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Show IN HONOR OF GEN, GRUNT. Celebrating the Anniversary ot tha Birth ot the Great Soldier. Ilrttlnlrj lt,o Ornlnr. IllalliiEiilaltc.l Uuealanl Ilia .N.w l.irU lliiiiet. l t'ltlaburg. Galena, III., April 27. Today was a festal day lu Catena, tl s homo of Oeneral Urant, on tbo occasion of lilt 71al birthday. Ten thousand pcoplo braved tbo unpropltlout weather to assist in honoring tbo memory of tho great commander. Tbo publlo ofllcct, schools and Lusloesa brutes wore doted. All Were profueely decorated. The narrow streets wero almost liu-pattable. liu-pattable. Governor MuKiuey, the orator ot tho occasion, atrlvoJ thlt ufternoou, accompanied by II. It. Jvohltaat, of thu Chicago -Inter-Ocean and ethers. A jwrudo wns formed at the same tlruo and tho govsrnor aud party wero driven direct to tbo paraoo line. The lareuo comprise I all tho local military arid civil orgaulxatlons with the visiting visit-ing Grand Army potts and societies headed by the Urant 1'lfe and Drum Corps, organized tHenty-llve yean ago. The pott of honor woe hold by lho rcmnaut of Company "i:," Tenth Illinois Volunterre, the first oompauy organized In (ialena when the war broko out. The original Intention was to hold tuoexcrclira In Urant Park, where tho monument stauds, but the weather uud lioveruor McKlnley'a btallli pre-eluded pre-eluded this. Tho oration was delivered In rumor Hall tbls evening. A publlo reception tu MoICInley una Kolilnnl was preceded by n torchlight display and lltenotkii. Governor McICiuley In lilt oration expressed tho honor bo felt In belnu permltlej to share In tbu obtervauco of tbo toveutv-llrst anniversary anni-versary cf the birth of (Jeneral Grant, Thotieukerraplaly tketched thobo)-hood thobo)-hood uud early maohood of Urant and, coming down to lho war, detailed his Initial work In lho struggle. ItloKln-ley ItloKln-ley then reviewed uud ouloglzrd Uiant's tnllltury oareer. Bpoikluguf (J rant's civil aduilulatratlou, ho salu: "Coullany ono havo clouu better thaubt? Wo will uotptuso to discuss dis-cuss Dili: Ho committed errors, but who could havo escaped them? Ills administration was tho ttrongrit, wltrtt and most t uttlotlo we eve r had. Grant won tho l.utluggtatlludoof his fellow couutrymeu, nuu whenever he went amoui thorn they crovruod him with tbu muulfutatlgu cf their lovu und veneration." Uovernor McKUley spoke In touch lugworaa of tbo alrugglucf Ihould enrumander with death al Mount McGregor Mc-Gregor whllo flnlshlug Ills memoirs. aud In closing said: 'We bow lu ull'oetlonalo roverenco and with tbo most grateful hoaits tu ihulminortal names of Washington, Lincoln and Grant, and will guare. with tltcplcra iVllluuco their mighty work and cherish their memories for evermore." J.uit overling another great reception wasbeli, which luted until uf,cr 10 o'elcck. UHAM IHNQDET IN NLVV YOlllC Krw Yomc, April 27. The Grint Ilinquct association, orgtulzed t) celebrate cele-brate tho birthday ol General U. H. Urant, gavu Its annual dinner this evening at lho Hotel Waldolf. General Horace 1'orler presided. Among the cuctls were Major General BcllotlrlJ, U. 8. Grant Jr.. Jcsm It, Grant, Vice Admiral Blr Johu I'. llDl.kli.t. K, (-'. II., Vlco Admiral Kaiuokof, Jtsar Admlrtl llaurreftOhorardl, Hear Au. uilral U. A. K. Uocsou, Hear Admiral 1. Abel du I.lbran, Hear Admiral Jilaghaglil. Hear AJinlral J. G. Walker, Hear Admiral Goiuiztlano, Heir Admlrtl Julio Catsur de Nor mouba, Hear Aduiiril F. U. Howard, and IheBinnlsh and Urazlllau ministers. minis-ters. at t tTianuitu. 1'ITTSHUIUI, April 27. The seventh annual banquet ef the American club In commemoration of lho birthday cf General U. B. Urant was glvtn this evening. Three hundred and folly-eight folly-eight covers were laid. Among thoaa who responded to lo-tsts were ex-Con-irresimsu Ilenjamln lluttcrworlh. James It. Garilil I ol Cleveland and John Bio art of Now York. |
