The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-27

6~ed people waiting for the presiden.
tial train at Jersey City. Captain Cox
and 40 policeman were on hand to han
die the crowd. There were carriages
for the party, but they walked from
the train depot to the north side to
the Twenty-third- street ferry slip,
where the party boarded the new boat
Pittsburg. At the depot were the re-
ception committee from New York. in
cluding the presidents brother, Abner
Mckinley, Colonel Fred Grant, son Of
General Grant, General McCook,
Chauncey NJ. Depew, General Horace
Porter, General McAlpin, President
Jerooman, of the New York board of
alderman, and Richard Delafield. Sec
retary of the executive committee of
the Grant Monument association. The
First battalion of the naval militia Of
New York, from the New Hampshire,
acted as an escort of honor.
AS the party marched from the train
in Jersey City to the ferryboat General
Horace Porter gave an arm to the
president and then and there the much
mooted question of ambassadorial pre-
cedence was solved by Mr.. Chauncey
Depew, who took the arm Of Sir Julian
Pauncefote and walked after Presi-
dent Mckinley. Ambassador Patenotre
followed, escorted by Mr.. Whitelaw
Reid, former ambassador Of the United
States to France. Mr.. Abner McKin-
ley. the presidents brother, took Mrs.
Mckinley, and Colonel Fred D. Grant
escorted his mother, who was dressed
tn tt,fr nj po1nh.
rites came after In disorganized
group.
The second special train. with Vice
President Hobart and the senators. ar
rived shortly afterwards, and they too
proceeded to their headquarters in this
city. In the second car Of this train
was Speaker Reed, with his wife and
daughter.
U. S. Grant, Jr.. with his wife and
five children. arrived at the Fifth Ave-
nue. hotel yesterday. Their home is at
San Diego Cal. They are the guests
of the city at the hotel. Jesse R.
Grant and his family had already ar
rived at the same hotel.
The first event of the dedication cer-
emonies was the departure of the pres
idential party, with members of the
Grant family and invited guests, from
the Fifth Avenue hotel this morning.
The party left the hotel from three
different entrances at $3.50 o'clock.
Meantime the entire line of march had
been crowded with cheering thousands,
who were kept from crowding into the
streets by long lines Of police. AS the
prncidant pneaa6 through the multi
tude he was kept busy bowling right and
left. in response to the cheers that
greeted his appearance, and Mrs
Grant, the widow of the dead presi-
dent, was quite as enthusiastically
greeted.
Squadron A. Major Roe command
ing, had formed on Madison Square,
facing west, and acted as special escort
for the party. The regulation and for
nation of the special escort to Mrs.
Grants carriage, consisting Of details
from the Army of the Tennessee, the
Loyal Legion, Grand Army, ETC., was
under the special charge of General
Ripley. The party entered Madison
avenue from Twenty-sixth street,
thence to Fifty-ifth street, through
Fifty-ffth street to Fifth avenue,
thence to Fifty-ninth street, through
Fifty-ninth street to the Boulevard,
thence up the west roadway to Sew
enty-second street, to Riverside drive,
and so on to the monument, arriving
there at 1910 o'clock.
AT II o'clock exercises at the tomb
were begun, following this order: MY