San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-27
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY DELIVERS.
AN ELOQUENT EUL0GY ON
THE DEPARTED HERO,
One Million People Stand By With
Uncovered Heads A Brilliant Ar
ray of Foreign And American
NOtatleS- Grant Family As
Guests Of Honor,

New York, April 27.-When the sun
rose over fair Manhattan on this day
of days in her history of patriotic pa
geants, he found a cloudless dome
awaiting him. The prayers of a mil
lion or more had been answered and a
storm seemed impossible. 1t was cool
and brightly tinted, and the clouds
held no promise of anger or sorrow.
| Briskly blew the wind and joyfully
tossed the striped and starred bunting
which from every vantage point in
Greater New York cleaned in a beauty
and brilliancy that no other flag on
| earth can hope to equal. Flags were
there by hundreds of thousands from
the huge emblem with its fifty feet
| of fly and fifty of hoist, to the tiny
emblems which decorated the collars
of the truck horses. Flags float in the
great thorOughfares and in the narrow
est alleys from tenement windows and
on the STATS of public buildings; from
the stalls of the street vendors and the
| faCades of the mighty hostelries and
the lOftier office buildings; from the
spars of merchant ships and from the
| bows of the humblest. canal boats.
Long before the sun had risen above
the eastern horizon the streets were
| thronged and an earnest was given
of the mighty hosts which later in the
day would crowd the line of march
and surge around the mausoleum of
the great general. The ceremonies
proper began at sunrise when from the
tall flag pole near the tomb was flung
| flo niShn
by the Daughters of the Revolution.
There it will fly night and day, in fair
weather and foul, until the winds have
worn it away and the suns have faded
it's colors. At the same the marines
on the warships were piped to quarters
and landed on shore to stand and re-
ceive the head of the land column.
The bands were playing on land and
water, children singing and youths
shouting in the very joyousness of
| spirit, for it was agreed on all sides
that the prevailing note should be joy
over the memory of great man hon
ored, not sorrow over the death of a
| hero.
The Fifth Avenue hotel was the
scene of hustle and excitement during
the early morning. The broad CORR
dignitaries and almost every second
person blazed with bullion and militia
ry trappings Inside the room were
members of the reception committee
who formed the escort of the guests
of the city.
The earliest of these geuests was
Speaker Reed, Sir Julian Pauncefote,
British ambassador; Chauncey M. De-
/ c., ~ HnnnraI
Ruger, Mr.. Cleveland arrived at 9:15
Secretary Long, of the navy, followed
close to the ex-president. Loud shouts
Of the people announced the arrival OF
President Mckinley at 800. He rode
| in a carriage with General Porter and
Mayor Strong. His reception was fiat
tering in the extreme and he bowed re-
peatedly. Vice President Hobart join
ed the president and General Porter
and mayor and the open barOuChe II
, which they were seated drew up in the
; centre of the plaza where it took its
lplace at the head Of the line. Genera
Butterfeld, in the uniform of retired
general of the army, rode at the rlgh
, of the barouche, which was preceded
, by a picked force of mounted ponce
i men. The military escort included
|
"a" In the meantime the diplomat
r had departed, leaving the way clear Z
[ the Grant family, the cabinet ana olh
s ers The Grants left the hotel lev
minutes ahead of the presidents par
, ty. Mrs. Grant leaned on the arm o
her son, Col. Fred. d. Grant, and tn
others followed. Altogether they oc
n cupied eight carriages. The initial ste
I in the parade was on schedule time an
1 by $40 the presidential party was o
the move. The order of procesio
d was:
d /. Squadron A.
Il 2. President Mckinley, Vice Pres
:. dent Hobart, Mayor Strong and Gel
n Porter
8. Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, Col. Free
d. Grant, Mrs. Fred. D. Grant, aMr
- Nellie Grant Sartoris.
4. Mr.. Jesse Grant, Miss Nell
Grant, Master Chapman Grant.
q 5. Five carriages bearing the rest
A. the Grant family.
) 6. Ex-President Cleveland and Ricl
ard Watson Glider.
De 7 Major General w. S. Rosecran
is Mai. Gen. c. c. Augur, Maj. Gen.
n G.. Wright, Major General ]. c. Park
ct Cheers greeted the distinguished pa
ty as il moved through the decorate
t, streets the enthusiasm being
so noteworthy that President Mckinley
an face was Joyous and his nat was in
lis state of constant salute. Mrs. era
H. and her family to the third generate
re were objects of special attention al
Of the widow of the hero was visibly a
fected at the great demonstration. 1