The Forrest City times., 1907-06-07
HONOR DEAD HEROES
BLUE DECKS GRAVES OF THE GRAY AND GRAY OF THE BLUE.
THE DAY IS GENERALLY OBSERVED
The Thinning Ranks Strew Tombs With Flowers and Hear lauda-
 tions of Deeds.

Washington-Memorial day was ob- served here on more elaborate scale than usual Business was suspended. The program included a parade of the C. A. R. posts, the 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 Moberiy, Mo.
 Moberly, Mo.-Two G. A. R. posts led the Memorial day procession, marching to Oakland cemetery, where Rev. Robert Campbell, pastor of the M. E. church, south, made the prn- cipal address. Rev. Reward Dugger, pastor of the M F. church, made the closing prayer
 Senator Curtis Makes Address.
 Concordia. kas.-ln the face of a steady doWnpour of rain, Decoration day was appropriately observed here, but for the first time in history there were no flowers for the graves of the dead. The address for the day was made to a large audience by Senator Charles Curti'
 Rodenberg at GreenVille. III.
 Greenvile, IH.-Congressman w. A Rodenberg. of East St. Louis deliv- cred the Memorial day address here to the largest audience that has as sembled here on 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 teama in the parade became unmanageable and plunged into an abandoned mine shaft about GO feet. the carriage oyerturn 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.
 kuroM Decks Lincoln's Statue. l Chicago-Gen Baron Kuroh. the hero Of the Yalu took part in the l Memorial day exercises and placed wreath on the monument of Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln park. Union vet eterans were in charge Of services i for dead confederate soldiers, many of whom are buried ia Oakwood, and were assisted in pay ing their tributes to the memory of their comrades by the veterans in gray. Seven thousand veterans of the civil war marched 1 in the parade.
 Services al Gettysburg
 Gettysburg, Pa.-The Memorial day service at the National cemetery hefe, where 0.000 soldiers are buried. were held. Congressman Tawney Of Min l nesota was the orator After the school children had strewn flowers on l 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. l Committees assisted the Womens Re- lief Corps and decorated the graves at Park and Cedar Hill cemeteries Busi- ness houses closed and the city was decorated with flags.