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t i i { | ST ee i cahédiiaen glorified in the name of structures assert that there is a passions, nor warped by political lrebel. That was the signal for the) wonderful resemblance between | ambitions, nor narrowed by section /old rebel yell, and it rang through|them. The portico on the building al prejudice, nor blinded to the Opening of the Confederate the vast auditorium until it fairly intended as a menument to Mr. | common interests of the niry by ; : 1V shook. | Davis, the critics say, is from the selfish aims, but that, made un- Reunion at Richmond Va. Old men forgot their age and be | Machinery building of the World's /seliish through suffering, broadened z came boys again, and the boys,|fair. These artistic objections, | and ennobled by sacrifice, retined THOUSANDS OF VETS PRES-~ catching their enthusiasm, joined in| however, are not those urged by the and purified in the fires of affliction, ENY. with the rest of the cld veterans: | laymen of the pout, who are 2 | General Gordon had great difficulty jin such crowds. Their o | their Gov. O' Ferrall Weleomes the Vis- |i2 restoring order. thatthe building, it matters not} knowledge no sup itors to the City. Governor O'Ferrail MEN WHO WORE GRAY. m here | they brace Rk brother § every tion is | true untry, and ac- in devotion eulogized | what may be its archite | : the greatest captain ci the nineteeth)a memorial to the President of the honor and freedom of this CHEEKS (FOR WADE MANERON-| century (He spoke of Hill, Stone | the Confederacy. ; American republic. = | wall Jackson, of his geuius and his} Mrs. ex President Jefferson Davi l now, by the memory of that Convention Went Wile When the Old| grand soul, which knew xo fear but | arrived at the Jefferson, where the) white-robed army of comrades who ithe fear of God, of impetuous und} Missouri party are staying, yester-| have gone before us to the better the | day. Ske was accompanied by her | land, but wbose epirits are with us s uiready|maid. General Gordon und Wade|today, and voicing the sentiments of thousands who long to be with Leader Richmond, Va, June 30.—“The gallant Pickett. He Confederates have come to Virginia) monuments and men ae es like pilgrims to their Mecca in the erected and ead that the Confeder | SRO ES Ue ; [ee sea egcolre midst of memoriris of their strife jates were assembled to erect arson | The Richmond Times this morn jus, ia their name and as their rep- -y, . “ oe ’ | | 2 ‘ - ) eae vis. Monu fi aks i he most #s ing j resentative. I lay at Virg and to the tomb of the Confederacy, | ument to Jefferson Davis. a nu ee spea a t cee lattering to clasp hands and vow to be true to| meuts bave been erected to victor ; terms of the Missouri girls as they . . = “ “ at lann + i; lo: ive r) | 2 s the cause, true to themselves andj ious heroes since time i rial, bat j APE eared at the reception given them | heart ee rae oe, ? : | ‘ = “ lox f = } t *s : true to each other,and to keep green | history dues not contain [eau ene ee the parlors of the The old man who looks cui at the in the memory of their children the) to this, a memerial being erecte] to| Jefferson hotel, and predicts that | world withclear aud healthy eye strugele for that cause as their high-| 4 defeated chieftain of a lost cause, i there will be no more beautiful jcannot help feeling great gratiti- eB paves) =) nig i ie 2 i | eats - 1 t is ch t aim,” said Governor Charles T.|to a fallen hero, the hero of a/girls at the reception evening at | cation at the thought _that his ch est aim, i y s Lj en have inherited from him no Appeared. sak € spoke of s feet allel ral beau-|to the common wenland in unfalter-| Robert E. Lee and provounced bim/ty, is not ckaracteristic enough for|ing support to the laws, the flag, | the sincerest tribute of our grateful | O'Ferrall, in his address weicoming | country whipped fromthe map of W hite ESO of the Confederacy j weakness nor tendency to disease. the Confederate veterans to the histor Eos the Confederate museum, than | The healthy old man is the man who) state of Virginia at the opening of Stirrep gy Parrtorre Sonas. ORF girls. As they entered the has throughout his life kept his di- the reunion this morning As the Governor stepped from | dining room together this evening, | gestion good and his blood pure. The new Auditorium ‘in Richmond was filled rapidly when General Joe|Bonnie Blue Flag” Governor |the cause of much complimentary