PARADE AND SPEECH.
DEDICATION OF CHICKAMAU
^CA'S PARK.
A Great Crowd In Attendance*—An In
polling Military and Official OUplaj—
Senator Bate and Congreiiman Oroe*
, Tenor UUcoes Issues of the Rebellion—
A Frank Talk bjr Got. Turney.
At Clilckamanga Park.
Chattauooga. Tenn., Sept. 31.—
The third day of the exercises attend
ant upon the dedication of the battle
' Held of Cliickamauga to the nation as
a park, opened with a grand civic and
military parade, in which the visiting
-cabinet officers, governors and their
-staffs and the various, military organ
izations toon part. It brought more
. . people to the city proper than had
been here at any one time since the
-dedicatory exercises began.
It was a few minutes past 10 when
the parade started. A platoon of po
lice led. followed by a military band.
‘Then came Vice President Stevenson
and party, Lieutenant General Scho
field, Secretary of tho Interior Smith,
■ Postmaster General Wilson, Secretary
of tlie Navy Herbert and Attorney
General Harmon, United States sena
tors. congressmen, governors and
staffs, park commissioners, Tennessee
legislators, Mayor Ochs, citizens com
mittee and invited guests. Another
platoon of police followed, and then
suvjfne the United States troops, the
Ohio national guard, Tennessee na
tional guard, Capital City guards of
c tGeorgia and the Chattanooga school
’^battalion.
„ii* J",e formal exercises of the day
'""were held in the liarnum tent near
the government building, and were
presided over by Vice President Stev
enson. After music by the band, the
Kev. Dr. _S. T. Nichoils of St. Louis
offered prayer. The first address was
nooga.
SENATOR BATE ON THE ISSUES.
Senator Bate, the second speaker,
said in part: “We have assembled on
the glorious battlefields for the pres
ervation and perpetuation of the
sacred memories, to advanve by les
sons learned here, the common glory
of our country. With what inexpress
ible pleasure the lapse of more. than
thirty years has mitigated the pas
sions and dispossessed the minds of all
the surviving contestants of these
great battles, to look back at the past
with those moderate convictions which
are due to a contest in which each
party held principles and convictions
to justify the contention.’’
Mr. Bate then referred to the erec
tion of the Confederate monument at
Chicago as an indication that sectional
feeling was obliterated and then turn
ed his attention to the causes which
led up to the war. He said that the
Missouri compromise and fanaticism
had something to do with it. The de
nial of equal rights to equal states was
' the real cause. Whatever may have
been the right or wrong, the south be
lieved it was right, and in defense of
this belief it accepted battle. In cdta
clusion lie said that it was in vain to
surround America with fortresses, as
modern cannon would demolish them.
The only safety was in union.
. .CONGRESSMAN GROSVEXOB’S ADDRESS.
After some music, Congressman
Cnarles II. Grosvenor of Ohio spoke.
He declared that all were present as
American citizens, without bitterness
or criticism of any kind. He declared
that the union had been absolutely
restored in every way—in law and in
the hearts and loyalty of ail citizens,
and all present were brothers in de
votion to the union and the flag. Ho
believed that nowhere was there a
thought of disunion.
The speaker then gave an extended
history of the American constitution
and the various contentions in regard
to its clauses.
Ochs, mayor of Chatta
« uc wuuuucu. r»c uiu nut g^O to
war to emancipate the slave, but we
did go to war with the consc ousness
■ that the slavery question was one of
tlie great questions that was produc
ing the war; and he was a man of
shortsightedness on the one side or the
other side who doubted that the result
of tlie conflict, the end of the war,
would produce either emancipation
or perpetuation. An institution so
intertwined about the very heart
of a great mass of the people,
and thus becoming one of the
promoting elements of controversy,
and thereby incidentally,if you please,
producing a conflict, and thereby im
periling ihe life of a nation, could not
stand unless the side that defended it
could stand. We went to war to es
tablish principles—political principles.
