The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-08-07

glory. Returned to the career OF a private citi-
zen, he was still dlgntfed and great. suffering
the reverses of fortune and the wasting Of fatal
disease with patience and serenity. The whole
nation is smitten Mt his death.
It is hereby directed that flags on the public
buildings of the state be displayed at half-mas5
until the close of the day OF his burial, and that
throughout that day all departments of the state
government be closed to business. The ~adjutans
will Issue appropriate orders in this regard to
the military forces of the state.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the
state, at the capitol in the city of st. Paul, this
23d day of July, A. D., 1885.
BY the Governor: /. F. HUBBARD.
FRED voN BAUMBAcH. Secretary Of State.
The Northwest.
The intelligence OF the death of Gen.
Grant caused n universal feeling of sorrow
in the various towns of Minnesota, Wiscon-
sin. Iowa and Dakota, in common with the
country, generally. Proclamations express
I've OF the popular regret We're issued by
Governors Hubbard, Rusk and Pierce, and in
the different cities bells were tolled, build
ings draped in sable and flags half-masted.
Action has been or will be taken by the city
councils, members of the G. a. r. and other
bodies to attest the popular sorrow at this
national loss.
DAKOTA EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION.
Ameeting of the Dakota Press association,
now nisiting in Minneapolis, was held at IL
O'Clock lass evening, when the following res
olur1ons were presented by a committee
appointed for the purpose:
" LiCtSass Sui StkINShlltn rs SldILtCu Nv IuG
sad tiding that the long-suspended sword which
never misses Its mark, has fallen, and that
Ulysses S. Grant is dead. We can but pause and
with bowed heads and heavy hearts bear orr
grief in common with a mourning nation, in
testimony Of the solemn dispensation of
Almighty God. We, the members OF the Dakota
Press association, therefore resolve,
First-That in his life and death as
citizen, soldier and. statesman, Gen. Grant was
a model for all coming ages, performing the OBJ
scure duties of the common citizen, the heroic
deeds of the soldier and the exalted labors OF
the chief magistrate Of the greatest nation on
the face Of the globe. with a fidelity that en-
deared him to all liberty-loving people and chal-
leaged the admiration Of the nations of the
| world.
~Second-That as a soldier from Belmont to Ap.
pomattoX, from the command of the company to
that OF the grandest army the world ever saw,
AS q citizen, from the lanyard to the White
House. he was faithful to every obligation, and
true to his country, to himself, to his God. and
to that democratic simplicity that should char
%acteri2e every American.
Third-Thatt the matchless patience and forth
tude displayed in the struggle that ended in
death, an admiring nation watched rs it now
weeps At his bier Fourth-That through
the great heart is still and pul.eless, the glory
of DIS deeds shall live while time lasts.
Fifth-That in tlis, his only surrender, " he
has simply scaled the heighths, and bivouckeG
on the eternal camping grounds in the Elysian
helds beyond the shining stars.
Sixth--That we record our mosttender sympa.
thy for the stricken ones of his own household.
God alone can fathom their devotion to one who
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mired by a world.
The Burial Place Chosen,
Noun McGREGoR, N. Y, July 23.-Public
interest now centers chiefly upon the obse.
quies of state and the burial. Some DAYS
must elapse before all the details
and arrangements Gun be perfected, and
in the meantime the body, into the
| veins of which the einbalmers are
tonight injecting antiseptic fluids for thei1
preservation vii! be kept on tho mountain.
WI. Arkill will vacate his cottage near
Artists Lake and the remains of
to be sealed and guarded BY the platoon
which will be sent by Gen. Hancock. The
public will be kept at a distance in accord
ance with the generals desire expressed a
Week ago. When an the arrangements are
made and a burial place has been
chosen, the remains viii be conveyed
away in a special train to Albany, where they
will undoubtedly lie in state for a day. From
Albany the body Will be taken by special
tram TO New York. and possibly to Washing.
ton. depending upon which city is chosen for
the burial.
: In regard to the place of burial, it is stated
that about the lstof July the general handed
Col. Fred Grant a slip of paper on which was
written substantially the following:
There arc three places from which 1 wish n
choice OF burial places 30 be made; West Point
II would prefer this above others but for the
fact that my wife could not be placed beside
Ine), Gaicna. or some place In Llinois-tbecause
mission. and New lork-(because the people OF
that city betriended me in my need.
Tn Feeling Abroad.
LONDON. July 23.-Un:ted States Ministe,
Philips, on being handed n copy of the
associated press dispatch announcing Gen.
Grants death, expressed the greatest concern
at the sad event He instantly ordered the