St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 41, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 May 1897 — Page 6

GREATNESS OK (IRANT STORY OF THE CAREER OF A SOLDIER-STATESMAN. Hero of Appomattox the Idol of Millions of Mankind His Humble Birth and Subsequent Rise to Fame—Magnitieent Mausoleum to Uis Memory. Where His Ashes Rest. The Memorial services which attended the removal of tin* remains of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant to their final resting pl.-tee have revived a grateful interest in that great military leader of tin* nation. As the President of a free people, the savior of a country, kite idol of millions of man kind, the story of his career cannot be told too often to those who knew him as the most commanding figure of his time; or the new generation, which, in the light of a fuller appreciation of his true greatness, venerate him as one of the most commanding figures in all history. Gen. Grant was born April 1822, in a one-story building of two rooms in Point Pleasant, Ohio, twenty-five miles from the city of Cincinnati. His father. Jesse Grant, a man of revolutionary stock and Now England ancestry, was the foreman of a tannery, laboring hard to acquire a Compe’eni e suffioient to enable him to embark in business for himself. This lie did in Georgetown. <>.. whither lie renioved in 1823. Here y oung I’lysscs grew up. a stir-dy young lad, quiet, reserved. I self-reliant. At the early age of 8 we I find him breaking bark into the hopper of the bark mill in his father’s tannery a

task he did not relish. Less than a year later he regularly drove a team on his father's farm ami at the"age of 10 he used to drive to Cincinnati, forty miles distant. In winter he attended school in Georgetown, and then in his 14th year he was sent to the Academy at Maysville. In 1839 came the turning point in his life. He entered West Point as a cadet. His name up to this time was Hiram Ulysses Hrant, hut in the making out of his official appointment to the military school th" name was written by mistake Ulysses S., ami so it has ever since remained. Grant made commendable progress at West Point and had the distinction of being the best horseman in his class. In 1843 he graduated, and was assigned to the Fourth Infantry, stationed at Jefferson barracks, near St. Louis. During the Mexican war he rendered valuable service, being engaged in every battle except one, and was promoted to a first lieutenancy. After the war he was stationed at various military posts and in 1553 was promoted to the captaincy of a eompanj at Humboldt bay, California. The following year he resigned his com mission and engaged in farming and real estate near St. Louis. This did not prove profitable and he secured a clerkship in wSwb jOIwWIWK GEN. U. S. GRANT. How the sreal military leader appe wed a short time t>efore his death at Mount McGregor. the hardware ami leather store of his father at Galena, 111. Here Gen. Grant was living when the civil war broke out. Four days after President Lincoln’s call for troops Grant was drilling a twupany of volunteers and later was made mustering officer. Within live weeks he was appointed colonel of the Twenty-first Illinois l.'fantry and reported tor duty to tom. Pope in Missouri. In August he was made brigadier general of volunteers and Sept. 1 was placed in command of the district of southeast Missouri. He immediately seized Paducah. Ky.. thereby saving that State to the Union cause. After the battle of Belmont he advanced against Fort Henry, on the Tennessee river, and Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland. After the fall of the former, the movement against the latter was begun. After three days’ fighting Gen. Buckner, then in command of the fort, proposed to Grant that commissioners be appointed to arrange terms of capitulation. Grant's famous reply was: "No terms other than ixnconditional surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.” The same da,y the garrison surrendered. I Became Famous. Grant at once stepped into national f fame. The question was everywhere asked, "Is he the coming man?” The , hem of Dondson was immediately made a new • g‘ : ra'. i" I in 18(id took eoTnmaml I <o 1 • ro .ps in the M • ---ipp. ■ ,i 1 e-v. T • siege i>t Vicksburg and l lie 1 Chatrnmimm mmle au opening I opposing force he select'd the' I™’ . northern Virginia, under Lee. ai ■ .-ties the \\ Men, . s r i: sylvan.... North Anna and i >ld Harbor ■ rdest (.rant ever fought attest

th" ditte nil task he mapped out for himself. But he triumphed. The surrender of Lee. the paroling of tin* entire South ern army, ended the greatest civil war in history. Gen. .rant started tor Washington immediately after the tall of Richmond, to superintend tin l disbandment of tin* national forces. Everywhere he went In* was greeted with ovations, ami those continned until 18G8. when he was elected Pres.dent and took a conspicuous part in the reconstruction measures in the South. On the expiration of his first term be was ri'-elected by the largest majority that any candidate had up to that time received in the nation. After retiring from the presidency Gen. Grant decided on visiting the countries of the Old World, and on May 17, 1877, accompanied by his wife and son, he sailed from Philadelphia to Liverpool on the

