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This came from $4,000 American citi-'
zens, and it includes the widows mite and
the poor mans modest offering as we'll asl
the large subscriptions of the rich. 1t Is
genuine tribute of the people, unlike the
great monuments of Europe. The Albert
Memorial in London, the tomb of KAISER
Wilhelm in Berlin, and the huge Germa-
MIA upon the Nederwald were each con-
structed by governmental agencies. The
Grant monument represents the loyal love
and patriotic remembrance of q united
people.
Amid Splendid Surroundings.
Grants tomb is massive, yet we'll relev-
ed by pillars and other embellishments.
The ground upon which it rests is 40,
feet above the river and the structure lifts,
itself 175 feet in the air. The surround
ings are beautiful. The Hudson river,
the American Rhine, flows silently with,
in a stones throw. To the rear and south,
are located the stately buildings of the new.
Columbia University. Adjoining them
will stand, as soon as time and labor per-'
nit, the great Cathedral of St. John the
Divine, which is to cost $4,000, 900. Con-
stantly flowing by the front of the monu'
ment is a stream of humanity on pleasure
bent, for here, along the edge of the bluff,
is the Riverside Drive, one of the most
charming of New York's delightful boule-,
wards.
The exterior Of the monument is Of al
light granite, and all of the interior isl
finished in white marble. The porch Is,
approached by flight Of steps seventy,
feet wide. In prominent letters on the
front are Grants famous words, "Let U.s.
have peace" They were used in his let,
ter of acceptance of the presidential NOM
nation in 1868.
AS you enter upon the southern expo
sure you see the opening of the crypt
before you. 1t is thirty feet wide, in the
center of the chamber. Looking down
into the vault the great sarcophagus made
for the remains of Gen. Grant is to be
seen. This sarcophagus was made from
one piece of Wisconsin porphyry, which is
said to excel in beauty the Finland por-
phyry from which the sarcophagus of Ma
poleon was chiseled. Beside this sarco-
phagus is place for another. Here an
exact duplicate will some day hold the
remains of Mrs. Grant
The sarcophagus Of Gen. Grant Is 1914
feet long, Sc feet wide, 4.S feet high and
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HONOR TO THE HERO.
GIANT TOMB DEDICATED WITH
IMPOSING CEREMONIES.
Rr;11iant Military, Civic and NaVai
Paoeants-Eulogy by Gen. Porter
E1ooueut Address OF Pres'dent
Mckinley.
To the Nations Dead.

Amid the sound of cannon, OF musKetry,
and of stately music, in the presence o.
the dignitaries of our own ana Oh loi,
eign nations, accompanied by neets anu
soldiery and a vast concourse OF the peo-
ME. the ashes of the greatest of American
soldiers were on Tuesday committed 10
their last resting place, the splendid mau-
soleum at Riverside, New York. Hence
forth in all the years to come that tono
by the Hudson, equally with Mount yer,
non and with Springfield, will De aesacree q
shrine from whence new inspirations OF
patriotism ,will be drawn. AND not o.
patriotism only, but Of encouragement 10
action and faithfulness to duty.
Grants new tomb was dedicated by the
President of the United States IN the
presence of vast assembly. Long pelore
the sun had risen above the eastern horl-
ION the streets were thronged. The cere-
monies proper began at sunrise, When
from the tall fagpole near the tomb was
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net reaching to the ground, and led by a
negro. One thousand regular troops, TO-
900 of the State militia and citizen SOL
dery from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Connecticut helped swell the military
parade. There were nearly 10000 Union
veterans Of the war in line and camps of
Confederate veterans turned out to honor
the man who, great in war, was even
greater in the hour of victory and the day
of peace. And to show that North and
South were united in their sorrow over the
grave Of a hero two of the great Confed-
crate generals of the war were pall-bear-
ers at his funeral.
