Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1892-05-05

THE OCCASION SELECTED FOR THE
LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE
OF HIS MONUMENT.
President Harrison Participates in the cere-
monies.

April 9th, being the seventieth an
niversary of the birth of General
Grant, the citizens of New York Sc
lected the occasion for the laying of
the corner stone of the imposing mon
umen6 which is to guard the last rest
ing place of the great soldier and
patriot, on the bank of the Hudson in
Riverside park. From noon until
night was observed as n holiday, and
when the hour of two had arrived fully
fifty thousand people had assembled
to participate in the ceremonies.
President Harrison, accompanied by
several of his cabinet, General Porter,
Chauncey Depew and Cornelius Bliss
arrived at the park at 1:25 and were
received with loud cheering.
After the band had played "Hail to
the Chief" and an invocation by Rev.
DR.. John Hall, Gen. Horace Porter,
president of the Grant Monument AS
sociation, made q brief address out
lining the work of the association.
The crowd, which was equalled only
by that which saw the body OF the
dead general placed in the tomb, be-
came so still that the chirp OF "a robin
calling to it's mate from the trees Just
behind the stand could be heard dis.
tinctly. The president stood on the
foundation directly in front OF the
stone. Then he passed the gold trowel
between the stone and the bed of ce.
t..nt hatnnt Ia n,n1 tha tyIn1 In
began to creak. In II moment the
corner stone had been laid. President
Harrison stepped on the small stand
that had been erected in front and
made brief address. He spoke, in
part, as follows:
"My assignment in connection with
these exercises has to do with mechan'
les rather than with oratory; no ora,
tory, however gifted, can over praise
Gen. Grant. Cheers. The most i'm.
pressive and costly memorial that al
architect can plan or wealth can exc
cute is justified when the name o.
Grant is inscribed upon it. Cheers
This stone which has now been laid
accompanied by this magnificent ex.
preston OF public interest OF public in
terest, is only the top stone OF tn.
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structure, imposing and graceful in its
completeness, which shall rise witt
steady progress without check or tar
diness till the capstone,is set amid the
plaudits of the liberal and patriotic
citizens of this great city. l am glad
to see here what seems to me to be the
double assurance that work SO nobly
planned will be speedily yconsummated
Your distinguished citizen who has
assumed as labor oflove the burder
of conducting this great enterprise,
learned of his beloved chief to exclude
the word failure from his vocabulary
Loud cheers, during which the presi
dent resumed his seat.
Music followed and then the orator
OF the day, Chauncey Depew, delivered
the address. Rev DIR. Hall then pro
nounced the benediction and the guns
OF the Miantonomah thundered fortl
a national salute.
A novel feature of the programm,
was the part taken by school boys tt
the number OF 800 or 1000, who
marched by the tomb and scattered
flowers around it.
Mrs Grant, with one of her grand
children and a party OF her friends
held the position OF honor on the grant
stand. The Chinese minister at Wash
ington, with members of his staff, wa
present at the express invition of Mrs
Grant. He has subscribed $500 u
the fund.