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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-30
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for the friend and the foe" f;

strewing blossoms over the resting
places of Union soldiers, who at that
time were buried there, as well as
their own beloved dead This noble
act has been commemorated in the
the beautiful poem, 1.-THE Blue and the
Gray"
In 1868 May 3Oth was set apart as
a national holiday by the govern
ment and the work of decorating the
graves has been carried on under the
auspices of the various Posts of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
Recently another touching and inn
pressive ceremony, suggested by a lady
of Los Angeles, California, has been
observed in some places where rivers
run down to the sea.
On Decoration Day flowers are
strewn upon these rivers at the
ebbing of the tide to float down to
the ocean graves of unknown heroes
who died at sea.
The first time this ceremony was
observed in Philadelphia in 1903
Read Admiral Melville made an elo-
quent address. in which he said:
1.-THE bodies of these men have been
lost for awhile in the sea, but their
souls and spirits will never be lost
to their loved ones at home, nor are
they lost to that Messenger and Me-
diator whose gentle presence can quiet
the storm, and whose tender touch
can carry them beyond the harbor
bar. Like the silent drift of
the barge of the beautiful Elaine, we
launch these flowers on their jour
ney to the sea, and in so doing our
hearts are made more tender for the
living and our pulses beat faster in
love of country. No one
can take from us the loving memory
of our shiDmates of other years, and
thus we say to them goodnight, and
not farewell. for we shall hope to
see them on the morning of the NOR
row"
AS we go into the beautiful burial
places and see the small head-stoneS
stretching away in long uniform lines,
we realize that humble though they
seem, they mark the resting places of
sleeping kings Every soldier, noinat-
ter how obscure his origin, who had
it in his heart to serve his country
who was willing to make the sacrifice
of leaving HON and loved ones, TO
face danger and possible DEATH was
noble,-kingly, the one who wore the
corded hat. and served in the lowest
ranks as we'll as he who wore the
gold banded cap, and decorated uni
form.
AS we come in daily COliIdCL VIII
those who fought on either side. we
may not be especially impressed by
their heroisIn. True heroes are MOD
est unassumfng. Yet these quiet men,
some of them. performed mighty deeds
of valor and was not the man as
truly heroic who stood all night on
picket duty, never knowing when a
bullet in the darkness might end his
life
Oh. the heroism il required for
strong young men to kiss the old faith
er and mother the sweetheart or
perhaps the bride good by, knowing
so well it might be a final good-by!
oh, what it cost the older man to
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-30

said this News and Observer reporter
''it was to ask you about that very
thing, that l had sought you high anC
low, and so that was why 1 found yoU
low, was it?''
who in tn h, what in the
h ever possessed Spence to fail
down on our true Republican paper
and give way to Marion and Danniel
and Bob and that set, and Duncan and
Patrick and Glenn and Price and Hol-
ton and that set. and DR.. J. ]. Mott
and R.omulustus Linney and that set
to set up nothing in C. Almighty S
world but an independent dern in
duStrial paper? Here we were just
about ready to start our true blue Re
publican paper. Blackburn has been
in Washington nearly a month get
ting things in shape, and here, by Joe,
comes this prospectus from Marion,
and it's not only got Spencer'S name a
heading the list, but the abominable
crowd has got nearly every one of us
who had subscribed to a true blue,
Tar Heel Club Banquet Republican
paper, put down as standing for moth
ing but an independent industrial pa
per advocating governmental policies
that viii develop the States resources
and make it richer than New England
and give protection BY gum there
hardly a new name on that list, but
what is developing his own self indus
triously, and protecting himself in an
old eight-year old Federal office to
beat the band"
A Fusion to Breed Scraps.
eff Marion has succeeded in fusing
that crowd into one harmonious
whole he's done a bigger thing than
he did when he fused white PopulistS
and niggers in one party, but it will
not last any longer than the other
fusing did, just long enough to give
him a boost into some fat job, and
keep those already in, indefinitely. l
would not take the editorship for five
thousand per, because | would have
to be a witness in court every time the
directors met. Just think of Black
burn and Mott and Price and Zeb
Walser and Marion and John Fries
Dan Russell and Gene Holton, Carl
Duncan and Claude DOckery, Tom
Rollins and Tom Settle er setting side
by side all heads together mapping out
a line of industrial policy each night
for the editor to pursue the following
day"
Fight! that crowd would fight sure
before ever they could agree on the
exact governmental policy necessary
for their development and protec-
ton"
1T seems pity Spence should ever
have given up the bright prospect of
establishing a first class daily Repub
lican paper in Greensboro for a little
mongrel Marion Butler, Daniel Russell
Independent affair to cost $4,000 to
the stockholders.
Il had subscribed to the Republican
paper, but l see Blackburn or some
body has transferred me bodily over
to the Independent paper, and L want
to know how the h he could do
it, and why the II he did do it if
he did do it,"
The polite D. y. had unburdened
himself, had shed light, then en-
shrouded the whole thing in gloom
and mystery, so the readers will have
to take the case and make what they
can of it.
This News and Observer reporter has
got where he can't make nothing out
of it, pohow.
Who can? Who can?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-30
GREATER RALEIGH.

