Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-30

issued from the Executive Once this morn
! ing:
STATE OF KANSAS,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
TOPEKA, KAN, July @, 1885.
A telegram announces the death Of
Ulysses S. Grant This intelligence al
though anticipated for many months, will
be received by the people of this State with
all the shock and Borrow of q personal BE-
reavement For nearly q quarter Of
a century past Ulysses s Grant
has been the first citizen Of the
United States His exalted patriotism,
his genius as q soldier, his brilliant services
as the commander OF our armies; his honest
and loyal administration of the presidency
and the purity and modesty of his private
life, these splendid qualities so signally IL
Illustrated during his whole career have filed
the world with his fame, and the people Of
every civilized nation will mingle their tears
with those of the citizens of this country
around his open grave. As mark of re-
spect for his illustriOus memory the Execu-
tive Council has directed that the State
House be draped In mourning for q period
OF thirty days and that the executive Offices
OF this State be closed on the day of his
funeral, and do hereby suggest and request
that the PEI pie of Kansas assemble on
that day in churches, schools, houses and
other places of public assemblage, there to
do fitting honor to the memory of the most
renowned soldier of the age and tho first
citizen Of the Republic; and affixed the
great seal of the State OF. Kansas.
JOHN A. MARTIN, Governor.
MARMADUKE's PROCLAMATION.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, July 24.-Upon
receipt of the news of General Grants
death at the capitol Governor MarmadukO
addressed the following communication 70
AdjutaDt General JamisOn:
j. {. JamisOn, Adjutant General Of Missouri;
CITY OF JEFFERSON, July 2S.-I have
just received information of the death of
General u. S. Grant, which occurred ut
eight o'clock this morning. The career Of
one of the greatest soldiers and most illus
triOus citizens 0f modern times is thus ID
mentally ended, a career, however, full,
rounded and complete in all proportions.
AS indicative of the universal grief that
prevails throughout the civilized world,
and especially as testimonial of the vene-
ration and esteem in which the illustrious
deceased was held by the people of Mis-
souri,, irrespective of party or creed, you are
hereby directed, first, to Immediately dis
play the National flag at half mast from
the armory building until final interment,
etc.; second, to fire the prescribed National
salute during the day of the solemn obse-
qules. JOHN s. MARMADUKE,
Commander in Chief.
What New York Offers.
NEW YORK, July 24.-Mayor Grace, by
direction of the Board of Aldermen, sent
the following dispatch this morning:
Mrs. U. S. Grant, Mt. McGregor, N. Y.
In advance of official action, 1 am in
structed to tender to yourself and family.
the deep sympathy of the Common Council
of the municipal authorities of the city Of
New York, in your bereavement am al
so authorized by the informal action of the
authorities, which will be made official to-
morrow, to tender you a last resting place
for the remains Of General Grant, in any
one OF the parks of this city which you may
select. l am also authorized to offer the
Governors room at the City Hall, for tho
purpose of allowing the body to lie in state.
lSignedl MAYOR GRACE.
Mt. MCGREGoR, July 24.-Mr. Turner,
Chief Clerk i'm Mayor Grace's office, was
seen by Colonel Grant this morning about
the burial. The Colonel said the family
would prefer New York as burial place,
if they could be sure that Mrs. Grant might
be buried with the General, rs
he had requested. Turner telegraphed
Grace and shortly after noon received re-
ply that such a promise would be given.
The matter will doubtless be arranged to-
day. The cottage is comparatively free
from visitors. The Grand Army Guards
pace the grounds on all sides, but
there is no attempt to intrude.
Emblems Of Mourning.
New YORK. July 24.-The city is more
draped than on any occasion
since the assassination of Lincoln,
save possibly the time of Gar
fields death. The dry goods dial
ers report that never in the history
Df the trade has there been such a sudden
and increased demand for black and white
cambrics i'm this city and throughout the
Editorials in Southern papers are
repubished here this morning. They are
of the most gratifying character, and inGii-
cate an entire absence of bitterness i'm regard
TO Grant. The chief point dilated upon ia
his generous conduct at the time of Lees
and the magnanimity to-,
ward the old opposition was frequently,
manifested i'm his public career.
The managers Of all the leading theaters
in this city have decided to close the places '
Of amusement on the evening of the day of
question as to where the body of the hero !.
will be consulted in all matters relating
TO the coming arrangements. He will have .
charge of the funeral ceremonies. 1t is
likely that he will be called upon to decide
which of the three points would have been
preferred by the General to be selected as
he place of burial.
NEW YORK, July 24.-The Board of
Aldermen met to-day and adopted res0lu-
ions presented by President Sanger, with
regard to the sad intelligence officially COM
nuncated by the Mayor, of the death Of
General Grant. The resolutions were to
he effect that on the day of
he funeral citizens he requested
o close their places of business,
md that members of the Common Council
ttend the funeral in body; that the heart
cit sympathy of the council be rendered
he family of deceased; that proper author
ties be authorized to offer sculpture for
he body of Grant in any of the public parks
# New York; and that copy of the resolu-
ions be suitably engrossed and forwarded
he bereayed family.
A Plaster Cast.
Mt. MCGREGOR, N. Y, July 24-Witbin
wenty minutes after the death Of General
rant, Karl Gerhart, a Hartford sculptor,
Vho has been making study here of the
ieneral, was summoned to the cottage Is
be suggestion of DR.. Newman, To make
Iaster mask of the dead mans face. He
'as highly successful
Ross Browne, the traveller, in de-
cribing Smyrna, remarks that he saw
ut one person there who seemed to be
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