St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-31
The Old Veterans Cover Their Dead Com
radeS' Tombs with Beautiful
Flowers.
Dol. Bend Explains at Length Why the
Militia Did Not Turn
Out.
He Is Confident He VIII Win--The
Last Session of the, Outgoing
School Board. ~
A Daylight Robbery - Two Small
Fires.-A Busy Saturday for
a Holiday.
MEMORIAL DAY IN SIT. PAUL.
1t was PunctiliouslY observed Not
Withstanding the Weather.

HI was L uuCtIk1OuSA1 OUsCA' CN ~
withstanding the Weather.
There was no postponement of the OBJ
servance of Decoration day in st. Paul ON
account OF the inclemency of the weather,
nor yet by reason Of the conflict between
the gods of war. Early in the morning
the details from the various posts.
whose duty it was to decorate the graves,
assembled and performed that mournful
but pleasant duty, at all the cemeteries with
few simple cemeteries. At Cavalry Gem
etery requiem mass was said for the souls
of the veterans.
THE PROCESSION
formed in line in front of the state capitol
at 2 D.. M, according to announcement,
when a shower of short duration drove it to
cover for full fifteen minutes, and also dis
persed large concourSe of citizens await
ing its march down Wabasha street. The
skies frightening, the veterans, civic Soeie-
hes and independent militia and cavalry
wheeled into line again, and led by Lieuts.
Morgan and Walsh, with fine body OF
thirty-two of the city police, took up the
line of march, as published yesterday morn
ing. The first division was preceded by
The Great Western, and the second by Sci
into Third street, the cavalry, artillery. and
Acker and Garfield posts, with forty Sons
of Veterans in the lead, made an exceed
ingly fine appearance. The Norwegian
rifles, the Emmett rifles, and the civic
societies. in the second division, made a
grand show, and were followed by the gov
ernors's staff, the Ladies Relief corps, and
a long line of carriages, which
increased in size and volume until when the
Rice homestead was reached the latter re-
sembled great funeral procession.
By the time the corner of Third and
Jackson was reached by the procession the
skies had so frightened that from this
point to the Mississippi street bridge, the
walks were lined with dense cOncourse OF
spectators. while every available window
in blocks and dwellings was filed with
faces. Just as the head of the column en-
tered the beautiful precincts of Maj. Eleel's
homestead there came another slight
dash of tear-drops from the clouds,
which was succeeded by a warmth and
brightness of sunshine which lasted for the
Trmainder Of the afternoon and enabling the
Grand Army to carry out its program with
eminent success.
Not only in carriages by way of the main
entrance to the homestead, but by quite a
number of footpaths entering therein from
Mississippi street, came pouring in crowds
of men, momen and children so that by the
time those who were to con-
duct the ceremonies in the
grand stand had taken their po-
retains the crowd on that beautiful slope
of green sward numbered fully three
thousand.
THE EXERCISES.
1t was a grand scene as in this
dell of natural beauty, set like q
gem in the bosom of valley Of
emerald green, fringed with foliage from
which were literally dropping, as it were,
crystal tears when Rev. E. c. Evans arose
and made fervent invocation to the Deity,
in which the occasion of this gathering was
eloquently told and the dead and the liv-
ing in the great army of the republic touch
ingly remembered.
This was followed by the reading Of the
general orders by Sergeant Major Sanger,
calling upon the Grand Army of the Repub
lie from their national and district head.
quarters to hold this day in hallowed OBJ
servance.
Mayor O'Brien then introduced the Hon
]. B. Brisbin to the audience as their ora
tor with graceful tribute to his intellect
and eloquence, finishing his remarks witt
an allusion 10 the necessity that in the OBJ
Servance of this day from year to year the
history of those who saved this nation be
proclaimed that our children and theil
children should do grateful obeisance tC
their memories and undying fame through