Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1895, Page 8

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1895-FWELVE PAGES. MOSES’. The ANNUAL FURNITURF, Clear- ance Sale ends tomorrow night. It’s been an {important event—but op- Portunits’s short now. Mr. Alex. Milne, pow with ms, will take pleasure in serving his many friemts and requaint ea in our Fi ture and Decorating Departments, The Upholstery And Drapery Sales —Both end tomorrow night. Lots of good things left yet, however, at very little prices: Upholstery Goods. 100 yards Wool Tapestry, 50 in. wlde—3 colors. Was $5.00 yard. Now 93-25 150 yards Wool Tapestry, 5 colors. Was $4 yard Now......... 2.22... $2.75 215 yards Cotton and Wool ‘Tap- estiy, 5 colors. Was $2 yard, Now.. 91-25 100 yards Cotton ‘Tapestry. Was $1.25 yard. Now 5oc. Cretonnes. 150 yards 32-Inch Cretonne—5 pat- terus. Was 35, 50 and 753 ct: Row cncscvnce aoe 15¢. 100 yards 50-in terns. Was $1.50 yard. Now 35¢ 100 yards 60-luch Cretonne—2 pat terns. Was $2.75 yard. Not 75¢- . China Silks. 30 yards S2-inch Figured Silk (4 64. colors). Was $1.00 yard. Now...... . 7 yards S2-ioch Figured Stik © colors), Was $1 yard. Now........ Table Covers. Fifty 6-4 Table Covers. Were $1, Now Seventy-five Were $1.35. For.. ‘Twenty-five 8-4 Were $3.00. Now.... ‘A Few Ora Rocker Specials: Mahogany Finish Rockers, double woven seats, not splint, value $1.25, for Oak or Mahogany Finish, vimil = to alove, with aris, value $2.25, f Oak or Imtation Mahogany Hosk- ers, wood seats, value $4, for...... S1-95 Oak of Mahogany Finteh Rockers, wood seats, value $4.75, for... Oak or Imitation Mahogany Rock- seats, ers, cobbler $4.75, for. leather value A $6.00 ove for.. An $8.00 one for. - A $4.50 ore for... qe WORLD'S FAIR HIGHEST AWARD. MIPERDAL GRANUN 18 UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED ‘(The STANDARD and the BEST Prepared FOOD For INVALIDS and Convalescents, for Dys-= peptic, Delicate, Infirm. and Aged Persons. PURE, delicious, nour= ishing FOOD for nurs= ing mothers, infants and CHILDREN. soit 5 DRUGGISTS ererywnere. Shipping Depot, JOHN CARLE & SONS, New York. f& mylS-s,tu&th,ly To rs Children’s School Shoes--=Low as $1. ‘They're “steel shod," too—the kind E ch wear—made will cost_you $3 and $3.50 up- Tue difference is worth saving, & town. don't you think? obt. Cohen & Son, 630 Pa. Ave. I toc dept da. AMERICAN SHOE MEN. E ee Watches afflicted with that “tired feeling.” We give their system a thorough cleansing and put them in first-class working order for A smell fee. Work called for and delivered promptig, Guarantead for @ year. Cleaning or new, Mainspri HUTTERLY'S Hospital for Watches, 632 G st. sel8-12d s Let Us Have Those Curtains. We know how to clean them—do them up. Tace Curtains, especially, we do up in daintiest style—without’ slightest injury. Wagon” calls. Diop postal. Anton Fischer, 906 G St. Matchless Process Dyeing and Cleaning. se18-10d CASH — NEW CREDIT ‘TEM—ROGERS’ plated ware, lace curtains, portieres, rugs, lankets, table linen, china, &c. Call or send WI bring" samy evenings. sti eR. ONTHEAST CREDIT HOUSE, 1210 H sel2-1m1' 2 Devil's Pump and McSweeney's Gun. From the St. Louls Republic. One of the greatest combinations of nat- ural and artificial curlosities on the coast of California is called the Devil's Pump. ‘The pholas, or shell miners, species of mol- lusk, which excavate immense caverns in the very hardest stone, have tunneled the entire coast in the vicinity of the pump. Water rushes into these caverns with each succeeding tide flow, and in this particular case finds vent through a cylindrical cpen- ing some distance from the water's edge. It is estimated that this hole, which con- nects with the sea cavern, is 75 to 100 feet in depth. Every time the tide rushes into the cavern beneath the “pump” throws wa- ter to the height of a full 100 feet above the mouth of the opening. The Indians formerly called it by a name which signi- fied “Fairy water gun,” but the irreverent white men have given it the title of the “Devil's Pump," and by that name it will Probably be Known to future generations. ‘There {s a similar curiosity near Horn Bead, County Donegal, Ireland, where a hole ‘In the rocks 1s called McSweeney's Gun. Like the California oddity, it is on the seacoast, and has connections with a submarine cavern. When the north wind wind and waves enter the cavern ind send up immense columns of water through the un.” Travelers who have visited Horn Head and vicinity say that each charge of water sent from the “gun” is accompanied by an explosion that can be heard for miles. Quickens The Appetite Makes the Weak Strong. YER’S TheUOnlyGold Medal Sarsaparilla Has Cured Others And Will Cure You. Ik THE BARY IS CUTTING and use that oll and well-tried rem Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for children ti It soothes the child, softens the gum, al pain, cures wind colic and is the beat rem diarrhoea. 25 cents a hottie. 10-Iy ‘There is no one article in the line of medicines that gives so large a return for the money as a TEETH BE geod porous strengthening plaster, euch as Carter's Smart Weed and [eHadouna Backache Plasters, NO WELL REGULATED HOUSEHOLD SHOULD he without a bottle of Dr. Stegert’s Angostura Bitters, the celebrated appetizer. THE JURY OF AWARDS, Men Who Will Act at the Atlanta Ex- position, BALTIMORE, September 19.