The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1895, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1895. MEMORIAL DAY Continued from Second Page. the Grand Army of the Republic and the Sons of Veterans raised and saluted the flag on the lower plaza. Half an hour later they decorated the graves at the Evergreen Cemetery. At 10 o'clock the graves at the Catholic cemetery were deco- rated. Inthe afternoon a parade of the school children, Boys’ Brigade, G. A. R., Sons of Veterans and other societies was held, followed by literary exercises at the pavilion, with an oration by Lucas F. Smith. After the exercises at the pavilion the procession was re-formed and marched to the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, where the beautiful ceremony of the G. A. R. ritual was exemplified and the soldiers’ graves decorated. In the evening the Woman’s Relief Corps held memorial services in the opera-house. Lavish Floral Tributes at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, CaL., May 30.—Me- morial day was fittingly observed here, and Southern California’s wealth of flowers permitted the most lavish floral decqration of the graves of the soldier dead. Services were held at Evergreen, Rose- dale and the cify cemeteries in the morn- ing, where large crowds were assembled and where marched the various G. A. R. posts and the Woman's Relief Corps of the city. The formal exercises took place in the Simpson Tabernacle under the auspices of the G. A. R. during the afternoon. A dense throng filled the great building. In many of the public schools appropriate exercises took place. Henry Glaze was the orator of the day. Any one would have known that this was a public holiday, sud furthermore they would have seen it was Decoration day had they just come in from the desert wastes and had lost track of the calendar. Every one wasappareled in holiday garb, and nearly all had some sort of a bouquet in their hands. The railroads early this morning brought a large number of people to the city from surrounding towns who had come to join with the city foiks in commemoration of the Nation’s dead heroes. All the public places were closed, and many of the larger stores closed their doors at noon. It was an ideal day, just aday for the occasion. The car linesleading to Ever- green, Rosedale and city cemeteries were hronged early in the morning, as the ex- s were 10 begin very early. The dead soldiers interred in the Catholic, Jewish and other cemeteries were not forgotten, and it is safe to say that the resting-place of not one soldier was overlooked to-day. One of the beautiful features of the day was the participation in the morning cere- monies of the school children. Whole troops of bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked boys and girls, in their pretty frocks and laden | with bloom, were at the cemeteries, and their childish treble blending in the patri- increased the patriotic fervor of rcises. It was a pretty spectacle and one that would be calculated to rouse sentiment in the most stoical mind. The exercises at mpson Tabernacle were of the most patriotic and impressive Rendition of the programme organ voluntary by Miss son; d her part was the chaplain, next| r which a trio, con- s i-Wood, Mrs. Kemp- tox Wood, sang “O, Memory.” P concluded with an address by Pittman, after which the audience roseand sang “America.” Patriotic Sacrament o. SACRAMENTO, Car., May 30.—There ere at least 8000 people in attendance at the memorial services rendered in honor of our dead heroes to-dayin this place, and a wealth of floral tributes were donated from the gardens of the Capitol City to decorate the last resting-place of those who in bygone years left family, friends and monetary interests in defense of their country. In no city on the Pacific slope exists a more intense spirit of patriotism than is prevalent in Sacramento, as was evinced by the crowds which, comprised of the rich and the poor, the lordly banker and the humble laborer, the descendant of Northern and Southern factions, to-day combined in one common fraternity to decorate with earth’s richest tributes the last resting-place of the soldier dead. All day long crowds of citizens joined in forming an endless procession to and from the cemetery, and it has been roughly esti- mated that at least 10,000 people visited God’s acre in this city during the day. During the afternoon a procession headed by the Second Infantry band, followed by several companies of infantry, the Uni- formed Rank, Knight of Pythias and Odd Fellows, who were each decorated with wreaths of choicest blossoms, tramped to the tap of muffled drum throughout] the streets of Sacramento, dispersing after the conclusion of the memorial services. ' The parade also included in its ranks a com- pany of the uniformed Boys’ Brigade. The Frem ont Primary School was also well represented, marched well and pre- sented a fine appearance, and showed that they had been carefully drilled—probably by one of the veterans who mached near them. Following the Grand Army came a four-horse carryall containing disabled veterans who were