Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 24, 1885, Page 1

OMAHA DAILY BEE FIFTEENTH YEAR. _ OMAIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1885. NO 30, THE SILENT MAN. Genera Grant Breathes His Last on the Heights of Monat MoGregor, this afternoon to Gien, A. Carleton, recorder, lof the commandry: ‘‘The General Grants body will remain here cortainly ten days. It lis very deairable to have & gusrd here while| he body remains, say a lieutenant and thir lteen mon, Will you sce General Hancock [about it? Tents and meals will ba furnished by the hotel company. The family desire) he quard. Telegraph (feneral Hancock's de jision., In accordance withthe above, General Carle on telegraphed to Goneral Habcock this af ternoon asking if such a guard could be fur 4hed, and when 1§ would staet, and request ing him to telecraph hie decision to the fawily at Mount Mctitegor, IN LONDON, nity could permit, but Col. Grany replied that the entira family were| s0 thoroughly united in their| confidence 1n the disgnosis and treatment of the physicians; thit they conld not concelve, of the necessity for an autopey, would not live through the night. Conse quently there was anxions watching n all up town resorts fo: the message oath. tnfll Governor Oglesby, of Ilinois, was on thol the orridors sf 'arge hotels ho name cf Mkteamer with the Grand Army of the Repub Grant was heard wherever there was a crowdfflic excursion from Quincy o Nauvoo, when) of parsons. Hotel clerks and telerraph op-llhe learned at Keokuk of the death of Gen, erators wero kept busy the intestMGrant. The governor made the soldier bo \nformation received from brilliant speech, devoted entirely to the old There was usual hundreds of lounpers iofcommander, Ha left the excursion and went Madison Squars and many of ther kept theicfito Springfield to insuguate means for a fit leyes on the large stereoptican screen on thefliting tribute in bebalf ot Illinois for the dead oof of the Erie railway oflis, apparently ox-Mhero. Ipecting should Grant'a death occur daring thell MitwAvks®, Wis., July 23.—The news of evening the fact wonld be announced uponfGien. (irant's death was recelved with d ‘the screen, ortow and emblems of mouniog were im o imedinte! isplayed. ”’\A""{f“’f‘ I,‘":""‘ % h Drrorr, Mick, July 28.—This oity snd T G erth had been received butfithe state of Michigan haa expressed heartfel of Gen. (irant's death had been received butl,rrow at the death of (e, Grant by placing] ' fow moments bofore the balls npon Trinity o nd St. John's chiirchen began to toll, and in [ Ey eyt v roma Sy Newe o the ja few momenta the solemn tones wers caught i I public q o o &Il barta ol the clty, conveying tho [iicact,of Gen. Gieant caused l public bl nows of the general's death 1o the people of BET4'to 1o draned oot I mouraing, this.city and Brooklyn, et hult:mastfo all party of the ey, N B et tate capitol is elaborately draped aud in THE PLACE OF HIS CHILDHOOD. Bformal exercises were held in the forenoon, ] s W MINNATONKA, Minn., July 3. Cienoral A RELIC TO BE PRESERVED. [Sherman will start east tomorrow 1weruing to] 3. — Naws comes from| ) Jattend the funeralof Gen. Grant, Batavia, Obio, near Gen, Grant's birthplace,§ Forr Rewo, I, T., Jul of the manifcatations of sorrow, and of a fithe death of (en. Grant movement to purchase and preserve the houso ffdan this morning by woans of & despal in which Le was born, from tha office of the ussociated press in Chi offchgo. In responso to o sirles concerning th ferrangemonta for tho fuseral Gen, Shertd fny 0 feaid: I am 0 far away from Washivgton thi dity, A wEew thlnliNeg RIS the NS08 DL O O EIEY oo V% v et o ioae L Gliner & LHAN carry ont any ordors the 1 esldent sy give to the army relative Lo Gun, Graut's uneral, During s oritioal illness Lus March, and on information from_the personal friends of the family tuat it should be agree Jable, the commissioners of the voldiers’ home Jrequasted the privilege of having the geueral' emains interred at the howo. 1¢1s hoped) he family will grant it £0 that his asbes may bella tolled this morning on receipt of thel news of the death of Gen, Grant, leral's face, She found there, howaver, no taken of recognition, for the sick Iman was peacefully and painlessly passing laway. Mrs. Sartoris came behind her mother, land leaning over her shoulder witnessed the olose of a life in which she had constituted & Jetrong oloment of pride. Directly bahind [Mrs, Geant and Mra, Sartoris, and a little re moved, were Drs. Douglas, Shrady aud Sands, On the othor #ide of the bed, and cpposite th Imother, stood Jesse (irant and U, 8. Grant 7r. Near the cornor of the cot, and on the Jsame side as Josse, stood Daweon, the gen oral's stenographer and confidential secretary, At the foot of the bed, and gazing directly down into the general's facs, stood Mra. (Col, F'red Grant, Mrs, U, 8. Grant, jr., and| Mrs, Josse Grant while somewhat removed trom the family circle, Henry (the nurse) and| Harrison (the general's body servant) were] watching the close of tho life of their mnater. Dr. Newman had repaired to the hotel for breakfast and was not present, and the eneral’s grand children were asleep in the ursery room above, Otherwise the enti family and household were gathered at the) mansion, THE MEMBRRS OF THE GROUE ad boen summoned not o moment sooner than was prudent, for the doctors moticed that n entering the room the purplish tinge| onouncing final dissolution had ap- [peared beneath the finger nails, The hand which De, Douglas lifted was fast grow- ling co'd and the pulse had fluttered beyond] lthe point where the physician could distin- lguish from the pulse beats of his own fioger,| Tn 1862 he helped to eapture Fort Henry, February 4, on the 12th inst., he besiewsd n with 15,000 men, the numbering 21,000, After four da the et amy surrendered on the 16th cannon, 17,600 emall arme and 14, Four thonsand had eecaped and killed and wounded, while Grant lean than 2,000, This was the firat important Unlon victory, Grant was then made & major-general of voluntcers and placed In command of weat Tenneence. In Maroh his forcos nnmbering 38 000 men were encamped near Shiloh, or Pittaburg landing on the Ten- neasec river awaiting tho arrival of General with 40,000 8 On_ April 6th the confederates