Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1896, Page 1

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SATURDAY, MAY 80, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES TWO CENTS THE STAR BY MAIL. >" Persons leaving the city for any period can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter, or Postal card. Terms: 18 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in ad- vance. Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should give the last address &s well as the new one. CLEARING OFF DEBRIS - Death List at St. Louis Grows as the Work Progresses. —_—_—_-+—__. BURIED UNDER THE CITY HOSPITAL Late Reports From the Surrounding Towns. TORING ELE ——_-— ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 30.—By slow degrees Louis is recovering from the business paralysis caused by the awful storm. Some of the principal thoroughfares that were choked with wreckage have been opened, and a few of the street car lines have been started, but the telephone system of the town is practically useless. The stde streets of the wrecked district are still in a chaotic condition. Telegraph and telephone poles, with a tangled network of wires. roofs of houses, uprooted trees, wagons and vehicles of all kinds, and the shattered remains of whole buildings, are still strewn through most of them, so that traffic ‘is in many instances impossible. It will require week to restore some of the streets to their normal condition. In the City Hoxpital Ruins. The number of dead is hourly growing greater as the work of restoring the build- ings progresses. The ruins where at first tt not thought there were any dead bodies are now yielding them up. It was sald by the officials at the City Hospital the day after the storm that no one was crushed in the ruins. ‘They are now beginning to change their minds. It has been ascertained that from sixty to seventy-five patients and four or five em- Ss are m . Until this morning {cally nothing toward exploring the ruins ha done. But a large number of men were put to work at daylight today. This was done only at the loud demands of the people who had friends at the hospital during the storm and who have not been heard of sinc Vin- cent's Church, who has been attending to the spiritual wants of patients in the hos- pital for years, says that fifty bodies will be found, if more. Dr. Starkloff says 1 the wreckage. Dr. number at twenty-five, but would be sur- prised if it runs over that figure. Demand for houses and flats by those who were rendered homeless by Wednesday's storm is great. Restoring Electric Wires. Expert workmen, electri ground- men and even laborers are being imported from neighboring cities inglarge numbers to construct the broken telephone, tele- raph and electric light lines. Carloads of legraph pé wring and lamps and various electr: apparatus are arriving, and with the stock constantly carried by various companies, turnish material for ds*of webkmen. he Bell Tele- e Company's wires along the course cm are a total | a heavy sup: act #0) rien at work y conservative estimate of 2 loss R STRIC LINES are dead under r estimates the the is placed al Telegraph Company a3 of $4,000, its damage nature that 1t may be nt of which the Another gang of the Missouri Pa- imat line of at. cuits working last th will elapse be rn ntly operators are elleve the had temporary « ng up its company has o New York, four three to Kansas tu. It also has ft wo of which are on at many of its mate of pole company has hand to re E work, but fu! will elapse before all le to compute. tent of the . he Ed'son Iluminat- . but he refused to t of the los any the po from e levee Ruttger to C and to was not comp h fee yesterday, this time ‘ations with Ur commun: from nd been no world. City. to come in from points a radius of 200 miles of this city, that Wednesda storm was A special from Bowling Green, ity was not swept off the 1 in some quarters, by the ered great loss of prop- jury, to property. Two miles ag Green dwellings and barns cked up with its occu- r the tree tops, and set instance without injury of country. a mile wide, and e to Curryville, eight house is damaged, and ouse escaped Alvis was . Re- Smerson ife were injured t rty there will aggre- y thousands of dollars. of h Mrs. shed, Carrie ystained injuries. boy had both arms broken, and Jo bey ha In most but at oth er iS a tornado, S$ 1t took on a cyclonic feature, im trees three inches in dia- irling houses around on their of thirty minutes the es, and fri inches. No ever seen in P’ bridge on the St. Louis railroad from Hannibal to d storm wa Almo: gerd Hannibal Giimore, is go: Northwest of the City. Reports received from other storm-visited places outside of St. Louis ad4 to the num- ber of dead and injured, and tell of great destruction of property. The section of Missouri that suffered fs northwest from St. Louis, while in Illinois the tornado moved almost directly east. Two more cf the wounded at New Baden, TIL, are dead. New Minden, Il, is practivally swept badly wounded. Besides the six dead in Audrian county, Mo., three are so badly hurt that they will die. Riley Hogan, twenty-two years old, who resided near Laddenia, died last night of injuries. Those who will probably die are: Eugene Lotta, seven years old; Pearl Hodge, eight years old; son of Frank Erdell, eight years old. Seven Thousand Houses Damaged. Real estate men think there are not suf- ficient vacant houses in St. Louis to sup- ply the needs of the people. More than half of the available supply has been exhausted, and the real estate offices are constantly besieged by applicants for quarters. It is estimated that 7,000 homes were so badly damaged as to render them uninhab- itable. The real estate agents say that the number of vacant houses and flats at the time of the storm would not exceed 6,000, and some families will have to go tem- porarily without shelter or depend upon their more fortunate neighbors. BRAVE BOYS IN BLUE. Soldiers Commended in Orders for Herote Deeds. The War Department issued a general order yesterday commending by name, the following enlisted men in the army for bravery: Wagoner Thomas Gunn, company C, twentieth Infantry, for heroic conduct in saving, at the risk of his own life, two indian scouts from drowning in Lucky Mountain creek, near Fort Berthold reser- vation, North Dakota. Private Michael Cook, troop D, fifth cavalry, for heroic conduct in saving, at the risk of his life, a comrade from drow! ing in the Grande, near Markley Rarch, Texas. Private Davis C. Rearden, trcop F, sev- enth cavalry, for herciec conduct in stop- ping, at the risk of his life, a pair of runa- way horses attached to a wagon, and rescuing the occupants, at Fort Sam Hous- ton, Texas. Private Henry M. Ismond, troop A, third cavalry (now out of service), for heroic conduct in saving, at the risk of his life, a comrade from drowning in the Washiita river, near Little Panther creek, Oklahoma. Corporal Alfred Squires, company H, sixth infantry, for heroic conduct in say- ing, at the risk of his life, a comrade from growning in the Licking river, near Fort Themas, Kentucky. Private George O. Hubbard, troop G, third cavalry, for herole conduct in sav- ing, at the risk of his life, a comrade from drowning in the Winooski river, near Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont. Sergeant John J. McCall, troop G, fourth cavalry, for heroic conduct in saving, at the risk of his life, an insane comrade from drowning in the Spokane river, near Spo- kane, Washington. —<—— GOV. BOOKWALTER’S VIEWS. He Believes the Silver Men Will Con- trol at Chicago. Gov. J. W. Bookwalter, who is the lead- er of the silver men in the fignt to send silver deicgates to the Chicago convention from Ohio, is at the Riggs House. He won @ great victory for sflver in his own coun- ty, which was one of the hardest in the state, and he is slated for one of the four delegates-at-large from Ohio. Speak- ing with a Star reporter today he said that from present indications it looked as if the silver men would have an overwhelm- ing majority of the delegates from Ohio. He has no doubt that the Chicago conven- tion will be controlled by the 16 to 1 free silver men, and that a strong silver man will be nominated by the democrats for President. “If the republicans declare for gold,” he said, “I believe the democratic nominee will be elected.” Speaking of the public sentiment in Ohio, ‘ie said that among the people the sentiment was de- cidedly in favor of free silver, and was not confined to one party. Within the dem- oecratic ranks, he said, the demand for the restoration of silver money was over- whelming. ——_—————_—--e + ______ KILLED AT THE BUTTS. A ational Guardsman Shot at a Rifle Range. WILKESBARRE, Pa., May 30.—A trag- edy occurred at the rifle range of the ninth regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania, at Parsons at noon today. The members of company E were at practice, and Obe- diah Rhoades, the fifth sergeant of the company, was looking after the targets. He gave the nal to fire and then raised his head above the danger line. The large «crowd present was horrified to see a bul- let from the rifle of John R. Hipple strike him in the head, killing him instantly. Hipple is prostrated over the sad affair, as he and Rhoades were fast friends. The lat- ter was twenty-six years old and a well- known resident of Parsons, Se TRANSVAAL CLEMENCY, Imprixoned Reformers Except our Leaders Released. May 30.—The secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, has received the following dispatch from the British agent at Pretoria: “All the prisoners have been released ex- cept the four leaders. The latter's cases will be considered later. The fines and punishment in eu of payment remain and the banishrrent remains, but is suspendcd on the agreement that the prisoners will not interfere with the politics of the repub- the — DR. TUCK GIVES UP. Concedes That Mr. Mudd Will Be Nominated. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., May 30.