We went to war to legislate. We put
in motion in the great congress of war
the passage oi' bills that afterwards
were passed upon the bloody battle
fields of the country; and all that
stood in the way, everything that
came incidentally into collision, and
everything that e.ame, percharfte by
accident, if you please, to be inimical
to the great end sought, was wiped
out and destroyed. There was not an
institution dear to the hearts of the
American people other thau the wor
ship of liod Almighty and the protec
tion of family and home that would
not have been destroyed in buttle, had
it stood in the way of the accomplish
ment of the great purpose of that war.”
The speaker’next discussed the bat
tle of ChicUamauka, giving many facts
and figures and closed: ‘‘Standing
here to-day, my countrymen, is there
anything greater,^ anything more
charming to the heart of an American
;* patriot than tlie love of the American
people for this union, this constitution
and this power? It is our protection
against enemies abroad; it is our as
surance against disturbance within; it
is the beacon light to other nations
and the sheet anchor to ours. It is
tlie doctrine of the American home,
the American fireside, American insti
tutions, the American union, and the
, American flag. And we will protect it
ut home and vindicate it abroad; and
in the hour of its peril, in tlie hour
•of its danger, if that hour shall come,
in the time that tries the future
of this great fabric of government,
if the hour shall come, there will rally
to the flag of the Union, there will ral
ly to the constitution of the country,
there will rally to our institutions,
whether it be to protect our territorial
integrity, our dignity as a nation, or
.position upon tlie great political ques
tions, international In their character.
the*) will be found the men and the
descendants of the men of IS61 who
foupht to destroy the Union and who
fought to uphold it; the men and the
descendents of the men who, at Get
tysburg and South Mountain, at Shiloh
and at Nashville and here upon this
sacred spot stood and fought and bled
and struggled, going forth as a mighty
army with banners, to vindicate, to
cherish and protect the flag and the
Union that we love.”
governor turney’s frank words.
When Mr. Grosvcnor had finished,
Governors Morton of New York, Wood
bury of Vermont, Matthews of Indiana
and Turney of Tennessee each made
short talks.
Governor Woodbury saia that aur
ingf the war each side believed it was
right, but that now the Southerners
would hove to teach their chil
dren the South was wrong. Gover
nor Turney took exceptions to this
in his speech. “I believed I was right
during the four years and nineteen
days I served in the Confederate
army,” he said, “and at the end of
that time I thought I was right. I
still think I was right and shall teach
my childreh so. No one is more loyal
to the stars and stripes than I and no
one is more loyal to the government,
but I can never be convinced that the
South was wrong.”
This rather frank expression caused
a great stir in the audience and when
the meeting adjourned was the topic
of general conversation.
PARKHURST ON BOSS1SM.
The New York Reformer Bays Platt Is
Worse Than Croker.
New York, Sept, il —Dr. Parkhurst
returned from Europe yesterday. Of
the political situation he said:
“Platt and the spirit of Plattism,”
he said, “is worse #than Croker, and
the spirit of Crokerism, and the man
hood and intelligence of the city must
and will combine to crush it out at
the very root. 1 have regretted ex
ceedingly the fact that the excise
question has been included in the pres
ent situation, conducing, as I fear it
will, to make that mixture of issues
which will make the campaign a more
difficult, one. While we are fighting
Tammany, we mnst not forget that
the enemy, who is an essential ally of
Tammany, is the spirit of bossism—
familiarly known as Plattism. It is
immaterial whether our officials are
Tammany or anti-Tammany. The en
tire system of loss rule must be torn
up, root and branch*"
Dr. Parkhurst expressed surprise and
said he was disappointed that Platt
had control of the Republican primar
ies, and said the excise question
should be relegated to the arbitration
of municipality, although he had come
to the conclusion that laws that oper
ate satisfactorily in llerlin and Ham
burg Would not suit in New York.
THE DECISION NOT FINAL.
The Texas Prise Fight Law May Come
Before the Fall Court.
