Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-14

in readiness for the ceremonies G the
following day. but. the weather beine
stormy. this part Of the work was post
poned. Early in the morning of Aprl L..
which was Wednesday. the statue was
hoisted 20 the top of the shaft, the hasr-
ing apparatus having been loaned by /.
Capt. Mullett, architect of the Treasury
extension. and some of the appliances
by Mr. Clark architect of the Capitol
A platform, sixty-four feet long. SIXTEEN :
feet wide and six feet above the grount.
had been erected around the base OF the
monument for the accommodation OF thA.
invited guests.
There was procession. 1t formed a<s
the intersection Of 9th and ID streets ~
go. The men of No. = Steam k1no'
Company had borrowed a field piece eN4-
they fired a salute in front of the enG0A
house as the procession started. F1f1f
marched the Marine Band. Then came
the Grand Lodge OF Masons and members
of subordinate lodges marshaled by A.
NJ. Howard. The Sons of Temperance
followed under command of John s.
Hollingshead, whose aids were George
n. Eggleston. w. II. Gonzalves w. H
Harrison. c. H Frost. j. S. Erly, J. w,
Roberts and w. II. Chase. =
The Good Templars marched behind-
Heald's land. The Temple Of Honor
was led by J. S. Stokes. and behind
marched the Good Samaritans The
Grand Lodge of the United States
knights of Pythias. which was hold
ing sessions or a conclave at odd Eel
lows Hall on the Navy Yard. att
tended the exercises. but did not take
directly from the hall to the place Of
unwilling.
The streets around the city hall were
crowded with people. The police wers
under command of Lieut.. Noonan. The
President and cabinet and the House
and Senate had been invited to be
present, but the two branches of Con-
gress were occupied with the great
impea chment trial of President john
son and could not attend. but tho
President was there. He was accom-
panied by Col. Rives and Mr.. Kershaw
Some of the notables on the platform
were Baron Geralt, Mr.. Tangebee, the
Greek minister; Maj. Gen. Hancock. Gen
Mitchell, Gen. Emory, Col. Capron, the
commissioner Of agriculture; Alexander
Padilla, governor of the Pueblos of Is
leita in New Mexico: John Ward, gov
eminent agent to the Pueblos; Gen. o. o.
Howard, Mr.. Cantazelli, secretary Of the
Italian legation; Admiral Radford, As
sistant Attorney General Buckley, Gen.
Charles Thomas, Gen. Morris s. Miller.
Gen. Carr. Gen. S. +. Carey, John Hitz
and DR. John b. Blake. Gen. Grant was
in attendance, but he stood on the side
walk in front of Mr.. Bradleys office, &C.
cording to the report of the ceremony.
declining to take a seat OF. the platform.
The exercises were opened by prayer
by the Rev. DR.. Hamilton. The Marine
Band played. The dedication ceremony
by the Masons followed. B. B. French
delivered the GRAFTON of the day. the
President unveiled the monument, the
artist, Lot Flannery, was introduced to
the great audience. and benediction was
said by the Rev. DIR. Gillette.
In the Masonic dedication service the
Rambler finds the following names. in
addition to that of B. B. French: Junior
grand warden. Joseph B. Will; senior
grand warden. John H. Russell. and dep
uty grand warden. John Locke.
1t was claimed at the time of the UNI
yelling of this monument that Washing
ton was the first city to dedicate mon
ument to the memory of Lincoln, and
this was probably the fact though thres
years had passed since the assassination.