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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-31
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. May 30.-Alexandria
streets showing no other signs OF holt
day than the passage of a considerable
mum her of people from Washington to the
soldiers graveyard. The public Offices,
banks, and schools were closed, the latter
giving half the day. At noon many Alex
andrians proceeded to the National Gene
terry where about 1880 the bugle sounded
the assembly. Rev. Clearance E. Ball, of
Grace P. E. Church. offered prayer and
then Cuntette consisting of T. II.
Netherland. T. ]. Davis. James Foster.
Prof. Renner. and Rev. c.. E. Ball sang
America in which the throng which had
assembled around the stand Joined.
William p. Graves a prominent citizen OF
the First ward. read President Lincolns
speech at Gettysburg. The quntette then
sang To-day This Hallowed Spot We
Seek" and Post Commander ]. V. Davis
introduced the orator of the day. Repre-
sentative Charles B. Lands of Indiana,
who took for the theme of his Grafton
The American Soldier" The quintette
then sang sleep. Soldiers, Sleep and the
graves of the Union veterans were adorned
with flowers Rev DR.. Ball then pro-
nounced a benedction and after three vol
leys had been fired over the graves BY the
Alexandria Light Infantry the bugie
sounded taps and the exercises con-
cluded.
Some interest has been excited here by
the report that about 10 o'clock last night
three strangers. one woman. were seen
on the river front near Shoots lumber
yard. and that after the men had departed
the cry of murder was heard in that
neighborhOod but the woman was no more
seen. The police attach no importance TO
the incident. which is thought to have
been merely a drunken froic Of some dis
reputable persons. careful examination
of the neighborhood today has disclosed
nothing.
Mr. Hines proprietor of boarding
house on Upper King Street, complained
to the mayor this morning that Judge
Mackey and wife had created a disturb
ance at his house. The mayor sent for
them and told them that the troubles must
cease. and that unless they left town i'm
mediately he would call for a commission
to test the sanity of Mrs. Mackey. The
lady complained of the conduct of her
husband. but he succeeded in quieting her.
and Judge Mackey promised to leave town
as soon as able. The couple are still in
town tonight
James Frazier who was brought from
stanford county, virginia. 10 tNe lNIfNl-
i.y In very preCarious condition a few
days ago, died there this morning. and his
remains were placed in the custody of
Funeral Director Domaine. who will send
the body to Whitewater. Va, for burial.
Judge Nicol, in the County Court at
Fort Myer, has given a decree of divorce
in the cases of Zorn VS.. Zorn, and Of
Arthur Spence VS.. Lulie Spence.
Attorney Bendheim says that the case
,I;n Dol
against the Police Commissioners will be
called before Judge Norton on Saturday
next.
The grocery store OF Albert Meeks. on
Duke and Fayette Streets. was broken
open at an early hour this morning. and
some tobacco and other articles and a
small amount in cash stolen.
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to reverence the day. or permit its mem
cries to fade into oblivion.

the time should ever come when they fail
TO reverence the day, or permit its mem
cries to fade into oblivion.
Auditor Castles Address.
The next speaker was H. A. Castle,
Auditor for the Postotiice Department He
said in part:
This historic Arlington is our grand
Pantheon. precious to patriotism forever.
as the resting place of men who were
priests in the temple of freedom and
princes in the kingdom of glory Here
silent granite shafts speak. 'tuneful as
the song of Immortality upon the lips of
cherubim. Here a countrys care is
layished to preserve the venerable and
beautify the beautiful Here posterity
pays grateful homage to valor. all the
white lilies In whose crest sprang from a
scarlet dew.
Here. as everywhere, ii is fit that in
tributes paid to those who nobly died.
they should not be forgotten who in the
same sublime crisis testified their willing
ness to die. Shoulder to shoulder they
marched and fought and conquered.
Some were taken and the others left.
rr'nose who remained, lifted by solemn
conservation, have kept inviolate. in war
aad peace. the faith of Lincoln, pure as
. tire holy grail
Let no man dare assert that the North
fought for conquest or that the South was
shorn of her birthright. The soldiers of
the Union fought TO preserve for their
mistaken adversaries a princely heritage
they would have blindly forfeited. 1t was
I not for the vanquished a defeat; it was
the greatest victory of the ages. In spite
of themselves in opposition to their brav
est endeavor they were forced to accept
bountiful share of the opportunities
which are a perpetual possession of those
who inherit this afIluent beautiful land.
The soldiers of tn, Union fought for the
exact measure of fraternity. equal rights,
mutual respect, and consolidated power
which We now see realized. They fought
not TO reduce their opponents to vassal-
age, but to restore them to citizenship.
Our Republic is awaking to a sense of
its power. and that power involves in
creased responsibility. There are ills and
faults and failings but there abundant
virtue to overcome them. We are the
greatest. richest, freest. happiest people
on earth today. Perhaps the time has come,
when We can no longer sit. rioting in
the selfish enjoyment of those good things,
while the world is filled with groans of
the oppressed and Borrowing. 1t may be
that we must now give up some OF our
wealth to succor others; that we must
suffer in order that others may be liber-
ated. If such be the demands of the age
and the occasion. we will respond to the
summons with strong arms and manly
hearts"
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IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION.
Services Conducted Under Direction
of Gen. Geo. II. Thomas Post

