The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-11
General Hancock

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CIScfNNATI, o., February 10.-News of
the death of Gen. Hancock fell with
peculiar sadness upon the ears of MEM
bers of the Ohio Commandery Loyal
Legion, whose annual dinner was set
Tor tomorrow night. Gen. Hancock
was the head OF The order in the Uniled
states: Upon the arrival of EXPRESS
dent HaYes, tonight, a meeting of the
council OF administration will be held tn
decide upon course of action. Suisse
quenty an informal meeting of the
commandery was held, at which Com
! mander Hayes announced the death of
the head of the order, and after few
words OF eulogy, stated that the officers
mad agreed that, in view of this great
bereavement. all of the proposed festiyi-
ties tomorrow night should be aban-
doned, but that companions should
meet and hear the addresses that have
been prepared pertaining to the men,
oral occasion. There will be a supper,
put no wines or liquor. Gen. HAYES
Ithought IN this way the memory
oI me dead commander should be
properly honored. This action was
UNANIMOUSLY approved. A committee
OF winch Gen. J. D. Cox is chairman
vas appointed to prepare a suitable
paper upon the death of Gen. Hancock
to be presented at to morrow's meeting.
General Hayes, tonight, sent the fol-
lowing telegram:
Hrs. Winfield s. Hancock, GoverAor's l.
hnd, Ne1g York
The sad intelligence of the death of
YOUR noble husband fills with grief the
companions of Ohio Commandery LOYAL
Legion, now assembled here. We tendtr
you our heartfelt sympathy in your
bereavement
(Signed), R.B. HAYES.
Commander.
Fully 300 companions and $50 ladies
VIII be here tomorrow, aud to-
morrow night General Sherman.
General Horation r. King, General
Lew Wallace, General C. Il. Grosyenor,
General Louis a. Fairchild, Governor
Foraker, Lieutenant Ken
nedy and General w. T. Clarke are
among the gentlemen who will make
addresses. The decoration at Burnett
House, where the meeting is to be held,
will be appropriately dressed in mourn
ing.
New YORK. February 1O.-The BODY
of General Hancock remained in the
room in which he died last night. MANY
more kilograms were received, among
them from Rutherford B. HAYES, Sa-
muel }. Tilden, General 0. o. Howard
and from civil and military authorities
in all portions of the country. Arrange
ments for the funeral are being rapidly
perfected. The body will be taken from
Governors Island to Battery on Satur-
day morning by the steamer Chester A.
arthur. All officers connected with the
Post and as many soldiers as can be
spared will accompany the remains.
The funeral procession will proceed up
Broadway to Trinity Church, where
services will be conducted by Rev. DR..
Morgan Dix and his assistants. There
will be no military music whatever
in the procession and the only troops
in line VIII be those from Governors Is
land. The staff of the late general will
follow the hearSe. The ceremonies at
the church will be of the simplest char
acter possible. There will be no address.
The body viii be taken to jersey CITY
where a special train will take the
funeral party to Philadelphia. The
train will arrive at Philadelphia at Las
O'Clock; There the Philadelphia diyi- |
sion of the military order of the LOYAL |
Ae6Aon VIII JOIN Lne party ana accom-
pany the body to Norristown where the
train will arrive at pm, General
Hancock's remains will be placed in the
family vault. Numerous military and
civic societies have asked permission to
form part of the funeral procession.
NoRRIsTowN. Pa, February 10.-A
dispatch from Lieutenant Eugene Grit
I'm, of General Hancock's STAFF, states
that the funeral will positively take
place here. The date is not vet fixed; |
but will probably be Friday. Arrange
ments for the interment are now in pro-
gress. A mass meeting of citizens will
be held this afternoon in the court
house. This is the home of General
childhood.