Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-28

the two men stood in the foreground of the wonderful picture the spectators warmly applauded.
 'aThe Star Spangled Banner was played by the band. after which Gen Horace Porter wa5 introduced by the mayor. The orator of the day was ac- corded warm reception. More discreet than the president. Gen. Porter kept his hat on while he was speaking. He read h-s address from typewriter manuscr. .pt.
 When Gen. Porter began to speak the biting wind forced many of the ladies Tn the presidential party to seek the shelter of the tomb. Among those were Mrs. Mckinley, who was slightly indisposed. Gen. Porter was followed by Mayor Strong, who formally accepted the tomb.
 At Il :04 o'clock President McKinley en- tered ehe speakers stand, and was fol- lowed by others who were to participate in the ceremonies. The president. with pared head, was the first to enter the stand. He lean2j on the arm of Mayor Strong, who kept his hat on. The pres id,ent was l-udly cheered, as was also ex- Prssidosrt Cleveind, who appeared with ex-Serereta Tracey. MT. Cleveland and President Mckinley shook hands with each other as soon as they met. The two men converSed for a moment. While waiting for the ceremonies on the stand 10 commence, Pre- .63enlt Mckinley, Vice President Hobart and ex-President Cleve- land had thsir photographs taken in group.
 President Mckinley sat on the right of the speakers pra atform, where he was soon joined by Speaker Reed, who re- mained in animated conversation with The chief magistrate for some time. Ex- President. Cleveland and Mayor Strong converssd together to their left The first row immediately back of the plat form was occupied by the Grant party Cod. Fred Grant being on Ihe end, escort ing his mother.
 TF- heavy seal cape and over her lap was heavy pla1d shawl. She was dressed in a very heavy black 'crspon dress. Next 10 Mrs. Grant was seated her daughter Mrs. N'eIAe Grant S'artoris, and the other members of the family. Immediately back of ths Grant family were seated the manabers of the presidents family, in- cluding Mrs. Mckinley, MT. and Mrs. Abner Mckinley and Miss Maude Me Kinley. The third row was occupied by the ladies of the cabinet, many members of the prs sid'ent's family and their friends aa gensra1.
 'lhe exercf1,S commenced with the sing ing Of America "A solemn silence then fell on the ground, as Bishop John P. Newman iEiVoked ths blessing of heaven on The ceremonies. Many of the people joined in the Our Father" which com ciudei the bishops prayer.
 LAS soon as the prelate, had taken his saat, the hymn of thanks, "Old Nether- ial.u FOX song. was sung by the chorus. tAn1ther mighty cheer arose as Presi- dsnt Mckfrley, after he singing of the hymn. moved to the rail in the speakers stand to deliver his address, He was in troduced by Mayor Strong. As the pres ident removed his hat there were cries from all sides, Put on your hat; we'll excuse you.''
 Ghe president, however, stood with pared head, despite the Tipping wind that swept across the exposed stand.
 Tine president delivered his address. which was magnificent tribute to the
 The warships claimed the attention of the crowd at Riverside before the arrival 9f the dignitari=s and the commence ment Of the services of dedication The river was dotted with small boats which were tossed about on the roughened wa ters and looked from the bluff lilS+- so many bobbing corks All was life and bustie about the men-of-war. The naval part Of the demonstration, the main di- vision, laid at anchor in sight of the tomb while the merchant division were located in th4 bay waiting the word at 2 o'clock for the start of the head of the column The grand division was under the com mand of Rear Admiral Francis s. Bunce, U. s. N, whose staff consisted of Couy- mander John s. Sauterle, Lieut.. Hugh Osterhaus, Lieut.. Charles H. Marsh. Th@ signal "dress ship" was the first
 
 tars were upon the masts and rigging in a trice. All the available flags and bunt- ing aboard the warships seemed to have hauled out of lockers for tha occasion Strings of flags were run from the stern up to the masts and down again to the bow. The United States ensign flew at the stern of all our warships and at the fore of all revenue, marine and light house tenders, eleven of the latter and five of the former. The dispatch boat Dolphin lay off above the warships deck ed profussly in bunting. She was to carry. the president later when he re- viewed the naval parade. An interest ing feature was the parade of the mer- chant marine. The parade was started in splendid order and maintained excel lent order throughout, the flotilla turn ing the stake boat, anchored half mile above the head of the warships in admir- able style and then stemmed the tide until all fell in line at quadruple columns behind th= monitors to wait the coming of the president on the Dolphin.
 At 5 o'clock, the hour at which Presi- dent Mckinley was to go on board the Dolphin, the crowd on the pier where he was to embark, grew larger and larger until several thousand had assembled. They greeted the president with cheers which were re-echoed by the hundreds of steamers, which having come up the river in the naval parade had taken up positions in rather inconvenlent proxim- ity. to the Dolphin.
 The moment the president boarded the lighthouse boat. Daisy, the police boat patrol, assisted by several launches from the warships began to force the tugs and steam mers back and a fairly clear stream of water was visible when the Daisy reached the starboard side of the dis patch boat and the presidential flag broke from her main mast As the president set foot upon the deck of the Dolphin presidential salute of twenty-one guns was fired and the fleet of steamers blew whistles until the sound of firing was starcely audible. President Mckinley was met on board by Lieut. Commander Richardson Glover, commanding officer of the Dolphin and was introduced by him to Rear Admiral Francis M. Bunce, the naval division. The of- ficers of the Dolphin lsaluted the presi- dent who walked aft and ascended the quarter deck.
 He was accompanied by Secretary of State Sherman, Gen. Alger, Attorney General McKenna, Secretary Long, Sec retary Gage and Secretary Bliss. Gen. Miles, Ruggles Porter, Butterfield, Eli lfu Root, J. F. Simmons, Gov. Black and Pnstma ster General Gary.
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