The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-07-30
PLACE OF EURIAL.
Central Park. New York, Decided Upon 40
the Final Resting Place Of Con. Grant,

Oc"ST@A I ssrAs NeW 1Ork, Decided upon ~
the Final Resting Place Of Con. Grant.
MOUNT McGREaon, July 24.-This after
noon Mr.. Turner, Mayor Grace's chief clerk,
how here, received q message which deter.
mined the question OF Gen. Grants burial
place in favor Of Central Park, New York.
Mayor Grace received the following dis.
patch from his private secretary at Mount
McGregor
In regard to the offer made by the city oil
= place OF burial in one OF the parks belong.
ing to the city, Col. Grant instructs me to
say that upon the condition that the wish
side him for Mrs. Grant is observed, he, in
behalf OF the family, accepts. You are,
therefore, at liberty to take action upon
this information, which is final. The fami.
~ prefer Central Park
The mayor appointed Il committee of
100 citizens to raise New York city's share
OF the expense for the erection OF q nation
al monument to Gen. Grant. Among the
members OF this committee are the follow
ing.
Samuel. Tiidcn, Chester A. Arthur, Alon-
10 Il. Cornell, w. NJ. Evarts. Oswald
Ottendorfcr, George Jones, Thomas
L.: James, Edward Cooper, Smith
ELY. .Jr., W. ii. Wyckham. Roscoe Conk-
ling, Noah Davis, Cornelius N. Bliss, Eugene
Kelly, George Bliss, Whitelaw Reid, John
Jacob Astor, P,,rke Goodwin, II. j. B. HYDE
Gen: George i. Mcclellan, DIR. Fordyce
Barker. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jesse Selig-
man; David NJ. Stone, David BOWS, Hamil-
ton Fish, Pierre Lorillard, Ogden Goelet
and Joseph Pulitzer.
J. w. Arkell has arranged the fol-
lowing time table for the removal
OF the remains from Mount McGregor:
Tuesday, Aug. 4, leave Mt. McGregor at
p. M; arrive at Sartoga at 2 p. M; leave
Saratoga at 2:3O p. M; arrive in Albany
at sac p. m; leave Albany at IL O'Clock
noon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, and arrive about
ADO p. M, in New York.
In the interval from 4:3O p. M, Tuesday,
to noon OF Wednesday. Aug s, the remains
will lie in state at the capitol, and from the
time OF arrival in New York on Wednesday
afternoon until Saturday, Aug. 8, the body
will lie in state at the city hail. The public
obseuuies will take place on Saturday, at
such time rs the civil authorities may ar
range, and the intermcnt will then follow in
Central Park. Thus it is settled that Gen.
Grant is to be inferred in Central Park,
New York, 'becausc it hcfriended me when
was in need
Gen. Grant left no will, AZ he felt that he
had nothing to leave. Hegave a memoran-
dom to Col. Fred some weeks ago, which is
understood to be in the form OF suggestions
and expressions Of his wishes for their iu-
ture.
Adjt. Gen. Drum arrived on the noun
tain this evening. He was the bearer Of Il
letter from President Cleveland to Mrs.
Grant rendering a lot in the Soldiers Home
grounds as burial place for the dead gen
cr'l, il it should please the views of the
family. In conversation Gen. Drum said:
have to-day transmitted to Gen Han
cock an order from the secretary OF war
directing Gen. Hancock to take entire charge
OF the military arrangements OF Gen.
Grants funeral Iron the present to the day
OF burial, and all military exercises of any
kind here will be under his direction, and to
him applications must he made by all
military organizations that may desire to
ia Ike part III the obseques.
The intelligence that it has been decided
to bury Gen. Grant in Central Park, New
York, was received in Washington with
feelings OF universal regret and Indignation.
1t was confidently hoped that Washington
would be selected as the place for the sep.
ulchcr, and that the Soldiers Home Or
Arlington cemetery would receive the re- re-
mains Of the great Soldier