came Coruith and attacked THE GOVERNMENI'S GRIEF, COMMANDS ¥ RRSPROT [3SURD Special Telegram to The Bee. WasiiNGroN, July 23,—The president manifested the utmost solicitude in Grants condition yesterday and bourly bulletins hard Iy sufficad to keep him well enough informed, but he inquired of all visitors for the latest) intelligence from Mount McGregor, Oa re osiving tho intellizence of Grant's death this morning ordars were at once given to close all departments, and no public businers will bl transacted nntil the day after the funeral Thero was the deepest syrapathy manifested from the president to the humblest attache of ithe white house for the fomil ll of whom kindly remembered) here. It is probab'e that the president’s va leation will now be postponed to a later period, nd may ba given up altogether, It has besn the intantion of the president to visit (ieneral Grant at Mt, McGregor, on his route to the Adirondacks, but this programme will neces sarily be changed. It is understood Grant| xpressed a desire to be buried in the soldier’s home grounds, north of Washington, aad it A Peaceful and Painless Ending of an Illustrious Life, Grant with & foro' . ,0.000, now hoping to overwhelm him o Buel’ arrival. - Grant was pushed back to the river where he held hin position until dark and the arrival of Buel. On the 7 The Death-Bed Surrounded by All Members of the Family. GLADSTONE AND OTHERS EXPRESS SYMPATHY, the cnemy waa driven baok to distance of twenty uine miles, mmanded both days 0th Corlnth wan attacked by the In July Halleck was mada general-in.chief and Grant susceoded him In command of the department of T September 10th he fought th which was an incomplete victory failure of Gen. Roce rans to carry cut hiy orders. After the battle of Connth proponed tho capture of Vicksburg, and re colving no aurwer from the genoral-in-chief on November 2 he began a movement into the interior of Missiseippi, While he threatoned Vickaburg from the rear with 80,000 men Sherman was sent by the river with 40,000 men to attask it in front. Grant advan far as Oxford, fifty miles, when Holl his principal hase of supplies, was surrend; rod by Col. Murphy who was dismisscd for thia action. This compelled the abandonment of the campaign, and Grant retuencd to Cortoth Tn Januaey, 1 63, Grant took command in peraon of all the forces in the Mississippi val loy, and moved to n point opposite Vioks LoxpoN. July 23, —United States Minister Phelps, on beiog handed a copy of s dispateh anouncing Gien, Grant's death, expressed the| greatest concern at the sad event, He imme diately orderel that the building of thel American legation bo draped in mourning| and the flag placed at half-mast. A correspondent visited Mr, Gladstone's idence and was received by Mrs, Glad tone. Un making known his errand, Mras,| [Mrs, Gladstone expressed daep sorrow at the eath of thaemioeat American and immedi him to Mr. Gladstone's tone was writing at & desk| in his library, Hesaid: "1 shall willingly) pay my humble tribute. Lot me write rathe than speak it.” He then wrote as follows| "“Mr. Gladstone has heard with regret thel aews of Gen. (irants death. He ventures tol assure the bereaved family of the sympathy) he foels witn them in their atiliction at th death of one who had rendered his country| bsuch aignal services as a general and etates man,” Many prominent Americans have called o) ‘meeting to be held tomorrow at the American| Expressiong of Sorrow and Sym- pathy Heard on all Sides Cities Robed in Black and Flags at Half-Mast, Proclamations by the President, @overnors and Mayors, The Date of the Funeral and Plage ot Burial Undecided. July 23.—Shortly after 8 ning the president was in- formed of the death of Goen, Grant, He fm-] ediately directed that the flag on the White| [House be placed at half mast. The lowering] of the flag was the first intimation that the citizens had of the death of the oistinguished man, although they had been adticipating it [throughout the night, A few minutes after] the flag on the White House had been dis-| plnfed at half mast the flags on all the public building, g ToLkno, O,. July 25 —On receipt of thel jnews of the desth of Gen, Grant bella tolled,| flags were Lalf masted, and emblems o] ‘mourning gonerally displayed. During thel funeral minute guns wilrbe fired and fuceral ser\icea will be held in the opera house, OINCINNATIL, O,, July 23,—The chamber off A Brief Bketch of the Honored Lite of the Hero of the ayec < eatnoar the capital of the nation, guarded byBlegation for the purposs of taki priat 5 ® o Bbuildings, snd on many private ones were®commerce adjourned at roon to-day out of] e egation for the purpose of taking appropriato@lbirg, — There ~ he spent several Rebellion, o respiration wao rapid and wae succh olaced o like. position. Busiaess men beganBrespect for the memory of (in. Grant. Thelfrorerans of of the war in whick ks grestostffuction ou the death of Gen, Grant, aud tofluonthe n fruftloss endowvors 't fon of shallow panting inhalations, but his] throat seemed to become clearer and as the) rospication bacame quicker and more rapid. At the clo:e they also became less labored an: almost noiseless, This fact was a comfort to the watchera who were thuy spared scenes of lagonizing or other than peaceful death) (Mrs. Grant almoet constantly stroked the face and forehead and hands of the dying ges oral and at times tenderly kissod the face of the sinking man, Col. Fred (irant sat silently but with evident feeling, though his bearing was that of a soldierly son at the death-bed of his hero father. U. 8. Girant, e, was deeply moved but Jesse bore thel | cene steadily and the ladies, while watching with wet cheeks, wore nilent. It was five) minutes bayond 8 o'clock and not one of the) [watchers but who could mark the nearing of the life tide to its final ending. Dr, Douglas noted the nearness of the supreme) moment and quietly approached the bedside) and bent over it, and while he did eo, the sor- row of the gray-haired physician seemed| [closely allied with that of the family, Dr [Shrady also drew near, It was seven min-| lutes after eight and tha eyes of the general Jwere closing, The breathing grew more] hushed and the peaceful expression seemed to) be deepening in his firm and etrong