There T. need for growth and eX-
pansion in Raleigh and Ion , larger
residence section of the city. The
proposition to extend the street car
system to the depot and up Hillsboro
street and out Saunders street 20 and
beyond the Methodist Orphanage
would open up the best suburban
residence property, and would soon
make that section one of the must de-
sirable residence portions of the city.
The extension of the car system into
that beautiful section north of the city
would give to parties in Raleigh who
do not feel willing to pay the high
prices charged for city residence lots
ne opportunity to own good homes
d. reasonable cost, ard would add
to the tax values in the city by the
rapid growth on Saunders street and
adjacent city property.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-30
TOGO, WE LOVE YOU!

After weeks of waiting the predic-
tons of the world have been justified
i'm the overwhelming victory won over
the Russians by Admiral Togo.
The bravery of Rojestvensky, how
ever, whose task in carrying his fleet
around the world to defeat was a vic
tory over conditions in itself, had
created Just the lack of confidence in
opinion to make the world ring this
morning with the praises of the griz-
zled hero of the fighting ships of
japan.
Togo, we love youl Nobly have you
fought; great may your reward be
when you go home again to report in
person.
There is a thrill in the contempla-
ton of the reception which Togo will
be accorded in Japan. Once before
when he returned from Port Arthur
the populace clamored to defy him.
The old man held applause at arms
length; he had Rojestvensky still to
deal with He sought no honors that
might be dashed by defeat. Back
from icy seas, he went again to meet
the foe. Nations life on his should
ers silent, modest waiting the issue
with a confidence that betrayed no
spirit of bragadoccio, no reliance on
past achievements. That incident alone
made the man terrible personality.
He was to complete his job. How well
in cr'S. icn1 n
show. And his name is ringing around
the world, while at Toxic the people,
approaching the momentous character
of the issue, are wild with the joy
that is possible only after hard re-
serve of suspense.
Details are not yet sufficient to
show the technique Of the battle, but,
as the soldiers on land have taken
the trenches with their bayonets, so
it appears The torpedo boats and the
faster and more vulnerable ships-the
infantry of the seas-rushed in and
dealt their death-blows regardless of
consequences. That is the Jap spirit.
to do the work in hand and let death
wait the issue for an Indifferent debt
or 1t is not strange such people win
nor that the great heart of the world
that dearly loves a gallant finish goes
out to greet them with sympathy as
they win or die!
All hail, Togo! And may you have
time on land to tread the flowers
made for your path.
But old "Rojy' as the American
spirit has GENE affectionately to term
him, where are you? You have ap-
pealed to us, going round the world
to death! You did not shirk the com
bat You sailed in, old boy, with
teeth set. Never did a man more gal
lantly win a gallant whipping than
you, In this tragedy of the seas, with
brave fellows dying drowning by the
hundred, may you have escaped! The
magnitude of the fate to which you
sailed with open eyes, should win you
the triumph of dying a man with a
great sorrow. If perhaps, you should
have persisted, no one will the more
sincerely grieve than the chivalrous
heart of the man of alien race and
common iron of his soul before whose
guns you ventUred all.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-30
MEMORIAL DAY.

