The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-30
HONOR THE DEAD
GREAT PREPARATIONS MADE FOR
TODAY'S PATRIOTIC DOINGS.
Auditorium Embellished With Flags,
Flowers ard Eunting. aud Az
ranged 20 Seat Three Thousand
PeOple-Orders for Various
Orders to Participate il
IGNORING the Memory
of tie Noble Dead.
Program Of
March.

loyalty. liberty and a united country 10y
honorIng the dead heroes who fought Tor
them al
Never did Wichita put forth greater
efforts to make Decoration Day an event
more worthy OF its associations than on
this occasion.
Rev. Don S. Colt will be the orator oil
the day and that fact alone will add lustel
to the event, for surely no one knows bet
ter than he how to pay tribute to the
heroes of the war.
The auditorium is the place of meetin 9
and seats are already arranged for 3.00l
persons, and unless all signs fail standing
room VIII be at premium.
The building is handsomely and elabor-
ately decorated with plants aud flowers.
the national coiors in flags and bunting as
we'll KS portraits of the great men who
were raised up as if by divine impulse to
crush the minions of treason against their
couatry.
The seats have been arranged so that
each organization may set in bUoy and
thus facilitate matters.
The following orders from the represent
tatives of the various participating organ
iZatlons Will serve for their guidance.
FORMATION OF MARCH
Assemble at / o'clock D. m Column
will form in the following order:
Police on Second street, right resting on
Main.
Band on left of Police.
Company A, Second Regiment X. \. G.
Wichita Division L. r. X of p
Warwick Lodge No A, K of p. on Water,
right on SrcoBd street.
Wichita Lodge No. ls9, X. of p.
Knights of Maccabees.
Mayor and City Council.
Police Commissioners.
Orator of the Day.
Drum Corps.
Escort Battery A, Kansas Light Artillery.
Garfield Post and ex-Union Soldiers on
First street, right resting on Water
Sons OF Veterans, OH Water right on
First street
Woman's Relief Corps No. 40.
Ladies' of the q. \. Il.
Ladies' Aid Society.
Citizens.
Column will move at 1:30 sharp.
JOHN A. DoIAN, Marshal.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs
The Knights of Pythias of Wichita and
vicinity are invited to meet with Warwick
Lodge No. A. K. of T. at their Castle
hall on North Main street, at 1 o'clock TO-
day, 10 participate in memorial services
and paraoe. Electric cars for the ceme-
terry will he in waiting at the corner of
First and Topeka avenue.
OR. SALMANs.
FRED BUCKLEY
U. Il. K. OF p.
Wichita Division No. ., L. r. X. of p.
will assemble at their armory at o'clock
sharp, III full dress uniform, for the pur-
pose Of decorating the graves of dece ased
Sir Knights. and participating in parade
and memorial services. By order of
j. +. BENNETT.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
Sons of NeyeraDs, whether members of the
order or not. to meet at Garfield ball at l
o clock p. M, and join IN the procession
and take part In the memorial services.
MAYORS PROCLAMATION.
l, L. N. Cox. mayor of the city of Wich-
tia, in accordance with custom and that
the memory of the nations dead may be
properly revered, do hereby request all
citizens to observe Wednesday, May 80 as
legal holiday, and request that all bust
ness houses be closed between the hours of
II O'clock. noon, and o'clock d. m. and
the DAY properly observed as Memorial
Day. l.. NJ. Cox,
Mayor.
COMPANY "a" ATTENTION.
The 30th day of May of each year shall
be, and is hereby Established as regular
muster day for the Kansas National guard
The members of the several companies
shall assemble NJ their respective company
headquarters as early as 10 o'clock a. nj.
on that day and shall remain on such duty
as shall be assigned them uatil as late as
o'clOck p. III. Of said day.
In accordance with the above law gov
erning the Kansas National guard this
company shall meet at the arnory at 10
? clock Wednesday for duty. No one ex-
cused. L. 5. HoU6LAND,
Captain.
FLOWER CONTRIBUTIONS
All contributions of flowers for Decora-
ton Day will be very thankfully received
at Garfield hall this "wednesday morning
at o'clock a. IN. Parties contributing
flowers will please leave their names with
the committee for publication.
NJ. S. ROCHELLE.
NOTES.
Judge I. B. Wall will speak to the old
soldiers at Leon.
The post office will be omen from $50 till
II a. III. aud from to- p. m.
A new speakers stand for the occasion
has been erected in the auditorium,
:. b. Amidon will crate at Colwich
where big meeting has been prepared for.
s. o. H. Bentley will deliver the Grafton
before the James Snielas post of Well
ington.
The city councilmen are requested to
meet at the CITY clerks Office at l o'clock
where the clerk viii have carr ages wait
ING for them