Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-21
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New York, July 29.-The dispatch from
Colonel Fred Grant announcing that MIS-.
Grant had decided upon Riverside Park as
the site for the late Generals tomb and
monument was received by Mayor Grace az
at a few moments after four o'clock. 1h3r
mediately thereafter steps were at ones
taken to definitely settle the final arrange
ments for the funeral. Word was tele-
phoned to the Park Commissioner by the
Mayor to begin at once the work Of con-
structing the temporary tomb at the park.
Shortly after the Mayor received Mrs. Grants
decision, the Board of Aldermen met and
formally presented the site to the family of
General Grant for the purpose Of a burial
spot.
The following resolutions were then
adopted by the Board:
WHEREAS, The family of General q. 8.
Grant have accepted the offer Of the corpo-
ture in one of the public parks of this CITY.
and have selected Il site in Riverside Park
for that purpose: be it therefore ...
given to General o.. S. Grant and his wife,
upo her demise; and be it further
the purpose designated be procured by the
counsel to the corporation when the exact
locality and dimensions Of the ground are
fixed, and the said deed be therefore duly
executed by the city authorities.
At twelve o'clock Architect Mold, of the
Department of Public Parks, had completed
the plan for the temporary vault which is to
contain the body of General Grant until the
erection of a permanent tomb. 1t is to be
made entirely of brick; within it will meas
ure 12x7 feet. It will be four feet under
ground and will be surmounted by a barrel
arch with two rims of brick. In front rises
a cross. A large iron door will give access
to the plain cemented interior. On each side
will be four cro%ss-shaped openings for venti-
lation. The front will face the river. The
vault can be seen from Haverstraw.
In the afternoon Superintendent of Police
Murray was summoned to the Mayors Of
the Mayor, the Superintendent and General
Perry, who represented General Hancock,
regarding the arrangements for the funeral
in this city. It was the Mayors opinion
that the procession would start from the
City Hall, the different organizations falling
into line at the side streets above. The line
of march will probably be up Broadway to
the Boulevard and along the latter to One
Hundred and Tenth street, thence to the
temporary vault in Riverside Park. It is
believed that not until the procession reaches
%Fifty-ninth street will all the various organi-
cations be in line.
At the conference yesterday between Cen
cral Perry, Mayor Grace and the Park Com
missioners, it was decided that owing to the
great length of the funeral procession on
Saturday, an early hour will be fixed for the
start, probably not later than ten o'clock in
the morning. Two routes were considered,l
and one of them will doubtless be selected
to-day.
The first traverses Broadway, Fourteenth
Street, Fifth Avenue, Fifty-seventh Street.,
Broadway again from Fifty-seventh Street
to the Boulevard, along the Boulevard to
Seventy-second Street and through Seventy
second Street to the Riverside drive.
The other route is Broadway, Fourteenth
Street, Fifth Avenue, One Hundred and
Tenth Street, Boulevard and One Hundred!
and Twenty-second Street to the Riverside,
drive.
Applications for places in the procession,
continue to pour in. 1t will be impossible
to grant one-tenth of them. Retired officers,
OF the army will have a position together in.
the procession. They have been requested
to consult General Sickles, who is under
stood to be the senior retired officer in this
city.
General Hancock has notified Command
er-in-Chief Burdette that the different posts,
OF the G. A. r. which take part in the pa
rade will be assigned a place among the
mourners. The General has not yet decided
upon their exact location in the line. All
armed bodies of troops, including armed G.,
A. r. Posts, will be embraced in the escort
The route agreed upon for the transfer of
the body from the Grand Central Depot on
the 5th, is as follows: Forty-third Street,
Fifth Avenue, Washington Square, Waverly
Place and down Broadway to City Hall.
A greater crush than even Monday sur
rounded Undertaken Merritt's place Of bust
ness on Eighth Avenue all day yesterday to-
obtain a sight of General Grant S casket. ut
is simply fearful the way the people crowd
i'll here to see it," said one of Mr.. Merritt's
assistants. II believe that between 60, 600
and 10000 people came in here. At eleven
O'Clock Monday night the place was packed,
and, in fact, we had to keep open all night.
All kinds of people come in, of course, but
the majority are very respectful, the men
removing their hats, and all showing a great
deal of reverence"
The casket was packed up last night and
taken to Mt. McGregor this morning.
l. y. Hemma, who is connected with Mr..
Merrltt's establishment. and who served
three years under General Grant in the war,
arrived from Mt. McGregor Monday night.
Aoos o"N CllCl IIuIlG = DOQy,' l0
said, "and it looked even better than when
it was first laid out. I sat up with the body
alone on Saturday and Sunday nights"
Were many permitted to see the body?o
mo; the orders were MOTTO let any one in
except special visitors. We had to be yery
Watchful because of the actions of a crank
who prowled around the place so much that
the family were alarmed. He was about
forty-five years of age, tall, with a short.
dark, stubby beard and was tolerably well
dressed, although wearing much soiled linen.
he told all sorts of stories to the guards IT.
order to get into the house, saying that he
was an artist, an old friend, that he wanted
only to lake a look at the face, etc. Aften
each unsuccessful attempt he would disap-
pear in the woods for a time. 1t was thought
that he was r%evengeful because he had rec-
commended DIR. Douglass to use some kind
or treatment while attending General Grant
which the doctor paid no attention to. The
FAMILY got quite nervous over the mans ner-
slstence, especially at night after Colonel
Grant and his brother had left for New
York. The last seen of the fellow. however
was at ten O'Clock on Sunday night. After
mat he dld not show himself apainn