St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-08
Ali Day and Far Into the Night Tireless
Crowd Passes the Remains of
Gen. Grant.
at Last the Doors are Closed, the Lid
Screwed Down and the Body Pre-
pared for Burial.
Thousands F1ocking to the Great City
TO be Present at the Last
Ceremonies.
Scenes at the Hotels Meeting of thu
Union and EX- Confederate
Generals.
AT the CITY RgaEE.

New York. Aug. 7.-When the city
hall gates were shut at l o'clock this morn
ing and when the shuttle of footsteps had
ceased. the undertakers and embalmers
came. Many hands during the day had
touched the silver rails and moist palms
had touched the mOuntingS. There were
stains upon each because OF this. These
We're removed, the metal tinishings polished
highly and the undertakerS and others went
out. The body had not been touched by
them. As early rs 1 o'clock Inspector
Steers had a lire OF officers placed along
the route OF procession from the city nal
gates to the fountain circle. AT that hou
there were thousand waiting. Al
5 O'Clock another guard, detailed by Grand
Army men. was mounted at the casket
Between and ) O'Clock tine crowd had be
come throng. Every train on the big
bridge brought recruits, who scuTied
across Chatham and Center streets to the
point where the loose crowd was being
merged into q solid procession. At the
same relative hours to-day there were thou
sands more in the stream than yesterday,
and the fact was due to the belief and eX-
perence that the early ones had yesterday
the least time 10 wait. So it was that the
early downtown cars. between and 6
O'Clock, brought hundreds of ladies and
gentlemen who had thought to be in ad-
vance OF the great crowd. The CITY hall
clock marked $50 O'Clock when Junior Vice
Commander CranstOn of the L. S. Grant
post lifted the covers from the casket.
passed his handkerchief over the glass plate.
and then assumed his place ut the head OF
his detail OF Grand Army men. st. Paul'S
was tOlling o'clock when the iron gates
were thrown back. The
FIRST TO PASS THROUGH
were. as on yesterday, women. A solid
stream of people had again commenced
flowing across the piazza to the entrance
The human stream was flowing just as
though 100, 600 had not shufifed over the
same stones yesterday. To an observer Oh
the steps Of the city hall the manner of the
men in the crowd while uncOvering their
heads is a curious study. Many who are
better acquainted with social customs and
the prOprietieS of state occasions constitute
a class i'll the stream of visitors. While
yet on the piazza and nearer the steps may
be observed symptoms of consciousness
that the head covering must come off.
Some remove their hats on the lower step
and their demeanor is such as to indicate
appreciation of the dignity of the occasion.
Before the gates are reached the hat is re-
moved and the department of those alluded
10 cOmpOrtS with the occasion. Others alp
proach the building with curious bulging
eyes. and seemingly only feeling that there
is something TO be seer, and tie only present
purpose in life being to behold all that is to
he seen. There is no suggestion in their
manner that any Difference is to be paid
anywhere to any person or thing. They
mount the steps with covered heads, the
gates are passed with hats on, and only an
afterthought suggests the usual courtesy.
A floral remembrance from Gen. Grants
old home, Galena, ILL.,, was placed near the
remains to-day. At noon 35,000 persons
had visited the remains. Midday passed
and there was no diminutiOn of the con-
slant trail of people so anxious to see the
almost unrecOgniZable face of the dead gen
.eral. At l O'clock the tide was flowing
past the remains at about one hundred a
minute as Oh yesterday, and at o'clock
nearly fifty thousand persons had viewed
the body since the gates were opened at g
o'clock this morning.
The procession TO the city hall at the
hour of midnight extended above Canal
street half mile away, and was four deep.
1t is estimated that as many as 800, 600 per-
sons have visited the hail within the two
days that the remains have been in
state. At 10 a. m. the gates were
closed for the night. About 200
persons, who had been in line. We're dis
appointed in not seeing the face of the dead
general. The procession began to dimin-
ish about half-hour after midnight. and
near l o'clock it was of rather slim proper
tions. AT 10 o'clock the body will be taken
TO Riverside park, and, the last of the OBJ
seQuieS over, the great generals ashes will
have eternal rest