Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-08-15

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Grant sisdaales rom Wssi raia, 10 ls,J
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safioesip spending boai yeap IN ssriss
On 'hs Faohe Coast, shefe, IN Jaly 1854, after
~ tssr service, hs resigned ffom ,he nwy.
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.aae~ahJ ~ r8sg bs isiaDyd b. oalens.
Illinois, aad loiBsd biz father IN ls~ In ,hs
tanning aoi leaibr, Business
Before iims elap.sd 10 ensbls him - pn,ss
rHsu,csasfi IN thn line the Nsf bfots oai.
whhin 6 Nest ahsf the frt call fot troops.
Apnl IS. isbi, Gfsnt Nas In Springfield,
Illinois, and sas sopn o'gani,ing The Twenty
First iinoi. itfanify, n which b. became
colonel Before bia regiment had entered The
aeld he VS. made bfieadisf, IN ootnmsnd u
The troops holding ibe district fHmsd b,
southeast Mssour. sgufbNes, Illinois aBd the
adjacent sections u Kentucky. nth bssd
quarters AZ Cairo liiA hfsi battle ras af
Belmont, Missouri, November 0. lssi. lie
accomplished his object. though the victory
vas technically defeat on February o,
1907. be took for Henry on The Tennessee.
fon Dpneison vas taken IN the f5th u the
same month. The mere fsoitsI u Cnni's
Other victories would hii column. Rich
mond fell IN The 3fd Il April, 1903. few
days less than four years from the day he hn,
fe entered the United States Army as col
onel. lie marched int Richmond a. hs com
mandef in.obief As the gfeais,i commando,
since Napoleon.
In March, 1869, Grant entered the White
liouEe al Washington f,osiden, of the
United States. lie filled that office eight
year,. He was twice candidate Tor third
term, was twice defeated in eongeniion--snd
thus escaped the e,ecmiion of the nation that
loved and honofed him. ~ An, July
2jrJ. he died the victim II msIady
brought on by the int, eetaie use NJ tobacco.
He was the creates cent soldiers But
bis life Is not less . sali g than an example.
The arrival on saturday las, of The o. s. S.
Mabposa, broughi rhe 'ad news of the death Of
General Grant
The following extracts are CLEANED from the
papen a, hand.
Mr McGeEoor, July -. AT O'Clock
O'Clock last nigh, one of General Giants
physicians conceded thai he might survive
until July zJi. His meaning was that the
sies man nigh, ye, be living when midnigh,
should marx the new day. The physicisn's
ibd.esiion-it was no, prognos,ieation--was
borne out, and more. for the general pass-d
into the first hours Of the day. He saw It's
houn he still survived. The adyen, Of July
23d. however, marked a change IN General
Grants condition, which was significant The
chill AT the eylremities was Increasing
The use Of hot applications to keep warmth
in the vital parts was resored to early Last
night They were Of some avail. bu, artificial
warmth was without power 10 reach the canse
or stay the results Of dissolution. which began
on Tuesday evening and had beeu progressing
steadily. though gradually, and at Sos ,hi.
morning. surrounded by al his family, General
Grant passed out Of life peacefully and without
evident pain.
Though this sad event had been long looked
for by the nation. the grief Throughout the
length and breadth II the land is very marked.
showing the affection he held in the hearts Of
the people.
The funeral was set for Angus, 9Th,
and grea, preparations were being made in
various cities Of the Union 10 observe the day
appropriate TO the occasion. lie was to be
buried in Riverside Park, New York City.
Mr.. K w. Laine has probably known