The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-26

las drew from his pocket several slips
written by the General and read what
; the sick man had written as follows:
Il feel sorry at the prospect of living
through the summer and fall in the
condition 1 am in. l do not think
can, but may except it; do not gather
strength, feel quite as well from daF
to day as have done heretofore. But
am losing strength, l feel it more in
the inability to move around than in
any other way; or rather, in the lack OF
a desire to try to move"
tWhen | had read that" added
DR.. Douglas, 81 turned to the General
and tried to cheer him by telling him of
tle apparently improved condition of
his throat and neck, to which, in reply
the General again wrote: After all
that, however, the disease is still there
and must be fatal in the end My
life is precious, of course, to my family !,
and would be to me, if could recover
entirely. There never was one more
willing to go than l. l know most
people have one and then another little
thing to do, and never get quite
through. This was partially my case.
L first wanted so many days to work on
my book, so the authorship would be
clearly mine, it was graciously granted
to me, after being apparently
much lower than since, and with a
capacity to do more work than l ever
did in the same time. Ny work had
been done so hastily that much of it
was left out, and 1 did it all over from
the crossing of the James River in 1864
to Appomattox in 1865. Since that /
have added as much as fifty pages to
the book, should think. There is
nothing more to do, and therefore 1 am
not likely to be more ready to go than
at this moment"
Rev YORK, July 24.-The Mayor
to-day, appointed committee of 100
citizens to raise New York City's share
of the expense for the erection of a
national monument to General Grant.
Among the members of this committee
are Samel J. Tilden, Chester A. Arthur,
Alonzo B. Cornell, William NJ. Evarts.
Oswald Ottendorf, George Jones,
Thomas L. James, Edward Cooper,
Smith Ely, Jr., w. H. Wlckham,
Roscoe Conkling Noah Davis. Cornelius
N Bliss, Eugene Kelly, George Bliss,
Whitelaw Reid, John Jacob Astor,
Parke Goodwin, Henry B. Hyde, General
George B. Mcclellan, DR.. Foroyce Bar
ker, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jesse Selig-
man, Joseph w. Drexel, David NJ.
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Pierre Lovillard, Ogden Goelet and
Joseph Pulitzer.
The canopy to be used above Gen
eral Grants body was sent to Saratoga
to-day. 1t was last used at the funeral
of Bishop Simpson, at Philadelphia. 1t
consists of four heavily carved ma
hogany posts with black broad-cloth
and damask silk curtains looped with
silk and chenille tassels.
WASHINGTON, July 24.-Sergeant-at
, Arms Canady, of the Senate, to-day re
, ceived the following dispatch from st.
Clair Springs. Mich: 1t is proper that
the Senate of the United. States shall
, participate with other departments of
government, and with the people in
doing honor to the name of General
Grant | therefore designate the fol
lowing Senators to represent that body
in connection with the funeral cere-
monies: Justin Morrell. j ohm A. Logan,
J. D. Cameron, Wade Hampton, w.
NJ. Ransom, Joseph E. Brown, ]. G.
Harris and John f. Miller, of Califor-
MIA. You will notify them immedi-
ately and you are requested to Off
cially accompany them.
(Signed) THos. A. HENDRICKS,
Vice-President.
Of the Senators named by
the Vice President, Miller is
in Alaska. Cameron in Mon
tana and Harris and Brown out ofreach
of the telegraph. The remaining Sen
ators were notified by telegraph tonight
and the vice-Presid. mt was informed OF
the absence of the others asked to name
substitutes.
MOUNT McGREGoR. n. Y. July %.
The mornings still and sultry on the
mountains. Hundreds of visitors are
coming up on trains. A Sabbath-like
silence prevails. Since the death of the
General Mrs. Grant has been seen by no
one except immediate members of her
family and Mrs. DR.. Newman. Yester-
day afternoon it was rumored that she
was so utterly Frustrated that serious
results might be feared. but it is now
known that although the widow suffers
greatly, yet she bears up bravely and no
serious results are anticipated. Presl-
dent Cleveland was this morning re-
quested to name the pail bearers to act
at the closing obseqnies. He will attend
to that matter.
morning to the Mountain that he had
received instructions of the Secretary OF
War, and that the details of the military
pageant would be attended to as he or.
dered. The subject of the choice of the
. spot for sepulchre in Central Park is
now to be settled. The authorities II
New York City will doubtless exercise
discretion in this matter, though Col
! Fred Grant has signified the feeling that
location at the north end OF the mall
near the lake, would nearest meet the
; wishes of the family. Either one end OF
, the other of the mall will undoubtedly
be chosen.
A message was this morning sent tc
Mayor Grace, asking if he could a. &
would furnish temporary vault for the
. reception of the remains of Genera
Grant, the suggestion being made thai
the family of Grant would prefer thai
, the remains should not be placed in any
: vault that had already been used FOL
the reception of others. One month ago
to-day General Grant received his las
+ retired pay check from Washington
and had he lived till to-day another
+ would have been at his disposal. Genera
+ Horace Porter will arrive here to-day
and Potter Palmer and family OF Chi
cago, will reach here on Monday.
= The willow chair in which General
! Grant was wont to sit on the cottag'
p veranda has been draped with black ant
i will be placed at the usual spot on tn
4 porch where the General was so often .