Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-16
GENERAL GRANT
WILL Be BURIED
AT west POINT
Full Military Honors Will
be Accorded Late Army
Officer at Funeral; Wait
for Daughters Arrival.

New York, April 13.-The body of
Major General Frederick Dent Grant
will lie in state for ten days under
military guard in the chapel of Corne.
Illus the Centurion at Governors
Islands where General Grant made his
headquarters as commander OF the de-
r .,rtment of the east. The funeral Will
be delayed ten or twelve days until
the arrival of the Princess Michael
Cantacuzene-Speranskey from Russia.
General Grant will be buried at West
Point. Military funeral services will
be held.
The generals widow is the recip.-
ent of hundreds of kilograms
and other messages of sympathy from
all parts of the country. One OF the
first kilograms to be delivered to Mrs.
Grant was from President Taft dated
from the white house. Mr.. and Mrs.
Roosevelt also wired their sympathy.
Lieutenant Howe said yesterday
that statement had been prepared
which was to have been given out set
ting forth the facts regarding the ILL.,
ness Of General Grant, and indicating
that the patient was improving IN
health )
"The apparent mystery connected
with the illness of General Grant was
due only to the fact" Lieutenant
Howe added, that it was hoped that
by withholding the address of the gen.
eral from the public he would be pro-
tected from the worry incident to the
receipt of mail, the transaction OF
business and similar intrusions."
Friends Feared for Life.
Although taken by surprise at the
sudden demise, his friends in the war
department for long time have been
under the apprehension that General
Fred Grant, as he was affectionately
called, was a very sick man.
When he last appeared in Washing
ton several months ago it was noted
that his step had lost it's briskness
and that the general moved slowly and
with a trace of indecision. His COM
plexion indicated serious functional
arrangement. The general admitted
he was not feeling very well but declar-
ed that his condition was the result Of
much work and that he would soon be
restored to good health If he could
take short rest. .-
Taking leave, he went south, and
soon after reports began to come to
Washington of an alarming nature,
the worst Of them indicating that symp-
toms of the appearance of the same
throat trouble which had caused the
death of his father had made their
appearance.
These stories were promptly denied,
though in purely formal and uncon-
vincing manner It is quite certain
many OF the officers who had best
known General Grant were convinced
that probably he would never again be
able to resume active duty. 1t is true,
however, that his sudden death was
not expected, but it was believed that
General Grant would soon retire on
account of his health. .~'
Funston May Succeed. ...~---
Cheyenne, Wyo., April 13-A private
dispatch said to have been sent by an
official of the war department at
Washington, was received at Fort D.
A. Russell declaring that Frederick
Funston, senior, brigadier-general;
would succeed Maj-Gen. Frederick D..
Grant, and that Brig. Gen. Clarence R.
Edwards, chief of the insular bureau,
would succeed Funston as >brtgadier-
general of the line.