Passaic City record., 1891-06-06
MONUMENTS UNVEILED.
The Dedication of Four Memo.
rials to the Dead.
The Statue of Grant, 1.-THE Citi-
zen," at Galena, Ill.

At Galena, ILL.,, the old home of General
U. s. Grant, a monument to his memory
was unveiled in the presence of at
least SO, 900 people, drawn from Iowa, Wis
consin, Michigan, Indiana and other States,
as we'll as from Illinois. Among those
present were Chauncey M. Depew,
orator of the day; Governor Joseph
W. Fifer, of Illinois; Ex-Governor d.
M. Hoard, of Wisconsin; General Nelson A.
Miles, Judge Walter Q. Gresham, Johann
Gelert, the sculptor; H. H. Kohlsaat, the
donor of the statute; Senators Allison and
Cullom. Congressman Henderson, of Iowa,
and Judge Il. w. Blodgett, of I've Federal
Court. Ex-Governor Hoard, of Wisconsin,
was introduced by R. H. McC lehman, Chair.
man of the Board of Park Commission
eis, and in behalf of Mr.. Kohlsaat formally
presented the statue to the city of Galena
A brief address of acceptance on behalf of
the city was made by Mr.. McClennan, and
after the band had rendered america" !" Mr.
Depew was introduced and enthusiastically
greeted. His Grafton was a mastery effort.
The proceedings came to close with an ad-
dress by Judge Crabtree on behalf of the
Grand Army of the Republic, and the pro-
cession reformed and marched back to the
city. The monument is the gift of H. H.
Kohlsaar, former Galena boy, and now one
VI oho AiiAliiOhdh q CitlZcUS Ol OlicdSO. james
W. Scott, of the Chicago Herald, initiated
movement by which an elevated plot
of ground on the east side of the city, forty
feet above the Galena River, and covering
SIX acres, was ordered purchased and to be
forever dedicated to the city for park pur-
poses The inclosure was named Grant
Park, and already contains a magnificent
soldiers monument, and a fountain
erected by the ladies of the city.
The statue is of bronze eight feet in height
and weighs about four tons. 1t Is mounted on
pedestal ten feet high. 1t represents
Grant as the simple citizen. The pose is
easy, one hand being thrust into the trousers
pocket, the other tucked carelessly inside the
vest. There is no suggestion of the military
about it except the old army coat.
Mississippi's Monument.
The monument to the Confederate dead of
Mississippi was formally unveiled at Jack
son, Miss, in the presence of an enormous
crowd, at least Ii, 900 of whom were from
without the city. Among the prominent vet
erans present were Governor Gordon, of
eral CabeL Brigadier-Gen J. NJ
Billups General j. A. Smith. and
Governor Stone, of Mississippi. The
line of march was taken up to the music of
cheering veterans, the Stars and Stripes be-
ing carried at the head of every division,
anu Slue Dy Slu6 WIN UQ6 n4blOnaf ensign
waved tattered Confederate battle iags
The monument was unveiled by Mrs. Mar
garet Davis Haynes, of Colorado daughter
of Jefferson Davis and was presented by
Miss Sallie B. Morgan, the presentation
speech being made by G. E. Hooker, and
Colonel J. B. Macintosh accepting it
on behalf of the Confederate veterans.
The monument is sixty feet four inches from
the base line to the top of the statue Of the
soldier surmounting the column. On the
ncrth and south sides of the monument there
are large tablets of marble, with the inscrip-
ton: ITO the Confederate Dead of Missis-
sippi." The total cost of the monument was
nearly $50, 900, of which half was subscribed
by the State Legislature and the rest raised
by ladies' committee.
Calvert Monument Unveiled.
The guns of the State navy doomed a sa-
lutte as the monument to Leonard Calvert,
the first Governor of Maryland erected on
the site of the old mulberry tree at st. Ma
ry's City, was unveiled. Among the
prominent people and defendants of
the first Governor who were present
were Governor jackson, Attorney-General
William Pinkney Whyte, Secretary of State
Lecompte, Bishop Paret, General E. Law
Rodgers, James R. Randall, the Rev DR..
George Leakin, the Rev. James Briscoe, the
Rev. J. A. Walter, Colonel j. Thomas
Ocnar1I, GeorSe ii. CaiVert, Mrs. calvert,
Miss Julia Stuart Calvert. and Masters Cecil
and Leonard Calvert, of Washington.
Miss Julia Stuart Calvert unveiled the mon
ument Cardinal Gibbons, who was to have
made the invocation, was unable to be pres
ent and delegated the Rev. Joseph Cunnane
to do it. J. Thomas Scharff, the his.
torian OF Maryland, through whose ef-
forts mainly tho monument was erected,
made historical address.
A Soldiers Monument at Watertown.
monument costing $4,000 erected in
the public square of Watertown. N. Y, by
the munificence of George Cook, in memory
OF the soldiers and sailors of Jefferson
County, was unveiled Waldo G. Morse, of
New York, presented the monument to the
town OH behalf of tho donors, and Mayor
w. F. Porter accepted it.