Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1885-07-24

promise was made and kept Since he
commenced to sink on Tuesday night he
was free from pain. Toward the last no
food was taker, but when a wet cloth was
pressed to his lips he would suck from it
water to moisten his mouth"
During the generals last night DR..
Shrady was constantly within call. DR..
Douglas was all night at the cottage, and
DR.. Sands slept at the hotel after midnight.
sl& EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY.
The following are among kilograms re-
ceived by the family: 4.:.s s..5. 81.
AUGUSTA, MAINE, July %.
Mrs. U. S. Grant: ,@f.l. o-',@ =
Please accept my profoundest sympathy
in your great bereavement; the entire nation
mourns the loss Of its first soldier and first
citizens. .l JAMES G. BLAINE.
= PHILADELPAIA, July 2S.
I have heard with great sorrow of the
generals death. l offer full measure Of
sympathy. SAMUEL j. RANDALL.
@ 3, MILITARY HoNORs.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Adjutant Gen
eral Drumm, by command of General Sher-
idan, issued the following order: .I ~
In compliance with instructions of the
president, on the day of the funeral of Gen.
Grant. at each of the military posts, the
troops and cadets will be paraded and the
order read to them, after which the labors
will be displayed at half mast, at the dawn
of day thirteen guns will be fred, and after
ward, at intervals Of thirty minutes, be-
tween the rising and setting of the sun, a
single gun, and at the close Of day nation
al salute of thirty-eight guns. Officers of
the army will wear Grape on their left arms
and on their swords and colors. The bat
talon Of engineers of the several regi-
ments and the United States corps of ca
diets will be put in mourning for the pelio
of six months. The date and hour of the
funeral will be communicated to the de-
partment commanders by telegraph and by
them to their subordinate commanders.
THE MEXICAN EDITORS,
now in the city, suggested that the pro-
posed banquet to be given tonight be aban-
doned out of respect to the memory of
General Grant. The editors held meeting
at Willard's hotel today, and the following
dispatch was sent to Col. Grant:
49, WASHINGTON, July %, 1885,
To Col. Fred Grant Mt. McGregor, N. T.:
Of Mexico send tC the family OF the illus
trious General Grant their profound sym.
pathy, and through you to the whole of
America. His family has lost its
worthy head, the republic of the
United States one of its most renowned
heroes Mexico one of ths best friends friends;
ARo1C DE ANEIA, Sec'y. 80. I'll,
| The white house has been handsomely
decorated. The emblems of mourning are
equal to those on the building at the time
of the death Of President Garfield. They
are over and around the windows and door
facing north and the great pillars of the
portico at the north entrance are covered
with black. 81.
.." FORT RENO.
FT. RENO, I. T., VIA DODGE CITY, KAN
News of the death Of General Grant was
received by General Sheridan this morning
by means of dispatch sent from the Office
of the associated press in Chicago. In re-
sponse to inquiries concerning arrange
ments for the funeral, General Sheridan
said: II am so far away from Washington
/ have to depend on those in charge there
carrying out any orders the president may
give the army relative to General Grants
funeral"
General Sheridan sent the following tele-
gram upon receipt Of the sad information:
FORT RENO, I. T., July %.
To Col. Fred Grant, Mt. McGregor:
Will you please express to Mrs. Grant my
grief at the loss of my dearest friend and
cOmrade, and my sincere sympathy and
coincidence with her in this hour or her
great distress. P. H. SHERIDAN
Lieutenant General.
FT. RENO. !. r., July 2S-To General R.
G. Drum, Washington, D. C.-My duties
here will not permit my return in time for
the funeral OF my dearest friend and COM
rade, Gen. Grant. Lieut.. Col. G. W. Davis,
of my staff, knows my views in reference
to the obsequies. Have them carried out
tiOns Of the president want to be named
as one Of the pail bearers.
.. P. H. SHERIDAN,
~' Lieutenant General.
THROUGHOUT THE NORTHWEST.
ST. PAUL, July 2S.-Telegrams are pour
ing into this city from all towns and cities
in the northwest expressing sorrow over
the death Of General Grant and sympathy
with the family. In Minneapolis all church
bells were t0lled from IL to i O'clock and
flags placed at half mast, everybody calling
to mind the only visit the general paid to
the northwest, two years ago, in company
with Henry Willard and party of German
and American friends on the occasion of
the completion of. the Northern Pacific
railroad. At that time thousands Of people
travelled scores of miles just to see
General Grant and shake his hand.
At Bismarck all public buildings are
draped in mourning as well as the capitol,
the corner stone of which the general laid
two years ago while on the tour above
mentioned. Governor Pierce issued proc
lamation calling Oh the people to observe the
day set apart for his funeral by abstaining
from work and uniting in paying respects
to the departed soldier.
The city councils OF st. Paul and Mime
apolis have passed resolutions Of sorrow
and sympathy as have also the posts of the
Grand Army Of the Republic.
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