—Dr. Wash- ington G. Tuck of Anne Arundel county and Mr. John A. Belt of Prince George’s are in town today, and both say that Mr. Sydney E. Mudd will be nomin- sted for Congress without doubt by the re- publicans of the fifth district. Throughout the struggle for the nomination Speaker Mudd has led the other candidates, and it is now stated that he will be nominated by acclamation. Dr. Tuck has been his prin- cipal rival in the race. _— To Prevent Collixfons at Sea, Secretary Olney has sent to the House a copy cf amendments suggested by the ‘Vashington international marine confer- ference at their recent meeting in this city to the act of 1890, adopting regula- tions for preventing collisions at sea. The American delegates deem the enactment of these amendments at the present session of Congress essential to the enforcement in the near future of the rules adopted by the Washington conference, and {t will place the governments of the United States in accord on the subject. Congressmen Renominated. Telegrams received in the clty say that Representative Linton was renominated by acclamation by the republican convention of the eighth M’chigan district, which met at Saginaw Thursday. His course in Congress was unanimously indorsed, and some very complimentary resolutions’ were adopted. : George E. Stone was renominated Thurs: day for Congress by the democrats of the eleventh Kentucky district. See cgg eeeeE nee To Repair the Hospital. The acting secretary of the treasury has recommended to Congress the passage of @ resolution appropriating $700 for re- Rarrs to the marine hospital building at t. Louis, damaged by the storm. M'JAMES WAS BATTED Senators Defeated at Pittsburg : This Morning. GERMAN FAILED 10 STEM THE TIDE Seven Thousand Persons Saw the Game. SOME GREAT PLAYS MADE Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 30.—Seven thou- sand persous crowded into National League Park this morning to see the game be- tween the Senators and Pittsburgs. From start to finish the game tcok on the order of a comedy of errors, the Senators playing the funny part in the beginning of the game and the home team acting the com- ecy characters toward the close. McJames started in to pitch for the visit- ors and stuck it out for six innings, during which time base hits rang out with a fre- quency that furnished sweet music for the home rooters, and at other times demoral- izing bases on balls were sandwitched fre- quently enough to help pile up the runs. In the sixth German faced the home club, ard after errors by Joyce, Crooks and De- montreville singles came in quick succ sion, resulting in six runs. From the sixth inning out the visitors braced up and held their opponents well in hand, taking their turn at slugging the ball to the tune of nine runs. The features of the game were the hit- ting of Joyce and Crooks and Beckley and a great catch of a foul fly by Crooks and German's masterly work after the unlucky sxth. But for the bad beginning made by MeJames, it is very likely the visitors vould have won, a8 they outbatted the home team, but lost through errors and bases on balls. ercer will pitch this afternoon for the Washingtons and Hawley for the home club. The weather is fair, and a tremend- ous crowd Is expected to witness the game. w PITTSBURG Al -OAEL O00 TT O0 nas a 100 5 181 330 . 100 C 17 0 1/Merritt, 322140 Mcuire, c. 1 2 8 0 0 Beckley, 712 Crooks, 3b. 0 1 2 3 B30 De 148 de 101 0 0 2 © Killen, 261 1100 1 Earned runs—Pittsburg, ington, mise “hits —Reckley, Joyce,” Metiutre an " Hone run—Joyee. - Stolen bases—-Denor 35 Joyce, Lush, Cartwright, on balls—O MeJames, 4; 0% German, 2 off Killen, 4. Strack out MeJames, Denovan Killen. Passed balls—McGuire, 2. Wild) pitch! MeJames. Time—2.10, “Umpire Emslie. Phillies Keep on Winning. PHILADELPHIA, May 30.—Donahue and Kissinger, who did the pitching for the St. Louis Browns in this morning's game, were pounded all over the field, while McGill pitched a good game. The features of the same were the batting of Myers and Thompson, and Cross’ work at short. Sec- retary Shettsline has given Pitcher Inks his ten days’ notice of release. The score: PHILADELPHIA. ST. R-H.O.AE. ALE, Sullivan, cf 3 1 2 0 0 Dowd, cf.. 102 Halen, ss.. 3 2 1 8 0 Niland, If.) 0 0000 Thomps'n,rf 3 4 © O Quinn, 2b..0 0040 s b 1 210.0 © Comor, 1b. 1 113 1 0 if 3 2 8 0 O Doagias, aio. b 2 3 2 B 1 Myer: B120 = 110 € 1 Cross, a6. SOs ee | .~21 5 0 0 Mur o210 242/012 0020 i 100 Totals... O14 4 Philadelphia. B00 x19 si unis. 000208010-6 or out for running out of line, Earned runs—Philadelphia, 9; St. Louis, 4. Two-bas2 hits—Myers (2), Delehanty, McGil!. Three-base hits—Hallman, McGill, Myers. Sacrifice hits—McGill, Nash. Left on bases—Philadelphi: %; St. Louis, 7. Struck out—By McGill, 2; Kissinger, 1. Double plays—Cross and Connor. First base on errors—Philadelphia, 1. First base on balls=Off McGill, 4; off Donahue, oft Kissinger, 4. Passed balls—Boyle, 1; Mur- phy, 1. Time—Two hours and fifteen min- ut Umpires—Henderson and Campbell. Attendance—8,000, Close, but Baltimore Won. BALTIMORE, May 30.—The home team won a close game from the Reds this morning, luck aiding them materially. Dwyer was hit on the arm ff the eighth by a pitched ball and Fisher took his place. Attendance, 2,545. BALTIMORE. CINCINNATI, R.U.O.AL R.H.O.A.E. Kelley, If.. 2.11 0 a1 40'0 Keeler, rf. 2 20 0 01800 Jenuit 166 01100 060 00210 090 00910 058 28220 100 delet ce Robinson, ¢ 1 1 1 0 0 Vaughu, 11200 McMabon,p. 1 2 0 1 0 Dwye 02021 Fisho 500000 Totals. 4 Totals... 