The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-02
IT VIII RE 4 GREAT PAGEANT.
Preparation Tor the Grants Tomb Ceremonies
Progressing Finely.

EFoErcsSinE Finely
The final arrangements OF the dedication core
monies at Grants tomb on April 81 are In the
hands Of Gen. Horace Porter. and IL is now cx-
pcCtcd that the exercises will commcnce at about
IL o'clock in the forenoon. There will he three
spcakers-P.csidcn Mckinley, who will deliver
All address by invitation, Gen. Porieg. who will
turn the monument over to tho city. and Mayor
Strong, who viii accept II from the Monument AS
sociation. There will also be II prayer and a bone
diction, by whom It Is not yet decided, and q
musical programme not to exceed twenty min.
utcs In length. The exercises will not last over
two hours. and Mt their close President McKin-
ley will review the parade.
The music, as was decided mt the meeting Of
tho ommitt on Plan and Scope on Monday,
will be under tho direction of Frank Dnmrosch.
Thcre is to be a chorus of ! 1000 voices and an
orchestra Of 100 pieces, for which Mr.. Damrosch
IL authorized to employ musicians in case the
Marine Band OF Washington is not sent here for
tho occasion.
The question OF seats and stands at the monu.
ment was another topic for considerable discus
sion at the meeting on Monday. The matter OF
applications for Invitations was referred to the
Committee on Invitations, and Chairman Cor
nelius O'Roilly OF the Committee on Platforms
and Decorations was requested to submit his
plans for stands to Mayor Strong for approval.
Mr.. o'Reilly called on the Mayor yesterday and
the plans will be prepared to-day. They will b
acted upon by the mmit on Plans and
Decorations tomorrow and then DO submitted
to the Committee on Plan and Scope for final
approval. Sergeant-at-Arms Benson has init.
would like a separate stand. but this cannot be
sMT rn \ i'hIpf probably pa B;osi Il was .,d al Hf, DECIDED on
the Cabinet. the Justices OF the Supreme Court,
and the foreign Diplomatic Corps would DO
quartered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel as guests
n Tim Rif h mil ~ Gar IRnrt xr,ll .l.-
Adespatch from Houlton, Mo-, says that Gov.
dedication with his staff and Council, and that
Secretary Of State Byron Boyd will make az.
The li"s Governo ,pG Of V Vest ViFe anG pSSa asy also Is ,R Wsi f,ty;
int no will be present with his staff.
ac ntSn1i taSha5s'i i wh the Is Penns sTTT rsn8a s.s e,
troops, reported yesterday that he had secured
representative OF the Guttenburg Race Track
that he could. accommodate 5000 men at Gut
ken Ferry. and suitable for the Pennsylvania
troops; Some OF the rvesiments Of the Third
Albany viii be quartered at the Twenty-seoond
been highly com1Sehded at headguarters. One
ia suggestion to the Board Of Education that
Of Greater New York that shall be in some Ten way
proposal that Grant Day be proclaimed another
city be hung from some convenient place.
An application for position in the parade has
been received from the Ancient Order of Hiber-
A letter received by Gen. Dodge from the
Young Mems Republican Club OF Baltimore,
which sent the 1905" to the Chicago Conven-
ton in 1880 and hold out on thirty-siI ballots
for Gen. Grant as Presidential nominee. saying
that those Of this odd guard :" stu alive would
Commander ]. W. Miller, Chairman OF tho
Committee on Naval Affairs, has gone TO " ash-
ington TO consult with tho Socretary Of the Navy
sired In the merchant marine diviaion. in which
q large number Of steam yachts and other pleas-
uro craft will take part