The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-02
MEMORIAL DAY IN BOHEMIAN.
Patriotic Exercises of an Unique and
Charming Character.

| public buildings and schools, business
| houses and private residences hung at
| half-mast to-day in respectful remem-
brance of the heroes of Gettysburg and
San Juan, Santiago and Malolos, and
| the victims of the other battlefields of
the sixties and ninety-eight and ninety
nine. Last Sunday the G. A. r. and
| w. r. c. attended divine service at the
| Baptist church and were addressed by
| Rev. Mr.. Hickman, and to-day appro-
| pirate exercises were held in the opera
| house. Those whose loved ones are
| resting on Cemetery hill paid a tribute
| to their memory with flowers. when the
old soldiers decorated the graves of
| their departed comrades this afternoon,
| and nature had been good and contrib
| uted an unusual abundance of her
choicest flowers for the occasion.
AT 1870 a procession consisting of the
members of William English post, G..
| A. r., the Woodmen of the World and
| the Bozeman firemen, headed by the
| Bozeman brass band, formed at the city
| hall and marched up to the corner of,
| Central avenue and back to the opera
| house. AS soon as all could get inside
| the opera house the exercises of the day
| commenced with an invocation by Rev.
| j. w. TAFT. The adjutant then read the
| orders. Commander Brennman gave
his address, which was followed by
| vocal solo by Miss May Travis. Dr.
| James Reid, the orator of the day. spoke
| for about 80 minutes in his usual inter-
| esting way, touching upon matters of
import to all during his address, as ap-
pears from the summary published yes
| terday. Miss May MaXey rendered
vocal solo. "Tenting on the Old Camp
Ground with chorus. Miss Lucy
| Gage, dressed as Columbia, recited in
| her inimitable way Comrades" Dur
ing this recitation R. Mackenzie, dress
| ed in his uniform as a private of the
| list Illinois, appeared on the stage when
| Miss Gage repeated the lines with ref
| erence to Cuba, and when she came to
the last stanza and commenced with,
| 20 Northland and Southland General
| Lester S. Wilson of the G. A. r., repre-
| senting the Union hero of the civil war,
| and Sam Cowan, a hero of the confed-,
! crate army, both marched in together.
and stood on either side of the hero of
| the war with Spain. Typical of the
| bond of union now existing between
the North and South and the entrance
| into the ranks of new branch of the
G. A. r.. coupled With the effect of the
words of Comrades; @thesscene was an
affecting one and was, received with
great applause. Tie next was the
singing of My country, it's of thee"
by the whole audience. The benedic-
ton was pronounced by Mr.. TAFT and
the exercises were brought to a close
with taps" The tenting scene was d
familiar sight to .all the old soldiers
and was very pretty, with the little
army tent to the back of the stage and
a stand of arms to. one side, and the
other things necessary Ito the soldiers
life in the field.
The ladies of the w. r. C. who spent
so much time over the decorations are
to be congratulated on their efforts. The
stage was festooned with the stars and
stripes and over the front of the stage
4 amid the bunting were the words, In
Memoriam," while a little farther back
the shield of the United States was dis
played. Close to the foot of the stage
! the decorations consisted of wild and
hot house flowers tastefuly arranged.
The house was filled to it's utmost capa-
city and many had to stand.
On Sunday there was a baseball
match between the members and en-
! ployes of julius Lehrkind's brewery
and nine composed of town boys. The
beer nine was too much for the town
nine and at the end of the game the
shore stood "a for the brewery and 5
for the town. This speaks well for the
strength of the brewery beer and be-
fore playing a return match the town
boys are going TO drink lots of Lenr-
kinds product.
On Memorial day, after the exercises
of the day, the Agricultural college
nine played the town boys and beat
them by a score of u to 8. The college
boys have been playing good ball this
year and have some good players in
their nine. The town nine is a fairly
good one, but has little chance for prac-
tice except on Sundays, and then all of
the members do not want to spend their
day of rest in that way. More baseball
has been played this year than for some
years past, in fact, scarcely any games
, to speak of have been played since the
league games of several years ago
which was so disastrous to many peck
etbookS. There is a rumor to the effect
that there is to be grand match of the
league order played in Bozeman this
| season.
The last jury case of the term was
the action of Andrew Cook and Martin
| Wodson against the Gallatn Railroad
company for the price of the delivery
of ties on the Trail Creek branch. The
jury brought in verdict for Cook &
Woldson on Thursday for the amount
of their claim and interest. amounting
to about $4,000. There are several other
actions of a similar character between
the same parties, which will probably
be tried at the next term of court, as
soon as the issues are made up.
; On Saturday morning Mr.. Trent the
gentleman who relieved man named
Boomer Of about 5000 some few
months ago and then went to Living
ston and blew it in in company with a
: comrade named Flynn and who was
; tried and found guilty last week, was
: sentenced to five years in the state
prison by Judge Arms tEpng. He is a
: man who is cOnnec tedsWith some of the
wealthiest families of this city, but is
the black sheep of the flock and has
been on the downward path for some
l time past.
} A petition is being circulated around
| the town and county aying the board
of county commissioners to put the
question of a couptX4high school to the
vote of the people. That is to make the
Bozeman high schools a county propo-
sition instead of city, and under the
government of the commissioners, OF
rather an executive board to be APP
pointed by them, if the people of the
county vote in favor of the scheme
Quite a number of names are being put
| on The Ietitinn. and II iS.NeIN lilielN thl