New-York tribune., 1907-08-20

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bearing Governor Guild, j. Henry Sears, presloei.
of the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Associatoi' nu
George Allen, F. o. Snow and c. AUSTIN oooh' 80
Selectmen Of Provincetown, will go out 10 e
| the President and his party 20 the shore. <A' ~
long steamboat wharf they will be transferred 10
carriages for the ride UP TO Town Hill II Is u,
| this hill. ninety-fve feet high and oVeriooihs ~
ocean for miles around, that the stately Iieiho M
monument is to be reared. Here a granostaho' III
| the form of an amphitheetre and seating twenty
one hundred persons, has been provided
SALUTE FROM BATTLESHIPs
As the Mayfower comes to anchor eight battle
ships of the United States Navy. already drawn
up in imposing semicircie in the haroor' WIN
| boom out salute for the President oreSseu ii
their gala attire. the officers and crews Will aoo
not a little TO the picturesaueness OF the occasion
| Some twelve hundred marines and sailors are 10
be landed escort and for police DUTY ana IL
will be through lane of these men that the 1leSi
dent and the carriages containing the other guests
will be driven TO Town Hill. The houses anu
stores along route have been beautifully deco
rated that ALL for the entire business
section of the town and many of the homes out
side of this district have been decorated
The Masons to take an important part IN the
ceremonies of laying the cornerstone. the srand
lodge of Massachusetts,. numbering about seventy
FIVE, and the Sutton COmr1andery. knlshts lem
plar of New Bedford, will be present ana march
in the procession. A large delegation from the
United Order Pilgrim Fathers. dressed In the
costume of the old days. will be an interesting
part of the procession.
+ Albert Blake grand master OF the Grano
Lodge of Massachusetts, will have charge or the
Masonic ceremonies. After he has poured on MA
tions of oil and wine he will pass the trowei TO
President Roosevelt. who will spread some cement
on the stone.
The cornerstone is block Of North Carohia
granite weighing 4so pounls Inserted in the DOT
TON, is 70 he a copper box, cast solid and weigh
ing forty pounds. Among other things that VIII
be securely sealed in this box, are copies VI ti
original Pilgrims compact the Constitution Oh 'o
Tinted States the constitution Of MASSACHUSETTS,
the Massachusetts bill of rights. Governor brao-
ford's History of the Plymouth Colony and
copy OF the Bible. -,
After the stone has been securely set In place
Governor Guild will make a brief speech Welcom-
ing the President and formally introducing nm.
The Presidents address is expected to take ABOUT
sorty-fve minutes. When he consented 70 Inahe ~
many months ago he told the committee II "ou
be largely historical. but there have Dee' 'ail'
things since that have led to general eApe0'
ton that the President will have more than "olu
70 saw on his future policy toward the business
interests of the country.
1JTNCHEON AT TOWN HALL.
The President will be followed by Ambassador
Bryce Senator Lodge and Congressman hoVer'ns.
The exercises will be closed by the sihsA's "I
America" and the procession VIII start pach "
a. rrorn Hall where luncheon is to be served.
The President intimated that he may atleho
this but reserved the privilege OF leaVihs o"
whenever Il may be necessary 10 start Oh MS i
tur, to Oyster Bay. At this luncheon. over "hch
.h pay Dr p Perry Bush will preside as toast
master there will be the reading Of poem pS
Nathan Haskell Dole. of Boston, ana on hyiii
bv the Rev DR.. william F. Grifhs II is expected
that the President viii be able to get away on
the Mayfower for his return 10 o9S'0' Ha' ~
o'clock in the afternoon.
Rear Admiral Davis. in his flagship uhe % Aia
bama came sailing into the haroor on Huy
afternoon. He is in charge Of two divisions OF
lFI
r-ta cave, other battleships. tho Kentucky. tne
Kearsarge the Illinois. the Virginia the New 'er-
sew the Rhode Island and the Georgia nave o'sh
here about week o,a,
The proposition to put up a suitable neihoiia1
of the first landing OF the Pilgrims Is an olu oe'
as a hill TO appropriate money for that purpose
was introduced in the MassachusetIs Aee4s
in 1S53 but failed for some reason me IioVsiAs'
that has proved successful was s'arteu III ioi y
Cantain ] Henry Sears. of Brewster on the cape
10 orya nized tbe Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial AS
ISOLATION A fund made UP of memberships AT u
each grew slowly In 1903 the Legislature OF tie
state appropriated $4,000 on the understanding
that similar amount should be raised by July o.
,oos There was $500 in the treasury. Contrtbu-
tions of 5000 each were made by Andrew carnegie
and seven eight others. but most OF the sup-
scriptions were small However. before July l.
1so5 the association had raised SZI0cD. Congress
enalv passed a bill appropriatng $4,000 with the
understanding that similar amount should be
raised by the association. So year ago Iuhu
of $4,000 had been completed. and arrangements
for the building of the monument were begun
MONUMENT TO DE HIGH
rv common consent Town Hill. which rises nine
| tv-1ve feet above sea level. chosen the
site Here a foundation of concrete. reinforced
with steel has been built IL is sixty feet square
and eight feet deep. Upon this the cornerstone is
n he placed Above the level of the ground the
base of the monument will be five feet high and
| .wentv-eight feet square The monument will rise
2so feet above the grousd, making the pinnacle 345
feet above sea level. II is said that 1t will be
the highest monument anywhere the Atlantic
seacoast. The only monument in this country ex-
ceeding It in height will be the Washington Monu-
ment.
The Pilgrims monument will be reproduction
of the bell tower at Sienna, Italy In time
It is hoped that a of chimes may be placed at
the top It Is expected that the structure viii
cost about 10000 and, as 1t is desired to have a
| fund beautfyng the adjoining grounds, the
association wants raise additional $1,000. 1t
| Is hoped, however, that the work may DO COM
pIeted so that II may be dedicated within two
years.
Tomorrow will be the first time President OF
the United States has visited this historic
and quaint town official capacity, and the
second time that President has been here.
The day that President Grant spent here as a
visitor is 1874 is still remembered. x-Presidenu
Cleveland, whose summer home is Buzzard's
Bay on the CAye, visited Provincetown but not
while President. An effort is to be made in
duce the PresidsCt to drive through the town be-
fore he leaves here in order that every of the
| Inhabitants, young and old. may have a chance to
greet him