The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1885-07-29

EStltuLe speclal DOuy guard anuI
Yguard of honor to the remains. Col
Eonel Grant thanked the gentlemen!
Eand accepted the Post detail for the|
Fbody guard, and the men will leave|
g brooklyn tonight.
p The remains will lie quietly at the|
kcottage in the room where the Gen
Eeral died until one week from Tues
Eday afternoon next, when the fun-|
Eeral cortege will be placed upon a!
Especial train and conveyed directly!
hand without demonstration to All
Z Ebany.
Il There will be over 200 represent
Etatives Of Grand Army Posts from'
various parts of the country here to-j
kmorrow. They will camp in tents
epitched on the mountain, and will
Etake their meals on the hotel veran-|
Edas.
3 The embalming was completed to-
9day. The cheeks and face by the!
Eprocess made use of have been made
to assume a fullness, the deeper fur-I
Grows and lines have been filed out
Eand the expression of the face isl
Enow one of peace and rest.
q To-day there lies on the top of
kthe case in which the Generals
kbody rests wreath of oak leaves!
(which little Josie, the beautiful!
@brown-eyed daughter of DR.. Doug-l
Elas, brought to her father, saying i
"Julia and | have gathered theseI
Eleaves in the woods and have madel
Ethis wreath, and, please, papa, we.
E.want it laid on the Generals coffin. u
GIN referring to Julia the little onei
Espoke of Colonel Fred Grants littleE
adaughtar. DR.. Douglas kindly took;
Hthe wreath and himself placed it'll
Eabove the remains, as the tribute of
Sthe little children.
q On Monday the remains of theI
aGeneral will be placed in a casket!
Eand the near friends will be permit
ated to view them. Senior Romero isl
Hwith the family to-day, as are also:
YDr. Newman and his wife.
4 The disposition of the cottage inl
(which General Grant died rests withs
sJoseph W. Drexel, and the Asso-s
B ciated Press is authorized to AMI
Hnounce that the cottage will never
nagain be occupied by any family orI
Apersons. Mr.. Drexel will in duel
'stime present it to the State or Nal
E!tional Government. the house willt
Abe presented intact with all its pref
;Ssent belongings, furniture and fix
Estures, as gift to the nation or Com /
Smonwealth.
gro BE BURIED IN CENTRAL PARK !
= NEW YORK.
I. After the arrival of Mr. Turner,E
Representative of the New York
3 Board of Aldermen, with the tenders
E1of burial place for General Grant,i
's'in any of the parks of that city, ther
sfamily, through Colonel Grant, wasS I
-s'inclined to select Central Park /; butt
sthe one condition which the dea6r
General had made-that Mrs.
sGrants sepulchre must also be pro-
svided .or beside him-did not seems
gto have been specifically arranged
'sfor. and the vagueness of the tenderf
Gin this respect necessitated corres-ss,
9pondence with New York by tele-s
sgraph. At3.20 o'clock this after-a
,snoon, however, Mr.. Turner receiveda
ga message which determined the!'
aquestion in favor of Central Park. 3
. LII was as follows: :
! Your two kilograms just to hand =
land ] understand the matter to bea
inow definitely settled that General,
sGrant's body is to inferred here.Ft
ave cannot take anymore definite,
faction in the matter of Mrs. Grant,,
auntil at a later date. The faith of theA
President of the Board of Aldermanls
sand my own is pledged that we wills
see, when a little time has passeds,,
Saway, that the wishes of the familyH
fare gratifed by formal resolution off
1the Board. Answer Immediately ,soH
II may appoint a committee ands
make my quota for grand nationals
monument. w. r. GRACE. b
Upon the receipt of Mayor Grace'ss
Telegram Mr.. Turner repaired ats;
sonce to the cottage, where confer-ss :;
Fence was held with Colonel Grant.
3The Colonel read the Mayors dis
1patch and retained it. At the close
3of the conference Colonel Grant as
ssured the Mayors representative {
THAT he and the family had formally
accepted the tender OF a burial places
flor General Grant and Mrs. Grant inE
dCentral Park, in the city of New
York, and he thought the familyH
would now proceed with all the fun-E
Ieral arrangements with reference toS
sthe above conclusion. The Mavors
messenger then telegraphed to May q
5or Grace the result of his mission. s
Mr.. w. J. A.kell has arranged5
athe following timetable for the reg
fmoval of the remains from Mountz
aMcGregor: a
On Tuesday afternoon, August 4,
leave Mount McGregor at l o'clock h
arrive at Saratoga at 2 P. NJ, leaveS
Saratoga at 2.30 arrive in AlbanyE
at 4.30 leave Albany at u O'Clock
noon on Wednesday. August 5, and
arrive about 4 so p NJ. 10 New
York. In the interval from 430 P,l
NJ. on Tuesday to noon of Wednes-
day, August 5, the remains will lie
in state at the Capitol, and from the
3time of arrival In New York, ona
"Wednesday afternoon. until Satur-s
day, august s, the body will lie in !
state at the City Hall. The publicS
5obsequies of the funeral will takeS
place on Saturday at such time as
the civic authorities may arrange u
land the interment will then follow J
IN Central Park.
SGENERAL HANCOCK TO TAKE CHARGE
koF THE MILITARY ARRANGEMENTs.S
Adjutant General Drum, who was
there to day as the representative of
President Cleveland, said this even
ling: Il have to-day transmitted tot
General Hancock an order from
5the Secretary of War directing Gen
zeral Hancock to take entire charged
d of the military arrangements of Gen.
lerai Grants funeral from the pre-
sent to the day of burial, and all