—President Gilman of Johns Hepkins University in this city, who Is at the head of the jury of awards of the Atlanta exposition, an- nounces that the jury will assemble in At- lanta October 15, and that the following have accepted positions thereon: Gen. Henry L. Abbott, U. 8. engineers, engineering, public works. President C. K. Adams of University of Wisconsin, liberal arts. Prof. W. O. Atwater, Wesleyan Uni- versity, Middletown, Conn., food. Prof. Brown Ayres, professor of physics, Tulane University,New Orleans, electricity. Rear Admiral George E. Belknap, U.S.N., steam engines and other machinery. John Birkinbine, C.E., late president of the Society of Mining Engineers, mining. D. H. Burnham, architect and director of werks in the Columbia exposition, Chicago, architecture. Prof. N. Murray Butler of Columbia Col- lege, education. i Chancellor Winfield 8. Chaplin, Washing- ton University, St. Louls, machinery. Prof. Chas. R. Cross, Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology, Boston, electricity. President Charles W. Dabney, jr., of the University of Tennessee, agriculture. Prof. Louls Duncan, president of the So- ciety of Electrical Engineers, electricity. G. Brown Goode of the Smithsonian In- stitution, fisheries. fi Prof. J. H. Gore of Columbian University, Washington. Prof. J. A. Holmes of the University of North Carolina, geology. Dr. J. S. Hopkins, president of Georgia School of Technology, technical educatton. Dr. Henry M. Hurd, Johns Hopkins Hos- ital, hygiene. PiMorris K. Jessup, president of the Am ican Museum of Natural History, N! York, museums, parks, etc. Commander T. F. Jewell, U. S. N., ord- nance. Col. Wm. Preston Johnston, president of Tulane University, new Orleans, education. President J. M. McBryde, Virginia Col- lege of Agriculttre, agriculture. | Eresident €. Mendenhall of the Wor- cester Technolcgical Institute, machinery. Dr. Charles Mohr, expert in forestry, Mobile, Ala., forestry. Prof. Simcn Newcomb, F. R. S., instru- ments of precision. Thomas Nelson Page of Richmond, V2., books. Prof. H. W. Parker, music. Gifford Pinchot, expert in forestry, more, N..C., and New York, forestry. James B. Randol, expert in metallurgy, Passaic, N. J., metallurgy. Yale University, Bilt- Prof. Ira Remsen, Baltimore, chemits- try. é "Prof. I. P. Roberts, Cornell University, agriculture. Prof. Henry A. Rowland, F. R. S., Johns Hopkins University, electricity. Prof. C. S. Sargent of Harvard. Prof. Wm. T. Sedgwick, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, technical educa- tion. Henry Trimble, editor of the ‘American Journal of Pharmecy,” Philadelphia, tan- rins (forestry). Prof. C. F. Vanderford, University of Tennessee, agriculture. J. E. Watkins of the United States Na- tional Museum, transportation. W. M. Canby, Wilmington, Del., forestry. pa aes LICENSES REJECTED. Held-Up Liquor Cases Suddenly Acted Upon Today. Without giving any reason for its action the excise board this morning rejected the six cases which it has held up since last November. These rejections will go into effect October 31 next, and the places will not be relicensed The cases include John F. Kelly, 332 B street southwest; James Williams, 334 B street southwest; Robert H. Key, 211 8 street southwest; William A Fhrmantrout, ¥01 F street southwest; Ed- ward Murphy, 1105 2ist street northwest, and Elizabeth Gallagher, 1136 2ist street northwest. This action on the part of the excise board was the subject of considerable com- ment about the Commissioners’ office today. The eases were held up almost a year, and the applicants were in total darkness re- garding the outcome of thelr cases. There was no record of a violation of the law egainst them, and although they have ap- plied for the reason which prompted the board to the action which puts them out of business, they have received no explana- tion. Mr. Frank Madigan, who represents a large number of the liquor men before the excise board, in discussing the case with a reporter of The Star today, said: “This action on the part of the excise board is without parallel, and does a gross injustice to the liquor men generally. Now, in these six cases rejected this morning, there was, as far as I have been able to find out, absolutely nothing against them. They had violated no law, and if, as it 1s intimated, the license inspector ’ reported against them last year, it was plainly the duty of the excise board to reject the cases at the beginning of the license year and not allow their deposit to stand and per- mit them to do business the Whole year end then reject them just as the year closes. It may be that the excise board has good and sufficient reasons for its action, but il seems to me that justice demands that these applicants be informed why they will not be allowed to continue their busi- ness next year.” When a reporter cf The Star questioned the excise board regarding the above, each member declined politely to give the reasons which actuated them in rejecting the cases. All they would say was that the action represented the unanimous feeling of the board, and the rejections were signed by eech member. The only other business transacted by the board this morning was the granting of a transfer license to Theophile Felter at the Brightwcod Hotel. ——— Lightning Ruined His Umbrella. From the Philadelphia Times. During an electric storm a few days ago William Snyder was walking along the streets of Beaver Falls with an umbrella over him, when the lightning struck the umbrella, tore it all to pleces and prostrat- ed Mr. Snyéer to the sidewalk, where he sat in a dazed sort of manner holding the umbrella handle, minus the cover, for about five minutes, until friends came ‘and lifted him to his feet. He was not hurt much. ———_——-+e+ The Sympostam. From Judge. The editor of the Weekly Repository of Facts and Fancies recently received tw2 poems, one entitled “The Throbbing Brain” and the other “The Bleeding Heart.” He announced that both verses were reserved for publication, and