The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-07-30
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Per7ecting Arrangements for the Funeral o.
Cen. GraNt-When tho Last Sad Kites wa
Take Ptace-Restfn1 Place of the RentdSns'


Gen.. Grant-When the Last Sad Rites WI
Take Ptace-Resting Place of the Remains.
Mt. McGregor dispatch, Gath: General
Carr called at the cottage this morning IN
regard to the disposition Of the cottage in
which General Grant rests, with Joseph w.
Drexel, and the associated press is author
lied to nnoun that the cottage will
never again be occupied by any family or
person. Mr.. Drexel will in due time present
it to the state or national government, the
house to be presented intact, with all its
belongings, fixtures, etc., as a gift to the
nation or commonwealth.
The embalming was completed to-day.
The cheeks and face, by a process used,
have been made to assume a natural full
ness. The deepened burrows and lines have
been filled out and tine expression OF the
face is now one OF calm repose
This afternoon Mr.. Turner, Mayor Grace's
chief clerk, received a message which deter
mined the question of Grants burial place
in favor OF Central Park, New York. 1t
was as follows: "Your two kilograms inst to
hand, and l understand the matter to be
now definitely settled that General Grants
body is to be inferred here. We cannot
take any more definite action in regard to
the matter OF Mrs. Grant until a laterdate.
The faith Of the president, OF the board OF
aldermen and my own is pledged that we
will see, when q little time has passed
away, hat the wishes OF the family are
gratified by formal resolution OF the board.
Answer Immediately so 1 may appoint a
committee to make my quota for a grand
national monument.
(Signed) w. B. GRACE.
Upon the receipt of Mayor Grace's tele-
gram, Mr.. Turner repaired at once to the
cottage, where q conference was held with
Col. Fred Grant. The colonel read the
mayors dispatch and retained it. At the
close OF the conference, Col. Grant assured
the mayors representative hat he and
family thus formally accepted the tender
OF a burial place for General Grant and
Mrs. Grant in Central Park in the city OF
New York and that he. and the family
would now proceed with all the funeral ar
rangements with reference to the above
conclusion. The mayors messenger then
telegraphed to Mayor Grace the result OF
his mission.
Mr.. J. w. Drexell has arranged the fol-
lowing time table for the removal OF the
remains from Mt. McGregor:
One week from next Tuesday, August f.,
leave Mt. McGregor at 1 p. m.
August a, arrive at Saratoga at 2 p. m;
leave Saratoga at 2:30 p. m.
Arrive in Albany at 4:30 p. m.:'leave AL
bany at II o'clock noon, Wednesday, Au-
gust 5.
Arrive about 400 p. m. Wednesday, Au-
gust 5, in New York.
In the interval from 4:30 p. m. Tuesday
to noon, Wednesday,, August 5, the re-
mains will lie in state at the capitol, and
from the time OF the arrival in New York
Wednesday afternoon until Saturday, Au-
gust s, the body will lie in state at the city
hall.
The public obsequies will take place Sat
urday at such time as the civic authorities
may arrange, and the interment will then
follow in Central park.
While sitting on the hotel veranda this
DR.. Douglas chatted at length
with the correspondent OF the Associated
Press about General Grant, and OF the long
trial OF suffering just ended.
"Do you remember" said DR.. Douglas,
that during the last week | said to you
that there was a subsistence OF the swelling
in the everything tissues on the right side of
the neck, and that / said on the day l
spoke about it, that l had been able to ex-
anime the generals throat much deeper
and with greater ease than in a long time.
Do you remember that?"
His nearer recollected it clearly, and
said so.
"Well, then" resumed DR.. Douglas, 81
going to tell you of an experience l had
with General Grant on the afternoon OF
Thursday, July 16, and at the time / had
observed the indications about the throat
which l spoke OF. During the afternoon OF
that day General Grant wrote this" and
DR.. Douglas took from his pocket several
slips written by the general and read what
the sick man had written, as follows: II
sorry at the prospect OF living through
the summer and feel in the condition l am
in. / do no think [ can, but / may, ex-
cept | do not gather strength. l feel quite
heretofore, but | am 1oosing strength. L
feel it more in inability to move around
than in any other way, or rather in a lack
of desire to try to move"
"When / had read that added Dr.
Douglas, II turned to the general and tried
to cheer him by telling of the improved
condition OF his throat and neck, to which
in reply the general again wrote: "After
all that, however, the disease is still there
and must be fatal in the end. My life is-
precious, OF course, to my family and
would be to me if I could recover entirely.
There never was one more willing to go
than L. know most people have first one
and then another little thing to fix up and
never get quite through. This was partially
case. l first wanted so many days to
work on my book so the authorship would
~ NAN'A'y Ai'hN" - 'No AeSASS
me after being apparently much lower
than since, and with a capacity to co
more work than 1 ever did in the
same time. My work has been lone so
hastily that much was left out, and did it
all over from the crossing OF the James
river in 1864 to the Appomatox in 1865.
Since that l i've added as much as fifty
pages to the book, l should think. There
is nothing more to do, and therefore l am
not likely to be more ready to go than at
this moment"
President Cleveland was adsised by tele-
gram from Adiutant-G General Drup. now at
Mt. McGregor, that he delivered She presi-
dents letter to Mrs. Grant, and that she
and the children expressed the desire to
have General Grant buried with national
Their wishes will be respected and
the ceremonies will take place as already
indicated in the press dispatches. Presi-
dent Cleveland and members of the cabinet
win attend the funeral in New York, Satur-
day, August 8.