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Eastern clcrgymen have been inves-
tigating the attendance, or rath-
er the non-attendance, of working
people artisans, mechanics and
others of that class at divine SER
vice, and report as the result OF their
observations that not more than five
per cent. are regular attendants at
places OF worship. While these figures
are discouraging, the reasons alleged
FOR on.attendance are much more so,
since it is stated that working men
and their families, finding that they
cannot dress as elegantly a. their rich
er nei ghbors, and are thus not able to
make so creditable All appearance ip
the sanctuary, prefer to stay away
rather than go in their less costly
clothing. The working men may be
blamed, but, after all, it is only poor
human nature on both sides. The
rich are ostentatlous of their wealth
and the poor their poverty-but it
does seem as if there might be one
place where they could mingle on
common ground-outside the grave
yard-and that is in public worship.
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thought, was retained to the last. The general
died OF sheer exhaustion, and perfectly pain
"Yes." interjectcd Dr. shrady. quietly: "the
general dreaded pain when he felt he had begun
sinking, and he asked that he should not be per-
mitted to suffer. The promise was made and 1t
has been kept. Since he commenced to sink on
Tuesday night he was
FREE FROM PAIN"
Toward the last no food was taken, but
when wet cloth was pressed to his lips he
would suck from it the water to moisten his
mouth During the generals last night DR..
Strady was constantly within call. DIR.
Douglas was all night at the cottage, and DR..
Sands slept at the hotel after midnight.
Within twenty minutes after the death of
Gen Grant, Karl Gerhardt, a Hartford sculp
tor, who has been making study of tho
general, was summoned to the cottage at the
suggestion of DR.. Newman to make plaster
mask of the dead mans face. He was highly
successful Within half an hour after the
generals decease the waiting engine at the
mountain depot was on the way to Saratoga
to bring the undertaken, who placed the re-
mains on ice to await the arrival OF New
York undertaken.
THE PROPOSED AUTOPSY.
DR.. Shrady remained here to-day in order
that DR.. Douglas and himself might, after
quiet had been restored in the household at
the cottage, converse with Col. Fred Grant
on the subject of postmortem examination
of the remains of his father. The physicians
therefore this evening repairedto the cottage
and there met the colonel with the formal
preference of reqaest that an autopsy
might be held They stated that tkeir pur-
pose was not in the least to confirm their
opinion OF the disease, for they had at all
times been united in demonstrating the
case as one of cancer, but the time had come
when the medical staff might step aside from
the patient invite any other medical
or surgical autopslst to conduct the examl-
nation, which should speak for itself. This
both Doctors Douglas and Shrady urged as
far as professional and personal dignity
could permit; but Col Grant replied that
the entire family were so thoroughly united
in their confidence in the diagnosis and treat
ment of the physicians that they bould not
conceive necessity for an autopsy.
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A new law of considerable import
ancc has just gone into effect in Penn
sylvanio. For many years the coking
districts in the neishborhood of Pitts
burg, Allegheny and similar manufac-
turing ccntcrs, have been disgraced by
the employment OF women to do the
toughest sort OF labor. Scenes were
to be witnessed there that could only
be matched in the coal mines of Ell
rope; women unsexed and degraded nl~
most to brutality by their miserable
careers. Attention having been called
to this fact, the legislature at it's last
session passed q law subjecting any
one who should in future employ, or
permit the employment of, any wom-
an or girl in or about the premises
where cokeis manufactured, to q heavy
fine for every ofiehso proven, one-half
OF the fine to go to the ala$HiWer.
