New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-29
THOUSANDS AT THE TOMB.
A GREAT THRoNG VIEWS THE SCENE OF
TUESDAYS CEREMONIES.
RELIC HUNTERS TEAR DOWN THE hAN"'N"'
FROM THE MISUNDERSTANDING OWNERS
COUNTING THEIR LossEs-THE WAR

RELIC HUNTERS TEAR DOWN THE HAN"iN"S
FROM THE MAUsoI.EUM-sTAND OWNERS
COUNTING THEIR LossEs-THE WAR
SHIPS LEAVE THE SCENE.
Caremont looked desolate and lonely yesterday
morning after the pageant of the previous day but
IN the afternoon at least 10000 people visited the
Grant mausoleum and were permitted 10 pass WIFI
In the massive gates. Four policemen were s''
toned at the tomb to keep order. ana they aho"cu
only small number OF visitors to view the interior
OF the monument at a time In future there VIII
always be both night and gay force OF fark Po-
lcemen at the mausoleum. and at present 'h.4
force is larger than usual owing TO the thousands
who are expected to gaze upon the sdrcophds ~
within the next few months. The tomo VIII DC
open TO visitors every day in the year from udS
break until dusk At night visitors can approach
as near to the monument as the east walk as thal
is not under the jurisdiction of the Park Board
Within the limits of Claremont and the Drive now
ever no one is allowed remain after ID - m, al
though cyclists may ride along the Drive II they
do not d.smount for more than five minutes
Among the first visitors TO the tomb yesterday
were number of Grand Army veterans including
a delegation from the George c. Meade Post OF
Philadelphia of which General Grant was for many
years a member The post last Wednesday placed
banner and a memorial wreath beside the sareopn-
agus The flowers and other memorials about inc
sarcophagus were not removed yesterday and every
and roses which is an Offering OF respect and love
from Ia Hung Chang.
The people who visited the tomb yesterday morn
ing shreds the purple cloth used to decorate
the stand IL front OF the mausoleum. The pieces
they took home souvenirs. The old repository
has suffered much from the relic hunters. ana a
high board itnce had TO he punt around II XIV
strengthened yesterday, and four policemen were
stationed at each corner OF II, as IL was feared
structure have been received from Grand Army
posts by John I. Brady, the contractor to whom
these requests will be complied with
was nne not G0r Begun gu eSrs and ali
arc likely to remain as they are until visitors to
the contractor said yesterday that 1t would be
cournE danger to tear d9wn sns ssshd The
distinguished guests OF the city before then, The
be- tori, 1,au down until after Decoration Day as on
that day number of Grand Army posts are to
Most Of the spectators IN the stands along the
Drive were counting up their losses YESTERDAY ana
grandstand is reported 10 have made money. He had
his stand erected at ne-hundre1-and-twenty sec
Spectators had the foundations of theirs laid and
was able to sell tickets at reasonable prices Mos, Most
Several were the victims, of g!ib-tongued forger
and swindler. Thomas Buchanan, who built the
cepted a forged check from this man and lost $40
M Buchanan ,7 said to bGne reporter FAY yester
have heard. only two stand-oMners made money
The others lest large sums" The forger operated
by using the name Of r. r. Spencer. who lives at
the Waldorf and producing letters purporting to
be signed by Mr. spencer.
The American and foreign warshps which took
part In the celebration weighed anchor at o'clock
yesterday afternoon and steamed slowly down the
river. The English man-of-war Talbot was the first
to get under way and slipped through the lane OF
ironclads with her crew and marines standing at
attention the decks. forward and aft she was
the Maria Teresa she passed. The New-york
followed by the Indiana and Columbia, with the
rest OF the fleet behind, afterward moved slowly
down the river. amid the cheers of those on shore
Fire Marshal Mitchell yesterday began an inyesti-
CATION of a fire which after midnight burned the
grandstand al Ninety -ifth-st. and Riverside Drive
1t IL suspected that the fire was OF ihcehdary
origin.