Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-05-31
DAY WAS
FITTTNGLY
OBSERVED
Large COncOurse Attends the
Memorial Exercises at
the Cemetery

Early yesterday morning steady
stream Of carriages and hacks poured
over the road TO the cemetery, each car
rying a freight Of flowers, and all fore
noon every street ear was laden with
blossoms destined for the city of the
dead. Loving hands had cared for the
graves, and as a result when the exer-
eises took place in the afternoon, the
cemetery was a mass of flowers. Up
the gentle slope from the entrance
bloom and blossom and fragrance were
on every side. There did not seem to
be grave neglected, and most were
fairly covered with flowers. Roses
were the feature, and such roses, surely
were never seen anywhere. Here and
there, great white lilies lifted their
pure chalices, and one involuntarily
thought, "under the lilies the gray" "
Standing on the summit of the grounds,
where the eye could take the full sweep
Of both cemeteries IL was indeed a scene
Of beauty a tender delightful tribute
Of affection, and Longfellow's = lines de-
scriptive Of Sandalphore seemed to
have been realized, and that the pray.
ers were changed into flowers, that lent
their fragrance through "the streets of
the city immortal"
The day was perfect, few clouds
tempering the sunshine.
The parade formed promptly at 1;15,
and at 1880 Col. L. X. Page gave the
command TO march, and, preceded by
the reform school band and Company
NJ, o. N. O., the veterans of the Civil
War, Indian and Spanish wars, and
pioneers, with the Relief Corps, took
up the line Of march, as in the printed
program. The band and NJ. Company
marched to the ground, the veterans
and others going out on special cars
At the grounds the exercises were
simple, being principally tho dediea-
tion Of the soldiers monument. Attor.
ncy-General A. NJ Crawford delivering
the address, and the Stalwart quartet
singing l.. r. Osborn's poem, as IL had
been arranged by Prof. Parvin. Gen
eral Crawfords address was a mastery
and thoughtful effort, which was list
ened to with deep attention. Al its
conclusion, the throng scattered .o"cr
the grounds, and began slowly TO diff,
homewards
The Evening Program.
In the evening memorial services
were held at the NJ. f. church, Willis
g. Hawley, dean Of Willamette Univer
sity, delivering a fine address.
The music was furnished by a quar-
tet consisting Of f. X. Miller, Eta
Squire seley, Mrs. w. c. Smith and
Ralph Zercher. Three selections Of a
patriotic character were artistically
and sweetly rendered, as only those
singers are able to do. Miss Vera BY.
lrs choose as her reading "Music on
the RappahannOck," simple tale of
m evening Of song between the armies
IF the blue and the gray during the
Civil War, in which the foes engaged
N mortal combat united with one ae-
cord in mighty song, "Home, Sweet
Home, so dear to both, and forgot for
he time that they were other than
Miss Mary Solomon read "The
Union of the Blue and the Gray" or
the death scene Of two opposing sol
iiers on the battlefield, with hands
Ocked in friendship, forgetting all but
the common brotherhood of man.
Mr. Hawley's address was on the
subject Of the growth of liberty, trae-
ing mans struggles in earlier days in
Europe, and closing with the struggle
In this country during which slavery
was abolished. His address was list
ened to with profound interest, and
showed thorough knowledge of the
subject.