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Con, Grants Funeral,

New York Spccial.--Gcn. Hancock an
nounced that the following arrangement
had been decided upon: The fourth
artillery Of Fort Adams, under COM
mand Of Maj. Adams, will fire salute at
Mount McGregor, and Maj. Randolph, com
handing the Fifth artillery at Fort Hamil-
ton will fire a final salute on the day OF the
funeral. Gen. Hancock and staff, accom-:
panied by GEN. Sherman will FRO:
2eed to Mount McGiegor On the night
ii Aug: 2: tAe rellaina WIZ be con
yeyed by q train consisting Of a car for the
family, one for the remains, two for the o..
eort which will number not more than sixty
men, one forth clergy and pall-bearers, one
for Gen. Hancock and staff and one for the
press, The first stop will be made at Sarato-
ga and the second at Albany. At the latter
place Adjutant-Gcnera Farnsworth will
assume charge OF removing the remains to
the capitol, where Gov. Hill assumes con-
troll. From Albany to this city the re-
mains will be in care OF Gen. Hancock
Having arrived here, the first division N.
Y. s. N. G. will escort the body to the city
hall. Here a guard will be placed until the
day OF the funeral
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The Governor of New York.

ALBANY, N Y, July 23-.Ihe following
proclamation has been issued by the COVER
nor:
State of New York, Executive Chamber:
ULYSSES S. Gfai.t, twice president of the United
States, the defem!er Of the Uhion the victorious
leader Of our soldiers, and the general pn the
tired list of the army, Is dc&d- 70 tte' last he
was the true soldier, strong In spirit, patient id
suffering, braye liz death. His warfare Is ended
After the close OF his official life and following
that notable journey around the WORLD where
tributes of esteem from all nations Wtrs paid
him, he chose his home among the citizens OF
state. He died upon our soil in the county
of Saratoga, overlooking scenes made glorious by
revolutionary memories It is ttLiug that the
state which he chose as his home should CO.
pecially honor his memory. The words Of grief
mark his death shall honor too the offices which
he held, and proclaim that praise which shall
ever be accorded those who servo the Republic.
Therefore, 1t is hereby directed that flags on the
public buildings of the state be placed ut half
mast until his burial, and ON that day, vet to be
appointed, all ordinary business in the execu-
tive chamber aud.the departments Of the state
government will be suspended: The people OF
hAYtSte are called upon to display, until his
thst At that hor thGg 1aSc from their business
and pay respect TO the distipQq isheq ue1d:
Given under my hand and the pFiVy seal of the
State Of New York, at the capitol, in the city OF
Albany. the twcnty-third day Of July, eighteen
hundred and eighty-fivc.
DAVID B. HILL,
By the Governor:
WILLIAM g. RICE, Private Secretary.
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The Federal Government,
WAsH1NGros. f4ly 23.-The following pre-
o,n q tion ,uos icr,1od NV tho n.osi6ant.

WASHINGTON. ;4ly 23.-The following proc
lamation was issued by the president:
The president Of the United States has ;gst
received the sad tidngs of the death OF that
llpstr;ons citizen and ex-president of he United
States, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, at Mount Nc
Gregof, in the state Of New York, to which place
he had been removed IL the endeavor to prolong
people of the United States, the pres iqent il inn
pressed with the magnitude OF the public loss of
great military Leader who was ip the hour OF
victory maglanimOHsi amid disaster serene and
self-sustained: who ip every station, whether as
soldier or rs @ chief magistrate, TWICE called to
power by his fellow countrymen. tread uns werv=
ingly the pathway OF duty undeterred by doubts,
singlc-minded and straightforward. The entire
country has Witnessed with deep emotion his
prolonged and patient struggle with painful
ings with fearful sympathy. The destined end
has come at last and his spirit has returned to
the Creator who sent it forth. The great part OF
the nation that followed him when living, with
dead tende4ly mindful of his virtues his great
pattiotlc kefviceA, And OF the loss occasioned bv
his death. III testimony ii respect to the
memory Of Gen. Grant, 1t is ordered that the
ExGautiye mansion and the several departments
period Of thifty days, ana that all public busi-
ness SHALL on the Gay bf the funeral, be sus-
pended and the secretaries Of gar and the navy
will cause orders to BIC issueq for 4pproprlate
military and naval holors to be Fendefed on
set my hand aud caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. Done in the city OF Wash
ington, this Twenty third day of July, A. D.
