Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-08-01
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LONDON, July 24-Thc London Post
 says tbe Amencan Republic has lost one ot IS .llustrioUs citizens in Grant and he
 VIII be remembered as the able soldier
 who prevented the finHl separation of
 the great republic. Though not a Ma
 poleon not a Wellington, he hapdled
 large armies and led them 10 victory. The Standard says: "Although the | death Of General Grant was a long ex-
 pscted event, 1t IS not the lees deplora-
 ble- We cgn only share with hIs mourn l ing countTym men m the sense of the loss
 or one whose career was SO notable, SO honorable to himself and so useful to his
 native lend. IT that were possible he
 even rose in popularity when the na-
 ton saw the way he faced poverty and rum. Simple and modest he was
 not cast down by reverses, nor elated
 by prosperity. Never a great strstegist, he knew only one course, namely-to fight. To-day from Cape Cod to the
 Alaskan isles, the land wIll once more
 resound with fading memories of the
 war
 The Telegraph devotes two columns to a ravlew on General Grants military
 career entirely. Itsays: Yesterday the greatest and most successful soldler that
 the United States has produced, breath-
 ed hls last. In no portion of the United States have the financial disasters mark
 ing the close of General Grants career
 been regarded with more sympathy and
 regret than in England. Beyond all
 others he Was best fitted to cope with
 the tremendous crisis that made him,
 a.I when the grave closes over all that
 Is mortal of Ulysses Simpson Grant. it
 will be felt that be leaves behind him uo
 man cast m simpler, sincere or more
 EeTolc mould
 MT. MCGREGoR, Jnly 24-The one condition imposed by Gen. Grant before
 he died upon those who should decide
 up0n the place of burial. Is the cause of
 tn. delay in fixing the spot of sepulcher. Mayo Grece's chief clerk. Mir. Turner, l. here and has been in consultation with C.. Fred Grant. He mas formally and ia person, for Mayor Grace, urged the Fl.s p,lon of a burial spot in any one of t.. parks of New York City. There is s;raaE feeling m the family of Gen. Grant that the New York proposition IS one hat would have gratifed the Gen e- bnt the condition that Mrs. Grant m be hGriei beside the General is ols that the mayors repre. entative g. not aCcede to, and te'egra?hic com. I uirl'ion k now going on between i'-r and New York on that poiu:. .ia PresiGent's messenger tt II o'clock had not arrived and when he ! u' come and present the invitation ! f,s .ce S ldlers Home tbis not unlikely ] Chat .le condition of General GrEnt rel atm ip Mrs. Gran. beIug buried be- ] side EI8, Will then cause some delay. Fcr ding conference with others the ln- y,.l'iDl from tue city oi Springfield, H., ,iiHSt being seriously considered as yet. though before his death Gen., Grant said If tbe three states in which ] he would desire to be buried ID, Illinois | va u,e.
 WASHINGTON, July 93.-The President | to-GG, appointed Samuel II. Buck, post
 master So; New Orleans, vice \. B. Mer- chant. suspended.
 CoSsTASTISoPLE, July .3-Tbe En- giish government on the suggestion of Consul Fawcett, has accorded the Amer | icsn colony, who have no cemetery Ot | tbeir own here, the use of the British ] Cemetery at LentAri, which was created | during the Crimean var. The members of the colony express unqualified sstis-
 faction over this set Of courtery.
 OSBORNE JuiY 23-The marriage of Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry ot 1 Battenberg, took place at two o'clock
 th:s afternoon. The 93d Highland-rs
 were present as c guard of honor. The
 Oleen remained with the Princess throughout the entire morning. The Archbishop of Canterbury offciated.
 < salute of guns from the guard ships
 hss just announced the completion of
 the ceremony.
 LONDON, July, 23.--A peerage case has | just been decided by the House Of Lords in favor of Major Maitland. There were two claimants to the peer
 age. Major Maitland and Sir JGmes Maitland. Major Maitland conteDded that he WIS the heir of the fourth son of the sixth Earl of Lauderdale, who
 married Mary McAdam Tn New York ID | l172 two days before bis death. Mary McAdam had borne three sons to this 1 fourth son of the sixth earl, ard the
 petitioner held that this marriage legIt- | imstized the offspring. Sir Jas. Matt l land, descendant of the fifth son Of the sixth Earl ot Lauderdale, contested the claim of Major Maitland. In the hear
 ing before the House of Lords United States Minister Phelps, Senator Ed mund and Messers. Fowler, Stephen,
 Nash and Clarence Cary gave testi-
 ulony concerning the law of marriage as ! ii existed m the American colonies m I773
 WASHINGTON, July 23.-The President ! nrpoInted the folloWlDg-named post l masters Jas. k. Rogers at Nllkesbarre, | Pa. vice \. 5. Orr. suspended; M. J. ! Fia1en at StraAtor. H.. vice F. w. Ryan, sus1ended; Chas. F.. Gallagher at Sal monica, N. r., vice R. B. Webber. sus- pended: John l.. Handley at Fairfield ! II vice F. M. Wright, suspended; Clln- | ton R1sette at Desslb, H., vice A. C. Jackson suspended: George r. Sanford
 ct Lansing, Mich, vice ;. ID. Bingham suspended. Jas. J. Hyckman off Louisiana and ! Tlmet Seibels of Alabama have been appointed special agents of the Land | Office. II. O. Billings of ILL, has been nrroirted Chief of the Preemptlon Div | isisn of the Land Office to succeed Henry HGwes, removed, and John Mo- Murry of Brookville, Pa, has been sp- pointed Chief of the Land and Railroads Division of the Secretsry's office to sue | ceei Zebulon E. Sturgis of Indiana, re- moved.
 The following appointments were also made today: David l.. Perks of the District of Columbia, Superintendent | In the office of tie Comptroller. Of the ! Currency; Garrett Rieder of the Dist rict of Columbia, chief of division in the | sixth Auditors office; Edwsrd J.
 Dawne of Oregon, United States Judge | for the District of Alaska; M. ID. Bull | of Alaska, United States Attorney for | the District of Alaska; Barton Atkins, | of New York, United States Marshal of | Alaska
 Edward J. Davne, who was to-day sp-
 poInted United States Judge for the | District of Alaska, IS one Of the most
 prominent lawyers of Oregon and the
 author of a code of legal procedure m that State. Barton Atkins, appointed l c. sI,a nfafr,rf of Alaeka- A