, 1888-05-31


impressive. Special services were held at
the statue OF Gen. Meade at Fairmont park,
and at the tomb of Gen. Hancock, at Nor
| ristown.
GEsrYsBURo. Pa, May 3O,--Memorial day
was appropriately observed here. Hon. Il.
| II. Tarsney, OF Michigan, was the orator Of
the day at the National cemetery.
AT GRANTS TOMB.
New York, May 3O.--At four clock this
| afternoon the smoke from eighty rifles held
| bv the Richmond Grays ioated over the
Hudson from before General Grants flower
covered tomb. The arch of the sepulchre
was covered with lmm ortelles in which
were wrought the words, "His words were
few; his actions decisive" Many large and
beautiful floral designs stood before the
vault, and inside the iron casket was buried
| with handsome flowers. Several military
bodies were in attendance. u. s. Grant, Jr,
and Fred. Grant and wife. and daughter,
were the only members of the Grant family
present. Chopin's funeral march was rem
dered, the grand ritual Of Decoration day
was then said, and General Stewart l..
Woodford folio we'd with an OratiOn.
INaERsoLL's TRIBUTE.
New YoRK, May 3O,-The Metropolitan
opera house was crowded to suhocation In
the evening at the memorial exercises.
Rev. Robert Colyer opened the proceedings
with prayer, He prayed for S, the e. restora-
| the protection OF the union and for Divine
guidance for the president
Hon. Chancey NJ. Depew, who spoke
briefly, said, among other things, Eve Of
the Grand Army have no sympathy with
shirt We do none oft. II once year
| or oftener 1t becomes N scessary to tell. In
| impsssioned to nes, what civil war was for,
| and what was its outcome; II telling what
IL accomp plished may be called waving the
bloody shirt, then l say let the bloody
aIl RI no mn ad In NM
Miss Rose Coghlan reeted "Charge of
the Light Brigade" and Signor Campanini
sang "Salye Dinora," from Faust. The
Grafton of the evening was delivered by
Colonel Robert G.. Ingersoll, and was one
Of those brilliant oratorical efforts for
which he Is so famous; the peroration was
especially fine. 1t began with that
wonderful piece of word painting
| from his Indianapolis oration, beginning
with the words "The past rises before me
war and slavery, the going away of the
union volume and the horrors of war,
and closing with the words: II have one
sentiment tor soldiers living and dead,
cheers for the living, tears for the dead"
To this picture he ado ed the folio wing with
which he closed
A vision Of the future arises see our
country filled with happy homes, with fire.
sides of content; the foremost land of all
the earth. / see world where thrones
| istooracy of idleness has perished from the
earth. see q world without slave. Man
at last Is free; native forces have by science
been enslaved; lightning and light,
and all the secret subtle powers OF the
earth and air are tireless tOilers for the hu-
man race. i see a world at peace, adorned
with every art, with music5 myriad voices
thrilled, while lips are rich with words OF
love and truth. A world in which no ex-
lie sighs, no prisoner mourns; where work
II, u
pirl trying to win bread vii h the needle,-
the needle that has been called the asp for
the breast of the poor, Is not driven to
| desperate choice Of crime or death. OF sui
eide or shame. l SEQ a world without
| the beggars outstretcbed palms, the
niser's heartless stony stare, the pteous
wall OF want the livid lips of lies, the
cruel eyes of scorn. 1 see II race
without disease of the flesh or brain, shape
| ly and fair, u married harmony of form and
Junction. As | look, life lengthens, joy
| deepens. love canopies the earth and over
| all in the great dome shines the eternal
star of human hope"
Unprecedented Rainfall.
DENVER, Col, May 3O-A marvellous
rainfall, which is perhaps at its culmina-
ton to-day, has visited Colorado the last
week. Never before in ali the history OF
| the state has one fifth such an aWount fall
len in IA similar period. Last week has
and something over fortnight ago there
| was steady fall OF rain tor thlrty-six hours
at a stretch, In this last named instance
| the deposit of moisture was greater than
previous years have shown for two months.
Other recent rains have lasted during
twenty-four hours. The extraordinary
| water TALL has not been confined to this
vicinity, but to large extent is general
| throughout the state, reaching to points
like Akron and Sterling, and permeating
knr el,.,
| maps as the Great American desert.
Persons who have crossed the plains
annually for sixteen years back, declare
| that they have never seen the prairies pre-
sent such spectacle before. Usually the
HAT country seems brown, barren waste
with grass growing only in tufts or punches |;
now the wide prairie resembles almost
vast lawn, so smooth and bright is the
green sward. Around the city of Denver
| at present the people have no use for irri.
land for one hundred and twenty miles
eastward. The extraordinary rainfall has
benefited all kinds of crops.
Thurman the Favorite.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30.-The Examiner
this morning prints four columns of tele-
graphic matter. bearing on ThurmaD's pos
sible acceptance OF the vice presidency. This
question among Others was asked Thur
man by the correspondent "While you
may not desire the nomination, lift comes
to you as the voice Of the United States
emocracy of the country, would you not
feel compelled to accept It ?" to which the
following reply was made: III apprehend
no such contingency, and hope and pray
that may be permitted to remain here and
enjoy the quiet, peace and happiness In my
old age, which sh ould be accorded to all on
the shady side of life. Further than this |
have no objection"
| Interviews with piany democratic sena-
| fnr m TAT tva fol
preferences with very few exceptions, be.
| ing Thurman. Senators Vest and Brown,
| as also few other Representatives, would
favor some man less advanced IN years.