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Show WAR'S VICTIMS. Ol.r Tl.r.. Hun Irr.luf I iirl.H.iii s ll.ru.. Im I In llr.t Washington, April 8 With full honors of wnr, upon tho crest of tho southern slope of Arlington cemetery, the nation represented by President McKlnley, his cabinet and other high dignitaries of tho government, the commanding general of the arm) and other distinguished linkers, nil tho regular and inllltla organizations of tho district, and n vast concuurso of 13,000 people, paid the last tender tribute of honor and respect to tho bodies of 33S otllccrs and men whogare their lives on distant battlefields for their country during the Spanish-American Spanish-American war lhu scene wns a most Imposing one flcr the last religious and mllltnr) rites to tho dead heroes was over tho work of actual Interment began As each of tho caskets weighs almost 500 pounds and requires eight men to handlo It, It will bo' tiro or three days before nil the liodica arc In their graves. |