1 THE GRANT FAMILY AT MOUNT M’GREGORI £ -• 1/ Will -- —wW IBSIIwHaIEL —— "T ■ — J — — .j’W "X—-A'”'" Julia 11. <;rant. ( .8. Grant. F. D. Grant. Nelly jjfey Jesse K. Grant. l .*■*.< .rant, Jr. Nellie <;. Sartoris Julia Grant. Ida Honore Grant, V. 8. GfmL Jr., Jr, Lizzie (’ Grant.

steamer Indiana. Never was such dem onslration of esteem and respect given a departing citizen. Distinguished men from till over the country assembled to bid him good by. <»n reaching Liverpool a reception, hardly inferior to the demonstration that hade him godspeed at home, awaited him. The river Mersey was alive with vessels bearing the tlags of all ua i lions. The docks were lined with thou I sands, till eager to greet the great military 1 genius, the ex-head of a powerful nation I and a plain American citizen. In London he was received by the queen and the : Prince of Wales and he afteru ard visited I the queen at Windsor. Banquets, balls, , receptions ami other entertainmenls were | given in his honor and the members of’ the aristocracy vied with one another in (‘xtending courtesies and hospitalities to | the great Amerieqn. From England he w<mt to the <smtimmt, I and the greetings there from crowned heads and the eomn n people were sm h , as he had experienced in England. Hr next visited Italy, Egypt, tin Holy Land. India and China. The t’hinese pai 1 him the greatest honors that had ever been bestowed on a foreigner. Prince Kung entertained him and lie became the friend of the great Chinese. Li Hung t’haug When Geu. Grant returned from his world’s tour, his entire fortune did not amount to Looking around for a means of increasing his income, his at tention was direebs] to the banking bu-i ness in which his son Ulysses, together with Ferdinand Ward and Jaim s D. Fish, was engageri. Gen. Grant invested his $11)0.4)00 in the business. In l*s] h, i bought a house in New York, w here In . afterward spent his wiut<i.-. Aff.i : . moved very smoothly for the general tin- i til. in 1883. he fell on an icy pavement ; and sustained injuries from the effects of which In* never fully recovered. And then in May. 1884, came another blow. The firm of Grant A Ward failed, bank rupting the general and the entire Grant f family, who had invesjyd their money in the concern. Two of the partners in the business had been guilty of the most tin blushing frauds. And then came out the shameful story of craft and guile in all its horrible proportions and it was seen , that the honored name of Gen. Grant had been used to decoy hosts of friends am! acquaintances to their ow n injury and his After a little the world knew that bis honor was unsullied, h’or a time Grant was in actual need of household expenses, but In* directed his attention to writing his memoirs, knowing that their proceeds would be all he would have to leave to his wife ami children. Meantime the general’s health w as failing. ami in issl severe throat c.mipiii a j I . ~ L? where grant’s ashes now rest. tions ensued. His patience and courage f , through a weary siege of pain were char i ; acteristic of his unfaltering heroism. For I i weeks he sat propped up by pillow .-, his ' ; '.:mb< <w ithed n blankets, writing bi- . ] memoirs. Julio *,* he was removed from । >». w Y ki ■ M'Wint Mi ilregor. m-ar Saia toga, and here for a time tin- change of air seemed to strengthen him. He <-on I tinned on ins memoirs and four days be- > fore h- di alb he completed them. Im ' mediately after the end of the book was . । hand. I'hi- final crj-:- was neither long j iiorpainiul .Inly 21 tin- country was ini formed that he was tailing. For two days t ! hi.- symptoms indicated increasing depres- j ■ -ton and ■\imustion, ami on the 23d came the <-ml. lle passed away w ithout a groan I or a shudder, with no one but his wife ami , ehihln n ami his medical atiendants bv bis ■

