New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-06
OVER GEN. ARTHUR'S GRAVE
THE HANDSOME MONUMENT 70 THE EX.
PRESIDENT.

cIsEs ~ THE RURAL CEMETERY AT
LLBANv--A NOBLE TRIBUTE PROM
FauENDG or THE DEAD
STATESMAN.
,-pov THY prGuI AZ coaRrsroSDENT or IMP T''hrN'
Albany June 5-The noble monument which has boon
placed on the grave OF President Chester ~ A'h"F
In Rural Cemetery. between this CITY ana l'u!'
Will be dedicated on June 10. There WIZ wv
religions exercises. and address viii be d''o'"
by Fllhu Root Of New-York. II was Intended that
Bishop william Croe,wc DOanc. Of the fFo'e>'an'
Episcopal DIOccs" Of Albany. should cohu"' wv
religious exercises but he has engagements "h'h
will prevent him from being prr''h'.
Some other clergyman ihc,cfoIc VIII omc'aic
nj the service. Many Nov YORK h'rN
Of OK President Arthur have sent word that thc' n''H'
to come % Albany by special train over IN" hudson
River RAproal In orcr To attend tho
dcdIcatory services Miss Ncllc Arthur. Daughter 81
The ex President who l. attending s'hool ~ Framing
ham Mas viii he present. Her brother Alan
Arthur +, now In Europe. and Is therefore uhAN"h-
ably absent TX Prr- dent hr'h"rS @"icr. Mrs J"hn
r. McElroy, Of this city will lave her ni"r' A' h''
cucSt ard will ~ attend the services ~ h''
hroihor's 0rv".
Tho ronnu,ort which cost Elo OOO. Va, designed
liz 5 kevs.r a sculptor Of No1 York, who ha>
s,t1io At Tlfty.nirth-st and Madison aTr. Ih cot
Va. dcfravrd by friends ~ cJIr-'d"t Arthur l'V'ht
IN various staio~ hut chiefly uaurall' Va Nr"'l"iN
,t,re 4 committee " these i1cnls "a' a|Pnh''' IL
MAY 1857 for The pupU-" of raising mo-" "'
find no, only to pay tic cNpris" Of D" "'n'm "'.F
the e ave- but also. IN ca" b"r" 'h'l' To- '"'P''
~ r,v ~. cost Of .t,:ur 81 tie - rrr,h"7 10 u"
80, ia 4, S.v y.,k CIV. The amour 81 MONEY
which II was proposed to raise Sa> fJ'ON' Joan
= McFlr,y. Of this city, one 81 the sub.orberH -
this fInd. said recently
II am hnppy to say ust not orlv has thor been
.unicIcnr u.nrcv Dbrauol for ~ monument On' a''
sufficient for he statue
Tho committee whrh rnlrf tn money hai i' ~
Chairman John 4 ,tcwar y, ir"a.nrc~. -. u. Ian
u,D. - sc~rrtarv = e. Reed. AMI '"rnrHH' \.
uI,. was chairman - It's Executive "mml'i'r. I"'
p,c,p,c., 81 tho cummI'tc' verr william W. .'''.'
DANIEL T. Appleton. JOHN II. inmhn. Nhich" '''''
Herman -. Armour. Thomas e. Acton ""fE' ''"r'
Laurence T. Jerome john J. hr"> N''r"'h "
Encva,,. Charles g. Iansdun. George W Lyon. h'I'
I,n,., I,crc Iorllari. irvt T. Morton. Arson g..
vc.o,E Darius o. MrIs, Martin r Mcmahon, IL W !.
Mali ,ro-rr Montague. Nh'ah1m r. M'lN' j. ~.
rrrt Morgan Charlc. T. NI'cr Th"mAs NA'' w 500.
der r orr John T. p'"wm"~, 'h"%h ~.
