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GRADY MONUMENT
FORMALLY UNVEILED AT AT¬
LANTA, WEDNESDAY.
Fully Thirty Thousand People Witness
the Imposing Ceremony.
The monument to II ;nry W. Grady
with was unveiled at Atlautq Wednesday,
appropriate in cer, monies. It was an
event Atlanta’s history. The scene at
the monument as the covering fell, re¬
the vealing for the first time to public view
features of the loved Grady, was cer¬
tainly one to be remembered. Such a
crowd has been seldom seen in any city.
It was itself a wonderful tribute to the
memory of the man to whom the statue
was raised. ' Then the procession was
perfect in every detail, and the exercises
were excellent. No such pageant was
ever seen iu Atlanta. That is the ver¬
dict of the multitude that saw it. The
crowd was e-timated at from thiny to
fifty thousand people.
There may have been larger processions
in Atlanta, but never in the history of
the city was there a more notable one.
All trades, all professions and all classes
of citizens were represented in the pa¬
geant. The military companies and civic
societies formed a part of that procession.
THE PROCESSION AS FORMED.
The procession was made up in the
following officers rode order: A squad of mounted
in front, and after them
came carriages in which were the expo¬
sition directors. Following them came
the Fourth Battalion, under command of
Colonel W. L. Calhoun; the Grady Ca¬
dets, Zouaves, Gate City Guards and At¬
lanta Rifles, under their respective cap¬
tains. This completed the first division.
The second division, was made up of
Knights of Pythias. The third division
composed the Fourth Artillery band,
the confederate veterans, the mayor and
city council, the O. M. Mitchell post G.
A. R. The fourth division, was
composed zations. of the different railway organi¬
The fifth was made up of rep¬
resentatives of the press—newspaper
boys men, printers aud newsboys. The news¬
wore nice badges, and were excel¬
lently drilled, presenting a fine appear¬
ance. Over one hundred and fifty em¬
ployes of the Constitution headed this
division, each wearing a handsome badge.
Many of them were the co-workers of
Mr. Grady. This completed the proces¬
sion on foot.
Behind them was the sixth division.
First came the Governor’s Horse Guards,
commanded by Captain John A. Miller.
Next the governor’s staff. Following
them was the fire department. They con¬
tinued with the procession to Alabama
street, when an alarm of fire was rung in
and they broke ranks. Next came the
carriages containing Governor Hill, the
family of Mr, Grady and the Grady
monument committee.
In the first carriage were Governor
David B. Hill, Charles S. Northen, presi¬
dent of the committee on arrangements;
Governor W. J. Northen, Mr. Clark
Howel).
Seco'ud carriage—General Henry
W. Slocum, Colonel Fulton Colville,
Senntor Dan Voorhees, of Indiana, Mr. J,
J. Falvey.
Third carriage—Mr. John A. McCall,
Mr. Thad Hammond, General E. P.
Earle, Mr. William P. Hill.
The following several carriages contain¬
ed the different members of the monu¬
ment committee and their guests, Gener¬
al Austin Lathrop, Colonel J. &. McEwen,
Dr. H. S. Pearce, Dr. J. W. Lee, Mayor
Hemphill, Hon. Fleming duBignon,Hon.
Pat Walsh, John Temple Graves, judges
of the supreme court.
The S. T. A. was represented by a del¬
egation in carriages.
ALONG THE LINE.
Tho long procession of six divisions,
composed of civic and military organ¬
izations and distinguished citizens and
guests, it presented an imposing spectacle
as moved along the line of march from
the Capitol on the way to the statue.
Nearly every organization floated hand¬
some banners and wore beautiful badges.
From the beginning to the end of the
line of march the sidewalks were crowded
with cheering people, they overflowed
into the streets and made the windows
black and hid the housetops from view.
From the capitol to Whitehall street the
crowd was thick on both sidewalks, and
on the latter street crowded out onto the
procession in places. A noticeable feature
was the number of ladies present, and
every big dry goods house contained window. its
bouquet of fair faces in every
Down Alabama and along Loyd to De*
catur, up Pryor to Peachtree the scenes
were the same; but it was only when the
parade reached Marietta street that the
great interest the public took in the un¬
veiling of the statue could be fully
judged.
From the artesian well to far beyond
where the veiled monument stood, in the
middle of Marietta street, opposite the
postoffice, the people were packed and
crowded until progress was almost an
impossibility. projection Every window was
, crowded, every was taken ad¬
vantage of. The balcony of DeGive’s
opera house capitol was packed like with ladies, and
the old looked a bee hive.
