The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-30
The SKY WEEPS
Over the Graves of the Depart
ed Heroes.
Rain Falls All the Morning OF
Decoration Day
At THE GENET ERIES
The Graves Are Wreathed and
Flags Planted.
This Afternoons Exercises In
the City.
AT THE CEMETERIES


tical i'm the matter of weather than
have the last three Decoration days in
Topeka.
The same sort Of a rain began about
the same time this morning and gave
the same hindrance to the plans of the
Ola soldiers for the remembrance Of
their fallen comrades.
The graves We're decorated with ma
ture's and the nations badges and en-
blems. though it was done in a drizzle
with skirts pinned nigh and rubbers on
and umbrellas UP.
AT s O'Clock the flowers and roses
and greenery began arriving at the
large entrance to old Music hail on East
El8nIN street. where the women OF the
different auXilaries. the w r. O. Lin
coin Circle, etc. attended to the prepa-
ration Of the flowers for the decOra-
tions
The flowers came from everywhere
and the room was heaped full Schools.
societies and individuals sent loose
flowers or bouquets the loose ones
were made into bouquets and Wreaths
by the different committees, including
Fort Pillow Relief corps and Grant Cir
cle No. ~ The executive committee Of
Lincoln circle Miss Ella Wade AIRS
Anna Thomas. Mrs Jennie Cast. Mrs
Reed and Mrs Jamison had charge Of
this.
The decoration committees were to
have left the hall for the cemetery at 8
o'clock, but the heavy rain and follow
ing drizzle held them until 1880 before
they ventured out.
There was a big express wagon load
Of flowers. two car loads of comrades
and sisters and a wagon load Of COM
rades-- 1t was drizzling stiIl. but they
didn't mind that.
The decorating party to the Topeka
cemetery where 275 veterans are buried
consisted of a detachment of so veter-
ans 56 women, a firing squad of IA
Sons of Veterans and three buglers.
The rain lasted through the entire ex-
ercises and very few Of the women left
the cars
The decorating part was under direct
charge Of ]. III. Miller, commander of
Lincoln POST. Topeka post assisting.
Last year the detail was divided up
into several squads each of which took
aF. assigned part Of the cemetery for
decoration This year Mr.. ID. 0. Crane
OF she cemetery offered to save the old
soldiers part of their wetting by see-
ing that the outlying graves were prop
erly decorated and only the old soldiers
plat received attention from the COM
mittee
The detachment of Sons of Veterans.
under command of Capt W. * Ward
first marched to the grave Of their com
mander-in-chief Leland j. Webb. and
strewing it with boquets each dropping
one as he passed, they fired the salute
of three guns over it,
The short ceremony was held al the
plat where are buried the sixteen fallen
veterans Of the battle 81 the Blue. the
Gage monument erected to their mem
ory last year towering majesticany
above them
Commander j. N. Miller said the
short service and a prayer was offered.
after which the Sons of Veterans fired
their salute over the grave. the bueies
sH-..4 q D.
deposited on the graves and q wreath
laid at the feet of the granite soldier Of
the Case monument
The l20 graves ia four long rows in
the soldiers plat were then decorated
and the women dlled the big vase with
flowers
This ended the decorative ceremony
at Topeka cemetery and just as the
men and women with soaken and mud
daubed clothing stepped board the
homeWard cars the sun came out
Blue post of the north side was in
charge Of the decorations at Rochester
cemetery with Past Commander VIM.
Green in charge
4uelf exercises were more pretentiOus
than those of the Topeka peoD1e and
an address was made by Colonel N NJ
Miller after which the exercises were
about the same
u r. McNary of Topeka was the
orator at the exercises at the Prairie
Home cemetery
The Decoration day exercises by Blue
post and corps. which were prevented
this morning by the rain viii be given
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock at the
post hail. 1000 North Kansas avenue
Battery II profted by it's rainy ex-
perience of last year and the only part
it took in the exercises of the morn
ing was the firing Of the national salute
or torty-nve guns, one for each state.
at noon in the state house square, with
Captain II. III. Phillips ia command
The Mem orial Parade.
Despite the wet weather the streets
We're nled this afternoon with people
out to witness the parade
me march was short and the para lie
ltseH was but of very ordinary length
4t formed at 2.30 on Quincy street with
the right on Seventh street. 1T was
near 8 o'clock before it moved south on