Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-05

ssoo1 tns fonsRal train Of III
Se1 fefk Central. WAITING, Will
tnoeasnds OF persons vsse being -,
oeek % the military, the mo1utsi,
Usn dfev eioaesids the Other trai,
sac .toppsd. There were nine ears q
ne New York Central train. Nsxt :
sue engine came the funeral ear. WOOD
avn The other ears were oocapied a
follows Car 2, clergy and DIR. Dong
- taird. sons and notAbIe naouruers
Ioonn, General Hancock and staf
ntsn, Governor Hui and STAFF: Eixth
tne pres seventh and eighth. rulIitar,
escort ninth, baggage. The rernain.
we're lifted IN silence BY the guard m
nonor 70 the car Woodlavu. winch "a,
orsped With black and hang with a.o,
and funeral embiems. The partie,
we're transferred 20 their rsepecsiv.
ears, which we're all trimmed Ia nIsir
olsek: The Brooklyn guard Of haoo,
snd ax men Of tue Loyal Legion. viii
: detachment of regulars, entered ID.
lead oar also two men Of Whasle,
rosa, u. A. T. Soon after 2 O'Clock Ia.
tne impressive aud heavy train moved
snfoa2n the thronRs and away frou
Saratoga
Mrs. Gran. oonciuded not 70 90 q
Nev York today and will prob Div nol
leave here until Friday next. The 9th
or female members Of the family on 40
count OF this detssmin alton OF Mra
Grant have not made no their miads
whether they will 20 out this evening o.
not.
TEE FUNERAL TRAIN.
ALsANT, AaR. 4.-fo all on board tbs
fnnsral train the beautiful dFapsry OF
the cars was q subject Of comment. No
woodwork except toe sashes Of toe win.
dovs vss visible. The engine tender
vas drsped WITH plated black rsdiatinQ
from rosefte. The sides of tue cab
we're covered In like manner. Black
cloth was draped fron the boiler rails.
and the front vas fixed With taste. The
funeral ear Woodlawn" was placed in
panels and centera. and the national
naR was festoonsd gracefully. bat %
that thsrs vas no 1uttsring. The ether
cars we're not 80 deliberately finished,
bal all were draped with good taste.
Twenty seven hundred yards of cloth
we're ased. The train bad been prepared
under the direction Of Mr.. d. n. Ken
driok, general passenger agent of the
New York Central road, who will 60
company the train TO New York.
THR srAkTTso or TIE TRAIN FROM SARA
To0A
Was almost imperceptible, 90 slovly
was u done. At she rate Of eight or
ten miles per hoar the train moved east
ward out Of Saratoga. At every street.
,rasstng. and on every verandah and
balcony all the vantage ground for OBJ
Starvation was taken up. Tbs bells In
tne steepies OF SARATOGA t0lled - she
black train trailed siowiy ous of ,hs
village tovard ALBANY. Tue clock tower
dial In Saratoga indicated 2:l0 o'clock
~ the train passed through the sub
urls.
Twenty-Five minutes later the train
pulled slowly into Ballston. About the
depot were thrones Of men and women.
Church bells we're slowly tolling, and q
Held piece near the depot salutsd the
Train: High street vas passed a 2:37,
md East Line four minutes later. The
train was quiokeninR Ice speed.
In the fnnerallosr wasU 3. Grant Post,
who vere with the remains, moautinQ
zussd a. the easkst. The remains rest.
ID upon black dais and the oompars-
rnent 10 which they lay communicated
with the main saloon BY folding doors,
which we're open. TIE doors at the
iide Of the funeral compartment we're
also open and the afternoon sunlight
shone upon the royal pnrpls vsivet and
he silver mountings Of the easkst. The
1rst and each succeeding detail mounted
On guard consisted Of two men of q. b.
Grant post. One stoed with folded
arms at the head OF the cssket and the
other 81 the fsot. The hrst quad was
~ Ballston was being passed.
Roaad Lake, Rev. DIR. Newmau's
summer home, was passed at 2:&8
s'ol0ok. The depot platform, and the
'enoes and fronts of cottages In the
srove we're black with mourning dra-
psry. The resident population Of the
tsort formed lines Of uncovered heads /
N each side Of the tracks. and scarfs |
u mourning were huttsFed by many |
aides In the throng as she somber train |
moved by. The hamlet of COINS Vas |
sft behind at 2.55 o'clock. A. Mechau- |
osville the sound Of village bells came |
aintiy above the rumble OF the train, |
nd signals Of grief were displayed.
Waterford junction was passed 1t 3O4,
nd between there and West Waterford, |
Ihich was three INITIATES beyond, a
rain going In the opposite direction
lowed and halted - the funeral train |
pproaehed. Apparently Cohoes, az /
~, when the black train rolled /
Trough, had emptied its factories and |
its stores and its homes, and |
verybody had crowded to she track and |
ear oy buildiugs 10 see the train that |
ore the dead General and sx President. |
Vest Troy was passed at SIS D. M, and |
ae heavy black draped train rolled into
ALBANY
& $40 o'clock, on time o. per special |
Superintendent Voorhees, OF |
Ae Hudson Canal Company stepped /
own from the cAb Of the engine. From
he ArHt movement of the train from /
aratoga 70 this instana "he remarked 20
ne Who had ridden on the train, "you
ave heard no sound from bell or wits. |
h." II was traa.
,JoloAel Grant, Jesse and Ulysses 8.
rant, Jr., eliahted first from the funer
| train when 10 had stopped az the foot
Spencer street In Albany. Governor
lill took the first upon bis arm, Assist
nj Adiutant General McEwen the SEQ
I'D, snd Colonel 0illett the third.
lev. On. Newman, DR.. Douglas and |
lsneral Sherman followed with Gen.
'ortes. and the party vas ct once
seortsd 10 carriages and driveR 20
ha 9rvernor's mansion before the
ernains we're removed. Governor
I'LL and the other officers
stunned 70 the train aud thsre greeted
isnerai Hancock and staff, Who we're al
be- moment aiiehting from tho car they
ais occupied. The renains we're placed
'iihin q mounted eatafalque. Six
lack horses vi,h black trappines were
Iiiched 20 the funeral ear, and at the
cid Of each hsrse as leaders were
asmhess Of the Grand Army Of the Re
ul,lic. Posts 5 and IN. The crowd vas
eiise.
Ths remains having been dspoeitsd
a the funeral car, u was drawn out
ahs Spencer street, where u vas fankcd
y Oompsny A, fifth Artillery. and
oinpAny +, Twelfth Infantry. The
lnlnd Army men guarded the remains
{ the posts of honor, and foaf men Of
le Tenth Battalion vere mounisd a.
ach corner Of the eAtafalqne. Gen
ral Hancock and stat Hled ont
III Spences street. where the 0enerAl
al mounted % powerful black horse
eapArisansd. The oreanIzA-
ofIs 10 TAXA part In the PROCESSION were
aiting In various streets along The line
march and Aaannned THAR poal |