as soon as he received a poem entitled “‘The Aching Stomach” he would print ell three together as a syimpo- sium of affliction. STUDENTS OF COINS The American Numismatists Meet in This City. NO SHOW FOR COUNTERFEITERS Half a-Hundred Experts in Old Money and Medals. THE PROGRAM OF PAPERS ———— Shovers of the queer, as expert passers of counterfeit money are called in modern vernacular, should give Washington a wide berth this week, for it is a bad field for their operations. Half a hundred men are in town who can almost tell a counterfeit coin by th+ smell. A single touch suffices to give them three-fourths of the history of the most obscure product that a mirt ever turned out, and a squint out of one eye tells them the rest. They come from all over the country, and sre experts in the matter of coins and metals. They are call- ed numismatists, or students of coins, and they are members of the American Numis- matic Association, now holding its fifth an- nnal convention in this city. There are not many followers of this quaint cult In America, but they make up in ardor and enthusiasm what they may lack in numbers, and there are perhaps three hundred members of the association scattered all over the country, and it is said that nearly every one has a different fad or specialty. This one is a studeut of ancient coins. Another likes to collect gold Pieces exclusively, while arother still has a fondness for silver. Some are bimetal- lists and have no special preference, while yet others are delighted with brass and copper and bronze bits of money. Antiqui- ty and rarity are the two elements that most chiefly attract these men. They have their seales of prices for old coins, and can tell the novice at a glance the value of some unutual bit of old money that he may come to own by accident. Some of these old coins are astonishingly precious and bring high prices. The age of a coin, how- ever, does not necessarily govern its mar- ket value, as there may be other condi- tions connected with the mintage of such a coin, such as the total output, etc. A Big Business in Coins. As in all other trades, prices are gov- erned by supply and demand, and wonder- ous tales are told by these numismatists about fabulous sums pald for bits of money by the collectors. Many of those who are in attendance at the present meet- ing are professionals, in that they com- bine their love of the fad of collecting coins and metals with their business in- stincts. There are thousands of amateur collectors of coins and other objects of metal throughout the country, who, with- out possessing any great scientific knowl- edge of the subject, are always eager to add to their coliections, and in supplying these @ considerable business has grown up that is quite profitable to those who en- gage in it. ‘The convention in progress now is being held at the rooms of Mr. B. H. Collins, 11065 G street northwest, who has long been known as one of the leading numismatists of Washington. The president of the as- sociation is a Washington man, Mr. A. G. Heaton, the well-known artist of this city. The vice president is Mr. Joseph Hooper of Porte Hope, Ont., and the secretary is Mr. George W. Rice of Detroit. It is quite natural that there should be a treas- urer for a money-collecting associatio: as, of course,-such an office is a gra: necessity, and it is at present filled by r. A. L. Fisher of Elkhart, Ind. Mr. W. C, Stone of Springfield, Mass.. is librarian and curator. Mr. W. G. Luck of Adrian, Mich., occupies the office of superintendent of exchange, and has charge of corre- spondence between members of the asso- ciation relative to what the average Ameri- ean school boy, unversed in the art of coins, but deep in the lore of trading, would call “swapping.” It would appear that the position of counterfelt detector would be superfluous in such an aggregation of talent, yet It is provided, probably as a mere matter of form, and the present { cumbent is 8. H. Chapman of Philadel- phia. A Seeret Meeting. This morning there was a meeting of the executive committee at 10 o'clock in Mr. Cellins’ parlors. Several of the committce were present, and they wrestled for two or three hours with some intricate details, to the exclusion of all business in which the general public might be interested. This was a secret mecting, but it need not have been sc, because none of the matters dis- cussed are of any interest except to those immediately concerned. One of the sub- jects under debate was the eligibility of certain numismatists to membership in the association, = This evening President Heaton will give a reception to the delegates and their friends at his residence, 1618 17th street northwest. Tomorrow there wili be a pub- lic meeting at 10 o'clock, and at 2:30 the asscciation will go to Mt. Vernon. At 7 o'clock temorrow evening there will be an exhibition of the local collections of coins, medals, etc., at Mr. Collins’ parlors, and seme papers will perhaps. be read. It is likely that some of the papers on the pro- gram will be read on the boat tomorrow afternoon on the way to Mz. Vernon. They are of technical interest to numismatists, and of little concern to those who do not understand the terminology of the art. An idea of the scope of. the papers may be ob- tained from the following list of subjects: The Papers to Be Rend. “Quarter cr No Quarter?” A. G. Heaton, Washington; “The Paper Currency of Phil- adelphia,” W. H. Taylor, North Wales, Pa.; “Swedish Plate Money,” James A. Brudin, New York; “A Study of Art and History From the Coins of Ancient Greece and Rome,” Rev. Jeremiah Zimmerman, Syra- cuse, N. Y. ‘Sybaris and Croton, With a Review of Their Coinage,” Dr. Geo. F. Heath, Monroe, Mich.; “Errors and Incon- aistencies in the United States Mint Records,” Geo. W. Rice, Detroit, Mich.; “Vermont Coinage,” Andrew Oatwan, Shaftsbury, Vt.; “‘The Coins of Nederland India," Major Adam Smith, Poona, India; “The Twelve Ancient Coins of Japan,” Jas. A. Brudin, New York; “A Symposium on the Methodic Placements in American Nu- mistography,” Jos. Hooper, Port Hope, Ont.; “The Advantages of Specialization in Numismatics,” H. R. Storer, A. M., M. D., Newport, R. I.; “A Side Field for the Nu- mismatist,” Dr. Geo. F. Heath; “Numis- matics and the Japan-China War,” W. C. Sakai, Osak: Japan; “Some Additional Notes cn the United States Half-cent Re- strikes,” George W. Rice; “Chinese Classi- tee of Coins,” Jas. A. Brudin, New York. ———.