Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-06-03
REINTERRED.
The Remains Of Jefferson Davis
Honored at Richmond.
DISPLAY OF FLAGS AND FLOWERS.
Imposing Demonstration - Miss Winnie
Davis Much Affected The Grave ut
Hollywood n Deep One and
Handsomely Decorated.

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. L. 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. J. C. Wood Taylor, of Halifax,
Nova Scotia, and Col Robert G. Wood,
of Louisiana, both grandsons OF Presi-
dent Zachary Taylor and ncphews OF
the first wife of jefferson Davis. She
seemed quite feeble and leaned heavily
on Il cane.
The city was generally draped with
miniature battle flags and on the
house near the place from where the
parade was to start were big Virginia
flags and large United States flag.
At $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 nj
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-
grcss of the cortege while the scene
was 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
T. Gordon. chief marshal, and staff OF
some fifty prominent confederate Of
ticers then the infantry. under Com
nander Henry Jones, headed the line.
and was followed by the artillery with
three batteries; the llowitzcrs,
Grimes. of Portsmouth. and Norfolk
Light Artillery Blues, all under com
mand of Maj. W. T.. Simons Four
troops of cavalry followed, commanded
by Col. ". 7. Wickham. They were
the Stuart horse guard, Ashby light
horse. Hcnrico Chesterfield and Able
marie troops. These were followed i'm
mediatcly by the catafalquc. behind
which came carriages in which were
seated Mrs. jefferson Davis and Gov.
Mckinney. Miss Winnie Davis and
Mayor Elysson and MIR. and
Mrs. Hayes. These were fol-
lowed by the honorary pall-bear-
,ers in carriages: Cows. B. p. Till
man. South Carolina: Elias Howe. North
Carolina; Frank Brown, Maryland: p.
'Turncy. Tennessee; W. A. McCorkle,
West Virginia.; T. G. Jones. Alabama:
Gems. L. A. Early, u. II. Maurey, Will
liam n. Payne, McLaws. i. 5. Baker
Steven ID. Lee. Harry Heath, &. II. STU
art. Mai. John W. Daniel, Senator Walt
hall. Messrs. Moses Milhiser, NJ. A.
Allen. Hugh Blair, John Il. Purcell. i.
p. Winston. A. ID. Buford, Col. John I.
Wood, DIR. John Ii. McGaw, Cole p.
keeve ana +. i. uiaSSoN.
Other carriages contained distin-
.guished persons, among them Bishop
II. II. Thompson, Senator NJ. {. Butler,
Senator q. C. Vest and wife, Mrs. Gen.
Pickett, Mrs. Gen. A. l.. Long, Col.
John Goode.
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 nag
and on the sides. with broad stripes OF
red and white, the confederate colors,
broad and massive cover of polished
oak for the lower vault lay by the side
of the grave. Across it We're 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 few
punches of wild flowers, having been
carefully preserved and carried ont to
the cemetery in carriages to he 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 a selection of Scripture. Bishop
Thompson, of Mississippi, was to have
taken part in the services, but he was
unable to come. Rev. w. WsLandrum
then read the hymn, ''Iiow 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. DR.. o.
Barten, of Norfolk, pronounced the
bencdiction.
After the benediction the caslxet was
lowered into the grave. After the
bugle signal came taps and the infantry
fred salute which announced that the
frkn nnlrrunn fhan