New-York tribune., 1902-12-21
MRS. GRANT ENT0MBED.
RODV BESIDE HUSBANDS S
g,7ef Services Ouer Sealed .Sa1--
eopLnguS TODAY.

-.e todv Of Mrs Ulysses s Grant was placed
:, the great red granite sarcophagus beside that
:, which the body Of her husband rests. in
Grants tomb. last night. The brief funeral SER
,.ces 10 be held to-day will be over the sealed
sarcophagus.
The body arrived at Jersey City at $40
o,cIoclx D. m. yesterday. the train to which the
,uneral car and the car for the Grant family
.rd others Of the funeral party was attached
teng over half an hour late. The black coffin
nned high with flowers, was carried on the
shoulders OF six men from the train to the army
steamer General Meigs which was awaiting at
The pier alongside the Pennsylvania ferry.
II was escorted from the station platform by
q detachment Of Ulysses S Grant Post. G.
r. and by committee of the Grant Monu-
,neut Association, which had accompanied the
funeral party from Washington.
The coffin placed black bier on the
forward deck of the General Meigs. and hum
areds Of people on the arriving and departing
ferrvboats stopped for a moment to gaze at the
sight
The boat sailed for Grants tomb within few
minutes On board were Colonel Barry. adju-
tant general of the Department of the East.
L S A: Major Littell, acting depot quarter
master: the Grant Monument Association COM
-nittee consisting of Colonel A Noel Blake
man. Henry W. Hayden, P. Tecumseh Sher-
man and Senior Vice-Commander John Muller.
and the following members Of Ulysses S. Grant
Post: John L. Baker. George ". Brush. George
Tate. Herman B. Smith. B. F. Parsons, Miles
o'ReiIly, DR.. c. T. Schoulbelmeier, C B. Crouch
lanes F. Camfield, William H. Baker. G. w.
Topham, w II Bates, James IL 0Ill'h @No
August Lippitt-
The trin I'D the river was without incident
snd occupied about an hour. The little white
steamer with its sombre burden was hardly
noticed by the passing river craft as it churned
its way steadily toward the tomb. In daylight
II would have attracted much attention, no
soubt with the knot of silent veterans standing
about the flower covered coffin on the forward
deck but in the growing darkness no one but
those on board appreciated the significance OF
the Journey
A landing was made at the recreation pier at
e-hundred-and-t twenty y-ninth-st-, over which
the American flag fioated at halfmast. as did
another on the memorial flagstaff behind the
tomb. 4 hearse was in waiting, and the entire
distance to the tomb was double lined with po-
licemen There were four hundred Of them on
duty, under Inspector Kane.
The tomb was reached few minutes before
o'clock. Waiting there were Orlando F. Null
lerton the custodian. and his assistant, George
D. Burnside; Cornelius O'Reily. of the Grant
Monument Association: John H Duncan. the
architect Of the tomb, ana Ulysses . Granl, JT-
The coffin was carried Immediately to the sar-
cophagus and lowered into it without ceremony
Of any kind. The lid of the sarcophagus, which
weighs about five tons. had been raised TO a
height Of some three feet. by workmen in charge
Of Charles Parsons, who became familiar with
the work when he superintended the closing or
the other sarcophagus IN which General Grant 9
body was placed over five years ago The tomb
was heated by gas radiators and lighted by
electric lights.
AS soon as the coffin was in place thin layer
of cement was spread along the edge OF the
sarcophagus and the cover lowered Ten min
utes was spent in truing its position, and at
7:25 o'clock the ropes were cast off
The services this morning will begin at IL
a. m. and Will not last over fifteen minutes
They will be conducted Jointly by Bishop E O.
Andrews and the Rev Alexander Mackay Smith
Two hymns will be sung by a quartet under
the direction Of General Horatio c. King.
The Nevg-York Society Of the Order Of the
Founders and Patriots Of America, at a meeting
held at the Hotel Manhattan. passed resolutions
on the death Of Mrs. Grant. expressing the re-
spect and affection that was felt for her