To the Editor: On this thirtieth
of May, set apart as a day of mem
DRY, many people all over the land
gather in the national cemeteries, and
the burial places of cities, towns and
villages, to scatter flowers above the
precious dust of thousands who per-
ished i'm the great conflict forty years
ago, and plant the flag that was dear
err to them than life.
The custom Of decorating the SOL
diers' graves dates from the close of
the war. and a beautiful incident oc-
CURED at Columbus, Mississippi when
sweet-spirited women went forth from
desolte homes
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-30

Why not have two Republican
dailies in Greensboro? One crowd
wants a Republican daily that hits
straight from the shoulder and seeks
to make converts by preaching Re-
publican doctrine undiluted. Another
crowd wants paper to call itself I'm
dustrial and independent but to give
Republican doses in capsules and seek
to make converts by indirection. Two
would succeed as well as one.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-30
MORNING TONIC.

benjamin Franklin.)
If YOU know how to spend less than
you get, you have the philosopher S
stone"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-30

part with wife and little ones clasp
ing them in close embrace, realizing
that it might be for the last time!
And often there was greater heroism
on the part of those who remained at
home than those who faced the bull
let's rain. as we all well know.
Our tenderest sympathies go out at
such a time as this, to the many wives
and children, sweet-hearts and
friends, all over the land, whose be-
loved soldier dead rest in unknown
graves. They cannot honor them as
they would, but they have the COM
fort of knowing that the government
has gathered the remains of these
1898 unknown heroes into the beau
tiful national cemeteries, where their
graves are carefully tended, and de-
corated on each Memorial Day.
There are about seventy-five of
these burial places, 16 being located
i'm Virginia, kept in exquisite order at
the governments expense, where the
soldiers, sailors and marines who fell
in battle, or died in hospital, or who
have passed away since being honor
ably discharged, and over each from
sunrise until sunset floats the flag for
which they died. The stanzas of
O'Hara's beautiful poem, THE BiVOuac
of the Dead" are arranged in white
raised letters on black tablets and
placed here and there amid the shrub
berry of each cemetery.
The largest one is at Arlington,
across the Potomac from Washington,
beautiful for situation on sloping hill
sides studded with magnificent trees.
Here, according to the last report, rest
sailors, 1914 being known, and A.
Gil unknown.
Several hundred of these wore the
gray. 1t is interesting to note that
three conflicts are here represented,
the Mexican, Civil and Spanish-Ameri-
can wars in some instances, grand
father, father, and grandson resting
side by side.
The most touching of the many
beautiful memorials is the great
granite sarcophagus under which re
pose the bones of 2,111 unknown sol
diers," gathere from battle-helds. The
reads:
Their bodies could not be identified
but their names and deaths are re-
corded in the archives of their coun-
try, and in the hearts of it's grateful
as it's noble army of martyrs.
MAY they rest in peace"
While the great stone is Wreathed
with laurel and lovely blossoms are
strewn around it on Memorial Day,
the Marine Band plays Nearer My
God to Thee"
The total number buried in these
National cemeteries is 349,852, and of
this number it is sad to think that
151.983 are unknown.
Many may not be aware that over
$500 Confederate soldiers sleep in
these cemeteries, and their graves are
cared for, and decorated with the rest
Here in our own beautiful Gods
Acre, seven sons of North Carolina,
some of them sons of those who wore1
the gray, while a short distance away
our hero of Cardenas lies in dreamless
sleep, thus establishing a strong and
tender link, a oneness of interest that
should increase with each Memorial
Day"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-30
"Undcr the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day,
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray"


