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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-29
The Site Selected for the Tomb.

NEW YORK, July 2S The telegraph dis patch
from Col. Fred. D. Grant announcing that his
mother had decided in favor Of the site in River
side Park was received at the mayors Office in
the City Hall at 11:30 this morning The burial
place will be on the site of the old st. Clare
homestead, now known as the Claremont House.
This building stands on high plateau, at the
upper end of Riverside Park The building was
the homestead of the ST. Clare family, and when
the grounds about it were acquired by the city,
the old building, which has stood for more than
l20 years on the present site, was remodeled
and transformed into house for refresh is
under the control of the park depart, I,
The tomb and monument to General G. It
WILDE directly on the site of this building
which must be demolished or removed Mayor
Grace said to day: II have been confident from
the first that when that when Colonel Grant was
shown the advantages of the site in Riverside
Park he would agree that it much moro
available spot than any that could be found in
Central Park. Riverside Park extends along
the river front for two and half miles, from
Seventy second to One hundred and thir teth
street, and is of varying width The total
area is about one hundred and seventy seven
acres. l am very glad that the members of
General Grants family have accepted this site,
for the grounds about the monument can be
laid out with view to display the testimonial
that will mark the resting place of the country s
hero"
Mayor Grace said to day that it was more than
probable that the Board of Aldermen would very
shortly change the name of Riverside Park to
Grant Park. The selected site is on very high
ground, close to the North river Just above
the spot chosen for the tomb the river bends to
the West, and fine view as far north as the
Tappan Zee is afforded. Across the Manhattan
valley and the low lands bordering on the Har-
lem river, the visitor can see both shores Of the
sound, while to the south the church towers and
tall buildings in the lower part of the city do
not obstruct the-view of the light house on the
Jersey Highlands
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-29
WHITNEY'S GAME.
He Desires 10 Advance the Free-Ship Bill
Now Pending: Before Congress.

He Desires TO Advance the Free-Ship Bill
Now Pending Before Congress.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-It developes that
Secretary Whitney has another object in view
than those printed in crushing John Roach the
ship pbuilder. 1t comes from a Navy Department
official that Mr. Whitney has been in constant
communication with British ship-builders dur
ing the discussion about the acceptance of the
Dolphin and that one of the principal reasons
for closing Roach out is to advance the interest
of the free ship bill that has been before Con-
gress for three or four years. That bill, it will
be remembered is in the interest of the ship
builders on the Clyde, and will enable them to
control the building of ships in Amerca, as well
as in England. With John Roach out of the way.
Secretary Whitney sees his way clear to per-
hitting these foreigners coming to the United
States and putting up ships which have been
practically constructed on the Clyde.
By closing up the only great private shipyard
in this country Secretary Whitney gives Con-
gress the alternative of permitting American ship
building going to England or of putting in ship
yards by the government. If the government
concludes to accept the latter. tie Secretary Of
the Navy SEES All lHhiehse PoI1IleaA 1e'eIaSe
placed in his hands. With great ship yards, dis
bursting many millions annually he will be a
powerful factor in the next presidential contest
1t is not likely, however, that the laboring
men of the country will overlook the fact that
hundreds of workmen who praise John Roachs
manhood and liberality, and who are turned out
of employment, are suffering on account of Sec
retary Whitney's desire to favor the English
ship builders and further his own political ends.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-29
INSULTED FISHERMEN.
The Troubles of Commissioner Colman and
Congressman Heard.