side. ‘ ‘ The remains of the great general my at Mount McGregor, where he died. I until I nesday, Aug. 4, when they were moved to Albany. Hen* thev lay in state until the following day, whim they wore taken on a draped train to New York, being accompanied by numerous officials and sorrowing companions-in-arms of the dead general. When they reached New York they were borne in funeral procession to rhe city hall and there tihey lay in state until Saturday, Aug. 8. Crowds, gathered from almost all parts of the country, viewed the body. President Cleveland and his cabinet; the Governors of numerous States, with their staffs; generals who fought under (.rant ami generals who ioug.it against him; battle-scarred veterans of the Union cause and men who wore the gray; judges of the Supreme Uouit ot the nation, Senators, negroes,

lUiinese, high ami low, the rich am! the 1 the obscure and the prominent all swelled the crowds that in almost unendng procession passed through the city hall to gaze on the pale features of the Imnored dead. It is estimated that 350,- < Mm» persons viewed (he remains, Tlie Funeral Pageant. And when on Saturday morning the funeral procession formed its ranks to march to Riverside Park. New York and neighboring cities had poured forth into the streets of the metropolis mote than 1 ,<mmi,<sii» speetators ami mourners. The funeral ear. wherein reposed (he remains of the dead captain, was drawn by twenty-four horses, each with a black f 1 * ' "" k- 1 ff¥.: fl GRANT'S HOME at galena.” m t reaching to the ground, and led by a m-gro. Gne thousand regular troops, 10,c* l of th«‘ State militia and citizen sob diery from Pennsylvania. New JerM‘y and t’onnecticut helped swell the military j arade. There were nearly 2tu*** Union veterans of the war in line and enmps of <'onfeder ate veterans turned out to honor the man who. great in war, was even greater in the hour of victory ami the day* of peace. And to show that Xortli and S mth were united in the>r - Tmw over the grave of a hero twn of the great Confederate genera's of the war were pall-bear-era at his funeral. Vs the funeral cortege passed through New York’s streets amici the mournful ’oiling of bells and the mutlled sounds of drums, another procession the naval-— moved up the beautiful Hudson until the’ vessels anchored opposite' the tomb prt£ pared for the remains. Ami there with simple' religious service's ami amid the booming of cannon on the Hudson the Kidy of Gen. Grant was laid in the tomb. THE GRANT MONI MENT. A Memorin 1, iii 11s lie-sign and Setting, One of the Greatest in the World. In the interval between the death of Grant ami his interment a Grant Monument Committee was formed to raise funds for th.' erection of a suitable monument to tin' nmnmry of the great general. In February. Issti. the* Grant Monument Association was organized under an act of the New \ >rk Legislature. At first money <-ame in generously, but gradually th intere-t in the project lessened and in 1892 the fund with accumulate! interest amounted to only $150,000. I Meantime the design of the monumef’ had been determined on and the pla^“ called for a structure to cost bet« F" 1 and SOOO,OOO. Ground ofc broken for the preliminnrv work UA, 27. IS9I. In March. ISM 2. (te'u. HorJU Porter undertook the raising of Xpr.l -> the .-erm: stem' of the' nJBU* _ -^--1— - Ji--k-Ji^. ' ; ' Ui T - IN THE OLD TOMB. ment was laid by President Harrison Ifv the following Memorial Day u, ‘ *. amount needed had been subscribed The monument as it stands to-dav resents an expenditure of nearly

