Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-05-04
GRANT IN BRONZE
HANDSOME EQUESTRIAN STATUE
UNVEILED IN PHILADELPHIA.
M'KINLEY MEETS COCHLAN
President Cordially Greets Commander
of the Raleigh-Granddau of
Gen. Grant Pulls Cord Letting
Colors Fall From Statute-Many
Distinguished Persons Present.

Philadelphia, April 28.-ln the pres
enCe of the wife and three generations
0. Gen. Ulysis ), Grants family, and a
eat crowd OF people, Miss Rosemal !
ltOris, az ddaUgh Of Gen. Grant,
re. eIuay nveiled the equestrian
tie Of her illustrlous gran dfa Their III
FaiImount pa.k. Fla gs everywhere
were displayed thrC, ghOut the Cit and
II Ships in the harbOr were gaiIy deco
rated in ColorS. The weather was
beautiful. President Mckinley and
Mrs. Mckinley enjoyed thems Ives i'm
mcnscly during the ting ana were
every where warmly greeted by the peo-
pie. Mrs. Grant and Miss Sartoris also
shG. 4 the ttentiOn OF the peol e, and
were Cheered every where. The unVeil-
ing was Il great success in every way;
not "a aceiQent married the occasion.
The Stt tIe is loC' ted in a beautiful spot
along the eS st drive of the Suhuylkill
yer, in Paramount park. 1T is a gift
of the l. irmou' PAX Act as. relation
to the people G PHILADELPHIA The
cruiser Raleigh was not lost siSht of
during the unwilling ceremonies.
Great crowds visited the river near
where the crriser was lying, and hum
dreds Of people I2id a visit ON board
The cruiser fireu salute as the monu-
mel was unveiled.
The ceremonies of the day Logan at
1890, when the presidential party ar
rived from Washington. When the
president arrived a great cheer went
up and continued all along the route
TO the Bellevue hotel. The famous LIST
Philadelphia city troop was the pres
idents guard of honor. At o'clock
the start was made for Paramount
park. In the carriage with Mckinley
was Secretary Gage, Mayor Samuel H.
Ashbridge and John II. Converse
When the president emerged from the
hotel he was again warmly greeted
and along the entire route of four
miles he bowed almost necessarily in
response to the cheers of the crowd
Half dozen carriages following the
bers, and other prominent men. These
were followed by carriages containing
Mrs. Mckinley, Mrs. Grant, Miss Sar-
toris, the wives of the cabinet Of
ticers, and members of the ladies' re-
ception committee. When the presi-
dental party reached the monument
it found a great crowd awaiting it,
The crowd started to cheer and never
ceased until the ceremonies began AS
the president stepped frCm the car
riage he was saluted by 81
guns. A pleasing incident was the
greetil between the president and
Captain Coghlan of the Raleigh
This was the first opportun-
ity the president had of talking t. the
commander since his arrival in the
country and great heer went up as
ne president stretched forth his hand
ard grasped that of the commander
The president seemed pleased to greet
the captain.
Mayor Ashhridge presided at the
ceremonies and after formally vel
ipblllSS lHt III tHlAltllJ w HiltllIlIJHlu
he called upon the right Rev. OH w.
Whitaker, bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania, to
deliver the invocation and prayer.
The mayor then made a short address
and was followed by John H. Con-
verse who presented the statue to the
commissioners of Fairmount park.
As he concluded speaking Miss Sar-
toris mounted the platfC"m near tn :
statue, pulled the cord which held the
national colors about the figure, and
the horse and rider We're brought to
view. AS the drapery fell battery D,
of the national guard of Pennsylvania,
fired a salute of II guns, and the
Raleigh, nearly four miles away, also
belched a salute of II guns.
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