Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 10, 1885, Page 8

THE DAILY BEE. Monday Morning, August 10, LOCAL BREVITIES, —Miss Molly Fagan, who was hurt inthe cunaway of laet Saturday, is convalescing capidly, which will be good news to her many friends, —The bady of Josoph D. R=ynolds, who died of inflammation of the brain near the fort this week, was shipped to New York Sat- urday morning for intermont, ~United States District Attorney Lam Derteon yosterday entered judgmentof 186,85 sgainst Michael Gehling and John King, e+ surities upon a tobacco manufacturer's bond. — Sowers are boing 1aid under the tracks of the U. P, depot, to connect with the Tenth street sewer. The heavy rains of the past fow weeks have demonttrated the fact that lopot sewerage is entirely inadequate. — Commissioner Richard O'Keefe lost a pocket-book, containing valuable papers, yes- terday, between Castellar and Farnam, on Thirteenth street. The finder will ploase re- sura to him. —The regular meetings of the ‘‘Woman's Christian Asscelation” will be held at their rosms Tuesday, August 11, at2:30, A full attendancs i requested, as important busi- uess will be brought before the meeting. —Tho residents on upper California street somplain of threa large hcles on that thor- oughfare, betweon Twenty and Twonty-first strcots, The holes are four or five feet deep, and very dangorous to passers-by and to horses, —The thres bondsmen of Messrs. Colo & Lowy have qualified, but before any further steps will bo taken for the transfer of the goods, Judge Dundy will hear evidence on Monday morning s to the fitnees of Messrs Woolworth, Hanlon and Mills to sign the bond. —The funcral of Robert Thompson who was struck by lightning Wednesday morning took place Saturday morning from his lateresidence nearthe waterworks engine house, It was largely attended by the fricnds and relati of the decoased, th Barns club being repro- sonted by many members, —Frank Robbins, who for a year past has been employed in the Union Pacific yards, has been appointed special policeman at the depot, The tramp nuisauce has bscome #o terrible, and pick-pockets, coufidence men and thieves aro swarming into the city so fast that the company thought best to employ an extra policeman, —The Burlington & Missouri railrosd has iusuod on order reserving to the news com- pany tho right to do all ‘peddliog and soll all newspapers on the company's trains and plat- form. The policeman at the depot is now on his vigilanes to diseover infringements of this order, Ho says that he will arrest any boys caught selling newspapers on the platform. The boys are very much chsgrined, but as they cannot very well help themselves, are obliged to confire their attentions to passen- gera on the Union Pacific platform, e ———— For Trade.—Nance county lands for stock of general merchandise or herd- ware, Address John Linderholm, Cen- tral Clty, Neb. e e———— TO THE LADIES. THE NEW HOME ART EMBROIDERY EXHI- BITION At the Parlors, 122 North Fifteenth street, Omahs, Neb. GRAND OPENING, August 11th, 12:h, 13th, 14:h and 15:h, from 9a. m. to 9 p. m. New Patterns, New Designs, Now Methods. Your presence is solistted This 1s an opportunity ssldom offered for you to learn free of charge the latest methods of Arrasene, Applique and Em- broidery work. Our large colleciion of Curtaine, Portieres and Fancy Needle Work In T cilet Sets, Wall Banners, Ta- ble Sosrfs, Lamp Screens, Etc,, Etc., will certainly proxe interesting to you, Remembesr that this display is adver— tlsed at other olties, and can positively not remain longer than the dates named. Do rot mivs the opportunity to vislt this grand display offered you with the compliments of the NEW HOME Bewing Machiae Co. COUNTY INSTRUCTORS. The Douglas County Teachers’ ineti- tute in Session This Week, —_— The Douglas County Teachers' Insti- tuto will convene in session this morning at nlne o'clock, in the High #ohoo! bullding, and will continue until the 22d. The meetings will be conducted by County Superintendent James B, Bruner, and the instructors appoluted are Mrs. Jennle K-ysoe, and Mazsra, Munros and Bruner, In this conneciion the following c'ren- lar, issued by Superintendent Biuuer to teachers, will be found of nterest: To the Teachers: Tt affords me pleasure to bs able to an- pounce that the time is again_approaching for the sunual meeting of the Douglas Cuaty Teachers’ Institute, and the teacher true to the educational interests of his school no donbt hbails with delight the opportunity which will again be afforded him for self improvement and the interchange of ideas and thought re. lative to the work of bis chosen profession, The teachers’ normal institute is an agency for the disseminatio. of the best and moss ap- proved methods of teachiog, and the substan- tial good that is accomplished yoarly by its not be over-cstiwated, therefore hoped that all the teachers of this county, and oshers who expect to be- come such, will coma propared as willing re- ceptacles Lo become bevefited by the exercises of the mretivg, and exert themselves