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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-31
Memorial Day Exercises.

IN spite Of the unfavorable weather
ard the deep mud which in places
made marching extremely unpleasant.
the Memorial day exercises were OF q
very satisfactory nature. The decora-
lions in the cemeteries were good and
the services in COburn hall in the eve
ming were impressive and we'll APP
preciatcd. Mr.. Merrill. the orator of
the evening, is receiving many con-
pratulations upon his address. At 9.l5
in the morning Russell Post No. SO. G.
A. r.. headed by Gen. Isaac Dyer, as
marshal and escorted by Company +.
End regiment. n. G. s. NJ, left Grand
Army hall. marching up Madison
street to the North Side cemetery. The
procession was headed by the Scion
Cornet band and members of Russell
Post that were unable to march and
delegation from Russell Relief Corps in
teams brought UP the rear. The
graves were decorated and the process
sion moved to the South Side ceme-
etry, where the graves were decorated
by the veterans and brief exercises
held at the soldiers monument. The
procession returned to Grand Army
hall and the various bodies were dis
missed at 11.30 o'clock. AT 1.15 o'clock
Russell Post No. 96. G. A. r.. and COM
pany f. End regiment. N. G. S. NJ. took
special cars for Norridgewock where
they participated in the memorial OK
ercises with Bates Post No. IS, G. A. T.,
in the decorating of graves and the un-
yelling of the soldiers monument in
Puts square. The program Of the
exercises in Coburn hall at 40 O'Clock
in the evening were as follows: Read
ing of general orders from National
headquarters. Adjt. Henry ]. Varney:
response. Commander of Russell Post.
r, F. Bigelow; reading Of Roll Of
Honor. Adjt. Varney; brief address Of
" elcome. Commander Bigelow; music.
High school orchestra; invocation, Rev.
Daniel Onstott: music, quartette; ad-
dress, Hon. E. N. Merrill; music:
nuartette: singing. America. audience.
accompanied by orchestra; benedic-
ticn, Rev. Henry F. Huse.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-31
FAIRFIELD.
THE VETERANS
Decorate Comrades Graves at
Fairfield and Benton.
Eloquent Grafton by Rev. G. R. Palmer
at Fairfield Opera House,,
The Grand Army Veterans sancusttsd by The
Relief Corps Ladies.

Although Memorial day dawned
cloudy and 1t looked as IL the weather
would spoil the exercises which had
been planned for the observance ne ~.
day, the program was carried out In
full.
+. P. Pratt Post went to Benton IN
the morning and decorated the graves
of the soldiers buried in the cemeteries
there. and at l o'clock, the line was
reformed and. headed by the Fair
field Band, marched to Maplewood
cemetery. where the work Of decorating
the graves there was carried on. They
then marched to Monument park.
where proper exercises were observed.
Adjournment was then made to Fair
field Opera house where Rev. George
r. Palmer. n former soldier, now pas
tor of the Methodist church here. gave
the Memorial Grafton. 1t was a very
able effort. and kept the closest atten-
ton Of the audience which was large
one
The newly organized orchestra fur
nished music at the hall and their
playing was much enjoyed.
After the exercises at the hall. the
veterans were given banquet at G. A.
X. hall by the ladies of the Relief
Corps. The hall was prettlly decorated
and about 40 sat down to the fine
spread and ample justice was done to
the many good things which had been
prepared by the sisters.
The ranks Of the soldiers are rapid
ly thinging. several who were with
them year ago. having passed to their
final reward.
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selection and were almost startling In
their force and Importance, The work
or the soldier was traced in f,nance
industry. education and international
relations. This was done briefly. clearly
ana with much originality.
ii was shown that the great ones.
ions at issue in the Civil War had Ia
De settled before the present greatness
U. the country could be obtained. The
apohtion of slavery was not all. 1.-THE
boys in blue builded even better thar
they knew"
Inc address was without doubt ono
OF the very best heard in the city for
years. and they have been delivered nv
some very able men. Everyone was de-
iiShted with il and felt when II was
over that they had been i'm the church
put n few minutes. The building was
crowded to the doors.
Mr.. Philbrook's address was preced.
ed by a short address by Post Com
mander Proctor and music by the ba nd
and singing by the children and inter-
spersed so that the whole made a very
pleasant program.
However much the rain interfered
with the rest of the arrangements it
mad no effect on the evening and IL was
thoroughly enjoyed.
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;Meserve struck out Cowinr was ont Al,
len to McCorkell. Colby finished the The mn M
ing win lead of three ~
,Waterville faced C0lby's. lead very
cneeriaiiy In the 10th and came dancer,
" ,.isty near ending the Timing and game
NIT Mmn lead OF their own Bushey. the
lirst man np. took a run dreadfully eosv
going to first on an error by Allen secnnj
anu I'm, third on Il passed bali and home on
Wild pitch. 1t looked as IL Colhv wonln
go 10 pieces and the Waterville s,Innorf-
eis We're wild with excitement The
npieachers We're getting in their work.
n mar'n a..r me iirst OF the game the college
, ,I STAGES We're reached they opened
their thrOats and sent forth the mighty
slogan OF Colby. Allen came I'M and
pounded out IA nice double. One was ney
er more needed. He managed to get
around on putouts and attempted outs.
rear Locke fiyed out to Rice. McCor
kell and frederick who. by the way, re-
paced Williams in the eighth both took
mis- and stole second But Horace wav
laying for Abbott and lIageerty and tncy
both went out. the former on a ny to
enham: Ihis last play was a hair raj ser
McCorkell and Roderick were OF bases,
the former being on third Hayyerty mn
out an easy "rounder just near enough
to first TO make league chase it. Nc
Corkell was Sprinting for home and Rod
e . u, third. a little mishap meant
that frederick would score and win the
game. But Newcnham can do 100 Yards
pretty close to 10 seconds and got to first
before Haggerty. league tossed the bali
to him and Haggerty was out by the
small fraction of second. This ended
favor after 10 innings. The following is
the summary:
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HANDSOME NEW MONUMENT
To Memory Of Dead Soldiers Is Dedicated 4,
South Berwick.

