The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-07-31
PLACE OF BURIAL.
Central Park, New York, Decided Upon ne
the Final Resting Place of Gen. Gran.

i"co oI Ten. Grant.
MoUNT McGREGoR, July 24.~-Tbis after
room Mr.. Turner, bfayorG races Chief cleri,
HOW here, received a message which deter
mined the question OF Gen. Grants burial
place in favor OF Central Park, New York
Mayor Grace received the following dis.
patch from his private secretary at Monnt
McGrcgor:
In regard to the offer made by the civ :,
n place Of burial in one OF the parks belong.
ing to the city, Col. Grant instriets me ~
say that upon the condition that the wish
Of the general that n place be reserved he.
side him FOR Mrs, Grant is observed. he ia
behalf OF the family, accepts. You arc
therefore, at liberty to take action nnan
this information, which is final. The fnmi.
Iy prefer Central Park.
The mayor appointed a committee az
100 citizens TO raise New York city's share
~ the expense for the erection OF u nation
al monument TO Gen. Grant. Among the
members OF TINS committee are the follow
iIg.
Samuel. Tilden, Chester A. Arthur. Alon.
70 B. Cornell, w. NJ. Evarts, Oswald
Jttendorier, George Jones, Thomas
l.. James, Edward Cooper, smith
FLY. Jr., w. H. Wyckham, Roscoe Conl.
ling, Noah Davis. Cornelius n. Bliss Euyene
Kelly. George Bliss, Whitelaw Reid, John
Jacob Aston, Parke Goodwin, III. J.B. HYDE
zen. George b. Mcclellan, DR.. Fordyee
Barker, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jesse Selig.
man; David NJ. Stone, David Bows, Hamii-
ton Fish, Pierre Lorillard, Ogden Goelet,
and Joseph Pulitzer.
j.. w. Arkell has arranged the fol-
lowing time table for the remoyal
q the remains from Mount McGregor:
Tuesday, Aug. 4, leave Mt. McGreeor at
/ p. M: arrive at Sartoga ut 2 D. M; leave
Saratoga at 2:30 p. m; arrive in Albany
at $50 p, m; leave Albany at IL o'clock.
uOon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, and arrive about
400 p. m. in New IIork.
In the interval from 1870 %. M, Tuesday,
to noon OF Wednesday, Aug. s, the remains
will lie in state at the capitol, and from the
time of arrival in New York on Wednesday
afternoon until Saturday, Aug. s, the body
will lie IN state at the city hall. The public
obsequies win take place on Saturday, at
such time as the civil authorities may ar
range. and the imterment will then follow in
Central Park. Thus it is settled that Gen.
Grant is to be inferred in Central Park,
New York, because it befriended me whenI
was i'm need
Gen. Grant left no will, as he felt that he
had nothing to leave. Hegayea memoran-
dom to Col. Fred some weeks ago, which is
understood to be in the form of suggestions
and expressions OF his wishes for their fu-
ture.
Adit. Gen. Drum arrived on the noun
tain this evening. He wac the bearer OF a
letter from President Cleveland to Mrs.
Grant rendering 4 lot nthe Soldiers Home
grounds as a burial place for the dead gem
eral, ii it should please the views Of the
family. IN conversation Gen. Drum said:
/ have to-day transmitted to Gen Han
cock an order from the secretary OF war
directingG Gen. Hancock to takeentire charge
of the military arrangements OF Gen.
Grants funeralfrom the present to the day
of burial. and oil military exercises OF any
kind here viii be under his direction, andto
him applications must be made by all
military organizations that may desire to
take part in the obsequies.
The intelligence that it has been decided
to bury Gen. Grant in Central Park, New
York, was received in Washington with
feelings OF universal regret and indignation.
1t was confidently hoped that Washington
would be selected as the place for the sep
ulcher, and that the Soldiers Home or
Arlington cemetery would receive the re-
mains OF the great Soldier.