Washington Special.
Commissioner of Agriculture Colman and Con
gresham Heard, of Missouri have returned to
the city in plight and with an experience about
which they are reticent. Their wanderngs took
them to the northern part of New Y York State, and
they found some splendid fishing in the vicinity
of Cape st. Vincert
On last Thursday they were having fine sport
when couple of keepers came down on them
suddenly and gruf1y ordered them off, stating
that the stream was covered by private leases
At the same time the keepers confscated all
the fish, some two hundred pounds and threat
ened 10 take the tackle as well. The congress
man was submitting peaceably but Mr.. Coman
protested
'Ithiuk we'd better CO." said Mr. Heard; "prob-
ably the men are telling the truth. We may be
intruding."
mo, said Mr.. Colman, "we won't 60" Then
to the keepers he sad May be you don't know
who am. My name is Colman,"
"Idon't care who you are, replied one of
the keepers. you've got to git"
But I'm the Commissioner of Agriculture, 1"
urged Mr.. COlman. you've seen my name on
the seed packages, I expect"
mo, l haven't" said the keeper. "These are
private grounds, and you've got to leave and
- quick, too.
Come on, Colman," said Mr.. Heard, per-
SudSlFeiy, let 5 go
NO" replied the Commissioner, belligerently
"We won't go till we get ready"
"You won't, eh?" growled one keeper, and he
started toward the Commissioner, while the
other turned his attention toward the congress
man. Mr.. Colman squared off and made two or
three passes. but finding there was too much
science opposite. turned and He hadn't
made rl2re than fifty yards before he tripped
on the root of tree, fell and dislocated his
arm.
Mr.. Heard saw the Commissioner square for
battle, and, unwilling to leave a friend, he
turned in and gave his antagonist the best he
had.
The congressman and the keeper had it give
and take for about fifteen minutes, and then the
former, finding that Colman had disappeared,
capitUlated and left by the nearest route for the
hotel.
The Commissioner reached the city yesterday
morning but passed the Sabbath in the seclu
sion of his home keeping bandages and pou-
tices on his shoulder
The congressman arrived to-day, having re-
mained twentyfour hours longer in Northern
New York to undergo a patching process. His
| face is peeled, there is lump the side of his
| head, and he walks like man who feels sore
| His right arm is black and blue from waist to
elbow where he warded off Nows Mr.. Heard
| visited the department to-day to attend to some
| pressing business, and explained to good many
| people that he had been exposed to the sun,
| which had burned his face Mr. Colman went
| to and from the department in carriage.
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Outlook from the Site Chosen.

New YORK, July 28.-The site chosen for
General Grants tomb is on a sort of promon
tory on the Hudson river, and is the highest
point in Manhattanville The outward swell of
the promontory begins at One hundred apd-
twenty second street. and the river bank returns
to its regular line at Onohundred and twenty
ninth street. The summit of this elevation
is an almost level plateau of something more
than twenty acres. On the river side the
descent is abrupt At its foot, 200 feet below,
the tracks of that branch of the Hudson River
railroad that runs into the West Thirtieth- street
depot. On the northwest is the ferry to Fort
Lee, and on the north and northeast the red
brick stores, houses and manufacturers of Man
hattarville cluster round the base of the HILL
If tho observer looks to the south
he has opened before him the long vista of
Riverside Park-of driveways hewn stone walls
and ancient oaks and naples on the steep slopes
of the Hudson. The spot suggests Rev
olutionary War memories. Fort Lee is
opposite, the old fort in Central Park is on the
southeast, Fort Washington is on the north and
the Highlands near West Point shut out in
the horizon beyond, the Tappan- Zee.
No structures can be erected to break the uni
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THE SOUTH AMERICAN COMMISSION.
Commissioner Thatcher Returns and Relates
His Experiences and Views.

WASHINGTON, July 28-Judge Solon Thatcher,
of Kansas, as a member Of the commission ap-
pointed to visit Mexico and South America, in
the interest of trade between these countries and
the United States, arrived in Washington to-day,
direct from Liverpool, and called upon the
Secretary of State. He landed at New York
yesterday. Mr.. Curtis, secretary of the com
mission, is expected the latter part of the week.
The vessel which Judge Thatcher and
Mr.. Curtis sailed from Brazil was wrecked on
coral reef The wreck occurred about
o'clock in the morning, and the vessel
and cargo were total loss. The passengers
took to the small boats, and at night
time succeeded in reaching a small Brazilian
port. They were refused aid of any kind, and
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MIR. BAYARD'S EMBARRASSMENT.
Injudicious Commissioner Sparks Expose!
tho Secretary of State.