The crowded postoffice presented perhaps the
most appearance. Every slate
shingle upon the roof seemed to have its
human occupant. With a reckless disre¬
gard of danger they looked down on the
crowds beneath them from their vantage
point, and never seemed to think that a
single incautious movement would pre¬
cipitate them a hundred feet to the pave¬
ment. Every telephone and telegraph
pole was garlanded with served men and boys
and the trees likewise as seats.
It was a scene that showed how much
Atlanta thought of him who had passed
away,and its equal will probably never b<
seen again.
AT THE MONUMENT.
The procession reached the monument
at half-past 12 o’clock. The entire street
from above tho monument down to
Peachtree was a crowding mass of peo¬
ple. Fiorn the platform it was a sea of
faces, aud moved in waves. There were
so many people croad-d on the broad
street that it was difficult for the police
corps to make a channel for tho proces¬
sion to pa s through. As the carriage
containing Governor Hill with Governor
Northern Mr Unwell «n<) Mr. Cha t *
Northen, and drawn by four beautiful
gray horses, drew up to the platform, a
mighty cheer went up from the multi¬
tude. Then came the carriage contain¬
ing the other distinguished guests of the
occasion. As they filed upon the platform
and took seats the Mexican band
played “Dixie,” and another mighty
cheer went up— a cheer that shook the
very base of the monument itself. Gov¬
ernor Hill looked out upon the crowd in
amazement. He could not feel other
than honored by this great mass of peo¬
ple. On the immediate speaker’s stand
was the governor and his party, includ¬
ing the “tall sycamore of the Wabash,”
Senator Vorhees, of Indiana. Then there
were Governor Northen, Mayor Hemp¬
hill, Mr. Charles Northen, Hon. Clark
Howell, Rev. Dr. Lee, Mr. Fulton Col¬
ville, Mr. Will Hill and other members
of the committee and of the governor’s
Among the people who occupied seats
on the stand in addition to the immedi¬
ate family of Mr. Grady, were the speak¬
ers, the mayor and the city council, the
city officia's, the Constitution editorial
staff, the exposition directors.
Dr. J. W. Lee opened the proceedings
with an eloquent and touching prayer.
Then Mr. Fulton Colville eloquently
told of the history of the monument,
Mr. Colville said:
Mr. President and Gentlemen: Ou the
23d day of December, 1889,Mr. Grady died
On the following day a large number
of his friends met in his old room in the
Constitution office and decided to erect a
monument to his memory. A committee
of fifteen was chosen to collect the funds
and build the monument. We issued
an appeal to the people of his beloved
city and state and to the people of the
nation asking for contributions. In
thirty days we closed the subscription
iist. We had collected $20,000. The
sum came largely from his own city that
loved him as he loved her—as Niobe loved
her children. It came from every county
and nlmost every village in Georgia. It
came not only from every state of the
south, but from almost every state in the
union, from Massachusetts to California.
It came from all classes; it came from all
sexes. It came, in all amounts, from $1,
000 to 10 cents, sent by a small newsboy
from Texas, and 5 ceDts wrapped in a lov¬
ing note perfumed by the touch of a little
girl from South Carolina.
Why should the whole people of this
mighty nation so generously contribute
to the perpetuation of the name and
memory of Henry Grady in everlasting
bronze? He never held public office; he
was not endeared to the people from hon¬
ored age or public trust. His life was
yet in the dawn; manhood’s morning had
not reached noon, and the shadows were
still slanting toward the west. It pro¬
claimed the fact that the people of this
united country recognized him as the pa¬
triot of this age 1 The first since Lincoln
—since Washington. We hear it constant
repeated from partisan sources that the
south is rebellious, and the scri bling
pharisees declare the south barren of tal¬
ent andgenius, yet in the beloved borders
of this rebel and barren land was bred
and born the tire e greatest patriots this
country has ever produced—George
Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Henry
Grady!
It was the spirit of the south, that
carved with the sword, tbe pathway of
the pen, and made America the strong¬
hold of the Anglo-Saxon race.
Washington made our country. Lin¬
coln sacrificed his life in maintaining it,
and Grady triumphantly standing on
Blvmouth Rock was with loving words
again knitting the states of this union
into a holy compact of mutual esteem
and affection, when the cruel arrow of
death pierced his loving heart and stilled
his magic tongue.
“His eloquence was the electric current
upon which the positive and negative
poles of public sentiment were rushing
into a warm embrace and he died ‘liter¬
ally loving a nation into peace.
THE UNVEILING.