Austin, Texas, Sept. 21.—Judges
Davidson and Henderson of the court
of appeals, refused to sit with Judge
Hurt in the prize fight habeas corpus
case on the ground that the court
could not hold legal session during va
cation, and further that the proper
tribunal to bear the case was the
county judge of Dallas county. *
The regular session of the court of
appeals will begin at Tyler on the first
Monday of next month, and it is stated
here that the Dallas grand jury, no\v
in session, -will indict the principals of
the recent fight, and they will have a
chance for a hearing before the full
bench'in the regular session.
However this may' be, Governor Cul
berson still stands firm and will pre
vent the fight under common penal
statutes and his determination has
given currency to a rumor in sporting
circles that the fight will take place in
the Indian territory not far from Col
bert
The Bolt Will Presented.
Washington, Sept. 2k— Blair Lee
and J. J. Darlington to-day offered for
probate the will of the late Joseph
Holt that was received by mail when
it was supposed that no will had been
left by him. The names signed to the
will are General Grant, General Sher
man and Mrs. Sherman. This is the
first step in the contest over the late
general’s will.
General Schofield's Successor.
Washington-, Sept. 2i.—Captain
Hall, a member of General Rugor’s
staff, has commenced to pack his
household effects to move to Govern
or’s Island, N. Y., and this is cited as
a straw showing that General Miles
will succeed General Schofield, and
General linger will be given command
of the department of the East, with
headquarters at Governor’s Island.
Made a Bishop.
Topeka, Kan., Sept. 31.—The Very
Rev. Frank Rosebrook Millspaugh of
Topeka was yesterday consecrated
bishop of the Episcopal church of Kan
sas. The ceremony was impressive,
and Grace cathedral was packed al
most to suffocation from 10 o'clock
yesterday morning to the conclusion
of the exercises ab >ut noon.
. Peffer Buy. the Advocate.
TorEKA, Kan., Sept. 21.—The state
ment is published here that Senator
Peffer has purchased a controlling in
terest in the Topeka Advocate, the
Populist weekly. Three, months ago
the senator sta'ed tliai he expected to
engage in the newspaper business at
the end of his term in the United
Slates senate.
Stebbins Acquitted.
Dkadwood, S. D., Sept. 21.—Banker
Stebbins, formerly of Ivunsas City,
Kan., who was arrested in Cheyenne
for forgery in connection with the fail- |
ure of a bank, was tried to-day and
found not guilty and released, it was
found that he was a victim of attempt- ;
ed blackmail.
Bull Fight, at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 31.—In spite of
all protests from humane societies, it
is said that one of the futures of the
Mexican village at the fair will be a
genuine bull fight. The Mexicans and
trappings are already on the ground
and the ring is being built.
»
TWAS A CLOSE CALL.
A RAVISHER IN THE HANDS OF
A DETERMINED MOB.
—
Re la Rescued by the Major—Ont* City
Men for Nearly Fonr Honre Wrestle
With Officers In Trying to Get Louis
Thomas From the Authorities and Are
llaflcd by Strategy Just as They liad
Their Man.
Rope around Ills Neck.
Osage City, Kan., Sept 18. — Louis
Thomas, a disreputable man, enticed
the 12-year-old imbecile daughter of
O..E. McElfresh from her homo yes
terday and brutally assaulted her. He
was arrested.
Last night a large body of men
gathered at the jail. The mayor tried
to persuade them to disperse, but they
picked him up and carried him away.
For nearly four hours the officers
were kept busy guarding the entrance
to the cell. When the electric lights
were turned off at 12:45 o’clock this
morning, the crowd surrounding the
cdy hall numbered about 300 men. At
12:55 six men approached Night Watch
Ogren who was guarding the rear en
trance andslemauded the keys. Ogren
had hidden them but the men over
powered and searched him. Failing
to secure the keys they seised the
fire axes, battered down the wooden
door and rushed into the corridor.
Using the same axes they broke the
lock, opened the cell and, placing a
rope aronnd Thomas's neck, pulled
him out of the building and’ hurried
down Main street to Third and then to
Safford street, where the rope was
thrown over a telegraph pole.