South Berwick. Me-. May 3O.-The
members of the South Berwick Sol
diers and Sailors Veteran Association,
assisted by the residents of the town In
general. observed Memorial day by
dedicating fine granite monument,
erected in Jewett park in memory of
the soldiers and sailors OF this town
who participated in the Civil War. The
exercises occurred at 3 o'clock this af-
ternOOn and the weather conditions
were far from the best.
During the early part Of the day rain
fell steadily and the streets and drive
ways in the park were deep with mud.
In the afternoon, however, the rain
ceased and there was a large attend
ance at the exercises.
Previous to the ceremony at the
park. the procession formed in the main
street of the village and marched
through the town to the enclosure
where the monument stands. The c.
A. r. ritual was used in the dedica tory
exercises and addresses were delivered
by DIR. f. d. Jaques the first president
OF the association. and Rev. George
Lewis of South Berwick.
The monument is OF Quincy granite,
30 feet in height, and is surmOunted
by statute Of a soldier eight feet
high. On the polished sides are carved
the names of deceased veterans, about
60 in all. On the blank space remain
ing the names of the association men,
bers now living will be placed in order
as they are claimed by death.
The cost of the monument was $4,000
OF this sum the town of South Ber-
wick gave $500 and the remaining
$4,000 was raised by popular subscrip-
ton.
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At cHlseA.
Veterans from Soldiers Home Attend Address
by Rev. 4. E. Russell.

Chelsea. Me-. May 3O.-(SpeciaD.-
1t has been the custom for many
years for Cutler Post. No. As. C. A. r..
which was organized in the Togus Ma
t;onal Home 80 years ago. and named
in honor of one of it's early governors.
Mayor Martin Cutler. former citizen
of Augusta, to join with the patriotic
ladies of Chelsea in the observance
Of Memorial day.
Accordingly, at 1890 o'clock. after
they had taken part in the Home ex-
ercises Cutler Post. under its COM
mander, Patrick Hayes, the one-armed
soldier postmaster Of Chelsea and q
member of the Home, took carriages
and barges at the Home grounds and
first proceeded to the Chelsea cemetery
on the Gardiner road, where, with the
Grand Army ceremonies 35 graves
were decorated. chiefly those Of former
members Of the Home, the cemetery
having been used as a burial place
when this branch was first opened in
1866 The same service was performed
at the other cemeteries in Chelsea and
Cutler Post decorated in all some 20
graves.
The pretty little chapel at Chelsea
village was finally reached and was
found to be tastefully decorated and
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coaMELus oAY.


