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ADVA NCE.
CLAUDIUS F. WILSON, EDITOR & PROP R.
VOLUME XXI.
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THE IMPRESSION A GOODMAN"
IAI,MAUEV1'()N Mil'.
BUB
I'lie Kuneral of Judge Milne:
Carters--Ideas
ville. -A Death Witlu
of One's Own Funeral.
lit :i
I wonde
if there is any man
so
hardened as hot to b
tor a moment
of the funeral
affected by t
knell. The
ie souiN
church bell
has
a
emn mission
It
calls us to
prayer
. The
and it
caHs us to the grave
careless and the thoughtless pay no
the thouehtless
attention to the one,
that every man feels a
shudder at the sound.
ut I imagine
shadow or a
of the other.
Even Macbeth tremhied when
he
said: .
'Hear it not, Duncan for it is tin
knell
That summon
thee to heaven or to
hell,"
We cannot escape the
that "sometime it will ring
But I am not eoine to
reflection
for
me.
write
an
elegy nor an eulogy. There has
been a death in our midst but there
is nothing mournful about it. As
judge Milner said, as we stood by
the open grave, "This is the most
successful and satisfying funeral I
ever attended." .. Did anybody ever
hear of a funeral being a success, or
that it was satisfactory to those who
stood with uncovered heads about
the grave? Why not?. Because in
ninety-nine cases out of 100 there is
some sting in death some sorrow
for the dead or some pangs for the
living:. But the death of Cohbnel
John J. Howard was the one excep
tion. He was old enough he was
good enough. He died in his right
mind, and willingly and without suf
fering. Well, of course there are
many aged men of whom the same
can be said, but Colonel Howard had
been a God-tearing man all his ma
ture life a man of principle good
principle honest, truthlul, charitable,
and diligent in business. He was"
everybody's friend and everybody
was his friend. But that' is not all.
His aged wife . had gone on before
him, and was waiting at the gate.
His children were all grown -and
happily married, and were near him
in his last illness,
them well, both by
ample, and they
Why shouldn't he
his funeral was
He had reared
precept and ex-
have
prospercd
d
tet
His
death
success a tri-
umph an
was hushed
ovation for everything
and silent in our town.
The stores were all closed, the
streets deserted, and it seemed like
the Sabbath had corwe again out of
its time. Hundreds of the colored
people gathered at their church, and
held memorial service, while the
whites were gathered in their own.
A double knell chimed the good
man's requiem. It was a sight I
never saw before that long proces
sion of colored folks dressed in their
Sunday clothes, and marching down
the long hill and across the valley
and up to the grave, where the car
riages oi the whites had congregated.
In respectful silence they stood with
out the circle, and when the preacher
said amen, their strong men came
forward and asked for leave to cover
him up, and said: "He was the col
ored man's best friend in Carters
ville," Why shouldn't he die? And
that was why Judge Milner said with
emotion: "Take it all in all it is the
most successful funeral I ever attend
ed." There was no sting about it.
In some respects Colonel Howard
was an, extraordinary man, and the
best example for young men to fol
low that I ever knew." fie was by
far the best read man in our town,
and the best scholar, and yet he had
but little schooling in his youth. He
was poor and had to work. He
read good books by night and stud
ied them. He mastered the dead
languages, and read, French fluently,
and rejoiced m Shakespeare and the
English poets. He had an appro
priate quotation always ready. On
i tl: t
111y last visit to ins siCK-ioom lie
said, with a smile, "I am just waiting
on my Maker, and then I will draw
the drapery of my couch about me
and lie down to pleasant dreams."
He was refined ih the best literature,
and the wonder of it is how he be
came so, for he was always immers
ed and absorbed in active business.
As a merchant and a banker he kept
well up' with the minutest details.
He had no desire to amass great
wealth, but worked hard from a
sense of duty, and his charities in
creased with his income. He drew
no color line in ministering to the
1 1 """ ' r . . .
poor ana aepenaent, ana mat is
why the colored people loved him so.
His broad phuanthrophy took m ev
erybody. Uncle Bob Rogers, liis life-long
friend, straightened up and shook
himself as he said-i "Gentleman, he
was the best man I ever knew, and he
paid his debts according to promise."
Uncle Bob is an old-time, debt-paying
Baptist. That used to be car
dinal principle of their religion, but
uicv say u is, ueaKening a little now.
Well, 01 course we can t
like Colonel Howard, but we
like to. Not long ago there
controversy going on in the
zines, and the question was,
all die
would
was a
'life
worth living?" Col. Howard's was,
I know, for he was always happy or
eemed to be,-and if one man is hap
py why not others? Why not all?
What is the matter with the human
family? Why the great increase of
suicides? I see in a late magazine
an essay on suicide, and its caption
is, "Is Suicide a Sin," and the author
argues that in many cases it is not.