While the crowd was waiting for the
rope to be properly placed. City Mar
shal McMillan, followed by a band of
deputies, cautiously worked their way
close to the prisoner, and before the
would-be lynchers realized their pres
ence the rope was cut from Thomas'
neck and prisoner and rescuing party
backed from the crowd.
McMillan conducted Thomas to a
place of safety and by 1:30 o’clock was
j on the way by secluded roads to the
county jail at Lyndon.
The feeling runs very high this
morning and very little doubt exists
about a repetition of last night's at
tempt at Lyndon.
The parents of the child report her
in a precarious condition.
I HORNBLOWER WILL GET IT
To Be Appointed to the 8nprcme Bench
and Ilill Will Not Oppose Him.
Washington, Sept. 18.—Doubt no
longer exists here of thp correctness
of the information1 that Mr. Horn
blower is to {ret a seat upon the su
preme bench. It is settled that Sen
ator Hill will not oppose his confirma
tion, and in all probability there will
be no opposition from any other
source. Senator Hill has modified his
views of Mr. Hornblower’s fitness for
the supreme beuch since Mr. Horn;
blower supported Hill for governor
last fall, it is said.
HORSE THIEVES HANGED.
Vigilante In the Seminole Reservation
I*unlsli a Negro and a White Man.
Gutuisie, Okla., Sept. 18.—Men from
Erlboro report the finding in the Sem
inole reservation east of there of a
white man and a negro hanging to
trees \v!th the label: “Horse thieves,
duly tried and convicted.”
Large numbers of horses have been
stolen in that section and it is pre
sumed the. farmers determined to stop
it in this way.
TEXAS PUGILISM CASE.
Attorney General Crane Argues Against
the Legality of Prize Fights.
Dallas, Tex., Sept. 18.—Attorney
General Crane argued against prize
fights in Texas from 0 o’clock until
12:30 o’clock to-day. The court then
adjourned until 2 o’clock. Colonel IV.
L. Crawford will answer. No one
hopc3 for an opinion from Chief Jus
tice Hurt earlier thad Thursday or
Friday, although it may be rendered
to-morrow._
NO HEARING FOR FRAKER.
The Life Insurance Swindler Waives Ex
amination.
Richmond, Mo., Sept. 18.—Dr. Fra
ker waived examination at the prelim
inary hearing to-day and was held to
the grand jury in giO.OUO bond, which
was not furnished.
J-.au Offer Agsltttance.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 18.—The
true amount of the gold reserve at the
close of business yesterday was $95,
548,645. Since the recent heavy ship
ments of gold set in the government
lias received a number of offers of gold
in exchange for notes. This is partic
ularly true of banks in the northwest,
where small notes are in active de
mand in moving the grain crops.
Bis Suit Against a Mining Company.
Dkadwood, S. D., Sept, la.—The
United States government has com
menced suit in the United States court
to recover $700,000 damages from the
Homcstake Mining company, alleging
that during the last seventeen years
the liomestake company has cut 1,001,
200 trees. ___
SU People Killed.
Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 18.—Six per
sons were killed as a result of a rail
road crossing accident at Lawyer’s
Station, eleven miles below here, at
4:22 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Five
of the occupants of the vehicle were
lulled outright, and a young girl
was so severely injured that she died
chortly afterwards.
Whipped by a Postmaster's Wife.
Springfiei-d, Mo., Sept. 18.—At
Nichols Junction this morning John
Briclsel, a hotel keeper, was horse
whipped by Mrs. IV. IV. Wilkerson,
wife of the postmaster, in the office.
Mrs. Wilkerson charges that lirickel
insulted her. He denies her story.
Fatalities at a Ball Fight.
City or Mexico, Sept. 18.—Two men
were killed and five injured at a bull
fight at Sa.wangel yosterday, the floor
giving away. Sawangel is a pretty
suburban town, the favorite rainy sea
son resort of the ax istocraoy.
NEBRASKA STATE FAIR.
