Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 31, 1895, Page 1

ES ABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871, OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1895. BLUE AND THE GRAY UNITE Immente Gathering Do Homage to the Southern Dead of Camp Douglas, FOES IN WAR, BROTHERS IN PEA.CE Confederate Monument Unvelled In Chicugo with Imposing Ceremonies—Address by General Wade Hampton on Behalf of the Soutl. CHICAGO, May 30.—Financially and so- clally the historic *Mason and Dixon's line” has been obliterated from the map of the United States, and in the leading feature of | the Memorial day exercises here today it would that politically, as well, the “dead line” laid down over a generation ago | to mark the territorial division between our | glave and our free territory has been thrown down. With the dedication today in this, one of the staunchest union cities, in the heart of the country whence came the blue- coated warriors who marched “from Atlanta to the sea,” of a-handsome monument to the Jasting memory of men who wore the gray and fought for the "lost cause” under the stars and bars, a confederate ‘“high water mark” was established far north of that set at Gettysburg by force of arms. This, too, with the ungrudging consent of the staunch unfonists among whom 1t is placed and with the countenance and assistance of veterans in blue, foes in arms, but friends in peace— dofng honor to an acknowledged valor whic 18 now the common heritage of our country. The dedication was accompanied by perhaps the most impressive and imposing ceremonies among the exercises set down for Decoration day in any part of the union. At Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty-fifth street, then in the outskirts, but now in the heart of this oity, a stockade was built during the civil war and named Camp Douglas, and there many thousands of confederate prisoners were confined between the years 1862 and 1865, The men held there under the restraints which befall captives of war had spent their lives in the balmy climate of the sunny south, nd the rigors of a northern winter told upon them severely, As_a consequence 6,000 of them were liberated by death and were burfed in Oakwvod cemetery at Cottage Grove avenue and Sixty-seventh street. 1t was to the memory of these 6,000 who had died in a military prison in an enemy's eountry that the monument was today dedi- cated by their comrades and opponents in arms on the spot where they lie buried. It Is the first monument to confederate dead erected in the north, and the event was per- haps without a parallel in history. It does not appear that anywhere else on the face of our round globe, within a period of thirty vears after the close of a bitterly fought war, the vanquished have ever before erected a monument to the memory of their comrades in arms in the heart of the victors' territory. Especially has the sight never been witnessed of the victors heartily join- ing the vanquished in doing honor to the valor of the vanquished dead, HOW IT CAME ABOUT. This dedication is the outcome of a move- ment inaugurated by the confederate assocla- tion of Chicago. It undertook to raise the necessary funds for the erection of the monu- ment, and_General John C. Underwood, a gouthern officer, in command of the northern divisions of the United Confederate veterans, ‘was ch n to carry the work forward The fund started with $1,500 from a lecture given in Chicago by General Gordon of Georgia. Citlzens of Chicago also subscribel $10,000, and subscriptions by confederate veterans and others brought the fund up to the necessary amount. The monument was three years under construction, The largest assemblage of distinguished con- federate veterans ever seen in the north was one of the notable features of the occa slon. Those nresent included Generals John B. Gordon, Wade Hampton, James Long- street, Stephen D. Lee, Fitzhugh Lee, Harry Heth, 8. G. French, 1. C. Walthall, M. C. Butler, L. L. Lomax, Marcus J. Wright, Frank C. Armstrong, Eppa Hunton, Joseph 0. Shelby, William H. Payne, Fayette Hewitt, C. U. Evans and Joseph H. Lewis. Nearly all these distinguished visitors, accompaniel by their wives and families, gether with representatives of the Confederate assoc tion of Washington, D. C.; Camp Moultrle, Sons of Veterans of Charleston, S. C., and representative delegations from Atlanta and other polnts, also arrived yesterda They were met at the depots by comrades in arms who preceded them and by the local reception commitiee, composed of federal and confederate veterans and the leading profes- slonal and business men of the city with a suitable scort and driven to their hotel. Later they attended a matinee performance at a theater. In the evening they were welcomed to the clty by Mayor Swilt, General Gordon re- sponding. This was followed by a most brilliant banquet at Kinsley's. Today's cere- monles began with the ringing of the Colum- bian liberty bell, firing of a national salute by battery D, Illinois National guards, on the lake front. Then a carriage parade of renowned north ern and southern generals was formed and moved under military escort to the Twelfth street depot and there took trains In walt- ing for Oakwood cemetery, where the dedi- cation ceremonies occurred. The military escort consisted of the well known First regiment, Tllinois Natlonal guard, under com- mand of Colonel Henry L. Turner, as well as the Chicago hussars, a mounted military organization of seventy-five men, under com- mand of Captain Quincy. The dedication ceremonies were opened with prayer by Colonel Joseph Desha Pick- ett, chaplain of the Kentucky Orphan bri gade, C. 8. A. Then General Underwood, in a few introductory remarks, placed in the chalr Rev. Dr. W. H. Bolton, pastor of the Centenary Methodist church and past com mander U, rant post No. 28, Grand Army of the Republic, of Chicago, who de livered a brief uddross on assuming his duties, The dedicatory oration by Lieuten ant General Wade Hampton of South Caro lina followed. General Hampton spoke as follows GENERAL HAMPTON'S ADDRESS. The scene presented here today is one that could be witnessed in no country but our own and for this reasom, If for no other, it possessos a significance worthy of the grav- est consideration. A few years ago brave men from the north and south stood facing each other in hostile array and the best blood of the country was poured out like water on many a battlefieid. Thousands, aye, bundreds of thousands, of our bravest sloep in bloody graves; men who gave their lives to prove the faith of their convic tions, and now north and south, standing by these graves, wherever they may