The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1890-06-05
GARFIELD'S TOMB.
The Grand Mausoleum Of the Martyr
President,
At Cleveland, o., Dedicated With Simple
Services on Memorial Day-Sfany
Distinguished Persons
Were Present.

The beautiful memorial to Garfield. at Cleve
land, O.. was dedicated on the 3oth. af err weeks
OF careful preparation. Many distinguished
mon took part In the ceremony, and at least 80,-
600 strangers were In tho city for tho day.
President Harrison, General Sherman and Mo-
tor Mckinley were greeted vocifcrously when.
ever they appeared, and when the General, at
the monument declared TO the thousands In
his speech that no was their ''affcctionate
Uncle Billy the enthusiasm was almost be-
wildering The President made very marked
impression by the earnestness Of his manner.
He talked directly to the people with closed
hand and much emphasis. Ex-Governor Coz,
the orator OF the day, delivered very strong
address, which was tribe too long. Euclid
avenue for five miles was richly decorated,
hardly house on either side Of the street be.
Ing bare OF flags or bunting. The procession
was an hour and twenty minutes in passing q
given point, and formed an imposing spectacle.
Tho air was literally filled with red, white
and blue bunting, arranged in tasteful designs
OF every conceivable shape.
At an carly hour in the morning the thorough.
fares leading outSuperor street, ,viaMonumental
park and Euclid avenue, with It's broad roadway
and great lawns were packed with slowly.
moving mass OF humanity. Four streetcar
lines, with half a thousand cars, were unable to
could be hired was brought into rcquison, and
still thousands walked. The procession was
not to move until shortly after noon, but only o
small part OF IL was TO art from down town,
new divisions forming and Joining the line Mt CIV.
cry utcrsecting street in the first three miles OF
the long hve-nilc march to the cemetery.
Therefore all had u desire to be as near the
head OF the procession us possible. Still there
were thousands OF men, women and children
massed In the downtown streets. Hundreds
OF temporary stands had been erected by enter
prising spectators, and seats on these sold at
fancy prices to those who had stood for hours in
the sun.
were at least 10 900 cheering people massed in
Euclid avenue, between Monumental Park and
Lake View, and thousands more awaited at the
cemetery. Business had been universally sus-
pended, and every body who could do so had
come to see the grand pageant With the ex-
ception Of the Garfield funeral In 1884, there was
never such crowd gathered there before The
utmost good nature prevailed, and when the
veterans OF Garheld's old regiment (tho Forty.
second Ohio Volunteer Infantry swung into
line TO head the parade there was vociferous
cheering The Grand Army, Union Veterans
and Sons Of Veterans, who followed were also
applaudcd as were the military companies
composing the third division. Governor Camp
bell and stan followed the mil tary on horse.
back, and they were chcercd rs they rode
along.
But the greatest applause was reserved for
the honorod guests OF the day-Prcsident Har.
rison, Vice-Prcsidcnt Morton members Of tho
Cabinet and other celebrated visitors. The
Presidential party was escorted by the First
Cleveland Troop OF Cavalry and q detachment
| Of marines from the United States steamer
| Michigan. The President rode with ex.Presi.
dent Hayes, Hon. Amos Townsend and Hon.
d. p Eclls. Vicc-Presidcnt Morton
Governor Marquis, Mayor Geo. w. Gardner
and Hon. M. A. Hanna. On another carriage
| were ChicfJustice Fuller, General Jacob D.
| Cox, Major Wm Mckinley IT,, and Bishop w.
| A. Leonard. Of tue Episcopal Church, Secre-
| tary Window AMI Postmaster General Wana-
| maker rode with Ex-Governor Charles Foster
| and Postmaster Armstrong. Ex-Attorney. Gen.
eral Wayne McVey rode with Secretary Rusk,
Senator Manderson and Hon. ID. A. Dangley.
| General Sherman and General Schoheld
were in carriage with Messrs. L. d. Jones
and William Chisholm. Attorney General Mil
| Ter rode with Judges Spear Diclman and VIII
| liams, Of the Ohio Supreme Court.
| There We're thirty bands in the line, and the
air was filed with music, There were cheers
| for the gallant Knights Templar with their
waving white plumes, the Uniformed Knights
OF Pythias with their red-plumed metal he'll
NETS, and the gayly uniformed Odd.feliows.
Cheer after cheer greeted the stately Knights
of ST. John and Father Matthew and the war;
Gus national societies representing the Ger
mans, Bohemans, Poles, Hunga -ians and
Scotch were vociferously applauded
1t was nearly o'clock when the head Of the
| procession passed through the magnificent
memorial arch ut the entrance OF Lake View
ind began the march along tho winding and
gently ascending drives leading to the bluff at
| the rear OF the cemetery on which the memorial
is situated.
| The sides of the buf and the plateau nj the
top were quickly packed with people, and q
crowd Of $1,000 assembled about the platform
from which tho speaking was to take place.
There were loud cheers when the President
and the other distinguished guests arrived and
| were given seats
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