President Northen, of the monument
association, then announced that the
statue would be unveiled by Miss Gussie
Grady, the only daughter of Georgia’s
beloved son, in honor of whose memory
the monument was erected. Miss Grady
pulled the blue ribbon which loosened
the white cloth enveloping the statue.
The covering fell and the monument
complete appeared in full view before the
great assemblage. Hats were raised and
a great cheer went up from the thousands
who love and honor the memory of the
great Georgian.
GOV. HILL SPEAKS.
Hon. Clark Howell then introduced
the orator of ihe day, Governor Hill, of
New York. When Governor Hill arose
the crown cheered enthusiastically. The
Governor’s speech was a grand eulogium
and fitting tribute to the South’s noble
son.
At the conclusion of Governor Hill’s
speech he was heartily cheered and many
him. people pressed forward to congratulate
He and the gentlemen with him
were presented to Mrs. Grady and the
other members of the family, and*the ex¬
ercises were at an end. Thus closed a
memorable and day for the city of Atlanta
the state of Georgia. The universal
verdict on the monument is that it is an
excellent likeness.
FARMERS IN CONVENTION.
Alliance Meetings in Florida, Illinois
and Kansas.
The Florida Farmers’ Alliance met at
Dade City, Tuesday. The day was oc¬
cupied ia organizing and speeches of
welcome. At the second day’s session of
the State Alliance, President Rogers ap¬
pointed all committees for the routiue
work of the convention and delivered his
annual address. In this be referred
sharply to the dissensions in the order,
arising bership chiefly from admission to mem¬
of persons who gained admit¬
tance for the purpose of office or political
influence. The sub-treasury scheme was
warmly endorsed. The president closed
his address as follows:
It is a fact that a paitisan press has
distorted the truth iu reference to the
Ocula platform and sub-treasury plan,
and in our state the democratic press is
wont to read every man out of the party
who advocates the Ocala platform and
sub-treasury plan. The result of such an
onslaught upen the alliance has caused
many of our members to advocate a third
party. This condition of affairs is to be
deplored. My judgment is, that the
Ocala platform contains not a sylablo
which cannot readily be endorsed by
every true democrat throughout the
country.
The reports of the state secretary and
other officers followed the delivery
of the annual address. United
States Senator Pasco was the delegate
from the Jeff rson County Alliance, and
there was a strong opposition to seating
him. The opposition is based upon the
theory that he is a lawyer and not a
farmer. Aside from the debates of the
matter of excluding Several county dele¬
gations from seats in the convention, the
delivery of the president’s annual address
and the discussion of the subtreasury
plan, under a resolution to endorse the
Ocala demands, the only important fea¬
ture of Wednesday’s session was the fight
over the passage of a resolution offered
by Thomas Hines, of Putnam county to
exclude all press representatives from the
hall. The debate lasted nearly two
hours, and was finally compromised by
the adoption of a resolution excluding
reporters from the hall but permitting with
them to examine the secretary’s notes,
an injunction to send nothing out for
publication President except what is approved then by
Rogers. The plan was
taken up, and lasted through the day.
TIIE KANSAS CONVENTION.
A Salina, Kan., dispatch says: The
State Farmers’ Alliance convention was
called to order Wednesday morning amid
considerable confusion and uncertainty.
At the opening session a strong and de¬
termined fight against the re-election of
President Frank McGrath was developed.
Friends of President McGrath considered
his re-election assured. The strong front
presented by the opposition has spread
consternation among McGrath’s friends,
and it is the engrossing theme of discus¬
sion. The strongest opposition was made
by the delegates Who were representatives
in the last legislature. It is generally con¬
ceded that if McGrath is defeated it will
have great effect upon the elections in
Kansas this fall.
THE ILLINOIS CONVENTION.
A dispatch from Springfield, the Ill., says:
At Wednesday’s session of state as¬
sembly of the Farmers’ Mutual Benefit
Association resolutions were adopted, in
substance as follows: The favoring an
equal assessment of all classes of property
real, personal and corporate; graduated
income tax; increase of the circulating
medium to a point that will admit of the
business of the country being coinage done on a
cash basis, free and unlimited of
silver and declaring the present system of
storing silver a fraud jdemanding that all
stocks and bonds of corporations be issued
on such basis that when they call for $1
they shall represent 100 cents legitimate,
and that all watered stock shall be re¬
tired ; opposition to fostering certain in¬
dustries by government bonds; in favor
of the co-operation and federation of all
tarmer and labor organizations; denounc¬
ing dealing in futures on all agricultural
and mechanical products; favoring the
enactment of laws to prevent the adulter¬
ation of food products; favoring opposing alien
ownership of land; the uniform
system of text pooka for public schools,
to be furnished by the state at cost.
