Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY.
THE NATIONS DEAD HEROES FIT
TINGLY H0N0RED.
The Blue and the Gray Unite in
HOnOring Their Dead.
Orators of the Day Judge Campbell and
Rudolph Turk, Esq-Speeches.

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business streets showed a number of flags
and large number of residences were also
beautifully and most tastefully decorated
The people on the streets seemed to walk
less hurriedly with actions Indicating they
had given up one day from business and
were thinking of the results causing the
day to be set apart as a holiday for honor
| ing the nations dead Never in the his
tory of the city was the day so universally
observed, finding so many in the line Of
march and so many at the cemetery with
the choicest Of natural and Guilt
waited flowers. The florists of the
city were taxed to their utmost
in supplying the demands as all seemed
| unwilling to go to the cemetry without
| paying some tribute to the silent heroes
The early morning hours found the
members Of the Woman's Relief Corps at
Memorial hall busily engaged making
suitable bequets and wreaths for the mem
bers OF the post. The donors of flowers for
this part of the decoration are as follows:
Mrs. Sweeney, cedar Mrs. Thes, Nevins
Mrs. Granger, Mrs. Dill, flowers;
Mrs. c. r. Wait, Mrs. Frank
Tazel, Mrs. NJ J. Rochelle, Mrs
Mrs. c. Kimmerlee, boquets; Mrs. j. n.
Bayless wreath; Mrs. T. E. Talbot, Mrs.
Thistlewood and Hattie and Geo. Clark,
boquets; Mrs. Bayless, basket of flowers
Mrs. R. E. Guthrie, ST., boquets; Mrs Sam
uel Slower, boquets; Mrs. Jackson, flowers
Mrs. j. W. Roedy, boqnets; Mrs. Conkling,
Mrs. Covel, Mrs Frank Harris Mrs. Gran
ger and Mrs. McCless, flowers; Miss Dan
ME Bayless, cross; Miss Dora Martin, bo-
quets; Misses Maggie English and Katie
Lee, boquets; Miss Sallie Dumont, DO
quets; Misses Sallie Downing, Belle Noble
and Mary Yike, sweet clover; Miss Bessie
Mccoy, flowers; Miss Maggie Clayberg,
boquet; Miss Laura Bell, flowers; Miss
Gertie Martin, boquets; John Hooker,
flowers Willie J. Martin, boQuet; Dr.
Owens, flowers; Captain Smythe and the
5. S. society, flowers.
At 2 O'Clock the line of march was form
ed on First street with the right resting on
Main. The first was the drum corps on
their left the post, in charge of the COM
mander, DIR. Martin; Company A, End reg
iment, with Captain Richey in COM
mand; the knights of Pythias band;
Eagle rifles in charge of Lieutenant
L.
day. The march was east on First to
Lawrence avenue, south to Douglas ave-
nue., west to Main and north to Third.
There were about one hundred and fifty
members of the post in line and the old
soldiers were noticed to keep step with
beautiful precision. At Third, street cars
were expected to be in waiting for the
post, company and drum corps as the other
companies disbanded at that point. There
was a much greater demand for cars than
expected and nearly all the rolling stock
of the Street Railway company was occu-
pied by children and other parties going
to the cemetery. AS a result most of the
members of the marching organizations
went to the cemetery in hack and such
other conveyances as they could find
Reaching the cemetery it was soon OBJ
served that the attendance was much
larger than on any previous year, being
as variously estimated from three to five
thousand people. The post and company
A reformed in line in the street at the
gateway to the cemetery. They marched
to the step of muffied drums to the newly
made grave Of Benjamin Sherman and
formed a hollow square. Post Commander
II q,
followed by prayer by Mr.. E. C. Jones,
acting chaplin of 1.-THE post. Mr.. B. II.
Downing, in behalf of the post decorated
the grave with wreaths and boquets. Re
spouse by Mr.. Jones, when company A,
under command Of Captain Richey, fired
three volleys over the grave. The post
divided into squads and decorated the
graves with the flowers prepared
by the Woman's Relief corps
There are seventy-one graves of
union soldiers and two of confederates
The names of the latter are Alexander |
WATSON and James Brassfield. The names |
of the former are as follows.
j. Leadford j. Marthall, W. A. Turner, |
H. w. Nigus, - Sherwood, r. H Fender |
CAST, S. Fitzgerald, E. Travis, Geo. Den |
mis-, c. NJ. Platt, Benz. j. Reed, VIM. |
Fisher, Thomas Baker, James White, Hen |
~ Anderson, Isaac McMurday, VIM |
Baize, Chas. V. Warriner, Julius Junker-
man, Edward Curran, B. wager, B. F. |
Hunter, Geo. w. Hayden, c. c. Alliston,
Thomas Royal, w. A. Reese, w A. Boil
lick, Nicholas Moran, Furman Price, B. J.
Dean, S. F. Tircher, Geo B. West. Geo.
Williams, j. w. Brown, William Lawson.
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" Nichols, H. Hildebrand, - Vulgamore,
A. Skinner, G. \. Bidwell, E. B. Philleo
W. S. White, J. 3. Preston, James Davis,
John Connell, Jas. w. Avery, Heron
Mote, - eager S. p Veach, F. McCau-
ey, - Grain, Ben Richards-band, w.
4. Pinkham, j. W. Killion, Edward T.
Beard, Ben X. Shannon.
Before the decorations by the post and
many hundred people visited
he graves and left some tribute of respect
or the fallen heroes. There was no dis
inction OF Federal or Confederate but
lowers We're left in profusion with both.
When the post had finished decorating
Martin made short address
# welcome aud presented Judge W. P.
'ampbell. who spoke as follows:
elbow Citizens-Ladies and Gentlemen;
1t is a true saying that the surest way to
void disaster Is TO resist beginnings. In
he beginning of our political history, and
I the adoption of our federal constitution
ur forefathers were well aware that il was
Trong for one man 10 own another, and 1t
7as confidently believed 20 be only a CUES
ion of a short time when the people OF all
be states, north and south, would volun-
srily manumit their negro slaves, which
7ere first introduced into the English colo
les by custom and without the sanction
{ express law. The eminent men of both
ections of the country held slavery 10 be !
n evil, both moral and political; that it ;
'eakened the social fabric: that by taking
he place of free labor, society must of
ecessity be weakened and labor less pro- {
uctlve- The term slavery or slave does /
OF appear il the constitution of our I
athers, and that instrument nowhere | '
property in men except as GER I
ain persons may be held to service in virtue l
the laws of the state. In =
ne natural course of events. s