemetery, the dis
| tinguished guests formed on the circle
which contains the grave. The
| display of veterans was undoubtedly much
greater than at the unvelling Of the Lee
monument and never since the war have
so many Confederate soldiers been seen in
| one BODY in Richmond. As the veterans
| poured by, the carriage in which Miss
| Winnie Davis sat- one fife and drum corps
after another softly played a dead march.
But when the Maryland men came
ND their band gave Nearer My God 10
| Thee, and the daughter of the coRfeder-
acy burst into tears, and hid her face in
her handkerchief When the military
movement was complete, the coffin, the
open grave and the family were surround
ed by three solid walls OF men. Outside
this triple circle was dense crowd of
thousands upon thousands.
A conservative estimate is that $1,000
people were on the streets aHd in Holly
wood cemetery.
The profound and respectful silence
which has been 80 marked a feature of the
progress from New Orleans prevailed also
| IN Richmond.
The grave was of unusual depth and size,
and was carefully constructed OF brick and
lined at the head with the Confederate
National flag; at the foot with the battle
flag, aHd on the sides with broad strips Of
red and white, the Confederate colors.
| Of r,O1scha ha1
oak for the lower vault lay oy the side OF
the grave. and across il 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
Orleans 10 Richmond having been care
fully preserved and carried out to the ceme-
terry TO be laid in the grave. As soon as
| everything was in readiness the Stonewan
/ baud OF Staunton played funerSl dirge.
| Rev. VIM. Munford then read selection
OF Scripture. Rev. DR.. w. w. Landrum
| then read the hymn How Firm t'ounda-
| ton" which was sung by the crowd.
At the close of the hymn, DR.. Hoge step
| ped forward and said: Let US pray" and
nearly every head in the vast assemblage
was bowed.
Rev. DIR. o. s. Barton, Of Norfolk, pro-
nounced the benediction. Immediateiy af-
ter the benediction the cas4et was lowered
into the grave. After the uugle came taps,
and the infantry hreo salute which an
nounced that the services were over.
The Wesleyan Female College at Muir
freesboro. N. c.. was burned last night.
No one was injured The effects OF the
students were destroyed.