__. Husband and Wife. William. Connor, a stonecutter, employed on the new Corcoran Art Gallery, on 17th street and New York avenue northwest, was struck by a falling pole while at work yesterday afternoon. He was working un- der a temporary shed when the pole fell. ‘The muscles of the rightarm and shoulder were bruised, but he. continued with his work. A peculiar coincidence happened in con- rection with the case. Mrs. Connor, the wife of the man who was hurt, attempted to board a ih street car at the corner of D street northwest, and the car being put in motion before she had gotten on, she was thrown into a small excavation that toad been made beside the tracks. She also hurt her right side, though not seriously. ———— They Stole Reagan's Beer. A crowd of five unknown white men stole a keg of beer from in front of the saloon kept by Paul J. Reagan, at No. 627 H street northeast, early this morning, and succeeded in getting away with it. A de- livery wagon had just left the beer, and M.r Reagan was getting up, when he heard a noise in front of his place. Look- ing out he saw five men going down the street with one of the fgur kegs that are gach, day left for him. “They were gone y the time he could get down stairs, and the matter was immediately reported at the ninth precinct station. ———— *sa2o8 SCALE FIVE MIKES Tit, CHICKAMAUGA PARK. WHERE VALOR SHONE (Continued from First Page.) ceremonies were to have commenced, had not put in an appearance. Scenes of Enthusiasm. Many of the governors arrived on time, and their appearance on the platforms was greeted with cheers from their constituents in the crowd. The famous cammanders of the Union were readily recognized by the crowd and cheered . When Senator Palmer of Illinois, who was a major general at the battle of Chick- amauga, stepped upon the platform, the Illinois veterans, hundreds of whom had followed him, seemed desirous of taking the place by storm, Soon after 12 o'clock Secretary Herbert, Secretary Smith,and Postmaster General Wilson arrived and were escorted to the platform by Gen. Fullerton and Gen. Boyn- ton. Gov. Morton of New York also came in about this time; also Gen. Schofield, es- corted by his staff. Gen. John B. Gordon: sat near Gen. Scho- field, and close at hand were Gen. Gros- venor of Ohio, Senatér Bate of Tennessee, who commanded in the battle; Gen.Hatcher of Missouri, Gen; Hawley of Connecticut, ex-Speaker Crisp and a score of prominent men. 4 Attorney General Harmon joined the patty about this time'and formed one of a group, composed of the cabinet and ex- Speaker Crisp, who were listening to Gen. Grosvenor explain the movement of his troops ard Snodgrass Hill, which lay just in front. In the center of the platform was the flag which had floated’ from Gen. Thomas’ headquarters on. Snodgrass Hill. It was riddled with shot, and was faded and grimy, but was an object of much mention. The famous ex-confederate, Gen. Long- street, who commanded the right wing of the confederate army at Chickamauga,was escorted upon the stage by H. Clay Evans. He was recognized immediately, and cheer- ed by the ex-confederates on the hill when the Union generals on the $latform rose to shake hands with him. The ceremonies were opened at 12:30 by Gen. Fullerten, who introduced the Vice President. Mr. Stevenson was re- ceived with enthusiasm, and proceeded to make his address. N. 0. M. TO BE A PLEASURE PARK, The Place Where Fellow Countrymen Enguged in Desperate War. CHATTANOOGA, September 19.—One of the bloodiest battlefields the world ever | saw was formally dedicated here today as a pleasure park for the edification and en- joyment of the American people for all time. It was the dedication of the battle field of Chickamauga, whose beautiful ra- vines and mountain sides were strewa with nearly 30,000 dead and wounded men thirty-two years ago. The dedication was conducted by men who, thirty-two years ago, fought in that awful strife; men who at that time sought each other's lives sought to increase the bloodshed, if neces- sary, to win the fight. Two generals, with silver gray hair, who headed thousands of men in the affray on opposite sides, made the principal speeches at_the dedication. They were Gens. John M. Palmer and John B. Gordon. The feud which stirred them to strife then has been blotted out, and today they and their followers are as brothers of one nation and of one family. Fifty Thousand Spectators. It is doubtful if the world ever before saw another such scene as was that at Chickamauga today. Certainiy there never was one more impressive and at the same time joyfully affecting. It was witnessed by no less than 50,000 people of the north and of the south, and at least half of them took part in that bloody civil war, of which Chicamauga battle was a part. "The ceremonies took place at Snodgrass Hill, whose top and side for a mile or miore were so thickly covered with dead this day thirty-two years ago that, as the survivors say, one could walk all over it from crest to base stepping from one pros- trate body to another. Hours before the exercises began the bat- tleficld was alive with people who had come to attend the dedication. The first event of the day was a display of arms by battery F, fourth United States artil- fery. Then there was a battalion regimen- tal drill, showing the new tactics and field movements, under command of Col. Pol- land. These exercises at arms were of great in- terest to the veterans, to the “rebs” and “yanks,” though the old fellows expressed the belief that such ‘tactics would have failen as timothy before a mower if placed against those adcpted during the battle of Chickamauga. Vice President Stevenson presided over the dedicatory exercises. He was intro- duced by Gen. John 8.