Tributes TO the memory OF the Union SOL
diers who are buried at Glenwood, Prospect
Hill. St Mary's, and Mount Olivet Gene
teries were laid on their graves yesterday
morning by their former brothers in
arms. At the cemeteries named the dec
Grating of the graves was done by mem
bers of George II. Thomas Post, assisted
by the Woman's Relief Corps.
At 100 a. m. the members of the post
assembled at headquarters, at the corner
of Eighth and ] Streets northeast. and. led
by the post commander w. w. Deloe pro-
ceeded first TO Mount Oiivet Cemetery.
Upon the arrival of the party at Glen
wood Cemetery the column proceeded to
the chapel. where the following programme
OF exercises was rendered:
Reading memorial orders, Adjutant
Samuel Beight; prayer, Rev. n. b. Seq
noun; selection by Philharmonic quar-
tette: memorial ceremonies. officers of
George II. Thomas Post; martial music.
drum CORPS; solo, we Decked Their
Graves with Flowers Today" Mr. Thomas
l.. Jones; reading of President Lincoln
Gettysburg address, Comrade J. Is. Dowd;
recitation, Night on Shiloh" Miss Bertha
Frances Wolfe; singing, children's choir;
address. Hon. Thomas ii. Tongue; mar
tial music. drum corps. and benediction.
Chaplain Honn.
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urban resorts. The summer season has
just been inaugurated, many pleasure
places opening for the first time on Memo
rial Day.
AT River View the largest crowd OF the
season assembled, and the steamer Psntz
made four trips to accommodate the excur-
sionists Many OF the visitors at C.esa-
peaae Beach took their first dip Of the year
in the salt water. and the plank walk vas
thronged with pleasure seekers. The con-
cert at Glen Echo was well attended In
the afternoon and at night an electric and
fireworks display OF the Battle Of Manila
was produced. The electric cars carried
great numbers to the opening day at Chevy
Chase Lake, where concerts were given in
the afternoon and evening. With the all
of night the lake was beautifully illumi-
mated with electric lights. The ne Tssor,
at Wildwood is popular. and hume: o 8
pleasure seekers attended the vaudeville
performance and INDUCED in danci-g.
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AT The SOLDIERS HOME.
simple Ceremonies by Veterans over
Graves of Departed Comrades.


Memorial Day services at the Soldiers
Home Cemetery were observed yesterday
in manner which was beautiful in its
simplicity and impressive in its solemnity.
The sloping lawn was occupied by many
veterans of the Home and members of
Henry Wilson Post No. II. G.. A. r., and
a sprinklng of younger comrades of the
SpanishAmerican war. multitude of
people had come to witness the ceremonies
and to deposit upon the last resting places
of the departed tokens Of love. The speak
ers' stand, which was draped with the
Stars and Stripes, was occupied by the
committee and officers of the Home. the
orator. the chaplains, and the poet of the
occasion as well as many invited guests
among whom was Mrs. Gen. John 4.
Logan.
At $50 a. m. the parade formed and
marched to the speakers stand. The fol-
lowing order of exercises was observed
Sounding assembly by Soldiers Home
bugler; ITO Thee Country" Soldiers
Home Band: calling the assembly to
order by l.. p. Williams; invocation. by
Rev Joseph T. Kelly: American Hymn, +"
by st. Peters choir; "Lncoln's Gettys-
burg Address," Edwin b. Hay; "Sere-
made" Soldiers Home Band; poem. The
Graves Of Soldiers Home DR.. Thomas
Calver: Cover Them over with Beauti-
full Flowers" St. Peters choir; Grafton.
Representative James L. Watson of In
diana; solo. Rest of the Brave" Miss
Lillian Calver reading, In Memoriam. =
Miss Marion Lowell; address. Gen. George
d. Ruggles, Governor OF the Home: closing
prayer Rev. Father Hannah. chaplain of
the Home; singing of America" by choir.
band accompaniment: sounding taps.
At the close Of the exercises the process
sion headed by the band and Henry Will
son Post marched to the Home grounds.
where the Home Battery at high noon
fired salute with honors to the flag.
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AT CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY
Grand Army E1erciscs Over the
Graves of Soldiers.