The resolutions also favor the election
of president, vice president, United
States senators and postmasters by a direct
vote of the people; advocate patronizing
manufacturers who use homegrown fibers
in the manufacture of binding twiue,
rope, bagging, etc.; favor the extension
of the free postal delivery system to peo¬
ple outside of towns, and the election of
men of agricultural colleges to the halls
of the legislature. resolution led
The following finally to a pro¬
tracted debate, but was adopted
by a large majority: all
We are opposed to understood monopolies, that and
want it distinctly the
organized liquor traffic is included. We
oppose the unholy alliance of the govern¬
ment with said business. As a remedy,
we propose that the revenue and license
laws, high or low, must be repealed, both
stale and national.
the demands adopted.
At Wednesday night’s session of the
Florida State Farmers’ Alliance, the del¬
egates reached a ballot on the question ol
adopting the Ocala demands (including
the sub-treasury bill), and endorsed the
platform by a vote of 71 to 5. Thursday’s
sessions were taken up chiefly by the dis¬
cussion of amendments to the constitu¬
tion and by the election of officers. A.
P. Baskin, of Marion county, was chosen
president, Rogers declining re-election.
The famishing peasants in Russia are
flocking into tbe towns, but many die by tbe
wayside; crimes are on tbe increase.
ODDS AM) ENDS
Gathered up aud Given Tangible
Shape.
It is estimatod that 200 lives were lost
in Germany by the recent heavy snow
storm.
The newest kind of a thief is one in
Bellevue, O., who steals thermometers
exclusively.
The first invoice of feathers has been
received at San Diego, Gal., from the
ostrich farm at Mount Fairview.
Efforts are being made to make Sa’rta
Ana, in Los Angeles county, a general
fruit depot for Southern California.
The Buffalo Courier suggests that free
passes be given to every "theatre-going
woman who will doff, her hat.
There are only twenty hearses in Buf¬
falo. One day recently every one of
them was in use, and at the same hour.
A great religious revival is sweeping
over Northern New Brunswick. It is
said to be unequaled in the history of the
provinces.
An artesian well at Portland, Ore., is
down 1,800 feet, and has cost, so far,
$18,000, with no prospects yet of secur¬
ing a good flow of water.
The Philadelphia Humane Society
keeps a boat on runners at the skating
club’s house on the Schuylkill ready to
rescue any one who breaks through the
ice.
The average salary of school teachers
iu St. Louis is $633,70. Only twenty-six
receive $2,000 per year. Of 1,101
teachers, 1,004 receive less than $900 per
year.
It is not every day that men-of-war are
named after literary men. Admiral Aube,
the French minister of marine, has just
named the first gunboats of a new type
the Gabriel Charmcs.
There are now under contract to be
completed duiing the present winter for
service, principally on Lake Superior,
tiventy-eight new vessels, having an ag¬
gregate capacity of 43,000 tons.
A servant girl in Cincinnati has fallen
heir to $250,000, and the family where
she has been employed have invited her
to occupy the spare room and help re¬
ceive company.—New Haven News.
J. Goldborough Bruff has presented to
congress a memorial asking for the adop¬
tion of a new design for the great seal of
the United States. He points out what
he considers grave heraldic defects in the
present seal. ,
Point for Wheelmen.
Wheelman—“I believe I’ll give up bi¬
cycling. I am as careful as can be, but
every now and then some accident hap¬
pens. This is the second time I’ve been
arrested and fined for running into peo¬
ple.” tell how
Businessman—“I’ll you to
manage. Just you eet a job as bill col¬
lector. Everybody’ll dodge you then.”
—New York Weekly.
Boston’s Potted Plants.
In the various greenhouses of Boston
there are 200,000 potted plants, and in
the cold frames on the nursery grounds
and on the Deer park tbere are over
2,000,000 plants of the hardy perennial
and biennial varieties.—Chicago Times
No Need of Them.
First Little Girl (proudly)—“We use
brass beadsteads in our house. ”
Second Little Girl—“We don’t have
to. We never had bugs.”—Street &
Smith’s Good News.
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PENSION Itelfe
Power of Will.
Expectant Nephew—“How is my rich
uncle to-day?” Doctor—“Much His
Family better,
will keeps him alive.”
Nephew (sadly)—“I’m afraid that’s
so. He made his will in my favor
twenty years ago, and I don’t believe
he’ll uie while that will is in existence.”
— Street & Smith’s Good News.
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