51024 8 2 Baltimore 23010000 x6 Cinetonatt 1800010005 Eurned runs—Baltimore, 3; Cincinuatl, 4. ‘Two- base hits—McMahon, Smith. ‘Three-base hits— Keeler (2), Irwin, Robinson. a3 Clarke, Irwin, Miller. Stolen bas. Ewing: ‘Triple plays—Reltz, Jennings, Clarke: 1 win, McPhee, Ewing. First’ base on balls—Om M. Mahon, 2; off Dwyer, 3. Hit by pitched bu Dwyer. ‘Struck out—By Fisher Passed valle— L Vaughn. ‘Time of game— Umpires—Lynch and Weldman, 45. Other Games. At Boston—Boston, 6; Cleveland, 2. At New York—New York,14; Louisville, 4. At Brooklyn—Brooklyn, 4; Chicago, 2. a= eee NEWPORT JAIL UNSAFE. Scott Jackson Ordered Taken Covington. NEWPORT, Ky., May 30.—After making @ personal examination of the jail, Judge Helm today declared it unfit and unsafe for the keeping of Scott Jackson, and or- dered his removal to the Covington jail, which is very strong and secure. It is now apparent that it will be impossible to get the case before the court of appeals before its September term, so that the sixty days’ stay allowed will have to be extended. In case the lower court is sustained, it will then be the duty of the governor to fix the date of execution. —_———___. KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS, to County Conventions Being Held This Afternoon, LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 80.—The demo- crats sof Kentucky will hold mass conven- tions in every county in the state this af- ternoon to select delegates to the state convention to be held at Lexington June 3. Both sides are confident, but the free silver men are more aggressive, and they claim the conventions today will give them a ma- jority of at least 200 delegates in the state convention at Lexington. The gold men claim the fifth, sixth, seve enth, eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh congressional districts, while silver ‘men claim all but the fifth, the eleventh and the tenth, which they“classify as doubtful. KEEPING HIM POSTED MoKinley's Friends Are Constantly W: Him Letters. ting Giving Him the Trend of the Senti- ment—Many Conflicting Views. While the pilgrimages to Canton have not been numerous, !t can be stated upon good authority that Mr. McKinley has been kept most accurately infermed of the latest phases of political sentiment, both in Congress and elsewhere, on all the vital questions uf the day. His friends—and they aro very numerous—have communi- cated with him by personal letter, giving him the benefit not only of their own views, but of ail reliable reports coming to their ears. They have written to him in con- fidence and therefore with the greatest freedom. Many of them, it is stated, have been at pains to sound ecentiment here and there on particular points, in order that they might send him xomething of especial value. Information in Private Letters. The politicians rate this kind of service very high. It embraces so.much that for one reason or another is withheld from the public prints and yet is very import- ant. It presents real views as distin- guished from the views that timid men in office are willing to answer for In pub- lc. Mr. McKinley, it is stated, has heen getting, and still is getting, the cream of this sort of intelligence. As a veteran poli- tician he haus a wide personal acquaint- ance with representative men in every section of the country, and since the tide turned in his favor these men have been writing to him freely. His confidential news from this town is sald to have been unusually full and reliable, keeping him as closely in touch with passing events as though he had been on the ground in per- son and participating in the making of the history. None Called for Answer. The unselfishness of th!s service 1s mark- ed by the fact that these letters have call- ed for no answer and have received none. Their authcrs were not seeking to draw Mr. McKinley out on any subject. On the contrary, they have indorsed his silence to- wards those who have been manifesting curiosity about his views. Their sole ob- Ject has been to lay all their own news and views before him, in order that he might utilize for his own, benefit as the party's leader anything of value they might contain. They ere not expecting him to write the St. Louis platform, nor to undertake to direct those into whose hands that commission may be placed. They on- ly want him to be well advised as to the different inflvences that are at work in the arty, and what they really signify. Later, se, as the party’s candidate, he will ted, in his letter of acceptance and by other means, to eddress himself to the whole contention between the two parties, and then the more ample. nis imformation about the ante-conventicn siuges of mat- ters the better for him. Then his far- reaching reportorial service will bear its full fruit: ey Some Conflicting Views. It is not denied that Mr. McKinley has received in this way some very conflicting views, and it is admitted that It must have taxed him to digest them all. His western friends have treated of silver, and his east- ern friends of gold. Then have come those friends who are conservative on the finan- clal question, and insist that protection is the overshadowing tissue; that a well-con- structed tariff law, yielding the country abundant revenues, would cure the ills from which the ccuntry is suffering. “Go in strong for gold Hold fast to bimetal- lism!" “Don’t for a moment lose sight of protection!” are among the adjurations