Grand Army E1erciscs Over the
Graves of Soldiers.
The services at Congressional Cemetery
were conducted under the direction of
Israel w. Stone. Junior Vice Department
Commander, assisted by committee. COM
posed OF George r. Cook and A. f. Dins-
more of Farragut Post. No. TO- and Relief
Corps The organization assembled in
Pennsylvania Avenue. between Third and
Fourth Streets southeast at 9 o'clock and
were transported to the cemetery, where
the following order OF exercises was OBJ
served, the assembly being sounded at 10
o'clock:
Sounding assembly. bugler; sacred
march, Washington Light Infantry
Band; calling assembly TO order,
Israel ". Stone; invocation, Rev. 4. Nor
man Ward; "Our Braves 0keller), octette
Lincoln's Gettysburg address, Vincent Z.
Lynch; American medley, Washington
Light Infantry Band; poem. Comrade d. j.
Evans; Heroes Beloved" Collin Coe)
octette; Grafton, Mr. Washington Gardner;
war songs selection. Washington Light
Infantry Band; benediction, Rev. A. Nor
man Ward
Memorial Octette-George II. Lillebrldge.
b. W. Beebe. W. G. Penney. Harry f.
Smith. DR.. F. ]. Woodman. R NJ. Mckee,
DR.. Fred X. SWEET, d. Harris Clark; Harry
G. kimball, accompanist.
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A CHAPEL DEDICATED.
Exercises at Harmony Cemetery in
the Afternoon.

Colncident with the memorial services
at Harmony Cemetery, which were held
yesterday afternoon at go O'Clock. a
chapel was dedicated under the auspices of
the commanders Of several Grand Army of
the Republic posts.
The ceremonies in honor of the dead in
clufed the following programme: Prayer by
the Rev. GeoTge Lane. pastor of Israel C. NJ
+. Church; VOCAL music by the choir Of
Israel c. NJ. L. Church, under the direction
of Prof Henry Webster Lewis; Grafton,
George u. Graham. Commander Post 81:
music: address. Miss Matte Z. Bowen; ad-
dress, Rev. Or. Miller, OF Lincoln Mission
poem, Prof. S. G. Brown: dedication of
Harmony Chapel, under the auspices OF the
G. 4. r.; dedication Grafton, Rev. G orge
Lane. assisted by Rev. DR.. Miller.
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OAK HILL CEMETERY.
Songs. Music, and Orations the Or
der of the Dny,

der of the Day.
The ceremonies at Oak Hill Cemetery
were conducted by committee composed
of E. H. Harper, Chairman; a. B. Grun-
we'll, NJ. B. Liclty, Rudolph Ullmer, ]. w.
Kirkley, and Henry Williams.
The order of exercises follof-s:
Introductory remarks, master of cere-
MONIES music, Third Cavalry Band: IN
vocation, Rev. Frank H. Havenner: music,
quartette, Miss G. L. Mccullough Miss E.
NJ. Chase, Mr.. II. p. Hoover, Dr. j. W.
Hollingsworth; music, Third Cavalry
Band; solo, Mr.. H. p. Hoover; address.
Mr.. Ashley NJ. Gould, solo, Miss G. L. Nc
CulIough; music, Third Cavalry Band;
benediction, Rev. Stanley Bilheimer; My
Country. 'Tis of Thee" Third Cavalry
Band; Lead. Kindly Light" and "Tenting
on the Old Camp Ground by quartette.
composed of Miss Ryan. Mrs. Sinclair
Miss Wise and Mrs. Nellie Kelser; solos
by Miss Wise and Mrs. Kelser
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ST. ELIZABETH'S ASYLUM.
Appropriate Exercises at the Gov
eminent Hospital for the Insane.

