The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-08-14

posts, and telegraph poles were black with
them. 6warms Of people covered the roofs,
some OF them looking down from a height
of from ten to twelve storiea Windows
along the line Of march were eagerly rented
at enormous pricea Balconies and tempor-
ary stands sold at
PRICES THAT WE'RE SIMPLY AMAZING,
and chance to stand upon flight of steps
was worth from 81 to $3. Some single
windows brought $75, and one balcony ca
pable Of holding twelve or fifteen people,
near the Hotel Brunswick, brought $4OO
Peddlers in the crowd sold hundreds Of foot
stools, about eight inches high, and they were
eagerly snatched up at 90 cents each Peo-
pie who were fortunate enough to secure
one OF these and to elevate themselves
above the level Of the crowd were much Gu
viod by those who could only SEQ the horse
men and the tops Of tho folded flagA Those
lucky ones were kept busy calling out tho
names OF the organizations as they passed
along. Aperson of ordinary height few
feet from the line of march. could see very
little Now and then he caught tho flush
Of plume, and all the time no heard
the solemn music and the tread of marching
feet 1t is probable that many thousands
who stood for long hours hardly saw the
procession at all. Added to the difficulty
was the fact that all the people occupying
front places kept up their umbrellas and
paras0ls all the time, regardless of the re-
quests and entreaties and aften impreca-
tions OF those In tho rear. Tho promptness
with which the procession appeared before
the Fifth Avenue hotel was astonishing. At
1890 o'clock tO tho minute Gen. Hancock
and staff came In sight, when nobody OK
pected him for an hour. This showed the
good Of having the procession headed by
and under the managelncnto the regulara
ALMOST EVERY NATION ON EARTH,
even China, with her violet and white, the
mourning colors of the Orient. horse, foot
and artillery, civic. public and private;
music of muffied drums, of brass bands, of
bagpipes, of fifes and cymbals; and 60
through the long hours tho mighty pageant
passed by. All the conditions and circum-
stances were colossal Men grew to greater
stature by hours that intervenet To be
part and parcel of such stupendous dem
onstration was to have higher ideas of man.
kind and it's capacity to exult in the pride of
common humanity capable of such
scenes as these. A great deal the
most impressive feature of tho event
was the vast silence It was comparatively
absolute. No matter how softly the
muffied drums were rolled you could
hear them squares away. The only heavy
sound WAS the rumbling of the cannon
wheeln When the band Of tho Third Now
Jersey regiment passed by, playing sNearer
Ny God to Thee" the sweet, solemn strains
were distinctly audible far up Fifth avenue,
many squares beyond where they would
have been lost In the noise of an ordinary
day. The wailing sound of tho flies of the
Fourth Connecticut drum corps, playing the
sad, sweet notes of sPieycls Hymn" could
be heard almost from tho time they swung
into Fifth avenue from Fourteenth street.
The drum corps of the Sixth New Jersey
band played @Flee as Bird to tho Noun
tain" and the band of tho Continental Foot
Guards Of Massachusetts played Sweet
Spirit, Hear Ny Prayer" As general thing,
THE CHOICE OF MUSIC
high an order to appeal to the emotion of a
general gathering From tho hundreds of
musical organizations that passed but few
played tho simple and tender airs familiar to
the people, and dozen of the bands played
the sDead March In Saul, and moro than that
played Chopin's Funeral March" The funeral
when such an air as Nearer my God to
Thee" was played, the OBJECT could be seen
at once, the deepened hush, the uncovcring
Of heads and tears in the eyes of the women.
The bands about the catafaIque played
Chopin's Funeral March, :" and played it mag
niticently, but would have touched tho hearts
of the people more tenderly had they played
SRest Spirit, Rest" or @Rock OF Ages" It
tn11 -R~v<.
passed through Madison Square 1t was the
moment Of the day. For that oil waited;
about that oil interest centered; from that
radiated and influences reaching to deeper
and holier depths of human emotion than
all the music. oil the trappings of grief, or
all the vast display could go. There was a
long break and open space before the car of
death, and tho suspense in the presence of
that advance was almost painful. Down that
open channel between the living banks could
be seen the great black plumes upon the
funeral car approaching; the glitter Of tho
silver trimmings in the sunshine; the purple
of tho caskct that contained oil that Is NOR
tai and perlshable Of Gen. Grant Around it
the guns Of the guards shone At every mo-
ment, from the pavement to rooftree, III, 900
faces gazed upon it
APPEARANCE OF THE TROOPS.
New YonK, Special Telegram, Aug g.
There were few glittering bayoncts in the
parade. Warlike signs were concealed
rather than displayed The soldiers went by
with reversed arms and slow tread to the
roll of tho muffied drums The corps was
marked not only by the long line of people
who stood, with uncovered heads. on tho
street, but by the guidon, the bobbing col
umns of national corps and the battle flags
drnped with Grape The soldiers took part
in soldiers funeral, and more devoted
tribute was never paid by warrlors to hero
dead It was shortly after o o'clock that
Gen. Hancock. with his staff close behind
him, looking neither to the right nor to the
left, and sitting upon his horse like cen
taur, rode slowly up Broadway. Already the
military were astir, many companies belong
ing to state organizations were pouring In the
side streets of Fourteenth street, and the Sec
ton Of the city from the city hall northward
was beginning to ring with the sounds Of
martial music Suddenly following close
upon Gen. Hancock and his staff came Capt
Randolph. his light artillery battery +. with
guns glisteniny and horses
cAvoET1NG In THE MORNING AIR
Col Henry l. A bbott. of United States en-
gineer corps. and Lieut. Kimball's jolly tars,
from the Omaha, the Swatara, the Tennessee
and the Powhattan Jolly tars they wero,
though depressed In spirits, and every inch o
sailor was each of them in appearance, and
o. they marched up in double lines in
their sea rig. dragging burnish twelve
FOUNDER behind them, they presented pict-
uresque appearance. When after these with
swinging tread came the marines aud three
more battalions of sailors keeping step to
tho music Of q fife and drum c0rps,
matters for the time being grew lively along
the thoroughfarc, to be traversed a short
while later by the catafalque bearing the
body of the man they had been called upon