‘ Fullerton, chairman of the Chickamauga ahd Chattanooga Na- tional Park. When the Vice President came forward he was greeted with loud applause. The Exercises. The meetirg ‘was called to order at 12 o'clock, and at that hour Snodgrass Hill was covered with people. The great natur- al area selected-by the national commission on Snodgrass Hill was so arranged that rearly ail of the tens of thousands of audi- tors could hear the speeches and addresses throughout. By way of beginning there was a national salute of forty-four guns by the artillery, followed by “The Star Span- gled Banner,” played by one of the United States infantry bands. It was cheered to the echo by veterans of the blue and of the gray, and in their patriotic enthusiasm many of the grizzled old veterans shed tears of eea the applause had ceased, Vice Pres- ident Stevenson made a brief address ap- propriate to the occasion. The Vice President's Remarks. Vice President Stevenson said: “I am honored by being called to preside over the ceremonies of this day. By sol- emn decree of the representatives of the American people this magnificent park, with its wondrous associations an] memo- ries, is now to be dedicated for all time to national and patrictic purposes. “This is the fitting hour for the august ceremonies we row inaugurate. Today, by act of the Congress of the United States, the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Nation- al Military Park is forever set apart from all common uses; solemnly dedicated for all the ages—to all the American people. “The day is auspicious.- It notes the an- niversary of one of the greatest battles known to history. Here, in the dread tri- bunal of last resort,valor contended against valor. Here brave men struggled and died tonne right, ‘as God gave them -to see the right.’ “Thirty-two years have passed, and the few survivors of that masterful day—vic- tors and vanquished alike—again meet up- on this memorable field. Alas, the splen- did armies which rendezvoued here are now littte more than a procession of shadows. “ ‘On fame’s eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, While glory guards with solemn round The bivovac of the dead.’ “Our eyes row behold the sublime specta- cle of the honored survivors of the great battle coming together upon these heights once more. They meet, not in deadly con- Mr. Stevenson, flict, but as brothers, under one flag—fel- low-citizens of a common country. All grateful to God that in the supreme strug- gle the governthent of our fathers--our common heritage—was triumphant, and that to all cf the coming generations of cur countrymen it will remain ‘an indivisible union of indestructible states.’ “Our dedication today is but a ceremony. In the words of the immortal Lincoln at Gettysburg: ‘But in a larger sense we can- not dedicete, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.’ “I will detain you no longer from listen- ing to the eloquent words of those who were participants in the bloody struggle— the sharers alike in its danger and its glory.” When he had finished, prayer was offered by the Right Rev. Bishop Gailor of Ten- nessee. “America,” the beautiful national an- them, was then sung by the audience, ac- companied by the band, and every one of the fifty and odd thousand of people as- sembled, blue and gray, sang it as if in- spired. The great volume of sound rolled vp as a great tidal wave, and long before the song was ended tears were coursing down the cheeks of thousands of the old veterans. It made a ‘hrill run up and down the backs of even the most hardened of the battle-scarred veterans, and <hose who shed tears were proud of it. Not one of them was ashamed, nor was there any one who would shame them. Gen. John M. Palmer, the venerable Sen- ator from Illinois, who thirty-two years ago today risked his life on the battlefield, rade the first dedicatory address. When he came forward his voice was husky and had a tremulous sound. And rever in all his life, unless, perhaps, when he was directing his men at Chickamavga, thirty-two years ago, did he speak more earnestly. He became grandly eloquent 2s he advanced in his address, and his elo- quence was fully appreciated, and at fre- quent intervals he was applauded with a vigor that showed the audience were in touch with him. Senator Palmer's Remarks, Senator John M. Palmer told the story of the battle of Chickamauga, saying that but few of the names of the fallen were known, but the courage and gallantry of all could be remembered. In conclusion he said: “The civil war was caused by the sec- tional challenge to American manhood, and that challenge was accepted and followed by years of bloody and desolate war. In that war the American people learned to properly estimate each other, which is the only foundation for harmonious, national unity. By that war the theory of the