The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-12-30

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SITES FOR MONUMENTS.
The several committees appointed by
the various Grand Army posts and vet
srans' clubs throuR bout the city to m Ike
arrangements regarding fund TO Gen
Logan, To confer with the sub committee
appoin' ed at the citizens meeting yes
terday, and TO prepare a programme to
present TO the general CON mittee of the
latter meeting. met to-day. Collector
Stone read q message from Senator Gull
iom staiirg that the site At the entrance
OF South Park for General Logan's last
resting place would be acceptable il
Mrs. Logan would be permitted to be
buried by bis side. The committee Of
the South PAX reported through
Mr.. Stone thst after q confer
ence with the South Park commissioners
il was deemed expedtent to tender .
burial plSce in the O4kwood cemetery,
IN a site for > monument g offered IN
South Park, and that the name Of Grand
Boulevard be changed TO Logan BOule
yard. The report was adopted. And on
motion of Alderman Msnierre a COM
Dittee was appoint, d to urge the coUnoIl
70 make a tender Gf site for monu.
ment on the IL Ike front. At a meeting Oi
the Union League club this Afternoon
ate with the citiz ms committee. Mr..
Adams said that his opinion
was that the place OF iDterment
| should be left TO the wishes Of Mrs.
Logan, and be did not think the wishes
| OF the people of Illinois should stand IL
the way of her persona wishes in that
| regard. The wish that he should be
buried in Washington where she was
| going to reside wss entirely creditable to
| the feelings of the widow. Mr.. Hig-
| ginbotham said he telegrs pied the same
opinion 20 Senator Cullom. Mr.. Edward
Les Brown said that the question of In
| terIIent should be # to Mrs. Logan
He would be glad to see monument IN
any part of Chicago erected 10
| honor of General Logan, but the
great question before them was
what was to become of Mrs. Logan, as
he understoOd it. General l. gan dice
poor. He WAS an exception 10 the aver
| sge politician, in that he took no advsn-
tage OF his position to make mone7, and
he understood Mrs. Logan would have
little property left on which to live. He
| thought ii would te more important for
the ci-izsns of Illinois 10 do something for
Mrs. Logan. He thought fund Of al
least $50, 900 should be raised for Mrs.
Logan, and while not wishing 10 head
the list or De the one to start such q fund,
he would subscribe 800 toward it. Mr..
HjgglI both N said there was a private
mOVe mtnt on foot of a similar character
but il was not proper to spesk Of II. The
club sdj urned until the same hours =
morrow.
< FoUa sITEs OFFERED
n A choice IF four different locations for
the burial place OF General Logan was
his ev nirg submitted TO the dead gen.
eral fanny By the citizens of Chicago.
The IF of two of the sites will rt quire
ratification, Gle by the city council aud
the other by the state leSisIa-
ture. Favorable action in either
case is generally conceded to be
| beyond dDubt The remaining two
| propositions have already been presented
without peTadventure. Lske Park, the
| South PAX, 0 ,kWOod cemetery aud q
| tract betW cen Johnson and Washington
| parks are The places rendered. The
city cou"cn special committee makes the
| offer OF L ke PAX At meeting of the
committee this afternoon it was decide
to recommend that the city .uncil
TO- morrow set aside for the purpose 9
plot CT the south end of the park to in
clude all tee land sonth Of the south line
of Harmon court and extending east
ward 10 the Illinois Central tracks. The
| frontage In Michigan Boulevard is about
| 800 feet, aud the lot is 400 feet deep
| The title 10 this tract is absolute to the
| city suthnriti's. The location is on the
shores of l. ke Michigan just outside the
business centre, equally accessible
| from ali parts OF the city aud is on one Of
the principal bOulevards. A definite
place of burial IN one of the south parks
has Lot been selected, bat the park COM
| missiOBers have practically given carte
blanche in the matter to the family, sub
| ject TO approval by the state leRis ature
which, unfortunately, for this plan doe
not convene for two weeks. To offse
the disadvantage OF waiting uron tbt
action of the legislature the officers o
| Oak Hill cemetery adjoining the eOutl
parks have formally rendered any plot IL
other grounds. In addition to the actor
of the South Park commissioners anC
the OakwOod cemetery { fl ;ials, mum
Der OF gentlemen have pledged them
selves to purchase, il desired, uac
about midway between the two soutl
parks ard in close proximity 10 SOM
property owned by General Logan. AL
the places mentioned, but the one men
toned by the city council, are in the ex
treme southern portion Of the city
None far from the lake, and 81
in sight of the drives which hAv
made that section someWha
famous. In connection with the thre
propositions from the south end Of tn
city, are various plans in regard to
monument, and charging the name O
Grand boulevard to Logan boulevard. !
general committee OF citizaDs has ar
ranged for q public memorial meetin
tonight in Central muaic hall.