to their utmost to make it the most successfvl snd profitable institute Douglas county ever en- Joyed, If macrifices of time aud woney are Decessary, it is nothing more than members of other professions are frequently called upon to make to advance the varied interests they represent, aud the teacher can least of all sfford to be non-progressive 1 this 5 bustlivg age of progress aud improvement. The teacheis of this couuty are as well remunerated for their services as aro those of ary other county 1 the state, and for that resion, if no other existed, should strive to have, at loast, as good an instivate as thers is tobe found within the conftines of tbis com. monwealth, and whould i sl educstional matters, keep fully abreast with the spirit ot the times and wake thewr influence for good be felt. 1 struction in all the different subjects re- quired to ba taught will be glven by compe: tent iustiuctorr, and methods will be exem plified in the neveral recitations, o that all may receive the greate-t bencfit, “The teachers will vieare biing with them text books on the different subjects, including Brook’s Normal Meutal Axithwetie, which branch of study will spuin receive special at: tention, A tuition fee of fifty or soventy-five cents will be exacted from cach ono in attendarca to help defray the expoases of the institute The sstention of whe toachers is sgain called section of the scho ] luw: “‘The county superintendent may, at his diroretion, revoke the certiticate, or refuse to graut a certificate, to avy teacher who re- fuses (o attend the iustiiute,” to A 7 5 NN R G SN 50 SRR AT AT i G DA V5~ 0 SRR - g7 AN 55 W 5 B AT TR B OMAHA'S TRIBUTE. How ke Day of Gen, Grant's Fuoera Was Observed Here, The Exercises at the High School Grounds—The City 1n Mourning— Notes of the Day, Saturdsy Omaha, tn common with other clties of the Unlon, pald telbute to the memory of Gen, Grant on the ocoasion of his faneral. The day from the early morn was one of fitful weather, now comparatively clear and now clondy and gloomy, and for a tme it seemed doubtful whether the plan of holding. the commemoration exercles In the open air woald not be In- terfered with. But natare seemed to favor the occaslon and during the morning and afternoon no raln fell. Doubtless many people wera deterred, however, by the threatening aspoot of the overcast eky, from comlng out, AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GROUNDS, Long before 2 o’clock the people began to gather on the high school grounds, and at the timo ect for commencing the exerclaes about 3,000 peraons were pres- ent, with the crowd continually Increas- ing. In frontof the entrance to the schoo! bullding a lsrge platform had been crected filled with meats for the npeakors, committees and the Musical Unlon orcheatra, The platform was ap- propriately draped, and extending over Its center was a deslgn in the form of a tont. At the back of the platform, com- pletely concealing the entrauce to the school butlding, » large flag was draped. At 2 o'clock the Mustcsl Union orches- tra rondered o dirge snd the commlttees and speakers took their places on the platform. Representations of the fol- lowing committees were there: United States Army--General Hawkins, General Breck, Dr. Summers, Colonel Wilson, Colonel Terrell, Colonel Henry and Colonel “Citizens’ Committoo—Hon Jas W Savage Chairman; Hon Jas E Boyd, Senator C F Manderson, G C Barton, J 5 Thurston, Jas M Woolworth, Tixecuf Committee —J S Colling, Chair- man; Morse, C 12 Yost John Erady, G W Holdredge, P * Sheloy, Henry Pandt, A 1, Strang, Frank E Murphy, 8 R Callaway, Gen Samuel Breck, F Colpetzer, Gen O H Trederick, Johu A Creighton, Jos Gar- nean, jr. Committe on Resolutions—E Rosewater, Chairman; Hon X Wakely,John M Thurston, N F Gurley, Col Guy V Henry, Rev George Worthington, Committes on Spaakers—Ezra Millard, Chairman; Lee Estells, C S Montgomery, Hon G B Lake, Clemont Chase, Patrick O Hawes G M O'Brien Robert W Patrick. Financo Committee—G M Hitcheock, Chairman; W H McCord, Chas H Dowey, euj Gallagher, Meyer Hellman, A J Simp- son. At about half-past two the assembly was called to order by Mayor James E. Boyd. THE INVOCATION. Rey. J. B. Maxfield then offered the following prayer: Almighty God, Thou supreme ruler of the universe before whom we stand thls day, In Thy presence all human great- nees is dwarfed into Ineignificance. Compared with Thee we are mnothing. Ouar feeble powers and our brief life are derived from Thee. Only because of this relation, are we and our concerns of any moment whatever. This bond that unites all Thy creations Into Thyself fm- parta to all human experlence, its joys and its sorrows, the highest importance. Thus we are agsured of the divine sympa- thy and support in all the viclesitudes of life. Because of Thy divine father- hood and because of our sonship we come to Thee at this time. For our hearts are heavy with grlef and our eyes are red with weeping. America’s mil- lions, from north to south and from east to west, brought together by the be- reavement of this