Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1885-08-08
LYING IN STATE.
GRANTS BODY IN THE CITY
HALL IN NEW YORK.
An Imposing Military Pageant

at o'clock this morning the gate
g of the City Hall were again throw
$ open to the public. The mixed ma
ture of the throng served to shov
the popular feeling. By far tn
greater portion of the spectator
( were laboring men and women
Inside the corridor all was silent
The soldiers composing the guarc
, stood like so many statues. As the
citizens passed the coffin expires
sions of surprise were heard at the
changes wrought by death in the
face Of the corpse. The most init.
mate friend could not recognize
Grant now. The eyes are deeply
sunken in the head, and the face is
haggard, the beard cut quite short
and snow white, the jaw partly
dropping, and the expression of the
whole face rendered CHASTITY by pow
der plentifully sprinkled. Many
men and women were in tears as
they passed the bier. Not two Sec
onds were allowed to view the re-
mains.
Among the floral tributes, mag
nifcent huge piece twelve feet high,
the gift of the Common Council com
prises all the rare flowers known.
An urn seven feet high of immor-
! telles and liberty cap shrouded
with Grape are among the features
around the catafalque. Not a
sound was heard. Every head was
uncovered before entering the cor
ridor. The people file in quickly
and pass out through the rear of the
building, The police arrange
ments are admirable. At 11:30
o'clock the line of visitors and the
rush for places were undiminished.
YESTERDAY PARADE.
The Sun says of yesterdays par
ade: 1t was an imposing and beau
tiful procession, unlike in its COM
position any except one or two of
the great pageants seen in this city
since the close of the war. 1t was
wholly military, but overshadowed
those with which we are familiar,
and which was entirely made up of
the National Guard, the stolid,
practical and almost rough and
warllke tone that the regular army
organization lent.
The music too, was grand and sol
emn. The crowds were hushed,
and if not sad, suggested a sadness
in their orderliness, and the avoid
ance of even the ordinary noise of
loud salutation and even Of subdued
applause.
THE INITIAL s. IN GRANTS NAME.
The following paragraph is III the |
Sun; We asked Gen. Grant one day |
what the initial So in his name |
stood for. He said it did not really |
stand for anything, having been
put in by some accident when he |
attended the military academy at |
West Point,
THE TEMPORARY TOMB-RELIC |
SEEKERS.
The temporary tomb is complet-
ed. One hundred and seventy men
are employed at the grounds. By |
this evening it will be finished. A !
dozen policemen are constantly |
kept busy keeping back the crowd
so that work may not be interrupted.
The workmen are surrounded day
and night with relic seekers. The
small boy with fye-cent pieces of
gravel and earth from the tomb
drive handsome business with the
visitors.
Fifth avenue, which had been al
most destitute of decorations, is to-
day putting on its mourning garb
and will tomorrow present sombre
in rich artistic draping.
FOR A NAVAL DIS
Rear Admiral Jouett, on board
the United States steamship Dis
patch, will leave the Navy Yard
and with the Powhattan, Omaha,
Swatara and Alliance 60 up North
river and anchor off One Hundred |
and Twenty-ffth street, where the
vault is being construct
I'd. At sunrise Saturday, the en-
signs, flags and pennants, will be
hoisted at half-mast for the first
lime since Grants death. The
Presidents flag will be displayed at
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