The State's Most Saecensfnt Fslr • Thins
at the Past.
Omaha, Nob., Sept. 21.—At 5 o’clock
yesterday afternoon the Nebraska
State fair of 1803 passed into history
and the feasting and merry-making
which have made Omaha n gay city for
seven days came to an end.
The week of the fair has been the
most disagreeable in the matter of
weather that f\a.a been known in the
state during this year. Heat, dust and
wind have been continually in evidence
and all have contributed to discourage
people from attending the best show
that has been conducted by the fair as
sociation since its organization.
Superintendent of Gates William H.
Bowen has prepared his official report
up to and including Thursday, it is
as follows: ,
Sunday.
Monday.....
Tuesday.
Wednesday.
Thursday.
Total.
t’alr.Tot'l Tot’l
R. R tkls. paid. Com. adm.
8,225
5,902
0,497
10.424
142! 107
1,802! 2,01
S',3 7'12,5,2
8,189 U ttll
20.7.5 27,2.2
40.7351 >7.159
50
1.C2U
2,809
2,991
3,989
11,178
221
4 203
15,381
17,589
31,241
08,037
It is still too early to estimate the
receipts and disbursment The gate
receipts were not the only source of
revenue, in discussing the matter Sec
retary Furnas was of the opinion that
the association would have enough
money to meet all expenses, with per
haps a small margin of profit. It will
be several days before the official fig
ures will be ready. All of the premi
ums will not be announced until some
time next week and a complete list of
awards will not be ready for some time.
Experiences of the week have sug
gested improvements, which will be
made before the gates are again thrown
open next year. The all importuntone
is that of transportation. The termi
nal facilities of the steam roads will
have to be improved, the trackage in
creased and shelter provided at the fair
station. The trains will have to be
run more frequently in order to accom
modate the people. During the next
twelve months there will be ample
time to correct the evils which con
tributed to the discomfort of the public
during the week and it is probable that
everything in the carrying line will be
running with smoothness long before
♦.lift 111cr clmw onnns nrroin
KNOCKOUT TO IRRIGATION.
Tbs Supreme Court of Ncbruka Band*
Down a Decision.
Lincoln, Nob., Sept 20.—A decision
has been handed.down by the supreme
court in the case of Enos Clarke against
the Cambridge and Arapahoe Irriga
tion and Improvement company, that
is likely to be of especial interest to
people in the irrigated districts
Clarke owned a mill on the banks of a
tributary of the Republican, and had
been using water from a mill pond
thereon for many years In 1891 the
defendant company commenced to
build its ditch, and some time after
ward Glarke' applied to the district
court of Furnas county for an order to
restrain it from taking the water from
the stream above him.
Clarke had never complied with the
acts of 1889 and that of 1893 requiring
claimants of water rights to file appli
cation for same. The irrigation compa
ny had filed its appropriation of water
rights and expended several thousand
dollars when Clarke commenced his ac
tion to prevent the taking of the water.
When the restraining order preventing
the company from taking the water
out of the stream was made perpetual
the latter took an appeal to the su
preme court and this is the ease which
has just been decided.
The judgment of the court below is
reversed nnd the higher court holds
that Clarke had no right to his rc- j
straining order, but this is apparently
on the ground that he had not shown
due dilligence in protesting against the
action of the irrigation company.
There is one part of the decision
which irrigation men think is a knock
out to the success of irrigation in this
Btate, and that is the declaration that
the laws of 1889 nnd 1893 abolishing
riparian rights in all streams over
twenty feet in width to be in violation
of the constitution. The act of 18!).r>
went further than these named and
abolished riparian rights in all streams
in the state. Under these several acts
no one could have a right to the use of
the waters of any of the streams in the
state without filing his appropriation.
The men interested in irrigation say
that if it is held that the streams are
not public property to be controlled by
the state under its irrigation laws,then
there is an end to all successful at
tempt to build upirrigationenterprises.
Secretary Akers says that the irriga
tion board might as well shut up shop
IRRIGATION CONGRESS.
