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Show uiiAxr-a tiiiiinr.xr. Clroaa4 llreken nl thTeatkl Biter-si. Biter-si. Is Park. NkW Yonic, (April 17. Ileforo tho regular cereuionlra commenced Hire liundrod children of tho (Sheltering Arma loalltutlon oud a drum aud flfo cot playing "America" man-bed part the tomb with Uaga drooped, ljeeli child carried a bouquet uf "forget-nre-liott," which It east upon the tomb, The niarlno band playou an overture, Afur which I lev. Dr. Clark Wright, rhaplalu of Department Commander Freeman' itoir, (ollerod prayer, and a cJiorul aang the "rilarpanguxi Haulier." Hau-lier." Commander Freeman presided. Ho Introduced lien. Jloraco Vorler, orator uf the day. I'orter talJi "rilxty.iiliio eara ago today then Issued Into tho world a Uing who waa destined Ito aland promlueut In tbo history of the country und whose fanio waa to reach unto tbo uttermost nana of tho earth. Tho moat roll-l roll-l Icuoua charartera In hlitory havs rln to promlnenco by gradual iideauoes, but Ulyssc H. Oram came I fore the people Willi Aauddeu liound. Almoatthe tint sight caught of him wa lu the blaie of hla camp flrea and the flashes of his guna those wintry dsysand nlglita lu front of Doiiclsou. From that time until the crowning triumph at Apmattox lie waa a leader lead-er w Iiom name waa a harbinger of vlo-tory, vlo-tory, From the final sheathing of hla aord till hla aihea wero laid Ion it In youder tomb lie waa tho chief citizen of the Itepubllo aud the great central flguruof the world." Ueueral Toiler then, lu an epigram, nulla way, contra-led thu obscurity uf (Jrant'a early life with the fame of latter lat-ter year., touchtd lin the aallent fratunvuf hla (haracler ai aauldler and Chief Magliuate, and aketthed tho prominent acU of hla 1'iealdeu-tlal 1'iealdeu-tlal iareer. The epeokcr aald that lila unbounded geuenialty for frleuda, hla magnanimity to fuea, will lw re. memtrt-redaa long aa hla manly quail-tlet. quail-tlet. He ui.ver tlrod of gllug iiuatlnt-edprale iiuatlnt-edprale to worthy aubordluatra for work that they did. Like the ihlef artltta who weave tho gobelin tain a-trlea, a-trlea, he waa content to work behind the cloth, letting tboae In front apiar tobethepriurliial lontrlbutora to the ltauty of tho fabric. The orator aald that the onn word liK-h more cbaructirlzid General (Iraut than any other waa loyalty, Lojally tu hla rvutitry, to hla frfeuila, tohteGod. l'or Ihla riaxui chiefly, men were lojal to him. 'llu waa cre-ate.1 cre-ate.1 for great emergenclea. In ordinary ordi-nary mattera lie waa un ordiuary man. lnmoineutouaatlalralio towered aba giant." Tho tiieaker cloi.eU byeaylngi "So elHirt of human handa tan add n alngle laurel to hla crowu; all the houora the earth can glee have been beitottcd on Mm. The o,lo whom he aerve.1 .bate rtaolved to faahlon a tomb worthy of hla oahea and rear In a monument mon-ument of roik a fitting tribute to hla fame." A chorua aang "America," when I'Oiuinauder Freeman arone to Initiate I the (articular ceremony of the Uy, breaking ground for the monument. t iheajade which he uaed waa a line 1 api-c men of American handicraft, tearing an Inacrlptlou giving the chief oviiuu of General Granl'a tareer. Jlefore turning up tho od Com-jnanjtr Com-jnanjtr freeman aald: "We gather wuay, not .imply aa repn leuuiltvea of me hundreda of thouutuia of living and deai whom he led la victory, but of the entire nation, the men who ZV." !!" K " " ' '" h wore Uie blue. Now, lu the prrwiuo of Almighty Qod and thtao