Ithaca. N. ". May 3O.-The Cornell
athletes surprised the Princeton team.
today, in the dual meet on Percy field
by administering to the visitors a Sc
we're defeat. Out OF 104 points the
Ithacans took 81. The showing Is by
far the best ever made by Cornell in
this branch Of sports.
The track was heavy and the wealth.
err conditions very unfav0rable for
record smashing. yet Sears, the fresh
man, lowered the Cornell record in the
100-yard dash. His work in this event
was. according to some timers faster
than 10 fiat and 1t Is thought, that I'M
der favorable conditions he could have
equalled the intercollegiate record. His
showing in other events was no less
wonderful.
At the last moment 1t was decided
to try him in the quarter mile. He
carried off this event with ease and al
SO won the 220-yard dash by a good
margin.
Cornell oarsmen in the 2-mile race
on Lake Cayuga. today. rOwed across
the finish easy winners over Columbia
and Pennsylvania. Coach Courtneys
men showed form, weight and power
superior to their opponents. They
rOwed to victory in 10 minutes and So
seconds. lowering the record for the
course made two years ago by "a sec
Onds. Columbia was second in 1902
and Pennsylvania in 11.0Sh. The
Ithacans had a lead of two and half
lengths on Columbia and the New
York crew had almost the same adj
vantage over Pennsylvania.
The showing OF the Ithacans at the
start made Cornell supporters fear for
the result. Coach HanlOn's crew was
first to catch the water and in the first
dozen strokes they had shot the nose
Of their shell nearly length in front.
They continued their good work for a
mile and three quarters and led Cor
nell until the half-mile point was
passed Both Cornell and Columbia
left Pennsylvania behind shortly after
the start.
Stroke Merrill reached 80 strokes to
the minute in the last hundred yards
and continued to increase his lead.
Pennsylvania drew up slightly on CO.
lumbia. but was unable to cut down
the big lead of the New York crew.
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At BRUNSWICK.
Graves Decorated. Especial Attention TO the
Memory Of Late Cop. Clark.

brunswick Me-. May 3o-Details of Vim
cent Mountfort Post. No. D. c. A. r.
were sent to the outlying cemeteries. this
morning. to decorate the graves of COM
rades in those places. Co. X, N. G. s. NJ,
are also observing Memorial day, today.
At 10 o'clock. a detail of six men under
Corp. Joseph Holt. was sent to Lisbon
Falls 10 decorate the grave of the late
Corp. l.. A. Clark of the company
Corporal Clark was a member of Tho
company at the time of the Spanish war.
During the encampment at Chattanooga
he contracted typhoid fever and died. Just
before the company left for the war he
fastened two small American flags TO the
roof of J. r. AleXanders house on Lin
coin street
These flags have never been removed
and the poles with a few remnants OF
the flags are still to be seen.
This afternoon. Co. X acted as escort
to the c. \. r.
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filled with ladies' and the school chill
dren OF the two districts.
Rev. A. f. Russell. pastor of the M.
+. church at Randolph, delivered an
interesting address. paying an eloquent
and touching tribute to the brave men
whose memory was being honored.
The exercises that followed included
recitation by Miss Clara Howes,
teacher of the district school: a recita :
ton. 1.-THE Blue and Gray" by Master
Earle Hayes. the little six-year-old son
Of Commander Hayes; recitation NV
Miss Linda Thompson: the singing OF
a trio by Mrs. A. l.. Hayes, Miss Ida
Series and Mark Heathcote.
The following selections wxre rem
dered by the Home Male Quartet. F..
Gould. conductor; Chas II. Rouse. or
ganist:
While the Years Are Rolling On"
The Little Bronze ButtOn.'
THE Soldiers Farewell
THE Vacant Chair"
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MEMORIAL oar
Continued from page ~

Marshall tablet. by the American
Bar Association. represented by Ed
ward WetmOre. VIM. r. Hornblowe,
and Austen G. Fox.
Kent tablet. by the Bar Association.
of New York. represented by ex.Judge
James NJ. Varnum.
Story tablet. by the American AcadI
envy Of Political and Social Science.
represented by Samuel Nice. Lindsay.
James +. Young. James Il. Dill and
Peabody tablet, by the Peabody Ed
ucation Fund, represented by ]. L. M.
Curry and II. N. Somerville.,
Cooper tablet, by Edward Cooper,
a braham s. Hewitt and F. r. Fulton
Cutting.
Stuart tablet. by the National Acad-
envy of Design. represented by Diel-
man. II. w. Watrous, ]. G. Brown and
Eastman Johnson.
Fulton tablet. by the American Socf-
ETY. Of Civil Engineers. represented by
j. J. Il. Crees and Charles Warren
Hunt.
Morse tablet. by the American Insti-
tutc OF Electrical Engineers. represent
ell by Carl Herring. Charles p. Stein
metz. CanO Silleck Dunn and F. Wiley
Dunn.
Whitney tablet. by the American So
ciety Of Mechanical engineers, repre-
sented by Prof Robert p. Thurston.
Audubon tablet. by the American So
ciety of Naturalists. represented by
VIM. T. SedGwick.
Gray tablet. by the Botanical Society
Of America. represented by DIR. Benja-
min l.. Robinson. Prof. Byron d. Halls
tead. George w. Atkinson. Prof. N. l..
Britton and DIR. L. NJ. Underwood.
Edwards tablet; John Willis Baer Of
the Society of Christian Endeavor
Mann tablet. by the National Educa-
ton Association. represented by DIR. J.
NJ. Green, G. J. Baxter. Frank A. Hill,
end s. j. MoCutchen.
Beecher tablet. by the Y. NJ. c. A..
represented by Lucian c. Warner. AL
fred Manning and Frederick b. Scheme
fred Manning and Frederick B.
Schenck.
Channig tablet. by the New England
Society. represented by George II. Sar-
gent.
Emerson tablet. by the New York
Normal College. represented by Nellie
l.. r. Goodwin. Emma Pearl Reattie,
Claiibcl Sprague and Eleanor Gutter
man.
Hawthorn tablet. by the Peter
Cooper High school. represented by
Elizabeth Day, Sarah Eustis. Marie
Glassmacher and Elizabeth Evans.
Irving tablet. by the Wadle!gh High
school. represented by Anna A. Skin
ner. Laura ORrien and Helen Schaaf-
fer.
Longfellow tablet. by the Brooklyn
Girls High school. represented by
Stella NJ. TOmlin. Florence A. Nelson,
Marie Rochester and Lillian Nash.
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AGED LOG YEARS.
jeremiah Gleason Of Ohio. Said to Be Oldest
Mexican War Survivor.