[be Albuquerque Meeting Adjourn*—
Judge Emery of Kansas lie-elected..
Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 21.—The
fourth national irrigation congress
came to a close yesterday after a suc
:essful and profitable session. The
present national lecturer, Judge J. S.
Emery of Kansas, was unanimously
•e-elected._
A KANSAS TOWN IN ASHES.
Nearly the Whole of the iluslneu Sec
tion of Oneida Swept Away.
Seneca, Kan., Sept. 21.—Fire at
Oneida, about midnight last night
destroyed nearly the whole business
portion of the town. The loss will
reach into the ten thousands with very
little insurance.
* Four Killed by Oue.
McKinney, Ky., Sept. 21.—Afthe
Adams and Trowbridge distillery, in
Pulaski county last night five men,
juo of them named Cain of Mintonville
engaged in a game of polcer. A dis
pute arose and shooting began Cain
slone escaped and is credited with
liaving killed the other four. The
slain were either shot through the
head or heart.
A Court House Attached.
Perry, Ok., Sept. 31.—The creditors
of the First State bank, which was
closed Tuesday with 310,000 liabilities
and little assets, have attached the
court house of the county, claiming it
was part of the property of the Rich
ardsons, who are claimed to have been
responsibly connected with the ban&
CHICAMAUGA’S FIELD.
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES. AT
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
El/ty Thonaand People, Mott of Then
Northern and Southern Veterans, of the
Rebellion, * In Attendance—Patriotic
Addrenea By Tice President Sterenten
and Generate Gordon and Palmer.
Dedicated to Amerlea.
CnATTAWOOQA, Tenn., Sept. 80.—One
of the most notable battlefields of the
world—that of Chlckamauga—was
dedicated here to-day as a park for the
edification of the American people for
all time. The dedication was conduct
ed by men who, thirty-two years ago,
fought on that field. Two generals,
with silver gray hair, who headed
thousands of men in the affray on op
posite sides, made the principal
speeches at the dedication. They were
Generals John M. Palmer and John B,
Gordon.
The ceremon ies took place at Snod
! grass hill, whose sides for a mile were
j so thickly covered with dead thirty.
I two years ago that the survivors say
. one could have walked from crest to
base, stepping from one prostrate body
to another, Fifty thousand people,
most of them veterans, witnessed the
exercises.
TUB VICE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.
Vice President A. E. Stevenson pre
sided over the dedicatory exercises and
was introduced by General John S.
Fullerton, chairman of the Chick a
inauga and Chattanooga national park.
He was greeted with mighty applause.
In the course of his address be said:
“Thirty-two years have passed, and
the survivors of that masterful day—
victors and vanquished alike—again
meet on this memorable field. Alas,
the splendid armies which rendez
voused here are now little more than
a procession of shadows.
un r a mo a eternal camping ground
Tlicir silent ti nts are spread,
W liilo glory guards witu solemn round
ilie bivouac of the dead,'
“Our eyes now behold the sublime
spectacle of the honored survivors of
the great battle coming together upon
these heights once more. They meet,
not in deadly conflict, but as brothers,
under one flag—fellow citizens of a
common country—all grateful to God
that in the supreme struggle tjte gov*
eminent of our fathers, our dom
ino n heritage, was triumphant, and
that to all of the coming genera
tions of our countrymen It will
remain 'an indivisible union of
indestructible states.’ Our dedication
to-day is but a ceremony. In the
words of the immortal Lincoln at
Gettysburg, ‘But in a larger sense we
cannot dedicate, we cannot conse*
crate, 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.'
1 wi*l detain you no longer from lis
tening to the eloquent words of those
who were participantu in the bloody
struggle—the sharers alike in its dan
ger and its glory.’
l’rayer was offered by Bishop Gailor
of Tennessee. Then “America" was
sung by the audience, accompanied by
the band, and everyone of the flfty
und-odd thousand people assembled
participated.
General John M. Palmer, the vener
able senator from Illinois, made, the
first dedicatory address. When he
came forward his voice was husky,
but never did he speak more earnestly.