AT St Elizabeth's Asylum those of the
inmates who were members of the Union
Army during the civil war held interesting
memorial services under the direction Of a
committee from John A. Logan Post,
No. 13
The programme was as follows:
Sounding the assembly, 1920 a. IN,
bugler; Hail Columbia" Asylum Band;
opening remarks by chairman. Post Com
mander James II. Dony; invocation Post
Chaplain Rev. y. H. Miller; song. "Tenting
on the Old Camp Ground" ST. Elizabeth
choir: address. a. b. Richardson. NJ d..
SuperintoBde poem. James II. Steven
son; reading President Lincoln's Gettys-
burg address. Comrade y. Dawson; solo
and chorus. Battle Hymn OF the Repub-
lie" st Elizabeth choir; "Old Glory, 3"
Asylum Band; Grafton Mr. John r. Camp
bell; song, He Givcth His Beloved sleep"
lDanks), st Elizabeth choir; America, 8"
by all present: taps. bugler.
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HOLY ROOD CEMETERY.
An Grafton by the Rev. Fnther
McAftec.

Holy Rood Cemetery was the scene of a
simple but impressive ceremony, the
feature of which was the remarks OF Rev.
Father McAttee. late chaplain of the
Thirty-frst New York Volunteers, civil
war. The following programme of exer-
cises was observed:
Music. Nearer. Ny God. TO Tee " Third
United States Cavalry Band; prayer, Rev.
Father Francis McAttee: grafton, p. S.
Cunniffe, principal Of Trinity School; song.
Georgetown University Glee Club &c. Her
bert Wells. director; remarks. Rev Fa her
McAttee, former chaplain of Thirt. first
New York Volunteers civil war;; salute
to the dead. Georgetown High School Ca
diets; taps, bugler.
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THE PLEASURE RESORTS.

Thousands of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SDend
Memorial Day in Recreation.
Many thousands of the residents of tie
city took advantage yesterday of the OPP
portunity afforded by holiday to find rec
reation out of town at the seaside and sub
The Irish standard., 1900-08-04
A MONUMENT TO PATRIOTS.
1 Magnificent Address at Arklow by
Father Kavanagh.

At the laying OF the foundation stone
Of monument at Cerklow, county
Wicklow, to the memory of Father Mi
chael Murphy and the 700 gallant men
who died with him for ireland in 1893,
the Grafton was delivered by the Rev. P.
F. Kavanagh, o. S. F., nephew of the
hero-priest who fell at Arklow, and the
historian of the Wexford rebellion. In
the course Of his address he evoked
storms OF cheering. He said in part:
In Ireland but few such monuments
as this we are concerned in have been
till lately erected. In Ireland, it is true,
there are many public commemorative
monuments, but they were either by a
foreign government or by its partisans
They were erected to hand down the
memory of men who had served the in.
terests of that foreign government, mad
The Irish standard., 1900-08-04

dams, lie and a white companion es-
sayed to visit the villages of the Hurons
on the Chippewa and Black rivers. The
wayfarers suffered intensely from the
mosquitoes, from hunger, and from the
insolence and cruelty OF their Indian
guides; but they reached the Wisconsin
river in safety and descended it for a
considerable distance. When portaging
Bill Cross rapids, Menard failed to keep
up with the rest OF the party, lost the
obscure trail and was never seen again
Whether he was murdered by savages
or died of starvation, no one can tell to
this day. But long after his disappear
ance his breviary, cassock and kettle
were recognized in possession OF
Indians. No reader of Parkman can
forget the heroic character OF the mis-
sionary Jean de Brebeuf, and the awful
tragedy which concluded his devoted
life. He was born at Bayeux, France,
in 1898, and accompanied Champlain to
Canada in 1926, establishing himself
among the Hurons, acquiring their lam
guage and exercising a paternal inAu-
ence over them. In 1929 he was carried
a prisoner to England, but three years
later he returned to Canada and extend
ed his influence as far as the Neuter
Indians on the Niagara river In 1884,
with Daniel, another Jesuit, he penetrat-
ed to the vicinity OF Lake Huron, where
the Christian Indians were gathered in
to the villages of St. Louis and St. Ig-
natius-the prelude to the foundation
of other stations, including ST. A[ary's
on the River Wye. In the war between
the Hurons and their ferocious foes, the
Iroquois, in 1919, Brcbeuf and Lalle-
mand, who was his companion at the
time, might have escaped; but they
would not desert their converts. The
Iroquois took the mission and con-
demned the missionaries to death by
torture. They were covered with pine
bark full of pitch, and burned on scat
fold. 10 the last their behavior was
such as to make them remembered as
shining members OF the noble army of
martyrs. Such was the peril Of those
who carried the message OF the gospel
in this part Of the world less than two
centuries and half ago. They were
utterly out Of reach of help from the
country whence they came. 1t was an
age when there was no communication
by telegraph and no transit by steam.
They were the pioneers of civilization
which did not tarry long after they had
blazed the way. How long will it be
before China becomes as safe for Chris
tians as is now the country in which
Menard and Brebeuf performed their
unselhsh labors and gave up their hal
lowed lives?
The Irish standard., 1900-08-04

