Decatur Democrat, Volume 41, Number 7, Decatur, Adams County, 29 April 1897 — Page 2

LAST RESTING PLACE Dedication of General Grant’s New Tomb In New York. DESCRIPTION OFTHE MONUMENT Description of the Itenutiful Rivoraldo Park, Where the Nation's Great General Sleep* Multitude* Wilno** the Magnificent Parade—.McKinley and DistlniciiiHlied Guest*. New York, April 27. —The final resting place of General U. S. Grant was dedicated today with appropriate impressive Ceremonies in the presence of hundreds of thousands of people. At 9:20 the president and other distinguished guests left the Fifth Avenue hotel escorted by a squadron of cavalry, proceeded to the tomb, where a stand in the open air had been set apart for them. At 10:30 the head of the parading column moved from Madison Square. At 11 o’clock, the exercises at the tomb, prayer, singing by a great choir and • / / \ /. ■ \ ■ V■■V 4 ■: \ >• T 1 ip: ’ • :'Hp wr- mln . /■’i 1 ■ I s -• I, ’: • . « irti tai?- - K |g|y | tu J.; w . -,;L. grant’s tomb. speeches began, and by 1 o’clock, when 1 the bands of the procession were heard, 1 the exercises were concluded. At 1:20 p. m. the head of the column I reached the tomb, th fleet fired a sa- | lute of 21 gu'.is and the review of the parade began. At 2 o’clock the naval parade moved and at 5 o’clock President McKinley left the reviewingstand at the tomb and. embarked on the despatch boat Dolphin to review the warships. THE PARADE. ’ “ J Magnificent Sight Viewed by Thousands oi People* New York, April 27.—The Grant memorial ‘parade today was a magnificent sight. Its formation and movement was perfect. Along the line of march flags were flying and buildings of every character were decorated with evergreen and bunting in profusion. The great pa ratio moveq..in the follow- ' ing order: j r-t' came a platoon 01 j mounted polk <■■. t«.flowed by Governor’s ! Island ban t. 11 the grand marshal, i Maji r General u-<ranville .M. Dodge, his staff and troops from the different divis- ' ions of the United States-gfm-y, followed ; by the New York state-militia. Next j came the governors of different states ' and their staffs, followed by compani' s of their national guard and cadets from j several military schools. Following I these were veterans of the-date war, | naval veterans, naval cadets of New York city. Sons of Veteifans and Sons of Confederate Veterans. Next came th<> civic-organizations and last the naval division, composed of United Slat's sailors and those accompanying the different foreign warships in attendance upon the ceremonies. GRANT MONUMENT. Description of the New Tomb Dedicated Today. New York, April 27.—One hundred feet above mean high water of the Hudson river, the Grant monument stands, a solid pile of white granite 150 feet in bight. The first 72 feet of this bight is a cube of the Grecian doric order which measures 90 feet on all siaes. The entrance, on the southern side, is enclosed by a portico made up of a row of recessed columns. Above and behind the portico rises an almost blank Avail, which will one day be relieved by the four equestrian statues shown usually in plans of the monument' and finishes in a parapet which shows upon its face the sculptured figures of peace and wai. Above the parapet there starts abruptly a cupola, 70 feet in diameter, surrounded as a relief, with lonic columns. Around the crown of the cupola a line of fasces, surmounted with eagles, connects the columned druni with the pyramidical top. The flawless granite of which the tomb consists is of dotted whitish gray taken from a quarry of uniform grain, and is so light in tone that in u strong sunlight it is hardly distinguishable from -marble. RIVERSIDE PARK? Sitting; Place Fpr the Monument of a Nation’s Hero. New Yol®, April 27.—Riverside Park is, indeed, a fitting place for the tomb of a hero.™ Nestled on the banks of‘the Hudson it seems to lift itself up from the smoke and grime of the scenes below to a purer atmosphere. ■ Massive walls of gray granite that from the river look like rows of parapets guard the park on the waterfront. The steep incline is thickly wooded and only here and there can the gray rugged sides of the hill be seen from the river. From no other point in the city can such a view be obtained as from Riverside park. For 20 miles the placid Hudson can be seen winding its winding way to where the tall mistcoverod ■palisades blend with the. western horizon. On the Jersey side is old Fort Lee, the ferryhonse and dainty villas that dot the banks and look like Swiss chalets

