Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-08
MEMORIAL. DAY.
1t Is Generally Observed Through.
out the Country. <
Imposing Ceremonies Mt the National
Cemetery at Arlington-At Linz
coins and Grants Toms .
The Day Elsewhere.


session. All the departments and bust
ness houses were closed, and the day:
was given up to patriotic observance
and tributes to the heroic dead. At ten
o'clock there was an impressive parade
Of the G.. A. r. and other patriotic or
CARNATIONS, which broke up at II
o'clock. the several posts holding me-
mortal exercises in the various ceme-
teries:. Es
The Day Mt Arlington.
The most imposing ceremonies were
held at the national cemetery at Arl-
ington, on the Virginia side of the
Potomac, which was before the war the
magnificent estate of Robert E. Lee, the
confederate chieftain. Here bivouac al
most $4,000 of the nations dead, 1000
whose identity will never be known be-
ing buried in single grave. Among
the most famous of the heroes buried
beneath the spreading oaks and elms
are Gen. Sheridan, the great cavalry
leader; Admiral Porter, the hero of
Mobile; Brig. Gen. Harvey and Gen.
Ricketts,.
In Chicago.
Chicago, June 1.--Memorial day was
fittingly observed. A parade was given
by old veterans, regular troops from
Fort Sheridan, militia and civic organi-
cations. Decoration day exercises were
held ut Forest Home. Waldheim and
Concordia and other cemeteries.
At Lincoln's Tomb.
Springfield. ILL.,, June Elaboration
day was observed here with great in
terest. Federal. state and city and
many business places were closed
during the day. The exercises at Oak
Ridge cemetery and the tomb of Lin
coin were interesting and attended bv
thousands. The parade was long. Hun
dreds of the grand army and sons of vet
Grams were in line. Military exercises
were held over graves of dead soldiers.
Grants Tomb Decorated.
New York, June la rainy fore
noon interfered greatly with the OBJ
servance of Memorial day in New York
and it's vicinity. There were, however.
committees of the veterans of the union
army at all the cemeteries in and about
New York to decorate the graves of
those of their comrades who have found
Ii. L.
in Riverside park. was we'll remembered,
for, besides the tributes from local posts
of the grand army, there was received
n box of choice flowers from the white
house conservatory in Washington.
At st. Louis.
St. Louis, June 1.-Decoration dav
here this year received practically a
double celebration. The memorial SER
mons and other exercises of literary
character were mostly held on Sunday.
Monday, being the legal holiday. was re-
served for the grand army parade and
the decoration services proper. The lat
ter included the grand army demon
STATIONS at the cemeteries and at JEFF
ferson Barracks, and appropriate cere-
monies by the regular army troops in
connection with the veterans at the ma
tional cemeteries. SIT
At Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, June 1.-Monday's dem
onstration presented the greatest seen
here. It took an hour in passing. On
both sides of Fourth street the girls
of the schools were ranged to witness
the parade. They were all provided
with small flags. The passing of the
gray-haired and lettering veterans,
bearing with stern pride their cher
ished battle flags, was to these children
a lesson in patriotism not soop to be
forgotten. Following them came the
battalions of boys, with boys drum
bands and flags without number.
AT Boston.
Boston, June 1.-Decoration day of
this year was of particular significance
on account of the unwilling and dedica-
ton of the elaborate memorial struc-
ture on Boston common, erected in
honor of Col. John Robert Gould Shaw.
of the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, reg
iment, and the brave black men who
comprised his followers and who fell
with their colonel in the assault upon
Fort Wagner, S. c.. July 1s, 1863.
In the South.
Chattanooga, Tenn. June 1. - The
graves of the $4,000 union soldiers
buried in the national cemetery at this
place were decorated Monday with elab-
crate ceremonies. Capt. j. 81. Mac
Gowan, of Washington. delivered the
annual Grafton. An immense throng of
people was present. =.
Monument Unveiled
West Point, N. Y, June lin the
presence of 5000 people. the secretary
of war and many high officials of the
army the battle monument erected by
their comrades in honor of the officers
and soldiers of the regular army who
fell in battle in the civil war was dedi-
Gated Monday. Among those who oc-'
cupied seats on the speakers stand were
Secretary Alger, Gen. Merritt, Gen.
Ruggles. Gen. Franklin. Gen. Butter
field, Gen. Stanton, Paymaster General
Viele, Gen. Saxton and Gen. james
Longstreet. The exercises opened with
an invocation by Chaplain Shipman.
which he prefaced with the recitation
of the Lords Prayer, those in the pavil-
ion joining. Then followed the presen-
tation of the monument to the United
States army by Brig. Gen. John NJ.
Wilson. chief of engineers, q. S. zS n r.
~ The Donor Of a Million Francs.