Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-09


scented and the calaialque slowly passed.
The crowd on fifth avenue remained
on the sidewalk with remarkable persist
ency until the long parade had passed.
There we're few cases OF heat prostra-
( ton IN the ranks, but, * far ~ known,
not one was fatal. The rcgimcntal ann
I bulnnccs were put Into rcquisitiOn for
( slight cases perhaps half dozen times.
/ At the corner Of Fifiy.scyenth street,
7 where the line turned 10 the west, The
crowds sMcllcd from the sides to the
open way, aud blocked the thOrougliarc
on twenty occasions. There was some
I trouble when the catafnlquc reached that
point. Everybody was more Interested
( In the approach Of this than Of any other
Z part of the procession II was watched
FROM BLocks AWAY,
7 IT. conspicuous height making Il plainly
visible as far as about flftieth street.
! As IL ncarcd the corner, the crowd
naturally bulgcd into the hgbway and
I the officers had to threaten with their
clubs 10 make the spectators recede, and
II was n difficult process The people
Z were standing eight to ten deep, and
some Of those IN front had raised their
umbrellas 90 keep OFF the SUMS rays.
( Some OF the women had babies in their
| NINiNt UUu NOihf iiAli'iN llHh HbANiNib iAh'Nl
1 little ones to their shoulder. The oh
str1iciions were numerous, and those al
the front were becoming indignant,
Init ms the Catnfalquc came up
the annoyance was forgotten. No
respect was iclt ms the lenders
we've ordered to make a sweeping turn.
That was the only way In which The in
tewsted gathering could be driven back.
The people fell back from the horses as
though
4 sPIRIr IfAD APPEARED
and ordered them 10 retreat. with u
spontancity that told of their reverence
every man raised his hat as the first
horse came abreast Of him aud remained
/ uncovered until the body had passed.
After the president, the yico-prcsidcut,
the cabinet, the Judges Of the supreme
court, the senators aud the members of
the house of representatives, the gov
errors and their STATS, the eS-prcsdcnts,
the foreign ministers, the diplomatic of
ficcrs, and the representatives of the
army and navy, had passed, the process
sion began 10 break up. As the veterans
and the civic organizations left Fifth ave-
nue. they gradually fell ont of line.
~ rmE TOMn
From MONDAY on, four hours into The
afternoon, the vicinity of the tomb aud
Riverside park was the scene OF disc0m-
fort for the waiting thousands. Heat
had followed the cool Of the morning and
the succeeding hours had added heat aud
hundreds and thousands of people. The lat
lcrsutfcred much IN their crnmpedpositiOn
of waiting in the blazing sunshine.
one O'Clock came and went but the fun
cral car was yet u long way off and NOV
ing very slowly. Beneath tlr tree at the
crown OF the knoll rested sunll char.
coal furnace and near II were the tools
and materials with which
10 sEAI rIIE LENDEN LINING
Of the cedar case into which chHSm the
remains oi Gen. Grant should be
placed Down the slope, nearer the
vault, was portable furnace such ny Is
used by workmrn for heating bolts. In
u group nonr by were live men, mcchan-
les, who should rivoi the steel cuskct
within which the coffin aud cedar box
should finally be preserved. The steel
case rested upon Two marble blocks two
and u half feet high, three feet wide and
eighteen inches thick. Similar marble
blocks had been sunk In the floor flush
with the surface, and upon these the re-
mains of Mrs. Grant are
EXPECTED no HEposE.
Many persons were permitted to pee
into the tomb where the steel receptacle
wns waiting the body then being borne
up town,
soon after / o'clock the drums beat and
the blarc OF trumpc,s was heard from
the lower end of the park carriage
came In view. In II was Gen. Hancock.
lie was the only occupant and stood
erect Troopmg behind him ON horse
back were the members of his staff The
general rode
no roiNr SCAR IilE roMp.
When lac alighlcd he was met hy
superintendent Murray Commissioner
trlnms and others OF the park hoard
, ten. llaucock's slaft and aides swept
past, There were among them gen.
flt2hugh Ice and Gen, Gordon, whom
Gen. Sheridan once met 40 warmly In
/ other times and under different circum-
stances. Upon commanding slope, 100
yards north of zen, Grants tomb, the
/ STAFF officers and aides drew rein beneath
I a clump of spreading trees. Meantime
iiEiMErs WE'RE WIIsrENISG
ANA plumcs were waving over the slope
I TO the southwark The trapplngs
{ upon many oi the horses shonc
I In the sunlight The cannon
Z Nll' llhlN'lN NlNhU w uNlNtN Nllul were
/ ridden by artilleryncn came over the
( brow of the southern slope, and ordcrlies
/ galloped to and fro and sabrcs and ac-
coutremenis clattered and ratified. The
regulars and the marines with the light
battery of the Filth artillery were coming
down the drive. They marched ont upon
the slope whore Gen. llancock's stan was
halted, and there the infantry aud marines
assumed II position of "rest' In the shade
and out upon the slope towards the Glare.
mont hotel, which was
COVERED wIill rLuMED HELMETS.
/ The mariners and the tars of the Uni.
( ten States marine corps with bright uni
forms, saddled horses with riders dis.
4 mounted but holding their bride rcins.
the cannon muszlc thrust from behind the
lower bend of the hillock, the pyramid OF
stacked guns with gllstenlng bayoncts
mtcrlockcd along the drive, the solid
walls of people upon the curhlmg, the
lines OF uneasy and hohbllng umbrellas,
through the trees vista In which the
brown aud rugged rocks of the palisades
pierced the woods and jctted above the
river, the Hudson, too, gllstenlng and
4 floating In the sunlight, all went to make
I up
I rnE sCENE NoRrlIw ARD FROM 1HE roMR.