Kansas City daily journal., 1895-05-31
A NATIONS TRIBUTE.
Continued FROM Page n.

Milan. Mo. May 3o-tspeclal). owing to
q heavy. rain that feu In this locality up
70 : o'clock today. the nrst Of any i'm.
sel'an,s s,y r,ss IN eiEhtsen months, Decoration
burlington, Kas., May 80 Especially
DeSoJauon, day was properly observed here
Army. Womou's RELIEF Corps. Sons Of Wei.
"rans and Ladies Aid Society. on account
held IN the opera house. The Orion quar-.
,'ttc sang and the address was. delivered
by vC;Hihila!.n Fis9back q. Winfield 49,,
DECORATION day Vas o6s6fyed here by ali
ALMOST entire cessation OF business: Many
/ drhpcl ard the large auditorium Of the NJ
! 2. church where the public syrvices were
/ ers aud bunting. Hon. Lew Ferguson, OF
/ this city. was tho orator Of the day The
! PROCESSION 70 rralrie Lawn cemetery i'm.
| number Of uniformed secret societies The
! Grand Army post was escorted by Conn
! services at the cemetery we're held IN the
! m'ust of a pouring rain. which did not pre-.
vent ,, NE 'he 'Rrrytg out Of ne prosramme9
for Decoration day exercises vas vas i' some.
| cred the memorial address in Hoye's opera
! house this afternoon, after witch a COM
mittee from Frank post No. 6s and the
! Nnnau'S Relief Corps went To the ceme-
! tory TO decorate the graves Of the soldiers.
! Judge bgtrs delivered the memorial ad-
D .
services were held and Interesting pro-
grunuHs carried out.
pec6taiion day Was Was apPyroSrie!SIy May oob.
served here. The weather was In a ntful
humor rain and sunshine alternating. but
despite ,he wca ther fully $500 people at
tended thy exercises at the national ctme-
terN. ;. y. Chamberln was the orator OF
sedata Mo- May 9o-tsrcclall Mo
mortal day was generally observed by the
cessation q business and large atteud-
.Ns.
city cemetery. General George H. Smith
and Sergeant Clay posts q. A. H, the
jaynes camp. Sons 9 Of Veterans VIZ IN marched rel
TO me cemetery and had charge Of the
diers. AZ the conclusion Of the ceremony
the vast audience united In singing
"AmerieaY" , j. 4 Capen read an original
llvered an eloquent Grafton
Guthrie, o. T.. May So.-tspecial) Ne
Im9or9Ii day vas observed as a .'energl hol-
procession nearly half mile long, COM
posed Of bands. military companies., @. \.
ment. civic societies nd citizens marched
TO Island park whore the Grafton Of the
Of waionga. after which letachmentts 'vis.-
tied the cemeteries and decorated the
graves q both rnion ana Confederate soi-
Winfield. Kas.. May sO-(speclall pee
ton day VA was observed here by elhborate
eSGr'iSSGs me riiy vi, Was iairiayed IN hags
closed Major l. 4 Hamilton was maste,
Of the the day, An immense tI procession was
nanes, militia. Siverd post. @. y. r.. and
a large delegation of citizens. The Sons Of
and decorated the graves. The oration was
delivered by Rev w. II. Parker. The lat
ter part of the exercises were marred by a
heavy rain. which contisued falling for
over an hour
Fort Scott. Kas., May 3o.-(speciall Dec;
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tendance and the parade Of the military
and civic orders. polio and fire depart
largest held in this city for years. Hon.
j. Is. Cuhbison, of Kansas city, Kasr was
National cemetery, one Of the finest in the
country, was thronged with those who had
gathered TO listen to this splendid speaker.
Colonel Moore, of Springfield, and colonel
Howard Of Girard, were present and the
entire exercises We're the best held here for
Clinton, Mo, May so.-tspccalD Deco
ration day was duly observed here to-day.
Rev. 5. ] Henton preached the memorial
Granger post, assisted 10y the citizens. dec
Grated the soldiers graves with flowers.
WasnTo4 DAY Kas Vas A@ M@y onsrysIP Ge4e
The citizens gathered in the city hall, |
where good programme was carried out. |
y heavy rain prevented all but a few old |
soldiers from going to the cemetery,
Ningman, Kas., May %).-(Special) Ire- |
ausnt ,li showers have been falling today, hut
terrupted. At 10 o'clocl, a procession com
posed of the q. y: r.. Sons Of Veterans
and marched to the cemetery AT o'clock
Rev. Steven Brink. Of Abbeyrille, delIv-
cred q stirring address at the opera house.
rain let UP ong, enough to-day to, 10 allow
memorial services to proceed uninterrupt-
ed. The address was delivered by Colonel
Alexander. Warner. of Baxter Springs.
of the drenching rain that fen this morn
hgl # "a th,arp IL t1 ,nr
iclpate in memorial services here to-day.
Hon Lewis Hornbeck. of Wichita, dellv-
red the memorial address.
Minneapolis, Kas., May 3o,-(speclal) The
J.. 4. X. was unable to decorate the old
'oldiers' graves on account Of rain
ion day was appropriately observed in
his. city by Hancock post, G. 4. r.. in
with the local camp of ex-
,onfederates.. The old soldiers OF both
ides, and their friends, visited the city
whore flowers We're placed alike
m the graves of the dead heroes of both
armies
AZ a grave marked 'L-qknown,," Captain
[ennan the former Grand Army man
md the latter an eN-Confederate, made
.tcIntyr ana the Hon. MIR. Kennan, both
X-C0nfederates, addressed members of
Hancock post this afternoon. Many visit
ng Grand Army men We're in attendance
Abilene Nas., May 3o,-(Speaal) Memo
ial day exercises were somewhat inter-
gTs4 with by nin rhis moTngs ths
everei the Grafton to a large audience
n the opsra house.
Columbus Nas., May So--(special) Dec
ration day services We're held In this city
O-day with the usual ceremonies,
Council Grove. kas., May 3o-(Special)
decoration day was well observed here |
buildings We're decorated and all business
uspeuded. AT 2 y. m. the opera house
vas crowded with old soldiers and their
rends and Hon, Sidney Cook. of Herring
on, delivered an address which was in |
tructive. eloquent and well received. \ |
lng procession, headed by the Arion
and and flower corps of girls In uniform, | ,
larched to the cemetery TO decorate the |
raves. Just as they were entering the | ,
rounds a terrific wind and rain storm
dme and scattered the multitude, but |
ne old veterans and girls in white dresses
nshci the work. II was the heaviest | I
amfall Of this season and everyone Is re-
oi,ing, as the drouth was becoming
erlous.
Dodge city Kas.. May 30-fSpeciaD T.. ;
}, swan Lewis post commander, and its ,
uRh Observance Of Decoration day, but i
his mornings heavy and acceptable /,
howers delayed the programme. In the
fternoon Hon. II. Q, Lobdell addressed a
laGnGCent audience Of war-yisaged he-
1es. and citizens OF this city. Beeson's
lperb orchestra and a quartette club
uppl!ed the music.
Oklahoma city, o. T., May S0-(SpecIal) =
decoration day was observed here with
ceremonies under the aus .