The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-06-07
HONORDEAD HEROES
BLUE DECKS GRAVES OF THE
GRAY AND GRAY or THE BLUE.
THE DAY IS GENERALLY OBSERVED
The Thinning Ranks Strew Tombs
Win Flowers and Hear lauda'
tons Of Deeds.

Observation-Disclosures day was OBJ
served here on a more elaborate scale
than usual. Business was suspended,
The program included a parade OF
the G. \. r. posts. the old guard, Span
ish war veterans, other patriotic or
~ganizations and the militia Of the Dis.
trlct OF Columbia, decoration Of monu
ments and graves and addresses.
Services at Moberly, Mo.
Moberly, Mo.-Two G. A. 4. posts
led the Memorial day procession,
marching to Oakland cemetery, where
Rev, Robert Campbell, pastor Of the
NJ. E. church, south, mads the prin-
cipal address. Rev. Edward Digger,
pastor OF the NJ. f. church, made the
closing prayer.
Senator Curtis Makes Address.
CoRCordia, Kas.--ln the face OF a
steady downPour OF rain. Decoration
day was appropriately observed here,
buc for the first time in history there
we're no flowers FOR the graves Of the
dead. The address for the day vas
made TO a large audience By Senator
Charles Curt.
Rodenbere at GreenViiIe, III.
Greenville, m.-CongreSsman W. A.
Rodenberg, of East St. Louis, deliy-
cred the Memorial day address here
to the largest audience that has as
sembied here on a similar occasion in
years. The entire day was taken up
In decorating the graves Of soldiers
and civilians in al four of the city
cemeteries.
Accident Mars GaIena Services.
Galena, Kas.-Decoration services
here were interrupted by rain and an
accident in which four aged women
narrowly escaped death. A team in
the parade became unmanageable and
plunged into an abandoned mine shaft
about 60 feet. the carriage overturn-
ing at the mouth of the shaft.
Flowers Cast Into the Delaware.
Philadelphia-One of the features
of the Memorial day celebration in
the city was the casting of flowers
into the Delaware river by the naval
veterans IN memory of their departed
comrades. The parade halted at In
dependence square, where the statue
of Commodore John Barry was deco
rated with flowers.
kuroki Decks Lincoln's Statue.
Chicago-Gen. Baron Kuroki, the
hero of the Yalu, took part in the
Memorial day exercises and placed a
wreath on the monument of Abraham
Lincoln in Lincoln park. Union vet
eterans were in charge of services
for dead confederate soldiers, many
Of whom are buried in lakewood, and
were assisted in paying their tributes
to the memory Of their comrades by
the veterans in gray. Seven thousand
veterans of the civil war marched
In the parade,
Services at Gettysburg.
GETTYSBURG, pa,-The Memorial day
service at the National cemetery here,
where 4 10000 soldiers are buried, were
held. Congressman Tawney of Min
nesota was the orator, After the
school children had strewn flowers on
the graves of the day, the exercises
we're held on the spot where President
Lincoln delivered his immortal speech.
Carthage Celebrates in Rain.
Carthage, Mo.-Decoration day was
observed by thousands of people here,
notwithstanding the Grizzling rain.
Committees assisted the Women's Re-
lief Corps and decorated the graves at
Park and Cedar Hill cemeteries. Bust
ness houses closed and the city was
decorated with flags.