Fredericktown. O.. May So-Jeremiah
Gleeson. who lives near the Wooster and
Mt. Vernono state road. six miles south
of the Mexican war His extreme age
and the salient features of his eventiul
record se ' and o dairy which he he has kept.
He was porn in Ireland. near London
derry March z l5s5 .d In 1H5 he re left
pressdE by the nn T Oh the
Just why he came Immediately to the
Buckeye State Is explained in the old
mans own words r sae h saa ts
wanted to sec some real life lnjuns.
which he did.
rarity in this section of the state and
Uncle Jerry says he got his fill. of
them: He was captured and adopted by
tribe b with Sh hs ne Sed three years
About this time he became personally
acquainted with Gen. Andrew jackson
friendship was ended only by Jackson's
death.
Gieeson married and took his bride to
his backwoods home on the farm where
he still lives. When the Mexican war
broke out he enlisted and served under
Gen. John c. Fremont in California. and
fortune in the California gold fields. His
eldest son, who went with him. was lost
in the '.Pegleg'' gold mine. For years
Uncle Jerry lived at Salt Lake City.
and there he says he learned that one
wife at a time is enough for any man.
With a small fortune he returned to his
family and lived in peace until the War
of the Rebellion broke out, when. at the
age of G5. he once more took up arms for
his adopted country. serving three years
as union soldier He escaped uninjured.
and say; he owes his remarkable health
to the hardships he has endured.
Uncle Jerry" as he is familiarly,
known in the neiRhborhood. has devoted
his later life to the more peaceful pur-
suits OF the farm He is as well posted
on up-to-date subjects as on early his
tory. being close reader of the news
papers. He can see and hear as well as
anybody and is as spry as two-year-
old He recently fell and broke three
ribs. and says he hasn't been able to do a
fun days work since He says he hasn't
had toothache for half a century. as he
has not had a tooth in his head for more
than 40 years. He lives with NJ 3. Giee
son, his youngest son. on his old home
stead
lie has four sons and four daughters.
ali old men and women. He Is supported
by Il pension for his services In the Mex
lean and Civil wars. Uncle Jerry says
he will live to be 10 years old.
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Beware Of 4 Cough.

A cough is not disease but
symptom. Consumption and bronchitis.
which are the most dangerous and
fatal diseases. have for their first indi-
cation persistent cough. and II proper
ly treated as soon as this cough ap-
pears are easily cured. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy has proven wonder
fully successful, and gained its wide
reputation and extensive sale by its
success in curing the diseases which
cause coughing. If it is not beneficial
1t will not cost you a cent. For sale by
Jno. Coughlin, 1T Water street and J.
c. Houlehan. Gardiner. druggists.
m,w.f
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At MECHANIC FALLS.
Seven Cemeteries to Be Visited. .Oration BY
Hon. Jesse n. Libby.

Mechanic Falls. Me-, May 30.-The men,
bers of A. A. Dwinal Post have been busy
all day decorating the graves Of the dead
comrades. Seven cemeteries there are
where graves are to be remembered and
1t Is necessary for the members to take
several days for the loving service This
evening. in the Universalist church. Hon.
Jesse NJ. Libby delivered Memorial ora
ton before the post and friends.
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TWO RECORDS BROKEN.
Three Standing Jumps and Medley Race Re-
cords Easily Lowered.