AS the funeral cortege passed through
New+ York's streets amid the mournful
tolling of bells and the muffled sounds of
drums, another proeession-the naval
moved up the beautiful Hudson until the
vessels anchored opposite the tomb pre-
pared for the remains. And there with
simple religious services and amid the
booming of cannon on the Hudson the
body of Gen. Grant was laid in the tomb.
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steamer Indiana. Never was such dem
onstration of esteem and respect given a
departing citizen. Distinguished men
from all over the country assembled to
bid him good-by On reaching Liverpool
reception, hardly inferior to the demon
stration that babe him godspeed at home,
awaited him. The river Mersey was alive
with vessels bearing the flags OF all ma,
tons. The docks were lined with thou
sands, all eager to greet the great military
genius, the ex-head of a powerful nation
and plain American citizen. In London
he was received by the queen and the
Prince of Wales and he afterward visited
the queen at Windsor. Ranquets, balls,
receptions and other entertainments were
given in his honor and the members OF
the aristocracy wed with one another in
extending courtesies and Inequalities to
the great American.
From England he went to the continent
and the greetings there from crowned
heads and the common people were such
as he had experienced in England. He
next visited Italy, Egypt, the Holy Land,
India and China. The Chinese paid him
the greatest honors that had ever been
bestowed on a foreigner. Prince Kung
entertained him and he became the friend
of the great Chinese, Ii Hung Chang
When Gen. Grant returned from his
worlds tour, his entire fortune did not
amount to 100000. Looking around for
a means of increasing his income, his at
tention was directed to the banking bust
ness in which his son Ulysses, together
with Ferdinand Ward and James d. Fish,
was engaged Gen Grant invested his
100000 in the business. In 1881 he
bought q house in New York, where he
afterward spent his winters. Affairs
moved very smoothly for the general un-
til, in 1883. he fell on an icy pavement
and sustained injuries from the effects of
which he never fully recovered. And
then in May, 1884, came another blow.
The firm of Grant & Ward failed, bank
rupting the general and the entire Grant
family, who had invested their money in
the concern. Two of the partners in the
business had been guilty of the most I'M
blushing frauds. And then came out the
shameful story of craft and guile in all
its horrible proportions and it was seen
that the honored name of Gen. Grant had
been used to decoy -hosts of friends and
acouaintances to their own injury and his
After a little the world knew that his
honor was unsullied. For time Grant
was in actual need of household expenses,
but he directed his atteThion to writing
his memoirs, knowing that their proceeds
would be all he would have to leave to his
wife and children.
Meantime the generals health was fail
ing. and in 1854 severe throat complica-
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THE GRANT MONUMENT.

Mem oria1, in It's Design and Setting,
One OF the Greatest in the World.
In the interval between the death of
Grant and his interment a Grant Monu-
ment Committee was formed to raise
funds for the erection of suitable mon
ument to the memory Of the great gen.
eral. In February, 1886, the Grant Mon
ument Association was organized under
an act of the New York Legislature. At
first money came in generously, but grad
ually the interest in the project lessened
and in 1892 the fund with accumulated
interest amounted to only $15O,OO0.
Meantime the design of the monument
had been determined on and the plans
called for a structure to cost between
100000 and 100000. Ground was
broken for the preliminary nworx April
q, 1891. In March, 1892, Gen. Horace
Porter undertook the raising of further
funds and so we'll did he succeed that
April q the corner stone of the monu-
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~ extreme and he bowed repeateuiy.
The initial step in the parade was mau uo
,,,,,os+ on schedule time, and Dy S:4O
a,oIock the presidential procession was On
the move. :. rortx
cheers greeted the distinguished parly
os 4 moved through the decorated streets,
Mrs Grant and her family, to the tniIu
ron ration. were objects of special atten-
t;nn and the widow of the hero was Wis
;bIv affected at the great popular demon
stration. The visitors got chance TO see
= million reople The unbroken wan u
humanity six miles long was an inspiring
sight.
Ceremonies at the Tomb.
Arrived at the tomb, Bishop John Z.
