The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-30
REMAINS OF LEE TO
REST IN HOLLYWOOD.

REST IN. HOLLYWOOD.
(Continued from First PACED
= =.
The lovely burying ground 1t lis in this
s that his dust will rest.
1T was commented on by those ut the
B hospital where the remains OF General
4 Lee are lying, that every caller who was
& from the South almost without exception.
4 desired that the interment be made in
B Hollywood. There was a strong senti-
r1ent among army officers to have Gem
eral Leo buried In Arlington.
Colonel tFowle wired to friend here
4 The decision OF Mrs. Lee. 1t was crafty
ing TO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Willard
Mayor Mccarthy representing the State
and city, that the decision was reached
K without suggestion from them. These
gentlemen arrived this afternoon, the
former to represent the State. owing to
the illness of Governor Montague: the
latter to present the request OF the Rich
not,d Council TINT the body Of General
Lee beslad to rest In the cityfhe loved
and had defended for four years OF bloody
war.
Details as tothe personnel OF the pnrty
which will accompany tho remains from
this city and the day and hour OF the
funeral,have, not been decided.
Read Of Death in Papers.
Mrs. Lee made the entire trip alone.
The news OF General Lees death WAS re-
ceivcd after she left Fort Oglcthorpe last
night and the first lnformato Ion she herself
received OF 1t was In n newspaper which
she bought oh the train near Lynchburg
this morning. .
To-day Mrs. Lee wired Mrs Rhea and
Miss Virginia Lee, her daughters, to go
- ~ rt,, ~ Mt boE fn,orp1 They
II left tonight at 10 O'Clock They WA be
the guests of Mrs. CaHkic Cabeli while IN
Il Richmond. S 5t,.s SSsat # IA
The party at the station here to meet
Mrs, Leo and Mrs. Mann Page and Mr..
i B. s. Fowlc. Mrs. Lees brother. the last
morning. consisted Of Captain Dan NJ.
Lee. Lieutenant Governor Willard. Mayor
Carlton Mccarthy. OF Richmond; Colonel
ia Lane Stern. Assistant Inspector Gene
raj OF Virginia Volunteers: Major y. 7.
D.siMycrs. OF Richmond; Inspector Gene
raj Burton, u. S. A.. whose daughter
married Lieutenant George Mason Lee.
Mrs. Burton. Miss Virginia Mason Dor
ssey. Mrs 81 Caskie Cabell. Leigh Robinson.
OF this city; Major Robert w. Hunter OF
Richmond: Major r. e. IL Niche ana
Mrs. Miche. Major Jefferson Keanc and
Major Robert F.. Mason.
The train bearing Mrs. Lee was due 70
arrive at $3.50, but arrived Mt l0:2l.@a'ree
party went inside tho gates and several
355s OF, them passed into the Pullman, which
Mrs. Lee occupied. There was an CT
fectinK meeting between her and Captain
Lee and 1t was SOME minutes before she
could control herself sufficiently to un-sf
dertake to pass into the station and to
Il Captain Wizards carriage. which was In
waiting She came out leaning on the
arm OF. Captain Lee. her figure shaking
q With emotion She insisted that she be
driven to the hospital a once. She wa 9.
y accon,pa MED Ihither by Mrs. Cabell. Mrs.
Page and Mrs. Burton. She spent a half
& hour In the room with the still figure.
which seemed 10 be sleeping on the couch
y III, the center OF the room. She then went
to the home OF the Misses Dorsey. cous .
ms OF General Lee. al No. @1142t Eighteentn
Street, Northwest. Mrs. Page remained
III With her. s5s
Daniel Grief Stricken.
n senator Daniel reached the city late last
y night. He did not know of the death OF
General Lee until this morning. x The y
* shock OF the news was very great, and he
had not recovered from II whcnfhc went
Is the hospital this evening. HIS head
was bowed with sorrow ms he passed mao
the darkened room In which lay the body
n of5tle dead soldier
s4 2. The light OF the afternoon sun drfted
in through the closed blinds. It was easy
10 believe the quiet figure resting on the
couch in the center was that of sleep
ing man, who would arise 3whengr efrcshed.
His face looked as natural as II the warm
y blood coursed through the veins, and the
lips seemed almost ready to frame speech.
"A beautiful wreath OF white roses and
Allies sent from the White House rested
on the bier. Tho body Is attired In
plain black suit.
with folded armsfi regarding the face Of
his dead comrade. Thenfhe stopped and
& pressed his lips to the cold brow and
turned and left the room. There was SO
much of sorrow in his silence. Lee was
one Of the truest men who ever lived,
was his brief tribute TO the memory OF
the departed soldier.
.fOne OF the affecting incidents OF the
day at the hospital was the tribute Of
a little child. This afternoonka little boy.
q who said he was four}years old, came I'd
ding up the steps leading from the first
floor, and ,approachng Miss Dorsey, who
was at the door of the death chamber,
q held out a bunch Of dandelons.
& MY names Guy Rucker." he lisped.
81 picked these towers tozput on General
st Lee s55858
& The tears streamed down the cheeks
OF Miss Dorsey as she strained the little
= fellow to her bosom, and then she took
the flowers into the room and placed them
on the old soldiers bosom.
Universal Sorrow.
Wherever one went to-day the death
n OF General Lee was sure to be the topic
of conversation This was especially
true Of the War Department, where the
General was as we'll known as was any
officer who came to headquarters. In
deed, there are few men In the building,
from Secretary Taft to the humblest
Waterman who did not know him. and
"A for all his acquaintances he Invariably
had pleasant word. In the hotel lob
u bles Southern men. men OF al sections
discussed his sudden taking off, and the
s8 sorrow was universal. III
III His death came MS shock, for when
Washington went to bed last night It wal
a believed the end was not imminent.
when General Lee arrived In Washington
yesterday morning 1t was known that