Daniel G Eoln. ElIhu Foot, H""r h''S"'
-, po,.eyrr Ea>rus : Ransom, John ". 9'hr'n'
To-. scIlrman william f.. strong ""'A"
sbngcr. samuel sloan. 'haric' = smth' JAM
e,,,, c.orrc n SHARPE Frederick y. fappcn. 'hAf'-
Ttrsny William VI. Taylor "U|hn lu'"",
corpc,iuS vanderbilt. william {. "hIh''' 0'','" -
walcs stephen Y. white. Alfred T. "h''ne,' ,"""'
e Wheeler william J. wallace. i"'R' ". "I'rn''''''
August Belmont, : l.. VI. Harlow Jam, y" ,n,
0o,,rr,s u baldwin. Christopher BALDWIN N'"T
p,os,,dt ucpiRmln H. nrisiow, Gr"rg' hH'S' sAh'''
n u,hcock Frederick Billings, Brt~l' hi'"oiA"'
Andrew Carnegie John T.. talwaIiMi'f' 9"""'' y. w
IL Grand R Cannon. Joseph II. 'h'"''' "''''"
Conner Hugh y Camp. - Y. Il. t7s"'' "'"'E' '''u
Allan Campbell. Edwar Cooper. "'"fV W ,",'"''
,r,.,rt carroll John T.. D"vcln, Charles \. p"hh'
! r.a,,Ir, rdson William NJ Eyaris, joel u. hrhaTN
| u,harI 4 Elmer Roswell T. Flower. seth Baton
| rr.,rh William 81. Flies stephen w. lhh'"'
! rd.,4ch u Grant, Abram >. Hewitt, Henry Ii''"n'
Hiram IIuchccck John II. Hail Granville T. hA"'''
walter Howe and Henry T.. ll"wian''
| The monument IA, been placed In lot IN kura'
| c,,ory vybIrb wa, rnvh1scd by The cN-rr'sidcuI,
| ,,hor tho Rev william Arthur In the lot thrr
vas before ex President Arthur was buried In H. tn"
graves Of his father and mother, OF his WHO anu OF
| a SON The lot itself Is not as large ono as INC
committee would have desired but It was deemed best
70 have the grave OF the cNrcsdcpi among tho'" OF
b,s own kindred The cemetery itself occupies gently
| ,o,,,g Wooded hIil that overlook, the western side
., Tho valley OF tho Hudson River From this hillSd"
ore looks down upon vast market gardens 'ho cover
Main like eXpause stretching 20 the Hudson River
hall a mile distant. The Arthur lot Is situated IN an
ricmous lpcoilon on Slr western side OF the
cemetery. Near by 1t one can see wv mo
| that rise above the graves OF Ihurio" "o'u' bal'o
| Manning and EraStus Corning ,, -. ,
| The monument which has been placed above the
grave OF General Arthur Is dark granite 'arophhsuN
piers of a lighter CUlOrel granite, also hghb poishi
The piers stand upon broad ba.e 0f granite ana ms
Tho dimensions are follows Plluh 10 icet long by
soD5 feet base ~Hr fee, anf inches dnS S by feet
wide and inches deep pillar lect SQUARE sSa'ppnd'
and feet long by , isst Hrh,n
| a bottom.
resembles toursi'el roof There stands a. the north.
! west c0rn~r 81 tho .aToYla9is, IN heroic SIZE n
bronze figure representing " sorrow placing upon the
| sarcophaEus palm leaf sorrow" left arm l.
extended along the top ~ the sarcnphagu, ana The
yam-leat branch held In the hand swccuS over TIE
| northern end. Tho right arm Of the figure bangs
Iiscssy downward touching one Of The bronze wings
The sarCophagus is"lt has no Inscription; Il |, PEI.
iecty plain Iut upon the granite base thcr IS the
| word @Arhurr IN large characters. one finds also
upon examining the monument closely that there l.
| sink into the face Of the granite has" brass tablet
| with The word Inscrbcd upon It Of Chester Alan
] Arthur twenty first President OF the United States.
Born Octo'er s. Is3o. Died November Ia 1880"
the pcdestal Of the baluStrade Of tho steps having
bronze urns resting upon them. II I. projected from
the highway by chains OF bronze between grant'
| grassy sward slOping 10 the northwest. Near By
| he massive monument Is beautiful white marble
sarcophaGus marked IN old English letters with the
August Aug 30 1877, Died a. NCw:York January II.
| OF the ex. President father and mother granite
monument the grave Of Mrs. Arthur's mother Eliza.
WIInam Lewis IlcfnhOn Arthur. Tho nrst.bOrn son Of
| the ex.Presldent. who died w Infancy
PLAYING TWENTY FIVE CHESS GAMES At ONCE
| weiss the celebrated Austrian chcs-p'nvcr re-.
Gently tied with MI Tcheorn. Of st. Petersburg fur
the international chrss champions ship a. exhibition