Newman made short prayer, anu uen
portor in an eloquent speech presented tue
monument TO the city of New YORK on
1oho1f of the Grant Monument Associa-
t;on. Mayor Strong accepted it for the
o;tv President Mckinley delivered
hr;ef address admirably fitted to the time
ond theme. and the ceremonies OF the
morning were concluded.
The President stood bareheaded IN the
wind When he spoke he was heard dis,
tinctly by the 5000 persons who $1,000
directly in front of him. The Presluent
said in part:
"a great life, dedicated to the welfare
of the nation, here finds its eartnly coro-
nation, In marking the successful COLI
nletion of this work we have as witnesses
and participants representatives OF al
branches of our Government, the resident
officials Of foreign nations, the Governors
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GREATNESS OF GRANT
STORY OF THE CAREER OF A
R-STATESMAN.
Hero of Appomattox the Idol of Mill
ions Of Mankind-His Humble Birth
and Subsequent Rise to Fame-Mag-
Where His Ashes Rest.

The Memorial services which attended
the removal of the remains of Gen. Ulys-
ses s. Grant to their final resting place
have revived a grateful interest in that
great military leader of the nation. AS
the President of free people, the savior
of a country, the idol of millions of man
kind, the story of his career cannot be
told too often to those who knew him as
the most commanding figure of his time;
or the new generation, which, in the light
of fuller appreciation of his true great
ness, venerate him as one of the most
commanding figures in all history.
Gen. Grant was born April p, 1872, in
O one-story building of two rooms in Point
Pleasant, Ohio, twenty-five miles from
the city of Cincinnati. His father, Jesse
Grant, man of revolutionary stock and
New England ancestry, was the foreman
of tannery, laboring hard to acquire a
competence sufficient to enable him to en-
bark in business for himself. This he
did in Georgetown, O., whittier he re-
moved IN 1923. Here young Ulysses grew
mp, a sturdy young lad. quiet, reserved,
self-reliant. At the early age of we
find him breaking bark into the hopper of
the bark mill in his fathers tannery-a
task he did not relish Less than year
later he regularly drove team on his
fathers farm and at the age of 10 he used
to drive to Cincinnati, forty miles distant.
In winter he attended school in George
town, and then in his 14th year he was
sent to the Academy at Maysville.
In 1880 came the turning point in his
Nfe. He entered West Point as a cadet.
His name up to this time was Hiram
Ulysses Grant, but in the making out of
his official appointment to the military
school the name was written by mistake
ulysses S., and so it has ever since re-
manned. Grant made commendable pro-
gross at West Point and had the distinc
ton of being the best horseman in his
class. In 1913 he graduated. and was as
signed to the Fourth Infantry, stationed
at Jefferson barracks near st. Louis.
During the Mexican war he rendered
valuable service, being engaged in every
battle except one, and was promoted to
u first lieutenancy. After the war he was
stationed at various military posts and in
1853 was promoted to the captaincy Of Il
company at Humboldt bay, California.
The following year he resigned his COM
mission and engaged in farming and real
estate near St Louis. This did not prove
profitable and he secured a cleTkship i'll
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tions ensued. His patience and courage
through weary siege Of pain were char
acteristic of his unfaltering heroism. For
weeks he sat propped up by pillows, his
limbs swathed in blankets, writing his
memoirs. June he was removed from
New York to Mount McGregor, near Sara
toga, and here for time the change of
air seemed to strengthen him. He con-
tinued on his memoirs and four days be-
fore his death he completed them. I'M
mediately after the end of the book was
reached, the other end was seen to be at
hand. The final crisis was neither long
nor painful. July p the country was in
formed that he was failing. For two days
his symptoms indicated increasing depres-
sion and exhaustion, and on the I'D came
the end He passed away without groan
or shudder. with no one but his wife and
children and his medical attendants by his
side.
