New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-02
GRANT DAY CEREMONIES
MORE GOVERNORS DECIDE TO ATTEND
THE ANCIENT ORDER OF HIpERNIANs TO De IN
LrNE-pI.ANs OF SCHOOLS FOR cELE-
pRATING THE OCCASION.


RRATINC THE OCCASION.
Tho LIST of nrominent officials of the various state
governments of the country who VIII be present
q, tho dedication of the Grant Tomb on Aprii - II
constantly growing. Yesterday word was receive"
tina; the Governors Of Iowa ana west N"s''
would certainly he here The Young Men l'ep"
Ucan Club OF Baltimore which STOOD ny uc"o'"
Grant in the National Convention OF l>so mas eN
dressed n Willingness to consider an invitation 10 AT
,epd The Ancient Order Of Hibernians mas aP-
nlied FOR place in line. and viii turn out aoo"'
ten thousand men.
New ideas for the celebration OF the DAY are
constantly being proposed. one of tho latest u
that General Dodge request everybody WIZ ~
played flags on the day of the business men
Sound Money parade last fall to display 'neii ~.
again on April q The boards of educatlon VI az
the districts included in the Greater Ne" w.
have under consideration various plans loi '"o
proper celebration by tho school children % A''"
g. the day before the ceremonies. -
The 5000 members of the Natonal H""i" ~
PENNSYLVANIA will probably be quartered at inc o'
Gutenberg racetrack, where there are a'np'o a.
commodatons for largo NUMBER vi mem
march from the track to tho Forty-seCOHu-S' i'
can be made in three-quarters OF an hour so 'n''
the location is fairly convenient. Inc feinS' '".a
men have engaged all their horses ana '"es 'opo.s
that the price made only reasonable ''uS
showing that there still horses In plenty
The 22d Regiment Will care for part OF inc iH''u
Brigade during lis stay In the city
At a meeting Of the Plan and Scope committee
Frank Damrosch was authorized 10 proceed with
the arrangements for tho musical part OF the pro-
gramme According to his plans, there Will ne
chorus Of 100 voices. which Will sing 'Ihe star
Spangled Banner" America" an old Netheriahd
HYMN with original words and the HaAelu)ah
chorus from "rhe Messiah" 1t IS expected tha'
the Marine Band of Washington. will be present
The official guests OF the city on April 20 ihcIud-
.np the President the NicePI esdent. the Jus'lces
Of the Supreme Court and the diplomatic corps
will stay at the Fifth Avenue lOrL more tA1.
twenty-fOur hundred people have sutsclloeu SpV VI
over TO the fund and will receive tickets 10 'e re-
viewing Garret j. Benson Serstanl "a r,'
of The State Senate. the Mayor yeS'erdi! re-
garding the accOmrl oddtiOns for tho LeSlslature'
which now desires to erect lis own specldI Stdhu
The Mayors decision IS not known.
The Harlem Republican club Is making Great
nranaration for the DAY Senator Joseph Il. Fora
ker has accepted invitation to deliver an al
dress and the club has invited leadinS uptown
clubs TO join with II. There Will be = unlvi
given by the club in the evening at the Vest Emu
Hall. in Harlem.
4 contract has been given out by Columbia Uni
versitv. owning the property north OF One-hul-
dred-and- sxteenth-st.. between AlnsierGan-iNe'
and the Boulevard. and the New OK tosp'hl'
owning the property south of that street 10 as
phalt that street at once. Originally ii was intend
cd to allow this work to lie over until ColunDla
new site was completed but, owing to the Iact
that the space may be wanted by the Grant LAY
paraders or spectators of the parade. was deter
mined 10 push the work to completion before that
day.
Rome April 1.-The cruiser Lguria, 22So tons
will he sent to New-York by the Government to
the monument erected to tho memory OF General