unable to stand the march, and following these came carriages containing the chaplain, orator of the day, Miss Blanche Ficks and Mrs. Dohrman, the ladies of the relief corps and of the Grand Army and a number of carriages containing citizens. The address of the occasion was deliv- ered by Hon. Jud C. Brusie, Sacramento’s talented young orator. The band played a number of National airs, after which Mrs. E. Dohrman gave an excellent rendition of “Sheridan’s Ride.” The chorus of 100 children from the Sac- ramento grammar school then sang “America,” after which the audience Guard” and Miss Annie Durner sang the “Star-spangled Banner.” The oration was delivered by Colonel George Babcock of Alameda,and was a soul-stirring speech, eulogizing the patriot- ism that has carried our country upward and onward to its present greatness. A.P. Sanborn, County Superintendent of Public Schools, delivered the closing address, when everybody arose and joined in sing- ing ‘“America.” Eloquent Address at Redwood City. REDWOOD CITY, CaL., May 30.—Deco- ration-day exercises were out of the ordi- nary form, being held in a fine new assem- bly hall, and from being in every detail im- pressive, patriotic and suggestive of the new issues that confront American citizens. The special feature was the address of Rev. W. E. Bmith of Menlo Park, who came with the reputation of being able to reach the heart and appeal to the reason of his hearers in the most forceful manner. His argument was that the Grand Army of the Republic had done their whole duty to this generation, but that a still greater duty was now imposed upon the people—that they accept this trust and maintain the integrity of the Union. It was in every way such a speech as would thrill metropolitan audiences during the stirring times of the’60’s. At the cemetery the addressto the un- known dead was delivered by the Hon. James T. O’Keefe, in an impressive and eloquent manner. Napa Graves Strewn With Flowers. NAPA, Can, May 30.—Memorial day was properly observed here to-day. At noon all business houses were closed and many of the manufactories did not open at all. The formal exercises were opened at 2 o’clock P. ., when Kit Carson Post, G. A. R. Bat- tery B, N. @G O, and a large company of school-children began their march to Tulocay Cemetery, where lay the bodies of thirty-two veterans. The G. A. R. ceremonies were observed at the ceme- tery. An oration was delivered by S. E. Holden, and the soldiers’ graves were strewn with flowers. Large crowds at- tended. Grass Valley in Line. GRASS VALLEY, CAL., May 30.—Memo- rial day was celebrated here by the general closing of the business places, the hali- masting of flags and the decoration of graves. Company H of the Second Infantry paraded and fired three volleys over the soldiers’ graves and a trumpeter sounded taps. The exercises were conducted by the members of Company H, to whom the entire credit is due for the observance of the day. More than 3000 people were present. School Children Take Part at Petaluma. PETALUMA, Car., May 30.—Memorial services of the usual character were held to-day. This morning Antietam Post, G. A. R., the W.R. C. and the school chil- dren, under the escort of Company C, Fifth Infantry, N. G. C., marched to the ceme- teries and strewed the graves of the dead with floners. This evening mrmorial ser- vices were held at the theater. Rev. Charles 0. Brown of San Francisco deliv- ered the address. 4 Parade at Visalia. VISALIA, CaL., May 30.—Memorial day was apppropriately observed here. The parade this morning was participated in by Company E, N. G. C., General George H.Wright Post, G. A. R.,and the Woman'’s Relief Corps. There were servicesat the City Cemetery and literary and musical | exercises held thisevening in Armory Hall. The oration was delivered by U. T. Clot- felter. CVIL STRFE FORGDTTEN Imposing Dedication of Monument to the Con- federate Dead. a Throughout the East the Graves Are Decorated With Flowers. CHICAGO, Inn, May 30.—Financially and socially 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 cere- monies here to-day it would seem that politically, as well, the “dead line” laid down over a generation ago to mark the territorial division between our slave and our free territory has been thrown down. ‘With the dedication to-day in this, one of the stanchest of the Union cities, in the heart of the country whence came the blue-coated warriors who marched “from Atlanta to the sea,” of a handsome moun- ment to the lasting memory of those who wore the gray and fought for the “lost cause” under the stars and bars, Con- federate “high-water mark’’ was estab- lished far north of that set at Gettysburg by force of arms; this, too, with the un- grudging consent of the stanch Unionists among whom it was placed, and with the countenance and assistance of veterans in blue—foes in arms but friends in peace, doing honor to an acknowledged valor, which is now the common heritage of our common country. The dedication was accompanied by per- haps 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 city, a stockade was built during the Civil War and named Camp Douglass, and there many thou- sands of Confederate prisoners were con- fined between the years 1862 and 1865. The men held there under the restraints which befell captives of war had spent theirlives in the balmy climate of the sunny South and the rigors of a Northern winter told upon them severely.” As a consequence 6000 of them were liberated by death and buried in Oakwood Cemetery at Cottage Grove avenue and Sixty-seventh street. It was to the memory of these 6000 who had died in a military prison in an joined in singing “Rally Round the Flag,” which concluded the exercises. Novel Ceremony at Benicia. BENICIA, Can,, May 30.