Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-31

OCAO4H' may oo.--Decoratlon day was
observed in Duluth in general. The par
ade this afternoon was one of the most
imposing ever Witnessed in this city. The
several societies, the Willis A. German. G
y. r., fire department and hundreds of
citlzens IN carriages and on foot. The
march was up to Forest hill cemetery.
where music was furnished by the Duluth
brass band and Duluth glee club, after
which Rev. j. NJ. Bull delivered the ora
ton of the day, which was very impressive.
AT CHICAGO.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
CHICAGO, May 30.-The wet weather
which set in at an early hour this forenoon
did not deter the veterans, who became &C.
customed to brave the elements of twenty
years ago, from carrying out to its full ex-
tent the programme arranged for the deco
ration of the soldiers graves. Custer post
were the first to start on their mission of
love, their destination being Calvary GENE
tory. Joseph Danenhower, a brother of
the lieutenant who survived the rigors of a
north pole voyage, was in command.
Delegations of Custer post went also to
st. Boniface and Waldheim cemeteries.
whittier post No. 7, D. L. Carmichael, com
mander, set out at 10 o'clock, seventy
five strong for lakewood, escorted by com
panies A, Z and II of the Second regiment,
Lieut.. Vanzoal in command. On the way
to lakewood they were joined by Lincoln
post No. 81, at South Chicago by Burnside
side post No. 100, and at Englewood by the
veteran club of that place. A beautiful
floral cross, bearing the inscription "Rest
IN peace" was taken to lakewood by Whit
AR no To hn rNlo 81 A.
confederate dead buried there. Lyons
post No. 8 assembled at their hall on the
North side at an early hour and went to
Graceiand by a special train. The graves
of some 300 brave fellows who yielded up
their lives for their country's sake were
strewn with flowers in RosehiII cemetery
to-day, by thirty members of post
%, Grand Army of the Republic, and
delegation from the Union Veteran
club. There were no set services in
the cemetery, the lot owners entering a
protest thereto. Owing to the continuous
rain, the original programme for this
afternoon had to be abandoned Many
of the veterans desired to hold the parade
as announced, but at 2 o'clock the com
manders of the military organizations
decided not to call them out to-day. They
agreed to put themselves at the disposal
of the Grand Army next Sunday, if desired
A consultation was then held at the Grand
Army headquarters between Col. L. w.
Perce, chairman of the committee of ar
rangements, and Col. E. D. Swain, at
which it was decided to dedicate the floral
monument on the lake front next Sunday,
but TO ask Col. Clark Z. Carr to deliver
his Grafton in battery D armory at o'clock
this afternoon. Shortly after O'Clock the
Grand Army posts marched from their hall
to the armory whsre az audience of sew
eral thousand persons were assembled to
listen to the Grafton.
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.-Memorial day
was celebrated with the customary observ-
ances, and being a legal holiday, the banks
and business houses were closed. This
evening there are ovations and musical
exercises at the Grand Opera house.
AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, May 3O.-The nations
dead, whose remains are inferred in the
cemeteries in and about Washington, were
honored this morning, with the usual cere-
monies of decoration day. The comrades
of the Grand Army of the Republic and
other organizations and the people of the
city and district decked the graves of the
known and unknown dead with flowers
and the national colors. Poets recited
rythmIcal eUlogies of the country's fallen
heroes, and orators paid tribute to their
memory. The day was clear. calm and
pleasant and all nature seemed IL accord
with the spirit of the celebration. The
government departments were closed and
general business was almost entirely sus-
"a a nit hoA cd
pearance. The memorial services at the
principal cemeteries were conducted under
the direction of the Grant Army of the
Republic, but the Irish res dents of the city
held independent servicee at The Catholic
and Z rodestant cemeteries. The German
veteran union decorated the graves of their
comrades in Prospect Hill cemetery, and
a committee of Free Masons placed flowers
on the graves of deceased Masons in their
line city burial places. The G. A. R.
posts paraded 10 uniform at
8 O'Clock and marched to the Arlington,
National cemetery, where the principal
services Of the day were held Here
large number of people ASS embed to wit
ness the ceremonies, which were of an i'm
pressive character. A national salute was
fred by the signal corps and immediately
afterwards the procession of the Grand
Army of the Republic, ex- soldiers and sail
ors, and soldiers and orphans, was formed
and marched, headed by the Marine band,
through the cemetery, decorating the
graves. At the head of each of the 1000
graves miniature American flags had been
placed, and as the procession passed up
and down the long lines flowers were pro-
fusely scattered over the mounds. At the
tomb of the unknown dead" halt was
made, and while the band played a dirge
flowers we've strewn thickly about the in
closure.
The other exercise we're held in an am
phltheater in the grounds and consisted of
musical selections by the Marine band,
poem by James g. Stewart, of the surgeon
generals Office, dedicated to;the unknown
dead at Arlington, and an Grafton by VIM.
Il. Lambert of PHILADELPHIA. While the
exercises were in progress the members of
the colored Grand Army posts held special