The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

placed the body was conveyed to a private
room in the capitol building, where the
undertakerS and embalmerS removed the
lid of the casket TO inspect the BODY and learn
It's condition. They said they found the re-
mains IN excellent condition. The public was
admitted about I've O'Clock and permitted to
walk two abreast on each side of the caSket.
The c. S. Grant Post, of Brooklyn. had one
hundred ana twenty-five men waiting here,
and detail OF six men on each side of the
caSket kept the throng moving.
On the north side of the capitol there is
door AZ feet wide that leads into lobby 100
feet in circumference. AT the opposite side
of this lobby is door, also Az feet wide,
leading into wood-framed passage 70 feet
long and the same width as the door into the
room where the body lies in state. There are
four great pillars forming the foundation of
the south, and standing twenty-Six feet apart
In the square formed by them the catafalque
IS erected. Between he pillars and the coffin
there is about seven feet of space. A door
similar to the one on the north side leads out
OF the passage, and through this with difficulty
5OOO people are being passed each hour. At
good.
The catafalque, under which on d dais cov-
cred with flags the handsome purple and plate
glass casket rests, stands eighteen feet high
the dome occupying one-third OF that height.
The apex was to have been surmounted by
an eagle, but the height of the corridor would
not allow it, and so two draped balls take its
place and the eagle is placed on the dome at
the foot of the remains. The four uprights
OF the catafalque are covered with pulled
black material, with folds of purple twined IN
spiral shape about item. A frieze sixteen
inches wide from which the dome rises con-
tains thirty-eight silver stars. These, with the
purple on the pillars, the beading inside the
purple putting on the frieZe, and the eagle, are
the only things about the catafalque that are
not deep black The dome is broken, the first
half being convex, then straight piece, with
fan-shaped ornaments, and resets above,
and over that a convex portion to
the peak Between the pillars from the top
hang graceful festoons with fringed edging
and resets and tassels between each The di-
mansions a1e fourteen feet wide and eighteen
feet long. The daiS is seven feet long by
three wide. At the head it is twenty-four
inches high and at the foot eighteen inches.
over the casket was a handsome brass
and copper electrolier with it's eight
electric lamps OF forty candle power each, and
the veStibule was also lighted by electric
lights. The first to view the remains were
Generals Farnsworth and Carr with their
stats. After them came Governor Hill and
General Sherman. The old warrior stopped
for few moments and looked affectionately
and reverently at his comrade-in-arms. The
Legislature and local officials next passed by
the casket. The multitude followed.
PREPARATIONS AT NEW YORK.
New YORK, Aug. 5.-The remains of General
Grant will arrive here from Albany at five
o'clock this evening. and three hours later
will rest in the rotunda OF the City
Hall. Many of the details for Saturdays
funeral remain undecided and it begins
to look as if dire confusion and much misun-
derstanding will ensue. Applications for po-
SltlOn in line continue to pour in, and the di-
vision commanders are aghaSt at the task be-
fore them. The estimates made last week as
to the number of men in line do not hold good
because of later applications. General Shaler
says there will be 10000 military. General Nc
Mahon puts the civic organizations at $1,000,
and General ASpinWall adds $4,000.
So far there has been no scheme devised for
controlling the 100000 people expected to as
semble in Riverside Park. General Mcmahon,
the best authority on the, subject in this city,
said tonight: ut will take four and one-half
to five hours to march from the City Hall to
Fifty-ninth street-four miles" Other mill
tary authorities declare that the procession
can not pass given point in eight hours.
The funeral car is finished, but may not be
used this evening in bringing the remains
from the depot to the City Hall. In the pro-
cession on Saturday it will be drawn by
twenty-four handsome black horses There
will be no driver, but each he5rse will be led by
a colored man in dark clothes. These
will be selected from posts of the Grand
Army. The carriage in which President
Cleveland will ride will have six black horses,
and that for the ex-Presidents, Chester A.
Arthur and Rutherford B. Hayes, will have
Nineteenth Illinois Infantry Club have been
assigned positions in line.
Mrs. Fred Grant, Mrs. Jesse Grant, Mrs. U.
S. Grant, Jr., and Mrs Sartoris reached the
city last night and repaired at once to the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, where rooms had been
engaged for their accommodation. They
were accompanied by Potter Palmer
and wife sister of Mrs. Fred Grant,,
of Chicago; ex-Postmaster-General Cres-
we'll and wife and w. J. Arkell. The
male members of the family are in Albany
and will reach the city to-day with the body.
reserved for Mrs. Grant. She is expected to
arrive on Friday though she may reach the
city this morning; General Phil Sheridan, &C.
OF tJ,a
Fifth Avenue Hotel last night.
A new steel casket for the remains of Gen.
eral Grant is building at the Vanderbogart
works in Troy the first casket having been
rejected. Fifty men are working on the new
casket day and night, and it will arrive in
New York at midnight tonight by special
car. The new casket will be made of chilled
steel, one-half inch thick, with warranted
strength to resist strain of sixty thousand
pounds.
ENGLAND'S SYMPATHY.
LONDON, Aug. 5.-{rhe Grant memorial serv-
ice in Westminster Abbey yesterday after
noon was an imposing event added to the his
tory of England. The edifice was crowded
with congregation nearly every member of
which was distinguished person. The order
of the service was as follows:
|. Schubert's Funeral March,"
2. The funeral procession up the nave of
the cathedral to the choir.
8. The opening of the burial service.
A. The Ninetieth Psalm.
s. The days lesson.
6. The funeral sermon, by Canon Farrar.
7. Spohr's Anthem "Blest are the Depart.
s. HandePs anthem, "His Body is Buried
in Peace"
g. Two prayers.
10. The burial service.
IL. Blessing.
IL. The Dead March in SAUL
The funeral address delivered by Canon
Farrar was most impressive, and was
listened to in almost breathless silence.
Canon Farrar took his text from the Acts,
chapter ID, verse SO. In the course
of his sermon Canon Farrar said: Gen
eral Grant has been grossly and unjust
ly called a butcher. He loved peace and hated
bloodshed, but it was his duty at all costs to
save the country. In his silence, determine
ton and clearness of insight Grant resembled
Washington and Wellington. In the hottest
field of battle his speech never exceeded
YEA, yea" and NAY, nay"
Among the distinguished personages pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone, Earl of
Iddlesleigh, Earl Cranbrook, Right Hon. Mr..
Forster, Prime Minister Salisbury, Duke
of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief4 of
the British Army; Marquis of Lorne,
General Lord Wolseey, Senior Mar
tinez, Gillian Ambassador to England.
Among the Americans were Chief Justice
Waite, ex-Attorney-General Brewster, SEN
ator Edmunds, Senator Hawley and many
others of prominence Queen Victoria was
represented at the service by her equerry
The Prince of Wales the Duke of Connaught
and the Duke of Edinburgh were also repre-