nation, wlth reverence and respect, stand in the silence of the morning about the grave of our republic’s greatest hero, The heart of the civilizad world beats in sympathy with that of this nation as we come to celebrate the funeral coremonles of our fellow chief- tan, Yet even now, when the grim conqueror has overcome him who was never conquered bafors, we re- member with devout gratitude to Thee that when the hour of our need arrived Thou dldet raise up the man who was equal to the perilous times that were upon us. Wa recoguize the work of Thy hand that st the right time, when tho crlsls came, Thou didst strangely bring forward the great commander to lead our armies through carnsge and strife to the final trlumph of liverty. For this nyag- uificent lite to which, In so large a measure, we are indebled for the peice and unity we now enjoy, and the lastra of the American name abroad, we offer Thee humb'e and devont thanksgiving. We pray Thy blessing to rest upon the people of this vast land where we dwell, Let Thy blessings rest upon the citizons of the several states of our reunited country. From year to year draw them more closaly to Thee and to each other, Les thy bloating rest upon Thy servant, the president of toe United Srates, and all others in authority under him. Bless each member of the family of our mighty dead. Sastaln and comfort the widow who exemplifies the noblest tralt of womanhood, when so great a grief burdens her neart. Blews thoe sons of this noble sire and make them worthy 10 bear the unsullied name that is theirs. Ble:s with Thy tenderest care the devot— ed ddughter who cawe from bsyond the teas to watch beslde the death-bed of the fond father who loved her 8o well, And now, Oh Lord, bless this vast con- conrse drawn together here, this dsy, by the force of a common sorrow. Lst such scenes as theso lead us to regard each other more tenderly and Thee mora rev- ¥+ | erently. Grant us these things we seek from Theo, and all other nseded good, through Jesas Obrist, our Lord, Amen, THE PEOPLE'S TRIBUTE. The comwittes on resolatlons then submitted the followlng, which were adopted: The citizens of Omah>, in common with the whole nation, mourn the death of the most illustrious citizen of the republic, General Ulysses 8. Grant, As a tribute to his mem- ory they derire to lay on his bler t prestion of their profound sorrow. Wiknkas, The patriotic citizen and herolc soldier Ulysses S Grant, who bad never been vanquished in battle, has at last succumbed to the conquerr of all men, we, the citizens of Ouisha, testify our high apureciation of his eminent qualities as the foramost leader of the armics of the Union when uational su- premacy was imperilled by civil war, Resolved, that we shall ‘ever hold in high eatecm an . grateful remembrance his 1ntenso loyalty, his valor & & soldier, bis magosmity @8 & victor. his wodest demeanor a8 & citizen, bis sbility s« chief executive snd his patient fortiude in the loag and paiaful struggle with eath, ex: Resolved, That we rejoice that his life vmloun examplea of such guldance, A A 'THE DAILY BEE-MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 188, g R A il KON 1 apared to witness the complete restoration of nations] union and pesce and that his eyes closed upon a free and united and prosperous country for whose integral preservation he had labored and fought, Resolyed, That in the protracted sickness just brought to a close there are impressive lessons which his countrymen will not fail to take to heart, lessons of courage, fortitude, endurance, mavlicess and simple faith Resolved, That while recogmizing with gratitude the Providence which called him forth in the hour of great national peril to be the leader of its victorious armies, and its honored chief in the time of returning peace, we bow before its wisdom and gooduness 1n taking him from life when a longer existence therein was increased suffering and distress, Reeolved, Thatin their great boreavoment we tender our heartfelt respect and condo- lence to the surviving family. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be framed, appropriately draped, and placed for all time in a conspicious place in our coun- ty court house, as & reminder to our youth of the virtuea of the heroic dead. MAYOR JAMES B BOYD, chairman of the meetlng, then eaid: “Nearly four years ago as mayor of Omaha it becams my sorrosfal duty to preside at a meeting on these gr unds in commemoration of the death of President Garfield. Oace again am I, in my posi- tion of mayor, called upon to performa siwi sr service. As then, so to-day, the people of the United States are mourning the loss of their most illustrious cluizen, He who was once the greatest of living heroes and the noblest of men Is no more! He who was never vanquished has at last succumbed to the mighty con- quer, Death! Great as a warrlor, he wes greater in his clemency to the pros'rate foe, and the utterance, ‘‘Let us have peace,” won for him more Imperishable aud world-wide renown than even his glorlous victorles. At this hour his re- malns are