The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06


by the Marine Band before the hour of tho
regular exercises at the graves of General
Sheridan and of General Paul, and salute
was fred Hon. Eugene Ware, of Kansas,
read an original poem and Hon. D. y. Alex
ander. of New York, delivered the Grafton
The first ceremony of the day was that ut
the Sheridan monument When the band had
played a dirge Quartermaster- Sergeant A.
W. Bogia, of the Old Guard, pulled the rope
that detached the fastenings, and the flags
that covered the monument fell to the
ground. Just at that moment the men,
beers of the Woman's Relief Corps threw a
shower of roses upon the grave. This ended
the simple ceremony.
The monument is a plain, broad granite
shaft of sharp and strong outline, upon the
face of which rests the bronze medallion of
Sheridan. 1t is erected by Mrs. Sheridan
in memory of her husband
BROOKLYN, May a.-The celebration of
Memorial Day in Brooklyn was, as it h
been for many years, an unqualified sue
cess President Harrison reviewed the pa
rade.
New YORK, May 3l.-Though the early
morning did not give promise of a fair day,
yet it could not be said to be very unpleas-
ant prospect for the rain fell only lightly
buildings displayed their flags at half-mast.
but there was very meager display Of
bunting elsewhere except at the hotels and
newspaper Offices
A number of G. A. r. posts joined in dec
Grating General Grants tomb. A number
of beautiful floral tributes were sent by
prominent admirers of the late General, in
Guiding the Chinese Minister. General
Howard and other officers took part in the
exercises Rev. j. N. Buckley was the
orator.
CHICAGO, May 3l.-In spite Of the cold,
threatening and rainy weather, the veterans
o. this city turned out in large numbers to
do honor to the memory and to decorate
the graves of their dead comrades
Dispatches from Aledo, Aurora, Duquoin,
Warren, Galena, Darlington. HiIlsboro
Rock Island, Springfield. Shelbyville, Ben
ton, and almost every other city and town
in Illinois show that the day was observed
with the usual exercises The same is true
of Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan anG
Minnesota cities and towns.
PHILADELPHIA, May 3.-General Meade
Post, No. l, G. A. r., of which General
Grant was a member, after being reviewed
Thursday by General w. T. Sherman, pro-
ceeded in a body to Paramount Park,
where the statue of General George G.
Meade was decorated Services were held
over the grave of General Meade
GETTYSBURG, Pa, May 3.-Memorial Day
was observed here in the usual manner
At 9 o'clock the colored school children
decorated the graves of their soldiers with
appropriate exercises. At the National
Cemetery children walked in a body and
strewed the green turf about the graves
with flowers.
Att Nor To- TIA $f,a~ -, H.
Grand Army posts and the Sons of Veterans
formed their parade and marched to the
depot whence they rode to Spring Grove
Cemetery. There, joined by a number of
citizens, they strewed the graves of their
dead comrades with flowers using only the
Grand Army ritual There was no speech
making
Dispatches from towns in Northern Ohio
indicate that the day was generally OBJ
served
RICHMOND, Va, May 3l.-The Stewart
Horse Guards decorated the grave of Gen
eral Stewart The Pickett Division Asso.
citation visited Hollywood with the flag
presented by the Philadelphia brigade and
beautifully decorated the monument OF
Pickett.
BALTIMORE, May 3l.-The Suns special
from Washington says: Memorial Day was
appropriately celebrated on the battle
field of Antietaln. Among the distinguished
visitors were Congressman Buttertield, OF
Ohio; Bayne, of Pennsylvania; Hartmann, OF
Oregon; Gear and Reed, of Iowa, and
Cheadle, of Indiana; Representatives
Con Of West Virginia and Thomas
of Illinois: The graves were decorat-
ed by the G. A. r. posts from Hagers-
town, Sharpsburg, Md, and Martinsburg.
w. Va
New ORLEANS, May 3l-The G. A. +.
posts, Confederate Association of the Army
OF the Tennessee, the Northern Virginis
veterans and cavalry joined in decorating
the graves of Union and Confederate SOL
diers.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May 3l.-The G. A.
K post and the Confederate veterans
Thursday united in decorating the gravee
of Federal and Confederate dead BAD
weather interfered somewhat with the
ceremonies
CITY OF MEXICO. May 81 Decoration Day
was observed by American ladies' in this
city who decorated the graves of Ameri-
cans who fell in 1S47.