—Decoration day was appropriately observed at Benicia. Promptly at 9 A. M. General Hartranft Post No. 151, headed by the Benicia brass band and escorted by the Regular Army and Navy Union No. 33, proceeded to Barracks Cemetery, where appropriate ceremonies were held. From there they marched to the High 8chool. On entering the hall they were met by a reception committee of twelve young ladies, all dressed in white, who escorted them to their seats. Before pro- ceeding with the ceremonies the school- children arose and saluted the veterans. Master Roy Campbell welcomed the veterans in a neat little speech, which was written by Miss Fooley, and was neatly responded to by Captain O'Connell, U. 8.1 A. Miss O'Conuell recited “The Pickett enemy’s country that the monument was dedicated by their comrades and oppo- nents in arms on the spot where they lie buried. It is the first monument to Con- federate dead erected in the North, and the event was perhaps without a parailel in history. It does not appear that any- where else on the face of our round globe, within a period of thirty years after the close of a bitterly fought war, the vanquished have ever before erected a monument to the memory of their com- rades 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, This dedication is the outcome of a movement inaugurated by the Confederate Association of Chicago. It undertook to raise the necessary funds for the erection of the monument, and General John C. Underwood, a Southern officer in com- mand of the Northern divisions of- the 4 Unitea Coniederate Veterans, was chosen to carry the work forward. The fund started with $1500, from a lecture given in Chicago by General Gordon of Georgia, Citizens of Chicago also subscribed $10,000, and subscriptions by Confederate veterans and others in the South brought the fund up to the necessary amount. The monu- ment was three years under construction. The largest assemblage of distinguished Confederate veterans ever seen in the North was one of the notable features of occesion. Those present included Gen- erals John B. Gordon, Wade Hampton, James Longstreet, Stephen D. Lee, Fitz- hugh Lee, Harry Heth, 8. G. French, E. C. Waltham, M. C. Butler, L. L. Tomax, Marcus J. Wright, Frank C. Armstrong, Eppa Hunton, Joseph O. Shelby, William H. Payne, Fayette Hewitt, C. A. Evans and Joseph H. Lewis. Nearly all these distinguished visitors, accompanied by their wives and families, together with rep- resentatives of the Confederate Association of Washington, D. C.; Camp Mouitrie Sons of Veterans of Charleston, 8. C., and rep- resentative delegations from Atlanta and other points South, arrived yesterday. They were met at the depots by comrades in arms, composed of Federal and Confed- erate veterans and the leading professional and business men of the city with a suit- able escort, and driven to their hotel. Later they attended a matinee perform- ance at the theater. In the evening they welcomed to the city by Mayor Swift, General Gordon responding. This was followed by a most brilliant banquet at Kinsley To-day’s ceremonies began with the ringing of the Columbian Liberty bell, firing of a National salute by Battery D, I. N. G, on the lake front. Then a large parade of renowned Northern and South- ern generals was formed and moved under military escort to the Twelfth-street depot and took trains in waiting for Oakwood Cemetery, where the dedication ceremonies occurred. The military escort consisted of the well-known First Regiment, I. N. G., under command of Henry L. Turner, as well as the Chicago Hussars, a mounted military organization of seventy-five men, under command of Captain Quincy. The dedication ceremonies opened with prayer by Colonel Joseph Desha Pickett, chaplain of the “Kentucky Orphans” Bri- gade, C. S. A. Then General John C. Underwood, in a few introductory re- marks, placed in the chair Rev. Dr. W. H. Bolton, pastor of the Centenary Methodist Church and past commander of U. S. Grant Post No. 28, G. A. R., of Chicago, who delivered a brief address on assuming his duties. The dedicatory oration by Lieutenant-General Wade Hampton of South Carolina followed. He spoke as follows: The scene presented here to-day is one that could not be witnessed in any other country but our own, and for this reason if for no other it presents a significance worthy of the gravest consideration. Years ago brave men from the North and from the South stood facing each other in hostile array, and the