lined| face, and it was reflected as a closing comfort in the sad hearts which baat quickly under the stress of loving suspense. A minute more| passed, and as it was closing the general rew a deeper breath, There was an expres-| eion like that of one relieved of a long and| nxicus tension, Members of the group were impelled to step nearer to the bed, and each waited to note the next respiration, but it did| 0t come, foondole with his family, John Bright, in an interview at the Reform! lab thin afternoon, said: *'T desire to express fuy sympathy with the family of Gen, Gran] in' the sorrow through which they are passing.” The newspapers contain long _obituary no tices of (irant, many of them taking up most f their availablo space in accounts of thel cenes and incidents in the life ot the illus irious patriot. immodiately to drape thelr houses with urning, and the residences in a wimilar 1nanner showed osteem for the deceased, he whito house has been handsomely) raped, the emblems of mourning being} chamber waa draped with mourning. 23, —The old veterans at] the soldiers home will wear a badge of nourniag thirty days in memory of e, Fent, take the place. In April the general marched Lis army through the swampy on the westerr bank to a place helow Vicksburg, April 30t} he crosred the river and landed at Biulos burg, thirty miles eouth of Vicksbuvg Pemberton, with 52,000 men at Vickabur. and Johnston with & smaller but rapidly in creasing force, at Jackson, filty miles farthe east, opposed Grant whose forces numbare 43,000 strong. Grant abandoned all ceic munication with the river and pvehed intc the interior between the two hostile foices. May 1st he met and defeated s porticn of Pemberton’s command at Port Gibson: thes advancing eastward; on the 12th he fell upou aud destroyed a force coming out from Jacl won to meet him. On the 1ith he capture! Jackson and scattered Jolnson's forces Turniog the eame day to the Miesissippi, ov ke 16th he utterly routed Pemberton’s entire torce at Champion's hill; on the 17th he cirar o) with the enemy again and defea Black river bridge: and on the 18th drow into Vicksburg. On the 19th ard 21¢ meade uneuccessful aseaults on the and on the 23rd bagan a regu The place surrendered July 4t 500 men and 172 cannon, the Iargest capture of men and material ever made 10 wa Jup t> that time, During this campaigu the 00 prisoners, 12,006 killed and wounded, and 8,000 by diceato ang htraggling. Grant's entire lons was 8,878, and hieo was miade a wiajor general in the rguls: army. Octobor 16th he was given command of the Mississippl division, which includer the armies of the Ohlo, Cumberland and Tenneseee, the latter he commanded so long and so well, 3d of October Graunt reached Chattanooga, where the Cumberlanc army was quarterad, surrounded by the enemy d at » point of starvation. The battle of Lookout valley, fought on the 27th under Grant's direction, rolieved the ity mber 23d, 24th and 25th the was fought, in whiob Brazg waa defeated and 5,000 men captured In February, 1861, Grant was appointed com fmander of the Union armies, with the zewly. oreated rank of lieutonant general. Ho now set about to meet Loe, who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, and_fought bis bis way from the Rapidan to the James with this end in view. Before Grant reached the James ke lost 6,000 men killed, 26,000 wounded, and nearly 7,000 taken prisonerr while he captured 10,000 of tho enos. IThe loeses to Liee's stmy can never be knows, ho destroyed his own records, Tho battler of the Wilderness, Spottaylvania, North Aun jaud Cold Harbor were the hurdest Grant ever fought, aud after each he advanced and Lee withdrew. He was anxious to annihilate Les and with this end the campaign of the Wil derness was planned. When Grant_ arsivec n front of Richmond he croesed the Jamen s pursusnca with o plan fonned wonthe bofore For montha he waited and fought before Ric mond, with various results, The governmeni dyvised him to abandon it, but Grant ne wavered, September Sherman hac reached Atlanta, and Grant then cent him ov his famous march to the nea, »_route st out by Grant elx months before. Ho made Sher- esn poreible, not only by holding o front of Richmond, but by sending re inforcements, who thon drew off and defeated the only army which could have confronted PERSONAL FXPRE MouNt McGREGOR, July 3, 8:10 & m.—| ONM. Gen, Grant died at & o'clock this morning, surrounded by all his family, He passed ont of Life peacefully and without apparent pain. THE OLOSING HOURS, CONDOLENCE FROM THE GRNERALS FRIKND. WASHINGTON, July 23, - Upon receipt of the nowa of the death of Gen, Grant, the follow-| iog tolegram was sont to Col, Fred Graut by (Gen, Burdette, commander-in-chief of th Grand Army of the Republic: “‘Expressing the profound grief of the Grand Army of the 1Rapublic upon the death of the reatest of our comrades, and i bekalf of] 30,000 membors, T tander to your honored mother and to all the afflicted femily their heartfelt sympathy. 1 pray you haye me ad.| vised s #oon as tho arrangements for the las 3nd rites are determined upon.” President Cleveland sont the followivy dis patch to Mrs, Grant at Mount McGregor “Accept the expression of my heartfelt AT HI3 OLD HOME, north and tho grea’ pillara of the portico at A DAY OF GRIRF, the north entrance are alss covered with GALENA, I1L, July 23, —The announcement of the death of Gen, Grant received at (ialona, a old home, from whenes he went to the wa was with the most profound sorrow. All party| lines are forgotten and the expreasions of sor- row are unususl snd sincere. On receipt off the news the four church bells tolled) On the custom howse and all public baildings flags aro fiying at half mast, Public buildings, churches, businoss hotises, and pri-| vate residences arc drapod. in embloms off mourning, Gen. W. 1t.” Rowley, the only] ] ot surviving member of the old commander 'sfsympathy in this hour of 3 our great ¢ fiction, stafl, and now the only survivor of the groat@he peoplo of the naticn mourn with military family circle, and whose wife diedfwould reach, if they could, with kindly but & few weeke ago, is prostrated with grief. @ 0rt the depths of the sorrow which is yours| Business is practically suspended and the peo. fione, and which only the pity of God wloue ple gathered in groups upcn the strects and§@°on, heal. A % <o with sad faces and o Jow terme express thoff The Thursday mecting of fhe cabivet in ereow which)bia oldinelghtasslteall called for 11 instead of 12, to take action on Mayor Burell has called a meoting of theflthe death of the ex-president. ;: city council to make arrangements for properfj | Thefollowing ploclamation wue issued by| uemorial eervices to tal:o place ot the time of] president: Sk the funcral of the old Lero whose desth hasflf “The prosident of the United States hu lacgadthe mation irto priof just recoived the sad tidings of the death of = 1L, July 2.