the Secretary of State.
Washington Special.
1t is reported that Secretary Bayard has not a
high opinion of the saeacity Of Mr. Sparks, the
new Commissioner Of the Land Office When
Mr.. Sparks received his appointment, and before
he had become familiar with the duties of bis
office, he bestirred himself to ferret out some
great fraud of which his Republican predecessors
had been guilty, which would convince the people
of the wisdom of political change Among other
inquities of which the retiring party had been
guilty in connection with the public land system,
Mr.. Sparks ran foul Of the famous Maxwell
private land grant, which, after cursory exam
ination. he declared had beer given it's present
owners in violation of sound law to the preiu-
dice of private settlers, and in pursuance of the
Vaccinations OF corrupt Republican ring, Of
which Stephen B. ElkinS was the prime leader
The history of ths Maxwell grant is an ancient
and oft-told story. The grant comprised 16OO
600 acres of land in New Mexico, the eastern
boundary of which extended into Colfax county,
Col The grant was sold by the American
owners to a syndicate of German capitalists
who are its present possessors. While negotia-
tions were IN progress for the sale Of the grant,
an opinion was desired from some competent
authority as to the validity of the title. Mr..
Thurman was then chairman of the private land
claims committee of the Senate, and Thomas F.
Bayard, Secretary of State, was one of its
members. Representatives of the owners of the
grant offered Senator Thurman fee of So 900 to
write an opinion sustaining the validity of the
grant. He refused to do so, not because he
questioned the soundness of the title, but for the
reason that he thought it violation of propriety
to sign an opinion in a case of such character.
Senator Bayard was next approached. and
upon the best authority, it is said that for So 600
he wrote an opinion sustaining the validity of
the title to the grant which Commissioner
Sparks has so recently attacked. Ex Senator
Chatfee, of Colorado, put up the money for the
opinion, and it was paid Mr.. Bayard by S. l..
Barlow, of New York
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The Mexican Visjfors

CINCfFNATI, July 28.-The Mexican editorial
excursion party is here today, the guests of the
Chamber of Commerce. The members were in
troduced on Change, and were afterward driven
TO points Of interest in and about the city They
70 hence to ST. Louis.
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What Will Mrs. Grants Pension Be?

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WAsHINGTON, July 28.-A good deal of con-
lecture has been INDUCED in here about what
Congress will do towards pensioning Mrs. Grant.
1t is usual to give $1,000 year. But General
Grant was not only President; he was general of
the army. He was On the retired list as general
of the army at SIT, 500 year, and the question
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y. McCloud. Marxsxille O.; John 7 Killcore

y. McCloud. Marysville, o.; John T. Killgore
Longview, Tex: r. w. Speer, Denver. Col.
The President to-day appointed Robert Muir
ray, Surgeon-general of the United States Army;
Francis Grinnell Surgeon general of the United
States Navy. and Rev. Byron Sunderland, pas.
tor of the First Presbyterian Church, to be
visitors to the government hospital for the in
sane.
DR. John Campbell, of Cincinnati, has been
appointed Medical Referee of the Pension Bu-
reau, to succeed DR.. Thomas B. Hood
The President, late this afternoon, made the
following appointments: T. III. Allen Of Oak
land, CaL to be pension agent at San Francisco;
Morris a. Thomas, of Maryland, and George H.
Pearson, of Iowa, to be Indian inspectors and
Indians of the Warm Springs Agency, in Ari-
zona.
Samuel Flower, who succeeds Mr.. Herwie as
Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans, is a lawyer
of high standing, and was urged for the place by
almost the entire State congressional delegation.
He served in the confederate army during the
war, and rose to the rank of captain. He is a
cousin of Representative r. ?. Flower, of New
York.
Anthony Eckhoff, the new Fifth Auditor of
the Treasury, is we'll known German Demo
crat, OF New York city, but he has not allied
himself with any of the different branches of
the Democratic party in the State. He is one of
the editors of the New York Stats Zeitung, and
was a representa tative in Congress from New
York. He also at one time held the Office Of
ander, Of Indiana.
Conrad Kreze, who was to-day appointed col
lector of customs at Milwaukee, resides at She
boygan, and is man of high literary attain
ments. He is a lawyer by profession, and has
served several terms in the State Legislature.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-29

New YORK, July 28.-The Board of Aldermen
met to day. President Sanger announced that a
dispatch had been received from Colonel Grant,
this morning, announcing that the family had
agreed to the General being Inferred in River
side Park. The following resolution was then
acopted by the board:
Whereas, the family of Gen. U. s. Grant have ac-
York for seputurc in one Of the public parks of this
city, and have selected site in Riverside Park for
that purpose, be it therefore
Resolved That the right of sepulture in said River
side Park be and is hereby given to Gen U. S. Grant
and his wife upon her demise and be it further
Resolved, That proper deed of cession, for the
purpose designated be prepared by the counsel to the
corporation, when the exact locality and dimensions
of the ground fixed and the said deed be therefor
duly executed by the city authorities.
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formity of the view, as the water front and the
park belong to the city. The temporary tomb to
receive the body will be built of brick.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-29
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.
Indications.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEE SIGNAL. OFFIC]

WASHINGTON, July 20, A. M. }
Special Indications for indianapolis and Vicin-
ity-Continued warm generally fair weather.
For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee - Gen
orally fair weather, variable winds, slight
changes in temperature.
For the Lower Lake Region-Occasional local
1ains, stationary temperature.
For the Upper Lake Region-Occasiona local
rains, variable winds, stationary temperature.
For the Upper Mississippi Valley-Fair wealth
er in southern portion, occasional rains in north
ern portion, variable winds. generally southerly,
stationary temperature.
For the Missouri Valey-Fair weather in
southern portion, occasional rains in northern
portion, winds generally southerly stationary
temperature.
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Details of the Procession Not Completed.