‘‘■jis came from 80,000 American c'iti - (uRs, ami it includes the w idow’s mite* and ’poor man’s modest offering ns well ns ’■ ER large subscriptions of the rich. It is 1 ‘|i*iinine tribute of the people, unlike the '■■■it monuments of Europe. The Albert mrial in Izmdon, tin* tomb of Kaiser IMBbelm in Berlin, and the huge GermaI tills upon the- Nic'derwahl wcr*' each । m I sjjin'ted by governmental agcm-U's. The IH^Bnt monument represents the loyal love patriotic remc-mbninei' of a united 1 i<llr ’’ EjE Amid (Splendid Su rron nd i ohm. ■^^Eriint’s tomb is massive, yet w> U rciievpillars and other embellishments. I ground upon w hich it rests js 14<l I Mlhlmivo the ri' er ami the -frm lure lifts 11. l fe.'t The' .-iml -ty ■ are beautiful. ’File Hudson river, American Rhine, tl »us silently w ithatone’s throw. To the nar and south ^Rjocnted the stately buildings ,f theiww ^^■tnhin I niversity. Adjoining them atnmi. as s.xm as time and lab >r per j the great Cathedral «.f 8- John tin' ijline. whieil s to Co-t BBH & H l.< MM I <’on flowing by tin- front of the immu^&t la a atD'um of humanity on pleasure for here, along th edge of tin- bluff. Mbe Riverside Drive, om- of the most of New V , |,'s de’ight fiii b. i|e- | exterior of the monument is of a Bit grauite. am! ill of tin- interior is I^Bhed in white marble The porch is ^^BhMK'bed by ■: flight >f steps seventy wide. In prominent letters on the Iwon* an* Grant's famous words, “Let us Elyß’ poaec.” They wire used in his letaccept am .* of the presidential mmi■■phiHn lM}s I Ao you enter upon the southern expoj aare you see th»- opening of the crypt ‘ Iwfore you. It is thirty feet w ide, in the center of the chamber. Looking down । into the vault the great sare >phagus made , fur Hie remains of Geu <erant is to be sect;. This sarcophagus was made from ( one piece of Wis onaiu porphyry, which is , said to excel in beauty the Finland porJ phyry from which the sarcophagus of Xu- , (wiieon was chiseled. Besi-ie this sarco- । jgingus is a place for another. Hore an , exact duplicate will some day hold the I remains of Mrs. Grant. The snreophngua of Gen. Grant is 10.4 feet long, 5.G feet wide. In feet high and / dr /x i rgrant’s FIRST war HORSE. weighs ten tons. The pedestal is square, lo feet 1O inches em h w iv, ami on th s ar.* the pillow bloeks upon u hu h the -ar j t-opliagus resi.s. rile latter stands seven Tami otie-lmlf teet above the floor of the crypt. Removing the Remains. > Into the sarcophagus the coffin containing the remains of Gen. Grant was recently moved from its resting place in the temporary tomb of bri^k which had been erected in 18.85 and which stands a short distance from the new and magnificent monument. The coffin was enclosed in a steel jacket ami for several days before workmen had been employed in taking the latter apart. When all was in readiness for. the removal, (Joi. Fred Grant ami I lysse.9 Grant, sons of tin* dead soldier, a' few' family friends ami an honorary guard of hi.*, old eomra.les assembled at the old brick tomb. 1 In* eopper coffin containing the remains of Grant was reverently borne to the new monument and after La>itig put in a cedar casket was lowered into tin* sarcophagus, which is to be its resting place for all time. As the remains of the soldier-statesman wen* being borne from one tomb to another those taking part in the ceremony uncovered their heads and the thousands of spectators assembled paid a similar mark of respect to the hero’s dust. Inside the steel casing were found four wreaths, three of oak leaves and one of roses, and a sheaf. The flowers were almost as fresh as though they had been placed there the week before, whereas they had been wit'hin the casing for twelve years. William Moore was indicted in the County Court at Dover. Del., for obstructing the ixills at an election held in Smyr-

HONOR TO THE HERO. GRANT TOMB DEDICATED WITH IMPOSING CEREMONIES. Brilliant Military, Civic all d Naval , Pageants—Eulogy j )y Geu. Porter— Kloquent Address of President McKinley. To the Nation’s Head. Amid flu* sound of cannon, of musketry, mid of stately music, in the presence of tin* dignitaries of our own and of foreign nations, accompanied by fleets ami soldiery and a vast (•oiicour.se of the people, the ashes of the greatest of American soldiers were on Tuesday committed to their last resting place, the splendid mausoleum at Riverside, New York. Henceforth in all the years to come that tomb by the Hudson, equally with Mount Vernon and with Springfield, will be a sacred shrine from whence new inspirations of patriotism will be drawn. And not of patriotism only, but of em-ouragement to action and faithfulness to duty. Grant’s new tomb was dedicated by the President of the I'nited States in the presence of a vast assembly. Lung before tin* sun had risen above the eastern horizon the streets w ere throngc<l. The eeremouies proper began at sunrise, when from the lull flagpole m ar the tomb w is flung the immense American flag furnished by the Daughters of the Revolution. At tin* same time the marines on the warships were piped to quarters and landed on shore to stand and receive the head of the land column. The Fifth Avenue Hotel was the scene of bustle and excitement during the early morning. The broad corridors wen* filled f Bl w w -j ini' Vv t LV <si - s. r.ny xt.