be. grasp hands across the bloody chasm and proudly claim federal and confederate sol- diers as men who have given to the world as noble examples of courage and devotion to duty as can be enroiled on the pages of history. Nor is this all that as exceptional and ren should render it memorable in for all time to come. No won world has such an honorabio history as at- taches to yonder ome. That monument marks the graves of no victerious soldjers, but of the followers of & lost cause; it is not on southiern soil, but on northern; the men resting under its shadow come from our far-off southland and it owes its ere tion, not to the comrades of these dead soldiers, but mainly to tho gonercsity and magnanimity of their former foes, the citi sens of this city. Al honor, then. to the brave and lMberal men of Chicago, who bave shown by their uction that they resurd the war as over amd that they can weloom: as friends on this solemn and Ruspicous occasion thelr former enemies. As long i this lofty column poluts to heaven, as the graven stone remains, future generations of Americans should look upon It with pride not only as an honor (o those who concelved seem marks this arkable, occaslon and which our annals ment in the ita construction, but as a sllent, thoug blo emblem of a restored unlon und @ re- i the naue 0f my comrade; ‘ m“‘ Wy owa Bame | Bt L glve grateful thanks to the brave men of Chicago who have done honor to our dead here, not as confederate soldiers, but as brave men who preferred imprisonment and death rather than freedom obtained by a dishonorable sacrifice of the principles for which they were willing to die. PREFERRED DEATH TO FREEDOM. Of the 6,000 confederates buried here not one was an officer; all were privates, in no way responsible for the unhappy war which brought an Iliad of wces upon our country. And yet these humble private soldlers, any ono of whom could have gained freedom by taking the cath of allegiance to the federal government, preferred death to the sacrifice of their principles, Can any possi- ble dishonor attach to these brave men of Chicago because they are willing to recog- nize the courage and devotion to duty of these dead confederates? Imagine 1f you can, my friends, the sor- row, the despair of these poor prisoners ly- ing in prison and dying for their faith. They died here in what they looked upon as a foreign and hostile Jand, far from the land of their birth, with no tender hands of mother or wife to scothe their entrance | into the dark valley of the shadow of death, and with ail the memories of thelr faraway homes and loving kindred to add the sharp- est pangs of death itself. They were true men and say, If you please, that they were mistaken, that they were wrong, no brave man on earth can fail to do honor to their courage and their steadfast adherence to what they conceived to be their duty. Death pleces its seal on the actions of men and it is after death that we “‘measure men.” We of the south measure our dead comrades buried here by the standard ap- plied to men, after death, and you of Ch cago have measured them by the same standard, the only standard by which we can measure men, and by applying this you have shown that you have come to the highest standard vouchsafed to men and on this north and south can stand with honor alike to both sections. Are any federal soldiers disloyal to the flag under which they fought because they join in decorating the graves of brave men whom they met in battle? Thousands of federal soldiers lie under southern skies in unknown graves. And when on Memorial day In the south the graves of our dead are decorated gray- headed confederate veterans and noble, de- voted women, strew flowers over the graves of the federal soldiers. If the humane, gen- erous action of this city in doing honor to the memory of their old antagonists fs de- nounced as desecration it would seem to fol- low that the decoration of federal graves by rebels’ hands should be open to the same criticlsms, but no denunciation of southern people for daring to honor the memory of men who were once their enemies has met my eyes. Such narrow and bigoted feelings as would prompt a discordant note on occasions of this kind are rarely found among true men and brave soldiers and 1 have often thought that if the two great captains who were engaged in that death grapple in Virginia had been left to settle the terms of peac cach supported by his faithful followers, the country would have a peace indeed, one honorable alike to victor and vanquished, and which would have prevented the evils brought about by the politicians. HIS TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN. As it is, the south recognizes and honors the magnanimity of General Grant toward our great chief, General Lee, and deplores as an unmitigated misfortune the assassina- tion of Lincoln. I repeat emphaticaly the untimely death of President Lincoln was re- garded by all thoughtful men of the south as one of the serious evils which had be- fallen our section and I venture to say that my southern associates here present will sustain my asserthon. We know that during the war he devoted every energy of mini and body for the restoraticn of the union and that result accomplished we felt that his big brain and his kind heart would prompt him to deal kindly and leniently with his fellow citizens of the south; for his highest if not his scle aim was to see the union restored and it was a cruel fate that deprived him of what he hoped would be the reward of his labors and the south of one who would have been her strongest protector in her sorest hour of need. Some of our northern fellow citizens seem to paraphrase the biblical question, *Can anything good come out of Nazareth?’ by applying It to the south; but, my friends, we really are not all evil. Put yourself in our place and judge us from that stand point. In the convention which framed the constitution there were two partles which held opposite positons, one advocat- ing the formation of a central government, and the other advocating the doctrine of states’ rights. It was to reconcile these antagonistic views by compromise by which all powers not delegated to the general legislature were annexed to the states, but like all compromises it left these vital ques- tions unsettled. From 1787 until 1861 the proper construction to be placed on the clause of the constitution just referred to has led to constant and often angry discus- sion. This unfortunate condition of affairs was further complicated by the injection of the question of slavery into it and we all know what has been the result of these un bappy differences, These are all now dead fssues and I do not propose to discuss them. The vexed questions since the foundation of the gov- ernment are settled and reference to them is made only to show how natural the course of the south was, educated as the people there were, in the school of strict state rights. Every southern man felt that a cail made upon him by state was an impera tive command and that his duty was to obey without hesitation and at all hazards, When the north called on its citizens to rally to the old flag they, too, responded to the summons from a sense of duty as did the people of the south to the call made on them. York and Lancaster, cavalier and roundhead, no longer wage war on each other; all are Englishmen, proud of their country and the red and the white are emblems of ace and of the glory of old England. Can we not all be proud of the prowess of the American soldier? A memorial poem by Major Henry Stanton of Kentucky was next, and the literary part of the dedlcation was closed with an ad- dress by Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, bishop )t the Reformed Episcopal church of Chi- cago, late general United States volunteers. The ceremonies of consecrating the guns and placing the floral decorations followed and the exercises closed with the firing of threo volleys over the graves of the dead by the regiment, Illinois National guards, with a bugle blare and “‘taps, Following the set program came the deco- ration of the graves of union soldiers in the emetery by the ex-Confederate association, assisted by a large number of visiting ladtes om the south, many of them noted south- ern beauties, among whom were General Underwood's daughter, General Longstreet's laughter, General Capell's daughter, and many other celebrated southern women. After the exercises the guests were enter- tained at lunchoon by the Chicago club and viewed the procession of the Grand Army of the Republic from the balcony of the Auditorium, Tne display of flowers on the the confederate and federal dead impressive and will long be several days they had been coming by the carload, six carloads having come by one railroad alone. Savannah sent palmettos, mosses, wild smilax, magnolia blossoms and wreaths. w Orleans \d other triby rst ending graves of was very remembered. For ont 5000 magnolla blossoms from New Orleans and Pensacola. The rleston car contained 600 en palmettos, 1,000 pounds of Carolina ches 1 lanrel and many set des gns in laurel leaves interwoven with the letters “8, €., the work of women f the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Ladies' Memorial assoclation of Charleston. Two carloads « Atlanta, and in luded roses, palmettos and destgns by the Ladies' Memorial assoclation of Atlanta, e Fell Deud from the Heat. CINCINNATI, May The first heat vie- tim reported this morning. An un- known man cvercome by the heat fell dead on ike strert, He was about 50 years old aud faicly well dresseds was { with the opposing forces FLOWERS FOR UNION DEAD Mcmorial Day Observed with Elaborate Oeremonies All Over ths Country, GOVERNOR MORTON HAS A FAINTING SPELL Bulletine from Decoration Services Over Many of the Graves of Amer Loyal Sons Who Fell in the Civil War NEW YORK, May 30.—Veterans of the unfon army In this city celebrated the day of the dead under favorable conditions. The | parade of the Grand Army members, start- ing from the Plaza at Fifth avenue and | Fifty-ninth street, showed sadly the ravages | which the years have made in the ranks of the volunteers of 18615, The reviewing stand at Twenty-fifth strect was occupied by ex-President Harrison, Governor McKin- ley, Governor Morton and Mayor Strong. The graves of soldlers in Trinity church- yard were handsomely decorated by a com- mittee representing the Grand Army posts of this city and Greenwood and other ceme- teries in or near the city were also remem- bered. The principal observance of the day, how- ever, was at the tomb of Grant, Riverside park, overlooking the Hudson river. The services there were under the auspices of U. S. Grant pest, Grand Army of the Re- | public, and consisted of a memorial aldress | by Governor McKinley of Ohio. The United States crufser Cincinnati was anchored in the river by order of the secretary of the navy and fired a salute The statue in Battery park of John E. Ericsson, the designer of the Monitor, was adorned with flowers in honor of his dis- tinguished services for the union cause. At New Rochelle a statue of Thomas Paine, the framer of the Declaration of In- dependence, was unvieled this afternoon, al dresses suitable to the occasion being deliv- ered by Colonel R. G. Ingersoll and Thaddeus B. Wakeman JOVERNOR MORTON FAINTS. While Governor Morton was reviewing the parade at the stand in Madison square today he was observed to turn pale and he sat down abruptly. The next instant he lurched forward and fell with his head against the rough scantling on the reviewing stand. A. W. Cole, his private sccretary, sprang forward and caught the governor's head and raised it. Ex-President Harrison was only a moment behind Mr. Cole, and they, with the assistance of Mayor Strong, lifted the gov- ernor from his chair, and laid him upon the floor of the reviewing stand. A young lady came forward and offered a silver brandy flask. General Harrison poured some of the liquor into a glass of water and pressed it to the governor's lips. Governor Morton's face was very white. His eyes closed wear- ily, but when a band came by playing a stir- ring march they opened quickly and he strug- gled to get on his fect again. Mr. Harrison bent over him, and putting his lips to the governor's ear, said: “No, governor; you must lie still. You have been overcome with the heat. We have sent for a carriage and we will take you away.' v The governor lying behind a board partition about thirty inches high. ‘“Tear away that partition,” exclaimed General Har- rison and in a twinkling three big policemen had torn the partition down. The. governor smiled faintly and again struggled to get upon his fest. He was assisted this time by Mayor Strong, Mr. Cole and a member of the governor's staff. “I must review the parade,” said the gov- ernor. “No, no," interjectel General Harrison. “You are not fit; you must come with me.” “I will review the parade,” insisted the governor, and he stood straight as an ar- row and looked out toward the avenue. A mighty cheer went up from 10,000 throats and the governor raised his hand to his hat, which had been placed on his head. As he did so he swayed from side to side, and woull have fallen had not strong arms sup- ported him. ~ Then he turnel to the mayor and asked him in a tremulous volce: *Will review the parade, Mr. Mayo es, ye d the mayor. The governor was then helped down to his carrlage by General Harrison and others. The general got into the carrlage with the governor. J. J. Aston &nd other members of the governor's staff climbed in and the carriage was driven to the Fifth avenue hotel, where he soon recovered. IS THE TIME FOR PFACE PRESK. General Longstreet Writes a Letter to a Massachusetts School. LOWELL, Mass., May 30.