The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-05-31
OBSERVED THE DAY.
Memorial Exercises Held in Many
Towns in Kansas.

Emporia. Kan, May 31.-Notwith-
standing the fact that it rained con-
stantly during the entire day, Memo
rial exercises were observed in this
city with the usual attendance. In
the forenoon the various cemeteries
were visited by details and the graves
decorated. At Maplewood, Plumb
Post officers read the ritualistic ex-
ercises at the grave of Col. p B.
Plumb and strewed it with flowers.
In the afternoon exercises were held
in Albert Taylor hall at the State Nor
NAL, where Congressman Miller made
the memorial address.
AT MANHATTAN.
Decoration day was fittingly OBJ
served here by Lew Cove and Man
haitian post On account of the heavy
rain, the parade to the cemetery, in
which the national guard and bat
TALON of the agricultural college were
to participate, was postponed Dis
trict Justic Sam Kimble delivered the
Memorial address al the opera house
AT CONCORDIA.
A steady downpour of rain the en-
tire day to some extent interfered with
the observance of Decoration day here.
The address of the day was delivered
by Senator Charles Curtis to large
audience.
AT HoLToN.
Memorial day was appropriately
celebrated here. All the business
d
vice was held in the Methodist church.
Rev. ]. S. Heaton delivered the ad-
dress.
AT ABILENE.
Memorial day exercises were OBJ
served in the rain in this county, but
many went to the cemeteries and dec
Grated graves. Father Maher. of Sa-
lima, delivered the address here. Gov
ernor Hoch at Harrington, S. s. Smith
at Manchester, John Callahan and
F. G; Little at Chapman and Judge o.
L. Moore at Dwight.
AT LYNDON
Yesterday a day of continuous rain
which commenced at o'clock in the
morning and interfered with Memorial
day observances, all exercises at the
from post 10, G. A. R., being sent to
the cemetery to decorate the soldiers
cemetery to decorate the soldiers
graves in the afternoon. A fair sized
day address by Otis E. Hungate of To-
peka.
AT LEAVENwORTH
An all-day rain interfered with the
outdoor Decoration day ceremonies
among both the old and young SOL
diers here, the parade of veterans and
little girls at the soldiers home from
the main parade to the cemetery
scheduled for the morning. was aban-
doned. A Memorial meeting was held
in the Soldiers Home opera house in
the afternoon, when Capt. H. A. White,
Eleventh cavalry and instructor of
law at the military service school 1t
Fort Leavenworth. delivered the an
nual Memorial address to the old SOL
diers- The regular army exercises at
Fort Leavenworth provided for the
forming the troops of a square on the
main parade and this was changed
and they were assembled in company
formation in the gymnasium at II
o'clock The chaplain. T. Axton. de-
livered a Memorial grafton, at noon
the Twenty-ninth artillery battery
fred a national salute of twenty guns
and the flag was run to the top of the
Rtaff. the band playing Star Spangled
Banner"
AT MARYSVILLE.
On the Tooth anniversary of his
birth Dr. Williamson 2. Boyakin. of
this city. protege of General Andrew
Jackson, lawyer. soldier. editor and
divine. who knew personally every
president from Jefferson. in whose ad
miniStration he was born to Grant on
whose staff he served in the civil war.
delivered the memorial address here
today. His brain is clear and his voice
as strong as that of a man half his
average in thought and forcefulness
he urged the duty of patriotism on the
citizens of the republic he has seen
grow from small beginnings to full
stature as a world power and which
he helped preserve. DR.. BovaIxin
came to Kansas at the close of the
war. and in 1869 settled in this. Mar
resided, and where he held office for
thirty years. until 1904. when he re-
fused to again be a candidate.