St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-31
TRUET0THEBLUE.
Americans, With One Accord,
Do Honor to the Patriot
Dead.
With Blooms of May and Flow
ers of Rhetoric Tombs
Are Decked.
Martial Music Brings to Mind
the Awful Strife Of Years
Ago,
While Prayers and Hymns
Proclaim Sweet Peace
on Earth.
at Washington the Sheridan
Monument Is I'm
yelled.
Grants HonOped Tomb the
Scene OF Customary
Rites.
President Harrison Lends
His Presence at Brook
lyn.
Grants HonOred Tomb the
Scene OF Customary
Rites.
President Harrison Lends
His Presence at Brook
lyn.
Every Northwestern Town
and Hamlet Observes the
Day.

WASHINGTON. May 3O.-The Decora-
ton day holiday was general in Wash
Ington. Public buildings and school
houses were closed, and courts SuS-
pended their session. Ceremonies took
place at Arlington, the Soldiers home,
the Congressional cemetery, Battle cenl-
etery, and in most of the city ceme-
teries, Oak hill, Mount Olivet and other
graveyardS where soldiers lie buried.
There were also trips to Mount Vernon
and to Glymount. Gen. SmallWOOd'S
grave near the latter place was visited
and adorned as were the graves at the
military cemeteries near Alexandria
and Fredericksburg. The attend
ance at Arlington was unusually large.
Some time before II o'clock Mrs. Harri-
son arrived, accompanied by Mrs. Nc
Kee and Mrs. Brown, DR.. Scott and
Mr.. Mckee. They brought with them
r large boquet of flowers, which was
placed on Gen. Sheridan's grave. Gen.
ScIofeld and members of his staff ar
rived about the same time. Civil Serv-
ice Commissioner Lyman and Mrs.
Lyman, Senator Sawyer, Attorney Gen
eral Miller, Commissioner Mitchell, of
the patent office, and Mrs. Mitchell, and
persons distinguished in official life
were in the thrOng that gathered about
the old mansion. The first ceremony
OF the day was that at the Sheridan
monument. The Loyal Legion Com
mandery of the District of Columbia, of
which Gen. Sheridan was member.
represented by the commander.
E,tn Mcnnnrcnns tho rQanr1nr Moi
s. P. Huxford, U. S. A., and commit
tee composed of Maj. Gen. G.. c. Augur,
Brig. Gems. 81. c. Card and T. NJ. Vim
cent, Col. J. H. Gilman and Capt. j. A.
Snyder. OF the army: Capt. Sllas Casey,
and Chief Engineer Philip Inch, of the
navy: Mai. W. A. Coulter, Capt.
Thomas Wilson and Lieuts. P. E.
Chaplin and A. G. Pearson. of the vol
unteers. The floral tribute from the
eommandery placed on the grave was
in the form of
GEN. SHERIDAN'S BATTLE-FLAG,
of crimson immortelles and white car
nations with gilt staff, resting on an
easel Of smilaX and asparagus vines.
When the band had played a dirge,
Qnartermaster-Serg A. w. Bogia
fastenings, and the flags that covered
the monument fell to the ground. Just
at that moment the members of the
Woman's Relief corps threw a shower
of roses upon the grave. This
ended the simple ceremony. Col.
Michael Sheridan and number
of army officers witnessed the
ceremony. Mrs. Sheridan, who is con-
fined to her room by sickness, was una
BILE to attend. Later in the day, how
ever, after the unveiling ceremonies, the
children of Gen. Sheridan visited the
cemetery and added their flowers to the
heap that had been thrown on the gall
ant soldiers grave. The monument is
plain, broad granite shaft, of sharp
and strong outline, upon the face of
which rests the bronze me-
dallion of Sheridan. 1t is erected
by Mrs. Sheridan in memory of her
husband. Soon after the generals
death she consulted with Samuel Kill
son, the artist, who undertook the work
of designing a memorial in granite and
bronze. fitting to the character of Sheri-
den. The bronze medallion shows Sher-
iden in base relief, framed in laurel
and palm relief, with the headquarters
flag for a background. At Q o'clock
was sharp shower of short duration.
About O'Clock the rail fell in torrents,
and the heavy shower continued until z
o'clock. 1t effectually put an end to all
outdoor exercises and deprived the
many excursionists who left the city
this morning of the anticipated pleas
urnc of tho dav