—In the course of the Decoration day exercises held in the public schools today A. L. Bacheller, master of Green school, read to his pupils the follow- ing letter from General James Longstreet: “GAINESVILLE, Ga., May 27.—To the Pu- pils of Green School, Lowell, Mass.: Your worthy master had kindly indicated a desire for ‘a few words to his pupils, to make em- phatic the fact that today we have no divided sections, and the relating of some incident which actually came under your (my) observa- tion' during the late civii war. A compli- &nce with this request is a pleasure. “In the winter of 1863 the confederate army under my command laid sicge to Knoxville, Tenn., the union forces in the beleagured city being under command of General Burnside, who assaulted my lines at Fredericksburg in 1862, Around Knoxville all day long, and day after day, could be heard the constant and heavy cannonading, mingled with the inces- sant musketry firing, showing the blue and gray with artillery and infantry were bat- tling for their convictions (as they understood them), while on the outskirts now and then the fierce ring and clatter of sabers and the zip! zip! zip! of tho deadly carbines showed that the cavalrymen of both armies were not idle. ‘Yet after midnight a holy, solemn hush, as of God’'s benediction, fell upon the two opposing forces, and soon the stillness of night was gently broken on Armstrong Hill by my headquarters band playing the ‘Star Spangled Banner,' which, at its conclusion, was answered by General Burnside's head quarters band playing the ‘Bonnie Blue Flag, to which my band responded with ‘Yankee Doodle;' then from General Burnside's came ‘Dixie,’ and my musicians replied with ‘Hail, Columbia,” and to close the serenade the tio bands played first a sacred piece, and both wound up the evening's entertainment by joining and in perfect tune playing ‘Home, Sweet Home.' TRUCE IN THE EVENING “During these evening concerts it would have been easy for my men to have killed General Burnside and vice versa, but any soldier who would have been gulity of any punic faith on these occasions would have been violently dealt with, and when the last beautiful strains of ‘Home, Sweet Home,' were wafted from the two bands upon the evening air strong men showed cheeks and tearful eyes, that on the mor- row were unblanched and stern when ‘breasting the storm of shrieking shell and splashing shrapnel. “If recent publications be true, in the closing days around Petersburg, when Gen- cral Lec ordered me to re-establish his broken line, Captain Robert T. Lincoln of General Grant's staff was with a detachment of union troops that pressed close up to General Lee's headquarters, as 1 took part | of General Benning's brigade and checked the federal advance for a short while, and here with my men we protected General Lee from capture and had a severe engagement Only thirty years from that time have elapsed, and in Novem- ber, 1896, 1 would be delighted to see the reunited American peopla place in the white house that gallant young union officer who pressed up so close to General Lee's tent and rode hard on our heels to Farm- ville, Amelia Court House, Sailor's Creek and ' Appomattox. This certainly demon- strates a sentiment of loyalty to one coun- try and one flag and a revival of the era of good feeling. “Whea politiclans, from sinister motives, | sack, pallid | would precititate a crisls which appeals to our sectional prejudices, let us rekindle our patriotism by going back to the scenes in which the great, good men took part who framed the constitution and we shall learn from them to deal kindly and considerately with each other as members of the same great family and to eherish a patriotism broad enough to embrace our whole country. All of us—north and south—should be proud of New England, her varied civilization and thriving industry, and glory in the suffer- ings and virtuea of the pilgrim fathers and gather with her sons at Plymouth Rock to recall the Mayflower with its precious freight, and we should be equally proud of Jamestown and cherfsh the memory of that noble band who, in face of every discour- agement and danger, planted a stable colony upon this virgin land where years later first went up the herolc cry, ‘The cause of Boston is the cause of alll' showing how warmly the southerner sympathized with his northern brother in the determination to resist foreign aggressions. ECHOES GRANT'S SENTIMENTS. “I rejoice In the eloquence of Everett, lift my hat to Warren's form perpetuated in marble, and in fancy visit the tomb of Web- ster at Marshfield, where the sea rolls its sublime diapason, as if it lamented the de- parted statesman, and in the same spirit I honor the illustrious men of the south, and in thought wander along the banks of the Potomac, where the foremost man of the world sleeps his last long slumber. This spirit finds expression in General Grant's ‘Personal Memoirs,’ where, in the conclud- ing two pages of the last volume, he makes a pathetic appeal to his fellow countrymen to banish all the passions of our late war, cease all criminations and recriminations and be a harmonious peopie; and my hope and prayer are that the beautiful sentiments of the dying warrior upon Mount McGregor may permeate every gathering and pulsate through every speech upon Memorial day and touch a responsive chord in all hearts as they strew flowers upon the graves of the soldier dead, confederate and federal. “Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead, Dear as the blood ye No_impious footst The herbage of And in this spirit T hope to be in Chicago, where with Abraham Lincoln’s son and with the G. A. R. posts and confederate encamp- ment, 1 trust to participate in rendering ap- propriate tributes to both the herole union dead and the gallant companions in arms of mine who died while prisoners at Camp Douglas.” O shall tread MEN EIGH 5. C. Dimmick and Ed Tucker Meet Death in A Uam. LEIGH, Neb., May 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)- C. Dimmick, manager of the Stanton Breeding Farm compahy’s ranch, nine miles northwest of town, belonging to Mar- shall Field of Chicago, and Bd Tucker, his ranch foreman, were drowned about 11 o'clock this forenoon. The accident happened while