Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-09
MARnRED L0VEJOY.
Sixty Years AFTER His Foul As.
sassination Illinois Does Hon.
Or to His Memory,
AND LIFTS A MONUMENT TO hin

Who, Strange to Say, Died Because He
Would BE FREQ In the Country Of Wash.
ington and the Declaration OF lndepend.
enee - Dedioatory Ceremony ut Alton
Where He Was slain-sketch Of His
Life and Story Of His Murder.
Alton, Ills. Nov. 9.-The Lovejcy mon
rment in this city was formally dedi-
Gated yesterday. 1t was sixty yesrs ago
Sunday that Lovejoy was assassinated
In this city because Of his outspcken and
fiery editorials against slaver-. He
was the first martyr in the cause ;oabol-
ish slavery. Lovejoy's remains would
have been lost had it not been for Thorn
as Dimmcck. OF st. Louis, who had the
grave located by an old sexton. the only
person who knew where mis- coffin
was buried. The coffin was placed in q
vault until q suitable lot could be Sc.
cured, and here a modest screll now
marks his resting place. Two hundred
yards TO the south is the nillety-foot
shaft erected to his memory by the citi-
zens OF Alton and the people Of Illinois
at cost Of $4,000. The exercises yes
terday had to be changed on account Of
the heavy rain. Instead Of being at the
monument the exercises were held at the
Temple theater as follows: Invocation,
Rev. Dr. NJ. Jameson: emusic. Amer
lea" chorus; The Rise of the Monu-
ment," Mr.. +. =. Wade: address, Hon.
Thomas Dimmock: presentation, by
Miss Herb: Concord hymn. chorus; ad-
dress, Rev. J. NJ. wilkerson; tribute to
Hon. G. a. Herb, first president. Of the
association. Hon. d. II. Sparks: music,
Battle Hymn Of the Republic" chorus:
address. Governor Norihco;t: music.
"old Hundred" chorus; beredicton,
Rev. II. X. Sanborne.
Man Whose Memory Was Uonorcd.
Elijah Parish Loveioy. ahoii.ionist
martyr. was born in Albion. Kelnebec
county. Me. Nov. .. 1892. lie was the
son CT Rev. Daniel Loveioy. a Pr6sby-
terrain clergyman, and the grandson OF
Francis Lovejoy, who removed from
Amherst, y. H.. TO Albion in l,s0. when
Kennebcc county was still a wilderness.
Elijah was the oldest Of nine Children.
At an early age he showed q desire for
study and when yeaSs old had already
read the Bible and committed psalms
ard scriptural extracts. His esrly life
was spent on the farm OF his father and
during this time he attended the district
school few months every year. Then
he entered the sophomore class Of the
Waterville college and was graduated
with the highest honors in 1896 deliver
Ing a poem at the commencement .xer-
cises entitled '1nspiration of the Muse"
Began Life a: st. louis.
| The year following his graduation Eli
jah Lovejcy removed to st. Louis. where
he established school ard where hi,
contributions TO the press won ICY him
the reputati, N n thoughtful aud earn
est writer. IL 1929 he became the editor
OF political paper. in which ne sup
ported Henry Clay as candidate fer the
presidency. He continued in journalism
at this time for nearly three years. and
then. as the result Of a change In his re-
ligious views. turned his attentioa to the
ministry. He entered the Princeton The
illogical seminary and April rs, 1882. fin
ished his course. The Philadelphia pres
bytery licensed him 10 preach. and dur
irg the summer of 1893 he temporarily
filed pulpits in New York and Newport
Il. I.