It is getting to be quita a business,
and it all comes from living wrong -from
violating- nature's laws.
The influence of a good man does
not die with him. I don't believe
that it ever dies, but is like the
small waves that circle around the
stone that is dropped in a pool, and
they widen- and circle until they
"reach the distant shore. No won
der the prophet said:
"Oh, may I die the death of the
righteous, and may my last end be
like his."
No wonder ttje poet shid:
"How blest the righteous when he
dies,
When sinks the weary soul to rest.
How mildly beam the closing eyes,
How gently heaves the expiring
breast!"
No wonder the man of God, said as
he looked upon the cofiin of Colonel
Howard, "I love to preach a good
man's funeral." Of course he does,
but many a time have I been sorry
for the preacher who is obliged to
stand before the unloved, unhallowed
dead, and say something that gives
hope and comfort. It reminds me of
an epitaph I once saw upon a tomb
stone, "He began the world a poor
boy and died a citizen of large es
tate. This is the best eulogy." And
it was, for he was the worst man I
ever knew, ancHio minister could be
had to preach his funeral.
Now, what I have written is not in
tended as a sermon, but strictly as a
matter of business. If a young man
desires to make a success of life he
must have. ..some plan some aim
some principle, to guide him. No
man is willing to jump up and down
for fifty years, and then lie down
and die like a dog dies and be for
gotten. A man who never thinks
about his own funeral is an idiot. The
more he thinks about it the better
will he be and the happier. A man's
death is a bigger thing than all his
life, and he had better get ready for
it and set his house in order. A wild,
reckless, good-hearted young man
was telling me how kindly and tend
erly a good old lady talked to him
about religion and repentance and
death and the judgment and heaven
and the new Jerusalem and the angels
and all that, and he said, "I liked to
have cried."
"And what did you say to her?" I
asked.
"Ofi." said he. "I told her I expect
ed it was a big thing a mighty big
thing, and I reckon it is don't you?"
Well, it is a big thing to live right,
and a bigger thing to die calm and
serene. Bill Arp.
The Spring.
Of all seasons in the year, is the
one for making radical changes in re
gard to health. During the winter,
the system becomes to a certain ex
tent clogged with waste, and the
blood loaded with impurities, owing
to lack of exercise, close confinment
in poorly ventilated shops and homes,
and other causes. This is the cause
of the dull, sluggish, tired feeling so
general at this season, and which
must be overcome, or the health may
be entirely broken down. Hood's
Sarsaparilla has attained the greatest
popularity all over the country as the
favorite Spring Medicine. It expels
-the accumulation of impurities through
the bowels, kineys, liver, lungs and
skin, gives to the blood the purity
and quality necessary to good health
and overcomes that tired feeling. -
WJaat a wife," who thinks her hus
band has told her all, hasn't been
told is simply appalling.
For Over Fifty Years
Mrs. Wmslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colic, and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It
will relieve the poor little sufferer im
mediately, sold Dy uruggists in
every part of the world. Twenty-five
cents a bottle. Be sure and ask for
"Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup,"
and take no other kind.
Our spare hours are well named;
they seem the shortest of the day.
A Safe Investment.
Is one which is guaranteed to bring
you satisfactory results, or in case of
failure a return of purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our
advertised Druggist a botde of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consump
tion. It is guaranteed to bring relief
in every case, when used for any af
fection of Throat, Lungs or Chest,
such as Consumption, Inflammation
of Lungs, Bronchitis, Asthma,
WTiooping Cough, etc., etc. It is
pleasant and agreeable to taste, and
can always be depended upon. Trial
bottles free at A. W. Rowland's
Drucr store.
The buyer who tries to beat you
down is a price-fighter.
Merit Wins.
We desire to say to our citizens,
that for years we have been selling
Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, Dr. King's New Life Pills,
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric
Bitters, and have never handled rem
edies that sell as well, or that have
yiven such universal satisfaction. We
do not hesitate to guarantee them
every time, and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price, if satisfac
tory results do not follow their use.
These remedies have won their great
popularity purely on their merits. A.
W. Rowland Druggist.
Many a wealthy old gentleman
succeeds in ruling his relations entire
ly by will power.
LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM ST AT, BE
DEAD!
DANIEL GOULD FOWLE,
NORTH CAROLINA'S DEAR DEPARTED
CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
( .'imumtaiicfii Attending Uh Death His
Life and Character The Imposing Fu
neral Pageant The Entire State In
Mournin ; A Sad ShockThe Cry at
Midnight, "He is Dead!"
The State Chronicle of Wednes
day, April 8th, says:
"Governor Fowle is dead."