best blood of the country was poured out like water on many a battlefield. Thousands, hundredsof thousands of our bravest sleep in bloody graves; men who gav> their lives to prove the faith of their convictions; and now North and South, standing by these graves wherever they may De, grasp hands across the bloody chasm and proudly claim Federal and Confederate soldiers as Americans, men who have given to the world as noble examples of courage and devo- tion to duty as can be enrolled on the page of history. Nor is this all that marks this occa- sion as remarkable and exceptional, and which should render it memorable in our annals for all time to come. No monument in the world hes such an honorable history as attaches to vonder one. That marks the graves of no vic- torious soldiers, but of the followers of a lost cause; it stands not on Southern soll, but on Northern; the men who rest under its shadows come from our far-off Scuthland, and it owes its erection not to the comrades of these dead soldiers, but mainly to the generosity and mag- nanimity of their former foes—the citiz ens of this city. All honor, then, to the brave and liberal men of Chicago who have shown by their action that they regard the war as over, and that they can welcome as friends on this solemn and auspicious occasion their former enemies. As long s this lofty column points to heaven, as long as one stone of its foundation remains, future generations of Americans should look upon it with pride, not only as an honor to those who conceived its construction, but as & silent though noble emblem of a restored Union and a reunited people. In the name of my comrades, dead and living, and in my own name, I give 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 dishonor- able sacrifice of the principles for which they were willing to die. Of the 6000 Confederates buried here not one was an officer; all were privates, and in noway responsible for the unhappy war which brought an Iliad of woes upon our country. And yet these humble private soldiers, any one of whom could have gained freedom by tazing the oath of allegiance to the Federal Government, pre- ferred deah to the sacrifice of their principles. Could any possible dishonor attach to these brave men of Chicago because they were will- ing to recognize the courage and devotion to duty of these dead Confederates? ‘We of the South measure our dead comrades by the standard applied to men after death and you of Chicago 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. Some of our Northern citizens seem to para- phrase the Biblical question: “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” by applying it to the South; but, my friends, we really are not all evil. Put yourself in our places and judge us from that standpoint. In the con- vention which framed the constitution there were two parties which held opposite posi- tions; one urging the formation of a strong central Government, and the other advocating the doctrine of State rights. It was attempted to reconcile these antagonistic yiews by a com- promise by which it was declared that all pow- ers ot delegated to the General Government were annexed to the States, but like all com- promises it left this question unsettled, and from 1787 until 1861 the proper construction to be placed on the clause of the constitution just referred to had led to constant and often angry discussion. This unfortunate condition of affairs was further complicated by the injection of the question of slavery intoit, and we all know what has been the result of these unhappy dif- ferences. But these are all now dead issues, and I do not propose to diseuss them further. 1t seems to me, t0o, that the past should incul- cate another lesson to us, and that is that the time has come when the actors in the fearful strife and those whom they represented should judge their former opponents as they would themselves be judged. This can be done with- out the sacrifice of people of either side, as the example of our mother country has shown us. York and Lancaster, cavalier and roundhead, no longer wage war on each other: all are Eng- lishmen, proud of their country, and the red rose and the white are emblems of peace and of the glory of old England. Can we not &ll be progrd of the prowess ot the American soldier? A memorial poem by Major Henry T. Stanton of Kentucky was next, and the literary portion of the dedication was closed with an address by Rev. Samuel Fallows, Bishop of the Reformed Episco- val Church, Chicago, late general United States Volunteers. Then came the beautiful and impressive ceremony of ‘“consecrating the guns.” At each corner of the monument stood a piece presented to the association by the United States Government. The ceremony is known as “‘mounting the guns” and con- sists in making the ordnance part of the monument to the dead. The monument- ing corps consisted of eight ladies and eight gentlemen. This party formed in a procession and the gentlemen escort, with the ladies, passed through the lines of the veterans to the first gun and when they stood beside it General Underwood gave the