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

at StO,OOV. Inc General assigned all his right 10
tnlS money to Mrs. Grant, in whose name the
contract stands. No qualifications are attached
10 the gilt, and she may the money may
pest suit herself. As she knows what the Gene
raj mas done and what he would have continued
TO do, she VIII doubtless follow out his plan of
Denetactlon, so that none of the family rela-
yves VIII want because of the losses sustained in
following his example. 1t is her present inten-
tlon TO retire somewhere to a quiet and modest
nome and she will try to sell, with the least pos
slble delay, the house in Sixty-sixth street and
the Long Branch cottage. Just where she will
permanently live, or how, will be left to the fu-
ture. Col. Grant will own the Generals library,
pElVate records and other papers, many OF which
cradle literary talent while assisting the General
on ms DOCK he has been advised to avail himself
airy possessions Among them are papers from
winch much of interest can be written bearing
well as during his PTeSidenev and since When
Badeau,S Military. Life of Grant" was pub,
Hshed the General sent handsomely-bound
copies to the rulers of foreign countries from
whom he had received cOurtesies when abroad,
and among the papers left by the General are
the book. There are enough other interesting
complementary letters to make volume in
Mourning at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, July 23.-The bells of the Fire
Department began tolling all over the city few
minutes after the receipt of the news, of Gen:
on all the Government buildings
Gov. HIPS Proclamation.
NEW YORK, July 23-Gov. Hill has issued
proclamation in view of the death of Gen. Grant,
in which he directs that the flags on the public
buildings of the State be placed at half-maSt
until his burial, and on that or day yet to be
appointed, all ordinary business in the Executive
Chamber and Departments of the State Govern
a ent De SUSPENDED Inc people OF the STATE are
OF mourning, and 1T is requested that at that
hour they cease from their business and pay re-
spect to the distinguished dead.
Mourning at Chicago.
CHICAGO, July 23.-The Board of Trade unani-
mously voted to adjourn at u O'Clock today as
mark of respect TO the memory of Gen. Grant.
The Presidents Proclamation.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-The following procla-
nation has been issued by the President
The President Of the g9ited States has Just raeeyed
and ex-Presdent of the United States, Gen. Ulyssus
II pae Ne h n te OF
f4 pFo1g the his Be6be Of m f6e n fR
States the President is ko Impressed, with the
Military 1eader who was the ho9T Of victory mag
Mho in eey s WheheT as na
Chief MAGISTRATE twice called to power by his fellow
g0upt H
of and t has faw atensd BY his
END has f the at vn last Sent ard or his
The great heart Nation that has followed him
@ Gye nhG Of his U a
services and of The loss occasioned by his death
rfiRsos
draped in mourning, for q period Of thirty
ola 6ay fe Nd of naf funeral be an9 the se
retares of War and Navy will cause orders to be~ts-
Te9de eEe on that day anu - Oo
In witness whefe9b haTe nereato set my naa ana
Done at the city Washington. this Esd day of july
GROVER CLEVELAND,
t. F. BAYARD, Secretary of State.
The President has also issued an order direct
OF
Government be closed at O'Clock this afternoon
as a mark of respect for the memory of Gen.
Respect in the Stock Exchange.
NEW YORK, July 23-The Governing Com
mittee of the Stock Exchange has resolved to
close the Exchange on the day of Gen. Grants
funeral.
MT. MCGREGOR, July 23.-The following mes
sage has been received from ex-PreSdent Hayes:
FREMONT, Ohio. July %, 1885,;
that they have the deepest sympathy Of Mrs Hayes
and myself. r. B. HAYES.
The News at GaIena.
GALENA, ILL.,, July 23.-The announcement of
the death of Gen. Grant is received in Galena,
his old home, from whence he went
to war, with the most profound
sorrow. On receipt of the news bells were
and the public buildings, churches, bust,
". r Rowley, the only surviving member of the
vivor of the great military family, and
in int the city is practically suspended. Mayor
Barrett has called meeting of the City Council
to make arrangements for proper memorial SerV-
ices to take place at the time of the funeral.
The News in London.
LONDON, July 23.--The news of the death of
Gen. Grant has created profound impression in
this city. Flags at the American Exhange and
at the American Consulate were placed at half
mast the moment the news was received in this
city. Large PORTRAITS of the dead hero were
in and do6rs and 0f 6o
The whole front of theAmer1can Ex-
change was also hsaVy aTaped botS stone
affected on the receipt of copy of the AssOcf-
ted Press dispatch announcing the death OF Gen.
The Place of Burial.
WASHINGTON, July 23-Col. Frederick 7. Dent,
Gen. Grants brother-in-law, who is now resi-
dent of this city, was asked yesterday II he knew
what place had been selected for the Generals
burial? He replied that he did not, although he
had made inquiry on the subject when at Mt Nc
GregOr recently. From a remark made then to
him by members of Gen Grants family, he in
ferred that the position selected had been made
by the General, but that it was only known to
himself, Mrs. Grant and Col. Fred Grant He
was inclined to think, however, that the General
had not Selected washington, puI possibly west
Point.
HIS LAST VIEW OF THE MOUNTAIN SCENERY.
PHILADELPHIA, July 23-One of the editors of
the Press sent the following special yesterday
from MG.Mc(TreROF: vi MOnudy Tie OenOrdl III
sisted upon being taken TO the eastern outlook.
The distance is only about one thousand yards,
but there is good deal of uphill and down
on the way. Though be was most carefully
wheeled he came back exhausted and did not
sleep well. AS the night bad one, he
lost strength during the day, and rapidly grew
worse at night. At II O'Clock the situation
became grave as DR.. Douglas gave up hope.
Time had come at last when the system could
no longer feed upon itself, and could no longer
assmilate nOur1shment For the first time
since the fatal illness first developed itself, the
full reality of the nearness of death was
felt by the family. To some members of the
Grant household the tonight set for the first
time without leaving ray of hope, for not once
through all the trying, desperate scenes of his
illness was that hope abandoned.
THE FAMILY MANSION.
NEW YORK, July 23.-It is expected that the
remains of Gen. Grant will be brought to his
house in this city. Whether they are inferred at
the Soldiers Home in Washington or at
West Point, it rests with Mrs. Grant
to declare. The house was a gift