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-fve,
; [Sighedl'' q '% GROVER CLEVELAND.
Secretary Of atlta
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WAsH1NGseS, July 23.-Adjt Gen. Drum,
by command Of Lieut. GEN. Sheridan, issued
the following order:
in compliance with the instructions Of the
president, on the day Of the funeral at each
military post the troops and cadets will be
paraded and tbs order read to them, after which
all labors for the dav will cease. The tional
flag will be displayed at half stat: A. dawn OF
day thirteen guns will be fired. and aftefWard at
intervals of thirty minutes between tho rising
and setting Of the sun. single gun, and at the
close of day national salute of thirty eight
guns The officers OF the army will wear Grape
on the lett arm and their swords, and the.colors
of the battalion Of engineers Of the several regi
ments and OF the United States corps OF cadets
will put on mourning for the period of six
months. The date and hour of the funeral will
be communicated to department commanders
by telegraph, and by them to their subordinate
commanders.
Secretary Whitney has issued an order
directing that the .ens1gns at each naval sta
ton and of each vessel of the United States
navy in commission be hoisted at half mast,
and that q gun be fred at intervals of every
half hour from sunrise to sunset at each
naval station and on board Aagships and of
vessels acting singly on the day Of the fun
eral where This order may be received in
time; otherwise, On the day after its receipt:
Officers of the navy and marine corps will
wear the usual badge OF mourning attached
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The London Financial News has sue
ceeded in obtaining some trustworthy
figures as to the expenditures on De
Lcsseps' Panama canal. Up to last
September the cash raised amounted
to 1,375,OOO, with liabilities at
that date amounting to $153, 1885,
700. Since then $1O4, 100000 have
been spent on the work, and it is esq
timated that $4,000, 900 more will
be required, to say nothing OF the in
tcrcst to be paid on the money. These
are big figures but the grand work will
surely be completed, and remain a
grand monument to the genius Of De-
Lessons.
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testimony of the solemn dispensation Of
Almighty God. We. the members OF the DAKOTA
Press asso.;ation therefore resolve.
First-That it, hly life and death as
citizen, soldier and statesman Gen. Grant was
a model for all coming ages, performing the OBJ
scurc duties of the common citizen, tho heIO,o
deeds of the soldier and the exalted labors OF
the chief magistrate of the greatest nation on
the face of tEo globe, with a fidelity that en-
dearetl him to iii liberty flowing people and chal-
lenged the Admiration OF the nations OF the
world
Second-That as soldier from Relmont to Ap-
pomattox, from the Gon1mand of the company 70
that of the grandcst army the world eyer saw,
he was generous, brave and always SlrttOnS.
AS a citizen, from the lanyard to the White
House. he was faithful to every obligation. anu
true to his country, to himself, to his God. and
to that democratic simplicity that should char
acter1ze every American.
ThirdThat the natchless patience and forth
tude displayed IT, ting struggle that ended in
DEATH an adm1ring nation Watched as it now
WeeDs at his bier FOURTH That t:inoIgh
the great heart is still and pulseess, tile gf6ry
of OILS deeds shall live while time LASTS. ." -
Fifth-That in this, his "only surrender: he
has simply scaled the heighths, and bivoupkel
on the eternal camping grounds in the Elysian
fields beyond the shining stars.
Sixth-That we record our most tender sympa-
thy for the stricken ones of his own household.
God alone can fathom their devotion to one who
hos made himself beloved by nation, and ad-
Iuireo by world.
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CONDOLENCE AND SYMPATHY
have been pouring in without interrnission
on the wire They come from everybody
and from everywhere, from Gladstone down
to the notoriety seeking ccuntryman. Every
style is represented, and organizations of all
kinds Among the signatures are many
names that once were famous, as well as
those which are now. All breathe
sympathy, and testify to the universal
appreciation of the national loss. Many are
addressed to COL Fred Grant, but more than
three-fourths to Mrs Grant personally. "A
guard from Wheeler Post No. 80, G. A. R.,
of Saratoga, has mounted guard ct the cot
tage tonight. Tomorrow the family will be
overwhelmed with official Populations and
personal visitors, and the arrangements may
be concluded as to the funeral here and the
burial place.
