The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-07-24

81 board OF aldermen, sent the following
g dispatch this morning:
Mrs. y. S. Grant, Mount 1LcGregor.
g Mev York:
8 In advance of official action am in
q structed to tender to yourself and FAM
q lily the deep sympathy of the Common
u Council of the municipal authorities of
g the city of New York in your bereave-
y ment. am also authorized by informal
4 action of the authorities, which will be
g made official tomorrow, to tender Won
3 a. last resting place for the remains of
"a General Grant in any one of the parks
E of this city, which you NAV select. / am
81 also authorized to offer the Governors
3 room at the City Hall for the purpose of
4 all owing the body to lie in state.
8 (SignedD MAYOR GRACE.
n CINCINNATI, July 23.-Bells of the fire
s department began tolling all over the
4 city few minutes after the receipt of
a the news of General Grants death.
u Flags are displayed at half-mast on all
9 government buildings.
n WASHINGTON, July 23.-Oolonel Fred
3 erick 7. Dent, General Grants brother
a in-law, who is now resident of this
a city. was asked yesterday if he knew
q what place had been selected for the
8 Generals burial. and he replied that he
q did not, although he had made inquiry
a on the subject when at Mount McGregor
q recently. From a remark made then
Il to him by member of General Grants
n family, he inferred that a positive
q selection had been made by the
81 General, but that it was known only to
q himself, Mrs. Grant and Colonel Fred
q Grant. He was inclined to think, how
81 ever. that the General had not selected
a Washington, but possibly West Point.
a Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning
"a the President was informed of the death
a of General Grant. He Immediately di-
a rected that the flag on the White House
a be placed at half-mast.1 The lowering
81 of the flag was the first intimation that
81 citizens of Washington had of the death
g OF the distinguished man, although
a they had been anticipating it through
q out the night. A few minutes after the
q White House flag had been placed at
4 half-mast, flags on all public buildings
q and on many private ones were placed
& in a like position. Bells of the city were
a tolled. and citizens who heard them
q readily reeogn zed their meaning. Bust
3 ness men Immediately began draping
. their houses with mourning, and resi-
q dences in similar manner showed their
& esteem Tor the deceased.
President Cleveland sent the following
dispatch to Mrs. Grant at Mount Nc
! Gregor:
Accept this expression of my heart
q felt sympathy in this hour of your
q great affection. The people of this
3 nation mourn with you. and would
4 reach, if they could, with kindly COM
4 fort the depth of sorrow which is yours
j alone and which only the pity of God
4 can heal"
Y The following proclamation was issued
a by the President: 9
II The President of the United
q States has just received the sad
Z tidings of the death of that illustriousI
citizen and ex-President of the United
a States, General Ulysses S. Grant, at
: Mount McGregor, in the State Of New
y York, to which place he had lately been
removed IN endeavors to prolong his
81 life. In making this announcement to
# the people of the United States, the
President is impressed with the magni-
tude of the public loss of a great mill
q tary leader who was in the hour of
g victory magnanimous, amid disaster,
q serene and self-sustained, who in every
s station, whether as a soldier or as a
q chief magistrate, twice called to power
4 by his fellow countrymen. trod I'M
q swervingly the pathway of duty,
q undeterred by doubt, single-minded
Il and straightforward. The en-
81 tire country has witnessed with deep
a emotion his prolonged and patient
81 struggle with painful disease, and has
n watched byshis couch of suffering with
81 fearful sympathy. The destined end
a has come at last, and his spirit has re-
y turned to the Creator who sent it forth.
& The great heart of the nation that fol
81 lowed him when living with love and
q pride, bows now in sorrow above him
a dead. tenderly mindful of his virtues,
8 his great patriotic services and OF the
g loss occasioned by his death.
81 In testimony OF respect to the men,
81 orv of General Grant, it is ordered that
81 the Executive Mansion and the several.
d Departments in Washington be
e draped in mourning for
period of thirty days, and that
81 all public business shall on the day of
s the funeral be suspended and the
81 Secretaries of War, and of the navy.
81 will cause orders to be issued for appro-
q pirate military and naval honors to be
81 rendered on that day.
s In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto
a set my hand and caused the seal of the
q United States to be affixed.
II Done at the city OF Washington this
81 twenty-third day of July, A. D. one
q thousand eight hundred and eighty-ive,
81 and OF the independence of the United
q States the one hundred and tenth.
B (Signed) GROVER CLEVELAND.
By the President.
T. f. BAYARD,
s Secretary of State.
s The President has also issued an
81 order directing that all executive
8 departments OF government be closed
81 at 1 O'Clock this afternoon as mark OF
s. respect to thememory of General Grant.
The Thursday meeting of the Cabinet
a was called for II o'clock instead OF II,
Il the usual hour, to take action on the
81 death of the Ex-President.
81 Secretary Whitney has issued an
q order, directing that ensigns at each
naval station and of each vessel OF the
s United States navy in commission be
q hoisted at half-mast and that gun be
81 fred at intervals of every half hour
81 from sunrise to sunset at each naval
b station and on board the flag ships, and
y of vessels acting singly Cd the day of
s. the funeral where this order may be
& received in time; otherwise on the day
8 after its reception. Officers OF the
81 naval and marine corps will wear the
~ =, on oil hodoa 0f mourning attached to