The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-05-30

day-Many Graves Will be Decorated
 Exercises in East Haven-Exercises n
 Strong school Yesterday.
 Strong school, room 10, yesterday, pro
 gramme as follows:
 song--once More. Memorial Day
 School.
 Declamation-De Day Ad
 dress-vincent Kiboy.
 Poem-Memorial Day Ode-Lilliar Hewlett.
 Solo-Flag of the Free-Ethel Parker
 Declamation-Get Address = Frank Callahan.
 Essay-Battle-H of the Republic Mae Falsey.
 Song-Battle-H Hymn of the Republic x School.
 Poem-A Christopher of the Shenan- doah-Edith Flint.
 Declama tion-The Legacy of Grant Everett Keeler.
 Song Children's Song of Praise School.
 Poem-An Incident of the War-An- na Cohane.
 Declamation-The Voice of the Flag Alexander Gravel.
 Solo-Selected-Alic Weir.
 Recitation-Th Confederate Sergeant Robert Rose.
 Recitation-Joh Burns of Gettysburg --Isadora Goldberg.
 @ Duet-The Flag They Loved So We'll r-Warren Crawford and Elijah Ball.
 Speaker of the day-Willis Isbell.
 Song-Bless Thou Our Nation School.
 Harry Metzger-Pianist
 s'Parson'' Isbell, of Westville, held the boys and girls spellbound by his graphic account of the battle of Chancellors- vile, in which he was an interested participant. He also recited two poems s in his inimitable way and won the heartiest applause from most appre- i. ciative audience.
 William J. McCabe, of 96 Farren ave- nue, died in Norfolk, this state, on Mon day, having gone there for the benefit aaof his health. He is survived by a < widow and three children. He, was for 1nerly a representative of the Metro politan Life Insurance company and of < late has conducted tea store. The funeral will be held at St. Francis church this morning at 1030 o'clock. He expired suddenly at the home of John E Arnold on Emerson Place, Norfolk, where he and his wife had been stop ping during their stay in town. The primary cause of death was pulmonary tuberculosis. / Deceased was born in Glastonbury, this state, forty-one years ago.
 Dwight w. Futile preached at Christ church, East Haven, on Sunday as previously noted. It was a mistake to say that he read the sermon, for he al- ways breaches ex tempore When in the Indian territory he preached ire quently, filling the pulpit of four Epis- copA churches in the vicinity of where he was located as government agent.
 Next Wednesday evening, District Deputy Seth w. Langley will pay a visit to Beacon lodge, N E. o. F., and 1t is also expected that the other eleven deputies of the city will be present. On the evening of June 6, Winchester lodge will be visited by Deputy J. Wall There will also be present Grand War; den T. w Chapin. the vice warden and all of the deputies in the city.
 The memorial exercises in East Ha- ven to-day, will be held as usual, to- day. The procession will be headed by the town officers and will include the fire department, East Haven grange, Saltonstall Sick Benefit association, and will assemble at town hall at S:3O a. m. The Sunday schools, w. c. T. U. and Christ church guild will assemble at the Union school building at S:15 a. m., from which place they will be escorted to the line, which will leave the town hall at 9 o'clock. Music will be by the East Haven Drum corps. The Gideon Wells Naval Veterans association and a de- tail from Admiral Foote post, G. A. R., will assist in the escort and c. c. Kirk ham will be the marshal. The process sion will proceed to the several ceme- teries where the graves will be deco rated with flowers. The exercises of the day vii close at Green Lawn cemetery, to consist of a short programme by the schools, and others. There will also be an address by Attorney Dwight w. Futile. About twenty-five of the Foxon school children will take part in the celebration and will be transported in Arthur F. Sperry's barge.
 In accordance with the custom pre- vailing for many years, Memorial day will be observed in Fair Haven to-day with appropriate exercises. Polar Star hall will be open this morning for the reception of flowers and number of ladies from the Woman's Relief corps will make them up into bouquets and other floral pieces The line will be formed at 10 o'clock and will move inn mediately to East Grand avenue, then countermarching, proceeding up Grand avenue to the Fair Haven Union ceme- tery. There are about 125 graves of soldiers and sailors in this cemetery and they will all be decorated with flowers. All who have flowers to dis pose of are requested to send them to Folar Star hall as early as possible, this morning. The line will be com posed of a delegation from Admiral Foote post, G. A. R., all local veterans who can participate escorted by the Boys brigade of the Humphrey street church, school children and citizens. Comrade William E. Morgan will be the marshal and will have charge of the exercises in the cemetery. The address will be given by Rev Dr. Phillips, of St. James F. E. church. The exercises I will close with the singing of a patriotic