Show decoration DAY ROCHESTER N Y may SO 30 never before has rochester been so crowded never before has it entertained SQ go dla dip a company all busineau bu sineas was waa suspended it is in estimated that people took part in the various demonstrations THE PRESIDENT was enthusiastically received every where and compelled to bow edge ments to almast continuous cheer ing the weather was bright the feature of the day was the dedication of the monument in washington square in honor of the soldiers and sailors of munroe county who died dieden ila defonse defense of the union the city was wag everywhere gay with bunting president harrison governor Q vernor flower and other distinguished guests arose early and took a nine mile ride on the electric car escorted by a large body of gaily decorated bi cyclists as an escort to ontario beach fur for break fast cretu ra ing to the city the president and governor held a public reception from 1030 1010 till ti noon the unveiling was wag preceded bya review of ante consisting of war veterans german american So societies clettes school 1 children and miscellaneous civic societies at the appointed time in the presence of a great throng THE MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED with imposing ceremonies general reynolds made a short introductory address president hill of rochester university sit delivered an oration samuel 9 H L lwe lowe we read a poem and president harrison Harri sou and governor flower each made addresses the president in his address said ira in part war i Is not attractive to out people we have not many of that thai elites class of men of whom we sometimes heard during the war who would rather fight than eat H he had bad one of that chat class clan in his bis regiment and he got into a ditch kaditch in the first engagement it took a great deal to separate home loving peaceful people from their homes but when the moment came and dreadful war was present with what magnificent self denial with what alacrity was waa every imily family f tie and every commercial interest put beneath the supreme duty of to go save th the nation and redeem the fla from dishonor applause out of this war we brought that hat mutual respect that boulo not otherwise have been possible some of us ug fancied the southern people were given to Na poring and that each of them was equal to live five northern soldiers but the south learned that paul revere still rode the highways of massachusetts and that the man of concord still ploughed sloughed hed bis fields and we on our part learned that the spirit of chivalry which was vas found in the southern army was WAR combined with the reserve and steadfastness of crow Cromwel well wellis Pd Is ironsides I 1 I 1 am sure no war ever waged in history before our civil war brought equal bles blessings pings to victory and to vanquished we brought into full participation in the lores of the restored union those who biad d sought bought to destroy it li r gladdens nay my heart now to believe that the love of the old flag la in ho 60 revived in these southern hearts that they would vie via with martial ardor to be in the front of the charge should we ever eer e ver be bulled to meet a common enemy great sip applause A glorious ilc tory no yoke upon the defeated except that yoke which we wore comrades when we resumed our place as an citizens obit obliga gatin ti n to obey the constitution ution and all the laws made in pursuance of it as an a condition conditi oti of peaceful citizenship we are happny in our great national isolation no nation in the world is able to wage war on our sll sil with the united states EI thusia applause and when the glorious work upon which we have entered of building equipping and manning a suitable navy is completed feted QC ne nation in the world will be easty hasty to engage us upon the sea we are now entering into competition with the great nations of the world in the markets of the world we do not push our trade with bayonets or by subjugation of helpless people we push it only upon the basis of friendliness and mutual trade advantage holding up the dignity and honor of our country we shall expect others to respect our rights as we shall respect theirs applause united we will enter upon a career of wealth and development accompanied by the sweet influence of schools and of churches committing to god gods goda a care the generation that is a to take from our lip 4 these lessons lemons of patriotism that they may be fitted if any ny exigency should come to do their part as their fathers did applause what they did who can tell who can look down the pages of history and say what one issue would have involved us ua te iia disaster contention weakness and blood and what other has baa put us on this ascending plane of brightness and glory tremendous applause the presidential party started on its return to io washington this evening AT COLUMBUS COLUMBUS 0 may 80 ex dent rutherford B hayes delivered a memorial address here today among ng other things he be said raid the astounding ing progress of america during the war and nd by reason of it during the last twenty seven years has carried us forward and upward until we have reached a rank among the nations so no comma commanding jading that we ourselves can hardly realize either the privileges that are ours or the responsibilities and duties which those privileges impose upon us it is our privilege to be without extensive and costly fortifications because we do not need them we chave only a small navy because with our resources we are able if need comes to subsidize the ships of almost all other nations except those of the power with which we are at war we have hae today the largest cheapest most efficient and most formidable army the world has ever seen een it consists of more than ten million of educated men who are not merely self sustaining but who are engage engaged din in the peaceful industries of civil life constantly adding to our wealth and power to keep this army up to its maximum we have more than a quarter quartee of a million of school houses under the old rag flag every one af which is at once a fortress and recruiting station elation for the army of the republic general hayes added that this nation should be the peacemaker e axemaker ace maker of we could f he said better afford to suffer wrong than do wrong especially when dealing with weaker nations america should engage in no war not abdol absolutely u tely forced on her but once in it should cease only with the annihilation of the power that chat caused its that there never could be a repetition of the conflict with that nation 31 unusual and novel exercises were held at the penitentiary speeches were made by ex confederate and union soldiers and seventeen hundred inmates united in singing flinging It america 11 tonight form il services were held and attended byan by an immense throng ex president hayes being the speaker of the evening AT washington washington may SO 30 memorial day was observed here in the usual way appropriate exercises were held in arlington and soldiers Soldie raP home cemeteries and the graves of soldiers burled buried in and about washing ton were decorated as an were the monuments u of the union leaders in various parts of the city later in the be day special services were held at general john A agans tomb under the auspices of logan camp sons bonn of veterans illinois republican As so clation and other organizations the gramme pro included addresses by senator cullom hon lmatthews CM atthews I 1 hon frank W parker general 0 B raum colonel T H mekee and hon T B coulter and poems recited b by general A gilliland and covode colonel voyes noyes mrs L logan agan was present at t the a ceremonies AT CHICAGO CHICAGO may 80 Mena memorial orial day was duly observed here in the morn ing the grand army posts proceeded to te various cemeteries and strewed the graves with flowers not fori forgetting confederate dead at old camp dauglas Dju glas arrangements were made tor for a paraje parade this afternoon but rain began falling at p m however the arrangements for an elaborate parade this afternoon were carried catin spite of the rain which poured down incessantly for several hours advices advises to the associated press pie from all over the country indicates that the day was observed more generally than for several years AT NEW YORK NEW YORK may SO 80 I 1 in n spite of the rain the decoration day exercises exercise as ware carried out according to pro gramme they began witha with a parade of regular troops militia reserve artillery and grand army posts in nine divisions after which the grand army men proceeded to the various cemeteries and decorated the graves of their comrades AT MILWAUKEE MILWAUKEE may SO despite the rain and mud the G 0 A B R posts posto depo deco rated the soldiers sol diere graves in the various cemeteries today the main features of the day was the the monument over the ff rave oleane oiW noral ir I 1 I 1 kilburn knox late commander of tc the soldiers home iq ii the home cemetery |