This morning about 12:30 o'clock
this sudden and terrible announce
ment stilled the music at the gay as
sembly of Raleigh's young people at
the Capital Club, and hushed every
voice of merriment.
It carried consternation to every
heart, and produced a sadness never
before felt in Raleigh. The pleasant
gathering dispersed with a sad heart
for in all that throng there was not
one who did not hold the Governor
in hiehest esteem, and who did not
grieve in the announcement of his
sudden and untimely death.
There were many in that brilliant
assemblage who knew the Governor
well and who had enjoyed his friend
ship and hospitality. All young
people who came near him, had .a
warm regard for him, and when the
terrible and sudden news of his death
came to them, tears came unbidden
to many eyes, and without a mo
ment's delay they hastened to quit the
scene of festivity.
The death so stunned his family,
friends and physicians that no news
of the sad event was heard up the
street until a few minutes to one
o'clock. When it was stated, the
news ran over the city like a terrible
shock. No one except his iutimate
friends and close associates in the af
fairs of the State knew that he
ill, and the announcement came
was
as a
clap of thunder from a clear sky.
For two days Governor Fowle had
not been feeling quite well, but was
not thought to be at all dangerously
affected. He did not go to the Ex
ecutive Office on Monday, and on
yesterday, though better, he did not
go to the Office. His physician, Dr.
Fab Haywood, advised, as a pure
matter of precaution, that he stay at
home. This he did, and was thought
to be much better than on Monday.
After supper, a young friend called
to see him and found him in fine
spirits. In his most genial mood,
the Governor said, "I believe it
would do me good to get up and
take a little exercise." Afterwards as
was his wont every night, his young
er children came to him to be near
him while they studied their lessons
and have his fatherly direction and
aid. His mind was clear and he as
sisted his daughter, Mary, to work a
problem in her arithmetic lesson,
saying, when he had finished the
most difficult problem, "There, it is
difficult, and I expect your teacher
would not have an easy time work
ing it herself." He was in the best
spirits and none of his symptoms
were alarming. Shortly afterwards
he called his daughter, Mary, and
said, "My little girl, I do not feel
well, and I am glad you are here. I
feel that I may need you to sit up
with me to-night." About that time
his daughter, Miss Helen, came into
the room again (she having been
with her father with tender solicitude
in what was supposed to be a slight
indisposition) and the Governor, af
ter smiling to her said, "Helen, I am
fainting," and fell back unconscious
upon his pillow, to the consternation
of" his children. His daughter damp
ened a towel and ran to him to ren
der assistance. The servants were
summoned one ran for Dr. McKee,
another for Drs. -Burke and Hubert
Haywood and Miss Helen herself ran
for her uncle, Dr. Fab Haywood.
Dr. Fab Haywood was the first to ar
rive, but the Governor was already
dead. In fact he did not live five
minutes after his words, "I am faint
ing." The doctors think he died
probably of apoplexy. He died at
1 1 J30 o'clock.
Messengers hurriedly carried the
news through the city, and in a short
while the State officers and many
prominent citizens hurried to the Ex
ecutive Mansion which had suddenly
been transformed into a home of
gloom and grief.
Capt. Batchelor, of the Governor's
Guard, tendered an honorary guard,
a detail of that company, whose suc
cess and achievements always gave
great joy to the Governor, will be on
duty to-day.
The Council of State had a formal
meeting at an early hour after mid
night, and put the matter of draping
the Capitol and Executive Mansion
in mourning in charge ot State Au
ditor Sanderlin. These emblems of
mourning will be elaborate and in
keeping with the high office which
our distinguished fellow citizen held
an honored.
Dr. James McKee, President of
the Capital Club, ordered that build
ing to be appropriately draped and it
will be done to-day.
There will be a meeting of the
Council of State this morning at 10
o'clock. A telegram was sent to
Governor Holt, at his home at Haw
River, and he is expected to reach
the city this morning in time to at
tend the meeting of the Council of
State.
Te1eo-ram5 were sent tr his brother
in Washinef on and his other rela
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tives, and to Private Secretary S. F.
Telfair, who is in Baltimore.
The body will lie in state in the
Capitol until the funeral on Thurs
day, the hour and particulars of
which will be announced later.
WILSON, WILSON COUNTY, N. C, APRIL
A Devoted Father.
The deep and tender sympathies
of all the people of Raleigh and
throughout the State go out to the
sorely bereaved children. Never
was there a happier family, a more
devoted father, or one more tenderly
beloved by his children. The Gov
ernor's home life was sweet and beau
tiful to reflect upon. He had a warm
and tender heart, and all his children
came to him as freely as to a mother.
Between them there was no restraint.
