Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28

train came to a halt in Albany At sn,-
Street. The funeral car, heavily ad,ehce
drawn by six black horses in funeral aIIaped
pings, were waiting, and after a short Zap
the casket was transferred to it, oela!
At 1858 the order was given To star. -,
procession was made up as follows. be,,A
by platoons of police to clear the stre asa"ed
FIRST DIVISION.
Major General w. S. Hancock. IT @
commanding, and staff mounted a
Marshal and STAFF mounted'A' CHEZ
Major General Joseph B. Carr. COM.
ing. and staff mounted. 0"nlant
Armed and uniformed military orpan;,,
F9 9rSops ana ssf d]el ssaasa Of y :. ! 9G GssSt S State
Mourners in carriages. Vs.
Governor B.. Hill and STAFF
Tho Mayor, Common Council and
officers in carriages. e1yl
CON DIVISION.
Brigadier General James NJ. Warner o.
handing, and staff. cum
G. A.. r. Legion
Veterans of the late wal and sons of ~.
Grams. Wy
THIRD DIVISION.
Major waters W. bf stafqa commanding, and
| Civic Societies escorted by the ALBANY 1o.,
son Corps. ' 'aes
The column moved through North Do,
| Street to State Street, to Eagle, to Wasliin%s
ton Avenue, to Knox. to State, to the cas
itol, where it halted and formed a line :,
the south side of State Street, right restv1
OH Hawk Street.
A score of bands were scattered throurA
out the procession and played solemn In
neral marches. Enormous concourses X
people lined every street of the line \
march. The pack and jam at times de6s
the efforts of the police to preserve suficia,
room for the pageant. The crowds in al
bany were far vaster than those present .
the funerals of either Lincoln or Gar6alS
It is supposed that not less than 81 oM
strangers visited the city.
Military escort of 100 infantry prece1s,
the carrying of the casket to the corridor n
front, on both sides of the inclined base any
under the canopy, presenting arm: s. t1
casket was carried to the rest.
General Sherman, Vice Admiral Rowan
General Hancock and the Grant brothers
dined with Governor Hill at six o'coct
General Sherman took the evening train fnl
New York.
The casket was borne into the Capitol N
$50 and was taken Immediately to an ante
room adjoining the main corridor, wfera
the inclined rest draped with the national
colors under the truly grand and imposing
canopy, awaited its sacred burden.
The undertakers were in waiting and ranI
IDLY removed the purple and glass.lids. 4
was found that the Earring attending the rel
moval from Mt. McGregor had in a certain
degree disturbed the remains. This troubld
was quickly rectified. Embalmer Sullivan
then applied a whitewash to the face and
%left-hand, supposedly to improve it, bud
quite the contrary effect was produced
1t gave the face the appearance of having
been sprinkled with flour and a new ghasti]
ness was added.
Exactly at six o'clock the casket waJ
placed Oh the rests in the corridor. Thd
doors were opened and the members of ths
State Senate entered two abreast, divided aa
the foot of the casket and passed out of ta
Capitol by the private entrance.
The members of the Assembly followed
and then came the public four abreast
white, black, old, young, rich, poor, ta
lame and stalwart, beauty and ugliness-I
short, a Heterogeneous mass of humanitytl that
is only seen together when some extlaor1
binary event is happening. Eight thousand
| l'usoSCA ouAli6 NV A1oU AlOul tlllu LII lWV
hours this was the rate, then a slight de.
crease was %perceptible. Seven Thousand
people paced quickly by between eight and
nine.
At 9:2O p. m. Colonel Grant and his two
brothers, escorted by Governor Hill, entered
the Capitol by the private entrance. The
inside doors were closed for a moment to
permit the brothers to look upon the dead
An expression of pain fitted over the Col.
oneps face as he looked, the ghastlineS
of the face referred to having occurred since
last he looked upon the familiar lineamcnts
They looked but a moment and then hurried
away.
Great praise is due General Hancock and
his aides for the admirable planning and
execution of the countless details of the fill
neral journey. Thus far not the slightest
hitch or accident has occurred and the pre-.
cision with which every arrangement has
been carried out attests the wisdom and the
determination that placed the obsequits in
the hands of a military commander. 1t is
estimated that between eighty and one
hundred thousand people will have viewed
the remains when the doors close at 1880
this morning.
At midnight the German singing societies
assembled in the Capitol Park GOO strong
and sang the dirge in a most solemn and
impressive manner. !.
At 1850 a. m. the great concourse Of
people were still passing rapidly by the
casket, and there were no indications ofany
diminution of the crowds upon the street
and in the line of march through the Cap
itol.
At one a. m. the crowd passing through
the Capitol thinned out considerably, DI.
they were still going in single files. Thetotal
number passing the casket up to twelve
o'clock was 80, 300.
The features of the corpse are ghastlS
The whitish color which gives the face I,
CHASTITY appearance, has been lessenea
somewhat by turning off some of the ee.
trio lights within the catafalque, there1!
throwing the face more in the shadow; "
is thought that colored globes would have
been more properly used.
At two a. m. only a few strangers wess
passing the casket.
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