The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-08-06
THE LAST RITES.
THE BEGINNING OF THE GRANT FU-
NERAL CEREMONIES TODAY.
The Services on the NIouutain-View-
ing the Remains.
The Guard of Honor-The Military
Representatives.
Departure of the Train from Mount
McGregor.
The Cortege Arrives at the City of
Albany.
Departure of the Train from Mount
McGregor.
Memorial Exercises in London-En-
enlargement for Cattlemen.
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lerymen had begun firing the thirteen
guns TO mark the sunrise of General
Grants last day upon the mountain.
In quick succession aud at short inter-
walls the guns we're fired. The rain had
stopped, but the mist still concealed the
valley. At O'Clock again the half hour
gun doomed its solemn token of respect
from the mountain side. Then q steady
bret re came up from the direction of the
Catskills and found openings In the low
lying clouds and they began moving.
The cottage and hStel soon became so
clear that several artists for illustrated
papers were enabled to catch their
outlines. The soldiers reviewed
orders to break camp. and in less than
twenty minutes all tents had disappeared
from among trees and were packed away
in boxes ready for shipment down on
the mountain side. At 5:45 the bugle
rang out. It was the assembly call for
trumpeters. Fifteen minutes later the
buglers of four companies of troops were
sounding the reveille. and as the last
strains floated over the mountains they
were swallowed IN the booming of the
gun that every half hour through all the
day will tell the valleys the Significance
of the day and at sunset will close with
thirty-eIght VOlleys.
PREPARING FOR THE FUNERAL JOURNEY.
The family at the cottage were astir
as the morning touched 8
O'Clock and the correspondents
and guests were moving about.
The mountain train at six O'Clock
had begun to bring up the people and
every hour thereafter the little engine
drew up at the depot. The funeral car
10 carry the remains from the mountaintO
Saratoga came up early and lay waiting
for the burden it should carry. Last
night the family in a group and alone
had taken their final farwell of the
remains aud to-day they give up his
body 10 the nation. At O'Clock the
family except Mrs. Grant return to the
hotel for breakfast. On their return pre-
parations began for the funeral journey.
Even this morning, when the family
were at breakfast, it was not surely
known what the widow would determine
to do. She had had her trunk packed
yesterday III event of her deciding TO go
with the remains, but her decision, if
known to herself had not been shared
with the family, early in the morning.
VIEWING THE REMAINS.
Today at $50 the doors of the Grant
cottage had been thrown open and \
stream of visitors poured in steady for
over an hour. About 8 IN. the head of
the long line OF buggies, wagons, omni-
buses aud various kinds of vehicles ap-
peared, climbing up the steep incline
Dear the eastern lookout, aud soon the
area IN the vicinity OF the cottage was
| throDged with horses and wagons and
farmers aud their wives and families
At $50 train brought Gen. Hancock
and a number of distinguished visitors
THE FUNERAL SERVICES.
At 10 O'Clock services were held at the
cottage in the presence of over thou
sand persons. Cane chairs and rustic
seats were provided for ladies under the
trees in the grove before the cottage
Those who failed to secure leafY shade
used their umbrellas. The ceremonies
opened with the reading OF Psalm &c
which was followed with an impressive
prayer by ReY. Bishop Harris. The
hymn my Faith Looks Up to Thee
was Joined in by the whole assembly
present with fiue effect. DR.. Newman
then came forward and delivered q ser.
mon on the subject OF the death Of the
general. The family were sit
ting in the meantime about
the remains IN the parlOr
At the conclusion of the discourse the
noble hymn. NEARER My God to Thee
was rendered very impressively.
THE REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS
After the services ended there wal
a movement OF tue people towards thu
cottage TO get final look at the general
but it was not deemed advisable 10 ad
NIT anyone IN view of the fact that /
was near the time of the funeral train 4
start. General Sherman, General Han
cock and Senator Evarts left together
Mrs. Grant had concluded not to go witt
the funeral train, but to wait over unit
O'Clock when she and other ladies vii
leave for Saratoga, and from there go di
rect to New York
The U. s. Grant post. No. 327, O
Brooklyn, bore the remains from tn
cottage To the station shortly before
O'Clock. The military were drawn u
and salute paid the remains as the
passed to the depot, and the throng stoo
with uncovered heads while the caskI
was borne to the cars. The mountai
train waited at the little rustic depO
seven cars being there. Next
the engine, the funeral Car wit
its open sides and solid massive dTapIn
: was placed and the transfer was con
l pleted without difficulty and the ira
D started for Saratoga
c (3Among those representing the mi
: tary we're the following: General w.
g Hancock, General w. T. Sherman, &c
t eral Ingalls,, General Ii. A. Perry. Gu
T onel Sutherland. Colonel John p. Mic
s olson, Lieutenant Colonel Finley Ande
: son, Captain G. L. Ward. Captain Jol
n H.Weeks aud Lieutensnt Eugene Grifti
d THE GUARD OF HONOR,
u the u. 5. Graht past uf Brooklyn, eC
q sisted OF Colonel WIN. II. Barker. Ma
is X. b. CoTwin. DIR. George B Bo
Ie Reese B. CULLEN. j. F. Sowatt, CO
is msnder John II. johnson, Henry
ut Knight, r. F. Mackellar, VIM. McDC
as aid, Vim. j. McKeloy, George j =
10 Inns. Noah Tibbets aud Geo. B. SquiI
n. and six men nf the Legion OF Hon
The general mourneEs were Tepresen
by VIM. NJ. EEarts, Admiral Row
X Warner Miller. Joseph w. Drexei, T
AS ter Palmer, General j. a j. CressW
- and others.
= THE START.
list At l O'Clock the order io start ,
he given and Engineer Martin shut of
"a stesm from the cylinders and the II
nj standing as it did ON the grade slo-
ii, started Shy its own weight down
lily mounisin. The bluffs and ridges
nu each side were densely thFonged v
nj people. The grove south of the cots
ter where the generals little grand chi
irsn played, was alive with spectst