Mr. McKinley has received by mall within the past few weeks over signatures that command attention in every state in the Union. His mail is said to be as great, in- deed, as it is ever likely to be if he reaches the White House, ——e TROUBLE FEARED AT CHICAGO Three Propositions That May Raise a Stir in the Convention. It is stated that free silver will not be the only subject to cause trouble at Chi- cago. In certain quarters where silver is strong there {is a desire to commit the party at the convention to at least two other propositions, either one of which is calcu- lated to raise a stir both in the convention and throughout the country. A favorable declaration is desired for () The free coinage of silver. (2) An amendment to the Censtitution au- therizing the levying of an income tax. @) The repeal of the civil service law. Not Favored in All Sections. But these propcsitions are not favored In all the gections where silver is strong. There are friends of the white metal who think it would be unwise to write a long pietform at Chicago. They want the tis- sues to be as few and as sharply defined as possible. Free coinage and a renewal of the demand for a revenue tariff should, they think, constitute the body of the challenge issued to the republicans, and they believe that a contest eonducted cn those lines would result in a democratic victory. Both questions have been much discussed before the people, and public opinion can be estimated. A Populistic Measure. But beyond those two questions, and par- ticularly in the direction indicated, the conservative silver men see that all is doubt and danger. The income tax !s stigmatized as a populistic measure—al- mcst as objectionable in busineas centers and sections as the subtreasury scheme, or the scheme for the governmental owner- ship of railroads. The incorporation of such a.proposition in the national plat- form would, it is believed, cost the party thousands of votes. It would be con- strued as an attack on property, and would be resented at the polls. The Civil Serviee Law. As for the civil service law, that, it ts insisted, 1s so well established now, and gives in its operations so much satisfac- tion, talk of its repeal would scarcely be serlously entertained except as a reflection on those seriously indulging in it.. No such proposition would stan@ the ‘slightest chance of approval at the polls. Some Dimegi¢ies. But, as muchopposed as the more con- servative of the‘free sil¥pr ‘men are to any multiplication, oF issuegzat Chicago, that would appear 0 be oné of the difficulties confronting them. Some of them are con- siderably disturbed on the subject. They insist that the free coinage of silver is distinctly a tenet of the democratic faith. The party as a party has long declared for it. But an income tax in times of peace not only does not strike them with favor, but presents perils which, burdened as thay already are, they do not care to encounter in the coming campaign. FAME'S CAMPING GROUND Memorial Day Exercises in Washington and Vicinity, Tributes of. Flowers and Eloquence Rendered to the Nation’s Dead. THEIR BRAVE DEEDS SUNG BY PORTS Orators Tell of the Debt the Country Owes to the Heroes Whose Graves Were Strewn With Flowers Today, All around the capital lie the graves of the men who more than a quarter of a century ago fought nobly for the preserva- tion of the Union. It 1s as if the dead were camped as an encircling host about the city where their hopes were centered when they left their farms, their shops, their homes, tc march to the defense of their be- loved land. In life their services were invaluable, and in death they are not forgotten. But there is one day in the year that .# set apart as sacred to their memory, when their comrades in arms gather about their grass- grown graves and spread flowers over their last resting places. The hugie sounds the assembly, the band plays martial music and funeral marches, and eloquent orators do tribute to those who have laid down their lives In defense of home and coun- try. Memorial day is perhaps the most beautiful of all American national festi- vals. There is at once a poetry and a pathos :bout the occasion that appeals directly to the hearts of a Hberty-loving people. An Ideal Day. Teday started out as an ideal one for such a festival, In all parts of the city people were stirring at an early hour in preparation for visits to the great ceme- teries where le buried thousands of the nation’s preservers, or to the more quiet cities of the dead where repose the remains of dear ones. The streets were made lively with the musfe of marching nunds, while little groups of gray-haired veterans made thelr way toward the point where the general parade formed, or went direct to lay their flowers on the graves of the men beside whom they fought in battle thirty y ago and more. our: the day there were set services at Arlington, Soldiers’ Home, Congressional cemetery, Oak Hill, Holy Rood, Mount Olivet, Graceland, St. Elizabeth’s, Battle Ground and Rock Creek. A feature of the day was’ the parade of the Grand Army of the Republic. The col- umn started from 15th and Pennsylvania avenue at 10 o'clock this morning, so that those who took part in it were able to at- tend the