Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-31
It Was Observed With Proper
Ceremony at Manila.
PRESIDENT AT ANTIETAM
He Takes Part in Dedication of Mary
land Monument-Day ia Chs
cago-AIl the Nation Nlourns
Hts Soldier Dead.

Manila, May 3O.-Memorial day was
observed here as general holiday.
Military ceremonies We're held at the
various stations and salutes were fired
from the forts at Santiago and Ma
Mia. A military escort proceeded to
Malate cemetery, where the graves of
the United States soldiers were deco
rated and an address made by the chap
lain. Memorial exercises were also
held in the theatre, at which a number
of addresses were delivered, inter
spersed with vocal and instrumental
music.
Washington, May 3o.--McKinley left
here at $50 this morning for Antietam
battlefield, where he will take part in
the dedication of the Maryland monu-.
ment. The secretaries of war, navy,
treasury, agriculture and Attorney
General Griggs accompanied the presi-
dent.
Hagerstown, Nd, May 3o.-Another
link in the chain which binds the
north and south was forged today by
the dedication of the monument erect
ed in memory of the men who wore
The grey as we'll as those who wore the
blue. and who died on the bloody field
OF Antietam. The president, members
OF the cabinet, United States senators,
representatives and many other dis
tinguished citizens, besides veterans,
both Union and Confederate, of the
civil war, witnessed the ceremonies.
The dedicatory ceremonies were
opened by Col. Benjamin E. Taylor,
who introduced General Henry Kyd
douglass, director of ceremonies. AZ
ter prayer, Governor John Walter
Smith gave an address of welcome.
Col. Taylor, as president of the Antie4
tam battlefield commission of Mary
land, then presented the monument to
the national government, and Secre-
tary OF War Root in brief address ac-
.cepted it on behalf of the United
States. There, were number of short
addresses. and then Mckinley was III
troduced and delivered the address of
the day.
Chicago, May 3o.-Memorial day was,
quietly observed here today. The
board of trade, the stock exchange, the
banks and many of the largest stores
closed out of respect to the counrry's
soldier dead. In consideration of the
aging veterans of the civil war the line
OF march of the parade was only
mile long. The cemeteries were throng-
ed with people all day.
Chicago, May 3O.-An innovation in
Memorial Day celebrations was in
aaugurated here today. Besides placing
flowers upon the graves of the sol
dlers, the committee amid multitude
OF people, strewed flowers upon the
waters of the inland river in memory
of the Man Behind the Gum The
idea being that4the waters which flow
from the lake, thru the canal and down
the Mississippi river into the Gulf of
Mexico, where the remains of the
wrecked sailors lie, should be an an
propriate. place to strew with flowers.
Parade In New York.
New York, May 3O.-The First Bri-
gade, National Guard State of New
York, commanded by Brig. General
Necessary Butt, and the Seventh
Eighth, Sixty-ninth and Seventy-first
Regiments participated in the Deco
ration celebrations today. Major Cen
eral Roe was in command with Squad
ron A as escort. Governor Roosevelt
reviewed the column at West Monu-
ment.
A feature in the parade in Brook
Ign today was the turning out of 600
letter-carriers in fun uniform. An.
other noticeable feature was the Will
liam FL. Hubble Command, No. 12.
Spanish War Veterans, in the uniforms
worn by the members during the Span
ish war. The citizens of the borough
cheered loudly for the stained uni
forms of the young veterans.
Andersonville, Ga, May 3o.-Attend-
ing the Memorial day services today
were companies of the State Militia
which had been ordered out by the
governor at the requested Mayor Will
liams of this place. 1t was desired for
protection against lawless acts usu-
ally committed by negroes who visit
the Andersonville Federal cemetery on
Decoration day. Thousands of me-
groes flock to the National cemetery
every year.
Cincinnati, May aO.-The Nelson A.
Miles Garrison No. / of the Spanish
American War Veterans participated
in the Memorial Day parade and ex-
cises today dressed in the khaki I'M
form. This is the only organization
in the country which has permanently
adopted the uniform.
Philadelphia, May ao.-In the Decor
alton Day parade here today there
were besides the Grand Army of the
Republic veterans, the State Militia,
cadets of Delaware College, and a
number of secret societies. The par
ade was reviewed by Governor Tun-
nell.
Muskegon, Mich, May 3o.-Two
bronze statues, of Farragut and Lin
coin, modelled by Chas. Niehaus, and
two others, of Grant and Sherman,
modelled by j. Massey Rhind, which
have recently been exhibited at the
National Academy of Design and the
American Art Galleries in New
York City, were unveiled today. The
group is the public gift of Charles
Hockey. The statues, of colossal
size, stand on pedestals OF Barre mar
BILE, seven feet high which bear sim
ply an inscription and a wreath of
laurels The cost of the pedestals
and statues exceed $4,000. The stat
ues OF Farragut and Lincoln were done
by the lost wax process, by which a