Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-28
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. WATCHERS OF THE DEAD. Veterans Mount Guard
 At The Cottage. THE TRANSFER OF THE BODY. Mrs. Grant Under Med-
 icaI Care. A BIG SENSATION IN LONDON. Russia Refuses To Give
 Up Zuifkar.
OLD COMRADES ov GUARD

OLD COMRADES ON GUARD Over the Remains of General Grant Plans For the Transfer of the Body The Grief Stricken Widow Under the Care of Dr. Douglass.
 MT McGREeoR, N. Y. July 27.-Few visi- tors were on the mountain 5his morning and were in charge of the cottage. Only U. s. | Grant, jr., of General Grants sons, is with ! the family, Colonel Fred and Jesse Grant | having left the direction of affairs here to | him and the private body-guard. A hand some cluster of roses came to the cottage this afternoon to be placed near the dead general. They will be replaced by lilies to- | morrow and by fresh flowers each day. This | thoughtful tribute is due to the detail from ! U. s. Grant post, G. A. R., who are the I body guard. Eight members came yester- ! day morning and five more from Brooklyn I reinforced them to-day.
 The manager of the Mountain railroad has | to day determined upon the arrangement of | the train that will convey the remains and | family of General Grant from here to Sara | toga. The body will be placed upon what is known as an observation car. This \ is thirty five feet long, with posts | at the corners and sides which support roof over all. The car is enclosed on all sides to l the height of three feet from the floor, with | seats running lengthwise of the car on each l side. These seats will be removed. The rear of the car will be entirely opened and every part of the car will be draped in mourning. The remains will be placed upon the funeral car from the rear and will rest upon heavy pedestals ill the middle of the car. Upon | this car will be twenty-six men attending the body. Thirteen will comprise the guard of | honor from U. s. Grant post and the other I thirteen men will be made up of \ the regulars that are expected here from Fort Porter by order of General Hancock. | The car bearing the remains will be attached | directly to the engine, and behind the re- | mains will follow the ordinary passenger \ coach of the road in which the family will be | accommodated. This latter bears the name Eastern Outlook" which is the point of ! observation to which General Grant was last wheeled in his bath chair. It is the same | car in which the dead general ascanded the mountain just seven weeks before the hour | on which his remains will arrive at Saratoga on Tuesday, August | the funeral train they will be for l the convenience of those most nearly con- cerned in the conduct of the obsequies. The l train will occupy one hour running down to l Saratoga from the mountain top. being twen- | ty minutes more than the usual schedule
 
 | made at the Saratoga terminus of the noun tain road, this being necessary because the mountain funeral car is mounted up- on narrow gauge trucks, while the connect | ing roads are of the usual broad gauge. The private cars of William H. Wander l bilt and President Webb and one baggage ! car will await the Mountain train at Sara | toga upon the tracks of the Delaware 6 ! Hudson Canal company's road. The body will be placed in MT. Vande1bilt's car and l the family will accompany it. The other car will be occupied by those closely interest l will be transferred to another special train | in which they will be taken to New York, ! the funeral train waiting in Albany until Wednesday afternoon to continue the jour- ney with the body to New York.
 The quiet of the morning was hardly dis l turbed this afternoon The afternoon train brought large load of visitors from Sara | toga who went about the grounds, but did ! not get near the cottage. They had all dis | appeared before evening. The trains brought Lieutenant Willard Waltze of the Twelfth 1 infantry and Lieutenant Weatherspoon from | Governors Island. Both men are engaged to l report to Colonel Jones of General Han-
 cocks staff, who will take charge | here of whatever force of regulars may be on
 hand until the services of week from to-
 morrow. The detail of regulars expected | here to-day from Niagara river did not ar
 
 | A black covered table was taken into the
 cottage parlor to-day a receptacle for a 1 large and fine collection of roses and lilies
 that were ordered from Saratoga by the U. s.
 Grant post of Brooklyn. The order is con- | tinuing and the florist will bring up a like collection daily while the body remains.
 Reports that Mrs. Grant is seriously ill were
 supplemented to-day to the effect that Dr. l Douglass had to attend her. She is suffering from natural grief which prostrated her and has kept to her room, but her health is not yet in danger nor is anything of the kind an
 ticipated. She is preparing to go to New l York. Colonel grant is expected to return
 home with Colonel Jones. A message to-
 night from Saratoga says battery of light l artillery will be sent here in addition to the
 guard of regular troops.
 The preservation of General Grants body | during the heated term for period of ten | days is matter of no little importance. The
 embalming fluid will tomorrow be displaced l by fresh fluid. Absorption renders frequent
 treatment of the body advisable if not neces-
 sary. Messages of coincidence were received
 to-day follows:
 l Mrs. General Grant:--In behalf of one hundred
 and fifty thousand members of the Ancient Order | da tender the heartfelt sympathy of the brother ! hood. JOHN A. BROOKS,
 1 Supreme Master Workman. | PORTLAND, Me-. July 27
 Mrs. U. S. Grant, or Mrs. Cramer-With deer ! sympathy oHer my SerVlceS TOT the funeral cere | monies if desired.
 | EMMA THURsBY. ! WASHINGTON, July 27.
 Mrs. Grant-At conference held this day ir l Washington for the purpose of making arrange
 ments for a meeting in memory of General Grant | the undersigned were appointed to express the | heartfelt sympathy and coincidence of themselves l and the colored people with the family of the illus | trious dead.
 | FREDERICK DOUGLASS, | @E J. M. LANGDoN, 1 J. P LYNCA,
 l B. K. BRUCE,
 l R. H. TERRAII4
 General Hancock has issued orders that g
 company of artillery armed infantry shall
 be sent to Mt. McGregor and that several
 pieces of light artillery shall be sent here
 fully equipped for the purpose of firing
 salutes at the proper time or times in honor
 of the dead and as part of the funeral ob.
 sequies.
 l Action Taken In New York.
 NEW YORK, July 27.-At a meeting of the
 Produce Exchange to-day appropriate resolu-
 tions were adopted in regard to the death oi
 General Giant and 8 committee was ap-
 pointed to represent the exchange at the
 funeral. The executive committee of the | order Kasber She1 RarZe1 held A sDecia1