At frequent intervals he was applauded
with vigor. lie concluded as follows:
■‘To you who were Confederate sol
diers during all the weary struggles
of the civil war, I beg to say I was
proud of your gallantry and courage.
1 never allowed myself to forget that
you were Americans, freely offering
f our lives in defense of what you be
ieved to be your rights and in vindi
cation of your manhood. You who
are now satisfied that the result of the
civil war established the unity of the
powerful American republic, submit
ted your common controversies with
your fellow citizens to the arbitra-,
meut of the battlefield,- and you ac
cepted the result with the sublime
fortitude worthy of all praise, and
your reward is that peace and order
are restored and the ‘Mouth’ which you
love so well and for which you fought
so bratoly now blossoms with abun
dant blessings."
GENERAL GORDON ON THE WAR.
After another patriotic song, Gener
al John 11. Gordon of Georgia was in
troduced. He was greeted with no less
applause than was accorded to Gener
al Palmer and he spoke with fully as
much enthusiasm, feeling aud patriot
ism. In opening, he referred to the
proposal of the late Charles Sumner of
Massachusetts to strike from the bat
tle flag of the republic all mementoes
of the civil wav aud dwelt upon this as
a noble proposal but one not needed.
Then he paid tribute to the men of the
North aud Mouth and to the wonder
ful recuperation of the once stricken
South. He declared that the Ameri
can civil war was an advance in the
cause of liberty because among the
whole American people it augmented
and enabled the manhood and woman
hood essentiel to the future life
of the republic, because it de
voioped the spirit of self-sac
rifice and of consecration as these
virtues hud never before been devel
oped since the days of Washington;
because while in no sense lessening
the self-rcBpeetjof either, it vastly en
hanced the respect of each for the op
posite -eetion: and it taught the world
tbata liberty and law could live in this
country even through interecine war,
and that this republic, though rent
in twain to-day, would be reunited to
morrow in stronger and more enduring
bonds.
“Verily, my countrymen,” General
Gordon went on, “It was a remarka
ble war in all respects; remarkable
for the similarity and elevation of
sentiment which inspired and the im
pulse which guided it; remarkable for
the character of the combatants which
it enlisted and the death roll which it
recorded; but more remarkable for the
patriotic ferver which it evoked
and intensified among all people
and all sections; still more re
markable that each side fought
beneath the aegis of a wrttien
constitution with like limitations,
powers and guarantees, and that the
rallying cry which rang through the
rank* of the blue and gray was •-Lib
erty as bequeathed by the fathers;**
but far more remarkable—most re
markable of all—for the legacy of a
broader fraternity and more complete
unity whioh it left to America. Is this
fraternity to last? Is this unity to en
dure? If ‘yes,’ then liberty shall lire
If ‘no,* then the republic is doomed] v
for in the womb of onr country’s fu
ture are mighty problems, nutinct
with life and power and danger, to
solve which will call into requisition
all the statesmanship, all the patriot
Ism, all the manhood and loyalty to
law of all the sections.
“The patriotic American who loves
his country and its freedom and who
fails to discern these coming dangers,
and the urgency of united effort to
meet them is not a statesman; and the
statesman, if I may so characterise
him, who, realizing these dangers,
would still for personal or party ends
alienate the sections or classes, is but
half patriot. Perish then, forever per
ish from American minds and hearts
all distrust, all class and party and
sectional bigotry and alienation; but
live, long liVe, forever live, as the last
hope of the repnblie, mutual trust,
confidence, brotherhood and unity be
tween their children who are the heirs
of their immortal honors. Forever
live the spirit which animated the
American congress and government ib .
making possible this inspiring hour;
and may the spirit of this hoar abide
in the hearts of our descendants
through all generations.”
OOVERKOB UPHAU’S BAD MISHAP.
, When the enthusiastic applause fol
lowing General Gordon’s speech had 5
ended, the Vast audience sang “Auld
Lang Syne.” A few short speeches
were made by distinguished visitors,
after which the exercises were ad- re
journed.
