Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-10-09

Of the Country .Prcsent-Thc Hero OF
Appomattox Eulogizcd by Judge
Gresham, Orator of the Day.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE great metropo.
lis Of the West suspends the hustle and
activity of its business interests today
to do honor to the illustrious citizen-sol. !
dier and statesman who, next to the i'm
mortal Father of his Country, is ell
shrined in the hearts and memories of
the people, not only of these United
States, but of of lovers of freedom and
liberty the wide world over. With the
blare of cannon, the patriotic music of a
hundred bands, the enthusiastic acclaim
of hundred thousand throats; in the
presence of the honorable relict of the
dead, of the son that amongst all his
children he loved SO well, of constitu-
tional advisors of the present chief ex-
ecutive of the land, of representatives
of every religious denomination, of men
whose heroic deeds upon the field of bat
tie have craven their names upon the
pages Of history, of veterans who once
wore the gray and met in bloody conflict
the forces of him to whose memory they
did honor today; of men distinguished
in trade and commerce, in science and
art, in literature and philosophy, of tens
of thousands of little school children
who have been taught to honor and ven-
crate his name-the magnificent statue
erected by the citizens of Chicago to the
immortal memory of Ulysses Simpson
Grant, artisan, citizen-soldier, general,
oommander-in-chief of the army of the
United States. and twice elected to the
highest office in the gift of the people of
his native land, was formally unveiled
this afternoon.
Chicago Is Ell Fete
in honor of the day and event. A pub
lie holiday has been decreed by the CITY
authorities, and the public departments
and schools, as well as the government
buildings are closed, while business of
all kinds is generally suspended. The
decorations especially in the center of
the city are elaborate and tasteful. The
influx of visitors from abroad exceeded
the widest expectations of the railroad
people. 1t commenced yesterday morn
ing, continued far into the night, while
from an early hour today an almost con-
tinuous procession seemed to pour out
of the five central depots, until the
streets in tho center of the city were for
blocks at at a stretch little better than a
swaying mass of pedestrians AS early
as o'clock the various divisions of the
parade began to form on Michigan
avenue and the thoroughfares adjacent
thereto. The instructions issued by
Major General Miles, as chief marshal, |
were so clear and explicit that no con-
fusion was experienced in forming the
line, but the turnout of organizations
was far in excess of all anticipations,
and it was not until o'clock that the
roar of artillery gave signal for the
head of the column to move.
The Parade.
A division of the city police 500 strong
led the way. Then on prancing steeds
came General Miles and General joseph
Stockton, chief of staff, with their STATS.
The second division was led by regi-
ment of United States infantry from
Fort Sheridan, followed by Il battery of
United States artillery, and behind these
came for a'distance of over mile the
infantry and cavalry of the national
guard, the various companies represent
ing every section of the state. The
third division was a notable one being
composed of members of the societies of
the army of the Tennessee, the army of
the Potomac and the army of the Cum
berland. Many of the distinguished |
men in this division were instantly rec
ognized by the crowds and heartily
cheered from point to point. The
fourth division was composed of dis
tinguished guests in carriages and the
fifth was exclusively members of the
Grand Army of the Republic Con-
spicuous in this division was
A Little Band of Veterans,
fifty in number, all that survived of
Grants old regiment, the Twenty-first
Illinois infantry. A good many of them
We're aged and infirm, and some were
crippled and manned, but they marched
proudly along between the running can
nonade of cheers and shouts from both
sides of the line of march. At the head
of the little company one armed vet
eran bore stand of colors. They were
the selfsame colors that the hero of Ap-
pomattox himself unfurled in front of
his headquarters when elected colonel of
his regiment. The sixth division was
composed of veterans and sons of veter-
ans and the seventh and last of civic so.
cieties. Prominent in this division was
the Chicago Post of Veterans of the Con-
federate Army, and the feelings that
prompted the men who wore the gray to
turn out on the occasion was heartily
recognized by the spectators from the
beginning to the end of the route.
Ceremonies at the Monument,
When the division containing the dis
tinguished guests had reached the base
of the monument Mrs. U. s. Grant,
Jesse Grant and his wife and their
children were escorted to seats on the
right of Judge Gresham, and the i'm