Omaha daily bee., 1896-05-31
DECORATION DAY AT LINCOLN
Pablo Business Suspended and AL Joined
in the Work,
GREAT CROWDS At wYUKA CEMETERY
Various Grand Army Societies TAX
"nrt In the Observation of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES mt
Other Points.

along the street and the throngs at Wyuka
cemetery attested the fact that the patriotic
sentiment Of the people had not in the least
abated. Public business was suspended. The
celebration proper was in charge OF a Joint
committed Of Farragut and Appomattox
posts, and the woman's Relief corps.
wteaths Of evergreens had been prepared
and the contributions OF flowers were gen.
erous. All during the forenoon ladies and
children we're at Grand Army hall, corner
Twelfth and N streets, to receive them.
AT 1870 p. m, the main procession
marched from the corner of Twelfth and o
streets to Twenty-frst, where all the school
children were grouped, and from there cars
were taken for wyuka cemetery. The prin-
cipal exercises were held at the Grand Army
OF the Republic burial lot. This included
depositing memorials for unknown dead by
the Woman's Relief corps, and Sons OF
Veterans, appropriate music and the Grand
Army OF the Republic ritualistic service.
Decorations by committees closed the serv-
ices. There was no memorial address, which
was an innovation on old-time celebrations,
but 1t had been decided by the joint commit
tee to dispense with such address, and the
result was not disappointing. One of the
pleasantest features of the observance was
the appearance of the Sunday school children.
They formed along @ street, and on the APP
pearance OF the main body Of the parade,
gave a flag salute, and sang patriotic songs.
Different schools were arranged along differ
ent blocks, and the showing they made was
quite attractive. The Elliott school met in
side the cemetery grounds, in open ranks,
near the little bridge. 1t was remarked by
all at the conclusion of the exercises that the
Observances of the day had been as elabo-
rately carried out as at any other previous
occasion.
CAPITOL OFFICES CLOSED.
The offices of the state departments at the
capitol were closed all day. Quite a num-
Der of the state officers are at different
parts Of the commonwealth, where they to-
day delivered orations. Governor Holcomb
is at Broken Bow.
The procession to the cemetery formed as
follows:
Hearse containing flowers: Farmers and
Merchants colored band; Company d, First
regiment. Nebraska National Guard, thirty
men. commanded by Captain w. NJ. Decker;
Lincoln Light infantry, fifty men. in com
mand of Captain Campbell; Farragut drum
corps; Farragut and Appomattox posts, and
veterans, numbering 220; Post Commanders
James Stevenson and Porter Hedge;
Woman's Relief corps. and Daughters of
Veterans. forty-eight in number, commanded
my Mrs. p. M. Vaughan and Mrs. Francis
L. Price.
Captain Joseph Teeters oficiated as mar
shall of the day. A noticeable feature of the
parade was the large number Of aged vet
Grams in line, many Of whom were much
enfeebled by the march. The ritual services
were performed at the Cemetery by Com
manders Stevenson of Farrag gut and Porter
Hedge Of Appomattox posts. The bugler
was Master Eugene Linderman. Following
is the program, which was carried out:
Bugle calls; invocation; reading of general
orders; music by glee club; depositing memo
rails for unknown dead by Woman's Relief
corps and Sons and Daughters of Veter-
ans; music by the glee club; Grand Army of
fha nnIh1t rftunls-NsA -
America" decoration of graves.
LIST OF THE DEAD AT LINCOLN.
The graves Of the following veterans were
visited and decorated in the old fashioned
way, which can never be improved by ora
torical eloquence or modern ostentation:
George w. Adams, A. A. Austin, Adam
Adams, David Brown, William T. Baseter,
Francis II. Brown, James C. Bryan, Ossian
Bugbee, William II. Brown, Guy A. Brown,
G. NJ. Bowman, Charles Butter, Alders Cody,
Clark. James r. Carson, William b.. Cardell,
A. j. Curry. David Critchfeld, Rev. r..
Cooley, David Caulifower, Thomas F. Coats,
]. w. Davis, William D~rinkwater, w. X.
