The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-15
r. 7
WITH
SIMPLE
CEREMONY !.
Gen. Gordon Borne to His
Last Abiding Place.
THREE VOLLEYS
FIRED OVER GRAVE.
Tremendous Concoursc Marched
Behind Remains OF the Is
/ Dead Chicftai11.
DISTINGUISHED men EN- !.
FROM THE SOUTHLAND. ] !. LAM
Addresses Eulogistitc q t,:;;I- the Dead cad
Made During Public Services Ssei,vN ices
il, tie Hall 81 Representa-
tivcs-Gravc Hidden From
View BY Offerings
Of Flowers.
DISTINGUISHED men
FROM THE SOUTHLAND. l. AND
(By Associated Prcss.)

ALTA MIA. GA, Jan. 15.-This has becn
day Of mourning in Georgia, and and
through the South OTHER States nave
Joined In paying the lest tributes OF re-
5spcct and honor to the memory o. Lieu die =
tenant General John Is. Gordon, whose
r,ortal rcmnIns wcie laid III their final
rc.ting place. In every part of the SOUTH
land business has oecn laid aside, and
tens or thousands nave gathered N inc-E
21nGrial meetings In honor OF the man
who was loved as nlucl! for his rer3o!iil
worth as for his record III pubic me-:
All, honorcd leader In the civil war;
twice Governor OF Georgia, three times
representing the State IN the l{nited5 itt
States Senate, and since ne wal, ie'iui!.s i'a,s
4 nc struggle back to prosperity, his mem
gory Is revered as that no other III all
fthc South within the B;sst decade. &
Ucw men have been borne to their last;
resting place amid such surroundings
Tand with such Il conccursc d from every
rank us was the nody Of General Cor
con in Atlanta to-day. The bod J. iiaa u
laid In state in the rotuild;t of the otats--
CAPITOL from early "Wednesday morning
stfIi the hour of the final services at$noot
to-day. During these hours fifty thoi-
sand veterans and citizens gazcd on the
features that wer. familiar to so many.
Men. women and children have Joined IN
Tho tribute OF respect, and the, dcnlise
Of tho Confederate Acad.r has been the
occasion OF the gathering OF more olu
soldiers from every part of the South
n stEan have been seen At any gathering
but the annual meetings of the United
Confederate Veterans. Of which General
Gordon was the first and only com
in Of since urEInlZa tlOll,
thirteen years ago.
Signs Of Mourning.
Everywhere have been seen the signs
Of mourning. On all public h1lilnlnss
flags have flown a. half mast; from
I. c,,ck this morning until this after
Noon guns have been fired at half hour
intervals, making seventeen guns, The
acknowledgements salute: during the
hours Of the funera. business generally
was suspended and during the day bells
on tho city buildings ana the churches
were tolled ut minutc Intervals The
streets were thronscd with citizens and
visitors from a dozen States.
The first exercises We're held In tile
Hall Of Representatives at 10 o'clock
over which Governor j. NJ. Terrell. Of
Georgia, presided. Tic great haI was
crowded TO It's limit, and In tlns all-
diencc and ON the speakers stand We're
many Of the leading men from all parts
ii tho South
Addresses were made during the two
hours BY Governor Terrell General
stephen d. Lee.t who succeeds General
Gordon as commander-in-chiet of the
United Confederate Veterans: Genera
Clement a. Evans, commander or the
Department. Of Tennessee Of the same
organizations; Judge Thomas G. Jones,
Of Alabama, who was q member OF Gen-
eral Gordon's staff. in the Civil War.
Governor y. c. Hayward. of South Caro-
lima; Chaplain John William Jones. Of
the Confederate Veterans; General Benz
nctt III. Young. of Kentucky; John Tenn
pic Graves. 'of Atlanta; Governor w, s.
Jennings, of Florida. and Albert II. Cox.
OF Atlanta. The burden of these nd-
! dresses was the worth of General Cor.
don as a private citizen ana rs leader
In civil life and III public cndeavor
Religious Ceremonies.
| At the conclusion of these exercises
| tho body was taken from the Capitol
| to Central Presbyterian Church across
| the street from the Capitol. where the
religious ceremonies of the day Nnre
held Tho capacity of the church. 1,soO
necessarily limited the number of the