The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-05-18
A GRAND TINE.
Memorial Day will be a Great
Event Here.


Program Already is an Elaborate One
and More is to Come. Committee /
counting only ON those organization
Of which they are sure-0thers viii
be here but they have not premises
certainly-Order Of the parade an,
the line Of March - Speakers AM
Other Arrangements OF the Com
mittee-yery large attendance Is ex
pected asd the occasion will be wsr
thy Of the men in whose honor II i
Given.
The committee in charge of thu
celebration of Memorial Day hav,
been hard at work ever since they
were appointed and they have pre-
pared a program which will be in
every way credit to the town. The
celebration will be the largest at
tended event of the kind ever seen in
the town. All the organizations
which are named in the order Of
march will be in the parade and a
number of others have conditionally
promised to be here.
The speeches will be unusually
good this year and the whole cele-
bration will be worthy of the day
which it is intended to commend
rate. Large delegations are expect
ed from every town in the county
and from all the nearby towns in
this state and Pennsylvania and
they will be here. The crowds will
be very large.
According to the program was
given us by the committee the pro
cession will form at 10 o'clock SHARP
at the junction of Main and Walnut
streets in the following order:
The mayor and city council in
carriages.
The speakers and distinguished
citizens in carriages.
West Virginia University Cadet
Corps.
Jr. o. U. A. NJ. councils from Ma
sontown, Dellslow, Stewartstown
Morgantown and other points.
Jr. o. u. A. M. from White Day
on horse back seventyfive strong.
Maccabees from Laurel Point
Cassville and other points.
Athens lodge X. of p.
Monongalia lodge l. o. o. F.
Old Veterans and sons of Veter
ans.
Hoffman Post G. A. r.
Brass and martial bands will bs
here in numbers and will be scatter
ed throughout the parade at suita
BILE points.
The parade will march down
Main street to the Decker's Creel
bridge and through South Morgan
town to the cemetery where the i'm
pressive memorial services will bt
held and a volley fired over the graves
of the heroes sleeping there.
The parade will then reform ant
march back to town across the bridge
and out Front street to Walnut vi
that street to Main and from Themes
to Wiley street, out this to Spruce
and down it to the Academy yard
Mayor Glasscock will then deliver tn,
address of Welcome and make al
necessary announcements when an ad
journment will be taken until ont
Thirty, when bugle call will be thu
signal for the crowd to assemble an6
hear the addresses.
The Introductory address will b.
delivered by Hon. Waitman L. Wiley
who in his eighty-seventh year is MOI
too old to bring his tribute to the flat
he loves, and under whose folds h
has been so long. His presence viii
be an inspiration to all who may b.
so fortunate as to hear him, and vii
be an event long to he remembered.
The orator of the day, Hon. ]. M
Dalzell, better known as Private Dial
zell, of Ohio, will be introduced b.
Senator Wiley, and he will delive
one of his celebrated addresses. Pri
vate Dalzell is known all over tn,
country as one of the most eloquent
men alive and his speech will be |
great treat to those who will be at
tracted here by it. The COMMITTEES
are exceedingly fortunate in having
secured his services and they SHOULD
be very proud of their success.
A cordial invitation is extended t,
all to attend the exercises and enjo,
the day which is to be the creates
day ever experienced in Morgantown