nestling in the warmth of the Alpine summer, with no grim, snowy peaks to cast, a shadow on their rural lovliness. On the bosom of the Hudson, palatial pleasure yachts, ferryboats, steamers and puffing tugs make their way by summer, while in winter solitary craft plows through ice and silent grandeur reigus. Looking to the oust aro the signs of a great city, the tall smokestacks of factories, the hum from the busy streets and the distant shriek of trains and ships. To the south is iho smoke of Jersey City, with its myriads of masts and outlines of docks that gradually grow indistinct uiiiil nothing is seen but the blue waters of the bay, that* seem to mingle with the eastern sky. MR. HOLMAN DEAD. He Served the Natl< nal Couries* Longer Than Any oilier Alan. Washington, April 23.—Congressman W. S. Holman of Indiana, who died Thursday from a complication of diseases, one of which was spinal meningetis, represented his district in the house of representatives more than 30 years. Judge Holman’s illness resulted from a fall from a streetcar about three weeks ago, since which time he has been confined to his room. He had been unconscious for five days, having suffered iu«h. '' Vi-A a. j.-i» v-sSswim- <. a 1 ? ’:4 1 7-7 I■• - • Oi few Wg /F / WILLIAM STEELE HOLMAN. tense pain during bis illness. He was under the influence of opiates most of the time. His children were at his bedside at the time of his death and his last moment wore apparently 'without pain. Mr. Holman was buried Sunday at Aurora.

William Steele Hobnail, the “Great Objector,” as be was known for so many years, was certainly a unique figure in public life. He was a very peculiar looking man, tall, gaunt and with a rugged, though intellectual countenance. In his dress he was not overscrupulous. In his private life he was blameless. Among his* neighbors in Indiana he was very popular. He was born in Dearborn county, Ind., Sept. 6, 1822, and received the common school education Usually secured by farmers’ boys. He passed two years in Franklin college, Indiana, and after hi* gradua- ! tion studied law and was admitted to the bar and began to practice in Aurora, Ind. He entered public life in 18U, then being but 21 years of age, when lie was elected judge of pro.i iie. an ol’ice which he held for tiiree years. Then lie was made district attorney, serving until In 1850 he .was a member of the state constitution ebnvenrion airth' entered the state legislature iii 1851, his term of service eqdiug in 1852. He was judge of the court of common pleas from 185:2 to 1855. He was then butt;! yeirs of age and had beeome an expvcit-need parliamentarian. His nature had hei'ii broadened by his public services, and lev,- men were betterqii.ilifled to wrestle witii national problems. Accordingly tin Democratic voters of his district uomin iied him for congress, but alter a hot canvass lie was defeated. In 1855. however, he was nominated again.v-and elected triumphantly. His first entry' into the halls of the national legislature was therefore about the.time of the beguiling of the civil war. Mr. Holman was defeated in 1894 by James E. \> aison of Rush county In 1896 the district had been reapportioned and Mr. Hciifiau was again nominated and defeated Marcus. A. Sulzer of Jefferson county. His present term began March 4 last, making 16 rimes he had been sent, to the national house of representatives. After Holman’s Shoes. Madison, Ind., April 24.—Marcus R. Sulger of Jefferson county xvill probably tie the Republican candidate to fill the Vacancy caused by Congressman Holman’s death. Democratic aspirants are William R. Johnston of Dearbortf county, Jason B. Brown of Jackson, Nicholas Cornet of Ripley, F. M. Griffith of Switzerland, Joseph Matlock of Jackson, John Overmyer and Lincoln Dixon of Jennings. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION. Political Fanatic Tries to Shoot King Humbert. Rome, April 24. — while King Humbert was on his way to the races, a man named Pietro Acciartio, an iron worker .out of employment, attempted to stab his majesty with a dagger. The man was seized before ho could carry out his purpose and the king proceeded to the Campauelle race course, seem'ugly unmoved, On arriving at the race course his majesty was greatly cheered. The man wgs a political fanatic.Dismissed For Want of Jurisdiction. Washington, April 27. —The supreme court in an opinion by Chief Justice Fulier has dismissed,-for want of jurisdiction, tlie c;is<y of the Louisville ami Nashville Railroad company against the city of Loni ville. Tho suit was a test case to deter :iijie whether the railroad company wrs entitled to a discount.on tax bills under the state. Jaw of 1884 which, while'providing for a-general discount for early payment of taxes, did •not in terms include railroad property Nominations. Washington, April 27.—The president yesterday sent to the. senate the names of W. R. Day of OJiio, to be first assistant 1 sei -( tary of state; Bellamy Storrer of Olijn, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Belgium, and Frank E. Benjamin, to be ppstmaster at Terre Haute, Ind. SCVident Shout* Himself. Delawa/re, 0., April 27. —Thomas Wiley 6f Ripley, a member- of the junior-class of rhe Wesleyan university, while cleaning a revolver in his i - oonj t , accidental!j- shot himself in the abdomen.