—The news offfthatillustriouscitizen and ex-p ent of the) (on. Grant's deatls was receivod ot 7:50 &, m o icd S raanneral (lyased B, rant, o ut Kaukakee, and was announced by the toll ., \which place he has lately been removed in ing of bells, 'Flaps wero displayed at hali- ey ; y i to prolong hia lifo. Tn makin mast and business houses and residences werol) Rl e i the United e P uainces ovives anid omds ia angouncement to the peoploot the United States the president is impressed with the| Brooxincror, Ill., July The buileting St L ublic loss of the greatmilitary leader who wo announcing the death of Gen, Grant_wac re-Min the hour of victory magnanimwons, smidl ceived hero wish profound sorrow. Bol'a are ldisaster sorene and. self sustained ; who i rill o Gred and aftorward at interval._ ofioiing, age ol mpated nd businces i par-Rovory ciation, wheihor assoldler or his! hirty minutes between the rising and setting Wtially suspended. A public meeting will be [l i er by o tha wunta einglo gtin, and at” the close: oIl to tece auitable Satfon. i it catesit wice)called{toN poweriby ShIaH(all H J countrymen, trod unswervingly the pathway the day « national sulute of thirty eight guus @ Rock Iscann, Llls., July 73, —On receipt offfof duty, undeterred by doubts, single-mindod} Officers of the army will wear crape on the the news of Gen, Grant’sdeath hero this morn-gand nmlézmlmwmd. The entire conntry has loft arm and on their swords, and the colors@r 0 (Hireh belln rang, fags wero placed at halif§witnessed with deep emotion hinprolouged aud of the battallion of engineera of the severallly ot on the city and government bnildingsfipatient struggle with o painful disesse, and] egiments and of the Unitad Statos corps of B on the Yook Tuland arsanal. has watched by hia couch of sufferiug withy ets will be putin mourning for & poriod of 4 B Seuerien, T, July 23.—-At the wo-feestiol sympathy. The desticed eud h o b homeonta po oo, b3 W cuncomnt f Gen. Grant s doath this morn come , at, lut, and s wpirlt 1 ment commands by telegraph andj forth, The great heart of the b :hfifl:;:;.:htfi;mrg?:: zclfl:]"c‘ll:;d::;” th{;‘; hlx:]o“‘d hlm;‘t:;n living wli)th ln;r and| leity, pride, bows now #orrow above bim in} ested that the proposed banquet to be given| death, tenderly mindfal of his viituee, his} “;::‘111! l'}ah:u:‘;ii(‘)‘l:::i Igel?-?n;‘;:‘rm(gu:t great patriotic services, and of fhe lowe rc/ ; casioned by his doath. ' In testimony el re- Willard's and the following dispatch was sent| i R ko Col. Grant: “Ihe excursionists of thel totheimemurylof (CensraliG sl t ordered that the exccutive mankion suc the Associated press of Mexico, send to the fam-| everal departments of Washiogton be draped] Iy of the [llustrious general, U, S, Grant, lin mourning for a perion of thirty days, snd _:m Knlipaufnd;ymp-t y, nnfl’thngluk:n yu\l- h: all public business shall on the day of th ihe whole of America. amily has los 6 o ita wortny head, the republic of tha United| {unsaliboluspendediiand)the lascrots v fof [ war and the! navy will cause orders tol States one of 'ite wost renowned heros, d for ay ilitary and navall Rtk o of it bt T bo issued for appropriate militars and na honors be rendered on that day. In witness whereof Ihave herencto et wy, band and caused the seal of the Urited States] o be affixed, Done at the city of Washinglou tlis twen Pirzsivie, Pa., July 25, —The news offity-third day of July, A, D. oue thousaud| General Grant's death althougth expected, Jeight bundred and eighty- five oud of the in- created a feeling of the most profound sorrow, fdependence of the United States, cue hundi The fiage throurhout the city wero displayed@and tenth, THE AUPBOACH OF DEATH. M1, McGREGOR, July 23, —At U o’clock last} zight one of (ien. Grant’s physiciana conceded| with caution that he might survive until July| 23, His meaning waa that he might be living when midoight should mark the new day. The physician's indication, it was not a prog- nostication, was borne out, and more, Tho general passed into the first: hour of the day; ho saw ita light at suarise, and throush the early morniog hours he still survived. The advent of July 23, however, marked a changel in Gen. Grant’s condition which wag wignificant, The chill at the extremities was increasing, The'uso of hot applications to keep, wormth in Gen. Grant's extremitios and vital] parts were rosorted to last night. They were, of some avall but artificial warmth was with- out power to reach the courae or stay the re sults of diesolution which bezan Tuesday] evening, snd had been progressing steadily, thrugh gradually, Hypodermica of brandy) were frequently given to stimulate the flag- ging physical powers, but later this failed to effect the patient whose vitality and whose physical forcos wore so far spent as to furnish| NO FOOTING FOR A REBOUND, TIndsed the efforts of the medical men were useless. None could stand by]| inactive and withou® the trial of an expediont that might pro-| long lffe ao hour or even a minute. The physicians believed the president might reach the extreme ebb of his strength at one o'clock this morning and the approach of the hour| was anticipated with intense anxiety at th cottage. 