The L'Anse sentinel., 1900-05-26
STATUE FOR GRANT.
Presented to the Nation by Veterans
of the Grand Army of
the Republic.

| Army OF the RepuDllc TO the nation,
was unveiled in the great rotunda of
the capitol Saturday, and elaborate
ceremonies commemorative of the
event were held in the hall of repre-
sentatives i'm the presence of vast
concourse of people, who included the
widow, daughter and descendants OF
the hero of Appomattox, hundreds of
his comrades in arms, the officers and
committee of the G. A. II. and many
persons distinguished in military. po-
litical and social circles. The statue
of the preeminent chief of the union
forces in the civil war represents the
contributions of thousands of his
comrades of the q. a. r., none OF
whom was allowed to subscribe more
than IS cents, and is the result of
movement started shortly after Gen.
Grants death at McGregor, in July,
1889. 1t is the work of franklin Slim
mons, an American sculptor.
OF marble of heroic size, it stands
on a granite pedestal emblazoned with
| a bronze seal of the G.. \. r., and rep
resents the grim old hero in the full
uniform of general equipped for the
field. with top boots and gauntlets, his
cloak over his left arm, his hand rest
! ing on the hilt of his sword. The
! counterfeits Of statesmen, soldiers
and pioneers in marble and bronze
adorn the old house of representatives
chamber of The capital. now Statuary
hall. but these are gifts of the in
! dividual states. Grants statue was
! ~, haEt.,1
| the statue of one whose valiant serv-
| ice was for the whole nation. There
! II will remain with the statues of
| jefferson, Hamilton and Lincoln.
! which also are in the rotunda an eX-
| ample and an inspiration to future
! generations. The hero of Appomat-
toN stands near the western entrance,
| hanked on either side ~ the ia
| nous paintings of the Surrender of
! CORVALLIS" and the Surrender of
/ Burgoyne."
! The unveuing took place shortly be-
fore noon in the presence of Mrs.
/ Grant. Mrs. Sartoris, Miss Sartoris. the
officers of the G. \. H.. Speaker Hen
derson and Senator Frye, president
pro TEN of the senate.
The ceremonies in the house were
profoundly impressive. They consist
ed of addresses by Messrs. McCleary
(Minn.), Grosvenor (O0. Richardson
/ CTenn.). Warner QllD, Linney tN. c..
Gardner (Mich.), Brosius penn.) and
Dolliver (la.).
The gallery opposite the speakers
roStrum had been reserved for the
members of the G. \. r.. and was
| crowded with grizzled veterans come
Z to pay tribute to their loved command
or. In the area in front of the speak
er's desk atthe officers of the grand
army and the committee appointed by
the grand army encampment AT Phil
adolphia. who had been granted the
/ privilege of the floor for the occasion
by a special resolution of the house.
In the gallery reserved for Mrs.
I Grant and her family were Mrs. Grant.
her daughter, Mrs. Nellie Grant Sar-
toris, Lieut.. Sartoris. Miss Sartoris and
! Miss Grant, a daughter of Col. Fred
! Grant.
! Exactly at 10 Speaker Henderson's
| gavel fell. After an impressive prayer
| by the blind chaplain. the committee
of the grand army. among whom were
| Commander in Chief Albert d. Shaw.
! Gen. 5. S. Burdctt. Gen. Il. b. Heath,
/ S. ". Commander in Chief Irwin Rob-
! bins and Chaplain in Chief j. L. Grimm.
were ushered into the house.
After the speaker had announced
the order Of the day. Mr.. McCleary. of
Minnesota, chairman of the commit
| on lihrnrN. t,,t h. n, =, 4.
/ and had read the letter addressed to
the speaker presenting the statue Of
Gen. Grant to the nation.
The letter was signed by the com
mittec of the G.. \. r., consisting of
Gen. S. S. Burdette of Washington;
Gen. R,CI'a Beath, of Philadelphia;
Gen. Russell a. Alger. of Detroit:
Gen. Seldom Conuor, of Augusta Me-:
Col. +. S. Grant. of Middleport. O..
and Hon Horace S. Clark. of Mattoon.
| ILL.,
Mr.. McCleary then offered the fol-
lowing resolutions:
"Rcsolved. by the house (the senate con-
curr!ng)- that the thanks of congress be
| given TO the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie for the statue of Gen. Ulysses s. Grant.
Resolved. That the statue be accepted
| ana plaCeu III the capitol, ana tlat copy
of these resolutions, signed by the pre-
| siding officers of the house of representa-
| tives and the senate, be forwarded to the
| chairman of the committee of the Grand
Army OF the Republic on the Grant me-
| mortal"
The eloquent eulogies of Gen. Grant,
which followed, were listened to at
tentively, and several times wrung
round after round of applause from
floor and galleries.
| An Awful Deed.
Pueblo, Col, May 21.-Frenzied by a
jealous quarrel with his wife, Calvin
Kimblern (colored), formerly cor
poral in company NJ, Twenty-fifth
United States infantry, Sunday morn
ing shot his wife twice, once in the
abdomen and once across the neck,
and then deliberately and in the cold
est blood, put revolver to the heads
of i5-year-old Ethel Straussen and H.
y>ar-old Jessie NJ. Skaggs and fired,
killing the latter girl instantly, the