The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-27

and he bowed repeatedly. His usually
grave face was wreathed insmiles He wore
the regulation, statesman's frock coat
and hat. Vice President Hobart joined
the President and General Porter and
the Mayor, and the open barouche in
which they were seated drew up at the
curb in front of the main entrance to the
| hotel.
| After a hurried conference it was decid-
| ed not to leave the carriage, which soon
turned around and drew up in the center
of the plaza where it took it's place at
| the head of the line. General Butter
| field in his uniform of a retired general
of the army rode at the right of the
barouche, which was preceded by a
picked force of mounted policemen The
military escort included one sergeant and
ten men of troop A.
In the meantime the diplomats had
departed by the Twenty-fourth street en-
trance leaving the way clear for the
Grant family, the Cabinet and others.
The Grants left the hotel by the Fifth
avenue entrance a few minutes ahead of
the Presidents party. Mrs. Grant
leaned on the arm of her son, Colonel
Fred D. Grant, and the others followed.
Altogether they occupied eight carriages
made almost schedule time, and by $40
o'clock the Presidential procession was
on the move.
The order of this procession was
l. Squadron A
z. President Mckinley, Vice-President
Hobart Mayor Strong and General Por-
ter.
g. Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, Col Frederick
u. Grant. Mrs. Frederick D. Grant, Mrs.
Nellie Grant Sartoris.
4. Mrs. Jessie R. Grant, Miss Nellie
Grant, Master Chapman Grant
.. Five carriages bearing the rest of the
Grant family, consisting of thirty mem
bers.
t. Former President Cleveland and
Richard Watson Glider.
q Major General N. S. Rosecrans, Ma
Jor-General c. C. Anger, Major-General
H. G. Wright, Major-General ]. G..
Parks.
Cheers greeted the distinguished party
as 1t moved through the decorated streets
the enthusiasm being SO noteworthy that
President McKinley's face was joyous,
and his hat was in a state of constant
salute. Mrs. Grant and her family, to
the third generation, were objects of
especial cordiality and the widow of the
hero was visibly affected at the great
popular demonstration
The visitors got a chance to see mil
lion people Visitors from far-away
Western or Southern States, who had
never seen metropolitan crowd before.
1t was an inspiring sight that unbroken
wall of humanity, six miles long.
The arrival of the procession at the
Tomb was the signal for a most stu
pendous outburst of patriotic cheering
from the $4,000 people in the grand stands
and on the lawns around the monument
and on Claremont Heights.
The President and the other guests
alighted from their carriages at the mon
ment stands and took the places assigned
to them in readiness for the oratorical
and musical ceremonies at 1926 o'clock,
and stiffness reigned in place of the noisy
enthusiasm that marked the arrival of
President Mckinley
AT THE TOMB
By eight O'Clock vast crowds had ar
rived at the Tomb and those who were
fortunate enough to possess tickets en-
titling them to seats on stands took their
places in the gaily decked structures and
prepared for the long wait that was to
ensue before the arrival of the notables
and military pageant The less fortunate
ones selected standing places from which
they could see what occurred. The police
were early on hand and established
line around the grand stand and the
monument and along the roadway that
was to be traversed by the troops
The elaborate preparations which had
been made for handling the crowd bore
good fruit; there was comparatively little
confusion and those who desired to reach
their places on the official stands had no
difficulty in doing SO.
A feeling of reverence for the memory
of the great warrior whose renown was
to be perpetuated was frequently mani
tested by persons in the serging crowd
surrounding the spulchre Gray haired
men were frequently to be seen lifting
their hats as they were borne past the
tomb in the stream of humanity, and one
touching incident occurred early in the
morning. An aged darkey with snow
white locks and stopped figure stopped
near the foot of one of the flights of
steps leading to the monument He oar
ried in his trembling hand a small bunch
OF v1olets which he timidly asked a police
man to be placed at the entrance Of the
tomb. -e
He helped to make me free man.
boss, explained the negro. The police
man mar hesitated an instant and then mount
ing the steps, laid the simple token of
gratitude at the foot of one of the coil
umns of the tomb
The Warships claimed the attention of
.9ta .ne gro crowd before the arrival of the dig
services Of dedication The river was
dotted with. small boats. which were
tossed about on the roughened waters
and looked from the bluff like SO many
oopplng corks. All was life and hustle
aboard the men-of-war
At six o'clock orders flashed from tba
flagship for the fleet to dress for the
day S festivities. A few moments Ia for
a rainbow of mighty colors began going
up at the bow of the New York. I'M.
mediately every vessel in the fleet fol-
lowed suit
The big ships made a magnificent show
ing in their gala attire, with rainbows of
bunting from bow to stern.
Ihe ships were in the following order:
New York, flagship; Indiana. Columbia
Maine, Texas, Raleigh, Puritan, Ampfi,
trlte, Terror, H. NJ S. Talbot Fulton.
french; Zogall Italy; Infanta Isabella
spain; Maria Teresa, Spain. The de-
flagship.
At 9:45 o'clock the Mary Powell. with
the West Point cadets aboard went by
AS the cadets came within hailine dis
ttance they gave a mighty cheer Instant
" flags were dipped and as the Mary
Powell drew alongside the New York, the
latter fired a salute
President Mcmillan of the Park Com
missioners, and Charities Commissioner
Faure were among the first to orr;,,o :,