Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-09-19
ARE FOES NO LONGER.
BLUE AND GRAY MEET ON OLD
FIGHTING GROUND

State Delegations Are Defeating Their
Monuments on the Once Red Field-Cov.
errors AltgeId Mckinley and Othars Ar.
rive to Lead the Ceremonies for Their Re-
spective States.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 18.-People are
pouring into this region almost as thick
and fast ms they did thirty three years ago.
But they are not all men this time, and
they are not armed, though some of the
old veterans-both of the north and of the
south-are attired in their army regi-
mentals. Many of these old fellows have
their wives and children with them and
they have been looking over the battlefield
where they fought so fiercely thirty three
years ago. No one will ever know the
number of people that have come here
from all parts of the north and south.
General Boynton says that the visitors are
strung along from Sherman Heights to
the far end of Chickamauga. All the
hotels, inns, traverns and boarding houses
are fur, and thousands are camping where
they camped on the night of the 18th of
September, 1869.
Don't Hate "Yanl<ee Doodle" Any Longer.
The passenger agent of the railway
leading to Chattanooga battlefield said
that his road had hauled not less than
5000 people there. This was not nearly
all who went out. Many went out on the
electric car lines and then took carriages.
Chattanooga citizens have thrown the
town open to the visitors, and if any of
them did ut one time feel II hatred for
"Yankee Doodle" it has long since died
out. Everything that human ingenuity
could devise for the comfort of the old sol
diers has been done by the cnterprising
jewellers in Chattanooga. The Ohio visit
ors made grand demonstration upon the
arrival Of Governor Mckinley. He came
in from Knoxville over the Southern road,
and was met at the station by the Ohio
commission with carriages, u military
band, the Toledo Cadets and the Four
teenth regiment Ohio National Guard.
Arrival of Governor Altgeld.
He was escorted to the home of Hon. II.
Clay Evans whose guest he will be during
his stay here. Governor Altgeld, of Hi.
nois, accompanied by Adjutant General
Orendorf, his staff, and the Illinois COM
came in from Chicago. Governor
Matthews and his staff and Colonel l. N.
Walker, communicative hiof of the G. A.
r., have also arrived. Vice President
Stevenson and family arrived late last
night via the Cincinnati Southern rail-
road and proceeded at once by special train
to their quarters at Lookout Inn. He was
met at the station by the Second battalion
and Nashville battery of the Tennessee
National Guard, Governor and Mrs Nor
ton with tho governors staff are due to
arrive today
Defeating State Monuments Today.
The arrangements for the dedication of
the battlefield Of Chick amauga Were. com
plcte. Today's exercises were confined
to the dedication of the various state
and the formal turning over
of them to the national government The
states that are defeating their monu-
ments are: Illinois, Ohio Michigan,
Wisconsin, Indiana, Massa-
chusctts and Missouri. The Society of the
Army OF the Cumberland met this morn
ing ut 8 o'clock, Colonel j. ID. Morgan, of
Illinois, presiding.