The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-07
LYING IN State.
Gen. Grants Remains Viewed
by Thousands of Citizens
at New York.
Character of the Crowds and
IaCidents of the Long Files
of Sight-SeeIs.
How the People Were Rushed
Through atthe Rate of
1870 Per Minute.
General Notes of the Process
sion on the Final Day
of the Funeral.
THE GRANT OBsEQUIEs.


New York. August 6 People lott
cred in City Hall park all night and
they were first in the line that soon
after o'clock this morning began
filing past the remains of General
Grant where they lay in the City
Hail. There were no great throngs
awaiting admission; at 6 O'Clock there
were not more than 1000 persons.
Inspector Steers was in charge with
$50 policemen. Two lines of police
men were placed across the plaza from
the City Hall entrance to the fount-
ain and these two lines formed pass
age way through which four men
might walk abreast and along which
all visitors to the remains should pass.
Sergeant REILLY with thirty men pick
eted thccorridors h ough the building
so as to form channel through which
the throng should move to the exit.
The rant Post q. a. II. had mounted
a detail at $50 to serve from that hour
until s o'clock in the evening
These men were placed nearest cata
faiuue and two lines of visitors passed
between them and casket on either
eide. All within the gloomy corr dor'
WHS Ill TthllltSss huh nv us'D " 'ioNn
the inspectors ordered the iron gates
to be thrown open.
When they swung back the stream
of people began to flow past the re-
mains through the building. In the
first minute only eighty-four persons
passed the casket and, rs this rate of
passage would never answer when
| The dense crowd should be waiting
outside, people were hurried through
at the rate OF l0l minute. Then the
pressure was increased to l04 {
minute; this was better. The process
sion was almost II lock.step aud thu
tramp was quick. The crowd wa
formed mainly of persons wh'
came from the cars or who pass
ing through the Main street wcr'
drawn into the stream by II desire Il
see the dead. At SOS n. III, the pulls
of curiosity had sunk to flfty-sIN Il
the minute aud al G:2S the rate wa
iifty-two.
Many women came and they caused
delay for they must need cNamin,
every detail aud would fain put thci
noses TO the flowers.
BY IL o'clock, $1,000 person
had passed the casket aud locke,
toward the remains, thong
many, coming rapidly in fron
the bright sunlight, were scarcely abb
to distinguish them in the sombr
shadows of the black-draped corrido
The floral Offering of the board {
aldermen WAS set up during the morn
ing beneath the rotuuda of the don
where the light strealned doWl upo
ii. The central column rose ten fee
and was hanked by stands of color
while at the base were ferns au
palms, among which were placed hug
, rows oil white buds.
Some excitement was occasioned
the attempt OF an old lady who can
M the line, to stoop aud kiss the de-
general She was reminded hasti
that such proceeding was in b
taste, and that, besides, two plates
glass prevented her from making al
such demonstration.
From to Z O'Clock was employ
by working men, women. boys II
Urls in viewing the remains. AT
I o'clock the liue changed, as TO
personcl, there being less women a
urls, and at o'clock there was
other change taking place in the ch
actcr of the visitors; the laborers |
gone and the clerks coming do
town were stepping from the cleya
and surface cars into the line I
was moving at the rate of 10 aud
minute. The police were reinior
and at O'Clock there were 1877 Il
ON duty. The channel, with W
of police, was extended in a y sh
around the sides of the fount
circle which like Il hop
received the people aud from wi
they were Strengthened out in line
twos aud threes up to the City
stairs. The guards at the casket v
fastening the people, $50 per mil
- being hurried through.
AT 8 o'clock the I,
tain circle was no longer
point OF formation OF the
Every car aud train coming down
ded its quota OF those anxious TO
on the face of General Grant and
crowd was fast becoming thr
The line was being hurried thrt
the hall at the rate of 40 mi
which rate, IL maintained for an !
would have passed 10, 10 persons
4 this could not be done, for TO acc
r plish IL the visitors must be hui
y past the remains almost on a trot
this rate of speed comported lily
the dignity of the occasion aud
time was given. But the a
tons were too rapid to be cared
and the line of waiting people
IS O'Clock stretched out away down
tire street.
AS the morning wore on to
day more women aDpeared In III