Shelby and Mrs. Belle Bird True,| Simon Buckner of Kentucky appear the chaperone, marched in, followed | ed in response to repeated calls for vy the young women who are repre-|@ speech and made a few remarks senting Missouri at the Confederate | As he closed the playing by the reunion. Atsight of the generalj band of “My Old Kentucky Home” and the beautiful girls there were|again awoke the wildest enthusiasm. cries of “Missouri, Missouri,” anda|Tihen the Mayor of Richmond, shout of applause arose as they were| Richard M. Taylor, welcomed the conducted to places of honor on the} veterans to the city and he in turn platform. The Missouri delegation | was followed by General Peyton appears to be handled better than| Wise, who formally turned over the moat. The members have remained | hali which was built and decorated together better, and the costumes |jn honor of the veterans. of the girls, being similiar, makes} General Hampton eays he is not as the party a distinctive one. They young in years as he was thirty have also been favored as regards years ago, but hie enthusiasm, zeal the location of seats. They are just| and courage are unchanged, and if to the south of the rostrum, one of the Confederate flag were floating the most desirable positions. today he would be fighting now. The The convention was formally general says that General Robert E opened this morning end the great-| Tee once told him that if he had it est enthusiasm reigned. The cars| to do again he would act identica'ly running out to the Auditorium were | as he did. teneral Hampton has crowded to their utmost capacity |}come to Richmond to ride at the and every carriage and wagonett? | head of those of his cavalry who in the city was called into use. The seating capacity is 12,000, and it was filled. The Auditorium was ap- propriately decorated in the Confed- erate colors—red, white end red. On each post supporting the wide galleries were gilded stars, ccntain- ing in nie a the Re . ® organizations in this demonstration prominent Confederaie officer. Sus-! . =a says he always 2 | nating with these are banners, each | tannel jacket, and that he wants nolo ene nae ae bearing the name of one famous | oreater epitaph on his tomb in eee Bar = battle. The convention was called that he was a Confederate soldier. Fo a a om : ‘ a pater | to order by the commanding general, GonarslesaB Gordon rdclivercdtn Gee eee Oas SPPrecinton|) John B. Gordon. The gravel he | masterly address this morning. He used was made from & piece of wood head Virgina was tke nursery and| taken from the battlefield of Chicha-| ster mother of Anmericaniirecdom: |. mauga. | cae The chaplain — oe ane | that she laid the foundation of Am United Confederate Veterans, Rev. | ican republicanism and legi = Ww _— Jones, gave an impress: / that she wrote the bill of rights and ive invocation, at the close of which ithe constitution and mare to othe the band rendered“Nearer, My God, [Confederacy her Teal Hoc F to the.” in : |they had been eonquerers all of Wetcommp py NOR. | comment, and many pleasing re marks. They were conveyed to th reception in carriages and escorted | by Genera! Jo Shelby, Major Rich- ard Keith, aud Mrs. Belle Baird True, and there in the building looking glmost exactly as it did when it was the Presidential resi- dence, Mrs. Davis received the men who were associated with her hus- band and their sons and daughters. The residence is now used as a museum and is a treasure store of old relics which are so dear to the heart of every Southerner. Mrs. Davis came unaccompanied. Neither Mrs. Hayes or Miss Winnie will be here at the laying of the corner stone to their father’s memory, muck to the universal regret GENERAL GORDON TO THE V8 TERANS | Geueral Gordon's address, which was an eloquent effort, was ia part | as follows: | “You will not wouder that I am/| have survived who were here to ap literally overwhelmed by the flood | | | i pearin the parade of ‘Thursday. There are expected to be 25,000 men inline, and a band of 1,00¢ ild intke Confederate colors : a in the i639 re at Hoe wart men, who thirty years ago were | Hi aie march. 