right of the states to secede from the Union was forever eradicated from our system of na- tional constitutional government. By that war African slavery, which was the root of sectional bitterness, and was one of the causes or pretexts for national controversy, was forever overthrown, and the flag of our country became at once the emblem of freedom and the symbol of national power. As the result of that war, the Constitution was maintained and not subverted, and the union of the American people made per- petual. z “My comrades we who survive to this day, may well ie grateful to that Divine Being who guides the destiny of nations, that we are permitted to see an established Union, a republic extending from the At- agate to the Pacific, and from the lakes to the gulf, and Mberty and law the all-per- vading rule of our national life. “We are here today: ‘with malice toward rone and charity for aJl;’ we meet as citi- zens of a common country, devoted to its interests and alike ready to maintain its honor, wherever or however assailed. “To my comrades, you who were con- federate soldiers during all the weary strug- gle of the civil war, I beg to say I was proud of your gallantry and courage. I never allowed myself to forget that you were Americans, freely offering your lives in the defense of what you believed to be — rights and in vindication of your man- ood. “You are 1ow satisfied that the result of the civil war established the unity of the powerful American republic, submitted your controversies with your fellow citizens to the arbitrament of the battlefield, and you eccepted the result with sublime fortitude worthy of all praise, and your reward is that peace and order are restored and the ‘south,’ which you loved so well, and for which you fought so bravely, now blos- soms with abundant blessings.” Anotler patriotic tune followed General Palmer, and then the battle-scarred vet- eran of the confederacy, whom Lee called his “right arm,” John 8B. Gordon of Gecrgia, was introduced. He was greeted with no Tess applause than accorded Gen- eral, Palmer, and he spoke with fully much enthusiasm, feeling and patriotism. Gen. Gordon's Speech. General John B. Gordun spoke as fol- lows: “Ladies, comrades and fellow countrymen: “The illustrious Charies Sumner of Mas- sachusetts, proposed In the federal Senate to strike from the battle flags of the Union all mementoes of our civil war. It Is due to his memory, however, as well as to truth, to say that, in making it, his spirit was catholic, and h's patriotism broad; for his purpose was to lesser passion, re- store harmony to the embittered section: and unity to his divided country. His pirations were worthy of all praise, but his apprehensions that harm weuld come to the republic from cherishing mementoes of our great struggle were misapprehen- sions. These apprehensions were due doubtless to two causes. He spoke as a Gen. Gordon. civilian and not as a soldier. He reason- ed as a classical student rather than as a practical statesman. Had he fought as a soldier he would perhaps have thought differently as a Senator, for he would have learned from his own experience and the promptings of nis great heart that the best soldiers were destined to become the proadest citizens; that the men who had fought would surely impress their spirit of lberality on the policy of this government, and that political intolerance and ignovle passion could not co-exist with the highest order of courage. “Or kad he, as a student, drawn his in- spirations, not from Roman policy, how- ever broad and commendable, but trom American history and characteristics, and especially from the lofty impulses which moved the soldiers on both sides, he might have known that séctional bitterness could not long survive the cessation of active hostilities. He might have then seen even amid the darkness around him the dawn- ing of the coming day. “But Mr. Sumner was rot the only states- man who then believed that the preserva- tion of war memories as the perpetua- tion of war passions. He -vas not the only one who failed to appreciate the mighty changes which were to be wrought by time; or the hallowing effects of great trials and.| sorrows upon the tempers of a people; or the elevating, ennobling and unifying pow- er of our Christian civilization and free in- stitutions, The Inevitable War. “Few, if any, there were who then saw, as wé see now, that the American ctvil war, when fully and rightfully understood, was to become the most uxique chapter in the world’s history; that it was inevitable; that it came as the inevitabie always comes, with no human agency competent to avert it; that it was inevitable because it was an irrepressible conflict between ir- reconcilalle consttutional constructions, maintained on both sides with American tenacity, by brave and truth loving peo- ple, involving momentous Interests and rights, whose claims could neither be set- tled nor silenced except by the shedding of od. “Few, did I say there were? May I not rather say there were pone! Where are the men wno then forasaw, for example, the south’s specdy r or even her possible resurrect one who, in that woetal peried which fol- lowed the disbanding of the armies, saw threugr the widespread desolation of this secdou ker present triumphal march to en- during prosperity and social order. I do not recall one whose vision was clear enough or far reaching enough to catch even a faint glimpse of these inspiring scenes around us today; not one in any station or section optimistic enough or audacious enough to promise his country- men the light and lfe and fraternity of this glorious hour. An Inspiring Hour. = “And what an hour it is, my country- men! An hour wherein the heroic rem- nants of the once hostile and now historic armies of the sixties meet as brothers— meet on the same field where in furious onset through deadly fire they rlshed upon ch other: When shook these hills with thunder riven And louder than the bolts of heaven, Fac flashed the red artillery.’ “When rank was piled on rank, borne down by storms of lead until Chicka- mauga’s waters ran red with blood. What an hour, I repeat, is this wherein these once warring heroes meet to lay in mutual confidence and respect their joint trophies on the common altar—meet at the bidding of the common governmeat to dedicate by joint action Chickamauga’s field to common memories and the immortal honor of all. “It was Lamartine, I believe, who sald of the French revolution that it was ‘An about-face of the universe.’ Our American civil war was not an ‘about face’ nor change of front by the friends of free- dom. It was an advance in the cause of liberty, because among the whole Ameri- can people it augmented ennobled the manhood and womanhood essential to the future life of the republic. It was a for- ward movement, because it developed the spirit of self-sacrifice and'of consecration as these virtues had never before been developed since the days of Washington. “It was an onward march, because while in no sense lessening the self-respect of either, 1t vastly enhanced the respect of each for the opposite section, and it taught the world that liberty and law can live in this country even through internecine war, and that this republic, though rent in twain today, is reunited tomorrow in stronger and more enduring »onds. France and America. “The truly great Gambetia of France did not agree with Lamartine that either the old or new revoluiion meant any radical change in the political sentiment of the French people. In a conference which it was my privilege to hold with that great leader of the republican forces in France, the details of which can never pass from my memory, Gambetta declared that a constitutional republic cuuld live in France only until its divided foes could unite in a common effort for its overthrow. ‘What a oontrast,' he exclaimed, ‘is presented by free America, in the aspirations and efforts of her people. The form of govern- ment is never an issue with you in America in any political battle. You enlist in the United States in opposing political lines under different banners, but on the banners of ull parties, above all political tenets and policies, is inscribed ‘Safety of the republic and enforcement of its laws.” ’ “He saw, as we all now realize, that our civil war was fought, not between the friends of freedom on one side and its foes on the other, but between its friends on both sides; that they fought not for con- quest or change in the form of govern- ment, but for inherited constructions of the government's fundamental law. “No wonder that Christendom was amazed that at the end of the struggle the soldiers of both armies and the pecple of beth sections were found standing faith- fully for the decrees of the battle and all for the cherished Constitution of the fathers. No wonder that the civilized werld ce ray our civil war, as history will yet proclaim it, the most remarkable con- fiict in human arnals. A Remarkable War. “Verily, my countrymen, it was a re- markable war in all its aspects; remarkable for the similarity and elevation of senti- ment which inspired and the impulse which guided it; remarkable for the character of the combatants which it enlisted and the esth roll which it recorded, but more re- markable fcr the patriotic fervor which it evcked and intensified among all people and all sections; still more remarkabie that ecch side fought beneath the Aegis of a written constitution, with like limitations, pewers and guarantees, and that the rally- ing cry which rang through the ranks of the blue and gray was ‘Liberty as be- queathed by the fathers,’ but far more remarkable—most remarkable of sli—for the legacy of a broader fraternity and left mere complete unity which is America. Y = Fraternity of Americans. “Is this fraternity to last? Is this unity. to endure? If ‘yes,’ then liberty shail live. . 1f ‘no,’ then the republic is doomed, for in the womb of our country’s future are mighty problems, instinct with life and power and danger, to solve which will call into requisition all the statesmanship, all the patriotism, all the manhood and loyalty to law of all the sections. The patriotic American, who loves his country and its freedom, and who falls to discern these ecming dangers, and the urgency for united effort to meet them, is not a statesman; and the statesman, if I might so character- we him, who, reatizing these dangers, iene _— for personal or party ends, lenate the sections or classes halt Datsot _ is but “Perish, then, forever perish, fro) ican minds and hearts ail cistrust, ali clase and party and sectional bigotry and alien- ation; but live, long live, forever live, as the last hope of the republic, mutual trust, confidence, brotherhood and unity between. their children, who are the heirs of their immortal hcnors. Forever live the spirit which animated the American Congress and government in making possible this inspir- ing hour; and may the spirit of this hour abide in the hearts of our descendants through all generations. All Fought for Freedom. “And why not? Why not mutual, abso- lute confidence, trust and unity? What is the basis of this trust and brotherhood? Shall I answer? I do answer, because the answer is a great truth, which history will record and heaven reveal at iast. That basis for brotherhood, vouched by the dead heroes who fell, and