Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1894 — MARY WASHINGTON MONUMENT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MARY WASHINGTON MONUMENT.

President Cleveland and his cabinet at» tended tho unveiling of the monument erected over the grave of Mary Washing! ton, the mother of Gen. George Washing! ton, at Fredericksburg, Va., Thursday, Senator Daniel was the orator of the day. President Clevland also spoke briefly, At night a banquet was given by the

Masonic Lodge in which General Washington was Initiated. The President and Cabinet were the guests of honor and Mr. Cleveland responded to an address of welcome by tho master of csremonj.es. The monument is a plain monolith of granite fifty feet high, and was erected through the efforts of Mrs. Waite, the widow of the late Chief Justice, and Mrs. Margaret Hetzel, of Clifton Station, Va., and was paid for by contributions from every State in the Union. The English poet William Morriq is made ill when he sees purple silk.

MARY WASHINGTON.