Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-06-06
HONOR DEAD HEROES
BLUE DECKS GRAVES OF THE
GRAY AND GRAY OF THE BLUE.
THE DAY is GENERALLY OBSERVED
The Thinning Ranks Strew rombs
With Flowers and Hear lauda-
tions OF Deeds.

Washington Memorial day was oh
| served here Oh more elaborate scale
than usual. Business was suspended
The program included parade Of
the G. \. r. posts. ihe old guard. span
ish war veterans. other patriotic or
ganizations and the militia Of the Dis
trict of Columbia. decoration of monu-
ments and graves and addresses.
Services at Moberly, Mo.
Moberly. Mo.-Two c. A. r. posts
led the Memorial day procession.
marching to Oakland cemetery. whesc
Rev. Robert Campbell. pastor ot the
VI. Il. church. south, made the prin-
cipal address. Rev. Edward Digger.
pastor of the NJ +. church. made the
closing prayer
Senator Curtis Makes Address.
CoIcordia. kas,--ln the face of a
steady dOwnpour of rain. Decoration
| day was appropriately observed here,
but for the first time in history there
We're no flowers for the graves of the
dead. The address for the day was
nnade TO large audience by Senator
Charles Curti'.
Rodenberg at Greenville, III.
Greenyille. Ill.-Congressman w. A.
Rodenberg. of East ST. Louis, deliy-
cred the Memorial day address here
to the largest audience that has as
semhled 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 Galens 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 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 Lineoln's Statue.
Chicago-Gen. Baron Kuroki, the
hero of the Yalu, took part in the
Memorial day exercises and placed
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 Oakwood. 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 10000 soldiers are buried, were
held. Congressman Tawney of Min
nesota was the orator After the
school children had strewn towers on
the graves of the day. the exercises
were 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 drizzling rain.
Committees assisted the Xomen's Re
Park and Cedar Hill cemeteries. Busi-
ness houses closed and the city was
decorated with flags.