the living around me today, is the monumental fact that every drop of blood which was shed in that strug- gle was the priceless tribute paid by liberty- loving men to inherit and profoundly cher- ished convictions. Every uniform worn by the brave, whether its color was blue or gray; every sheet of flame from the ranks and files and rifles of both; every cannon that shook Chickamauga hiil or thuncered around the heights of Gettysburg; every whizzing shell that tore through the wil- derness at Chancellorsville or Shiloh; every bullet-rent flag that floated in victory, or went down in defeat on any field; every patriotic sigh or prayer wafted heavenward from the north or the south; every loving and tender ministration at the dying sol- dier’s side; every agonizing throb in wo- man's heart or burning tear on devoted wo- man’s cheek—all, all were contributions to the upbuilding of a loftier American man- hood for the future defense of American freedom. An American Mecca. “And now, by the authority of the Amer- ican Congress, and the executive depart- ment of the government; in the presence of These survivors of the great struggle; in the midst of this historic woodland, whose leaves were reddened with heroic blood, and whose giant oaks still bear upon their shiv- ered trunks the visible track of shot and shell; by these flowing fountains, whose crystal waters symbolize the purity of pur- pose which convenes us; in the presence of all these witnesses, and in the name of this great republic and its people, we set apart, as an American Mecca, and conse- crate for all time, this immortal battle- ground, made forever glorious by Amer- ican valor.” No man, judging by their sentiments and the sentiments of the thousands of federal and cor federate veterans who heard them, ncw can doubt that the sectional line be- tween the north and south is wived oui. Those who have heard General Gordon be- tore said it was the effort of his life. The Rock of Chickamauga. The pulse quickens as the visitor stands on Snodgrass Hill, says a writer in the New York Tribune. Here, where the long Ene of stately monuments marking regi- mental positions crowns the crest, General Thomas made his magnificent stand, from 2 o'clock until sundown, against an over- whelming force, and for three aours, with only two thin brigades, beat back the splendid charges of Longstreet’s co! from the Army of Virginia. With nis right swept back toward Chattanooga, with am- munition gone, and even the last cartridge taken from the bodies of their comrades lymg in front of them. The men of the “Rock of Chickamauga” repelled succes- sively sixteen desperate charges of Long- street's brigades, and occupied the position at the end of the engagenient. In an hour and a kaif on that bloody Sunday after- neon Lengstreet’s corps lost nearly 44 per cent. Steedman’s and Brannan’s com- mands, which confronted a rtion of Lorgstreet’s assault, lost, the first, #9 cent in four hours, all killed and wounded but one, and the second an average of 38 per cent. As one stands before the Snodzrass Heuse, the headquarters of General Thom- as during that fearful September after- nccn, it 18 not difficult to picture <hat in- trefffa soldier, silently chewing a toothpick and facing what seemed inevitable dcfeat, as report after report of disaster on the right reached him. “He was beaten by every rule of war when the North Carolina troops turned his right flank, and he ought to have surrendered. Any European gen- eral would have done 50," said a confed- erate general. But at that moment Gerdon Granger's reserve of 3,000 men providential- ly appcared, swept up the gully back of headquarters, assaulted’ the victorious con- federate forces with incredible fury, hurl- ed them back down the hill, and with the loss of one man out of every two, breath- less, but exultant, extended that thin line of almost exhausted fighters on the right, and held the ridge until the battle closed. The Most Stubborn Fight. A writer in The Philadelphia Ledger presents statistics to show that the battle of Chickamauga was the most stubbornly contested engagement of the civil war. The percentage of losses, he finds, amount- ed to more than those incurred by the British army in a century, Waterloo and the Crimea included. There were over a score of regiments on each side whose loss exceeded 4.4 per cent, which was the heaviest loss sustained by a German regi- ment in the Franco-Prussian war. We ite witn a feeling of awe the famous ‘Charge of the Light Brigade.” Thirty regiments composed of western soldiers who fought at Chickamauga lost 10 per cent more men. When cold type records the statement, verified from official returns, that about 33 per cent on each side of the treops actually engaged were listed among the casualties, and that a large number of organizations on both sides came out of the battle with a loss of every other man who entered it, killed or wounded, some con- ception of the dreadful desperation which marked the struggle can be obtained. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Planting Trees. ‘A detail of between twelve and twenty men in the chain gang has been made to dig holes for the planting of trees in East Washington. Building Permits, Building pern.its issued today were as follows: Dr. H. J. Penrod, to make general repairs and alterations to church on Bun- ker Hill road, near Queen's Chapel, to cost $1,000, A. H. Floeckher, to erect one one- story brick storage building, 51 I street northeast, to cost $800; James Rhodes, to repair store and dwelling 143 Monroe street, Anacostia, to cost $1,300; Mrs. Jar- vis, to build a brick addition to 219 @ street northwest, to cost $4,000.