Dow. Dennis Dean, J. ID. Defsless, William
Day. Lewis Detsall, j. D. Duran, E. f.
Fuller, Otto Funke. DR.. f. G. Fuller. Rich
ard Foster. j. E.. Forsythe. ]. G. Fetterman,
William Flick, John w. Pagan, A. l.. Cow,
Edward Godsell, William Gray, Charles Kauf-
famaDn. John ID. Hart. j. w. Henry, JON
athan Hebbard, Byron A. Haw. Rev. p. Hart,
Calvin e. Hine, E. p. Hedenecog. Walter ].
Harris. Alonzo Hall, Charles Hagan, VIII
liam Hammill. d. r. Harwood, A. G. Hast
ings. George H.. Hurd, Fleming Harrison, j.
M. Higgins, Richard Ishmael, H. G. Jessop,
Peter Karburg, James w. Kennison, Amos
r. Keller. Christopher Kennedy, Thomas j.
Kidd, ]. ID. Kleutsch, w. Nj. Knowles, George
C. Lenhart, John Liddy, j. Edward Long.
j. D.. Lottridge, John Lutz, Rev. Lamb,
Samuel K. Law, d. Marshall, Edward Man
chester, j. L. Merrihew, w. II. II. Moore,
J. G. Mowberry, Henry Miller. A. F. Nc
Candless, DR.. S. l.. Morris. Charles McFsd-
den, James p. Meek. Charles f. Morris,
Charles Miller, James f. Meanor, John Miles,
William Moor. ]. N. Mains, T. NJ. Marquette,
Sidney Miller. A. d. Martin, e. A. Morgan,
w. d. Martin, C. McLaughlin, Adam ohler.
w. p. Phillips, A. G. Porter, Joseph w.
Owens, ]. H.. Phillips, b. H.. Polk, David
Porter, Pomeroy, Mrs. Harriet II, X. Painter
army nurse), j. c. Peters, S. A. Pratt,
Myron Pratt, A.. G. Porter, ]. II. Painter,
John Pierce, william b.. Parks, William S.
Reeves, Silas w. Robinson, Silas p. Ritchey,
J.. r.. Richards, William Kicker, George
Scott, Granville Severn, Fred b. Smith, John
Smith. James S%udduth, George A. Summer.
IL. w. Summerladd, Prosper Smith, David
Snyder, John II. S%trubble, David Stricken, y.
s. Scott. John Smith, T.. S%trstton. Judge w.
H.. Smelling. Warren #. Truell, Thomas w.
Taylor. Harrison Vance, James b. Webb,
Alvin G. White, w. b. Watson, j. l. Wiley,
Robert Woods (colored), George w. Waldo,
Charles West. C. C. White. Edwin Weiden-
burg. c.. Young, Joseph Young.
The graves OF the following old soldiers
in ST. Theresa's cemetery were also dec
Grated: Peter Burns. John Gillick, Richard
Murphy, Paul Rooney, William Terry, Charles
Thompson. L. T. Parrish, w. II. Smelling. L.
N. Teachman, Timothy Kelly, Thomas Kings
ley, w. W. Pursell.
PLATTSMOUTH PARTICIPATES.
PLATTSMOUTH, May 30.-(Special.)-
decoration day was observed in this city In
a more elaborate manner than for years past.
The exercises were under the auspices OF the
Grand Army, the Woman's Relief corps and
Modern Woodmen. This morning La Rue
eamp of Woodmen came in from Union, and
a large delegation OF the same order came
down from Havelock, accompanied by the b..
q M band Of that place. A game OF base
hall between the Woodmen mines Of Have
lock and Plattsmouth was played in the fore
noon, resulting in a score OF 20 to 16 in
favor of the former. AT ] o'clock a process
sion was formed, composed OF the above
mentioned lodges. and accompanied by two
bands. which marched TO the cemetery.
where eloquent and appropriate addresses
were delivered by Rev. Mr.. Coulter and Rev.
Mr.. Youtzy. The graves were then strewn
with flowers.
WAYNE. Neb,. May so.-(Special Tele-
gram)-Thre thousand people attended tho