He loved them and they knew that
no company was so pleasant to him
as their society. In their sports and
pleasures, as well as their studies, he
took a deep interest. His home-life
was singularly delightful to him, and
when troubled in court or in affairs of
State he would turn to the compan
ionsbip of his children for relaxation
and happiness. To his younger
children, since the death of his wife in
1S86, he had been mother and father,
and his tenderness and love will ever
remain to them their most priceless
treasure. As the Chief Executive of
the great State of North Carolina he
set an example of simple, unaffected
and happy home-life which might
with profit be followed by all the citi
zens of the State.
His Character.
In character, the Governor likewise
set an example in upright living.
He was a man of the highest integri
ty and personal purity. Fond of in
nocent pleasures and amusements, he
used them to administer tojiealth and
happiness but never abused them.
He was a total abstainer and , never
touched liquor in any shape. He
did not fear it for himself but he be
lieved it to be his duty to set an 'ex
ample of temperance to the young
men by whom he always loved to
surround himself.
He was a conscientious man and
trusted in the Savior. His faith was
simple and unaffected, and his heart
was full of the milk of human kind
ness. For many years he had been
a devoted Presbyterian, and was a
member of the First Presbyterian
church in Raleigh. Firm in his faith,
he was a man of broadest catholicity
and free trom sectarian bias. We
had enjoyed peculiar privileges of
knowing his religious views and his
convictions. That he lived in the as
surance of a better world we have no
doubt, and we believe that he has
been called to a home not made
with hands. Suddenly called to
render an account for the deeds done
in the body, the summons found him
ready' He had not allowed his po
litical interests or his duties as Gov
ernor to allow him to forget that his
first duty was to his Creator, and in
all things he acknowledged Him and
tried to do His will. God rest his
faithful and loving soul !
His Adnilnl-itr.it ion.
W riting under heaviest pressure,
we cannot at this time do justice to
his life and character or put a thought
ful estimate upon the value of his
public services. That they entitled
him to the exalted position of Gover
nor the people said in 1888, and be
fore that thousands had sought to
elevate him to that high position. Our
acquaintance with the Governor had
been of comparatively recent date,
and we had not known him well un
til since his election to the guberna
torial chair. His public acts as Gov
ernor are well known to our readers.
W e shall refer to them to-morrow
at some length. It is enough to say
to-day that it is our belief that his
administration of that high office was
actuated by a patriotic desire to ad
vance the welfare of the State, and
with an eye single to making his ad
ministration progressive, wise and de
serving of the commendation of the
people of the State. There was no
back-door influence to his administra
tion. It was free from the slightest
breath of suspiciou of any kind. It
was honorable, clean and open. He
was easy of approach and gave a
hearing to all parties, and gave con
sideration to" the claims of all. He
was bold and did not fear to assume
responsibilities, and his administra
tion will be regarded as wisely pro
gressive, honorable and worthy of
the upright man who filled the office
of Chief Executive of his native State
1 he Chronicle writes not as a jour
nalist merely in expressing the grief
which this sad event carries to many
hearts. Our relations with the Gov
ernor were 01 such a nature as to
know him well. We were warmly
attached to him, and out side of his
immediate family no one will be more
sorrowful or more deeply grieved
than the editor of this paper. His
warm heart, genial nature, patriotic
endeavor to serve the State, and his
sunny temper, and desire to secure
the betterment of the people had giv
en us an affectionate esteem for him;
and now that he is dead we feel that
while the State loses an able states
man, our loss is that of a frank, cor
dial and sincere friend. Mourning
will decorate our public buildings. Its
sad badge will rest upon our hearts,
tor the Chen Executive was to us
more than the worthy occupant of a
great office. he was a friend in whom
we trusted and whom we loved.
A Sketeh of His Life.
Daniel Gould Fowle was born in
Washington this State, on March 3rd,
1 83 1. In 1845 he entered the fa
mous Bingham School and afterward
entered Princeton College, N. J., at
the age of sixteen. He was a class
mate of Hon. Barnes Compton, ol
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honors of his
class! 1
He graduated
at Princeton in 1851, was admited to
the bar in 1853 and settled m Raleigh
in 1854 where he has since resided,
and where he has always been held
in the highest esteem.
Gov. Fowle was twice married and
THY COUNTRY S, THY GOd's,
survived Doth wives. His first wife
was Miss Ellen Brent, daughter of
Chief Justice Richmond Pearson, who
died in 1862 leaving two children,
Margaret, now wife of Mr. P. H. An
drews, -of this city, and Martha, wife
of Mr. D. B. Avera, of Johnston
county.
it in 1 85b, he maimed Mary E. only
daughter of Dr. F. J. Haywood, who
died in 1886, leaving three children,
M isses Helen and Mary Fowle and
Daniel G. Fowle, Jr.
