Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-06-05
III MEMORY GREEN
NATION PAYS FITTING HONoRs
TO IRIS SLEEPING
HEROES.
DECORATION DAY EXERCISES
INCREASED INTEREST Is MANI
TESTED IN THE CEREMONIES
OF THE DAY.
ROOSEVELT TAKES A PART
PRESIDENT DELIVERS AN ORA
TIoN AT ARLINGTON
CEMETERY.
ROOSEVELT TAXES A PART

we're given reverent homage al the ma
tional capital. The president, cabinet,
officers of the army and navy. the or
~ganizations OF veterans and the public
by thousands, with flowers and flags.
made a pilgrimage of the cemeteries.
At Arlington, where 10000 soldiers are
buried, the principal exercises were
held. There the president and his
cabinet, Commander-in-Chi OF the
Grand Army Torrance and many dis
tinguished personages of official and
private life were gathered. Department
Commander Bingham called the audi
ence to order and the choir rendered a
cantata with deep feeling. Assistant
Adjt. Gen. Chase read the orders and
Edwin b. Hay delivered Lincoln's Get
tysburg speech.
The President Speaks.
At the conclusion of more music the
president arose and delivered his ora
ton to a hushed crowd. After a pre-
hminary statement the president said
the American array vas just carrying
to completion q small but peculiarly
trying war. lie deplored the cruelties
committed by troops, and said that
every effort was being made to reduce
W LtIC IilIlllAllGlll RI ans 49,
offenders. The fact that the misdeeds
were committed under great provoca-
ton was no excuse Lynchings Of in
initely greater cruelty than any act of
an American soldier were committed
occasionally in this country, and 1.-The
men who fail to condemn these lynch
lngs and yet clamor about what has
been lone in the Philippines are indeed
49, h@n- In chair
own eye."
Fighting to Establish Liberty.
He referred to the charges of rapine,
murder, outrages of women and law
less cruelty mad. against the Lincoln
hirelings'' by the Confederate congress-
and said 1.-The men who thus foully
slandered you have their heirs in those
who traduce our armies to-day"
The Americans in the Philippines
were fighting to establish liberty and
as soon as the Fiiipinos showed their
capacity for freedom by their power or
! self-goverHnent it would be possible TO
decide whether they are to exist inde-
p~endantly of us or to be n to us py
ties of friendship and common interest.
When that day will come 1t Is not III
human wisdom to foretell.
At the conclusion Gen. Torrance de-
ivered an address, followed by the sing
Ing of America and the benediction.
Unveiled.
New York, June 1.-THE unveiling OF
the soldiers and sailors monument In
Riverside park. a shaft that cost a
quarter of a million, was the principal
feature of the observance OF Memorial
day. An impressive parade OF Grand
Army posts, national guard regiments
regulars, b~luejackets and marines from
the navy yard was reviewed by Gen
Miles and Admiral Barker, Generals
Howard and Brooke and Mayor Low.
Costly Bust Unveiled.
PHILADELPHIA, June decoration day
here was characterized by the unveil-
ing of the bronze bust and pedestal
erected to the memory Of the late Presl-
dent Mckinley by the Philadelphia let
ter carriers. The principal Grafton was
delivered by Former Postmaster Cen
eral Smith.
Fairest Weather Conditions.
Chicago. June 1. Chicago observed
Memorial day nde the fairest wealth
or conditions. Great crowds witnessed
the parade of Civil and Spanish war
veterans. which was composed Of seven
divisions. Gov. Yates, Mai Gen. Mac
Arthur. Mayor Harrison. Gen. j. G.
Black and others reviewed the process
sion. At the cemeteries the usual deco
ration of graves was accomplished In
the morning.
Usual Ceremonies Mt Lincoin's Tomb.
Springfield, Ill, June 1. - The cere-
monies at Lincoln's tomb were or the
usual order. The sarcophagus In which
the body formerly rested buefore be-
ing put In the base OF the monument
was covered with flowers. The Memoir
ial day program was carried out at the
monument in the afternoon, preceded
by a parade.
The Day at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, June 1. - Memorial day
was observed here by the almost gen.
eral suspension of business. The pa
rade was composed Of eight divisions.
The graves of soldiers I'm all cemeteries
were strewn with flowers and appro-
! pirate services were held.
OF Unusual Interest.
st. Paul. June 1.-St. Paul gave itself
up 10 the observance of Memorial day.
A few of the stores were open in the
morning, but In the afternoon business
was generally suspended. The veterans
organizations held exercises at the st.
Paul cemeteries I'm the morning. and,
assisted by school children, decorated
the graves OF veterans. The veterans
OF the Spanish war were not forgotten.
and the few graves OF those that have
died since the close OF the war were
decorated. The Spanish war veterans
also had a prominent place in the ex-
e~rcises.