Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1897-04-28
IN HONOR OF GRANT.
People Flock to New York from
All Parts of the
Country.

New York, April 26.-Tomorrow's
pageantry is being wildly forecast today
on the streets of this city and on the
waters that encompass the town. Many
public buildings have been decorated
with flags and bunting in honor of the
soldier-president whose mausoleum is to
be dedicated with ceremonies iii which
all the states of the Union and many
foreign governments will be repre-
Sented
Ever ywhere one goes about town are
t We met men in uniform, the military
p. ominating, while sailors and marines
no the foreign men-Of-War anchored in
* river or harbor are to be met with
Or .sers, battleships, gunboats, torpedo
boats, dispatch boats and launches NOV
ing about from one to the other or from
craft to shore are objects of interest to
deniZens of town or country who line the
river front watching the naval represent
ativeS of SO many governments.
Preparations for the accommodation of
the multitude of sightseers on the NOR
row are well advanced. Along the entire
line of march stands have been erected
except in cases where they would inter
fere with the rights of residential prop
erty owners, and over these structures
the building department is exercising a
supervision calculated to secure immu-
nifty from accident. The weather today
is threatening, the atmosphere being
characterized by a high degree of hui
Nudity, but according to the weather bu-
reau'S observer there is every promise
OF fair day tomorrow.
Every train reaching New York or Jer-
sey City brings hundreds of strangers to
swell the throngs already made more
dense than usual by the earlier corners.
The hotel corridors are crowded with uni
formed officers of the army, or national
Ol.H of hn taf
the more gorgeously-attired members of
the stats of the governors who have come
as the special guests of the city. Thou
sands upon thousands hocEed to the vi
entity of the Grant tomb on Riverside
drive, to obtain a nearer view of the
resting place of the hero than will be pos
sible tomorrow.
Presidents Arrival.
The President and his party arrived at
the Pennsylvania depot in Jersey City
at $40 p. m. There was a crowd of
several hundred people waiting for him.
Capt. Cox and forty police were at the
depot waiting for the arrival of the
presidential party. There were also car
riages for the party, but they walked
from the train depot on the north side
to the TWenty-third street ferry slip,
where the party boarded the new boat
Pittsburg.
At the depot were the reception com
mittee from New York, including the
Presidents brother, Abner Mckinley,
Col. Fred Grant, Gen. McCook, Chaun-
cey NJ. DepeW ana Gen. Horace Porter.
Gen. McAlpin, President Jerolomon of
the Ne-- York beard of aldermen and
Richard Delaheld, secretary of the eXecu-
tive 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.
The President was driven from the
ferryboat TO the Fifth Avenue hotel
The second special train with Vice-Pres-
ident Hobart and the senators arrived
shortly afterward and they, too, pro-
ceeded TO New York.
Washington, u. c., April 26.-Just on
schedule time the presidential train
pulled out of the Sixth street station of
the Pennsylvania railroad at 1870
O'Clock bound for New York with dis
tnguished party aboard all the guests
of the city of New York to attend the
ceremonies connected with the dedica-
ton of the Grant monument.
The train was made uD of seven
coaches and it was noticeable that the
President solved in advance any uues-
ton Of precedence that might have arisen
by himself taking the last coach on the
train. There was first a combination
baggage car and smoker, then a dining
car, then the vestibuled chair car Emelia
for the accommodation Of the committee,
members Of the press and other unofficial
guests of the Pennsylvania railroad.
The chair coaches AliZa and Celeste
were occupied by the ambassadors, the
fore gn ministers and their attaches and
personal servitors. The car Dorcas was
occupied BY the members of the cabinet
and their ladies, Mrs. Grant and her
children, Rear Admiral Brown, Adjt.-
Gen. Ruggles and a few other officials.
The Presidents car was No 90, the
To Of
the Pennsylvania railroad. 1t had been
tastefully adorned with flowers and
made very cheerful in appearance by the
forethought of the Pennsylvania rail-
roads officials who had charge of the
train.
The members of the party began to ar
rive early at the station and were
promptly assigned to their respective
seats without friction A few minutes
before the time set for the start the
presidential carriage drove Up to the sta
ton, followed by that of Secretary Por-
ter. The President assisted Mrs. Nc
Kinley from the carriage and across
the station into the private car. She
was dressed III becoming gray gown
and appeared 20 be in the best of spirits.
Following came Mrs. Porter, Mrs Sax
ton, DR.. Bates, the white house steward
and a maid. Mrs Mckinley was seated
in an easy chair commanding a view of
the country through the rear windows
of the observation platform. The Presi-
dent stepped to the door and bowed to
the crowd and the train rolled away.
The special train bearing Vice-Presi-
dent Hobart, Speaker Reed and commit
tee of the Senate and House of Repre-
senatires and members of their families
to the Grant ceremonies left here today
over the Baltimore & Ohio railway. The
entire delegations of the two houses were
on hand with the exception of Senator
Plat of New York, who was detained
by the serious illness of his wife.