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Henry Hudson Monument. To be erected on Spuyten Duyvil by popular sub- 

 scription at a cost of $100,000, and to be dedicated as a part of the official program 

 of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration. This monument is by Karl Bitter and Schrady, 

 is 110 feet high and will stand on an elevation of two hundred feet above the water, 

 being visible for many miles above the Hudson River and from Long Island Sound. 



A special two-cent stamp to commemorate the Hudson- Fulton Cele- 

 bration has been issued by the Post Office Department. The background 

 of the design shows the Palisades, with the Half Moon sailing up the 

 Hudson Biver, and the Clermont steaming in the opposite direction; 

 in the foreground is an Indian in a canoe, and another canoe manned 

 by four Indians can just be discerned in the distance. The commission 

 has to thank Congressman Bennett and his colleagues, Congressmen 

 Parsons and Olcott, for their successful efforts in securing the consent 

 of the Postmaster General to the issue of these stamps, of which fifty 

 million will be printed. 



