Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-06-02
Then shall millenial dreams be plain,
Eartlis golden age shall come again,
f4anliment crown times loftiest seers,

Christ reigns on earth the thous and years
Decoration Day dawned cloudy,
cold and generally disagreeable,
but the patriotic ardor of those
who had the program of exercises
in charge was not dampered or
thereby in the least.
just before the procession started
a drizzling rain set in and con-
tinued for several hours, but the
march to the cemetery and back
was carried out as per following
program:
The parade formed on Fifth
street, with the right resting on
Arnold avenue, at $50 O'Clock
a. m., the order of formation being
as follows:
Marshals of the Day.
Fort Totten Indian Band.
Pupils of the Deaf School,
Devils Lake Schools.
Workman Lodge.
Woodman's Lodge.
Woman's Relief Corps.
Soldiers Of the Spanish War.
Grand Army Post.
City council and citizens in carriages,
The parade started promptly
at 10 o'clock. the line of march
being as follows: South on
Arnold avenue to 4th street, thence
east on 4th street to the cemetery.
Arriving at the cemetery all
organizations preceding the Grand
Army passed through the gate,
formed in open order on either
side Of the roadway, the Grand
Army passing between the lines to
the q. "A, R. burial lot. After the
GwndI Army arrived at its station
the parade formed in close order
and took their positions at the
graves: At the conclusion OF the
services of the G, A. r.. the graves
were decorated.
The parade them reformed I'm the
same order as before and marched
ON Fifth street to Kelly avenue
and there dispersed.
AT 2 o'clock puolic exercises
were held at Winearspn's |kall The
opera house was -rowtksd to Ms
utmost capacity. The ". M. G. A
stning qna1ts,tte Opened the pro
gram by reuxlerirsy patriotic airs
Rev. klirls'he offered prayer, aftel
which JuGRge Duell read general
}erderssm
| The DEVILS Lake ;guartette, com.
5posed OF Messrs Huesgen, Stuart
}-Brainard and Stewart, sang in
their usuzll captivating manner
They weue followed by splendid
( recitation by GLADYS Mille1, afte,
which the speaker of the day
Judge Bartholomew, of Bismarck.
was imtn,dluc@l, and for aver al
hour aaeh his saudiemce inmapt at
tentiom nn the ,delM@ry of one o,
| the l,nat speeches ever ;1,esard in
Devils Lake Tie judu, is q
pleasing fnr,ef,iI and eloquent
/ orator. among the very BEST in the
state. aud the Ct. A. R. Was very
| fortunate in securing him for this
OCCASION He paid the W R. G.
a glowing Tribute Cor loyalty and
self-sacHfice and called attention
to the fact that today. potwith-
standing the rain, 7this nolak1 band
OF patriotic women were found
marching i'll the processinn ever
eager and willing participants in
/ the observance Of these beautiful
memorial services In order to
fully apprecists, THIS day eof all
rdays in the year that must be
'lnonored, we must roll back the
scroll of time and review the
scenes Of years ago.
Beginning at the very first
agitation Of the slavery question,
upon the admission of Missouri to
the union Of states, the Judge in a
graphic manner covered every
important point made by the pn-
slavery and anti-slavery forces, a.
gigantic political struggle which
finally terminated in war. The
war with Mexico was precipitated
by the slave oligarchy and was
waged as war of conquest. More
territory was needed to insure the
perpetuity of the institution of
slavery, and more was secured by
this war. The Southern idea at |
that time was to extend slavery to |
every state in the Union, or make
all sections of the North as we'll as
South subservient to their wishes.
They at once began to carry out
this scheme by repeating the Mis-
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