Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1896 — JEANNETTE DEAD MONUMENT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

JEANNETTE DEAD MONUMENT.

Proposition to Erect a Duplicate One in Woodlawn. Senator Chandler is expected to introduce .'i ’bill in the United States Senate shortly to provide for the erection bf a monument over the graves of the dead of the Jeannette Arctic expedition in Woodlawn cemetery, New York". The monument, if ithe present plan Js eiy’ried _out,

will be similar to that erected of woed and stone by George W. Melville, the present engineer-in-ehief of the navy, over the spot where the body of the brave De Long and his companions were first buried. The amount of money required will be small. It is proposed to duplicate this tomb in everf respect in Woodlawn cemetery, to which place the bodies-of the brave De Long and most of bis companions were removed in the winter of 1883-84. The only difference between the monument proposed to be constructed and that which marked the original tomb of the De Long party will be that the cross will be of cast bronze instead of timber.

MONUMENT MELVILLE ERECTED.