aboutto be entombed. Our people, in common with cltizens of every state In the union—a union which he whose body now lles lifeleen did so much to eave, the blue and the grey alike, from Maine to Texas, from the Atlantic to the Paclfic, are met together to-day to glve meet expression to thelr grief at the natton’s loss and to tender words of sympathy to his bereaved family. BISHOP 0'CONNOR was tho first epeaker, and said: *‘Ladies and Gentlemen—1 hapocned to become acqualnted with two private acts of Gen- eral Grant durirg the war, which I think deserve mention on the present occaslon They are two flowers I would place to-day on the bler of the dead captain, whose losa & nation now mourans. After the fall of Vicksburg, the confederate officers of that garrison were summoned to headgnarters to be paroled or comwit- ted as prisoners of war. Among them was a Colonel Danlel Bel'z over, of Pitteburg, Pa., who, I believe, had com- mand of the river batteries during the slegs. He had been a clasa-fellow and & boscm friend of Grant at West sPolat. He had rezson to know that the general was aware of hls presence, and he felt hurt at receiving from him no token of recogaltin. One by one hia comrades were dispored of, or disposed of them- selves. When sll hsd left the room, and with them the Unlon officers in attond- ance upon Grant, the latter went to the door, turned the key, and _then, going to his old friend, embrased hlm, ssying: “‘Dan, my dear tellow, I am glad to see you, bat need I say I regret that, after 80 many years, we should meet under present clrcumstances? What can I do for you? Paroled, or a prisoner, you can commsnd my services.” Tala episode in the history of the slege of Vicksbarg I learned from ono nearly relsted to Col- onel Beltzoover, During the last year of the war it was my duty to vieit cccasionally one of the chief military prisons of the north. It contatned several thoussnd southern sol- diers, officers and men. Dining one day with the cfficer iIn command, he iold me that during the excitement caused by the outrage said to bave been committed against onr prisoners at Andersonville, he recelved a letter from one high in au- thority av Washing’on, informing him he would ba expected to retaliste those cruelties on the prisonera under his care. I head resolved, said this officer, rather than do ), to throw up my commission, bat before taklng this step, I thought it well to sy the matter befora Gen. Grant. I accordingly eent him a copy of the let- ter. His immediate reply was: *‘Pay no attentlon whatever to commonications re- celved from Washington.” This, added my host, was just whatI had expected from Gen, Grant, and I took his advlce, Taeee acts of Gen. Grant speak for themselves, They put his character in no new light. They but emphasiza what you already know of his publle recgrd, The war gave hlm fame and high post- tion but tono oneelse did it briag as many hardships and consuming cares as to hiw. His march to victory, as every- body koows, was no dress parade, Bat nelther tha hard knocks received from a gallant foe, nor the fesr of public opinion, uor the fierce popular passions that surged around him, ever made him for- get for a moment his duty as a man and o 8ldler. At a timo when the bitter feelings always engendered by civil strife led some other men to ssy and do things they afterwards had reason to regret, no word escaped his lips cr pen; he did no deed that his children and his country- men caunot recall withont pain. No doubs he will be remembered chief- ly as the savlour of his couatry, but his fidelity to his friends, his generoeity to the conquered, and his adherence to priociple, even uud:r the most trylig ciccumstances, will give a halo to his reputation as a soldler such as surrounds the rames of but few military leade:s in the past or present. And should the storm of civil war ever agsin bors: over this land, which God forbid, his exawple will not be lost on ita public men. By it they will learn to be calm fn the face of danger and of pip- uler excltement, to be fiem of purpose, to put country above pirty, and principle above the peity eims of pereonsl am- bitton. Aud thus what his sword saved the wemory of his virtues will greatly help to preserve for generations yet to come, REV. W, E. COPELAND spoke next, saying: ‘With the hour comes the man,” {s a proverb which has bsen illustrated n.the history of every natlon, and neyer more forolbly than durlog the late civil war, when iu the derkest hour, after generals ot long ex- porience and seemingly possessed of all veedid qualitles had been tried and fiund wanting, the dead hero in whose mem«ry we ara holding these services was placed in commend of the armles of the union, Nothing in the previous life of Gen., Grant iudicated hls peculiar fitness for the poeltdon; there were many other offisors whose record would seem to have entlled them to the poaltion, yet we all know how grandly Gen. Grant viodi cated the wisdom of the saleciion, We ave ull read again and n In history rael, how, in the uati-n's need, God ralsed