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Show FLOWERS Oil THOUSANDS OMMES Grand- Army Veterans, One Thousand Strong, in Great Parade. CHICAGO, May 30. Veteran, of the Grand Army of the Republic 1000 strong, marched today in what may be the last Memorial day parade ia Chicago Chi-cago in which they will join. Many of the old soldier. . were nnable to stand the strain of marching aad occupied occu-pied automobiles. , Tha ranks were reviewed by Governor Gov-ernor Deneea and Mayor Harrison. CoL Lewis B. Ind was marshal of the day. Eighty-iix eemeteri. were visited by detachments of the G. A. B., aad 6700 grave of union soldier, decorated The graves uf the confederate dead ia Oak-wood Oak-wood cemetery were also decorated. PAXADE8 tN BOTH MANHATTAN AND BXOOBXTX NEW YORK, May In. Parades of vet-crane vet-crane In both Manhattan and Brooklyn and patriotic exerclae. In varloua part, of the -city marked - the obeervanoa of Memorial day In New York. Theodore Roosevelt end Governor Plx are tha moat noteworthy participant.. rne dav'a events opened with the fifth annual pa-rade pa-rade of work horeee up Fifth avenue. Nearly 1000 ef the pick of the city , draught horses were In line. Nearly J0.0O veterans national a-uardamen. United- Statue marlnee and members of various mllltsry snd civic organisation, formed for the parade this momlnx In Manhattan. The procession was m-viewed by Major General Daniel K. Slcklee. The memorial exercleee Include- those over the srave of Hlrman C. Cronk. th last eurvlvtn veteran of the war of ltlt. and a meeting in memory of the late Tom L. Johnson, onoe mayor of Cleveland. ' DENVER. Mav SO. t'nlon veterana of the civil wer were joined tn their annual Memorial dav parade bv a handful of confederate veterana ne bent end whitened whit-ened as themselvee. and bv a few scarred veterana of the border Indian ware of the lona eeo. A cool ereete and eunnv akles favored the old anldlere and moot of them walked In the. parade, only the more feeble occupying automobile aad carruuree. ATLANTA. Osl. May . The Mne and th gray In many eltlee and -villa of the far eouth Joined today to honor the memory of union eoldlero, killed and ourled on Dixie battle fVelda. One of the principal eventa took place et Anderaonvllle. Oa.. where exercleee were held atMhe national cemetery. Flags were placed on each of the lt,72S graves. At Mobile a delegation of confederals veterans helped decorate tbe mounds. ! NEWARK, N. J . May M Theodore Rnesevelt was the principal speaker here todav at the unveiling of a bronse statue by Outson Borclum of Abraham Lincoln-. The statue to one of toe largest ever cast in s .tni piece end represents Lincoln Lin-coln sitting at a bench In deep thought. COLVMBU8. O.. May . Memorial day wee more generally oieerved here than for come yeare. Ex -Senator J. 8. Foraker was tne epeaker of the day. There waa a naradVj of veteran and the McKinley monument In the etatehouae yard wa adorned with flowers. |