NEW YORK, July 26.--General Perry said that
the arrangements for the Grant procession would
not be completed for two or three days. Mill
tary and civic organizations, as we'll as Grand
Army Posts from nearly every State in the
Union, had applied for positions in line The
Grand Army men will be arranged in solid
body. divided into four or five divisions. There
will be two divisions from this city, and the 9TH
er divisions will be made up of delegates from
visiting posts Each division will be headed by
q band of music, and the men will march in
double ranks, company front of sixteen files.
The First and Second Divisions N. G. S. n. Y,
will form prominent feature in
the parade. and it is probable that
many militia organizations from this State
and other States will take part Three militia
organizations from Illinois have already given
notice that they will be present 1t is requested
that all civic and military organizations desiring
to take part in the parade will report at once to
General Hancock, at Governors Island. The
parade will probably be headed by the full forco
of the mounted police. Outside of the Grand
Army headquarters in the basement of City
Hall, are mourning embems in which the badges
Of the army corps constituting the Army OF the
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The Remains Will Be Inferred on the Site of
the Old st. Clare Homestead, Over
looking the Hudson River.
Preliminary Preparations for Removing
the Body from Mt. McGregor.
Route of the Procession in New York-The
House in Which Grant Was Born-Ihe
National Monument Project.
THE BURIAL PLACE.
It Is Decided that the Generals Remains
Shall Rest in Riverside Park.


Mt MCGREGoR, July 28-The day broke
bright, and on the mountain passed without
event until 10 o'clock, when the train arrived at
the summit. Col. Fred Grant was one of the
passengers upon it. He proceeded at once and
alone, upon his arrival to the cottage, his
brother Jesse having remained behind The
Colonel Immediately repaired to his mothers
apartment, where the family gathered to hear
the result Of the Colonels trip to and conference
in New York. He detailed lis movements and
explained that there seemed to be reasons for
the choice of a burial spot in some other than
Central Park Riverside Park had at the time
Of General Grants death been suggested as the
spot of interment, and it seemed best to the
Colonel after seeing and hearing all, to change
the place of sepulture to Riverside Park The
matter having been thus presented to the family,
a conclusion was reached in accord with the
Colonels suggestion, and he at once dictated the
following dispatches:
MT MCGREGoR, July %.
Nv. r. Grace New York:
Mother takes Riverside Temporary tomb
had better be at the same place.
''F. D. GRANT"
mt. MCGREGoR, July %.
''Gen. r. McFeely, Washington, D. c.:
Mother day accepted Riverside Park. She
wishes me to thank you for the tender Of the
Soldiers Home F. ID. GRANT"
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The Russellville Democrat., 1885-05-07
Giggling.

Joseph Parker, of London, says in his paper: "Giggling in church is . constant nuisance; and hope that if the following paragraph should meet the eye of any guilty parties it will do them good that they may see how ridiculous they appear to others. While the giggler is pest, do not know that the whisperer is much or any better. It is astonishing how some people can chatter through an entire service. However. here is the paragraph, which l clip from an American paper; 'Giggling is de- scribed in the dictionary as the act of "laughing with short catches of breath" as "laughing idly, tittering, grinning" It Is silly and childish anough anywhere, but in church it Is abominable; and yet there is no place where giggling Is more com mon It is natural in school girls, but when met in young women of nineteen or twenty it is unpardon- able. It is frequently character istic of young men with inciplent mustaches, who think they qualify themselves for manhood by affecting contempt for what their elders revere. They giggle at anything. If they catch the eye of an acquaintance, they giggle; if a woman rises too soon for a hymn, they giggle; if n baby cries, they giggle; if some one drops a book, they giggle; if the clergyman coughs, they giggle; if the plate is handed to some one who puts nothing in it, they giggle; if some oae near them sings out or re- peats the responses louder, they gig gle; if the choir make mistake, they giggle. In fact, nothing is too small or insignificant to arrest their notice and produce giggle.".