The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-31

ia tuo history Oh HOCneSter. Never be-
fore has this city been so crowded and
never before has it entertained so dis
tinguished a company. Public and pri-
vate business was suspended and every
body took holiday. 1t is estimated
that fully 100000 people took active
part in the various demonstrations. or
this number fully 100000 came from the
surrounding country.
President Harrison was enthusiastic.
ally received everywhere and was COM
PEELED to bow his acknowledgements to
almost continuous cheering. The
weather was bright and fair. The
feature of the day was the dedication of
handsome monument in Washington
square, in honor OF the soldiers and
sailors of Monroe county. who died in
defense Of their country. Speeches were
made by President Harrison and Cover
nor Flower.
New YORK, May 30.-lSpeciall 1.-THE
fund for the Grant monument has been
completed" This was the announce.
mont made, amid the cheers Of the null
titude, at the Memorial Day exercises
this afternoon in front of the tomb of
General Grant The crowd was n very
large one. The following was the order
of exercises:
Hymn, America" by the choir and
audience; ritual of Grand Army OF tho
Republic. by Commander Thomas w.
Topham; anthem, Give Unto the Lord,
. Ye Mighty" by the choir; prayer, by
Rev. Mason Gallagher, chaplain of u. S.
Grant Post; ritual, by Commander Top.
ham; Grafton, by Gen. Horace Porter, Of
tho staff of General Grant; ritual, by the
officer of the day and post commander;
anthem, SIN the Silent Land, ;" by the
choir; GRAFTON, by Col. Charles Marshall,
OF the staff OF Gen. Robert e. Lee; an
them, blessed Are the Nations" by
the choir; benediction; national salute
by vessels of the United States navy:
"Doxology," by the choir and audience
The principal grafton was delivered
by Col. Charles Marshall, who was chief
of staff to Gen. Lee, the great Confed-
crate commander. In speaking of Gen.
Grant. the orator remarked:
Great as was his achievements in
war i think his browning glory was
that OF peacemaker, and that to him
belongs the blessing promised to peace
makers"
Crowds visited tho tomb throughout
the day. and many handsome floral Of
ferings, including one from President
Harrison, were deposited upon it,
WASHINGTON, May 3O.-[Special II
Memorial services were held in many
OF the churches of the District yester-
day and patriotism was the theme of
the discourse. The congregations were
characteristic ones, being composed in
a large part OF veterans of the war.
DlQQnnOl
early this morning, for the weather was
cloudy and threatening and rain fell
gently at intervals, but later the sun
broke through she clouds and there
was nothing to interfere with the pa
triotic and solemn ceremonies of the day.
Extensive preparations for decorating
the graves has been made by the various
military organizations. The heavy hail
storm of last Thursday wrought fearful
havoc in the flower gardens, and citi-
zens generally were appealed to to come
forward with floral offerings for the &C.
casion, besides paying attention to the
graves. The memorial day committee
had all the statues of the soldier heroes
about the city decorated and the re-
suits OF their work appeared to good ad-
vantage this morning. There are no
less than thirteen of these statues
y
The most elaborate ceremonies at the
cemeteries were those at Arlington.
Before the services there, however. the
eighteen grand army posts of the city,
national guard, old guard and other in
dependent military companies formed
in the vicinity of grand army hall and
to the inspiring patriotic music of the
Marine band marched through the city
to tho Aqueduet bridge, spanning the
river above West Washington. Here
the parade was dismissed and those who
desired to 60 to Arlington proceeded on
their way.
When they arrived at the cemetery
fine procession, consisting Of the Grand
Army, Woman's Relief Corps, ex-sol-
diers and sailors, invited guests and
public, formed in front OF Arlington
mansion. Headed by the Marine band,
the procession marched to the tomb OF
the o"unknown," where, hating, tho
band played dirge and the tomb was
decorated. The procession then continued
by the main road to the cemetery
proper. Here the procession parted
and its members proceeded with the
decoration of individual graves. When
decoration of all the graves was COM
pleted, the procession reformed and
marched to the ampitheatre,:: where the
exercises of the day were held, con
sisting of musical programme, rem
dered by the Mozart Club and the Ma
rine Band and an Grafton by
Gen. Hastings, of Pennsylvania.
Over Admiral Porter's grave was
placed a magnificent floral warship, one
of the handsomest productions OF the
florists art ever seen in Washington.
1t was borne in the parade through the
city by Potomac Lodge, naval veterans.
Similar services were held and core
monies observed at Soldiers Home
cemetery, Congressional cemetery, Ana