Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-06-06
THE SOLDIER DEAD.
Reports Show That Decoration Day
Was Generally Observed.
A VETERANS PLANT At KANSAS CITY


| CAbeB Ill JULIET NItitNs
Kansas City, Mo-, May 3l.-Decora-
ton day was celebrated in the usual
manner by the old soldiers, veterans
of the civil war. Aside from their
exercises there was no other public
observance of the day, except that the
banks, public offices and department
stores were closed all day and many
other stores closed ut noon. The
school-chidren, who used to accom-
pany the old soldiers to the Gene
teries and decorate the dead veter-
ans graves, had no hand in the cele-
bration. Indeed, they have not taken
part in the exercises for several years.
As an old soldier remarked pathet-
! ically yesterday morning: Even the
children have forgotten u.s.
Reports from many cities in Kansas
and Missouri and all over the country
show that the day was generally OBJ
served.
Big Parade at New York.
New York, May 3l.-The Memorial
day exercises in this city were car
ried out with more than the usual in
terest. The important events on the
days programme were the military
parade, the exercises at Grants tomb
where WI Ting Fang made an ad.
dress and the dedication of the Hall
of Fame at the New York university,
at which Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew
delivered an Grafton. In the parade
there were about $4,000 men in line.
A feature of it was the firing of sa-
lutte by the naval post opposite the
statue of Farragut in Madison square.
At Grants tomb WI Ting Fang. the
Chinese minister, in accordance with
instructions given by I'll Hung Chang
some years ago, placed an offering of
flowers on the stone coffin containing
the generals remains.
The St. Louis Celebration.
st. Louis, May 31.-Memorial day
celebration in st. Louis began with
the decoration of the statues of prom
inent men throughout the city by
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Army posts. A parade, made up of
members of the Grand Army of the
Republic, service men of the Spanish
war and the Philippine Island Veter-
ans association, and headed by a
platoon Of mounted police, marched
through the downtown streets. After
the parade the different organizations
held exercises in the cemeteries where
the soldier dead are buried.
Many Veterans Unable to March.
Chicago, May 31.-Chicago yester-
day, forsaking usual vacations, de-
voted all its energies to giving honor
to IFS soldier dead. Services were held
in every cemetery in Cook county
and the grave of every one of the 5000
warriors buried therein was deco
rated with wreath, and above all
unflrled the stars and stripes. The
feature of the day was the parade of
the q. A. r., in which 1900 grizzlcd
veterans participated. Many of the
veterans unable to endure the two
mile march rode in carriages
Unique Proceeding at Boston.
Boston, May 3l.--New England had
Il dull, cold Decoration day yesterday.
The principal event in Boston was the
celebration at the navy yard ut
which several hundred SCHOOLGIRL
iren strewed flowers upon the water,
in memory of those who have per-
ished at sea. This unique proceeding
was in charge of Mrs. W. 7. SAMPSON.
near admiral sampson presided.
Children Participate at Cincinnati
Cincinnati. May 31.-An unusually
large parade was the principal fea-
ture Of Memorial day here. The pro-
ccssion included large numbers of
children and youth from all the pub
lie schools, the G. A. r. posts and
Others. Special trains conveyed the
participants later to Spring Grove
cemetery, where the greater number
of soldiers are buried.
Tho Exercises at Topeka.
Topeka, Kan. May 3l.-Memorial
day was observed here by the G. A. r.
posts in the usual way--a procession
to the cemetery and floral decoration
of the soldiers graves in the forenoon
and an address in the afternoon. The
exercises-at the cemetery were brief.
The Chlckasaw Nation Keeps the Day.
Ardmore, I. T., May 2l.-Decoration
day was generally observed through
out the Chickasaw nation in the prin-
cipal cities Of the territory. The
graves of the departed soldiers were
profusely decorated with flags and
flowers and memorial services held.
Short Parade Mt Washington.
Washington, May 3l.-Memorial day
was observed in Washington with the