At the outbreak of the civil war
he enlisted in the old Raleigh Rifles
and marched to the front as second
Lieutenant. He served consecutively
in the offices of Major of the Commis
sary Department and Lieutenant Co
lonel ot the 31st Regiment, when he
was capiured and imprisoned at Fort
Hill, in Beaufort county, February 8th
1862. In that same year he was re
leased and entered the Legislature as
the representative from Wake county
after the adjournment of which he
was made Adjutant General of the
State with the rank of Major General.
In the fall of 1863 e resigned his
commission and ran for the Legisla
ture again on the anti-Holden ticket,
being the only candidate elected by
the opponents of Governor Holden.
In 1865 he was appointed by Gov.
Holden as Judge of the Superior
Court, and the subsequent Legisla
tures re-elected him until in 1867 he
resigned because he would not carry
out the orders of the Military Gover
nor, Gen. Sickles. He manifested in
a manner so emphatic as never to be
forgotten, his veneration for the Con
stitution and his love for constitution
al erovernment. He felt deeply the
humiliation of a judiciary dependent
upon the will of military satraps, and
his admirable conduct in refusing to
be an instrument to such degradation
and his masterly denunciation of such
subversion of constitutional govern
ment deserve to be remembered as
long as patriotic men love constitu
tional liberty. The attempt to make
judges partizan tools made so deep
an impression upon his mind that he
never was so eloquent as when de
picting the evils that would come to
the people if constitutional govern
ment should perish from the earth.
In 1865 he was chairman of the
State Executive Committee, and threw
all his enerev and strength into' the
campaign that followed. He was af
terwards a candidate for the Senate
from Wake and Franklin counties.
but was defeated though he led his
ticket. In 1876 the Convention put
him on the Tilden and Hendricks,
electoral ticket as Elector at Large.
So well did he conduct the campaign
that it was evident had Tilden been
inaugurated he would, more than
probably, have appointed him Attor
ney General. In every Convention
thereafter he received flattering votes
for the Gubernatorial nomination and
it was in the Convention of 1888 that
placed him enthusiastically at the
head of the ticket. He was elected
by 1 3,7 1 8 majority and was inaugura
ted as Governor on January 1 8th,
1889.
In June last he was invited to de
liver the literary address at his Alma
Mater, Princeton College. His en
gagements prevented. He was hon
ored with the degree of LL D. This
degree had previously been given
him at Davidson College, and in 1889
the Universiry of North Carolina had
given him the same degree.
It was just in January last that he
moved into the elegaut new mansion
built by the State and revived the old
custom of Governor's receptions. He
had planned to make these recep
tions occasions for the social gather
ings of great pleasure to the people
of the city and State.
The Chronicle of Thursday, April
9th says:
Lying in State.
Yesterday was a day of sorrow at
the Capitol.
All public offices were closed and
no public business was transacted.
The Capitol was draped in heaviest
mourning, and the heads of the peo
ple bowed down in sorrow.
It was four o'clock in the morning
when quietude returned to the Gov
ernor's mansion which had since mid
night been the scene of sad and
dreary excitement.
Until the first gleam of day broke
on the sleeping city no sounds of hu
man tread could be heard in all that
snuare surrounding the late home of
1 .
our dead Governor. The mansion
was returned to its seeming repose,
yet there were souis witnin its wans
wrapped up in the loved form of a
dead father and friend.
The only visible signs of action lay
in the constant flickering of the elec
tric flame without and the seething of
the large, mellow light that hung
from the ceiling of the mansion.
About five o'clock the early dawn
awoke the hundreds of workingmen
who, starting -to their daily tasks,
were stunned by the almost incredi
ble tidings.
These were the firsi hours of
dawn. The flags on the Capitol
were lowered to half-mast and, ere
day blazed in her fullness, citizens
left their beds of sleep to read the
startling intelligence in the morning
papers.
The Chronicle, which contained
the fullest and completest account of 1
the sad event, was eagerly sought af-
ter and a large extra edition disposed
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VII.
The first flash nf the sad event
seems to have awakened every city
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; State.
Before nine o clock it seems that
every man, woman and child in Ral
eigh had been apprised of the death
of the Governor, and around the
Capitol fences, gates and walls sever-
al hundred congregated to learn full
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er particulars and to mutually ex
press their deep sorrow at the afflic
tion which had come," not only upon
the stricken family, but upon a strick
en State.
Placing The Remains in The Casket.
At an early hour Mr. Jno. W.
Brown, the.undertaker, placed the
body of the Governor in a handsome
rosewood casket, upon whose cover
was inscribed the words:
DANIEL GOULD FOWLE,
BORN MARCH 3, 1 83 1,
DIED APRIL 7, 1 89 1.
The remains were then placed in
the parlor of the mansion to await
their removal to the Capitol at
twelve o'clock;
Visiting The Mansion.