THE PRESIDENT NOTIFIED.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-Shortly after 8
o'clock this morning the president was
informed of the death of Gen. Grant He
Immediately directed that the flag on the
White House should he placed at half-mast
The lowering of the flag was the first iptima
ton that the citizens of Washington had of
the death of the distinguished man, although
they had been anticipating it throughout the
night A few minutes after the White House
flag was placed at half-mast, the flags on all
the public buildings and on many private
ones we're placed in like position. The bells
of the city were tolled, and citizens who
heard them readily recognized their mean
ing. Business men Immediately began
draping their houses with mourning, and
residences in a similar manner showed
esteem for the deceased With the excep-
ton Of Secretary Endicott, all the members
were present at the meeting of the cabinet.
The president Informed them of Gen. Grants
death, he having been officially in
formed of the demise by telegram
from COL Fred Grant President Cleveland
has instructed Adit Gen. Drum to 90 to New
York to represent him and to consult with
Mrs Grant relative to the funeral Of the ex-
president
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Scasonable suggestions abound dur
ing this warm season, some practical
blc and others nonsensical, when ad-
dressed to the general public. Person
al cleanliness, temperance in diet, and
general sanitary rules are we'll enough
for everybody but when the toiling
masses are told to flee to some cool
md quiet retreat in the mountains or
10y the sea-shore and spend the days
in i(lencss there is strong suspicion
Of sarcastic writing.
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A POLITICAL TRIBUTE TO GRANT.

CHICAGO, July 23.-Francis F. Browne
editor of the Dial, has written the following
admirable poem on the death OF Grant:
yANQUIsHED.
Not by the ball or brand,
Dped i:y IL mortal hand;
Not bt the light nirs strok e
When fiery ttr1pest broke,
hot mid the ranks of war
Fell tho greet cnnIHeror!
Unmoved, undismaycd.
In the crash and carnage OF the canonade
Eve that dmmatl not
Hand that failed not
Brain that sWervod not,
Heart that qIailed not,
Steel nerve, iron form
The dauntless spirit that ovcrruled the storm
While the hero peacefully sleepeth
4 f0emap to his chamber crept:
Lightly TO the siunlherer came
Touched his brow aud hreathed his name.
Ger the stricken brow there passed
Suddenly al icy blast.
The hero worker, rose undismaycd
Saluted death-and Sheathed his blado
The conQueror of Il hundred fields
To mightier conqnerOr yields
No mortal foenans blow
Laid the great soldier low
Victor in his latest breath
VanQuished but by death.
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Grants Personal Courage,

An officer who served on Gen. Grants
staff, says:
"a description OF the general would be
incomplete without some reference to his
absolute GOODNESS in the presence of danger.
