Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-06-10

BY noon thousands had assembled, and
manifested great Interest. The view
from the platform above the tomb. which
was reserved for the park commissioners
and their friends was grand, taking in a
vast sea OF faces, the sweep of the river
beyond for miles, and the dark green
bIuHs on the other side.
About fifty park police under Captain
Beatty, and nearly one thousand munich
PAL ponce mounted and on foot under In
spector Steers were on the ground to
preserve order.
After the parade in Brooklyn the q. S.
Grant post, which had charge of cere-
monies at the tomb, embarked with their
guests on the steamer Colombia from
JEWELS Wharf, and started for Riverside
Park. When the steamer reached the
wharf at One Hundred and Twenty-ninth
street and North river, the several or.
CARNATIONS disembarked and marched to
the park and the tomb of General Grant,
where they arrived at 2 p. m. During
the march to the tomb the North Atlantic
squadron fired minute guns. At the
tomb the battalion of Maimis and State
Fencibles formed line to the left,
while the G. A. r. posts advanced to the
place reserved for them in front of the
grand stand. The Edwin d. Morgan
Post No. 3s7, of NewYork, acted as ushers.
The services at the tomb, which did
not begin until nearly three O'Clock,
were most impressive. They began with
Chopin's funeral march and that portion OF
the ritual of the G. A. r. beginning
"Comrades, the duty of the day. was re-
cited, Post Commander J. P. Howatt
of q. S. Grant Post 327 leading. The
Amphion Musical Society sang NEARER
My God to Thee" and Rev. DR.. r. S.
1oSn
Gwillim conducted the responsive serv.
ices from the Grand Army ritual begin.
ming: "What man is he that liveth and
shall not see DEATH" A chant beginning,
"Jesus Christ said I am the resurrection
and the life," by the Amphion Society,
followed. Then Post Commander Howatt
continued the ritual, beginning with:
''To-day is the festival of our dead"
Post Commander Calvert recited: ''In
your name, my comrades, we have de.
posted these memorial flowers upon this
tomb, which represents the graves of all
who died in the sacred cause of our coun-
try" and the hymn eye heroes who im-
mortal live'' was sung.
The Grafton by Senator Logan followed,
after which the band played Beethoven's
funeral march.
General Logan began his address by ref
marking that the spectacle of millions
citizens assembling throughout the coun-
try to sing peans of gratitude to their
sleeping benefactors should forever 81.
lenee the SANDER that republics are un-
grateful. To be an American citizen OFF,
ciating in service of gratitude to the
fallen defenders of his country is but Sec
ond to being numbered among those to
whom this homage is rendered. In the
course of the address General Logan
who voluntarily left home, family and
peaceful pursuits to defend the principle
then submitted to the decision of war,
was 1855, 95l, and of these nearly five
hundred thousand persisted. After COM
pairing Yesterdays beautiful tribute to
these martyrs, with the more imposing
monumental and other commemorative
methods of the ancients, General Logan
referred in touching language to the
death, since last Decoration Day, of Gem
eral Grant. In eulogizing Grant, the
speaker said: ono comprehensive plan
for the final crushing of the enemy
was conceived until the mighty
chieftain to whose tomb we are
to-day sorrowing pilgrims was placed
in position to lead the Union hosts. From
that moment the triumph of the Union
armies became simple question of time.
When Shakespeare wrote of julius C8Ser,
'he was the foremost man of all this
world Grant had not yet lived" Gem
eral Logan went on to compare Grants
with those of all the great
Generals of history, and concluded that,
all circumstances considered, none before
him had equalled him. Two names
should be chiseled upon the majestic coll
umn that, leaping from the banks of the
rears its graceful head far into
the clouds: Washington and Grant, the
warriors of. liberty, one its father, the
other it's greatest defender.
Next came the salute for the dead. The
First Battalion OF Marines from the North |
Atlantic squadron fired, then the first
battery of the National Guard, and then
the North Atlantic squadron anchored in |
the river, under command OF Rear-Ad' |
mlral Jouett.
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" was sung,
ating grand effect.
Taps were sounded and the benedic.
ton pronounced by Bishop VIM. l.. IIar.
ris, of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
DECORATION DAY IN BROOKLYN - RE-
VIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT.
BROOKLYN, May 3l.-Decoration Day
were observed with more
than usual interest. A grand parade by
numerous Grand Army posts, militia
regiments and United States troops, was
witnessed by an immense concourse of
people, many having come from New
York and Jersey City for the purpose of
obtaining a glimpse at President Cleve-
land. The President and party arrived
from New York early, and were escorted
from the ferry to the residence of MIR.
Joseph Knapp, at No. 81 Bedford avenue,
by the Twenty Regiment, N. G. S.
N. Y, under command of Colonel Fincke.
A shower, which had been threatening
all the morning, came very inopportune-
", and caused a thinning in the ranks OF
the throngs who lined the streets, but the
rush was still SO great that it required the
services of large body of police to keep
sufficient space clear for the procession.
General j. S. Catlin and staff received
the President and his party at Mr..
Knapp's, and after greetings they repaired
to the reviewing stand. The line then
formed at the junction of Broadway and
Bedford avenue, and passed the review
ing stand, which was occupied by Presi-
dent Cleveland and his party. The Presi-
dent remarked that he was much pleased
with the appearance of the men and
parade.
THE CEREMONIES AT THE ACADEMY OF
MUSIC.
NEW YORK, June 1.-The exercises at
the Academy of Music, under direction of :.
the G. A. r. memorial committee, last
evening" were of an unusually imposing
character. The entire building had been
decorated for the occasion