The Mena weekly star., 1907-06-06
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Memorial Day Was Generally 0b- served Throughout the United
 States by the Citizens
GRAVES OF TIE VETERANS DECORATED
impressive Ceremonies Were Held in All the Principal Cities Of the Country-Gcn. kuroki Took Part in Chicago Exercises--HIue and Gray Frsternixed at Many Points.


 Chicago. June 1.-Memorial exer- cises in honor of the nations dead were held Thursday at all the ceme- teries around Chicago, at Fort Sheri- dan. and at Lincoln Park, around the Lincoln monument Flowers and flags were placed on the graves of all of the four thousand soldiers of the Union and of those who fought for the Confectionery. From Rose Hill, where 950 soldiers are buried. to the outlying cemeteries where but three or four are inferred. bands of yete- rams and ladies paid their annual tribute to the dead soldiers and list ened to addresses extolling patriot ism and exalting the memory of the dead.
 General Baron Kuroki, the hero of the Yalu, accompanied by all the members of his party. took part In the Memorial Day exercises and, in view of thousands of spectators placed wreath on the monument of Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln Park.
 New York, June 1.--Through Hires of cheering thousands, veterans of two wars, young men of the militia and cadets passed in review Thurs day. There were three parades--one in Manhattan, another in the Bronx and q third In Brooklyn. all much the same; but the most impressive ova- tions were reserved for the time worn veterans whose tattered battleflags were greeted with uncovered heads.
 Time was when the memorial day parade in Manhattan of the Grand Army of the Republic was hours passing the reviewing stand. Thurs day one hour and forty minutes sui ficed to bring the veterans and the guard of honor, made up of nearly all the regiment of the national guard and two regiments of the regular army. before General o. O. Howard, and the military officers who occu nied the reviewing stand at S9th street and Riverside drive.
 Marysville, Kan. June 1.--lt is safe to say that nowhere else in the United States was Memorial Day so uniquely observed as in Marysville, Kansas. The particular feature of the day was the personality of the gentleman who delivered the address here in the afternoon. Turner hall was crowded to it's utmost capacity to hear Dr. W. F. Boyakin, the speak. CT, who was 100 years old that very day. Probably there is not another veteran of the Civil war living any where who equals his venerable age, and few who were not soldiers who approach him In the number of their years. Yet he speaks with the dis tinctness of a man of 10. On the stage with him were 12 men and one woman, each more than four score years of age.
 St. Louis, Mo. June 1.--Cheered by thousands of spectators assembled on Eads bridge and the levee, flower covered models of the Monitor and Merrimac were launched on the Mis- sissippi river Thursday in memory of the naval heroes whose remains sank beneath the waters in the river battles during the Civil war. The models were constructed by Law renee Fay. naval veteran, who was an eye witness of the fight between the original battle crafts. Captain P. L. Johnson. II. S. N,. was master of ceremonies. As the models were borne away by the current salutes were fired from cannon and the as semblage sang America"
 Washington. June With soleiaD and impressive ceremonies, Memorial Day was observed in the national capital on a more elaborate scale than usual. Business was suspended and people Of all classes united in perpetuating the memory of the thousands of heroic dead in the eight national cemeteries in this vicinity. Soldiers monuments and statues on the government reservations were flag draped; flags on all the public buildings were at haK mast and the national colors. with the folds caught in the bands of crape. were displayed from hundreds Of private residences.
 Louisville. Ky, June 1.-Dscora- tion Day in Louisville was generally observed During the afternoon the graves of the veterans of the civil and Spanish h-American wars were dec orated by the C. A. R. and Spanish war veterans camps. The parade tc Cave Hill Cemetery was led by the first regiment of Kentucky militia, commanded by Col. W. B Haldeman an ex-confederate.