that men who acquiesce in slavery
should build monument to men who
died for freedom. But race which can
look back to 1000 years of freedom, a
race whose spirit long centuries of OPP
preston have not subdued, may look
hopefully to the future and await with
confidence the time when that sun
which today sheds his beams upon the
lofty green hills and pleasant plains OF
Wicklow, shall shine upon free land
and free people Cloud and prolonged
cheering).
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Missionaries in the Past.

While the civilized world awaits with
painful eagerness definite news of the.
fate of the Christian missionaries in
China, it is perhaps worth while, as a
means of marking the march of prog
ress, to recall the fact that hardly more
than two centuries ago the country now
occupied by the great states OF Michi-
gan, Wisconsin and Illinois was more
dangerous for missionaries than China
is at the present time, says the Evening
Wisconsin of Milwaukee. The exact
fate of the first missionary who entered
the borders of Observation-Disclosures Pierre
Menard-was never certainly ascer-
tanned. In the spring of 1861, after a
winter of great hardship among the In
The Irish standard., 1900-08-04
"WAR is HE'LL"
Said the Veteran General Sherman,
A Real Hero.


Aftermath OF the Roosevelt "open-
ing Of the national campaign has but
added to the dismal character of the
event, from the standpoint OF Repub-
lican benefit, proof OF which is abundant
in Republican authority. A surprising
feature, however, is the discovery that,
thanks to the Republican control Of
news sources and news circulation, such
real character has been but slowly dis.
covered throughout the country, and in
many sections is doubtless not yet
known. So much was this the fact that
even the press bureau OF the national
committee did not have the information,
having relied on the daily press, until
the same was taken there by National
Chairman Senator Jones, when he re-
turned to Chicago from St. Paul. The
press bureau chief, Mr.. Abbot, then
sought the facts, and they will be given
the country as we'll as may be, through
friendly and truthful papers. Mr. Abb
pAl ISdlllSl dilSl lltC SlOSC
OF the facts was less cautious, that the
ST. Paul committee on transportation,
which certified the tickets of those from
Minnesota and neighboring states, so as
to secure them the reduced rates for the
grand occasion, that actually ESQ per-
sons so attended. Also that national
league delegates who were expected to
be the saem in number, having the same
basis Of representation as national party
conventions, actually had convention
of 41o, including proxies. Mr.. Abbot
also learned that the ST. Paul CONNER
cial club raised something like $4,000 to
make it local success, and that the
club figures that it could better have
paid men S. each outright, to attend the
Roosevelt affair, for twice as many
could have been secured for the same
money.
In addition to features mentioned
week ago the bad effect OF the Roose-
welt speech, as to the sentiments pro-
mulgated, is more and more marked.
The Strenuous life" "knock-down-and-
drag-out" and "I-kin-lick-you" argu-
ment and talk, is daily more and more
distasteful, to say nothing OF its undig-
nifed and understandable character.
Never before was supposed idol so
quickly smashed as Roosevelt has been
in the North Star state If you don't
believe it wait till he is billed here again
for another 'opener."
The fact that the Roosevelt "strenu-
Gus opener" has been followed by the
killing of an anti-imperialist in Mime
apolis, in discussion OF the "Rougl,
Rider" sort, will have tendency to set
good many people to thinking.
The most prevalent criticism OF
Roosevelt is that war and the spirit oil
war surrounds most of his utterances
War, war! How many people there are
who fail TO appreciate what war really is
The generation that saw real wa,
does, but too many see only the glitter
and show, are stirred by the noise ane
enthusiasm, but know nothing of tn.
horrors and waste of the reality. Gen
eral Sherman, after four years of ou
bloody Civil war, i'll which he was on,
OF the most brilliant and conspicuous
characterization the hardship and agon,
that he knew were but memories, an,
when he was in full glamour of popula