The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-06
HOME AGAIN !!
After Lying in State in Alba
ny Gen. Grants Body is
Taken to New York.
over 5000 Mourning Citi-
zens View the Remains
While ut Albany.
Incidents of the Day ana Night
at Albany and all Along
the Journey.
The Reception of the Body at
the Dead Generals Home,
New York Ctty.
GENERAL GRANTS FUNERAL.
incidents a, Albany, New York.

thctueuth ht atbuu1s We" hoFAs
Albany, n. Y August 5.-The files
of people which began passing the
remains of General Grant in this SEN
ate corridor at the capitol when the
doors were first open yesterday after
noon, had not diminished at midnight.
The solid line of visitors entering
from Washington Avenue split at the
foot of the casket and in two files
streamed out through the State Street
portals until IL o'clock. THIS morn
ing, showers fell but the throng had
been maintained without diminition.
After 10 o'clock last night the
crowds lesscned and at 2 O'Clock the
guards OH duty beside the coffin be-
gan to relax and stand at ease. At ?
o'clock the numbers we're less and
less until al o'clock, when the thrOng
had sunk to II succession OF strugglers
and there was n comparative respite
until O'Clock when the stragglers
were reinforced and at 6 O'Clock 81 200
people had viewed the remains and IL
solid tide was again lowing and two
streams of visitors were surging past
the caskct.
The line outside ofthc capitol build
ING increased with the hours until at
~ O'Clock the line of people, four
abreast, reached down Wash
iugtou Avenue fully n
block to where the coming
throngs were formed in line by n
strong force OF police. Al 10 o'clock
il was estimated the remains were be-
ing viewed by 100 persons minute
and that up to that hour 10000 per
sons had seen the face of the dead
general.
Spectators have made efforts to Sc
cure possession of the catatalque auI
funeral car after the remains depart
and an oHer of $4,000 has been made
for the catafalquc. AS they are the
property of the National government
however, il is not likely the rellc-hunt.
crs will obtain them.
The steel casket built at Troy was
completed last evening at q O'Clock
Thousands of people have visited the
works in the last two days. Night
aud day has the work upon the casket
progressed, and neither time nor eX.
pense has been spared to completl
the work. The caskct was shipped
lllS ivy
At 1890 o'clock this forenoon the
capitol doors were swung shut. The
compact line of waiting visitor
which extended over block wa
thus shut off and those who had en-
tered were permitted to pass rapid,
out, when the State street doors wer,
closed and none but the guard o
honor were allowed to remain. Tn
undertakers have taken charge and, S,
for rs possible, prepared the remain
for the Iast stage ofthe journey. Ont
side the capitol building, in the parb
the military organizations were form
ing to move at the word of command
Slowly the funeral car, drawn b
SIX black horses with their mournin
trappings, moved to The State Stree
side of the capitol. General llancocl
mounted on black charger froi
West Point and followed by his stat
approached the capitol, us did ais
General Farnsworth and staff; Gov
ernor Hill aud staff had already gait
cred at the capital aud were in wal
ing,
Eleven o'clock had passed aud
was half-au-hour later when the gre
doors of the capitol swung open {
the State Street side and the guard
honor from u. S. Graz
Post, passed with the I
mains inside the corridor and
this moment the guard moved OF
The sombrG car was waiting at I
foot of the steps In the street and t
remains were transferred to t
black dais within the mouted Cal
falque. Then Colonel Bay and Maj
Brown arranged their companies
regulars on either side of the car, a
the Grand Army guard took the |
siuon. The blare of trumpets ra
out and the procession started a
measured pace down state street, '
rious organizations falling into line
form the procession. The line
march through Broadway to Steui
street and thence to the depot v
everywhere densely thronged.
The sons of General Grant a
their companions Of yesterday w
driven to the depot where the fuuo
train was awaiting its burden. q
cral Hancock and ID. M. kendr
were in charge and, at the request
Assistant Adjutant General Asa b
Gardner, +. W. Mack, the associa
press representative, assumed cha
of the car of public informant
} Guns doomed while the remains W
being placed in-the car Woodlaw
and the bells tolled slowly. The &C
mittee from New York entered II
cars; General Hancock and staff W
aboard; the regulars we're quartz
), and the great train started.
The remains were viewed in Alb
by 1920 persons.