The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-28
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FEATURES OF THE DEDICATION OF
GENERAL GRANTS TOMB.
Incidents of Day That VIII Long he
Remembered by the Million People
Who Witnessed Them.
THOUSANDS OF MARCHERS
NEARLY 6O,OOO MEN IN LINE IN THE
GREAT MILITARY PARADE.
A Nations Hero HOnOred by Militia
men from Many States, Regular
Soldiers and q. A. II. Veterans.
PROCESSION OF WAR SHIPS
REVENUE CUTTERS, MERCHANT YES
SELLS AND OTHER CRAFT.
Pretty Marine Display Reviewed by
PROCESSION OF WAR SHIPS
REVENUE CUTTERS, MERCHANT YES
SELLS AND OTHER CRAFT.
Pretty Marine Display Reviewed by
BOIphin-The Mckinleys HOnOred.

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NEW YORK, April 27.-Never but once
in the history of the world and never before
In the history of the United States has such
a tribute been paid the noble dead as
when, to-day, with wonderous pageant by
land and sea, the Nation dedicated the
tomb that now holds the body of lis hero,
Ulysses S. Grant. 1t was an occasion. more
of triumphant eulogy and national Prids
than Of funeral rite, for in these twelve
years since first the Nation mourned for
Grant, the keenness of grief has worn away
and in its place there lives in the hearts Of
men that hero worship which found such
tumultuous vent to-day. The greatest of
our citizens, our soldiers and our sailors
to-day stood side by side with men of fame
from almost every nation of the earth and
paid, without regard to race, or creed, or
party prejudice, the last and long delayed
honor of the living to the dead. while the
greatest throng that ever filled the city of
New York added its surging pean to the
roar of belching guns and the tramp of
marching soldiers. And in that throng
there was no North. and no South, for since
the soldier-President had said, Let us
have peace" the gray had blended with the
blue.
city to take part in the dedication ceremo-
nies the ag-decked streets were black with
people, who cheered vociferously as the
great men drove by. When the tomb was
reached strange sight met the eye. All
around the oval, in the center of which
stood the gray monument to Grant, were
what seemed TO be black hillocks. This
somber background formed by the
thousands of spectators who filled the
stands built up from the ground on both
sides of the tomb to the level of the steps
that lead TO its massive doors. To the
south. where the loop around the oval met
the Riverside drive, there were two solid
lines of humanity On all four sides of the
monument oval the stands were packed to
overtlowing. while facing these crowds was
the great mass of eager sightseers who had
not been officially provided for.
AN IMPRESSIVE SCENE.
The solemn service of dedication seemed
10 throw a strange hush over this vast
throng. The President stood bareheaded in
the wind When he spoke he was heard
distinctly by the five thousand persons who
stood directly in front of him. General Por-
| ter's Grafton in honor of the hero seemed
| TO impress the crowd less than the sight of
| the pale-faced, bare-headed President.
| eral. ex-President Cleveland and the gray
haired statesmen and soldiers. 1t was their
presence. rather than their words, that lent
| solemnity to the occasion. And when it
| was all over, when Mayor Strong had for
mally accepted from the Nation the trust
| of the tomb, and when the President and
| his party disappeared intthe luncheon tent.
| sigh of relief went up from the crowd, for
| at last the hero lay in the tomb befitting his
| renown and fittingly dedicated by a CRATE
| full Nation
While the land parade was waited for
| after the conclusion of the ceremonies the
| sky became cloud-laden and the wind in
| creased until it almost howled around the
| trees. The waters of the Hudson reflected
the ashen hue of the sky, and the great
| white ships that foated in its bosom stood
| out In almost omnous relief. The dusty
! roadbed OF the drive was whipped up un-
| til black coats became brown and specta-
! tors forsook their unsheltered seats for
| the protection of the tomb pillars. Then,
suddenly under the cloud of dust, from
the south, between the two black lines of
| people which seemed to meet in the per-
spective, came the nodding plumes of the
soldiers. On they marched, an endless line
of white and red and blue and gray. FIRST
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oval and returning on the north road under
the monumental arch, they passed the
President in review and then back again
into the black background of humanity and
| the white cloud of dust
Surrounded by his Cabinet. his generals
and his friends, President Mckinley stood
ana reviewed the grandest military pageant
| ever seen IN this city. There were regular
soldiers, regular sailors. national guards
men of the sea and land forces, Grand
Army veterans, Confederate veterans. and
the striplngs who. in the future. may fight
as gallantly as their fathers did
MRS. GRANT IN THE TOMB.
| When the cheering was at its loudest and
when the wind had somewhat died away
touching scene was enacted, which was
seen by few. Silently Mrs Grant stole
away from the Presidents reviewing stand
where she had been watching the gallan,
troops so by, and, leaning on the arm OF
her son. Colonel Grant, made her way 70
the tomb followed only by the members OF
the Grant family The bronze doors were
opened and the widow OF the hero passed
from the noise of the outside world into
the dim quiet of the tomb. For ten min.
utes she staid there and then. with he,
face hidden in her hands she left the scene
Soon after this President MCKINLEY wen,
aboard the Dolphin. amid the booming OF
guns. and reviewed the great war shin.
that lay in the shadow OF the tomb TIL.
dense crowds still stayed in their seats anf
watched the end OF the land parade. Then
when the last company had passed out ot
sight on the white roadbed, the hundred.
OF thousands of spectators sought their
homes. All traffic was ccngested and a
was hours before the tide OF travel fell n
ITS normal condition
As o'clock. the hour at which President
Mckinley was to go on board the Dolphjn