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deoiocted to his memory Decoration Day. It
| was at 14-st announced that the remains
would not bc removed until the day Of dedi-
cation, but the Garfield family have since
concluded that The removal of the body is a
purely personal affSir: end do not desire any
public demonstration. The remains will
have to belowered into the crypt before the
statue of Garfield is placed In position in the
centre of the memorial temple, directly be-
meath the dome of the monument. When the
body was sent to Cleveland in 1881, shortly
after death, it was placed in a massive and
highly finished METAL casket, where it has re-
mained ever since, and the same casket will
encase the body when it is transferred to the
monument.
The exercises attending the dedication
promise to be of the most impressive and i'm
posing character. Invitations will be sent to
President Harrison and his Cabinet, e1-Presi-
dent Cleveland, Governor Campbell, of Ohio,
and his staff, and they will in all probability
be present. Personal invitations will also be
sent to many of the nations distinguished
citizens, and general invitation is extended
to all the civic and military organizations in
the country. The Executives and staffs of
numerous States will be present. The COM
mittee has decided that personal invitations
would entail too voluminous a correspond
ence, and thus concluded to make the invita-
tion general one to every ybody, and to issue
special one to the heads of the national and
State departments.
AS the monument was built by popular
subscription, consisting of nickels, dimes and
dollars, the committee comedies every mans
right to participate. The day will be the
prandest Cleveland ever saw. Represented
in the parade will be the Masonic bodies and
the militia of every State, and from all quar-
ters will be assembled the leading NEIL of the
day to pay tribute to q man who, though
Graded in Ohio and reared almost within the
precincts of the city, spread his influence over
the entire country and finds his sepulchre the
heart of the nation. Ex-President Hayes will
make brief Introductory address, but the
principal speaker will be Ex-Governor j. D.
Cox, Of Ohio.
Grandma Gartield's remains will also be
transferred from the public vault to the
monument at the same time, and will be
placed beside those of her distinguished son.
The cost of the monument amounts to
s16O, 900, of which sum S62 600 was subscribed
in Cleveland, SO, 900 from Ohio outside Of
Cleveland, and the remainder from the
various States and Territories, with about
$500 from foreign countries. After work
had progressed somewhat upon the monu-
ment it was decided to reduce the height
seventy-fve feet, to insure greater stability,
ment stunted and dwarfed appearance,
which invariably gives offence at the first
glance, but the eye is soon attracted by the
many beauties Of the exterior. All that is
squatty about the design is purely external,
for when one has climbed the many narrow,
little winding stone staircases in the
interior to the dome and looks out
through the windows to the ground be.
meath he thinks the earth is several
hundred feet away. One of the pecul-
lar properties Of the structure. and which
will in time give it double fame, is its
power of sound transmission. When one
man is speaking dozen seem to talk. The
tones of the voice seem to be divided into
a greater strength than the original voice it.
self. Ine .t..sarmonious comp!emental aud
blending tones are all preserved.
The monument stands upon massive,
square foundation of stone which is accessible
by stairway of twenty steps. The monu'
ment stands squarely in the centre Of the
foundation and leaves margin OF about ten
feet for walk around the structure. Inc
monument proper is round in shap,
and is capped by q cone shaped dome.
Upon tho west side is square,
heavy portico, in which are EN-.
hedded panels representative Of scenes
through which Garfield passed. The first
panel, OIL the north side, shows a country
school, with Garfield, then youth, as teach.
er. The second panel, on the west side, is a
war scene, and represents Garfield serving
on General Rosecrans's staff, the third panel
represents him as an orator, and i'll the
fourth panel he is taking the oath of office as
President The fifth panel, Oil the south
side, represents bier.
The inte-. .vr decorations are lii marble and
mosaic Work. The Garfield statue will oc.
cupy the direct centre of the memorial tenn.
pie, and all itS surroundings will add to its
beauty. 1t will rear an imposing monument
in white amid all the colors Of the rainbow.
This statue is the second that has been cut
of Garfield.
When the first one was almo.t finished
shadow of black was detected in it which so
marred the snowy whiteness OF the whole
that new block had to be selected. The
new block was found to be without flaw:
The statue will stand upon marble paved
dais, and will measure about ten feet in height.
Light will be thrown upon the statue in
the temple from the great stained glass win.
lows and four panel windows each being de-
signs emblcnlatic of the thirteen original
States and Ohio New York is represented
by the Statue Of Liberty, with big steam
ship in the distance.
It required nearly 250, 900 pieces of Vene-
ian mosaic marble for the interior work on
she dome. The memorial temple is circular
| in form, and is surrounded by eight massive
| pillars which support the dome.