Governor W. H. Upham of Wiscon
sin, while going up lookout mountain, ;
stepped upon the skirt of his daugh- ''«
tor’s dress, causing him to fall. One
leg was broken.
SENSATION BY ALTCELD.
The Illinois Governor Talk* on Political
Corruption.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept SO.—
Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, created
a sensation at the monument dedioa
tlon, the conclusion of his speech
being as follows: ' >
“Instead of an armed force that wel
can meet on the field there is to-day
an enemy that is invisible but every
where at work destroying our institu
tions; that enemy is corruption.
“It seeks to direct official action, it
dictates legislation and endeavors to
control the construction of laws It
seeks to control the press, to set fash
ions and shape public seutiment It
has emasculatedT American politics and -V
places it on the low plane of Jugglery. X
“The tendency now is for political
parties to shirk principle ana follow
expediency, and their platforms are
often drawn to evade or straddle every
live issue. ;
“The idea now is to oajole rather
than convinae; to ignore great wrongs
and wink at abuses; court the support '
of conflicting interests though it in- .'ji.
volves the deception of one of both.
We are substituting office seeking and
office holding in place of real achieve
ment and instead of great careers in
public life: we are facing a harvest on 1
slippery, blear-eyed and empty medi
ocrity, which glides into oblivion with
out the assistance of death.
“To be an eligible candidate now •
often means to stand for nothing in a.
particular and to represent no definite
principle, but be all things to all men,
and in the end be contemptible.
Thirty-four years ago the call was for
men to fight an open enemy in the
field. To-day our country is calling
for men who will bs true to our repub
lican institutions at home. Never be
fore did this republic call so loudly as
it dods to-day for a strong, sturdy
manhood that will stand up defiantly
and dare to do right.
“For more than a decade Abu ten
dency in this country has been toward
a colorless and negative dilettanteism,
having the countenance of the Phar
isee with the greed of the wolf, and
drawing all its inspirations from the
altar of concentrated and corruptiuig
wealth. The flag lias been praised at
champagne dinners while the very
pole from which it floated was being
eaten off by corruption, and republl-' 'i
can institutions were being stabbed to
the vitals A new gospel has come
among us, according to which ‘It is
mean to rob a hen roost of a hen, but
. plundering thousands makes us gen
tlemen.*
“My friends, the men of the past
did their duty. Shall we do ours?
They were asked to face death—you
may have to face calumny and obliv- '
ion. No man ever served his country
without being vilified, for all wbo
make a profit out of injustice will be
your enemies, but as sure as the heav- %
ens are high and justice is eternal will
you triumph in the end.”
BY AN ELECTRIC fLASH.
President Cleveland, Huy Mile* Amy, . '
Vormallyr Open* the Atlanta Exposition,
Buzzard’s Bay, Mass., Sept, 20.—
The gold-rimmed button attached to a .
wire connecting Gray Gables, the sum- ,
mer residence of President Cleveland,
with the motor in machinery hall at
the cotton states and international ex
position at Atlanta, Ga., was pressed
by the chief executive of the United
States at G:06 last evening. The act,
coming at the close of an elaborate
opening programme at Atlanta, was
intended to furnish a fitting climax to
the day’s events in that city. At the
moment the button was pressed at
Gray Gables the wheels of the great
exposition hundreds of miles distant,
should be s arted.
The button was placed not far from
the telephone cabinet and here'in the
presence of the family^ Private Secre
tary Thurber, Western Union em
ployes and a few representatives of
the press, the president filled the part ,■■■:
for which he was cast.
Almost immediately after the presi
dent had exerted the requ red pres
sure upon the button, word was tele- ;
graphed back that the wire worked
perfectly._
Absconder Meade Home Again. >,
Atchison, Sept. 2ft — Riohard G,
Meade, the absconder, arrived 'from
New York this morning. He has long 4
since spent the money he took and is
very poor. He refuses to make a itata :'i