ceremonies at Arlington at noon. A Short Line of March. There was one pathetic detail about this parade. Time was, and not so very long ago, when the line marched to the north end of the Aqueduct bridge before dis- banding, but the years are passing on and the men who carried muskets in the pride f early youth or lusty mankocd are young no longer, Goi bless them. They marched for days and days bearing heavy knapsacks and the other accouterments of soldiers, but the weight ef years is a heavier bur- den to bear. Each year there are more va- cancies in the ranks and the distance to be traversed must needs be cut down in order that the more infirm may take part in the parale without feeling that they heave undertaken too much. The line of march was only to the Pennsylvania ave- nue bridge at 27th street. ‘As usual the principal exercises of the day were held at the national cemetery at Arlington. Here, as elsewhere, the exer- cises were under the auspices of the De- partment of the Potomac, G. A. R., and were of the most beautiful and impressive description. A decoration committee of la- dies, auxiliary to the general comittee on Gecorations and grounds, assisted in the work of securing the flowers to deck the countless graves. The work was well done, for it was the plan of these patriotic people that there should not be a soldier’s grave in any part of the District, as well as at Arlington, left unmarked on the day when @ nation unites to honor its dead. A General Holliday. The day was generally observed as a holiday in this city. The departments and government offices were closed for the day. Many of the leading business houses were closed all or half the day, and thou- sands of people who did not visit the cem- eteries took advantage of the cpportunity to secure a day’s outing in the woods or on the river. All the excursion steamers carried large crowds to the different river resorts, while the roads were thronged with big wagons, carriages and bicycles, and the Rock creek valley and the many other wooded spots about the city were the scenes of merry picnic parties. ‘The Parade. The general parade of the Department of the Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, was today as imposing as in the years past, and its line of march, from 15th street and Pennsylvania avenue, along the avenue to 25th street, where the parade was dismiss- ed, was thronged with crowds, who thus sought to honor the survivors of those who once formed part.of the greatest and grand- est of modern armies. The procession formed at 15th street and Pennsylvania avenue, under command of Comrade James B. Carter, officer of the day, the officer of the guard being Lieut. R. Emmet Smith, and promptly at 10 o'clock moved off in the following order: ~Detachment of mounted police, officer of the day and his alds, followed by the ora- tor of the day, the chaplain and the poet, in_ carriages. Behind them marched the band of the United States marine corps, about fifty strong, Prof. F. Fanciulli, leader. The members of the band were attired in their summer uniform of white duck and hel- mets, presenting an unusually attractive appearance. The Old Guard, Capt. James . Edgar, commanding, with Lieuts. R. EB. Smith, Amos Gunning and William Fuss, about fifty men strong, came next, acting as the guard of honor, and immediately be- hind them marched the Capital City Guards, a colored organization, Capt. Abram Ack- with commanding. Preceded by members of camps of Sons of Veterans marched Department Com- mander John McElroy, the department of- ficers, the commander's official staff and the department staff. Then came the past department commanders, and members of the staff of the commander-in-chief. The Posts Represented, Next followed the Mount Pleasant Field Band, J. C. Churchill, director. There were about seventy of the little fellows, attired in their gaudy zouave uniforms, tn line, and they presented a very fine appearance, rendering their selections in a very taking way. Behind them marched John A. Raw- lins Post, No. 1, Thos. R. Sheppard, com- mander; Kit Carson Post, ‘ Wm. Hun- ter Myers, commander, and Lincoln Post, . A. M. Legg, commander. the next post in line was O. P. Morton, No. 4, James Wells, commander, a colored. organization, they being preceded by their drum corps, neatly attired, and playing with great precision. The next two posts were George G. Meade Post, No. 5, Eugene Wells, comman- der, and John F. Reynolds Post, 6, M. M. Lewis, commander. The Knights of St. John Drum Corps, Henry Hanlon, leader, another juvenile band, smartly uniformed and playing ex- celiently, preceded James A. Garfield Post, No. 7, LL. Mundheim, commander; Burnside Post, No. 8, G. W. Lacy, commander, and Charles Sumner Post, No. 9, J. P. Quan- der, conmmander. Members of the following posts were pre- ceded by the Victor Drum Corps, Herman Eberly, leader, another juvenile band, which attracted much attention because of their handsome appearance and good music: C. P. Stone Post, No. 11, Geo. W. Gladmon, commander; U. S. Grant Post, No. 12, Chas. S. Herron, commander; Phil. Sheridan Post, No. 14, Peter McGirr, com- mander; Potomac Post, No. 18, S. C.’ Rob! commander, and Lafayette Post, No. 20, Dr. Lawrence Wilson, command Because of the fact that they had been assigned to duty elsewhere, the following posts did not appear in the general pa- rade: Farragut, 10; Johh A. Logan, 13; Geo. H. Thomas, 13; Henry Wilson, and George U. Morris, 19. DECORATING THE STATUES. It Was Performed by Different Posts of the Grand Army. An interesting feature of tho work of deccrating the various statues of the city was that the duty was performed by the different posts of the Grand Army, and that the actual draping of the flags and the festooning of gurlauds was performed by men who fought under the leadership of those whose memory they were keeping green. Colonel E. J. Sweet, who for the past four years has been cl-airman of the com- mittee on decoration and grounds, as selected again this year to fill that im- Fortant position. He appointed a number of subcommittees to decorate the statues of the city, and was careful to select mem- bers of the different posts to decorate those statues of their own commanders. Post No. 1 decorated Rawlins’ statue, and hung the rlands in a graceful way about the flags, which completely hid the pedestal. About the big army hat of the gallant leader there was a wreath of laurel. Post No. 2 decorated the Peace micnu- ment. Here the flags of the army and navy wera twined together about the vir- gin marble, and with the festooning of garlands of wreaths, the picture was very pretty. Post No. 3 attended to the decoration of the Lincoln staiue in front of the city hall. A large American flag was wrapped ebout the shaft nearly half way to the top, caught here and there by wreaths and garlands. The ion fence about the case of the statue was also Cecorated. st No. 5 decorated the equestrian statue of General Scott, and succeeded in making it one of the most effective pic- tures of the day. The statue Itself has been recently thoroughly cleaned, and the garlands and flags brought out the mas- sive bronze in a striking maaner. Post No. 6 draped the statue of Admiral Dupont, and lavishly draped flags, sar- lands of evergreens and flowers about the great naval hero. Post No.7 spread itself on the statue of Gen. Garfield, and its decoration is con- sidered one of the most effective of them all. The base of the handsome staiue was swathed in flags, while the shaft was cov- ered with a huge American flag, until the effect produced was one of the great statesman-soldier stepping out of the folds of the flag of his country. Garlands were intertwined about the statue, while dozens of tiny flags sprang from every conceiy- able point. Post No. 8 looked after the decorations of the new statue of Gen. Hancock, and with the assistance of two large flags and a number of wreaths, made a simple but effective picture. Away out at Lincoln Park the members of o. 9 went to decorate the famous emancipation statue of Lincoln. And they succeeded admirably, for the statue is tastefully festooned with garlands of cver- greens flags. The statue of Admiral Farragut, the hero of New Orleans, was much admired atter Post No. 10 had finished the decoration. The flags of the navy predominate about the historic figure, and the liberal use of flowers and wreaths increases tae effectiy. ness of ihe picture. Gen. Scott’s statue at the circle which bears his mame was decorated by Post No. 11, and the work shows for itself, ‘The equestrian statue of Gen. Washing- ton, at Wushington Ciccle, was decorated by Post No. 12, although the one tn front of the Capitol building was for some reason neglected. Opposite the White House, the statue of Gen. Jackson was almost hidden with flags. It was the work of Post No. 14. Post Nv. 17 visited Soldiers’ Home y, «Continued on Tenth Page.) THE DAY ELSEWHERE General Manderson Delivers an Ora- tion at Grant’s Tomb, REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS ADDRESS Governor Hastings Speaks on Gettysburg's Field. APPROPRIATE SENTIMENTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, May 30.—The oration at Grant’s tomb in Riverside Park today was delivered by ex-Senator Manderson of Ne- braska. The ceremony was under the aus- pices of the Grant Post of Brooklyn. Gen. Manderson said, speaking of the sentiment of the ceremony: “This tribute, that with every annual Memorial day we pay to the memory of our dead comrades in arms, no mere pageant, no idle ceremonial. Inaugurated by the noble order whose motto is frater- is nity, charity and loy insignia We are proud to wear, thi 1 services incident to the day shall so long as thei pmains a survivor of the armic of the Union, and after we have pas: away willing hands, responding to gra ful hearts, will, we hope, continue touching ceremonies at the grave heroes of the war of the rebellion, “On this twenty-eighth memorial day all over this broad land, wherever the nation’s noble defenders Me sleeping, whether in the south, ‘where the grim edge of battle joined,” in the border country, where the fear and agony of the republic centered, or in the north, where anxious hearts grew sick with hope deferred, countless thou- sands are gathered to pay their tributes of love and gratitude “Standing here in superb monument, through the ages a chief, standing on the of recognition of mest distinguished eer- vice, highest loyalty and purest