The recent incident at New Bern
when the Governor of New Jersey and
the Governor of North Carolina, to-
gether dedicated the monument to
New Jerseys dead, who rest in the
National Cemetery at New Bern, and
together decorated the monument to
the Confederate dead. is another tie
that binds us closer together.
The Civil War is past history. For
ty years is a long time-long enough
to bring not only foreigness, and toll
erance, but healing and comfort to
all. Nature is a healer, q repairer
of wounds: SO is Time.
The living green of the ivy is thrown
over the terrible scars with which
some fearful storm has married the
mighty oak, and over the breaches in
great stone walls and towers. Let the
sweet mantle of love and charity creep
softly over wounded and Scared
hearts let the tender finger of Time
obliterate the painful memories, leav-
ing only the sweet ones behind.
For many, indeed for most of those
who bore the stress and strain of bat
tie on either side, and for those who
fought even harder battles perhaps at
home, the sands of life are sinking
fast; the sun is getting low in the
horizon; the signal Lights Out will
soon come.
With al the sadness this thought
brings, there is joy, too, the satisfac-
ton and happiness of duty well per-
formed, of sacrifice and devotion to
the cause deaTer than life.
There is the hope of hearing the
"Well done" of the Great Command
er, of promotion to the highest ranks,
of sweetest rest, and a glad awakening
when the morning light of eternity
breaks, and the reveille sounds, and
eager souls spring forward answering
Here; when the call comes, to join
the immorta! host on the other side
of the river whose voices are already
calling us away to join that glorious
band"
MINNIE CURTIS WATT
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09

TO succession to the Swedish throne.
The Norwegians thus make it
clear that all they desire is separation
from Sweden. They have placed their
government in the hands of the minis
try and have selected a minister of for
eign affairs to complete the list of
ministers.
Whether the present revolt will lead
to armed hosulities will depend on
SWedens attitude. Norway has just
placed S1O0O0,Oo0 loan in Paris and
has an additional $Ie.o0O.0Oo in its
treasury. The Swedish newspapers
suspect this money has been raised as
war fund to back UP Norway's atti-
tude by force of arms. if necessary.
The calm and dignified manner in
which the Norwegians have conducted
their revolt thus far is most impressive.
1 1t is safe 10 assume that had Russia not
been crippled at this time the Nor
vegians would have hesitated to pro-
claim their independence of Sweden.
Russia has long viewed Norway and
Sweden with covetous eyes. and the
loss Of national independence for one or
both of the countries might follow the
I present revolt We're Russia in a posi-
I ton TO take advantage of the disagree
ment- As the situation stands now,
| however, it looks as If Norway and
! Sweden would be left TO settle their
difficulties without interference from
the outside, and a peaceful solution is
not an impossibility. The races are
closely allied and an armed conflict
would take on many Of the aspects Of
a civil war
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09
WHAT TOURISTS SPEND.

American tourists have spent abroad
more than 500. 900, 0O0 each year during
the past FIVE years. according to an
article by Henry c. Nicholas in Pub
lie Opinion Present indications are
that fully 10000 cabin passengers viii
cross the Atlantic eastward this year,
and the cost of the vacations of these
100000 tourists viii amount to not less
than $3.50, coo. or an average of about
$1,000 each" he says. He figures that
the steamship companies viii get S37.-
100000 of the total. leaving S112,5OO, 600
for the foreign hotels, railroad lines.
etc. and continues.
II this $4,000. 600 was kept at home
i. would pay the entire expenses of
Greater New York for d twelvemonth
and leave a handsome surplus remain
ing. It would purchase all Of the
seats on the New York stock exchange
at the highest price at which a seat
has ever sold. and leave a balance al
most sufficient to move the wheat crops
of the nation from farm to market
L would be more than sufficient to
defray the pension list of the United
States government for one year"
This is one case where the balance
Of trade is against the United States.
The big steamship lines are chiefly
owned abroad and their earnings go
to foreign capitalists Tourist travel
to the United States is so much lighter
than the annual rush of Americans
10 Europe that it would probably be
safe TO say the American railroads.
hotels, etc. would receive this year
not more than half of SIP, SOC, 900, the
amount allotted to Europe
But those who can afford European
tours should not abandon them on this
account They are interesting and
instructive experiences. and the coun-
try at large is not a loser in the end,
because those who have an oppOTtu-
nifty to study Europe generally return
with increased love for America.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09
| LIGHTHOUSE FOR MONUMENT.