Before the hour had arrived for the
removal many distinguished citizens
visited the Mansion, consisting, of
State and city officers and distin
guished visitors. The Governor's
Staff, composed of Lieutenant Colo
nel E. G. Harrell, Cols. William
Grimes, Fred A. Olds and Austin
Grimes were present in their full dress
uniform, as were alsol
a detachment
of the Governor'
Guard who pa-
trolled in front of the
Mansion.
to The Capitol.
Remains Conducted
It was 1 1 : sX " O clock when the
Governor's Guard left their armory
in full dress for the Mansion. With
muffled drums and steady tread they
moved up Fayetteville street in .full
rank, preceded by the drum corps,
arriving in front of the Governor's
home at 12:01, p. m. There had
gathered about thirty of his close
friends and acquaintances to accom
pany the remains. From the fresco
ed walls looked down upon the sol
emn scene the faces of men who had
done honor, with Governor Fowle,
to the high office in which our chief
tain fell. From a distant entrance
could be seen the faces of two, old
colored women, the Governor's ser-'
vants, with tears flowing down their
care-worn cheeks, which incident, il
lustrating the high regard in which
he was held by the colored as well as
the white citizens, added to the sor
rowful occasion.
The Guards had been at the man
sion some ten minutes when Captain
Batchelor detailed eight of his men
as temporary pall-bearers to conduct
the remains to the hearse: Messrs. J.
J. Whitehead, Thad. M. Jones, B. F.
Johnston, C. D. Arthur, E. H. Ba
ker, T. C. Williams, Jr., and Geo.
Sears. The procession then left the
mansion for the Capitol. Just follow
ing the hearse were the Governor's
Guard, after which came Rev. John
S. Watkins, D. D., his pastor, on the
arm of Secretary of State Octavius
Coke. Just behind them followed
the other State officers, and many
citizens of Raleigh and the State.
They Reach The Capitol.
The city bells, which had tolled
during the escorting ;of die body to
the Capitol, ceased as the hearse
reached Halifax street entrance to
Union Square. A dense throng of
anxious people crowded along the
sidewalks and every avenue was
taken up in their deep anxiety to
catch one glimpse of the casket
which contained all that remained of
their distinguished Governor and fellow-citizen.
Police soon cleared the
way and the procession moved slow
ly around the Capitol building to the
Hillsboro Street Entrance where it
halted. The Guard's detail tender
ly took the corpse from the hearse
and bore it to the Capitol Rotunda,
laying it on a catafalque.
The Remains Lying; In State.
It was a sad, sad scene. The un
dertaker opened the casket while the
large crowd, heart . stricken and
seemingly fearful in breathless excite
ihent refrained from approaching the
casket of their chief. But in a mo
ment they gave way and ever after
wards a stream of humanity flowed
by, and thousands of people looked
for the last time upon the genial form
lying as a flower of knighthood in
joyous garb. His voice was hushed
forever, but honor's stain was on his
brow and valor's star was on his
breast, and "the peace w-hich passeth
all understanding descended upon
him."
It was a sorrowful scene; from the
railing overhea'd hung long, folds of
drapery, and the corridors were lined
and wraped in a sombre garb, while
the Governor's office and the chair
in which he used to sit when discharg
ing his solemn duty as the Chief Ex-,
ecutive of a great State, were heavily
decorated in white and black.
A rich profusion of delicate lillies,
violets and beautiful hot house plants
almost covered the catafalque and they
were fitting, for no man loved beauti
ful flowers any more than did our de
ceased Governor.
The Guards left a detail of men to
protect the remains in the rotunda all
the evening, and as the crowds pass
ed through they politely kept order
and strict decorum.
Lieut. Gov. Holt Arrives.
Telegrams had been sent to Lieu
tenant Governor Holt at his home in
Haw River yesterday morning early,
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I mail at two o'clock, being met at the
I depot by State Secretary Coke, State
Auditor Sanderlin and many relatives
and friends. He at once went to the
Capitol where he arrived exactly at
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cutive office, laid
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entering the txe
aside his hat and
cane and took from Executive Clerk
I Capeheart
Bible which he held in
his hand.
He Takes The Oath of Governor.
Chief Justice Merrimon, approach
ing him said: "I am here to swear
you into the office of Governor of
North Carolina, your predecessor
having died on last uight. Are you
- prepared?" "I am," the Governor re
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sponded. He then repeated after the
Chief Justice the oaths to support the
Constitution and laws of the United
States, the State of North Carolina,
and that he will faithfully perform
duties appertaining to the office of
Governor. After he had then sworn
him into office Chief Justice Merrimon
offered him his hand, saying:"-While
I sincerely deplore the death of your
predecessor, 1 offer you my heartiest
congratulations as Governor of North
Carolina."
