The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-07-31
THE NATIONS DEAD.
The Sculpture Mt Riverside Park, New York
City-Funeral Saturday, Aug. 9Th.

have had preference for West Point but
dismissed 1t because his wife could not be
buried there. Illinois, where he received
bis first commission, and Washington City
were favorably considered, but the entire
matter was finally left to the subsequent
determination of Col. Fred Grsnt. After
the several proffers, Central Park, New
York, was finally selected by the family,
but public opinion does not approve the de-
cision, the prepondersting sentiment being
that Washington City, or even Union Square
In New York would have been more ap-
propriate place than In the heart Of the city's
great pleasure resort which has no national
character.
The family services over the dead will be
conducted at Mount McGregor by Rev. DR..
Newman and be strictly private, only the
family being In attendance. On Tuesday,
August Alb, at p. m. the remains will be
taken from Mount McGreggor and conveyed
directly, without denomination, to Albany,
New York, where they will lie In state I'M
til Wednesday noon; thence they will be
taken t, New York, arriving the same even
Ing, and lie in state in City Hall until Sat-
urday, from whence the funeral procession
| to Riverside Park will take place.
The cottage In which General Grant died
is never again to be occupied. 1t Is at the
disposition of Joseph w. Drexel and In due
season he will transfer II to the State or the
United States.
On conclusion of the arrangement to bury
the remains in Central Park, Mayor Grace
appointed committee of one hundred citi-
zens to raise New York's share of the ex-
pense for the erection of national monu-
ment to General Grant. Among the men,
bers of this committee are Samuel j. Tilden,
Chester A. Arthur, Alonzo B. Cornell, VIM.
NJ. Evarts, Oswald Ottendorfer, Geo. 10 mes,
Thomas L. James, Edward Cooper, Smi tn
Ely, Jr, W. Fl. Wickham, Roscoe Conkling,
Noah Davis, Cornelius N. Bliss, Eugene
Kelly, George Bliss, Whitelaw Reid, 10 hn
Jacob Astor, Parke Goodwin, Henry B. Hyde,
General George B. Mcclellan, DR.. Fordyce
Barker, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jesse Selig-
man, Joseph w. Drexel, David NJ. Stone,
David Bows, Hamilton Fish, Pierre Loril-
lard, Ogden Goelet and Joseph Pulitzer.
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The President having expressed wish
that the funeral should be National one
the family concurred. The Secretary of
War directed General Hancock to take
charge Of the military arrangements at once
and continue until after the funeral. Co m
mander. Chief Burdette says $4,000 Grand
Army comrades will attend the funeral.
On receipt of the news of General Grant g
death President Cleveland issued proclama-
ton Of the same in terms Of high Gu logy,
directed the Executive Mansion and De-
partment buildings to be draped In m ourn-
ing for thirty days, that appropriate military
and naval honors be rendered on the day of
the funeral and that all public business be
suspended on that day.
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General Burdette, Commander-in- Chief
Of the Grand Army OF the Republic, hxs Is.
sued general order announcing the death
Of General Grant, who was . member of
George U. Meade Post No. /, of Pennsyl.
vanis. The order refers to the civil, mill.
tary and political life of General Grant, and
concludes by calling on oil communicates of
the Grand Army Of the Republic TO make
this memorial their last fraternai salutation,
recommending to the department command.
ers that the day be announced In the orders
upon which Posts In their several depart.
ments may pay tributes of respect to the
memory Of the General, and ordering the
usual badge Of mourning to be placed on
Departmental aud National headquarters
for sixty days.
General Grants coffin 10 q state casket, |
cloth covered. 1t is six feet long and Is |
banded with solid silver frames and portals.
The metallic part, which Is inside red |
cedar covered shell, is Of highly polished |
copper, one-eighth of an inch In thickness. |
The top is Of French plate glass, opened full |
length. The inside of the coffin 10 lined |
"hsh h6us SAVem SaIiuy bCouthuIiy kuibCuy |
with an elegant pillow, ON which in raised |
letters on embroidered ribbons are the ini- |
tials "U. s. g." The handles are Of solid |
silver and specially designed. 1t was viewed
yesterday by 1900 people; many hundreds
were unable to get into the line. .'
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Owing to the public expression avene 10
the interment of General Grants remains In
Central Park, Col. Fred. Grant went to New
York and returned Tuesday. Afterward he
telegrapbed Mayor Grace, accepting on be.
half Of his mother site In Riverside Park,
instead of Central Park. A dispatch says:
"The site chosen for General Grant q tomb
Ia on sort Of promontory on the highest
point in Manhattanville. The outward
swell of the promontory begins at 122d
street, and the river bank returns to It's reg
ular line at 10th street. The summit of
this elevation IL almost = level plateau of
something more than twenty acres on the
river side. The descent Is abrupt. At It's
foot, 200 feet below, are the tracks Of that
branch of the Hudson River Railroad that
runs into the West Thirty Eighth street de-
pot. On the northwest Is The ferry to Fort
Lee, and on the north and northeast the red
brick stores, houses and manufactures of
Manhattanville cluster around the base of
the hill. II the observer looks to the south
he has opened before him the long vista of
Riverside Park, Of driveways, hewn stone
walls and ancient oaks and naples on the
steep slopes Of the Hudson. The spot sug.
gests Revolutionary War memories-Fort
Lee IL opposite, the old fort In Central Park
Is on the southeast, Fort Washington Is on
the north, and the Highlands, near West
Point, shut out the horizon beyond the Tap
pan Zee. No structures can be erected to
break the uniformity Of the view, Is the
water front and park belong to the city.
The temporary tomb TO receive the body
will be built u brick.
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General Hancock will have charge OF the
military ceremonies ct the funeral. General
Lloyd Aspinwall will select the line Of
march. Commander-in.C Chief Burdette win |
the Grand Army contingent, which