THE WAR IN THE EAST. How It Was Finally Brought About. SIMPLE STATEMENT OF THE FACTS. Claim* of the Greek* and of the Porte. The Island Always a Storm Center. Why the So Called Organic Statute Failed—The Armies, the Commander* ami the Seat of War. The immediate cause of tho Avar between Greece and Turkey, according to the claims of tho porte, is duo to the action of the Greek irregulars in penetrating Macedonia and attacking various minor Turk-, ish posts, responsibility for Avhich tho Greek government avows. The latter, on tho other hand, lays the onus on tlie Turks, who advanced into Thessaly. This resulted in a sharp conflict between bodies of the regular troops at the town of Nezcros, which lies immediately under the shadow of Mount Olympus, the fabled homo of the greater gods of the ancient Greeks. The Greeks, who must be considered the aggressive party, say they sent troops to the island of Crete to oppose the Turks because the latter were massacring the Christians. A further cause for the belligerency is their impatience because the reforms imposed upon Turkey by the great powers have not been put into execution. But it is necessary to go hack much farther to understand the primary cause of this great eastern crisis. Crete was the last of the Turkish conquests in Europe, having 1 . Cn captured from the Vcnqjians after adi sperato struggle. Like Ireland, Crete was imperfectly conquered at the beginning, r.rd thq ilamoof discord has been .kept elive in tho island owing to the existence of a large minority differing in creed from tho bulk of the population ai d song ir.ai'.-tained in a prh ilegqd.position by the ruling power. A disturbing'influ- < nqt> was also exercised from without, for thoGreiksof the mainland' have always fostciid ti e revolutionary element among their brethren. Shortly at er tho Turkish conquests a largo number cf the Greek Inhabitants, through one'cause or another—it may have been ■ impulsion, or possibly it was fear and r. If interest —embraced tho creed of Islam, ami of course thus effectually dissolved all'tie's of blood, language and tradition. Today the Mussulman Greek of Crete is. to all intents artd purposes a Turk and is so regarded by his Christian kinsoncn. Crate hiurnu.* rJaroi ah i_;-

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■ portant part in the Greek war of Thde- ; pendenco, and it would have been made a | part of the new Hellenic kingdom if tho European powers h:;d pt their hands off, but they insisted iii forcing Crete back under tho Turkish rule and encouraging Turkey to retake it. After a insurrection Which lasted over three years, and which cost th© Turkish and Egyptian treasuries sonio $30,000,000, a scheme of reform known as the “organic statute” was drawn up. This measure appeared to concede a large amount of self government to the island. It gave it a legislative assembly and judicial system of its own. The latter, however, was merely a mockery, and the former was reduced to impotence by being forbidden even to discuss any matter which had not previously received the sanction of the government. Thus the organic Statute proved a failure and the island became as discontented as ever. Another insurrection occurred in 1878, and in the fall of that year, through the mediation of England, a compact was drawn up which retained the general system of tho organic statute, but j provided for its more practical application. ■ This was not satisfactory to the Cretans, ; however, and they soon divided into two | parties. Intrigue followed intrigue, and only one man has had tho courage to hold tho office of civil governor for a full term. All tho others wore driven to resign it. A crisis came in 1889. Tho governor considered it to bo his constitutional duty to bestow a certain number of appointments on the Liberals, and the Conservatives thereupon took up arms and withdrew to tho mountains. Then tho half dormant fanaticism of the people became aroused and tho island was again plunged into' civil war. In tho space of a few mouths about 100 Christians and Mussulmans were murdered. Nino thousand dwelling houses, 15.2 schools, 57 mosques and .14 churches were burned. Property to tho amount of hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth was destroyed. The insurgent Christians, however, got the worst of Jt. Tho porte soon became master of tlie situation and proclaimed martial law. The compact of 18.78 was practically abrogated, and for. t he next five years Crete was ruled autocratically by a succession of Mussulman governors. The attention of the powers was attracted to the unhappy state of the island, and toward the end of 1894 the porte was induced to select a Christian named Alexander Karathcodory Pasha as governor. He seemed to be acceptable to both Christians : and Mussulmans. The assembly met ■ again-for the first-time since 1889, and passed some good laWs. But these wore vetoed by the porte, and trouble again began. Finally in March of last year the Christian governor Was recalled, and Turkhan Pasha, a Mussulman, was appointed in his stead. The change seemed to dissatisfy everybody, Mussulman as well as Christian. T’hb number of murders on both sides increased- Turkhan showed considerable energy in punishing the guiltv and in upholding tho law, but the revolt continued, and disturbances were