command, “Consecrate the guns.” Colonel Stewart advanced to the piece, and with him went Lieuteuant-Colonel France, carrying a triangular bolt of steel, and General Noel, who bore a heavy bam- mer. Colonel Stewart spoke the first words of the ceremony : ““This gun, having fired its last shot on the field of battle, will now be silenced forever.” Lieutenant-Colonel France placed the spike in the vent of the gun. “Spike the gun!” commanded General Underwood. Down came Mr. Noel’s sledge on the head of the spike, driving it home and rendering the canuon forever harmless. Colonel Stewart then escorted Miss Lucy Lee Hill to the pedestal beside the spiked cannon, and Miss Hill said: “This cannon with its glorious record on fields of battle, having been silenced forever, I do consecrate to the memory of the valorous soldiery, anc we now monu- ment it as a military decoration for their bravery and honor unto death.” The ceremony was repeated at the other guns by the other members of the conse- crating party with slight changes in the phraseology of monumentation. Fayette Hewitt, chief of staff, then as- sisted Mrs. Katie Cebell Currie to the cen- tral pedestal, whence the lady delivered the final words of consecration saying: ‘“‘These four cannon, being guns captured from the Union forces in the battles of Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, and after- ward manned by the Confederates and fought on the Southern side in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Dalton, Kennesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta and Franklin, were finally recap- tured by the Federals in the battle of Nash- ville and subsequent engagements. They constitute a field battery of light artillery of distinguished battle record, and they are here permanently parked, never again to belch forth deadly missiies in the horri- ble splendor of war. All hail the silenced guns we consecrate, which, with the shot and shell piled in monumental decoration on this burial plat, are henceforth dedi- cated as a military tribute to valor, forti- tude and death.” “Decorate the monument,” commanded General Underwood, and then Miss Cather- ine Stewart, Miss Marion Sullivan and Mrs. R. L. Walker, dressed in white and escorted by three staff officers bearing floral decora- tions, approached the inscription face of the monument and in turn placed a white cross and laurel wreath on easels at the center and corners of the base, dedicating them to the chivalrous bravery of the dead there buried, and kneeled upon the lower steps with their arms folded on their bosoms while the Arion octet chanted “‘As God Wills, Amen.”” Miss Eliza Washing- ton, advancing to the front of the three ladies still kneeling, recited a requiem poem. After this ceremony the monument guns and piles of shot were covered with flowers. Then the field was cleared and Colonel Turner of the First Regiment marched the command to a position beside the graves and three volleys—the final military tribute—were fired over the graves. A bugle blast and taps were sounded, and the ceremonies of the day were over. Following these came the decoration of the graves of Union soldiers in the ceme- tery by ex-Confederate associations, as- sisted by a large number of visiting ladies from the South, many of them noted Southern beauties, among whom were General Underwood’s daughter, General Longstreet’s daughter, General Capell’s daughter and many other celebrated Southern women. After the exercises the guests were entertained at luncheon by the Chicago Club and reviewed thespro- cession of the G. A. R. from the balcony of the Auditorium. To-night there will be a military ball and reception at the First Regiment Armory and a reception at the Palmer House. The display of flowers on the graves of the Confederate and Federal dead was very impressive and will long be remem- bered. For several days they had been coming by the carload, six carloads having come by one railroad alone. Savannah sent palmettos, mosses, wild smilax, mag- nolia blossoms and laurel wreaths. New Orleans sent 5000 magnolia blossoms, and other tributes came from New Orleans and Pensacola. The Charleston car contained 6000 green palmettos, 1000 pounds of Caro- lina moss, branches of cedar, magnolia and laurel and many set designs in laurel leaves interwoven with the letters “S. C.,”” the work and offering of the women of the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Ladies’ Memorial Association of Charles- ton. Two carloadsthatcame from Atlanta include roses, palmettos, moss and designs by the Ladies’ Memorial Association of Atlanta. The heat during the exercises at Oakwood was intense. The unobscured sun beat down upon the heads of thousands gath- ered there until it was almost more than flesh and blood could endure. Every few moments women would faint and even strong men were overcome. The crowd around the speakers’ stand was im- mense, every seat in the grand stand was taken, and during the exercises a part of the stand directly in front of the speakers’ fell with a crash. Miss Dixon, a Southern lady in the grand stand, was overcome by