Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-08-10


Governors of States. according date OF ratification
OF the constitution and date OF entry into the
Union, and suites.
Heads of bureaus OF the war department
Gen >heridan's staff.
Gen Schoield and staff.
Admiral Jouett, L y. and staff.
Commodore Chandler, n. and staff.
The president ot the Soldiers Home
New York committee of 100.
CHIEF MOURNERS.
Position of the Grant Family. the Prisi.
dent and Other Dignitaries.
At $50 o'clock Col. Hodges summoned the
pail bearers to their carriages. The Presi-
dents carriage, drawn By six horses, was
called up TO the door next, but il had fully an
hour TO wait. The President had signified
his intention TO ride with Secretary Bavard
In anticipation of his comming out. large
crswd, which the police found it difficult to
manage, gathered opposite the hotel entrance
on Twenty-third street. The Grant family
were quietly gathered in their parlors over
looking the square, and strangers are rigidly
excluded from the hall leading to their rooms
Mrs. Grant had not arrived, aud it was an
bounced that she would not attend the funeral.
but had concluded to stay at Mt. McGregor.
She was reported bv DIR. Newman to be still
weak and i'll, though not confined TO her bed
The party gathered at the hotel, ready Ia
take carriages for their position in the
parade when the column should have sd-
vanced so far as to permit their carriages to
fall IN line from the hotel. where we're Col
and Mrs. Fred Grant, Mrs Sartoris, Mr.
and Mrs. U. S. Grant. Jr, Mr.. and Mrs
Jessie Grant, Mrs. Crsmer, Mrs Dent. Miss
Crsmer, Gen. Creswell, Mr.. Stephen l..
Noriarty, Senior Romero and w. j. Arkell
The members of the party who from time TO
time appeared at the windows as the head of
the column began TO move up past the hotel,
the bands playing as they passed. were The
objects of general attention on the part OF
the multtudes gathered in the square At
20 President Cleveland called his cabinet
together, and arrangements were made for
the order in which they were to leave the
hotel to take their places in the procession
The hands on the clock in front of the hotel
pointed at 1905 when Gen. Hancock and
Gen. Shaler rode under its windows at the
head of the big procession. The sun was
reflected from the maze of glittering gold on
the uniforms of their staff as il trooped on
behind, followed by the regulars, who, in
passing reversed arms, while the bands
played mournful dirges. All along the line
of the avenue, where the troops of the first
division, national guard. were drawn up,
guns were shouldered as the general passed.
The regIments of the first division stretched
southw ard from near Twenty eighth street in
a continuous line on the east side of Fifth
avenue, and in the side streets. the second
battery, Capt Earle, mounted, but without
guns, occupying the extreme right. On the
west side of the avenue continuous line of
49, 4
as the eve reached. Between these files of cit
izen soldiers passed the long procession with
veiled flags, mutfied drums and arms re-
versed. The great silent throng watched it
go by from street and square. There was
not foot of spare ground anywhere in sight
Throughout the line the crowd was so dense
hat its power to exercise pressure had
passed. Where it stood, it remained, an
inert mass from sheer inability to move Al
foot. Even the policemen were walled in
and. finding their occupation gone, stood
still with the rest.
At 10 10 precisely, the Grant family came
Iout of the ladies' entrance in the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel and took their carriages. Col.
Fred Gram and his wife rode with Gen
Grants daughter, Nellie. u. S. Grant. Jr. j
Iand his and Senior Romero occupied the next
carriage, Mr.. and Mrs. Jessie Grant the third
and the Cramer family the fourth carriage.
As the carriages received their occupants
they rolled away toward the park and re-
|mained there, closely wedged in and waiting
flor their turn in the line. They had been|
" aiting more than quarter of an hour be
fore President Cleveland came out and took
)his seat in the carriage with Secretary Bav-
ard. A four horse carriage that followed re-
Iceived Vice President Hendricks and his
private secretary. Ahead of them had gone
Ia number of carriages following the Grant
family in the following order Mrs. Rawlns
Holman, daughter Of Gen. Grants friend and
first secretary of war, the generals old staff
lin four carriages, his ex-cabinet officers in
-four carriages, detachment from Wheeler
land L. S Grant posts, G.. A. R, in four car
Iriages, J. w. Drexel and members of the
Aztec Club, survivors of the Mexican war
Next their came the Presidents carriage, the
Vice President and the cabinet in five car
Iriages the members of the supreme court
UNITED States senators, the House congress
Isional committee in score of carriages, ),
IGov. Hill and his suite in five carriages. the
committee of the state legislature in 80 car
Iriages, ex-Presidents Arthur and HAYES With
Imembers Of their cabinets, the foreign min
listers and diplomatic and consular officers
under Grants administration. These filed
ten carriages. Immediately following were
l50 carriages carrying the official guests.
Passing up Broadway.
The catafalque passed up Twenty third
street at ] o'clock. The congressional COM
|mittees and other officials from Washington
we're distinguished by broad white sashes.
Speaker Carlisle and ex-Spesker Randall
rode with Congressmen Hiscock of New|
Y York and Reed of Maine. Oae carriage heidi
Long of Massachusetts,, Ran-I
|dolph Tucker of Virginia, Ben ButterwortbI
|of Ohio and Gen. King of Louisiana. TheI
senatorial delegation paired off as follows,
|the senators riding in twos: Senators Mor-|
|rill of Vermont and Cockrel of Missouri
sherman of Ohio and Ransom of North|
Carolina, Ingalls, Of Kansas and Harri. of
Tennessee. Palmer of Michigan and Miller
|of New York, Hampton of South Cardinal
|and Manderson of Nebraska, Eustis of Louis
lana and Blair Of New Hampshire, Brown of
Georgia and Evarts of New York. COM
|gressmsn Bliss of Brooklyn and Ward of
Chicago rode together. and Gen. Bingham oil
|Pennsylvania, Wheeler OF Alabama andI
Lowry of Indiana were in one coach. One
|of the carriages containing members of Gen
Grants military staff carried Gen. Horace
Porter. Rufus Ingalls,, c. B. Comstock andI
VIM. S. Smith. In another rode Gen Park !
|-r, Grants military secretary during the war,
Is ho was present at the meeting between|
Grant and Lee at Appomsttox, and still has