1t passed, however, and the general Iying upon his back and propped up by two pillows lay upon the cot bed in the patlor Wi yet liviog, but growing weak. The inevitabl dloso of the general’s long sickness seemed more and more imminent. The feeble pulsel beats, worn themselves by their rapidity to a) fluttering throb that could not ba gauged be- neath the finger of the physicians, were being] worn out by their own life current, so rapid| was it coursing through the veins. Repeat edly the brandy was entered beneath the skin] of tho genoral's arm, but despite its warming] Influsnce the respirations had quickened from| orty-four to the minute during the evening tol » point of labored breathing that was painful o friends who were grouped about near the ack. With the exception of Secretary Eadicott lall the members of the cabinet were present} at the meetiog to-day. The presi-| puwop informed them of tho death of) Grant, ho haviog been informed, e demise by a telegram from Col, Fred Grant. The president instructed (ien, Drum to go to New York to represent him, and con-| fer with Mras. Grant relative to the funeral of} the ex-president. Secretary Whitoey has issued an order] directing ~ that the eneigns at each Inaval station and on each yeesel in THE PLACE OF BURIAL. THE CHOICE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND WASH-| INGTON iREGOR, July 23, —~An embalmer} ew York will bs summoned to pre erve Gen.Grant's rewains, but a local under-| ltaker will undonbtedly conduct the immediate details, and convey the remains to New York,| [When the body shall have reached New York! the question of post-mortem will be consid- rod wnd determined by the family. Touch- ing the place of burial, the general a month o indicated three places 'as suiting his 1shes in that direction. The choice, how- over, was narrowed to two, owiog to the natural wish of the general| his wife thould rest beside) him, A strong desire has been expressed tof fthe family that burial should take placs in) Washington and efforts have been put foeth to make New York the last resting placa of the eneral, Before his death however, (ien. Grant left the choice of a burial spot entirely| to Col. Fred, imposing only the condition| lthat the spot eelected ehould be such ss that] [Mrs, Grant might rest by his side, His re. mains will be removed to New York by ipecial train and there prepared for burial, . A week ago the general is said to haye inti-| nated that should he die here during the hof weather, he would prefer that his remains} hould be kept here until cooler weather, thel urpose being to epare the family the sad and| fatiguing journsy in fultry weather. It oubtful, however, if this suggestion can arried out fully, though it is not unlikely the} remains will “repose here several d: This, however, is entirely at the dis ‘munl of Col. F¥red Grant, to whom is each naval station ond on board flag ships and of vessels acting singly on thel ay of the funeral of Gen, Crant where this nay be received in time, otherwi after its raception. Officora of marine corps will wear the usual badgo ofj mourning attached to the sword hilt and on the loft arm for a perfod of thirty days. Adjutant (ioneral Dram, by command of Lieutenatt Gon. Sheridan, has ieued the fol- lowing order: “In compliance with the in- tructions of the president, on Ihe day of the funeral at each military post troops cadets will be paraded and the “order road to them! after which all labors for the day will cease,| The national flag will be displayed at half] mast. At the dawn of the day thirteen guns| th IT NEVER CAME. There was an absolute stillness in thel room, and & hush of expectancy, so that no| ound broke the silencasave the singing of the| hirds in the pines outside the cottage, “It is all over,” quickly spoke Dr, Doug | a8, and there came then heavily to each wit- 068 the realization that Gen. Grant was dead. 'he doctors withdrew, the nurse closed th yyelids and composed the dead general’s head. After which each of the family group presse the bedside and one after the other touched] ltheir lips upon the gemeral's face so lataly) stilled. Dr. Shrady passed out on the plazza) land met Nowman hastening up the steps, “'HE 18 DEAD,” marked Dr. Shrady. The fact of having [been abaent from the side of the dying man nd family at the last was the cause of sorro d regret to the clergyman, He had ben summoned a moment too late and arrived in likely that iie propositlon from the city of] (New York tu accord a burial plat for the gen| leral and his wife, when she, too, will have sssed away, might be copsidered by thel colonel, -The impression that Washingto may be chosen for the burial spot is believe o be founded on the present inclination o jol. Grant, The only condition made by the neral, and that a8 long ago as June 24, was that his remains should be 1oteired where | he remains of Mrs, Grant might in time lie with) ia own, An embalmer is now on the way from New) Vork in response to a telegram WASHINGTON, July Col. Dent, Gen, Grant’s brother-in.law, now rosident of this) ity, was Jasked yeetarday if ho knew wha place had been " selectea for the general’s urial, and replied that he did not, although| @ had made inquiry on the subjsct when &Y IMcGregor, recently. From a remark mad 0 bim by a member of Gen, Grant's family, 6 inferred a positive selection had been made death of the late veneral. Mayor (arland| went & diepatch to Mra. Grant tendering hor) lin bebalf of the citizens of Spripgfield a rest-| & plece fo: the body of her illustrious hus-] band, Articles of incorporation were filed this af ternoon of the Grant wonument association, ihe subjcct being, to provide & suitable monu; nent to be placed in or mear Springfield to perpetuate the memory of Gen, G eant , President. tary, ving telegram: A. ARROYO DE AUDEA, Secr They also sont the foll To Gen. Porfeiro Dis ELSEWHERE, A MOURNING NATION, eir profound ‘sympathy for the death of the illuatrions Amorican hero, 3¢ Gon, U, 8, Grant, in whom Mexico lost one, 3 i i o OVERICh 7 by the goneral, but that it was known only to@Sh, sick man. time only to minister to the family sorrow @ "0 " " ¢ n e e at half wast and in many places poriraits offf (Signed) SiRovER CLEVELAND. & 4 £ L, 3 erman, Two oclock hiad boen passed and the evilland gazo upon the scarcely hushed lips of tholfl’ A Aacosr Sae as, President. Ritio doparted general woro displayed drspedl By the President: T. ¥, Bavaio, Seore-Quumeelt, Ses, Grant and Qol. Fred Grant B vyyop i1 foal campaign began Leo hud tary of State. — As soon asl The following mcsange was the news of Gen, G rant's death werc receivedf§ex-President Hayos: tho firc bells of the cicy began to toll, thus@ *FRENONT, Oio. July 23, —Vlease s convaying the inteiligenc) to all parts of the [@Mrs. Grant and the sorrowing fswily that ity ¥ on public and private buildingsfRthey have the deepest sympiihy of Mrs,| are flying at half mast and the feeling of sor gHayes and myself, R, B. Havi~ row and sympathy are very general, |, Morar MeGurzon, N, Y., July 2 o o AR fliollowing to Col. Grant is amovi thousands oo jud eswn. ofBf tolcgranu from all parts of the world re- g, Bolla itmmediately hegme toll. @ecived by Mra. (izant and hor (emily i woro draped ith figs inll. WASHINGTON, July 25,—The paintul uews jror, worrowlul crowa jrom §19, 100 of Your fathier’s death lias Just L in mourniog, o death multiplying .