The remains of the great general
lay at Mount McGregor, where he died,
until Tuesday, Aug. +, when they We're
moved to Albany. Here they lay in state
until the following day. when they were
taken on a draped train to New York, be-
ing accompanied by numerous officials and
sorrowing companions-in-arms of the dead
general When they reached New York
they were borne in funeral procession to
the city hall and there they lay in state
until Saturday. Aug. s. Crowds, gathered
from almost all parts of the country, view
cd the body. President Cleveland and
his cabinet; the Governors of numerous
States. with their stats: generals who
tonight under Grant and generals who
fought against him: battle-scarred veter-
ans of the Union cause and men who
wore the gray; judges of the Supreme
Court of the nation, Senators, negroes,
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of States and the sovereign people from
every section of our common country who
joined in this august tribute to the sol
dier, patriot and citizen. Almost twelve
years have passed since the heroic vigil
ended, and the brave spirit of Ulysses s.
Grant fearlessly took its flight. Lincoln
and Stanton had preceded him, but of the
mighty captains Of the war Grant was
the first to be called. Sherman and Sheri-
dan survived him, but have since joined
him on the other shore.
Faithful and fearless as volunteer
soldier, intrepid and invincible as COM
mander-in-chief of the armies of the I'm
ion, calm and confident as President of
a reunited and strengthened nation, which
his genius had been instrumental in
achieving, he has our homage and that of
the world, but brilliant as was his public
character, we love him all the more for
his home life and homely virtues. With
Washington and Lincoln, Grant has an
exalted place in history and the affections
of the people.
1T is right, then, that Gen. Grant
should have memorial commensurate
with his greatness, and that his last rest
ing place should be the city of his choice,
to which he was so attached in life and
of whose ties he was not forgetful even
in death. Fitting, too is it that the great
soldier should sleep beside the native
river on whose banks he first learned the
art of war and of which he became mas
ter and leader without a rival.
In the afternoon at 1890 formal lun-
cheon was given to the President and his
party. AT O'Clock the land parade reach
ca the monument and saluted. A review
OF the troops and civic societies by the
President occupied his time until O'Clock.
when he went on board the dispatch hoat
Dolphin and reviewed the fleet in North
river. At 8 o'clock in the evening the
Union League Club entertained the Presi.
dent at reception, to which all the visit
ing army and navy officers aud other dis
tingushed guests of the city were hidden.
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Chinese, high and low, the rich and the
poor, the obscure and the prominent-all
swelled the crowds that in almost unend-
ing procession passed through the city
hall to gaze on the pale features of the
honored dead 1t is estimated that $780,
600 persons viewed the remains.
The Funeral Pageant.
And when on Saturday morning the
funeral procession formed it's ranks to
march to Riverside Park, New York and
neighboring cities had poured forth into
the streets of the metropolis more than
100000 spectators and mourners.
The funeral car, wherein reposed the
remains of the dead captain, was drawn
by twenty-four horses, each with a black
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the hardware and leather store of his faith

ahe hardware and leather store of his faith
er at Galena, III.
Here Gen. Grant was living when the
civil war broke out. Four days after
President Lincoln's call for troops Grant
was drilling a company of volunteers and
later was made mastering officer. With
in five weeks he was appointed colonel of
the Tweaty-frst Illinois Infantry and re-
norted for duty TO Gen. Pope in Missouri.
In August he was made brigadier general
of volunteers and Sept. l was placed in
command of the district of southeast Mis-
souri,. He immediately seized Paducah,
Ky. thereby saving that State to the
yJn;ou cause. After the battle of Bel
mont he advanced against Fort Henry,
on the Tennessee river, and Fort Donel-
son. on the Cumberland. After the fall
of the former. the movement against the
latter was begun. After three days fight
tng Gen. Buckner, then in command of
the fort. proposed to Grant that commits
sioners be appointed to arrange terms of
sapituia,ion. Grants famous reply was:
ANe terms other than unconditional sur
xender can be accepted. propose to move
Immediately upon your works." The same
day the garrison surrendered.
Became Famous.
Grant at once stepped into national
fame The question was everywhere
asked. ais he the coming man." The
hero of Donelson was Immediately made a
naior general, and in 1868 took command
Of nil the troops in the Mississippi val
Ter. The siege of Nicksburg and the
battle of Chattanooga made an opening
for the national forces into Georgia.