patriotism, we look over the land to find, by teeming city and modest hamlet, in noble cemetery and rural churchyard, the same gathering of comrade: te costly tomb and simple headstone aliké—placing the flag of the free over those who maintained it triumphant and the choicest flowers of the vernal springtim to exhale their perfume with the fragrance of the sweet memories of the dead. “Ah! These burial places, where ‘Sleep the brave, who sank to rest, With all their country blest,’ are the Val-hallas, the Westminsters of our country. “Whether our ¢ the shadow of this destined to remain a testimonial to our priate summit ‘parted lie where there are Stately trees, grassy lawns, flower-bedecked slopes, shaded walks, costly monuments and commanding views, or rest in obscure places, where desolation reigns and barren- hess endures, it can be said of all alike, as our comrade, Garfield, said of consecrated and stately Arlington: ‘Here is our temple; its pavement is the sepulcher of herole hearts; its dome the bending heaven; its altar candles the watching stars.” “Calm and restful, holy and beautiful, is Memorial day. Grants Military Career. Speaking of Grant, he said: “Ulysses S. Grant's life had been one of grinding poverty, adverse fate and unre- quited endeavor. The snow of misfortune had covered him, and the east wind of failure had swept down upon him with chilling effect. It was the school in which with which to en- determination, with which to con- rt; pertinacity until the end was and with it all forbearance to unfortunate, generosity to those con- quered by the fat “Aye! more. There came to him from this forging upon life's anvil a self-reliance he was taught patienc dure; that had in it nothing obtrusive, for it was joined to a modesty most rare and a simplicity of character so exceptional as to cause at times doubt of his great capac- ity. “But our friends, the enemy, never doubt- ed, “I was pleased to read the remarks made but a few days ago by the last remaining great confederate soldie Lieut. Gen. Longstreet. He said: Of all the Union commanders he was the great leader, who accurately surveyed the field of war, the elements of strength and points of error, and considered.the vast means necessary to silve the problem. * * “The tale of the career of this renowned soldier leads along a glittering line from Palo Alto to Vicksburg, Monterey to the Wilderness, from Mexico to Appomattox. “Did time permit how we would like to dwell upon it and tell of Grant at Fort Donnelson, proposing to move immediately upon the enemy’s works, and giving new and impr e meaning to the cabalistio initials of his name, ‘U. by demand- ing the unconditional surrender of the rebel Gen. Buckner. I would be glad to describe him as I saw him at the trial period of his career, at Shiloh, when, not knowing he was whipped on the first day, he gathered the scattered fr: army and joining to them th of Buell, renewed the fight the gray dawn of the si ts of his h troops vigor in won the battle and held the great whose united currents were to take the channel of the father of waters and ‘flow unvexed to the sea." “How attractive the story of the siege of Vicksburg and the surre: rv of the army of Pemberton on the Fourth of July, add- ing new luster to Independence day. “Of the ieadcr, standirg on the works about Chattanooga, directinz Hooker in his assault on lofty Lookout Mountain, Shermen in his fierce attack on Tunnel Hili and Thomas to charge and take frowning Mission Ridge, bristling with cannon, I fain would speak, but cannot. “We all recall the story of ‘fighting it out on that line’ in the dreadful battles in the Wilderness, at Lloody Cold Harbor and in the trenches of Petersburr. “What self-contained ericavor! “What persistent determination! “Inexorable as fate, he pre ed on to the end, and it came, in form it should, crewning all, the pomt of culmination of all our hopes, the termination of our fears, the acme of success—Appomattox. Grant in Civil Life. Speoking of Grant's civil triumphs and his foresight, General Mandorsen said: “The aggressive determination of his for- e'gn policy, if evidenced in this day, might rrovoke, ffom some less national in their instincts, the charge of ‘Jingoism.’ “His far-seeing mind saw the military and commercial importance of ship canal ccmmunication between the two great seas, end he urged the building of the inter- oceante canal. “He saw the coming battle among the great powers for commercial supremacy, end, looking upon the map of the world, he found our outposts, the islands that nd like sentinels along our coast and in the Ccribbean sea, controlling the approach to the great river that ns our conti- nent, parceled out among European pow- ers and our republic without a foothold or coaling stetion upon any one of them. He urged the annexaticn of San Domingo, and the Congress blundered woefully when it did not act in accord with his suggestion. “We would be the better at this time for a little of his aggressiveness. “President Grant old not forget the action of our old-time foe and iong-time rival, England, during the dark days of the re- bellion. “The American people might have for- given her sympathy with and the encour- agement given to those in armed rebellion