a dun was being repaired. The team tw hired men were using got off the dam into the water, which was about fitteen feet deep. Tucker rode his horse into the stream to try and get the team out. He was thrown off and was struggling between the horses in the water when Dimmick came up. He plunged Into the water to save Tucker and in the struggle both were drowned. The dam was cut, but the bodies washed down stream with the water and were not recovered till late in the afternoon. Tucker was found one mile below the dam, and Dimmick about three miles lower. Dimmick has besn man- ager of the ranch for five years, He wa strongly talked of as a candidate on the re- publican _ticket for' state’senator from his district last fall. He was. & member of the Uniform Rank Knights-of Pythias of Madi- son, which order has taken charge of the body and will conduct™thé funeral. It is not decided yet whether the body will be interred at Madison or Fremont, where rel. atives of Dimmick live. STERLING, Neb., May 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Charley Huston, the 15-year-old son of N. R. Huston, a farmer, was drowned today. With two other boys he went swimming and got into deep water, and not being a good swimmer, was drowned. CYULONE DAMAGE NE.R MAN Houses Demolished and Several Persons In- Jjured by the Twister. CHAPMAN, Neb,, May 30.—(Special)—A severe hail, rain and wind storm struck this place about 7 o'clock last evening, doing some damage to crops and breaking many win- dows. A small cyclone struck about two miles east of here, taking eyerything in its track, one-half mile wide and a mile long. The farm house of A. Bailor was completely demolished, and Mrs. Bajlor and two chil- dren sustained severa Injuries and were found in an unconscious condition. Bailor was quite badly hurt on the head, but their other children escaped more luckily, their clothes being literally torn from their bodies, and they are covered with bruises, caused by the hail. The family was just preparing to take to the cellar when the storm struck the house. Had they done so all would have been killed, as the cellar caved in and the ends of several timbers were driven into it to the depth of a foot. The roof and part of }the floor ‘were carried three-quarters of a mile. Several barns and other buildings were also demolishhed. Two inches of rain fell. PICNIC BENCHES COLLAPSE, Distressing Accldent at Neprasks City Dar- Ing Lecoration Day Services. NEBRASKA CITY, May 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The Decoration day exercises at the park were marked by a most distressing accident. The temporary seats broke and the cccupants were thrown to the ground, Mrs. Dr. Bedel's limb was broken in two places, 0. N. Watson and Mrs. G. W. F were badly bruised and had to be conveyed home in carriages. Several others were more or less injured. Sheriff Huberle returnéd from Auburn this morning, having in custody Charles Foster and T. 8, Lambert, whom he arrested at that place last night on the charge of robbing the Dunbar postoffice. The greater part of the jewelry stolen at Dunbar was found in their possession. They will be turned over to the government for prosecution. Dr. J. W. Chadduck, gne of the oldest dentists in the state, died today, agel 64. He came to this city in 1863, The deceased was prominent in Masonic cireles, Prominent ¥uimer Cowmits Sulcide, OAKDALE, Neb., May 30.-*(Special.)—John Cowen, a well to do farmer, living two miles trom here, was found in his barn this morn- ing suspended by the geck, dead. He has been ill for several yéars, and of late his mind has been unbalanced, ——— Carrled the Fonds in'His Grip. NEW YORK, May 30.—When Logan Curlisle, son and private secretary of the secretary of the treasury, stepped on board the steamstip Paris he carried a grip- in_which were fully $50,000,000 of United States bonds of Jate issue. These bonds will be placed in the hands of European bankers and fingnoiers. Will Resume with N opunion Men, PROVIDENCE, May 30,—Superintendent Legee of the At'antic mills'has given notice that on Monday morning work will be re- sumed in the mills with nonunion hands. Noue of those who participated in the strike will be employed. Stmilar action by other manufacturers is expected, ———— United Presbyterians Adjourn. PITTSBURG, May $0.—The United Presby- terian general assembly fnished its work last night and adjoyrned to meet in Xenia, 0., on the fourth Wednesday of May, 1896. An attempt was made to reduce the salaries of the general officers, but it did not suc- ceed Representative Hitt is Hotter. WASHINGTON, May 30.—Representati Hit! passed a fairly comfortable night. Bach day shows a slight improvement over the preceding one, and on the whole his con- dition is quite a little better than a week ago. LOYAL VALOR REMEMBERED Decorition Day fervices Observed by Ne- braska Citizens Generally, RESTING PLACE OF VETERANS VISITED Flowers Spread Upon the Graves by Loving Hands While Eloquent Pralse the Cause for Which They Died. Orators LINCOLN, May 30.—(Special)—Memorial day was appropriately and universally ob- served in all parts of the city. Flags and bunting were profusely displayed and by noon all lines of business were closed for the day. Simple but impressive services were under the direction of Grand Army posts and the Woman's Re- lief corps. There were a large number of people in from the country, and in the early afternoon a stream of carriages filled the road to Wyuka cemetery, but the services were necessarily cut short and hurried by the rain storm, which fell upon the city at 3 p. m. The donations of flowers had been liberal and the committees of the posts had been busy all the morning arranging wreaths. The loving task of decoration was entrusted to the ladies, who were met at the cemetery gates by delegations of school children, who assisted in the work. At the grave of each veteran was a small flag, bear- Ing the letters “G. A. R.” The name, rank, company and regiment of the buried soldier were upon a small card attached to each flag. A magnificent cross of evergreens was one of the striking decorations, and it was placed on the G. A. R. plot. In the center was the word “Unknown" worked in flowers. This was placed there by the Woman's Relief corps of Appomattox post and was to the memory of the unknown dead. At Wyuka and St. Theresa's cemeteries there are interred 147 soldiers and one army nurse, Mrs. Hettie K. Painter. Most of these are buried outside the Grand Army of the Republic plot, which is one of handsomest in the cemetery. Since last Memorial day twenty-seven veterans have died and been laid to rest within these cem- eteries, The parade to the cemeteries was headed by the Sons of Veterans band of Univeristy numbering fifteen pieces. Company , Nebraska National Guard, followed. neral Amasa Cobb post, Sons of Veterans, mustered about twenty men and boys, and the Lincoln Light infantry had about twenty in line, At the sfate capitol all the desks were deserted in the differcnt offices throughout the day, and most of the doors locked VALPARAISO, Neb., May 80.