The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-26
DECORATION DAY.
G. A. R. Will Decorate
the Graves Of Dead
Soldiers.
TWO FLAG RAISINGS
Clubs and Sunday SchoolsWill
Have Outings and Picnics
"A General Holiday.
TWO FLAG RAISINGS

Decoration Day will be observed in this
city in the usual way. The men of the
Grand Army of the Republic will put
flowers and flags on the graves of their
dead comrades. The school children of
the city will bring plants to school Tues
day afternoon, and they will be turned
over to the G. A R. for use Wednesday,
There will be two flag raisings, some
small parades and any number of picnics
and outings.
The presentation of the flag and pole
to Columbia Park will be one of the fea-
lures of the celebration of Decoration
Day.
The majority of the city's stores will
be closed part of the day at least
T. C. Brown & Van Anglen viii close all
day, Furst Brothers, Wolfson Brothers
and Perlmutters will close half day.
Some other prominent business men have
not yet decided how long they will close.
The Free Public Library reading room
will be open from ten to two. The cir
culating department will be closed all day.
No business will be transacted at the
City Hall. No courts will sit.
All banks will be closed the entire day.
1.-The News will not be published Dec
oration Day.
zabriskie Grand Army Post will hold a
short parade in the morning and will
decorate their comrades graves at Speer's
Cemetery, in accordance with the usual
custom. The Rev. DR.. Thompson, whose
church the Post will attend tomorrow
evening to listen to a memorial sermon.
will deliver the grafton at the cemetery.
The Post. which numbers seventy eight
itS d.
headquarters in the Avenue House, at
Five Corners, down Hobolsen avenue,
through Palisade avenue to Newark ave-
nue., where it viii meet Gushing Command
of the Union Veterans Union and George
B. MacClellan Camp. Sons of Veterans
and will then proceed direct to the ceme-
terry.
The weekly session of Van Houten Post
No. 3, G. A. R., was held last night and
plans for the Decoration Day exercises
were mapped out. The post will form on
Belmont avenue, and headed by the fife
and drum corps, will march to New York
Bay Cemetery, where impressive services
over the graves of departed comrades will
be held. The members will attend the
flag raising in Columbia Park.
The George H Thomas Grand Army
Post will meet at its headquarters in
Palisade. avenue and organize for short
parade, headed by the wagons bearing
flowers, contributed by the school pupils.
The members will decorate the graves of
their dead comrades in Weehawken and
adjacent parks. Ex-Congreseman Thomas
NfcBwan is expected to deliver an oration.
The Veterans Union League Associa-
ton will go to the Jersey City Cemetery
and hold services in the morning.
The Exempt Firemen's Association of
Hoboken will hold an afternoon and even
ing picnic at Pohlmann's. Dancing and
prize bowling will begin at four O'Clock
p NJ The committee in charge of the ar
rangements consists of J. Wagner, w.
Warnecke. J. ]. O'Brien, M. B. Mcintyre
and P w. Murray. The affair WI be at
tended by many old firemen who will get
together and discuss exciting fire in
stances of the days when they ran wld
de machine" They will be accompanied
by their families and many of them are
not so old but that they can give terpsl-
chorean points to the younger folk, who
imagine that dancing was in a compara-
tiveIv rude state of art until they came
upon the scene The bowling contests,
roo. promise to be exciting, as many
Ter has seen fire service in the old Hopo-
ken Volunteer Fire Department.
The Socialist Labor party of HUDSON
County has made arrangements TOT
picnic to be given at Hudson county
Park. West New York, on Decoration
Day. The Arrangement Committee mas
been busy for several weeks past pre
,arine for the event and a jolly time is
L. Ill L 1c. Of on
inoluaing prize shooting and bowling
The proceeds of the picnic will be for.
warded as Hudson County's share in the
establishment of a new daily paper
devoted exclusively to the interest OF
Socialism.
The Columbia Park Flag and Pole Com
mittee will hold the flag raising exercises
at 10 A. M, at Columbia Park A
provisional company of the Fourth Regl-
ment will participate. The nag VIII DC
presented to the city by President Henry
Gotthardt and will be received py MAYOR
Hoos. prayer will be offered by the
Rev. Joseph J. Mcdowell, D. D., rector
of st. PauTs R. c. Church. Addresses
will be delivered by the Rev. Charles r.
Allen. Of the Greenville Reformed Church,
and ex-Judge Henry Puster. The Letter
Carriers Band has volunteered 10 lui nisi'
music
There will be flag raising at NO. .,
Hook and Ladder Company, on Conn
mun4paw avenue, on Decoration Day.
Prominent officials will be present 10
deliver addresses.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the picnic of the Tenth Ward Demo-
cratic Association, to be held at BALDWIN
Park, on Decoration Day Eve. The COM
mittee in charge of the arrangements
consists of Thomas ]. McCann, James j.
Gaynor John F. Poole, George w. Malpas
and William f. Erickson The committee
is being assisted by President Robert j.
Ennis, Secretaries NJ M. Mitchell and
Michael J. Coyne and sergeant-at-Arms
w w. Chambers.
The Seventh Ward Democratic Club