The Portland daily press., 1898-05-31

time and still ugHuins ~,
bloody battles Of life. Aho otooAol
humorously referred to his own ioooIa
being like that of Mr. W. Y. laws oi
Kentucky who was born on 'ne apon 80
of February, 1869, the day foro Do
was surrendered 'sThe white nag was
run I'D said he. ST saw that my services
were needed and Immediately sprung in.o
arms and joined the infantry, ana "i'h
the rebel yell ON my lips attacA0o 'A'
breastworks.'
Referring to the Spanish war the SpeaN
or thought it was not for the settlement "
an international difficulty, but lor 'iio
liberation of oppressed strangers VINO aio
crying to God for help. and because we
have tasted the sweets of freedom Go" Is
impelling us forward with brotneriy
| affection for the oppressed, to demand III
the name of our common humanity anu
in Gods name that we shall be free.
| The American eagle is very VIDE
awake bird, and while perfectly molten
sive when unmolested, is fearful in his
rage and strength when aroused for the
protection of his own offspring and his
own interests.
He referred to the material richness Oh
our country, the wealth of her mines, the
fertility of her soil, the beauty OF her
| landscapes, as being in themselves mag
niticent treasures to bequeath to rising
generations. In its physical aspects alone
it is magnificent country for which to
pour out ones life blood.
| Addressing the veterans personally Mr..
Wood SAID: "We pause tor little while
to place wreath, a perishable wreath
rades. speak word of cheer to you and
offer prayer to our God that the patriot
ism that kindled your breasts may be
rekindled in our breasts to preserve
the blessing purchased at such tremend-
Gus cost of property and life But your
hearts may be treasured by this tho ught
that gratified country will never let
your memory perish. The striking tn ing
in our recent call is the numbers who re-
| sponded but are not needed as the ranks
are FULL
The speaker paid glowing tribute to
Washington, Lincoln, Perry, Farragut
and Dewey and pointed out that all honor
was due William Mckinley who has done
his level best to settle maximum inter-
national question of the gravest nature
with the minimum shedding of our ma
TONS dearest blood.
Touching upon the disaster to the
Maine he showed that our first impulse
| vxyoc To- Nd ~ avn f0y.o Ovn
and tooth for tooth but to lot the
| Spaniard from the face of the earth.
| A second sober reflection gave us to feel
that revenge was not the American spirit.
| The American is willing to fight for his
affairs and his homes, for his cherished
institutions and for humanity's largest
good. (Applause.)
To-day, comrades, you decorate 81 GOO
more graves than you decorated last year,
81, 900 of your brothers who last year
were gathered with you in hall and
church an cemetery and placed wreaths of
immortelles upon the graves of their fall
len comrades are today themselves in the
bivouac of the death. Heroes never, die.
Yesterday they were in deadly combat,
today we gather up their sacred ashes and
place them in history's golden urn. Their
sword and voice have served mankind.
"To live in hearts you leave behind is
not to die. -
At the conclusion of Mr.. Woods able
and eloquent grafton, which was most
cordially received and broken at times
with salyos of applause. the american
Hymn" was charmingly sung by Mrs.
R. Luella Knapp who carried the solo |
part and was seconded by the quartette. |
Following this were brief and pertinent
remarks by Rev. Mr.. Ford and his son |
and by Rev. Mr.. Laughton.
j. Parkes Coombs then rendered in
in spirited manner the Battle Hymn"
after which the "Roll of Honor was
called by Hiram Ellis and America was
sung in which the large audience heartily
joined. The exercises closed with the
benediction.
The funeral services over the remains
of Mr.. Ira. T. Warren were held SUNDAY
afternoon at one o'clock at his late resi-
dence, Forest Avenue Pleasantdale
bors and a goodly representation of the
employees of the Boston & Maine R. r.,
with which company the deceased had
been associated for thirty years. Rev.
j. n. Roberts of the Elm St. M. E.
church officlated, offered prayer, read
scriptural selectionr and made brief re i.
marks. The pail bearers were Granville
Libby, William Burgess, Jesse DYER and
MIR. Evans. There was floral remem-
brance in the shape of bouquet and the
interment was at Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
While the game of baseball was in
progress yesterday on Fickett's field, a
dog belonging to Sam Latham made
most vicious attack on one of Robert
Fickett's COWS in pasture near by. The
COW s nose was literally torn out and but
for the interference of the crowd other
/ injuries doubtless would have been in
ficted.
The funeral of Woodbury. P. Cobb took
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