4 der will e . ry uw: FS - i] Penna match pees jsoldiers of an army which they im-| y, Me ic, civic and veteran : » Masonic, civic an t Morel of emotions which this scene evokes As we look upon the gri 5 i and furrowed brows of these stal-| ed locks | militar zed by their deeds, bow ut. | adequate are tke words of | terly me say to this me of welcome of thissplendid recesition we are in no sense. surprised at its princely We are not surprised pisnts of victorious bringing toa grateful peo | trophies of their triurey leader. iss ees pe ithe world) would the| jmeaning of such e compreben? Vineinia’s Gove merece Re ;Withan ax, and they then opened |face with a Leavy corn knife, making! these | a aud Vir | ¥ of this! * the platform the band played “The | dressed for the reception, they were | Not onein a thousand does it Germs go through the healthy body without effect. Let them once find lodgment orlet them tind a weak | spot, they will develop by the mil- lion and the blood will be full of them. Instead ot giving strength to the tissues, it will force upon them innutritious matter, and the man will lose tlesh and the more susceptible he is to disease. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is the only medicine that absolutely and infallibly cures all blood dis eases, and almost all diseases are blood diseases. It isn’t a medicine for some one particular so called disease. It 1s a medicine for the whole body. It forces out all the germs of disease, and replaces im purities with rich, red blood. Whitecappers, Nasuvituez, Texy., July 1.—Four masked men entered the house of Wm. Maxwell, five miles from Mc- Minnville, last night, and attempted to take him out. He struck one of his assailants fire, inflicting two serious but not fi wounds The robbers then visited the » of Noah B. Jones in the same! 100d and cailed him out to cr. When be appeared one} ot the men struck him across the n his d 2 wound. | a terri 1 Jones are consider- and there is intense vet their unknown Mexwell Maniac’s Doe t AnaA Ind. July L- z Bevjagi Zed Sufferers Snieide, Marshall, Mo., July lw | E. Montgomery, aged 58 found dead in the smoke z3 her home twelve miles South | Marshall at | morning. Laporte, —This mornin, and fatally wo his daug After tiring the fa bot an early hour ge The family doeg Dot hae when she left her sleepi and were terribly shocked was feund. She hanged h towels together j fastening them to 4 rafter sb. | four feet from the ground, Sha been a sufferer from brain placed the weapon temple aud senta bull through his instantly. Hutt evidence supports brain, was deranged | tying two the j for several imouths and we doubt insane when the act : ; committed. 3 He had made r_; -ated threats to} ill himfelf, and hx i remark that when ‘life he would also sy of his wife, who this nessed her husband's k was turned His Wife Spotted Rig Coat, been heard to | took his own | ritice the life | morning wit uacal deed. Perry, Ok, June 30.—The Ronard D. Worth, a New York tist preacher, was divorced from Aye See Sone: wife, Elvira M. Worth, here 2 | Washington, June 30.—The in PagnR ema: spoiled bia dieations now are that the excess of | day S088 a0 ook him from | government expenditures over re- | Preaching appointments and eeipts for the fiscal year ending to | his Sunday shoes with w; pts é y ing | ‘ater, ay will be about 253 ; o dellars | also wrote a number of Jett be 2 daar a defi is fines the members of his chureh 4o mul or yee eet hem tha pewecceierae sent month | #28 them that her husband : will exceed the expenditures by j the proper man to be pastor af about $1,400,000. | H eburch. | | j | | | batststtrtesttttettsettetttes a LIQ SQGOSBL* "7G ome Ni Sijd GE RE Os ppnow 7 a Qs “ “Nw eid B Sind 0} Ava BSuormM 9 UT HIOAA 0} OD o{dood jo 8}s0q SHEARESRSELIRELEE EEG RSS RRS EE RS FURNITURE|OF! ALL DESCRIPTIC Hasja full and handsome new line of sampels{of Carpets, Wall Paner Chinese and Japanese Mattings. -*- THE LU-MI-NUM BICYCLE. Styles up to date and prices that cannot fail to please. Undertaking in all its branches. G. B. HICKMAN, PROPRIETO RFS ER EC CARTE ARTIS ESI: McFARLAND BROS. Phe Populist | tee selected | i jworld would have given them!) ‘ 3 ~ > te the Nar| Governor Charles T. O’Ferrall de- olendite. Gen waned Sain - [here extended: but they were G ntion: J. B. MeOuie| livered the address welcoming the} theinatengeie a anyones victoric that Titanic struggle ou p oP © ea ae 5 - rae e : if USSSSY | They are the shattered remnants of PY ate veterans tothe State of Virginia ie Mb dite Garon tiny See i terec ants of | oo, of We etca: Eo Dupe of | The Governor is a striking looking | 5 |long disbanded armies, which leave!o, . + ¢ a pia é : ees 8 | tarnished record ofa heroic struggle, | ee : Story, uv. ¢ sugbtery of E man, with a fine profile. He is of| = © posterity wo accretions of ter Dauberg 4 4 | the greatest in human annals F ¢ 7 Pee ee medium height and has kindly look- | ACS Aibvanndee thie tras: jritory, no reseptions of public hot Is ing gray eyes and iron gray hair.