The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-08-10

Post-Jerome Deasy, j. ID. Barnes; Gen. Meade
Post-JoSeph Harmon and ID. s. Caslim. This Is
the Executive Committee.
Upon the adjournment of the representatives
OF the Grand Army meeting of members of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion was held,
Commander Elliott presiding The following
were named as an Executive Committee to co
operate with the Executive Committee named by
the Grand Army of the Republic: j. L. Tharp
u W. Beach and r. II. Orion.
A meeting of the joint committee then oc-
CURED. II was voted to notify the Mayor and
! R9Oaru OF supervisors as to what had been done
LOT conference: 1t was also voted that Gov
Stoneman should be requested to Recommend
for memorial services as a legal holiday. Messrs
Salomon, ). w. Backus and G. r. Thompson were
R n1aIned as subcommittee to call at once upon
representing commercial interests to Cooperate
a communication 1l1aI1l was received from James
hnOWIton Jf., rendering an escort to the Grand
army by the drill corps of George a. Thomas
fost as a guard of honor. The Communication
that salute of Sixty-fOur minute guns was about
to be fired under direction of the Grand Army
pressed, were that the local manifestations of re-
Spect should be under the direction of the mu-
ing. Another meeting was appointed for "t 2
O'Clock this afternoon.
GENERAL ORDERS ISSUED
Inc following general order was issued this
morning from the headquarters of the Grand
Army OF the Republic, Department of California:
HEADQUARTERS r DE En P,[E OF oABIEoRN1A,
ASSISTANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OFFICE.
Il, l. With the deepest sorrow the Department Com
Grand Army Of the Republic that GENERAL RHNf
Is Is dead Our Gomrade and the Nations Great Cap
AppomattOx, ranked him with the greatest heroes of
the roll grand rm no ~ & 60 MS name upon
OF the Universe in that haven of where the SOL
From I us who were his Comrades, his Soldiers and
mountabIe dficutfes Vet steadily and snr2iiv m0T
g T Wltn q1etude that indicated great
ping success how could It have been otherwise than
him. and when the results proved that he was right
we freely and unreServedy to him not only our
The great Characteristic of his life and of his every
fidelity toward his associates He knew no s1perfoTs
ne had 6etters and he esteemed price too great
if he gave you his hand He had an honest and jeaf
fortune with his earliest and hpmbest Friends same anu
remnant of mortality dsP6sed H IN Soi 10
animosties of that civil strife in which he was so
6 we 9 ay eTPect at once to see that large
with u.s. and are sorrowing the silent that
and that covers all that is earthly of GEN u g. Grant
votiny Mil with US N the patriotism de
remain remain enShrned In the hearts of now united
of history for all time to come
To his bereayed family, in their sad and mournful
Department of California Grand Army Of the Repab
II recognition Of the great loss to U our orpaniza
ton In the death of Comrade u S. Grant the colors
or the Posts OF this Departm will be appropriately
the date hereof and all comrades 20
1rape their badges In mourning for the period
Ill All Posts are requested to take immediate steps
to cooperate with the local authorities
monies of respect to the deceased hero as may be de
clded upon IN their respective cities. By command of
r. H. WAKEFIELD.
Department Commander
Assistant AdjutantG eneral.
ACTION TAKEN BY OTHER BODIES
AT special meeting of the Trustees of the
Mechanics Institute held to-day, the following
resolution was adopted unanimously:
=" Resolved That the free use of the Mechanics
Pavilion is hereby rendered to the citizens of
San Francisco for the purpose of holding such
exercises or demonstration as may be deemed
advisable on the day of the funeral of Gen.
Grant,
The San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board
VIII take no action until the day preceding, or
the day of the funeral.
The Produce Exchange adjourned at noon i'm
respect to the dead General
Although the features of Gen. Grant are, and
PROBABLY VIII remain as familiar to all as those of
Washington or Lincoln, photographs of the dead
General now md ready sale, and photograph
ers are now preparing for the demand which has
suddenly arisen.
AT a meeting of the Directors of the Bohemian
CluD In1S AFTERNOON, II was voted to postpone the
annual Midsummer High Jinks which was ap-
pointed to occur next Saturday, until August 1st.
The pOStpOnement was made in respect to the
memory of Gen. Grant
The POstOtfice and other Government DEPART
ments. except the courts, were tranSacting bust
ness as usual this forenoon but will be governed
by orders from Washington iii reference to the
observance of the day OF the funeral.