| dences of nearing death were multiplying IxpiaNarous, Ind., July The incraasiog respirations were not alonel more rapid but moro shallow. THE LUNGS AND HEART WERE GIVING AWAY So weal had Gen, Grant grown at 8 o'clock that, though ho frequently attempted to do £0, he was unablo any longer to clear thel gathering mucus from his throat. It accumu lated aud rewained and as 4 o'clock drew on) and tho daylight csme a point had been 73,000 men at Rishmond, besides the militia und gunboat eailore, amounting to b Including Bheridan’s force, Grant 110,000 men before Petersburg and Richmo nd Potersburg tell on Avril 2ud and Richinond. on the 3rd, and Lee fled toward Lynchburg Graut pursued and Lee, finding himself ont fought, out-marched out-geners and surrounded surrendered Appomattox court houso April 9k 1865, with 27,000 men, all that remained <f his army. After this the other confederatn larmies asked to surrender and the great ivii 'doad gonersl to whom Dr Sowman's I bound hum in such clor s and relation Soon after Drs. Douglas and_Shrady 1ot the death-bed they converaod faclingly of th last hours of Gen. Granta life, The pulse firat indicated failiire, aod tho intellect way the Inst to loso ita clearness and conscious tonacity, A circumstance at 5 o'clock this morning indicated cognizance, ‘Do you want_anything, father”’ queitioned Col, (Girant at that hour. * Water,” whispored th lgeneral, huskily, but when offored water and Mayor Grace, by di Alderman, sent. tho neral had not selected Washington, but pos- ibly West Point. PRILADELIHIA, Pa, June 23.—Regarding iho funeral arrangements snd final burial co0f (ien, Grant, it is learnod that George hilds will have sole charge of all matter ainivg therewith, and he will probably b lled upon to select’ tho spot for the last resting place of the dead hero. Childs in- tonded to Jeave for Mount McGregor to-day,| bt fearirg he could not roach there in time o s delaged starting until further adsised 1 ackived tron) “ollowing this morning 10 Mas, Ul 8, GRANT 1al action, T am'i o your Jsolf and famnily, the heartfelt aympathy of thol lwommon council of tha municipal authoriti of the sity of New York Ia_ your ment. 1 am wlso authorizod by mal action of the authorities v be made official to morrow, to teader to you last resting place for the remaing of Gen ing and | mourning, An i 0 rrefGrant in any one of the parksof this city o ouE InkacRY CoRE AR, JH “Biy tho family as to their movements, Ile i There was not left enough of stregth, @EICCHOG A 1 last bours, " P 4 Fred (irant who, by reason of Child's lon 0 offer the governor’s rooms at the city hall or allowing the body to lie in state, MAYOR (iRACE. THE FEELING IN NEW YORK. Grant returned to Washington to supe:ic tend the disbandment of his army, and w hils thore President Lincoln was assaasinated, Tt biad doubtless beon intended to include G iu this, us ho was invited to occupy the fat the theatro with the murdered president During Johnsen’s administrat Grant was olothed with large powers by congress to ue ltralize the supposed def ction of Johnson t the southern (element in tho reconstructior 116 was elected presidont In 1868 and fcob the oath of office March 4, 1860, He was re lected in 1 After ‘opening the cou tennial — exposition at Philadelphi in 1870 he set out upon a tour around the world, It was a continual oration, e: lcountey through which ho passed vielng with the others in doing him special honor. It England particularly was hia reception cordisl td his person shown marked respect, thy freadom of tho city of London being prosented 10 b, an honor arely conforrod, \pon bis return to America in 1879 he was given & magnificent reception in this city as he wa passing through on the way to his old in Galons, Illinois, 1o resided in that cta for o short time, wnd then removed to New York which hes ever sinca been called bi . He was the candidate of what wes 1 s the Stalwart elewent of the reph) the Jast word of Gen, Grant, Dr. Douglas remarked that the peculianty] Gon, y h was explained by a re inarkable fatality that seemed a present ob lstacle to the aupproaching death. It was al gradusl passing away of the vital forces and a, reflex contciousness wos retained, the doctor| thought uatil the last the general died of hoer exhaustion, aid in & perfectly painless sinking away, “You," lnterjected Dr. Shrady quistly) '‘the general dreaded pain when felt that he} bad begun to sink and be asked that hel should not be permitted to suffer. Tha prom lise was made and 1t has been kept, Since h lcommenced to sink on Tuesday night ho was ree from pain., Towards the last no food) was taken but when a wet cloth was placed tof Ihis lips he would suck the water from it tof moisten his mouth,” During the general’s last night Dr, Shrad, was within call, Dr, Dougias was all night a! lat the cottage and Dr. Sands sleps in th hotel after midnight, Within twenty min utes after the death of Gen. Grant, Karl Ger-| bard, the Hartford sculptor who bas bern) g & study of the general, was sum| moned to the cottege at the suggoestion of Dr.