The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-08-11
GRANTS FUNERAL
Attended by Thousands at
Mount McGregor.
Uncovered Heads all Along
the Route.
His Remains Given to the
Nation.
oBsEoUIEs AT Mt. NssREGoR.

Mt. McGregor August 4.-On the noun
tain brow by tie eastern lookout gun
doomed suddenly al 4 O'Clock this morning
The shotk OF the revvrOeratlonS was yei Oh
the heavy air, VIII second repo shook
the earth and STARRED the blrus IN the
trees. Artille rynen had begun firing tnIr-
teen guns TO marK Inc sunni e OF G,neral
Grams last day upon the mountain. In
ouick succession and at snort intervals,
guns were fired. The rain had STOPPED bui
q midst still cover, Il the valley. AT .
O'Clock again t4e bali hour gun doomed
its silent token Ct respect from the noun
tain side. Then a steady breeze came up
from the direction o: the Catskills and
famed the openings Of the low lying
clouds and they began moving al the co..
tage and hotel. 1t soon became SO clear
that several artists for illustrated Lapers
wire enabled to C, ten tn ir outliLes. The
soldiers received orders 10 break up emp,
and in less than twenty minutes ali the
tents had disappeared from among the
trees and were packed away In box ready
for shipment Down on the mountain side
at 3:45 bugle rang out. Ii was the as
semby cell for the trumpete7s. Fifteen
minutes later buglers of four companies
OF troops We're sounding reveiIle and as the
last ST. aims q oated over III. mOcntain, Il ey
were swallowed up In the booming
of gun that every half hour through ala
the day will thus tell the valleys the sig
nifcance of the day, and at sunset viii
close with thirty-eight volleys. The fam
lily at the cottage We're astIr as morning
touched o'clock, and correspondents and
guests were moving at the hotel. The
mountain train at six o'clock had begun to
bring up the people, and every hour thsre-
after The little engine drew up at the d, pot.
The funeral car to carry the remains from
the mountain 10 Saratoga came up early,
and lay waiting fer the burden il should
carry. Last night the family in group and
alone had taken their final farewell of III
remains, and to-day they give up his body
to the nation. At 8 clock the family,
except Mrs. Grant, repaired TO the hotel for
breakfast. On their returr prepar Ations
began for the funeral journey. Even this
morning when the family we're at breakfast
ii was not surely known what the widow
would determine to do. She had her trucks
packed yesterday in the event of her decid
ing TO go with the mains, but her decis-
Ion, if known to herself, had no. been
shared with the family. Early in the
morning to-day, at half-past eight the
doors of the Grant cottage had ben
thrown open and stream of visitors poured
in stesdily for over an hoHr. About 8
o'clock the head of the l ng line of buggies,
wagons, omnibuses and various kinds OF
vehicles appeared climbing up the steep in
cline near the eastern outlook, and SOON
the area 10 the vicinity of the co: tage was
thrcnged with horses and wagons, and
farmers and their wives snd families. At
$50 train brought General Hancock
and number OF distinguished visitors. At
10 o'clock serv ces were held at the cottage
In the presence OF over one t. Gus and per
sons. Gaze seated chairs and rustic seats
were provided for the ladies u4der the
trees in the grove before the cottage. Those
who failed to secure leafy shade used their
umbrellas. The ceremonies opened vito
the reading of psalm number ninety, which
was followed by an impressive prayer by
Rsv. Bishop Harris. The hymn" Ny Faith
Looks up to The'," was joined in by the
whole assembly present with fue effect.
DIR. Newman then came forward and de-
livered a sermon on the subject of the
dead general, sitting in the meantime about
the remains In the parlor.
At the close of the discourse the noble |
hymn, "Nesrer My God to Thee" was zen.
dered very impressively by Alfresco COO
gregation. The services ended with bene- |
diction. After the services ended there
was movement of the people toward the
cottage TO get a fin i look at the corpse,
but it was not deemed advisable to admit |
any one, in view of the fact that ii was
near time for the funefal train to start Gen.
erals Sherman and Hancock and Senator
Evarts left the balcony together Mrs.
Grant had concluded not TO 60 with the
funeral train but to wait over until four
o'clock when she and other lsdies will
eave for Saratog. and from there 60 direct
10 New York. u. S. Grant post 327, of
Brooklyn bore the remains from the cot
tage to the station. Shortly before one
o'clock the military were drawn up and
salute was paid the remains as they passed
TO the depot and throng stood with un-
covered heads while the casket
vas borne TO the car. The noun
ain train waited at the lit lie rustic
1epot, seven cars being there. Next to the
ngine was the funeral car, with open side,
and solid masses of draping was placed on
t. The transfer was completed without |
Iimculty and the train started for Sarsto.
"a. Among those representing the military {
we're the following: General w. ID. Han
,ock, General w. T. Sherman, General Ru.
us Ingalls,, General 81. A Perry. Colonel
Colonel John P. Nicholson,
Lieutenant Colonel Anderson, Captain g.
Ward, Captain John III. Weeks and Lieu Z
enant Eugene Griffin. The guard of G
lonor, o. s. Grant post Brooklyn consisted Q
4 Colonel VIM. 81. Barker, Major r B. 6
,orwin, Dr.. Geo. B. Brus, Reese B. Gillim, .
|. p. Howalt, Commando. John 81. John
on, Henry w. Knight, r. F. Mockellar, t
Vim. Mcdonald, VIM. J. McCelvey, Geo b
Collins, Noah Tibbets and Geo. B. i
quires. Six men of the legion of honor, Z
eneral mourners, were represented Sy VIM
4. Evarts, Admiral Rowan, Warner Mil
II, Joseph w. Drexel, Potter Palmer, v
General ]. A ]. Cresswell and others. il
The great crowd that attended the ser Il
lees at the cottage remained to see the p