The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-03
TRIBUTES ARE PAID.
A Grateful Nation Honors Its He
roic Dead.
Fitting Memorial Day Services
Throughout the Land-Graves OF
Ex-Confederates In the North
Are Not Forgotten.

Washington, May 31.-The national
! capital devoted itself to the observance
OF Decoration day. The departments
we're closed, public and private bushes,
was suspended, the streets were filled
with marching veterans, national
guardsmen, military and civic organiza-
tions, all moving toward the Arlington
National cemetery, Soldiers Home,
Congressional and other cemeteries,
where appropriate services were held
and the graves of the silent army of the
dead were strewn with flowers. The
ceremony at Arlington was notable by
the presence of the president and mem
bers OF his cabinet, and of many leading
officers of the army and navy, as well az
omclals prominent in public life. 1t be-
gan at noon with the firing of a national
salute. The services were twofold, the
veterans of the field gathering in the
ampitheater, while those of the navy
met in front of the historic Lee man
sion. The decoration of the graves was
solemn and impressive feature of the
exercises, in which the entire gathering
Joined. Returning to the amphitheater,
the formal exercises began with the
sounding of the assembly by bugler
and the reading of the order of services
by Gen. Calvin Farnsworth, department
commander G. A. r., and presiding Of
nicer. These consisted of patriotic
music, the reading of Lincoln't address
at Gettysburg, original poems breath
ing the patriotic spirit, and an Grafton
by webster Davis, assistant secretary
of the interior.
There was small but impressive
service in connection with the cere-
MONIES at the cemetery which passed I'M
noticed by many of the thousands
there. Following the suggestion made
by President Mckinley in his Atlanta
speech, the graves of the 100 con-
federate soldiers. inferred in the ma
uonal cemetery, were decorated with
unsparing hands as were those of the
union dead.
At the Lincoln Monument,
Springfield, ILL.,, May 31.-Under a
bright blue sky memorial exercises
were held Tuesday forenoon at the Ma
tlona4 Lincoln monument by the G. A,
IL. and auxiliary bodies preparatory to
the decoration of the graves of the SOL
diers OF the civil war buried there. Adj
dresses were made by Mai. John B. In
man, department commander of the G,
a. X: United States District Attorney
j. Otis Humphrey, and Mrs. Julia d. r.
Lobdell,of Minneapolis. past department
president of the Ladies of the G. A. r. of
Minnesota. who on behalf of the G. A.
II. posts of Minnesota presented a beau
tiful silken United States flag, which
will in the future envelope the sarco-
phagus of Lincoln. In the afternoon
the Spanish war veterans decorated the
graves of their dead comrades.
At the National cemetery at Camp
Butler, few miles east of this city.
where lie buried several hundred fed
eral and confederate soldiers, memorial
exercises were held in the afternoon
under the auspices of Camp Butler
post, G. A. r. Addresses were made by
Maj. John B. Inman, department COM
mander of the G. A. r., and former Com
gresham Maj. James A. Connolly. The
graves of both federals and confeder-
ates were decorated impartially.
In iowa.
Davenport, Ia, May 31.-Grand army
posts of Davenport, Rock Island and
Moline, ILL.,. Joined in the afternoon
Memorial day exercises at the National
cemetery, Government island. Sldred
S. James, of Clinton, was the orator.
For the first time the graves of over
1900 confederates who died while inn
prisoned on the island during the war
were decorated with flags by the grand
army men, in common with 400 union
soldiers sleeping in the National GEM
ctery.
Chicago, May 31.-Memorial day at
the cemeteries was marked everywhere
by evidences of unusual interest and by
the presence of unusually large num-
bers of participants in the exercises.
Under the auspices of the different
grand army posts Of the city the graves
of the soldiers and sailors who laid
down their lives for their country were
decorated with flowers, and speakers
prominent in military and civil life ex-
tolled their deeds.
In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, May 31.-Memorial dav
was more elaborately observed in this
city than for number of years. Gov
eminent and municipal offices were
closed, as were the schools, and bust
ness was generally suspended. Promi-
nent local orators delivered addresses
during the ceremonies by the G. A. r.,
at the various cemeteries. The trend of
all the speeches was that the war with
Spain had cemented the north and
south in a bond of fraternal sympathy
never to be again broken.
In Nebraska.
Omaha, Neb., May 31.-Memorial day
was more generally observed through
out Nebraska than ever before. Owing
to the strong sentiment against it,
there was an almost entire absence of
sporting events. At McCook a beauti-
full soldiers monument was dedicated.
In Havana.
havana, May A'-Oeco1dtoA udy W2S
observed here in a notable manner. At
nine o'clock q. m. Mrs. Estes G. Rath-
bone and a committee of women who
had been selected for the purpose were
taken into Rear Admiral Cromwell's
launch, escorted by a detachment of
marines, to the wreck of the battleship
Maine, where they strung the skeleton
of the unfortunate craft with ropes of
laurel md ,vroofhs of Aoxrore 1F,,