New York. May 3O.--In the Knicker-
booker Athletic Club sports. today. two
established records were broken. Ray c.
Ewry of the New York A. G.. went "a
feet 81. inches in three standing Jumps
which carried him 1k inches over the
record. and l.. Deb Handley of the
Knickerbocker A. c.. finished the medley
race in 1921 As, which Is well under the
IS minutes fiat of T. Savage. an English
man.
+. Moulton. the Yale sprinter took the
honors in the short distances. winning
both the 100 and 300 yards haEdicaps. In
the former he covered the distance in
the semi-fnals of the same race. He
captured the 30O-yard by a magnificent
run.
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THOUGHT he MAD MONEY.
Yarmouth. Mass. Man Assaulted BY Men Who
Wanted His Cash.

Hyannis. Mass. May 3O.-Manuel Silvia.
Portuguese. aged about q. was assault
ed on the Barnstable road. today, and Otfi
GERS are looking for Warren Ellis and FL
natran Eldredge.
Silvia says all three were walking alon,
the road when Ellis and Eldredge knock :
ed him down and attempted to rob him.
He says the men had given him knockout
drops. Silvia thinks they thought he had
considerable money. but he Gid not have
more than a SINAI! amount.
Silvia was found unconscious by the
roadside, but shortly after he was resus-
citated. Silvia was terribly bruised and
the officers think he was kicked by his as
sailauts Silvia works In Yarmouth.
while the other men are employed here.
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THE HARVARD HEROES.
Memorial Exercises al Cambridge in Memory
Of tee Heroic Dead.

Cambridge Mass. May 3O-The annual
memorial services for the Harvard men
who fell In the Civil and Spanish wars
were held. today. in Sanders theatre.
Prayer was by Dean Hodges and the
Grafton by r. c. Boiling. Harvard I'M
dergraduate- 1t has been customary to
have such addresses delivered by grad
yates. but of recent years II has been
felt that the tributes should come from
active students at the college ard Il prec-
odent was thus established today.
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WATERVILLE.

Stolen bases-Colby. !: Waterville, 5.
Saunders >. Three-base hit-Rice. Bases
on hails-Bv Saunders. .: by Bushey. }.
Struck out-By Saunders. 9: by Newen-
ham. ,; by Bushey, Q. Passed balls-Don
ovan. Wild pitches-By Saunders; by
Newenham: by Bushey , Time, chr Som.
Umpire. Hassett of Portland
The annual visitation of st. Marks
parish. by the Right Rev. the bishop
of Maine. will occur. Friday. May 81.
The apostolic rite of confirmation Will
be administered in the evening. The
Iitany will be sung at 80 =. NJ, fol-
lowed by the confirmation service.
Bishop Goldman will be the preacher.
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At BANGOR.
The Address Delivered by Rev. MaIrj kearney
Of Lincoln.

Bangor. Me. May 30.-The usual Memo
rial day exercises were carried out here
today. by the Grand Army and citizens,
with a fine parade. decoration of graves
and an able and eloquent address in the
evening by Rev. Malry kearney of Lin
coin.
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ELECTION BRIBERY CASE.
T. W. Parker Arrested at East Lexington, Mass.
viii Have Hearing, Today.

Lexington. Mass. May 30.-Ofiicer Eos.
ter arrested Theodore w. Parker at his
residence. East Lexington. this afternoon.
on the charge Of bribery in the recent
special election for selectman in this
town. He obtained bail in $500. He will
be taken to Concord, tomorrow. for
preliminary hearing.
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$4,000 GRAVES DECORATED.
Union and Spanish American Dead At chatta.
nooga Remembered BY Living.

Montreal. May 3O.-H. C. st. Pierre.
a wellknown French Canadian GRIM
inal lawyer. who was a Union soldier
in the Civil War. delivered an Grafton
under the auspices of Hancock Post.
C. A. r., in Mount Royal cemetery. to-
day.
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COMMANDER RASSIEUR
Delivers the Address Al indianapolis. Tribute
10 Late Gen. Harrison.

Indianapolis. Ind. May 3O.-At Crown
Hill cemetery Leo Rassieur command
er-in-chief of the G. A. r.. delivered
the Grafton. He closed with high
tribute to the late Gen. Harrison whose
body is inferred near the scene of to-
days ceremonies.
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When We Were Twenty One" was
given at Fairfield Opera House,
Wednesday evening. to a well satisfied
audience. The company Is first-ciass
and the play was well put on. The
next attraction will be on June :. when
The Bachelors Honeymoon will be
playel