—(Special Telegram.)—The largest procession ever seen in this place took part in decorating the graves of the fallen soldiers today. After returning from the cemetery Prof. Grime of Lincoln delivered af eloquent address in the opera house, followed by a short, stir ring speech from Major M. B. Liffin of this place. A choir of nine singers rendered several choice selections and the spirits of all present were further enlivened by the magnificent rain, which fell during the latter part of the services. LYONS, Neb, May 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)—About 2,000 people took part in the Decoration day exercises here. One hundred Indian school children and twelve employes of the Omaha reservation took part in the program. H. E. Carter of Tekamah and Judge Keysor of Omaha were the speakers of the day. The afternoon exercises closed with a game of base ball between the In- dian boys of the reservation and the home team. Score § to § at the close of the last halt of the fifth innings, rain interfering. NORFOLK, Neb, May 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Abundant rain and cheering crop prospects stimulate love of country and this condition greatly aided Norfolk "people in the proper observance of Memorial day. The ‘ot deceased veterans were deco- ed by the Grand Army of the Republic this forenoon, and at 2 p. m. a grand scession, headed by the Norfolk Military band and the Moore Rifles in their natty new uniforms and followed by the newly uniformed fire department, Robertson Guards, Mathewson post, Grand Army of the Republic, and a long line of citizens and carriages, paraded the streets and marched to Edgewater park, where Rev. Mr. Sander- son delivered the finest oration ever heard here on any similar occasion. HASTINGS, May 30.—(Special Telegram.) —Rain interfered somewhat with the ob- servance of Memorial day. The open alr program had to be dispensed with, only a detachment of members of the Grand Army going to the cemeteries to decorate the graves of comrades who have answered to the last roll call. At the opera house every available seat was taken. The program was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Rose, fol- lowed by song by a chorus composed of Mrs. Judge Beall, Misses Ward and Gunsen- houser and Messrs. Cassell, Carruthers, Snyder and Phelps. The address was made by Congressman Andrews, who eulogized the men who formed the bone and sinew of the unfon army, the privates, while paying tribute to the greatest lights. Five little girls went through the ritual of decorating the graves of the unknown soldiers, each reciting a verse as she deposited her wreath. Music was furnished by a quartet, Messrs. Snyder, Cassell, Phelps and Carruthers, and the Hastings Military band. Rev. Mr Folsom pronounced the benediction. BEAVER CITY, Neb, May 80.— Telegram,)—The Decoration day exercises were postponed this morning on account ot the rain, but exercises were held at the court house this afternoon. SHELTON, Neb, gram.)—Rain this pecial May 30.—(Special Tele~ morning interfered with Decoration doy exercses. In the afternoon, however, a large crowd assembled in the opera house to listen to the annual address. The exercises were under the auspices of Joe Hooker post, and E. C. Calkins of Kearney delivered the address TROMSBURG, Neb., Telegram.)—Memorial da: observed here today. P concourse of people marched from the Grand Army hall to the cemetery that had ever gathered at this place on an occasion of this kind, The services were conducted under the auspices of J. A. Mower post, company I, National Guards, J. A. Mower post, Grand Army of the Republic, Women's Relief corps and children of the public schools marched in line, followed by citizens and headed by the Stromsburg Cornet band. The exercises closed with a splendid parade and an address by Hon. James Kyner of Omaha. SYRACUSE, Neb., May 30.—(Special Tel gram.)—Decoration day services were ob today in the opera house, Captain J. H ler of Hebron delivering the addre: house was packed to its utmost capacity and flowers were in abundance. After the address the Grand Army of the Republic and Sons of Veterans marched to the cemetery to martial music, where the graves of the comrades were appropriately decorate SUTTON, Neb., May ~(Speclal Tele- gram.)—Memorial exercises were held this afternoon, but were interrupted by a heavm rain storm, which continued until evening Business was suspended during the services wheh took place in the Methodist Episcopal church. Hon. Randolph McNatt of Red Cloud delivered an oration. The vocal music was fin2. Although raining, a large number at the close of the services went to the cem- etery and decorated the graves of the four teen union soldiers who are buried the GRAND ISLAND, Neb., May 80.—(Specia) Telegram.)—Judge Starks of Aurora delivered a memorial address at the soldiers’ home this morning. The graves of th: departed heroes In the city cemetery were decorated in the presence of 600 people. A memorlal day program, in which were addresses by Hon. 0. A. Abbott and others, was rendered at the opera house this afternoon. The par ade was dispensed with on account of rain. VALLEY, Neb., May 30.—(Special Tele gram.)—Decoration day was duly observed in this city todsy. In the forenoon the school children gave an interesting program of songs May 80.—(Special was appropriately bably the largest religious | the | o4 the | | on and recitations, partok of a basket dinner. In_the afterncon the veterans, headed by the Valley Cornet band, marched to the cem- etery, where the graves of deceased soldiers were decorated. Short addresses were made by W. B. Whitman of this place and Prof. D. W. Hill of Omaha. In the evening an interesting musical pro- gram was rendered at the opera house, with short addresses by W. B. Whitmore and Prot Hill. The music was rendered by the Prof. Campbell quartet, assisted by Prof. Roy Smith and Mrs. Harrison of Fremont. RED CLOUD, Neb., May 30.—(Special Tel- egram.)—Decoration day was duly observed here, though the order of the program was interfered with by rain. Rev. O'Neill of Pawnee City being unable to deliver the ad- dress, Hon. W. A. McKelghan spoke at the opera house during the rain, after which the graves of the departed veterans were decorated. WAYNE, Neb, gram)—Decoration beautiful after a o'clock all the decorated with 10 the streets ter which the large crowd al Tele- ght and By nine May 30.