Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY In THIS CITY
Business Generally Suspended and People
Turn Out in Great Crowds.
EMMETT TlNLEY is ORATOR OF THE DAY
Eloquent Tribute to Fallen Heroes
of the wars-Judge strnwn of
Omaha Delivers Address Mt the
Grave of Unknown Dead.

Grave of Unknown Dead.
The people OF Council Bluffs turned out
en- masse yesterday to pay tribute to the
soldier dead who fought to preserve the
union in the early Cos and to do honor TO
the brave men now at the front. Not for
many years has Decoration day been so
generally observed and all classes seemed
imbued with the patriotic spirit. Business
during the afternoon was almost entirely
suspended and vast crowds thronged the
sidewalks to watch the parade on its way
to the cemetery. The exercises at Fairview
cemetery attracted a gathering of several
thousand people and there were few graves
that did not bear some floral tribute in
commemoration of the day.
The parade, in charge of Captain l.. b.
Cousins, commander of Abe Lincoln post.
Grand Army of the Republic formed shortly
before 2 o'clock on the south side of Baylis
park, with the head of the column resting
on Pearl street. The column was headed
by platoon of police and the Council
Bluffs union band under the leadership of
Colonel Virgil David. Following behind
Captain Cousins and his mounted aides
came the two companies of the High school
| cadets in command of Major Butts. Next
to the cadets and headed by McFadden's S
drum corps marched the veterans OF the
| civil war, about 100 being in line. Follow
| ing the veterans were about twenty SOL
diers OF the Spanish American war and ex-
| members of the Iowa National guard, in
! command of H. w. Martin, who served in
the First United States cavalry. Among
the number was Private Grey of Grigsby s
| Rough Riders Then came the Bluffs COM
| pany, Uniform rank, knights of Pythias
| the uniformed company of Foresters OF the
Modern Woodmen of America, Council
| Bluffs lodge, Ancient Order of United work
men, the fire department with the appa-
| ratus gaily decorated The speakers OF the
| day and the members of the Womans s he-
lief corps and Sanitary Relief commission
brought up the rear in carriages. The eX-
members of the Dodge Light guards and
Company l. carried a handsome floral de-
| sign an "S" in red white and blue flow
ers the insignia of the Eighth Army corps,
| also bearing "L' and "51," which they
| placed upon the grave of Private fucker
| of the Fifty first Iowa.
The women of the Sanitary Relief COM
mission took charge of the graves of other
soldiers in the late war. In memory OF
| Wallace Bollin, who died of smallpox at
Manila, flowers were placed upon the grave
| of his mother in Walnut Hill cemetery
Flowers were also strewn by the members
!
Ferrin in the Catholic cemetery, and John
Niger in Farview who died in southern
| camps.
| The exercises at Fairvew cemetery were
held on the shady side Of the hill, where a
| stand had been erected for the speakers. Hon.
F! e. l.. Shugart acted as president OF the day.
| The exercises were opened by prayer by DR..
ID. c. Franklin, presiding elder Of the
| Methodist church.
Emmett Tfnley's Address.
I Following the singing Of America" in
which everyone joined, Mr.. Shugart intro
duced Emmet Tinley, the orator of the
day. He said. in part:
| This is the day the patriotism of the
| American people has dedicated to the mem
| ory of its heroes In the beautiful month
! of May, when nature clothes the earth with
| garlands and flowers we have set apart this
| day in honor of our nations cead From our
loyal devotion and patriotic observance or
the national holiday the survivors or the
union volunteer army realize that the sac
rifices for the country will never be forgot
ten.
| With each recurring year we find some
| comrade who was with us the year before
| now mustered with the great majority be-
| yond the grave. We are reminded by time
| that the veterans of the civil war are in fact
! growing old. But few years more the OBJ
| servance of this day must be left to later
| generation. May the gratitude of the Amer
| ican people never lose its warmth and may
the time never come when in this broad
| land under the shadow of the flag that your
| valor saved from dshonor, there will be a
| single mound covering the sacred dust OF a
| volunteer soldier unmarked or unkept. That
| on each Decoration day to the end of time
| a grateful people will pause on their busy
march Of life to plant rose or lily or q
few vioets to evidence the ever blooming
character of the love and gratitude of the
American people.
On this particular Decoration day, we OF
the generation born since the close or the
war; realize more completely than ever be-
fore the full measure of suffering and misery
that war entails. The human heart Is like
the mind-it must learn its lessons from ac-
tual experience. We must taste of war; s
chalice OF woes to know its bitterness.
Within year we have endured some OF the
anguish of the early months of 1861. / VIII
not tire you with a recount of the incidents
that are yet fresh in the minds of every
one. | can not tell you more of Dewey, the
idol of the American people, and the great
est naval commander the world has ever
| known, than is familiar to all
His victory was the vengeance OF the
Maine
The history written in the few short hours
| in Manila bay by his siX-inch guns amazed
the world, so like dream does 1t now ap-
pear When the Reina Christina bowed its
Castilan turret to the sea in acknowledge
ment OF defeat, Spain,
Like chaos hushed. stood listening to the
noise,
And wondered at confusion not its own"
One would think the justness of our cause
and the grandeur OF our achievement would
completely hush the voice of criticism
But it remained for cultured Boston" to
attempt discredit upon American loyalty
and to SOW the seeds of discomfort and trea-
son. Fortunately the heart and brain of the
American soldier are barren of nurture for