Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-17
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. From All Quarters. IGNORING THE DEAD. Program of Bennington's Celebration Tuesday. VIOLENT ERUpTIOnS IN INDIANA. Emperor William Put in a
 Strait Jacket. A SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Violations of the Civil Ser
 vice Law.
VIOLENT ERUpTIONS IN INDIANA.
A SERIOUS RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
VERNIONT,S GREAT DAY.

Prominent Persons Expected-De- scription of the Monument.
 BENNINGTON, Aug. 16.-When the legis- lature last fall passed an act providing for the ceremonies attending upon the dedi- cation of the Bennington Battle monument and the centennial celebration of the ad- mission to the Union of the state of Yer mont they probably realized in small measure the great proportions which the celebration would assume To-day Ben nington is decked from it's eastern bound ary to the old Bennington on the hill and is one complete wave of bunting and flags. Midway in this panarama stands the tri- uphal arch. lighted tonight with more than 200 electric lights. This arch bears on it's eastern side the motto:
 "1791-The best lagacy of vermont's first cen
 tury is her sons and her daughters-1s91''
 On the opposite are the following:
 ''1777.You see the red coats, they are ours or Mollie Stark sleeps widow tonight
 Being the historic words uttered by Gener- al Stark as he rallied his men to fight on the field of Bennington. The other half of the same side of the arch has these words: feaCo naCn ner VlcuOrleS, no less renowned than war-1S91,'
 These are the notices that were used on the arch of 1877. This is living arch and will represent on both sides the thir- teen original states by young ladies in cos tune, with banners. The arch is built to represent the stone of the monument in coloring and general appearance. As the president passes under this arch in the great procession of August choir of two hundred voices will sing America, :" "Hail Columbia" ''Star Spangled Banner" and other patriotic songs. This is the only arch erected by the centennial commission and its cost decorated is more than S1 ,O0O. It is situated midway on the line of march, which will be two miles in length. Pre- paring for the great celebration, the Yer mont militia are now in camp, named "Vermont" in honor of the finish of the first century of statehood.
 ARRIVAL OF A U. S. BATTERY.
 Yesterday was marked by the arrival of Gushing battery B, U. s. A., accompany ing Fuller's battery of the Vermont National Guard. They made quite war like and imposing appearance, and they were greeted with cheers along the line of l march coming over the Green mountains from Brattleboro. These are all the troops that will be here before next Tuesday. | Prominent guests of the state are expected ! to arrive tomorrow. Among them will be Colonel Wheelock G. Veazey and wife, Colonel Aldace F. Walker and wife, Gen eral Russell A. Alger and wife, General A. s. Webb and son, Hon.~B. B. Smalley and | wife, and ex-Governor Rice of Massachu | setts, all of whom are to be the guests oi Frederick B. Jennings of New York, who ! l1o Il. D. nington. J. G. Mccullough entertains the presidential party, who will arrive or l Tuesday evening, as heretofore announced The Hon. E. J. Phelps, orator of the day | and wife, are already in town and guests | of General Mccullough.
 l Arriving at about the same time Tues | day will be Horatio Loomis and wife, and General John King of the Erie railroad hi wife and daughter; Senator Morrill, of Yer mont and Dr. w. s. Webb of New York president of the National Sons of tn, American Revolution. Secretary of Wal Proctor and several other prominent gen presidential party. Governor Page ant staff arrived this morning and went int, camp with the Vermont National Guard | It is expected that the guests of the stat will number fully 1, ,500 and ample prep | arations have been made for their enter tainment.
 l vERMoNT's GREAT DAY.
 The centennial commission, consistin
 of the state committee and the local com
 mission of fifty, hold their final meetin
 tomorrow evening. The long line whic
 will participate in the procession grow
 daily and a large number of organization
 have within the past few days responde l to the invitations sent them and will
 present. Vermont has never seen cele
 bration arranged upon such grand an
 magnificent scale. It will be a credit
 the state and an honor to the gentleme
 composing the centennial commission. Thi
 celebration is the continuation of long st ries of events covering a century. Tn 18th of August, the anniversary of th 5 battle of Bennington, is to the people ( |, . southern Vermont what the Fourth of Jul l is to the nation. For nearly fifty veal
 there has been more or less preparation fe
 the building of a suitable monumen
 and the dedication of this will take plat
 this week. The first organized effort ".
 in 1853. The legislature of Vermont
 that year appropriated $5,OOO, with u condition that the corner stone of the pr
 posed memorial be laid on the 16th | August following, that the sum of $7,0( e be raised by private subscription. Whi
 these conditions were not fulfilled and u l appropriation lapsed, the agitation CO . tinued. In 1S75-76 the Bennington Hi torical society and subsequently the Be
 nington Battle Monument association we I, organized, the latter chartered by u
 state of Vermont with an appropriation
 $15, ,000 conditioned on the rising of $5,
 more. The celebration of 1877 followe'
 These events and the subsequent action
 the states of New Hampshire and Mas
 achusetts and the national governmer
 have conspired to cause the erection of t
 noble shaft on the sight of the Contine
 tai store house, the objective point of G
 Baums expedition in TIT. The cost
 the monument and site had been in roul | numbers $100,000.
 Massachusetts contributed S1O,O00, Ne 3 Hampshire $7,500, the national gover , ment $40, ,000, and Vermont the $50 aforesaid and supplemental appropri tion for the site. The balance has be raised by private subscriptions.
 THE MONUMENT.
 The monument stands on commando site, 2S3 feet above the Wallomac rivt This river flows through the village
 Bennington. The foundation of the mon
 ment is the solid rock of the mountain,
 the top of which was situated the Bennir
 ton of the revolution. The structure is
 obelisk built of native stone and fac
 with Sandy Hill dolomite. The heigl
 from the base to the top of
 capstone is 301 feet, 104 inch
 The monument at the base is 37 feet
 inches by 37 feet 4 inches, running to
 point at the top. The walls are thick
 the base, but decrease gradually to nd thickness of two feet at the apex. I g- outside stone is laid with "stretchers a
 headers" The inside walls rise to in height of 260 feet, after which the stol ha extend through the wall. Inside the ws .a1 are left in the rough rock, outside stone is rough finished, and at the ril
 angle corners with shaft, and also at W
 dows and other openings the stone is
 iished with Carter inch finish lines or il
 This gives the structure finished and T tistic appearance.
 |, The lookout room is 1S9 feet above
 foundation and is reached by an iron stt
 case. This room is marked on the outs
 by two entablatures encircling the mo-
 ment. These hammered faces offer c
 trast to the rough face of the balance Au' the structure. From this lookout the |
 tlefeld is plainly visible seven miles aw
 The first room in the monument conta - four tablets, three of them inscribed ! spectively to the states of Massachuse
 New Hampshire and Vermont. The fou