the heat. The monument dedicated to-day stands forty feet from the ground to the top of the figure which surmountsit. The pedes- talis of pearl granite from quarries at Constitution Hill, near Atlanta. Itslower base is fifteen feet ana six inches square, and upon it are laid three other bases. On the front of them, cut in raised and pol- ished letters are the words: *‘CONFEDERATE DEAD.” The upper base is adorned with a series of rich molding, and on the front of this stone is placed an enlarged model of the Confederate seal, worked in bronze, rep- resenting in relief a mounted soldier, Gen- eral Washington, inclosed within a wreath wrought by entwining the foli- age of products of the South. The die of the monument is made of one massive stone, the dimensions being 8 feet and 1 inch square by 2 feet and 10 inches high, and has re-entering angles which are filled with groups of cluster columns ter- minating n richly carved Romanesque capitals. Upon the north face is worked in incised letters upon a polished panel this inscription: ‘“Erected to the memory of the six thousand Southern Soldiers, here buried, who died in Camp Douglas prison, 1862-65. Confederate dead. McKINLEY’S RINGING WOURDS. His Address at the Memorial Services in New York. NEW YORK, N.Y., May 30.—The vet- erans of the Union Army in this city cele- brated Memorial day under favorable con- ditions. The parade of the Grand Army members showed sadly the ravages which the year has made in the ranks of the volunteers of 186165, The reviewing stand at Twenty-fifth street was occupied by ex-President Harrison, Governor Mc- Kinley, Governor Morton and Mayor Strong. The principal observance of the day was at the tomb of Grant, in River- side, overlooking the Hudson River. The service§ there were under the auspices of T. 8. Grant Post G. A. R., and included a memorial address by Governor McKinley of Ohio, who said: God grant that while the old soldiers are still with us they shall enjoy without stint, grudge or suspicion the bounteous benefactions of the country that they served so well and the care and benediction of all their neighbors and fellow-citizens. Let us care for the needy survivors of this struggle through the spirit of the martyr who promised that the Nation should care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphans. Itisno wonder that the old soldier loved the flag under whose folds he fought and for which his comrades shed so much blood. He loved it for what it is and for what it repre- sents. It has been sanctioned by the blood of our best and our bravest; it records the achieve- ments of Washington and the martyr- dom of Lincoln. It has been glorified in the hearts of a freedom-loving people not only at home but in every partof the world. Our flag expresses more to humanity than any other flag. It means more than any other national emblem. It stands for the will of the free people and proclaims that they are supreme and that they acknowledge no earthly sovereign but themselyes. The respect which our flag commands ut home and abroad, on land and on sea, has in the past been often demonstrated. No inci- dent to my mind is more striking than that which occurred in Mexico when Hon. Joel R. Poinsett of South Carolina was the United States Minister at that court. It was imme- diately following an election which was bit- terly fought and the defeated party were des- perate in their disappointment. The excited people took possession of the artillery barracks and planted batteries along the streets and the streets flowed with blood. While the firing was going on the widow of a viceroy of Mexico) who lived in the adjoining house to that of our Minister, trembling with fear and almost overcome with excitement, sought his home and appealed to him for protection, and while engaged in assuring her of full protection at his hands a shot was fired at him, which passed through his coat and lodged in the shutter of his balcony window. The maddened mob, as he disappeared, then cried out to fire in the window and break down the gates. At the very moment when pas- sion was running highest and men had be- come maddened with desperation, ready to hatter down the gates and walls surrounding the house, Mr. Poinsett directed the secretary of the legation to throw out the American flag, which he did, and then the Minister and secretary, in view of the excited crowd, stepped forth on the veranda beneath its folds. In- stantly the shouts were hushed, the fury of the mob began to abate and -the muskets dropped by the side, which a moment before had been pointed with deadly intent at the home and person of our Minister. Dread and awful silence fell on the warring multitude. The Minister announced that he was the accredited representative of the American Government. The leaders hastily and confusedly consulted, the mob melted away and guards were placed by the insurgents about the Minister's house to protect itand him and all who sought pro- tection within its walls. Why? It represented the dignity and power of the United States and commanded instant respect. When our flag was unfurled it did what