rlfo all lust summer. Grceod sent considerable aid to the Christian Cretans, and tills led Russia and Germany to propose blockading the Island, but Great Britain refused to sanction such a scheme, and tho project was t iiereforo abandoned. j A plan of reforms was agreed upon by the powers hist September and accepted by the stiltnn. There was to be a Christian governor, who should appoint the subordinate officials, two-thirds of them Christian and one-third Mussulman, and other reforms were agreed upon which premised to bo advantageous to tho Christian Cretans. For one reason or another, however, they were not carried out. Titus tho present I'cllto crisis ensued, and it do- ; rives its importance from the intervention of Greece. The annexation of Crete to Greece has been proclaimed, and Greek troops have taken possession of the island, wit it the exception of a few ports which are held by tho fleets of tho powers. The inhabitants of Crete, both Christians mid Mussulmans, seem toapprovc of the annexation, and there is reason to believe that even tho porte itself would not strenuously object to it. But Russia and Germany have done all in their power to prevent it. The alternative offered is a measure of autonomy. At the beginning of the ycar'that would probably have been acceptrtl. Isoav It is regarded with suspicion, as a mere ruso of the powers to throw Crete back under unrestrained Turkish rule. The Turkish commander is one Edhatn Pasha. He saw service in the Turco-Rus-sian war as colonel and brigade commander, but he has had no experience in tho leadership of a large army. Prince Const. inline! the commander of the Greek army, lias a military training which is purely that of tho academy and drill ground, and there seems to be no general under him who bus had a different experience. In numbers the,Turkish army of advance is far larger than tho Greek forces, and there is reason to expect that the latter may gt t lite worst of it at the outset. The Greeks, hov' ever, have tho best reason to look for cfil.'ient help from their large body ol irregtila'rs, whirl) have been pouring into Macedonia and Epirus. From this source t tie t ide of tq i ising ttgainst Turkish rule promises to sv- ell into a great volume. Other elements that favor the Greeks uro the facts that tho fighting will be irr - lielktiic territory, which the Greeks know thoroughly, and the whole of lite nation is on tiro wiih passionate cinhusiusm. All that the great powers ct.ln do just at present is to look on and localize the conflict tis far tis it is possible. But the issue is not merely between Turkey and Greece, nor the question merely the government of Crete. A war between Turkey, ail of wiiose traditions aro desnotisin. and

Greece, all of whose traditions aro liberty, 1 may easily involve before it bo complefl'd , all Europe in a war b. twTen absolutism i and democracy. It may result in an upris- , ing throughout Europe tin! il every govern- | ment east of Russia is revolutionized and ; make liberalism dominant from the Mediterranean to the Baltic. The accompanying,, map gives a good general idea of the country in the neighborhood of the Greek-Turkish frontier, ■where the hostile armies- confront one another. It is extended south to show the geographical relations of Athens and the present region of conflict. The frontier extends from the lonian sea at the gulf of Arta, on the west, to tho gulf of Salonika, near Mount Olympus, the fabled homo of tho old Greek deities, on tho east. In moving the Greek troops to the north they were embarked on shipboard at the Pirteus, the port of Athens, and sailed down tho gtilf of zEgina to the Aegean sea, and then north to tho port of Bolos, also known as Volo. This port is connected with Lnrissa by rail, and a few hours alter landing tho troops were in Larissa, the present headquarters of the Greek army at the front. The Turkish city of Salonika has been the gathering point of tho Turkish forces. Salonika is at the head of the gulf of Salonika, 65 miles northeast of the town of Elassona in Macedonia. Elassona is the headquarters of the Turkish forces in Macedonia. The Turkish troops have reached this town and other points along the Turkish military front by two routes. A part of them have gone west by rail to Verria from Salonika and then marched south to Elassona, a distance of 45 miles. For some weeks the Turks have had a very considerable army posted all along the frontier from Elassona to Janina, with other forces on tho gulf of Arta. The Greeks have also spread a part of the troops they concentrated at Larissa along the frontier from Nezeros, south of Mount Olympus,, to the western border of Thessaly. At Grevena in Macedonia tho Turks have had an' entire division, 'including infantry, cavalry and artillery, under the command of Hakki Pasha. The Greek insurgents pushed northward nearly to Grevena before they were beaten back. The most of Thessaly is a vast plain with ranges of hills. In no other part of Greece could troops be so easily maneuvered over so largo a territory. Macedonia and Albania, on the Turkish side of the border, on the contrary, are -exceedingly mountainous. As compared with Thessaly, Die Turks have in their frontier territory a far greater number of strategic points that are not difficult to defend. The main difficulty with all this territory on both sides of the border, from a. military point of view, is the entire lack of good roads. Many of the roads affording the only means of transit aro more bridle paths, and’ all tho roads are narrow and in bad condition. The powers are plainly in alliance with Turkey in this crisis, but the consciences and sympathy of the people aro largely in favor of Greece. This latter ally should Hot be despised./

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