—(Spec day dawned b splendid rain business houses had been flags and bunting, and by were crowded with people. 1:30 the parade formed, band, Grand Army of the Republic, uniform rank Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen, fire- men and citizens in line, and marched to the opera house, where 1,200 people had as: sembled, and nearly as many more were unable to gain admission. Speeches were made by a number of prominent citizens, after which the parade again formed and marched to the cemetery, where the graves of departed Grand Army men were deco rated, the ritual services being abandoned owing to the rain. HARTINGTON, Neb. Telegram.)—Hundreds parts of the country Decoration day exercises here. A grand parade to the cemetery, followed by the usual decoration of soldiers’ graves, occupied the forenoon. Music was furnished by the Hartington and _Coleridge bands, In the afternoon J. C. Elliott of West Point gave a highly eloquent and able address to a packed house. WAVERLY, Neb, May egram.)—Decoration day was observed by the usual services and were in charge of the Grand Army of the Republic post. Th town in general was profusely decorated and flags were floating from every building in honor of the ones who fought and died for their country. Brief ceremonies were held at the cemetery over the dead comrades’ graves. The veterans were ably addressed by Me Atkinson and Woodward of Lin- coln. DUNBAR, Neb, 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)—School closed today .with appro priate exercises, orations, essays and rect tations being the order of the day. Prof. Saylor of the Lincoln Normal university delivered an address this afterncon to a large audience, NORTH PLATTE; Neb., May 30.—(Special clegram.)—Church Howe delivered the me morial address here today and the old soldiers went to the cemetery in carriages to decorate in_the face of a blinding rain. WYMORE, Neb., May 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Decoration day was duly obs rved At 10 o'clock 300 school children marched to Main street, headed by the Reynolds band Ningara avenue they were met by the Knights of Pythias band, Grand Army of the Republic, Women's Relief corps and citi zens, The procession was formed, headed by the Knights of Pythias band, followed by the Women's Relief corps, Grand Army of the Re- public, children in charge of Mrs. Vance, Miss Mitchell, Miss Southwick, Miss Bolton, all teachers in the primary department, and ci izens in carriages and on foot. The proc sion took up the line of march to the school house, where Prof. Grubbs and Rev. Dunkel- berger delivered Speeches, after which the Grand Army of the Republic and the Wo- men’s Relief corps proceeded to the cemetery, headed by the Reynolds band. An interesting feature was the drum corps and the spectacle of so many children In line, each carrying a flag. The threatening weather interfered with the program at the cemetery somewhat, only a few venturing to go. NEBRASKA CITY, May 80.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The observance of Decoration day was marked by the usual suspension of bus ness and decoration of buildings. The pro- cesglon was composed of the Otoe Cornet band, school children, militia, fire department, speakers in riaj confederate veterans and Grand Army of the Republic At the city park Rev. H. C. Harmon delivered the address, XETER, Necb., May 30.—(Special)—Dec y was very appropriately observed at this place. The town was beautifully and tastefully decorated with flags and bunting At 10 a. m. the procession formed in front of the Grand Army of the Republic hall and marched to the cemetery, where the usual Grand Army of the Republic services were observed. Colonel N..S. Babcock was mar- shal of the day. At 1:45 p. m. the Grand Army of the Republic, Sons of Veterans and Women's Relief corps formed at their hall and marched to the opera house, where the address of the day was dellvered by Rev G. F. Walker, assisted by Rev. W. T. Cline The musical part of the program was con- ducted by Prof. D. B. Worley of York and his large chorus class of this place. ASHLAND, Neb., May 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Decoration day was observed in this city today by the largest crowd ever secn in the city on this occasion. Long before noon the streets were thronged with' people, Philip Folsom delivered an oration entitled “Our Honored Dead.” Frank Young de- livered the “‘Death Bed of Benedict Arnold," which, In addition to an able address by Rev. J. W. Seabrook, and music by the Republican Campaign quartet, made one of the best programs ever rendered for such a service. The last of the program was in- terrupted by the appearance of black clouds in the southwest. FULLERTON, Neb., May 30.—(Special.) The exercises of the day were managed by the € nd Army of the Republic. The Grand Army of the Republic post and the Woman's Relief corps met at the hall of the former from which place they repaired to the ceme- tery and decorated the graves of the de comrade T POINT, Neb., May 30.—(Special.) Decoration day exercises received more than 1 ention here. The Grand Army of the Republic post, headed by the West Point band and followed by the mayor and cor poration officials and a number of civic eties in full regalia, marched to the cemetery, where the graves of the heroes were decorated. BRAINARD, Neb. May 0.—(Speclal.) Decoration day was observed in patriotl style. A large procession was formed, headed Brainard Union band, marching thraugh the principal streets, thence to the ceme tery, where the graves were decorated STERLING, Neb., May 30.—(Special Tele am.)—The flne program for Decoration was only partially carried out, owing to a heavy rain storm that commenced at o'clock and lasted the balance of the day. e crowd was in the grove listening to the oration of the day by Rey. Mr. Brown of Vesta when the rain came. BLAIR, Neb,, May 30.—(Sy The people generally turned and attended memorial scrvices every busine house in town was and decorated. The procession to th eme- tery was very long, nearly all of the different orders turning out as an escort to the Grand Army of the Republic. Among them were t Ancient Order of United Workmen, Moders Woodmen of America, Independent Orler of 0dd Fellows and German verel farmers from the country were in w After returning from the cemetery Mande delivered a rou t Germania hall, whi ING WATER, Neb Telegram.)—The city who came to attend he proc o Aft rating the narche? to the ongregational and listened to a fine address by Rev The Wabash banl was in making the NEILL, Neb. gram.)