Grant. now the hope of the nation, was
made lieutenant general by Congress, and
By special act was given the command of
the armies of the United States. re-
marknble campaign was planned and car
ried out For each of his brilliant aides
Grant mapped out certain duty. AS
his own opposing force he selected the
army of northern Virginia, under Lee
and the battles of the Wilderness, Spott-
sylvania. North Anna and Cod Harbor
the hardest Grant ever fought-attest
che difficult task he mapped out for him
self. But he triumphed. The surrender
Of Lee. the paroling of the entire South
ern army, ended the greatest civil war in
Aistory.
Gen. Grant started for Washington inn
mediately after the fall of Richmond, to
superintend the disarmament of the ma
1ional forces. Everywhere he went he
was greeted with ovations and these con-
tinued until 1868. when he was elected
President and took conspicuous part in
the reconstruction measures in the South.
o. the expiration of his first term he was
reelected by the largest majority that
any candidate had UP to that time re-
eeived in the nation.
After retiring from the presidency Gen.
Grant decided on visiting the countries of
the Old World. and on May II, 1877, ac-
companiej by his wife and son, he sailed
from Philadelphia to Liverpool on the
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room were the members of the reception
committee, who formed the escort of the
guests of the city. Among the earliest
of these guests was Speaker Reed. Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassa-
dor, was under the wing of Chauncey NJ.
Depew; Gen. Schofield and Gen. Ruger
were together. Mr.. Cleveland arrived
at the hotel at 9:15.
Loud shouts of the people announced the
arrival Of the President at 9:20. He rode
In carriage with Gen. Porter and Mayor
Strong. His reception was f1attering in
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WHERE TIE REMAINS OF GEN. o. S. GRANT REST

flung the immense American flag furnish
ed by the Daughters of the Revolution.
The Fifth Avenue Hotel was the scene
of hustle and excitement during the early
morning The broad corridors were filled
with native and foreign dignitaries, and
almost every second person blazed with
bullion end military trappings. In side
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Removing the Remains.

Removing the Remains.
Into the sarcophagus the coffin contain
ing the remains of Gen. Grant was re-
Gently moved from it's resting place in the
temporary tomb of brick which had been
erected in 1885 and which stands short
distance from the new and magnificent
monument. The coffin was enclosed in a
steel jacket and for several days before
workmen had been employed in taking the
latter apart.
When all was in readiness for the re-
moyal. Col. Fred Grant and Ulysses
Grant, sons of the dead soldier, few
family friends and an honorary guard Of
his old comrades assembled at the old
brick tomb. The copper coffin containing
the remains Of Grant was reverently
borne 70 the new monument and after be-
ing put in a cedar casket was lowered
into the sarcophagus, which is to be it's
resting place for all time. AS the remains
of the soldier-statesman were being borne
from one tomb to another those taking
part in the ceremony uncovered their
heads and the thousands of spectators as
sembled paid q similar mark Of respect
to the hero's dust.
Inside the steel casing were found four
wreaths three Of oak leaves and one Of
roses. and a sheaf. The flowers were al
most as fresh as though they had been
placed there the week before, whereas
they had been within the casing for twelve
wears.
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William Moore was indicted In the
County Court ut Dover, DEL. for obstruct-
ing the polls at an election held in Smyr,
N.
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Unted Senator Wolcott of
oong in questions
in the
add the body his status a
Iaan. ane OF Boston who
aHal Yet sman than
to
successful business Increased
ne made
his
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weighs ten tons. The pedestal is square,
10 feet 10 inches each way, and on this
are the pillow blocks upon which the Ear-
cophagus rests. The latter stands seven
and one-half feet above the floor of the
crypt.
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Grant, US
GraU J
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ment was laid by President Harrison. BY
the following Memorial Day the total
amount needed had been subscribed.
The monument as it stands to-day rep
resents an expenditure of nearly $6OO,OOO