The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-06
The Grandeur of the Funeral Pageant,

The Grandeur of the Funeral Pageant,
Anew York dispatch says: Preparations
for the great military pageant, which is to
be the principal feature OF the Grant funcr-
al on the Sth, continue with great zeal.
With the exception OF the vast number of
details, which will now take care of them
selves, these preparations may now be
called completed. Gen. Hancock has ap-
pointe4 all his aids, and is now occupied
during every working hour OF the day in
feeeivins and answering applications for
places in tho limo. So nuuerola are these
adopted Of having organizations represent
cd in the procession rather than march as a
whole, for If the complete bodies were ad-
mitted the line of march from the city
hall to Riverside Park, a distance of
nine miles, would not contain the mass
OF men. So important has it become to
keep the procession within manageable
limits that very few carriages will be al.
lowed. The decorat ions OF building OF all
tent and variety. Many decorations which
, were at first put up hastily, have been re-
modelled and deliberately emblemished.
There is not n building on Broad
way without some token of mourn.
ing, and the great thoroughfare be-
comes more and more fringed with
black. The advance demand for car
riages on the day OF the funeral has already
: practically exhausted the supply. The APP
plication for windows along the line OF
march indicates that the demand will be
immense. AS much as $3.50 has already
been offered for a single wi ndow on Broad
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thought Of conveying the remains from
Albany TO New York by river, altho,ighhad
| This plan been the first suggested it would
have been accepted: II Was abandoned with
regret: Saratoga made last and gns.,c.
Cessflil effort to induce the family to allow
the remains to lie in state in Congress Park
Rev. 8. V. Leech, the chaplain OF the state
senate, came in representing the Saratoga
memorial committee, to make a last ap-
peal. He was told that the plans decided
! upon were irrevocable.
'':C:yrus w: Field cabled from London:
! Mrs. y: s: Gr9nt: 4he duke OF Argyll
wf1tee nae: :::Wilf you Kindly gay to Mrs.
Grant how much / feel Tor her and how
much 1 value the memory OF her i,usbain,d's
visit to us in Scotland"
The people Of Manchester, England,
through their mayor, cabled their condo
lences.
The Tribune publishes an interview with
Gen Sherman, in which he says:
Fha' tfaafhae will be the gran,lest military
spectacle this city has ever seen. Gen. Han
cock is magnificently fitted TO organize it
and he is hard at work. He will leave moth
ing undone. 1t was a good thing to do to
place all these things in his hands. Tits GER
tain that Gen. Grant regarded Washington
as no fit place for young men. He has
often talked about it. My opinion is the
same. Why the army officers who have
been stationed in Washington long, have
never amounted to any thing. The men who
have come up high have made their mari
an the frontier among the Indians on the far
of stations. The Washington men become
distinguished as stan eff; Eff GERS only. McClel-
sse i %e sst sn s4$eSSa f p1& his
prove the rule. Taylor and jackson ana
those mon came to the top from Indian and
border fighting
The president, who, at the request OF
Mrs. Grant has selected pail bearers for