He Views The Remains.
The new Governor then walked to
the rotunda where for a4iew moments
he looked upon the remains of his
late predecessor.
Meeting of The Si.it,- Officer.
A meeting of the Suite officers
was held in the office of Secretary of
State at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. Present: Octavius Coke, Sec
retary of State; G. W. Sanderlin,
Auditor; D. W. Bain, Treasurer; and
T. F. Davidson, Attorney General.
Secretary Coke presided and
Treasurer Bain was appointed Secre
tary. The object of the meeting, as
stated by the chairman, was to take
appropriate action in respect to the
death of the late Governor of the
State, His Excellency Daniel G.
Fowle.
It was announced that the body of
the Governor would be removed to
the Capitol at 1 2 o'clock m. to-day
and laid in state in the rotunda.
The following telegram from His
Excellency, Gov!. McKinney, of Vir
ginia, was ordered to be placed on
record in the State Council proceed
ings: Richmond, Ya., April 8, 1891.
Octavius Coke, Sect'y. of State :
For myself and the people of Vir
ginia Idesire to express my deep
regret at the loss which North Caro
lina has just sustained in the death of
her distinguished Governor. Please
convey my personal sympathy and
condolence to his lamily.
P. W. McKinney,
Governor.
A telegram was received from
Lieutenant Governor Thomas M.
Holt, expressing sympathy and an
nouncing that he would arrive in
Raleigh by the earliest train.
Treasurer Bain was instructed to
provide carriages and floral offerings.
On motion of Attorney General
Davidson Auditor Sanderlin was re
quested to receive Lieut. Gov. Holt
on his arrival in city to-day and es
cort him to the Capitol where he will
take the oath of office. The meet
ing adjourned.
Adjutant General James D. Glenn
was appointed Chief Marshal.
The family of the deceased haying
committed to the State officers the
matter of making all arrangements
for the funeral the following honor
ary pall-bearers were appointed:
Hons. T. J. Jarvis, M. W. Ran
som, T. S. Kenan, E. G. Reade, A.
S. Seymour, Kemp P. Battle, T. R.
Jernigan, J. C. McRae, C. M. Bus
bee, Esq., Col. A. B. Andrews, Dr.
Jas. McKee, Benj. F. Park, Esq.
It was announced that the hour of
4:30 o'clock this afternoon at the 1st
Presbyterian church of this city had
been. selected fur the funeral, Rev. J.
S. Watkins, D. D., pastor, to offici
ate. In the afternoon of yesterday Gov.
T. M. Holt, his Council and Attor
ney General met in the office of Sec
retary of State and arrangements as
heretofore announced were perfected
and ordered to be published.
Telegrams of Condolence.
From all over the country tele
grams were received yesterday even
ing conveying the sympatny 01 a
heart-stricken State to the family of
the deceased Governor. They were
from the Governors of different
Southern States and Mayors of
North Carolina cities, and towns.
Many of the business houses and
private residences were draped in
mourning.
The Funeral.
The Chronicle, of Friday, April
10th, contained the following :
Our Governor sleeps in Oakwood.
A mourning State paid its last tri
bute of respect and laid him down to
his last sleep.
Yesterday was a sadder day than
our eyes have yet seen in this the
capital of our great State.
All Wednesday night sentinels
stood guarding the body of our late
Governor, which remained in state in
the capitol rotunda, and in the dark
ness of the latter hours of night the
lone sentinels tread, with the gas jets
overhead, only served to break the
death-like stillness which reigned su
preme. Under the stately dome of the cap
itol, guarded by his soldier boys, be
neath the pile of fragrant lillies and
surrounded by palms and ferns, the
he nved burden in that casket was
not disturbed by a single approach
through the stillness of the long and
dreary hours of night.
But day broke over the city and at
an early hour citizens and visitors
were stirring and alert making ready
the sad day on which to bury their
Governor.
All the morning a stream of human
ity poured through the swinging doors
of the Fayetteville street entrance and
it is estimated that nearly ten thous
and people looked into the genial yet
pale and lifeless face of our late Gov
ernor for the last time.
Making Beady The Da of Sorrow.
Raleigh did honor to the memory
of her patriotic cjtizen by draping al
most every building down Fayette
ville street, and by noon, as the surg
ing mass of humanity nervously mov
ed along her sidewalks it was strik
ingly evident that the State had gath
ered to sorrow with its capital city,
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ami mourn the loss of its noble Gov
ernor. Standing near the statue of
ashington, in Capitol Square, and
taking in a view to where the Centen
nial Graded School rose to arrest the
eye of the spectator it was a sorrow
tnl scene of a most imposing charac
ter, a city wrapt in the sombre garb
ol mourning.
