The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-08-06
The Grandeur of the Funeral Rageant.

The Grandeur of the Funeral Pageant.
Anew York dispatch says: Preparations
for the great military pageant which is to
be the principal feature Of the Grant tuner.
al on the Sth, continue with great zeal.
With the exception OF the vast number 81
details, which will now take care OF them
selves, these preparations may now be
called completed. Gen. Hancock has APP
pointed all his aids, and is now occupied
during every working hour OF the day in
receiving and answering applications for
places in the line. So numerous are these
applications that the principle has been
adopted of having organizations represent
ed in the procession rather thanmarch as a
whole, for if the complete Rolies were ad-
mitted the line Of march from the city
hall to Riverside Park, a distance OF
nine miles, would not contain the mass
ii men, So important has it become to
keep the procession within manageable
limits that very few carriages will be al.
lowed. The decorations Of building of all
kinds continue to increase in number, ex-
tent and variety. Many decorations which
were at first put up hastily, have been re-
modelled and deliberately emblemished.
! There is not O. building on Broad
way without some token OF mourn
ing and the great thoroughfare be-
comes more and more fringed with
black. The advance demand for car
riages on the day OF the funeral has already
practically exhausted the supply. The ap-
plication for windows along the line of
march indicates that the demand will be
immense. As much as $3.50 has already
been offered for a single window on Broad
way, - ~
A1D,,Uhf ~ he aiuo from,
Albany TO New York by river although had
this plan been the first suggested 1t would
have been accepted. It was abandoned with
regret. Saratoga made last and unsuc-
cessful effort to induce the family to allow
the remains to lie in state in Congress Park.
Rev. s. v. Leech, the chaplain OF the state
senate, came in representing the Saratoga
memorial committee, to make last APP
peal. He was told that the plans decided
upon were irrevocable.
Cyrus w. Field cabled from London:
Mrs. q. s. Grant: The duke OF Argyll
writes me: Twill you kindly say to Mrs.
Grant how much | feel for her and how
much value the memory Of her husband g
visit to us in Scotland"
The people Of Manchester, England,
Through their mayor, cabled their condo.
1ences.
The Tribune publishes an interview with
Gen Sherman, in which he says:
The parade will be the grandest military
spectacle this city has ever seen. Gen. Han.
cock ID magnificently fitted to organize ii
and he is hard at work. He will leave moth
ing undone. 1t was good thing to do to
place all these things in his hands. Itiscer-
tain that Gen. Grant regarded Washington
az no At place for young mon. He has
often talked about It. MY opinion IL the
same. Why the army officers who have
been stationed in Washington long, have
never amounted to any thing. The men who
have come up high have made their mark
an the frontier among the Indians on the far
OF stations. The Washington men become
distinguished as staff officers only. McClel-
Ian il about the only exception and his
case is SO slight an exception as to barely
prove the rule. Taylor and jackson and
| border lighting. 90
The president, who, at the request Of
Mr.. Grant has selected pail bearers FOL