The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-06-07
Every Business House on Commercial
Street More or Less Decorated.
And Red, White and Blue Profussly
Used Throughout the City.
Exc cisss at the Csmstery-0 Grafton
In Full by Judge Graves.
List Of Dead Soldiers Who Lie Ia Ma
plswcod and Dry Greek CemstSrISs.
Veterans In LIne-NOrmalItss-U
Lodge NO. &-Ths VVOOdnsn-Osher
Orders-NOtes and Incidents.

For years Memorial Day has been q
gala day in our midst, which, although
hardly to be classed in the same cata-
logue as the Fourth Of July, yet has
always been seemingly more Of q day
of rejoicing than of sorrow. And in
other cities this same feeling seems to
have prevailed. It's observance in this
city yesterday was on such scale a.
was never seen here before. the turn
out in procession being much larger
and the attendance from the surround
ing country seemingly being general.
A more beautiful day could not have
been asked for, and at an early hour
hour on all hands conld be heard the
click Of the hammer in its ork of dec
Grafton, preparatory for the afternoon
services. Every business house in the
city, too, it was noticeable, was deco
rated, and not few of them very
beautifully. During almost the entire
day the sun shone in all its splendor,
and only late in the afternoon did q
shower blow up, which slightly inter-
fered with and cut short the exercises
at the cemetery, and materially cut
down the proportions of the procession
which formed at the Normal on the
way home. But, taken all in all, the
day was more generally and more beau
tifully and successfully observed than
ever heretofore, everything passing on
In as fine order and regularity as
If by clock-work, with extremely few
bitches or balks, considering the i'm
mense crowd and the mammoth pro-
portions of the procession.
THE DECORATIONS
all along the line of march, and, in
deed, in all quarters of the city, were
profuse. Nearly every store on Com
mercial street was decorated with the
national colors. Possibly, however,
the most elaborate displays were those
of the dry goods merchants, and nota-
bly, the stores Of George w. Newman 8
Co., and Strauss q Schlesinger.
THE PROCESSION.
Not in years have the streets of EN-
poria been so densely crowded as they
were during the formation Of the col
umn and while it was in procession.
The procession itself was without
doubt the largest ever seen on the
streets Of our city, aud was one which
every citizen seemed deeply interested
in. The column was formed in accord
ancc With the programme heretofore
published.
THE NORMAL.
At the same time the procession
started from Fifth avenue, the Nor
NAL students, under direction of Prof
Taylor and the rest of the faculty,
started south, and on meeting the head
of the column opened ranks and al
lowed the veterans and w. r. G. to
pass through, the ''vets" uncovering
as recognition Of the honor.
Each student was armed with q
beautiful bouquet, and the Normal was
represented by an immense floral star.
Each class was also represented by q
beautiful wreath of flowers. When
the veterans had reached and were
passing the Normal, Prof. Taylor, on
behalf Of the school, presented the W.
r. G. with the star, to be placed at the
urn for the unknown dead, besides
&. many lovely emblem bouquets for gen.
eral distribution.
On reaching West street most Of the
pedestrians took carriages or other We
hicles to the cemetery.
AT THE CEMETERY.
On arriving at Maplewood, the
wagons and carriages were packed il
the large field adjoining, and, after re
forming, the procession wended itl
way through the gates and to the G
A. r. lot in the northeast corner Of thu
cemetery, where a hollow square wa
formed Of the two posts, the s. of ".
Union Lodge No. 2, Uniformed RAM
AZ U. W., and Company E. Ma
tional Guard. Within the squar,
were the w. r. G. and the Juvenil
Flag Brigade.
In this position the beautiful ritua
prescribed for such occasions by the G
A. r. was read by Post Commando
Charles Harris, assisted by Chaplain
Shuey and Extraordinarily Fran
Romano, Company Z, X. N. G., unde
command of Captain Wilcox firing tn
salute to the dead" in faultlesl
manner.
DECORATING GRAVES.
Following this the Juvenile Fla
Brigade, under direction Of Conrad
Waterbury, and accompanied by ID
tails of veterans from post 464, prC
ceeded to place a wreath Of evergreenl
a bouquet and flowers on each an
every grave Of veteran.
Besides this an immense concours
of citizens were in attendance, an
were decorating other graves, SO ths
but few of the homes of the dead WEI
left undecorated.
INFERRED IN SIAPLEwooD.
The following is list of those il
TERED at Maplewood cemetery, 80 Z,
as could be obtained. Parties knoy
ing Of others or able to give initia
omitted in this list viii confer a fay,
by sending postal card with inform
ton to Charles Harris:
A. G. Kelley, Now.
John Ferguson, Marsh.
Hoyden, J.W, LYNN.
John Hunter, -Webstar-
- Fairchilds, s. Z. Northin0ko
Parsell, ST..
j. r. Walkup, w. Clark.
Rnfart Traland Tot.-.