Show I GRANfS NEW TOMB DEDICATION WILL BE A MOST IMPOSING SPECTACLE Many Ideas Have Been Advanced and Many Others Are to Be Worked OutApril 27 the Day New York March 20There remains no room for doubt that the ceremonies marking the dedication of the new tomb for Grant on April 27 will be one of the most impressive spectacles seen I in this city for years Mayor Strong announced yesterday that he had been officially notified that President McKinley VicePres ident Hobart and the members of the cabinet had accepted the invitation to participate in the exercises The mayor may-or has received acceptances from MajorGeneral Miles the German ambassador the ministers from Japan Mexico Hawaii Hayti and Corea the minister resident of Costa Rica Justice Jus-tice Rufus W Peckham of the United States supreme court and from the governors of Connecticut Kentucky New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania and Maryland all of whom will attend I with their staffs Governor Bushnell I or umo nas flounce uenerai irrenvuie M Dodge the grand marshal that he I will if possible bring with him such a detachment of the Ohio state troops as will fittingly represent the state Owners of many vessels in the merchant mer-chant marine have made application for places in the naval parade and the ships of the North Atlantic squadron squad-ron under the command of Admiral Bunce it is expected will be here to take part in the demonstration The veteran association of the 165th volunteers better known as the Dur yea Zouaves and the Charles Sumner I Pioneer corps an organization of colored col-ored men are among the latest bodies to ask for places in the land parade an interesting feature of which will be the cadet division in which will be a brigade of Chinese students under the command of Thomas W Wright on who will wear blue uniforms and be armed with Springfield rifles The Hamilton institute cadets have also asked for a place in the line as have the naval cadets of the port of New York with 50 officers and men their uniform consisting of the regulation blue and white Other bodies who have signified their intention of attending at-tending are the Fifth regiment of Maryland which will be accompanied by the Fifth regiment veteran corps numbering 15 officers and men and the national lancers troop A of Boston Bos-ton first battalion of cavalr The bad weather put a check on the work at the tomb yesterday and the sarcophagus has not yet been placed in posItion II |