He may have known what fear was, but be
certainly never evinced such a feeling and
was sometimes actually reckless in the way
in which he would expose himself to danger,
Whenever he thought ii necessary to havea
PERSONAL knowledge pS what Was going on,
IN front, Ae would ride out to the skirmsh
ine, directly under fire, and would stay
there until he had learned what he wanted
On some OF those occasions he great
risks, but did not pay the slightest heed to
the expOstulations OF the staff who would
beg that some OF them night be sent to make
the reconnaissance for him. If he made
any reply at all it would simply be, There
is something l must see for myself On
one occasion it seemed as though there
must have been a miraculous interposition
between him and death. 1t was on the
Boynton plank road, south OF Petersburg
All Of the staff had been sent off in different
directions, and he7country WAS 50 wooded
that the old man couldn't see what was 60
ing on, SO he rode out in front, to
within two hundred yards OF the enemy's
skirmish' line, having with him only
Gen: Babcock and Sergt. Fitzgerald, oi
the Fifth cavalry. The rebs had stretched
telegraph wires across the road, and in can
tering along the generals horse got caught
in them so that he could not get loose bah
cock and the orderly JUMPED ;ioWn and had
to work some tivo minutes before the horse
could be freed, and in the meantime the
enemy caught sight OF the general and
opened fire on HIM. They say the bullets
whistled all around him, but he sat there as
cool as cucumber, putting away at a cigar,
and taking mental notes OF the enemy's por
sition. Not a shot etruck any Of tl.e1l,,
however, and as soon as the horse was out
81 his snarl they galloped back into our
lines at full speed. The only remark the
general made about it at the time was,
Those were rather warm quarters and
then he went on directing the battle. "By
Jove, sir no man who served under Grant
could help admring him, and the more he
learned OF the old mans characteristics
the deeper that admiration grew"
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to the saber hilt and on the left arm for the
period of thirty days
FROM THE MINNESOTA EXECUTIVE.

FROM THE MINNESOTA EXECUTIVE
Gov. Hubbard was out of town throughout
yesterday until evening, but as soon as he
heard the news he repaired to the capitol and
prepared the following proclamation:
State of Minnesota, Executive Department.
Gen. Grant is dead The most illustrious citizen
of the republic. the foremost soldier OF the age
has been reviewed to his eternal rest. When an
undstinguished citizen, he was ready, at ueed,
for all the citizens duty. As soldier perform
ing the greatest achievements, he was without
egotlsm; caring more 1or d g"9d service than for
civil affairs, he administered the laws and his
office, in difficult times, with fidelity and sue
cess When illustrous, he received the fattering
attentions OF an admiring world without, vain
glory Returned to the career of private citi-
zen. he was still dgnitied and great, suffering
the reverses of fortune and the wasting OF fatal
disease with patience and serenity. The whole
nation is smittcn at his death.
It is hereby directed that flags on the public
buildings of the state be displayed at half-mast
until the close of the day of his burial and that
throughout that day all departments Of the state
government be closed to business. The adjutant
will issue appropriate orders in this regard to
the military forces OF the state.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the
state, at the capitol in the city OF st. Paul this
23d day of July, A. D., 1885.
y FRED nr SoH B4pnBAcu Secretary Of stase
The Northwest.
uH lAlSIUSCuCS VI VIC uCLlu Oh ICIl.
Grant caused 4 universal feeling of sorrow
in the various towns OF Minnesota, Wiscop-
sin. Iowa and Dakota, in common with the
country generally Proclamatiols express
i've of the popular regret were issued by
Governors Hubbard. Rusk and Pierce, and III
the different cities bells were t0lled, build
ings draped in sable and flags half -masted
Action has been or will be taken by the city
councils, members of the G. A. r and other
bodies to attest the popular sorrow at this
national loss
A meeting OF the Dakota Press association,
now uisiting in Minneapolis. was telq at II
O'clock lass evening, when the following Fes-
olurions were presented by coasanittee
appointed for the purpose:
Whereas Our convention is startled by the
sad tidiug that the long suspended sword which
sSss its a has f len and That
with bowed heads aud heavy hearts bear oilt
grief In common with mourning. nation, in
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situated in what mig int be called a valley.
The statues of Burns, Shakespeare, Scott
and Halleck adorn the downtown portion.
while that of Beethoven was last yeal
placed at the uptown end. Near the lake
the wall widens considerably and music
stand is erected there, where free concertsare
given three times q week. A good idea
OF the Mall at this point can be formed by
imagining Pennsylvania avenuein Washing
ton lined with trees, with beautiful mead.
ow on one side and grassy knoll on the
other. An arched tunnel leading to the
lake is the terminus of the wall, about 100
yards beyond the music stand. It runs
parallel to Fifth avenue, and is about the
distance of two blocks from that thorough.
wall that it is thought the body will be in.
tered.