Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-08-12
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when the column should have adj
vanced so far as to permit their carria-
ges to fall in line from the hotel, were
Mrs. Fred D. Grant, Mrs. Sartoris, Mr..
and Mrs. U. S. Grant, Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Jesse Grant, Mrs. Cramer, Mrs.
Dent, Miss Cramer, Gen. Creswell,
Mr.. Stephen L. Moriarity, Senior Ro-
nero and Mr.. w. J. Arkell.
At 1910 precisely the Grant family
came out of the ladies' entrance in the
Fifth Avenue hotel and took their car
riages. Col. Fled Grant and his wife
rode with Gen. Grants favorite daugh-
ter Nellie, Mrs. Sartoris. q. S. Grant,
Jr., and his wife and Senator German
occupied the next carriage together,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Grant the third
and the Cramer family the fourth car
riage.
THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER DIsTIN-
GU1sHED VISITORS.
AS the carriages received their occu-
pants they rolled away toward the ave-
nue., and remained there, closely wedg-
ed in and waiting for their turn in the
line. They had been waiting more than
a quarter of an hour before President
Cleveland came out and took his seat
in his carriage with Secretary Bayard.
A four-horse carriage that followed re-
ceived Vice President Hendricks and
his private secretary, Hugh East.
Ahead of them had gone a number of
carriages, following the Grant family
in, hn fn11
Holman, daughter of Gen. Grants
friend and first secretary of war; the
generals old staff in four carriages; his
cabinet officers, in four carriages; de-
tachments from Wheeler and U. S.
Grant posts, G. A. R., four carriages;
Nj. j. Drexel and members of the Aztec
club; survivors of the Mexican war; the
president carriages; the vice president
and the cabinet, in five carriages; the
members of the supreme court; United
States senate; the house congressional
committee in a score of carriages; the
committee of the state legislature in
thirty carriages; ex-Presidents Arthur
and Hayes and members of their cabi-
nets; then the foreign ministers and
diplomatic and consular officers of Gen.
Grants administration. These filled
ten carriages; then came the represen-
tatives of the different departments of
the national government; next came
the governors of states with their stats
and then the representatives of various
cities.
JOINING THE RANKS.
The catafalque passed Twenty third
street at o'clock sharp. The hum of
expectation that had preceded it was
settled as it passed by, and all heads
were uncovered. Many heads were
bowed, and an old negro woman, who
somehow had pushed forward to the
curb, and there wedged in, essayed
vainly to kneel, with tears streaming
down her wrinkled face. She was held
fast by the crowd and could not stir.
On a single telegraph pole on the
corner of Broadway and Twenty-third
streets, were perched not less than
twenty-eight spectators.
AS soon as the catafalque had passed
the carriages containing Col. Fred
Grant, his wife and sister, fell in. The
mourners' coaches fell quickly in line
without confusion. Both Mr.. Cleve-
land and Mr.. Hendricks had tired OF
the long wait, after sitting in their
carriages stared at by the anxious
crowd till 1880 o'clock and retired to
their rooms in the hotel. They OBJ
served the parade from their windows
and did not again come out until the
catafalque had passed the hotel. Their
carriages had remained at the door.
Secretaries Endicott and Manning,
whose. carriages followed the vice
presidents, remained in their seats,
and the other cabinet minister's, who
rode in pairs, did the same.
Almost the last carriage had
wheeled into line at Twenty third
street when there fell in the hind one,
containing an officer with broad gold
band across his breast; two crutches
stood up in the carriage beside him
and proclaimed his name as the gold
scarf had announced his rank. He was
Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles. Following
behind the crippled veterans carriages
there trod seemingly endless "army
with banners without show or gold
or glitter, but with armless sleeve
VIC llulplIS StlI duu Cut oCdllcu 1dCcS
that stirred mems minds as they
passed with deep and strong emotion
These were the dead hero's comrades
who shared'his danger on the field O.
| battle, had marched behind his
victorious banner over many road anc
| walked with him to his last resting
place, so many of them soon to follow
Sadly yet proudly they walked once
more together. They were old mer
most of them, but they walked bravely
and kept up with the youngest. Some
carried canes, but more walked withou
support of any kind. All had thei
badges yelled with Grape and wore bow
of Grape on the left arm. Thei
battered banners were yelled il
black and many posts carried distinctly
badges, sprays of myrtle or evergreen
on their breasts. The procession
seemed amending, stretching southwark
as far as the eye could reach.