|, ( 5 “L temetore nw tin | Wealth or of political power The ah aie. oS ito the Hollywood cemetery. which Wenancomiich othose lone His voice is powerful and his enun-| Caacy witch wese meny joave oto }contains the monument erected in ciation so clear that it was a pleasure | 1869 to the Confederate dead. and | ‘ Rte dead, anc (their children and peeple is a record to listen to him. No one in the vast 2 Pawoee of untarnished honor and of the eae | where lie the remains of Jefferson boronic. defences See Rn Fe audience had any difficulty in hear-! most heroic defensive struggle in Davis 80 Southern heroes and mauy Southern heroes |i nen ana ing him. and the sole com In the midst of his address he was jpensation for their services and interrupted by the wildest applause, | The design for the Jefferson Davis | sufferings is the reward which noble and General Wade Hampton, at! ER which was made by Per-| natures feel in such recognition by present railway commissioner at | CY Gtitlin of New York, is conceded | their grateful countrymen. Washington, was seen adyancing to be very handsome and unique. It! down the center aisle. Instant] |does not, however, the Governor, his speech, tne loud | 2PProval of very many people here | Spirited citizens in the world’s pos- rapping of the gravel in General | from the South ; Indeed, it Is some: | terity were freer from partisan zeal, Gordon's hands, were all forgotten, | what doubtful whether it could have | or self seeking spirit, or ignuble and the vast audience arose as one | Teceived the sanction of the commits jealousies, or sinister iutent. and man and hats and handkerchiefs tee of the United veterans had/| the muse of history wi were waved in the air and cheer up- | Plenty of time been giver them to} balm, in one of ber swe consider the design As it was. it! the is said that mauy cf the members of Co OBIZCTIONS TO GRIFFIN'S DESIGN. “Ou the other hand, no popular, on cheer was given to general rsolutely exalted + Hampton, who was conducted toa seat on the platform. Governor O’Ferall continued bis address and was frequently interrupted by ap. plause. He spoke enthusiastically of the Mis no feat dish er the danger, the braver they were; coy a the denser the fight, the more eager | SS SUS Oe they were, and said no badge could fair. be more honorable than those worn, Those who have made compar. on their breasts. He said all true —_ of the drawing of eder that body from distant Southern | os of that: | States opposed it | was given, be deeper Their approval ; however, rather than/ hei make any determined opposition at | such atime as this It is el: med | will reeord the that Mr. Percy's design is, in part.|truth that these r an adoption of the Administration | year after year, and World's its bes which ir will teach to hums soldiers. He said eartened them, the great. nS occurred that their pro-!¢ proceedings bear the indisputable proofs that these broad-minded men | were neither embittered nor dig. | Pat : you feel better it costs -you ‘no eunion ——a meet with the assemblies of intelligent and high- | ¢o the two |appointed nor dwarfed by ignobie|§ unty. A ed a respectable Womeu of the neighborhood and it that her fr 1s took of wreaking t+ is eupposed method Kob-, Ja er Rawaur and sauk the Hove: Mara cf Hir ima during x -torin and 7S ] Were iost ng their work. Sure cure. Tf it a no old sy H. L Tucker Harness and Saddle "s Leather Tree Saddle i. wouth Side Squa Butler Mo. Read and See What we Keep in Vekeep everything that horse owners pel Double wagon harness from $10 to # single harness, $7.50 to $25; second harness from $3 to $15. Saddles and prices, from the cheapest # sole leather Lep robes, horse Harness oil and mens end boys gloves. steel fork cow boy and seat saddles. dusters and fly nets. full line of buggy tops new and repair old ones. your old harness and saddles and t We have the largest : 23 ness store in the Southwest and out # new ones. ness are «i made at home. McFARLAND BROS Butler Missou The Red Cross BELY’S CATAR RH in the old days used to va a i shields of the Ki P Cream Balm '% Ninana ichiy ab- Johnson’s Belladonna PI all the pains, i Always in season, Hopkins ‘ed Hominy (Hulled Corn) | lunch in milk.* Quart can, ‘