—Decoration day was Rain prevented many from participat a good crowd was out The by were decorated with flags and the city presented a hollday @ procession consisting of the band, General John O'Neill post of the Republic, company F , May 30 of people from all participated in the (Special 30.—(Special Tel- posts. soci public dead fal Telegram.) out well tc Nearly closed was filled Decoration the ceme assisted (Continued on Third Page.) Downpour of Rain Drives the Demon of Dry Weather from Nobraska, FERTILE FIELDS THOROUGHLY DRENCHED State Soaked from End to End by the Fall of Twenty-Four Hours, CORN CROP OUTLOOK WAS NZVER BETTER Effeots of Frost and Hot Winds More Than Overcome by Water, SCME HAIL REPORTED, BUT NO DAMAGE Small Graln Rovived and All Over astures Rofres] the State—Tusiness Men, Kallroad Men, nd Fuarmers Scockmen Rejoloe, Drouth is drowned in Nebraska. Desperation is deluged and weary watche ers for a sign find hope's fruition in the promise of a bountiful harvest No forty-eight hours in the state's history were ever fraught with more anxlety than those during which the hot wind blew from Sunday night at midnight till that hour on Tuesday night And no twenty-four hours were ever more blessed than the time elapsed from sundown Wednesday till sundown Thursday. From Otoe, from Dakota Dundy, west, north and south, hill corn belt, every county braska has been drenched Dawson county got three inches, Gosper county got four inches. Red Willow county got three, Custer county got three. Box Butte ot two. These samples. Similar reports are at hand from every county In Nebraska. In scme counties more rain fell during this time than had fallen in six months before. In many countles it was the first rain that had come in three to six weeks. In all it did untold good. Corn s all right. That Is the which follow. Small grain will be greatly benefited and the ravages of frost and simoon will be overcome to a large by the effects of the rain. Pastures will be revived and stock on the range will find both grass and water. Railroad managers discussed the situation yesterday with greater cheer than they have shown for many wecks. From all along all the lines the same reports came, heavy raina and crop outlook immensely improved. This means freight hauling both ways next fall and winter, At South Omabha stock commission mem read the rain reports in The Bee yesterday and rejoiced. * Best reports come from the grazing regions. Jobbers and manufacturers felt the joy that comes with the certainty of a crop, that meaning business of all kinds in Nebraska. It was a Godsend to Nebraska. For details read these telegrams from alk over the state ELWOOD, Neb, May 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Two and one-half inches of rain has fallen hers within the last ten hours. It is stil! raining hard, CHAPPELL, Neb., May 30.—(Special Tele~ gram)—The drouth’ is broken in Deuel county. It has rained steadily here for the last ten hours, and it Is still raining hard. MINDEN, Neb., May 30.—(Special Tele~ )—A splendid rain here last night. an inch of water fell and there is a good prospect for mo DUNCAN, Neb., May gram.)—Platte county wad visited by a drenching rain last night and there Is lots more In sight this morning. Good crops of small grain are now assured. Corn looks fine and s ahead of the usual average at this time of the year. PLATTE CENTER, Neb., May 30.—(Special Telegram.)—The dry spell was broken hers last night by & rain that poured two inches and a half of water {nto the ground. GREELEY CENTER, Neb., May 30.—(Spe= clal Telegram.)—A heavy rain fell here last night. It came In time to save most of the small grain. IILDRETH, Neb.,, May 30.—(Special Tels zrain.)—A two-Inch and a half rain fell her yesterday and last night. The hot weather of Monday and Tuesday did no damage ber SIDNEY, N:b., May 80.—(Special Tele~ gram.)—A heavy rain fell here from 11 o'clock last night up to 10 o'clock this morning. Reports from many places in t county make the rain general, Small gri may be saved, Corn greatly improved. Al falfa_and hay sure crop. MOORFIELD, Neb., May 30.—(Special Tele~ gram.)—This vicinity is being visited by the best rain we have had this season. Rain has been falling almost steadily for the past twelve hours with no signs of abating. About two inches of water has fallen. It will be of great value to pastures and corn which iffering. A large amount of corn will planted. STANTON, Neb., May 3. The high wind of Monday did damage to crops in this couuty vain from now on will insure for Stanton county, while corn will fand a continuous drouth of two weeks wore without suffering materinlly, CAMBRIDGI, Neb., May 30.—(Speclal Telegram.)—Three Inches of rain fell herg last night and this morning. Farmers and Lusiness men now feel jubilant over the ex- slent prospects for good crop HUMPHREY, Neb, May 30.—(Spectat Telegram.)—The coplous rains of last night have been followed by a rainiall today of two inches. It is still raining, with favor= ible prospects for continuing through the night UNRO! Dawes to to sand in Nee cast, and are consensus of the dispatchos degree gri 30.—(Special Tele~ (Special.)— no_material Plenty of a general good Neb., Tele- inches of whidh will revive It is raning agaln May 20~ (3pecial ram.)—One and three-fourths rain fell here last night, the eraps in good shape tnalght SHENANDOAH, Ta., May 30. days of wind and dust a quiet rain set in thls morning at prospects are good for an CRESTON, Ta., May 30.—(Special)—Rain as been falling here since 12 o'clock last night. The moisture comes at an opportune time. The value of the rain cannot be coms puted in dcllars and cents, There is a ju= 1 in this locality. EW, Nen.,, May 30.—-(Spe egram.)—A fine rain began falling here early last evening and kept up during the entire night part of today, Small grain, which was somewhat injured by the recent hot winds, is looking well. The hay crop s assured. PIERCE, avy rain L f the farmers borhood Th previous had After three but coplous daylight and Il day's rain, fal Tel- May 20.—(Speclal)—Al night gladdened the hoarts and every person in this nelgha heavy winds the two nights made the small grain look a trifle gle 1 the farming community felt Ukewive, fearing & repetition of last year's { crops, but the shower last night of gladuess to sweep OVer shortage cause: wa onnty ASHLAND, )—The morn| kit ¢ Neb., May 20.—~(8pecial Tele= lere was broken early by a light shower. About 4 nmenced to rain, and continued hour in a gentle downfall of rybody lock as happy a & representative, In convers ued ou Sisth Page)