The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-31
FLOWERS COVER
GRAVES Of HEROES
Early Morning Crowds Partici-
pate in Ceremonies at the
Cemeteries.


grant flowers We're used yesterday in
the decoration of the graves of vet
Grams of the Civil and Spanish Ameri-
can wars, the exercises at each of the
cemeteries being in charge of commit
| tees from the G. A. r. posts of the city,
the committees being assisted by the
Sons of Veterans. and details from
Company A, M. N G., and the school
children of the city.
While the decoration of the graves
was not scheduled to begin until 9
o'clock in the morning, long before that
hour hundreds of persons appeared at
the different cemeteries and placed
flowers on the graves Of departed loved
| ones.
The largest crowd was found at
Oakland, although Forest, Calvary,
| the German Lutheran and Fort Smelling
| cemeteries each attracted hundreds of
persons, and the graves at these places
were profusely decorated with flowers
and flags. The weather was ideal, and
it is estimated that larger crowds were
present at each of the cemeteries than
ever before on a similar occasion.
School Children Participate.
pated in the services at Oakland,
| where, after the graves had been deco
rated and the bugle sounded, they
sang patriotic songs while assembled
at the Soldiers Cross Among the
children who took part in the exer-
| c1SeS were those from the Franklin
school, directed by Miss katherine Tan
| ming, and the pupils from the Jefferson
| school. The National Guard qUartette
| was present, and when America" was
sung Miss Gordon and her Sunday
school class of boys from st. Johns
Episcopal church joined in the singing.
| The G. A. r. committees were assisted
| in their work of decoration by the
Sons of Veterans and the men from
| Camp Carlton, Army of the Philippines,
| the latter society having fifteen graves
of young comrades to decorate at Oak
land. Frank Haskell, a member OF
Camp Carlton, read the Battle of
Gettysburg address of Lincoln. The
address of the day at Oakland was de-
| liyered by Gideon S. Ives.
At Calvary cemetery the school chill
| dren decorated the graves and re-
! QUEEN mass was said. The divine serv-
| ice was celebrated in the chapel at
| g: 80 by Rev. L. 1Cosgrove after which
the children, sang ''Tenting on the Old
/ Camp Ground" Lincoln's Gettysburg
address was also read at Calvary by
! William O'Gorman. There was a Sa-
| lutte by Company A, First Minnesota.
/ and representative of the different
military organizations were present to
participate in the exercises. The Sons
| of Veterans also fired salute.
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Read.
The exercises at Forest cemetery
were no less elaborate and impressive
than those at the other places. The
exercises were opened with prayer and
there was a song by the school chill
/ dren, in charge of Miss H. E. Ruddy.-
Z Miss Ethel Swiss gave a reading and
! Allen Swain read the famous Gettys-
| burg address. There was an address
| by Maj. Harris, solo by Esther De
CARTS and a reading by Mrs. Albert
l.AWebsters Memorial exercises were
also held by Ellsworth Circle, w. r. C.
At the Fort Smelling cemetery the
/ decoration of the graves was by twenty
| little girls from the Monroe school.
| The address was delivered by Rev.
James Ossewaarde, post chaplain, and
a detail from the Twenty first infantry
/ fired the SaluteS and sounded the bu-
| gle calls Here the Gettysburg adj
/ dress was read by Miss Louise O'Neill-
Committees from the military organ
| iZations of the city were also present
A at the Smelling cemetery and partici-
| pated in the exercises.
| Rev. A. l.. Koenel1e of the German
Nj. E. church, delivered the address
| at the German Lutheran cemetery on
Dale street School children, in charge
! of Miss Ida Frick, took charge of the
| decoration of the graves, being assisted
| by members of the G. A. r., Sons of
Veterans and a committee from the
| w. r. c. The Gettysburg address was
read by Adolph Rank.
One of the most interesting services
| of the day was the tribute paid to the
49,
/ r. c. gathered upon the Wabasha
| street bridge and scattered flowers on
| the surface of the Mississippi river in
! honor of the heroes who died at sea.
1 This is the third year this tribute has
! been paid to the war heroes who found
! watery graves the unique custom hav-
ing been inaugurated at Los Angeles
some seven or eight years ago, since
| which time it has became quite COM
, mon throughout the country.