With native and foreign dignitaries, and almost every secomi person blazed with bullion and military trappings. In a -ide room were the members of tin- reception committee, who formed the escort of the guests of thi- city. Among tin- .arliest of these guests was Speaker Ibed. Sir Julian Piitimefote. the BrJisii ainbansaHor. was under the w ing of ChaiiniTV M. Dep* w ; Gen. S< holield and G. n. Ruget xvero together. Mr. Cleveland arrived, nt the hotel at 9:15. Loud sh*mts of the i> ople announced the arrival of the President at 9:2n. He rode in a < arri.ige w ith G<*n. Porter and Mayor Strong. His reception was flattering in the extreme and he bowed rejieatedly. The initial step in tin* parade was made almost on schedule lime, and by 9:4(1 o'll wk tin* presidential procession was on the move. Cheers greeted the distinguished party ps it moved through the decorated streets. iMrs. Grant and her family, to tin* third [gi'neration, were objects of special atten'tion. and the whL.w of tin* hero was visibly aff'*ete*i at th.* great popular demonstration. The visitors got a chance to see a million people. The unbroken wall of humanity six miles long was an inspiring sight. Ceremonies at the Tomb. Arrived at the tomb. Bishop John P. Newtnan made a short prayer, and Gen. P.>rter in an eloquent sp> eeh presented the monument to the city of New York on behalf of the Grant Monument Association; Mayor Strong accepted it for the city. President McKinley delivered a brief address admirably fitted to the time and theme, and tin* ceremonies of the morning were concluded. In the afternoon at 12:30 a formal luncheon was given to the President and his party. At 1 o’clock the land parade reached the monument ami saluted. A review ;of the troops and civic societies by the President occupied his time until 5 o’clock, when he went on board the dispatch boat Dolphin and reviewed the fleet in North river. At 9 o’clock i the evening rhe Union I.eague Club • uh mined the Presi-

JO' THE GRANT MON VME XT. dent at a reception, to whi( h all the visiting army and navy offi- ers and other distinguished guests of the city were bidden. Told in a Kew Imines. Turkish sm-cesses have caused a sharp recovery on the European bourses. By a street ''ar collision in Sr. Paul five persons were seriously injured. The international e<mvention of the Y. M. C. A. is in session at Mobile, Ala. Th.* Secretary of the Treasury has been notified that S‘J,77o,tM)<> in gold has been ordered for export. The telegraph operator at Larissa dynamited his office before abandoning it t 5 the Turkish advance.

BOGUS MONEY MINTS. TWO ARE UNEARTHED IN MICHIGAN TOWNS. One Operated on PrcmiscH Owned by a Prominent Citizen-Product Disposed of Broadcast— Has Given t nefe Sam Much Trouble. Homes of Counterfeiters. Ont of the arrest of John Ilill, alias Wilson, made Saiurday by the Chicago police, earn,. Monday the discovery of a counterfeiting plant which had been in active operation for three years and which the < lov. rmmnt had spent SA.ttoo trying to find. It was located in Benton Harbor. Mii*li . m the cellar of the residence of one of the most respected men in the town. By the light of tallow candles, officers of the United States secret service groped about in the cellar until they collected in a pile every article of the plant. They then transferred the mass to a train bound fur tlie headquarters in Chicago. • apt. Porter, grimy with the lung search an t almost <*xhanstcd, followed it into the train, lie arrived in the city a few hours ►later. < Inee there, he d»*clined to show the apparatus or to say what had become of it. The owner was nut at home when his ihousi* gave up its long-kept secret. Neith 'er was lie al an.' of the Benton Harbor clubs, which he has frequented as a man of leisure for three years. He could not be found in Benton Harbor at all. and the only clew to his Whereabouts which the secret service officials could obtain was a vague rumor that tie had recently departed for Chicago. While the search in the Benton Harbor house was going on another was m progress in a rickety shanty twenty-four miles north of Niles. Mich. L'.iis was being conducted by Policem-in I ully of tin* Harrison street station. Il was sne,cessftil. Bushel basketfuls of molds, acids and metals wen* found. This is supjiosed to be a sub-mint of the one m Benton Harbor. John Livingstone of 139 IJncoln avenue, Chicago, met an old acquaintance in a ('lark street saloon, and shook dice with him. He won considerable moaey, but .upon leaving discovered that he ha*i been given counterfeit silver dollars. He reported the matter to the Harrison street police, and later Detectives Shea ami TNilly arrested John Hill, who gavi* bis name as Wilson. Livingstone taid luhad known him for twenty year;; that his family resided in Willow Springs, and that formerly he resided in Benton Harbor. Mich. (’apt. Porter of the United States secret service was given the case. To him Hil is alleged to have confessed that 110 was disposing of the product of a Michigan counterfeiting mint. The police went, to Niles, and ('apt. Porter, with Detee-

