Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-07-22
in MEMORY OF LOGAN
The Statue to the Dead Gen.
eral Was Unveiled in Chi
cago To-day.
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CHICAGO, ILL.,, July ~ The pomT
and ceremony BETTING the memory o
soldier, rather than the solemnity ant
impressiveness attached to that Of |
senator and statesman, marked. to-day
the unveiling of the monument erected
upon the Lake Front, by public sub
scription, in honor of the public career
of General John A. Logan.
BY proclamation, the event wal
made the occasion of public holiday
Thousands of visitors came from
abroad, business was largely suspend
ed at noon, aud the center of the city
was gsily decorated. Shortly after
O'Clock the exercises we're Inaugurated
at the base OF the monument, In the
Lake Front park. at the foot of Ed
ridge court, and in the presence of a
throng, estimated at from 10000 to
10000. To the north Of the monu.
ment had been erected grand stand,
which was occupied by a thousand
representatives of the nation, of vari-
Gus commonwealths, of the city, and
the members of the late generals fam
lily. The latter comprised Mrs John
A. Logan, John A. Logan, jr., and
wife and Little slack" Logan Ii.
IT, ist..,sov mae ranraaaofod
by Secretary of the Treasur, Gage, and
six governors, of as many states,
with their stats, occupied positions
upon the stand In their rear were q
dozen generals and ex-generals Of the
Uniteo States army who we're General
Logan's companions in arms. The
Army of the Cumberland, the ex- Con-
federate association, and other organi-
cations were largely represented.
Promptly at l O'Clock, William II.
Harper, chairman OF the general Com
mittee on arrangements, called the I'M
mense assemblage to order, and the
.sassembly" was sounded by trumpet,
ers of the United States army from
Fort Sheridan. PRAYER was offered by
Rev. Frank M. Bristol. former pastor
of General Logan's church. The unit
ed bands having rendered "Coumbia,
the Gem Of the Ocean," ex-Judge
Henry w. Blodgett, as president Of the
board of commissioners, presented the
monument to the state Of Illinois. rep
resented bv Governor Tanner. At a
given signal, little slx-year-old slack"
Logan gave tug at the rope, and the
canvas that had hidden the monument
from view, fell apart, while salute Of
four guns was fred by Grimes battery |
of the second artillery, U. s. A. The
disclosure OF the heroic pile was greet
ed with cheers from the throDg that
LASTED for several moments. Governor
Tanner, having accepted the statue on
behalf of the state, the band rendered |
asHall to the Chief,'' and Senator
Shelby M. Cullom, in behalf of the COL
leagues OF General Logan in the United
States senate, delivered a brief ad-
dress. Again the band was heard.
This Time in "The Star. Spangled Ban
per," the audience joining in the re.
frain. The oration OF the day was de-
llvered by Hon George r. Peck, FORM
erly of Topeka, Kan, and its numer-
0us eloquent passages were loudly ap-
planced.
Following the formal exercises came
the parade, and which, 10 the opinion
of sp ctators, equalled il not eclipsed
The street pageant on the occasion of
the Grant monument ceremonies at
New York. The military division in
cluded twenty five hundred troops from
j, fferson Barracks. Mo-; Fort Way ne,
Mich Fort Brady. Mich and Fort
Ills, divided into two regi-
ments Of infantry, eight troops OF
cavalry and one light battery. The
parade moved in the following order:
{ Grand Marshal General John r
Brooks, U. s A., commander Of the
department of the Missouri, and staff;
Grand Army of the Republic. 10000
men; regular troops, 500; visiting
governors and staffs; Governor Tan
ner and staff; Illinois national guard,
1000 men; letter-carriers, / 900 ex-
confederates; regimen oil associations;
civic organizations and other bodies,
5000 This evening there will be
naval parade on the lake and display
OF lfir. works.
CHICAGO. Illinois. July %. The
statue unveiled to day, and IN the crypt
beneath which The casket containing
the RI mains OF General Logan will be
Is the work Of Augustus St.
& Audens, thu eminent sculptor, while
the pedestal was designed by Stand.
furd Wbiie, of New York This date
50 chosen for the dedication because
il is the anniversary OF General Logan's
taking comm and OF the troops upon
the death of General MePherson.
To ward the cost Of the memorial the
state Legislature appropriated $50, 900,
the South Park commission gave the
COST OF the pediment, and several
thousand dollars we're raised BY private
The equestrian bronze
statue rests upon granite pedestal
hugo oval mound, with
ID which win be constructed crypts for
tbe reception OF the dead soldier and
his widow when she too shall have
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