wltneaaee, we, repnaeDtatlvoa of tho GrauJ Army of the ltepubllc, break tho aod preparatory to laylog tho foundation of a monument which ahall aUnd aa a alghtHpriaiionof tho lovo thla na- ' ih.u .!u "'. " t'?1 chloftaln, and thAll Ull to M lh, wotld ib ,he I United Hlaler of America doea not for. get her heroin dead." . ., At tho clone of hla rrmarVa Coin, mander I'rcemvi look tint epado In hli ImnJ. an I with It lowwl up Hi" inrUi. Thlaemlud thecireiuouli-oand tho crowd dhiwneil. Klllf.t In llie lanrl llonae. IMUIBVIM K, ICy., Allll, ?-A Wllhuin Hliovrera tiAlked Into the courthouao t r.lliabellitown thla morning, ho waa ahot mil killed by Charlea Moon. Hlmwcra' wile waa foun I dead omn tlnm agn, and Moprr, brother of Ilia woman, charged him with raurJerlug her. Hhowira waa tried and awpiltleil, Uil thu uVad wuman'abruthtrdll not agreo with the verdict. lave IHel.leU M airlfce. Iluumrrji, April !7. The fed. rallon of llelglinmliieraliava ilecldnl to go outoii a etrlkn with tho (lennana lu an iUrt tu ol.Uln the pawageof lawa making eight hoiira a legal iliy' w"'k and grautlug unlvenal eulIraKc. (I,lufe nmnaale.1 In from Jlealce. C'iiicaoo, April 27. Tho government govern-ment aiithorlllea are uolllled of the arrival ar-rival of live Chlneae, who landed In .Mexico ami worn amuggled In through Alltoua. Ling dial lived hern aeveral year, went bark to China, got hla four eoniaml brought them baik by the now route, llorara a party of fifty rami. In through AilionA with them And that them la a Clilnoao Agent In Mexico doing a largo bualniae In thla amuggllng. Annlfervaejr ef llie Amerleua f Inb. 1'irisnviui, April 27. Vho Amerl-cua Amerl-cua club halay celebrato.1 I la fifth anniversary and at the aamotlmeob-rtrved aamotlmeob-rtrved -the alxtj-nlnlli birthday of General Grant. The lan'iuet tonight waa Attended by many prominent men. Henalor Cullom of Illluola talked of Grant. Kx.Congrtaamau McComaa of Maryland aioke of the work of the laat Congnta And pretratluiia for 1S9 Hluce ('ougrca nttjihirnad, he aald, atroug ludli-allonacuuie from tho north, eaalaud weat that the jieople approve the leglalatlon and clean aud atrong a'lmlnl.lratloii of tho reubllrana. "Uioii reciprocity aud upon the men auu newapaiiera of toilay wo rely for victory In lb2." Jiillua C. llurrowa of Mkhlgau, John M. Tburaton and othera roajionded to toaata. Aulllean and Alavln Haven Chal. Hr. Louu, April 27. 1'reuk Hlavln, the well known ituglltit, hal a long chal tuday with John I,. Hulllvan. Thla evening he aald to a rejiortcr that Hulllvan told him he waa no longer lu the ting; that ho waa bound by contract for two yeare that prevented hla return to the ring, and, further, that he liked hla new profeaaloii better. Hlavln Acknowledge Ac-knowledge Hulllvan at champion, and Intend to go for the winner of the Jackeou.Corbett light, lie aud Hulllvan Hulll-van irted tho beet Df frleuda, and Hlavln aald tho man that made a blurt at Hulllvan would Iiavb to tight him mt. A tnrlao Wedding. IjO.wiox, April 27. At tho regit-trar' regit-trar' office In Houth Hhlelda, Haturday, midget girl uuly 37 lucbea high waa married to I'rof. llulley, II feat 1 Inch high. Humbtrt, the man without arma, gave tbo bride away, algulug the certificate by holding the peu between hla teeth. The l.rldeamald waa J! In. Nina, tho American glanteaa who weight utu (KiunJi; lwt man waa Ca-lain Ca-lain Dallla, who la 7 feet lu Inchta In height. General Mellllon, 9 luetic high, waa oue of the wedding party. All wrru connected Willi a traveling clrcua. |