| [Newman to make a plaster mask of the dead] huian's face, He was highly successful, Withio half an hour of the general's de cease & waiting engine at the mountain depo was on its way to Saratoga to briog an under taker, who ha1 been summoned, Details and} arrangewents touching The ramaine, while they are here and untill hey reack New Yoik, are in charge of W, Drexel and W, J, Arkell, The physicians are eslrous of having & post mortem, but th (amily are sald to be averse, and that i (% matter to be deteriined. AN AUTOFSY RRFUSKD, Dr. Shrady remained here to-day in orde at De. Douglas und himself might convers with Col. Grant on the subject of a post-] mortem examinaticn of ths remains of hi ather. The physiciaus, therefore, ropaire to the cottage this evening and met the col jmother and all in r great bhereavement Tho country it filled with sympsthy and grisf Bt thin news, but Its lors must gzow vpoc it w Bttio future unfolde in coming years The board ot commissioners of the Uwitod| States soldiers’ home sont a telegrr to Ool, and ¢! frieadship with the family, has| asked him for advice on eeveral matter con nected with the funeral preparations snd hasl loft to Child's Jud‘ml'nt the arrangement of} Jull the principal poluts. N, Y., July 23.—Gov, Hill has) proclamation that inasmuch as! Ulyssea S, Grant, twice president of thol United States, defender of the inion, victorl ous Leader of tho walon_ soldiers ond poeral o tho retired list of the army, chose his homeMred Grant, urgontly requesting that the re among the citizens cf thisstats, snd Inasmuoh e ot (o (e 1 e as Lo diod upon that soil it the couaty of Brrounds, Saratoga, therefore it is fitting that the stavel§” The following are among the teleyrai: rel should especially Lhonor his memory, and tofcoived by the family e that end the ‘governor directs that fagnon @™y 0 O TR sy public buildings of the state be placed at half @ RUCCHA T8 Suly 5 A0 | mast, until bis burial, aud on that day 1l or-| B0R8.ASCORE 0 BROIDDIGK PITIPASY) dinary businees in tho executive chamber andfi¥oUe Kroat berecvement, The entive uition) tiio dopartments of the atate Foverument shall 001, the lowe o its ‘J"“ be suspended, The people of the state arofirjEolbeen., . Jayks G Bie called upon to display vatil tho funoral em. [l PREvIN; Dy July 20 “es, ew, Liran blems of mourning, and It is requested that at Sle IR UL I OAL AR Ok G that hour they cease from Lusin, respect to the distineaished dead, ympathy. Sawvxr J, RaNpaLL, BaRATOGA, N, Y. July 23— Col. t: - Ciicaco, J —Th : irade unatimounliy voted wcm.i;ff::w:;"';g @Y ou bave oir deepest sy mpatby. The illne oiclock to-day ms o mark of rerpece o shojof Mes: Stewart, ulso Mrs, Hughes and Mrw, 'memory of Gen. Grant, [Russell prevents a personal visit of condo and hamlets of this state and New Luglandfl o Y, 2%¢d: HENRY B1LT0N: lcomes news of mourniog, Pablic building 0, 1. T., July 23,—Gen, Sheri and privato houses alike display tigns of sor: dlll‘lhleutr:.bu'lolluv:mg telegram upon receip . Fl of the sad information O auae are At half mast aod_ bells poal W™ woir%Reno, T, TTo Col, F. D, Graatd {orth,everywhiero the mournful nows, e Likete Qol, B D Oopali | Sn. Pait, Mion., July 23.—Mayor Ricellgrict at the loss of my dearess friend and com. has called the city council together to takoMliade, and my sincere sympatby and condo- action on the death of Gien, Grant, Senators) o) i Harrlson, Laealls, Jones, and Sabin join ourflyeceny o 1F 18 this the, hour of her grea citizens in expressions of profound sorrow. Lieutenant (ieneral, A11ANTA, Ga, July 23 —The 1 R e rosolutions f regret at tho. Josth off, 10 (i:n: K. O. Drum, Washington:~My) (en, Grant, and adjouraed for the day out of JJ0uties here will not peruiit my retura in timel o tack to/Lis mba for the funeral of my dearest friend and com- LoNio rade, Cen, Grant. Lisutensat Col. G. W of Gien, (irant created @ profoun avis, of wy siadl, knows wy views 1o sefe 02 thon city, Fioeeice thh around Improsslon@le s the’ obatquics. Have them carrled and consulate was placed u% half mascR:? {ar as they do not conflict with the direc Jat the wmoment the news was receivedit'on® of the president. I want to he named| in the city, large portraits of a dead gencralff* °0e of the pall bearers. = ldraped in mourning were plrsed. oves the P, H SHkmivay, Lieutencnt General, balconies and doors of both buildin ' Among the mavy others who sent dispatch The whole front of the American Exchangelwere Col, Thomas P, Ochiliree, the Hon is alao heavily draved. Gladetone and Lright@William M, Evarts, R, Kube, Japanet wmin-] Loth were much affected on receiving & copy flister at Washington; Potter Palmer, of Chica of the Amsociated press dispatch announci nd hirs James H. Tvner, Washing- the death of ieneral Grant, 0 W. Childs, Philadelphis; ll\hlhsnu L1ows, Ia, Jul o8 “:-P\’\gli‘i‘x -promier Gla the city tolied the death of Gen. y R4 Becretary Sindioalt, ure at Tl mast aad the city a' draped ol i NEW YOuK, July 22, Gllbert A, Robiason, wourning, The wayors proclamation wasfmeinber of the New York comumandry of the {ssued, calliog public meeting this eycoinglgl”¥sl Legend, of which Gen. Grant was g Y e commander at ‘the time of his death, tele caphed the followiog from Mt. Moliregol and from 4 o'clock on there was] in the throat ths slgnificant rattle of mucus that was filling the luogs and elogging the throat. At 3 o'clock the General asked for water and after that it is not re membered that he uttered avy word, At feur] olclock the breathing was quickened and| reachod fifty to the mioute, An hour later! the respiration bad reached sixty, aud be: tween five and six o'clock tho finger nails had| becomo blue, and the hands further evidenced the progress of numbness at the extremities, and at every breath the mucus clogging in the throat was growing more noticoable, ANXIEIY AND INTEREST AMONG ALL CLASSES, Special Telegram to The Bk, New Yomk, July 23.—Tho Times this) morning saye: The interest in Gran.’s condi tion quickened in this city, yesterday, by the) minous reports from Mount Mctiregor,” The bulleting were posted as fast as received at the, newspaper offices and wero eagerly scanned byl the passing multitude, The solicitude for the} suffering hero was not confined to any class} of people or any particular locality, Rich and| poor alike were impelled to inquire frequently) uring the day: “What is tho latest news| from “General (i ant?’ That question was| heard to lssue from lips of men, women and] lohildren on the street, 1n stores, on cars, on! [the bridge, in hotele, in down -town offices and| up-town ~ club rooms, Wherever there) was & telegraph office could also) be hoard the same inquiry) A uncommonly sympathetic feeling, inte d spxlety concerning (irant was noticeabls moog the business men down town. In the] vicinity of Wall street particularly, where} Grant has so many warm parsonal friends, here was an unusual degree of interest mani fested for the yery latest intelligence from the| dying soldier's sick chamber, Several bank ng houses in ‘'the street” had private wires) to Saratoga for the accommodation of custo the summer season. Scores of} escribiog (irant's condition flow] s to the city yesterday and in King houses there inquiries regarding (irant than in relatis fprices and prospects of stocks and bonds, “oster, of Heary Clews & Co., received the) following dispatch yesterday' from Clews,| who is in Saratog *'T spent last Monday afternoon with G rant} ud his family at McGiregor cottage, The gon eral’s feeble and dazed condition, lors of yoice, aud weight reduced to 104 pounds, fully sat fied me that he caonot possibly last much) ooger. Any moment is likely to b2 his last. (He appeared perfactly calm and fully resigned! Jto meet death. Mount McGregor is a wost] A Brief Sketch of General Grant's Career. Ul 8. Grant was born April 27, 1 at Polnt Pleasant, Clermont county, Ohi His parents were of Scotch origin, = At 17 young Grant entered V Poiut, and four] years later gradusted twenty-first in @ class of) thirty-nine, recelving & 2ot niesion of brovet eecond licutenant in the Fourth infantry. H remained in the army eleven years; was en- zeged in overy battls of the Mexican war ex- oept that of Buena Vists, and received two) brevets for gallant conduct, In 1848he married, Tulia, daughter of Frederick Dent, & morchant, ot 8¢, Louis, and in 1854, havieg reached the] rank of captain, retlgned, and went to farm| ing near St. Loul Unsnocessful in this hel removed to Galens, Il in 1860, and engaged) in the loather businoss with bis father. Grant| [ was 89 years old when the civil war broke out] lentirely unknown to public men, and without] lany personsl acquaintance with the affairs of] the nation, Liveoln's first oall for troops was m [April 15, and on the 19th ipst. Graut was drilling & company of volunteers at Galena. [He aleo offers: ervicea to the adjutant eneral of the ary but received no reply| The governor of Illinois, however, employed lbim in organizing state troops, and five weeks! later he was appolnted colonel of the Twenty first Illinois infantry. He reported for duty; in June to Gen, Pope, in Missouri, On| August 7, he was comminsioned a _brigadier| general without his knowledge, and for & short| time watohed the movements of factienal forces in Missourl, While in command of the] south-east district of Mirsonri, with head quarters at Cairo, Ills , on Septémber 6, with out orders, ho seized Paducah, at the mouth! of the Tenneasee river, and comwmanding thel navigation of that streamn and the Ohio. This necured Kentucky to the Union, for the sta leguslature, which had affected to Les neutral,| at once declared in favor of the government In November he made s demonstration ou} Belmont, & small place on the Mississippl, cighteen 1iles bolow Cairo. On the Tth inst.| be landed, and under a heavy fire broke up) and destroyed the camp, Returning to hi transports be was eonfronted with » largel superior force which he broke through captur: ing two cannon and 300 prisoners, THE END, A few minutes befcre § o'olock Drs. Doug las, Shrady and Sands stood on the cottage) verauda, conversiog on the condition of Gen, Grant, discussing the probabilitiss of his death and tho lint of life left the sick ma. M, Sartoris and Stenographer Dawson we conversing a little distance away, whon Honry (aurse) stepped hastily upon the piazza and spoke quietly to the physicians, He told} them he thought the genoral very near b death. The medical men hastily entered thy room whers the sick man was lying, sud ap prosched his side, lostantly upon) scanning the patient’s face Dr, Douglas or dered the familyto be sumumoned to the bedside. Mis, Grant, Mr, Jessle and wife, U, 8. Grant v., and wife, and Mrs, Col, Grant were quick Iy baside the dootor and the sick mau's cot, Mrs. Sartoris had followed the dootors in and| the wholo fawily were present except Col. Fred Grant, A nasty sumumons was sent him) bat be eatered $he slok roam while the mes-[icoy'uiih 0 rmual prafasenne of requset thet senger was searching for him. The colonellin® ieo) ) Al Proforance of recucat thay seatod himself at the head of the bed with hisflithat their purposs was mot in (o leas left arm: resting on the plllows above thefto confirm ~thelr opinion of the disoase, for they had at sl Ahcad of the general who was Drosthing rap- BT 31 o ament catiog the con e oo ol idly with alightly gaspiog respirations. Mrs. Riancer, but had come when the. medlical stadl Grant, bravely suppressing her agitation, Mmight step aside from the the patient and in| took & seat closs by his bedside. She leaned[§¥ite auy other medical authority to conduct ey e g wiun Qi exazination which ahould pesk fo itelt tear blinded eyes loto the gen ean party in 1880, but was defeatod by (a1 tield, He was eleated president of ths Me can Central railway and visited Mexico behalf of this “country in the fnter eats of that road, His son, Ulysse: 8. Groot, jr, marrded o daughter of ex Seator . Chaffes, of and his engaging in the banking busioe naudo I, Ward at New York doubt drew the general to that city. The failure the firm of Grant & Wiard Jast June carsec some scandal in financial circles, but the g eral, although he lost is wealth, lost novs ¢ bis integrity of character thereby. During the carly spring of 1854 as the general nle[rlvm“ from L carriage in front of bi rosidence, he slipped and fell, brulsing hie hi very severaly and jarring his system, Ho war contined tu his hoine for some time, but fin ally recuperated, and duting the summer weps to Loog Branch where Lo spent sovers! months, While there Le discovered the car cer in his uth which has finally proved the caue of his demise, It wer then in theform of & small bard lump in the roof of his mouth, and while occasioning biv some discowfort caured no alarw, It giew worse, however, until death clained him The bulletins which were put out early last] evening aonoun Graot steadily siokiog, caused widespre: spprebension that hej his, botb Dootors Douglas and Shrady urged as far as professlonal and personal dig- Continued on fourth page