The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-07-25
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tend as at the funeral OF dear relative.
FAMILIAR HAUNTs.
Chief Engineer Snyder, superintendent q
the State, War and Navy Department.
borrowed a flag from the War Departmen
and had Rigger Crowley place it in positiol
on the same halyards of the old flag stal
on the little building ON the southwes
corner OF Seventeenth and f streets. whicl
was at one time General Grants head
quarters, but is now used by clerks from
the Second Auditors Office. In a fey
minutes the flag hoated at halfmast from
the former headquarters of the grea
citizen.
The members OF the congregation Metro
pOlitan church, where the General attende5
will probably make arrangements for /
special service to be held in memory d
General Grant, in case the remains al!
brought to this city. The use of the churcl
will be rendered FOR holding the funeral sei
vices. Professor Weddows, who plays th
chimes in the Metropolitan church, hasten
ed to the church as soon as he learned d
ieneral Grants death, and tolled minuts
bells for one hour ON the large chimes, aad
then played dirges at intervals. In eonclu
sion he struck General Grants age (6t
strokes) on the large bell. General Gram
was present on Thanksgiving Day, 1871
when the chimes were dedicated and one o
the bells was gift OF Mrs Grant and bean
her name.
JOE JoHNsroN's VIEWS. Z,
The Post says: General Joseph H
Ohnston, ON being Questioned concerning
his estimate of General Grant, said: s.Hjs
appointment as General-in-( hief certainiS
brought the civil war to close sooner thai
ft otherwise could have been accomplished,
After he assumed full command of the Fed.
eral forces he organized two armies againSt
which we were unable to contend with an5
degree of success" 81
WASHINGTON, July 23.-Colonel Fredericl
I. Dent, General Grants brother-in- Ian,
who is now a resident of this city, WI
asked yesterday if he knew what place hi
been selected for the Generals burial e.
piled that he did not, although he hi
made inquiry on the subject, when at M
+McGregOr recently. From a remark ma
there to him by member of Genesl
Grant's family, he inferred that a positiyR
selection had been made by the General
but that it was known only to himself.
Mrs. Grant and Colonel Fred Grant. HI
was inclined to think, however, that the
General had not selected Washington, but
!possibly West Point.
THE CITY IN MOURNING. ~
Shortly after O'Clock this morning the
President was informed of the death, Of
General Grant, he Immediately directed
the flag on the White House to be placed
|at half-mast. The lowering of the flag was
the first intimation that the citizens had
|of the death of the distinguished man, al
Though they had anticipated it throughout
the night. A few minutes after the White
House flag had been placed at half-mast|
the flags on all the public buildings and onl
many OF the private ones were placed in al
like position. The bells of the city were|
tolled and the citizens who heard them
readily recognized their meaning. The b,lsi1
ness men Immediately began draping: their
houses with mourning and their residences
in similar manner showed the esteem forj
the deceased.
THE PRESIDENTS SYMPATHY.
President Cleveland sent the following dis
patch to Mrs. Grant at Mt. McGregor:
Accept this expression Of my heartfelt
in this hour of your great af1fic-|
ton. The people OF this Nation mournl
with you, and would reach if they could |
with kindly comfort, the depths of sorrowI
which is yours alone, and which only the
pity of God can heal"
A PROCLAMATION
Lha Pres; lent 81 ':'','a ~
Tho PRESIDENT has just received the sadI
tidings OF the death of the illustrious citizen
and ex- President of the United States, Cen
eral U. s. Grant, at Mt. McGregor, in the
State of New York, to which place he hadI
ately been removed in the endeavor to pro-
ong his life. In making this announcement
= ~.
President is impressed with the magnitude
Of the public loss Of Il great military leader,
who was in the hour OF victory magnan-
mous, amid disaster serene and self-sustain-
I'd, who in every station, whether as a sol
lier or as Chief Magistrate, twice called
TO power by his fellow countrymen, trodA
the pathway OF duty, unde- +
terred by doubt, single-minded and straight (
forward, the entire country has witnessedS
With deep emotion his prolonged and pal
tient struggle with a painful disease, andb
mas watched by his couch of suffering withE
fearful sympathy. The distinct end hasg
come at last and his spirit has returned tos
the Creator who sent it fourth. The greatS
leart of the Nation that followed him
when alive, even with love and pride, bows
1ow in sorrow above him when dead, ten
lerly mindful of his virtues. his great pa
5riotic services and OF the loss occasioned
oy his death. In testimony of respect to
hat the Executive Mansion and the severa
departments in Washington be draped in
for the period OF thirty days,
Ind that all public business shall on the
lay of his funeral be suspended, and the
Secretaries of War and Navy will cause or
lers to be issued for appropriate military
and naval hOnOrs to be rendered on that
lay.
In witness whereof have hereunto set
nv hand and caused the seal OF the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
,wenty-third day OF July, A. d., one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-fveI
Ind of the Independence of the United
States, the one hundred and tenth. Signed,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President.
T. F. BAYARD,
Secretary of State.
The President has also issued an order
lirecting that all executive departments o
he Government be closed at o'clock this
lfternoon as a mark OF respect to the
of General Grant.
NAVAL ORDERS.
Secretary Whitney has Issued an order
Erecting that the ensigns at each naval
tation and of each vessel OF the United
states navy in commission be hoisted at
lalf-mast and that guns be fired at inter
ais OF every half hour, from sunrise to
unset, at each naval station and on board !
he fiagships and other vessels acting singly
n the day of the funeral, where this order
nay be received in time. Otherwise on the J
lay after it's reception. The officers of the
avy and marine corps will wear the usual
,adge of mourning attached to their sword
ilts and on the left arm for the period OF
hirty days.
AT THE CABINET MEETING.
With the exception Of Secretary EndicottI
III members were present at the meeting off
he Cabinet. The President informed them
If General Grants death, he having been
officially informed Of his demise by a tele
ra m from Colonel Fred Grant. The Presi
lent has instructed Adjutant- General DruGl
% go to New York to represent him and to
consult with Mrs. Grant relative to the l.
uneral of the ex-President.
HANDSOME DRAPIGGs.
The White House has been handsomely
lraped, the emblems OF mourning being
qual to those on the building at the time
II the death of President Garfield. They
ire over and around the windows and =
loors facing north and the great pillars of
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