tives Inslow, to Benton Harbor. The product of these Michigan plants, it is -aid by the Government officers, has been spread broadcast over the country, and lias caused the Treasury Department no emi of trouble. Only the silver dollar of 1 ssl was counterfeited. The work was so well done that experts could scarcely detect the b'lgns nature of the coin. For th<* reason that several nrresis remain ;•> be made, (’apt. Porter declines to discuss tin* ease, bat what is accomplished < I 'msid.-red the must imiMiFtaut effected in years. THE FLOOD SITUATION. lowa and Illinois Towns Suffer from the Deluge. Advices from Ottumwa Tuesday morning said: The Des Moines river is higher than ever was know n before and fifteen inches higher than during the famous flood of 1892. All small streams in southern lowa also are out of the banks. Bridges are gone, communication by highway cut off, and railroad traffic almost at a standstill. The Chicago and Denver line of the Burlington is cut in two by five miles of inundated track. The Rock Island has five miles of road under water west of the city. The Milwaukee roundhouse yards and several hundred fi« r of track are under water. I'art of one approach to the bridge has been taken away. The Kansas City line is cut off entirely. The lowa Central is running no trains. The W abash can get in from the smith, but cannot get out going mirth except over the Milwaukee and Rock Island tracks through the eastern part of the State. Damage to railroad property is incalculable. Nothing will be known until tin l water rei-edes. Eddyville, eighteen miles north, is under water, with 150 houses vacated. The people have been riding in the main business streets in boats. In Ottumwa no less than :300 families were compelled to move and many were rescued in boats, so rapid was the rise. At Smith Ottumwa, where 5.000 ■people live, the river flows parallel with the main street. It broke across this street and (toured down residence and

business streets, causing a panic and a - ramble for higher lands. Most house•hold goods and stocks in stores were savIn Central addition the water is up to the roofs of houses. In Stiles addition ithe Witter is five feet deep in the main street. In Shiekville. a western suburb, the water is up to the eaves of houses, and has moved several from their foundations. Water in Eairview stands four feet deep in the fair ground, and nothing but right of way fences can be seen along the Burlington and Rock Island tracks. Both above and below the city farms are flooded. In some places the water has a width of live miles. At Quincy. 111., the Mississippi flood made the situation alarming Tuesday. Live stock by the hundred head have been drowned, and in most places the water was eight or ton feet deep. The town of Alexandria was all under water except a narrow strip of land about twenty feet wide and 500 feet long, and the whole population of the town camped on that little island. Steamboats took them off as fast as possible. The town of Canton, Mo., was also submerged. At Keokuk, lowa, 500 families were made (homeless. Mayviile, Mo., was waterbound. Three bridges were washed away by rhe breaking of a 1 jXfO.OOO-foot log jam and gorge on the Amnicon river, twelve miles from Superior, Wis. The greatest damage was done to the iron bridge at the head of the St. Croix river, the loss being about $9,000. The damage to the other bridges and the loss of logs will aggregate $20,000. It is feared that several million feet of logs, which are now tied at various points along the stream, will be lost, j