an armed force could not have done without bloodshed; it was the voice of command; it represented the force of the United States. Ashot fired at the flag was a shot fired at the United States, and as the wild mob respected its power it respected the flag which symbolized it. Let all of us unite in securing continued re- spect for the glorious old banner and hold fast to that true National spirit which in the past has been quick to resent any insult to it. Governor McKinley eulogized the character of General Grant, “the hero of Belmont, Shiloh, Donaldsonville, Vicksburg, Lookout Valley, the Wildnerness, Petersburg and Appomat- tox,” General Grant's career from the time he left his shop in Galena until the time of his death at Mount McGregor, was hurriedly but graphically outlined. Continuing, Mr. McKin- ley said: General Grant stood in his civil station bat- tling for the legal fruits of war that they may be firmly secured to the living and their posterity forever. His arm was never lifted against the right; his soul abhorred the wrong. His veto of the inflation bill; his organization of the Geneva Arbitrage Commission to settle the claims of the United States against England; his strong and conciliatory foreign policy; his constant care to have no policy against the will of the people; his enforcement of the constitu- tion and the maintenance in every part of the country; his faith at home and abroad marked his administration as strong,wise and patriotic. Great and wise as his civil administration was, however, the achievements which make him “one of the immortal few whose name will never die,” are found in his military career. Carping critics have sought to mar it; strategists have found flaws in it, butin the presence of his successive, uninterrupted and unrivaled victories, it is idlest chatter which none should heed. ‘With no disparagement to others, two names rise above ali others in American history since Washington, transcendantly above them. They are Abraham Lincoln and Usysses S. Grant. Each will be remembered for what he did and accomplished for his race and mankind. Gen- eral Grant needs no monument to perpetuate his fame. It willlive and grow with increased luster so long as liberty lasts, and that love of liberty has a place in the hearts of men. Every soldier’s monument in the North, now stand- ing or hereafter to be erected, will record his worth and work, as well as those of the men who fought by his side. His most lasting me- morial will be the work he did; his most en- during monument the Union, which he and his associates saved and the priceless liberty they secured. We are not a Nation of hero worshipers. We are a Nation of generous freemen. We bow in affectionate reverence and with most grateful hearts to these immortal names—Washington, Lincoln and Grant—and all who were associ- ated with them, and will guard with sleepless vigilance their mighty works and cherish their memories evermore. The United States cruiser Cincinnati was anchored in the river near by, by order of the Secretary of the Navy, and fired a salute. At New Rochelle the statue of Thomas Paine, framer of the Declaration of Independence, was unveiled this after- noon, addresses being delivered by Colonel R. G. Ingersoll and Thaddeus B. Wake- man. Governor Morton was overcome by the heat at the reviewing stand in Madison square to-day. He was removed to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he recovered within a few minutes. AT THE NATION’S CAPITAL. Flowers BStrewn on the Graves of the Union Dead. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C.,, May 30.—The graves of all soldiers dead in all the ceme- teries of the city were strewn with flowers by their comrades to-day. The depart- ments were closed, and the Grand Army had complete charge of the day’s cere- mdnies and services. This morning all the G. A. R. posts in the city—fourteen in number—escorted by the Old Guard and three batteries of regu- lar artillery and three troops of cavalry, formed at the Peace Monument at the foot of the Capitol and reached to Pennsylvanla avenue. The Marine band, the mounted cavalry and all the local bands and drum corps participated. The principal services were held at Arlington, the National cemetery, where bivouac, forever sleeping, thousands of Union dead. General Felix Angus of Baltimore delivered the address of the day. ROCK OF CHICAMAUGA. Dedication of a Monument to the Mem- ory of General Thomas. CHICAGO,ILL., May 30.—General George H. 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The monument stands in the center of a lot purchased by the post. It is a great rock of granite, sig- nifying the Rock of Chicamauga, the title which General Thomas earned at that famous engagement. The monument is 11 feet9 inches high and weighs 33,900 pounds. On one side is a polished surface which bears the in- scription, “General George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., Department of Illinois, erected 1894; membership, 1297.” On top of the stone are the words, “The Rock of Chickamauga.” TO THE MEMORY OF RUSK. Services at @ Shart Inscribed, “Not for Him, but for His Country.”’ VIROQUOA, Wis., May 30.—The monu- | ment erected to the memory of the late Jeremiah M. Rusk was dedicated to-day, under the auspices of the Grand Army. The dedicatory address was delivered by Colonel John C. Spooner, and Governor Upham and State officers took part in the imposing ceremonies. The monument consists of a plain pedes- | tal, surmounted by a shaft thirty-three feet in height, ana a tablet at the base bears a brief epitaph of the late soldier statesman, while a bronze shield attached to the lower part of the shaft is inscribed with the sentence, “Non sibi sed patriz’ (not for him but for his country). SHERMAN’S CAVALRY CEMETERY. There the Graves Were Bedecked Garlands. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 30.—Although the day, which opened warm and sultry, threatened rain, thousands of people turned out to take part in Memorial day services. General Tecumseh Sherman’s Cavalry Cemetery was bedecked with garlands, and the equestrian statue of Grant in Twelfth street wasalso appropriately deco- rated. In the afternoon the G. A. R. and United States regulars held special exercises at the cemetery at Jefferson Barracks, where lie the remains of 16.000 Union dead. With PILGRIMAGE OF VETERANS. Iincoln’s Tomb Visited and a Monument Dedicated. SPRINGFIELD, Irn., May 30. — The features of Decoration day observances here were the pilgrimage of Ransom Post, G. A. R, of St. Louis, to the tomb of Lin- coln, the dedication of a Grand Army monument at Oakwood Cemetery and the ceremony of transferring the custody of the Lincoln monument from the Monument Association to the State. Ransom Post came 400 strong, being accompanied by the Washington University Cadets and the St. Louis Light Artillery. “To America’s Friend.” PARIS, France, May 30.—In honor of Decoration day and at the request of Post 104, G. A. R. of New York, General J. M. Meredith deposited a splendid wreath to- day upon the tomb of General Lafayette. The wreath was inscribed, “To America’s Friend.” CYCLING IN COLFAX. Several Falls Among the Participants, but Nome Serious. COLFAX, Wasn.,, May 30.—All condi- tions were favorable to-day, except a slight wind on the back stretch for the wheel races this afternoon. There were 1500 peo- ple present. In the finish of the half-mile scratch Ed Ewart, in trying to pass inside of Ray Hart, struck the latter on the back with his hand. He lost his balance and received a heavy fall, but sustained no serious in- jury. After qualifying in three other con- tests and winning the five-mile handicap, Boyd Hamilton was taken sick in the half- mile handicap, but not seriously. Two or three other falls occurred. Mile, novice, M. Walters won, William Booth second, James Hubbard third. Time, 3:23. % Half-mile scratch, Ray Hart finished alone in 1:09, Ed Ewart falling from his wheel within thirty feet of the tape. Half-mile for boys under 14, Chandler Woodward won, Dolph Coolidge second, Ralph Newcomer third. Time, 1:28. Quarter mile, scratch—Ray Hart won, Ed Ewart second. Time, :33. The mile, scratch, had four starters, but Wait finished alone in 2:164, claiming the Northwest record by 13 seconds. Two-mile handicap— Hamilton, 90 yards, won; King, 90 yards, second; Codd, 75 yards, third. Time, 5:45. Mile handicap for boys under 16, Dolph Coolidge (10 years old, 125 yards) won, Lorin Collins (scratch) second. Time, 3:0214. Mile scrub race for attorneys, newspaper- men, rubber-necks, etc. There were nine starters but only three finished. Elmer Bellinger won, George Chapman second, Arthur Shaw third. No time taken. Five-mile handicap, Ewart, 20 sec., won; Codd, 20 sec., second; Walters, 45 sec., third, Time, 14:25. MURPHY’S RAPID RIDE. He Lowers One of the World’s Wheel Records. WALTHAM, Mass., May 30.—Murphy broke the world’s record for the one-mile competition paced record in 2 min. 1 4-5 sec. at the Waltham track this afternoon. He was paced by Mayer and Saunders ona tandem. The previous record was made | Richdate. by Bald in 2:04 2-5 at Louisville two weeks ago. Class B, two-thirds of & mile, C. R. Coulter won. Time, 1:39. One mile open, class B, C. N. Murphy won. Time, 2:01 4-5. One mile handicap, class B, Frank K. Jenney won. Time, 2:143; from 40-yard mark. One mile novice, class A, Irving Ditchfield of Boston won. Time, 2:37. Class A, two-thirds of & mile open, won by Frank T. Parnell. Time, 1:41. One mile handicap, won by W. E. Shaw of Time, 2:14 4-5. Bicycle Races at Spokane. SPOKANE, WasH., May 30.—Eight hune dred people witnessed the bicycle races here to-day. Mile novice—Schoonmaker won, Time- well second,” Ellsworth third. Time, | 2:58 3-5. Three-quarters of a mile open—Mecklen won, Marvin second, Smith third. Time, 2:0434. Mile, untrained riders—Cockran won, Truax second, Dunning third. Time, | 2:48 3-5. | Quarter-mile, open, Schoonmaker won, Smith second, George Rusk third. Time, 133 1-5. | One mile, open, Rusk won, Schoon- maker second, Marvin third. Time, 2:43 3-5. Two miles, open. George Rusk won, | Johnnie Hagan second, J. H. Draper third. | Time, 5:43. 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