At an early hour the stars and
stripes floating from the Government
Building were lowered to half mast
as a mark of respect from a sympa
thizing nation;
Few places of business were open
ed and even they closed at three
o'clock in the afternoon that no one
should be barred from rendering the
respect due the chief officer of the
State.
The MIHIar) An ivinjj.
At nine o'clock the Vance Guards
ot Henderson, under command of
Capt. Henry Perry, arrived, accom
paanied by a number of citizens
along the R. &. G. railroad.
At noon a specif train arrived
from New Berne bringing the Wilson
Light Infantry, under Capt. W. P.
Wooten, and the Goldsboro Rifles,
Capt. W. T. Dortch commanding.
President W. S. Chadwick, of the N.
C. railroad, had ordered "this special
train in order to bring Governor
Fowle's brother and sister, Mr. J. L.
Fowle and Mrs. Telfair, o" Washing
ton, to the sad occasion.
The train from the West was be
hind, but when it did come it brought
about two hundred and fifty passen
gers, among whom were the Burling
ton Light Infantry under Lieut. Car
roll, and the Durham Light Infantry
under Capt Gattis. Besides these
great numbers of prominent citizens
from the Western part of the State
stepped from the train.
By three o'clock the capital square
was a scene of moving humanity.
The whole city was out en masse to
witness the sad occasion.
The Casket Closed.
As the town clock struck 2:30 the
casket containing the body was closed
and the face of our Governor was hid
front men forever. Thousands had
looked upon it with deepest sorrow,
young and old, rich and poor, white
and black, all had seen him as he lay
for his final sleep. " Little children,
anxious to jsee the man whom they
were taught to revere, begged to be
lifted in the arms of the stronger
above the open casket. But now it
was closed forever and the large pil
low of the most lovely and beautiful
flowers our eyes rested upon (the
floral tribute of Capt. Benahan Cam
eron) was placed on the coffin lid. A.
more beautiful or elegant floral tribute
has never been seen in Raleigh, and
it betokened that the great executive
bore in death as in life "the white
flower of a blameless life."
BearlnjfThe Kenialns To Th Church,
It was -3". 15 when the battallion of
the Slate Guard formed in ranks and
steadily inarched up fayetteville
street to the capitol gate. Then they
halted and then proceeded up West
Morgan to Salisbuty where they
formed a ny line along side of the
capitol facing the the same. Botff
lodges of Odd Fellows and the Ma
sonie order had formed further dtmai
in front of the Baptist church where
they awaited the remains. u
At 4:19 casket was taken out the
north door, and placed m the hearse.
roceeded ly the
Governor's staff
)orne along the
the remains were 1
long line of military to the First Pres
byterian Church on the corner -ol
Morgan and Salisbury streets. Along
side the hearse which was heavily
draped walked the following highly
respected colored men of the city
were the acting pall bearers: Suree
Atkins, Andrew Haywood, Eli Stan
ford, Chas Cardwell, Austin Dunston,
James Biggs, Chas Cotten, George
Fleming.
The casket was borne to the church
entrance between the members of the
Governor's Staff, who had parted
that it might pass.
At The Chore.
Few besides the family of the late
Governor, the pall-bearers, officers of
the State, the representatives of the
colleges and University, city officers
of Raleigh and their municipalities,
members of the Governor's staff and
distinguished visitors found seats in
the First Presbyterian church, where
the simple and appropriate services
were held. Rev. John S. Watkins,
D. I)., conducted the services.
Dr. Watkins' first selection was
Corinthians, 15th chapter, after which
he very feelingly made the following
-
prayer.
The c hoir sang "Jesus, Saviour of
my Soul," etc. A second selection
was then read from Romans, 8th
chapter.
The pastor then announced that
the services would be concluded at
the grave, and as the remains were
borne from the church, the choir
sang "Nearer my God to Thee."
At 5:05 the funeral cortege left the
church m the following order:
Orilcriif Murrli.
Governor's Staff mounted.
The Raleigh Police Force headed
by Chief C. D. Heard .
Adjutant Gen. Jas. D. Glenn, Col.
F. A. Olds, Q. M. G.. Hubert Hay
wood, Surge-tin Gen., Benehan Cam
eron, Insp. S. A. P., W. H. Wil
liams, A. D. CJno. S. Cunning
ham, A. D. C, Austin Grimes, A.
D. C, Lieut. Col. E. G. Harrell,
Asst. Ord. Officer., Maj. S. H.
Smith, Asst. Adj. Gen., Capt, Wm
B. Grimes, Asst. Adj. Gen., Capt.
Leo. D. Heart, Assistant Paymaster
General. Capt. W. E. Schenck, As
sistant Adjutant General, Lieufcow bittbi
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H, W. Jackson, -moe uc and Urer Cwwp
First Brigade.
(Concluded on fourth