A new and sensible form of monu-
ment is proposed by Japan to COM
memOrate Togos latest victory, accord
Ing TO a dispatch from Toxic 1t says
the japanese navy department has de-
termined to erect on Okino island an
enormous lighthouse that viii iHum-
mate the sea for a distance Of eighty
miles. covering practically the entire
scene of the battle. It is pointed out
that the lighthouse will not only serve
10 constantly remind the men of the
japanese navy of the great fight and
the great admiral. but will be of great
benefit TO navigation. The plan con-
templates raising money for the light
house by popular subscription in japan.
II is not doubted that this sort of a
monument viii be approved by the wise
old Japanese admiral, probably not 50
much because it is meant to honor him
as because it viii have a practical
value.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09


Minister Dawson. who IS home from
his post at Santo Domingo for a visit.
says tho people of that black republic
are more than delighted by the change
that placed American collectors in the
DOMINICAN custom houses. The rev.
enues have increased fully twenty per
cent since the Americans took hold
SAYS Mr. Dawson. which makes us he
lieve there are certain Domingans who
are not pleased by the change. We re-
fer. Of course to the collectors who
We're supplanted by the Americans
Times must be hard for these worthy
patriots. whose emotions as they behold
that twenty per cent going into the
treasury instead Of following its former
course. may be imagined but cannot be
described.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

554-Oscar /. Rider. Basalt. Ida. and
Pearl r. Davis. Basslt. Ida
555-ATchie Gray. Park City, and Susie
Williams. Salt Lake
556-Thomas J. Ford. Bingham, and
Fannie Sheetz. Bingham
557-Franklin Stark. Salt Lake and
Esther Hodges. Salt Lake.
55s-Orson Taylor. Frisco. and Dora
Maynard, Bingham.
55e-Daniel f. Smith, Granger. and Lucy
Cook. TaElorsVille
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09
Sixty Fears Experience Of an Old
Nurse.

Mrs Winsiow's Soothing Syrup Is the
prescription of one of the best female
physicians and nurses in the United
States. and has been used for sixty years
with never-faillng success by millions or
mothers for their children. During the
process OF teething its value lie incaicula-
ple. 1t relieves the child from pain, cures
diarrhoea. gripping in the bowels and wind
collie. BY giving health TO the child IT
rests the mother. Price. - cents a bottle
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09

The English should not permit Al
fonso to depart until they have pointed
out TO him the spot where the Spanish
armada was last seen
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09

That the French continue to exercise
a marked influence on the literature Of
Europe is shown by the ideas Of neu-
trality put forth by the Russian news
papers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09

II is. we believe. quite unnecessary
for Young Corbett TO say he got the
worst Of it in his recent fight We
gathered that much from a DerusaI of
the public prints
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09

The only omission we note in the
programme for the Logan celebration
is that no so between members of the
college board is scheduled.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09

Having fully ascertained Japan's war
conditions it is not surprising that
Nicholas is now seeking to learn
Japau's peace conditions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09

BY arresting as insane a man who de-
sired to marry her. the secret service
officers pay Miss Roosevelt a small
compliment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09

That Montana train robber who got
a sentence Of fifty years viii be old
enough TO know better when he
gets out.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09

The union has never been wholly sat
fsfactory to the Norwegians, who have
always contended that Norway's rights
have not been properly respected A
noticeable fact in connection. with the
Norwegian attitude is that Norway has
never asked for the elevation Of a Nor
wegian throne. Bernadotte. the SWede,
svas accepted by the Norwegians in
.1si4. and in the present instance the
Norwegian storthing expresses a Will
.sngness to elect TO the Norwegian
thfone one Of the Swedish princes on
condition that be relinquisb his rights
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-09

Mrs. ]. 3. Cries and son Arnold are
visiting Mrs. 3. Q. Mecklenburg and
Miss Kathryn g. Wall Of SO s street
Mrs Cries leaves shortly for Cslifor-
MIA. via Portland. to spend the sum-
mer with her mother. Mrs. Nellie N.
Wall