The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-06-01
OUR DEAD SOLDIERS.
Decoration Day Observed Through
ont the Country.
PRESIDENT N'KIyLEY At ARLINGTON
Impressive Ceremonies at Grants Tomb F.
Day Observed in NIaniIa-The Maine
Remembered Lafayette's Grave
Decorated.

! Decorated
| Washington. MAY 3I.-The national
| capital devoted itself 10 the observauee
| of Decoration day. The department $
| were closed, private and public bust
ness was suspended. the streets were
| filed with marching veterans. national
! guardsmen. military and civic orEaui-
cations. all moving toward The Airing
ton national cemetery. soldiers home.
| congressional and other cemeteries.
| where appropriate services were held
| and the graves OF the dead were
| strcwn with flowers. There was
| added significance to the ceremonies
| of yesterday. for to the memories of
| tie civil war were added those Of
| the Spauish-American conflict, which
| had syvelled the list of soldier
| and sailor dead The parade start ed
early in the day, traversing the priuci-
pal streets. Aside from the many
Grand Army posts and veteran or-aui-
cations represented in line the fun
strength of the national guard of the
district and naval battalion turned
out. The bluejackets from the dis
patch boat Dolphin were also in line.
The ceremony at Arlington was nota-
BILE by the presence of the president
and memb erS Of his cabinet and Of
many leading officers of the army and
navy, as well as officials prominent n
public life
CEREMONIES AT GRANTS TOMB.
New York, May 31.-The sarcophagus
of Gen. Grant in the tomb at Claremout
was covered with flowers yesterday
afternoon after impressive ceremonies
by L. :. Grant post. q. 4 r. Brooklyn.
an address by COZ. Roosevelt and
presidential salute Of u gums fired
from the United States cruiser Brook
lyn, which lay in the Hudson just he
low the hill with all her battle flags
flying. There were several professions
in honor of the day, but the more inn
portant were the military parade i'm
New York city proper, reviewed 10y
Mai. Gen. Miles. and the military
parade in brooklyn. reviewed by Gov.
Roosevelt The New York parade con
sisted OF every national guard rcri-
nent in this city. three companies Of
regular engineers, eight batteries of
regular artillery and II Grand Army
posts. The Brooklyn parade started
ut ten o'clock. 1t Included the marine.
several batteries of regular artillcrr.
the naval militia, Grand Army posts
and other organizations. These two
parades constituted the best militarr
features that have marked Decoration
day in this city for years.
THE DAY aF@rs..-r--a 7e ~ >HEa
Manila, May SI-MemoriaI day was
celebrated At Battery knoll. where
SCOTS guns were planted against the
Filipino trenches in the first day :
fighting at Manila. Nearly $50 soldiers
lie buried there on a bleals mound sur
rounded by rice fields. roagh boards
marking the graves. which are ranged
in five unbrollen rows. Beyond these
are Spanish bIOclzhOuSeS and bamboo
hedges. which were mowH by shells
from the American guns. Col Charles
Den by. of the United States Philippine
commission presided at the exercises.
The chaplain of the British cruiser
Powerful made an Invocation. Chap
lain Pierce, of the Twenty-.hird infan-
try. and Chaplain CTe>Sey. of the Min
nesota volunteers. delivered orations.
and the soldiers sang appropriate
hymns. Similar services were held
over the dead il the Pace cemetery in
the afternoon.
JOE WHEELER SPEAKS AT BOSTON.
Boston. Nav ji---Eor the first time
an ex-officer of the confcGaracv deliv-
cred the Memorial day address before
New England Grand Army post.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the cavalry lead
er, who led the boys in graE At the fa-
nous charge IT S5iloh and. nearly .
years later, beneath the stars and
stripes. cheered on the volunteers at
Santiago. was the Eue>t Of 5Jnor a the
Memorial day services of +. W. kinslev
post It3. G.. \. r.. at the Boston thea
ter. The singing of the battle Hymn
of the Republic by COmsa6e Mvron
W. Whitney and chorus and the pre-
sentation to the audience OF its author,
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, called forth a
tremendous burst Of applause. When
Gen Wheeler arose TO speak the APP
plause was tumultuous.
THE MAINE REMEMBERED.
Havana. May Collaboration day
was observed here Yesterday in a nota-
Bile manner. Mrs. Estes g. Rath bone
and committee Of women who had
been selected for the purpose were
taken into Rear Admiral CromvcII-s
launch and escorted ny a detachment
~of marines to the wrecl. oe the battle
ship Maine. where they strung the
skeleton Of the IN fortunate craft with
ropes of laurel and wreaths Of flow ers.
Mrs. Lucien Young represented the
navy al the decoration Of the graves Of
the sailors and soldiers inferred ia the
Colon cemetery. Similar exercises
took place a the C1e-nados cen-teT
THE DAY AT PHILA DEIPIIIA
Philadelphia. Nav 3i.-Nenoria DAY
was more deliberately observed in this
city than for number Of years I'm
pressive ceremonies were conducted N
the national cemetery. Georgetown. a
suburb OF this city, where the bodies
OF 224 confederate soldiers are buried