up a lesder; but we had imsgined such civioe guidance was corfined 10 the Hebrew people. A more caroful study of bistory proves thet all nations are un- der the care of the Heavenly Father; {o our own hlstory we have three ODIIIPW- © have grown accustomed to the thought that Washington was selected of God for the great task of securing the independ- ence of the Unlted States, and we are beginning to learn that Lincoln was in like manner chosen to preserve the Integ- rity of that unlon which Washington had founded, 1In wselecting the martyred prosident the people were but Instra- ments io the hands of a power far might- ier than they. But litile in the pravious Iife of Lincoln indicated that he was the man for the hour. Durlng his presiden- tisl career the people were continually grambling, yet the pecullaritios of Presi- deut Lincoln at whish we took most offensa now are ssen to be the very quali- tles necdsd to gulde the nation through its trying ordeal. The time came when Lincoln had done all that he eould, when a milltary genlus was needed. We had a large army, well equipped, well diaciplined. We had an entliusiastic people behind the army aud the presi- dent; there was a resolute determination to proservo the Union, bt without a general competent for the task the army, the equipment, the enthusiasm were all worthless, In vlew of the result is it tuo much to clalm’ that God elected for us the one man in all the United.States who could bring the war to a successfal termina- tion? In none of tho great crists of history s displayed more cleatly the workings of a power bsyond and above man, With the hour cams the man, at last the geand army moved and preesed forward slowly but steadily until the end was accomplished and the threatened storm of secession was dlspersed. The army when General Geant commanded was the samo army which other generals bad commanded and with which they had failed to end the war, the same ablo loaders commanding on the other stde, our battallions were no strong- cr then they had boen tefore, the others but little worker, and the success gained can only be atiributed to the military genius of General Grant, a genius which has been recognizad all over the world as placlng Grant among the leadiog military men of all time, Among the notable fig- ures of the clvil war Geant towered above them all, save, perhaps, the great pre dent. In the silent, modest, unobtrusive man, as in the silent Willlam of Oranga, who secured the independence of Hol land, lsy concealed qnalitice, which, when brought Into action, revealed a truly grest man, Perhaps fn no part of his lifo was this greatness moro greatly brought to view than in these last weoks, when General Grant has fought calmly and persfstent'y with the couquaros of all, that he might gain tims to tinish the literary work which he had undertaken, and 58 in’his long struzgle with ths confederate leaders, he was sue- coseful and surrendered only when his work Was com- pleted. 1 have not beon alone ia my re- gret that privacy of the sick room had been invaded, and the words and acts of the dying hero had bscoms public prop- erty. Yet it was, on the whole, well that ths world should know what tock place ia that sick room, f.r it has shown anothor side of the great commander. We have learned to know the man as never befare, and we have tound our that he isa map, which {s a far grander thivg than a general or a statesman, HON. J. M THURSTON, the next epeaker, said: How eleep tho brave that sink to rest By all their country’s wishes blest; by fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung. ““Then, soldier, rest, thy warfare o’er, Dream of fightine fields no more, Sleep tho slsep that kuows no breaking, Morn of toil nor night of waking, In tho prerenco of a natlon’s loss the eloquence of spoken words can but feebly volce a nation’s sorrow. The great, the good, the wise, the brave, the patriotlc, the best beloved American citizen 18 no more. The flsg, which his valor kept in the sky, droops despondently at half mast. Pablic ed- ifice and priva‘e home, all over the land, are draped In mourning, while In every community, e1st, west, north, and south, the people of all conditlons and classes, without regard to the pas; sectlonal feel- iog or present p-litical belief, vie with each other in testtfying to the high honcr in which they held him living, and the sincerity of thelr griet that he fa dead. Living in tho mos! enlightened and mag- nificent age of the werld; victorious chief- taln of the greatest war of ancient or modern tlmes; cltizsn and chlef magls- teate of the grande:t governmecat which the witdom and patriotism +f men has yet organized, the hlstorlane, poets, and ora- tors of countless generatlons will dellght to proclalm the watchless achievements and undylng fams of him who was the greatest cltizen and soldier on earch He was no warrior for the love of con- quest or renown, Hs knew that “Glory built On gelfish principles is shame sand guilt.” Though trained to the mig'ity pro’ession of arms, his mighty spleit yot vreferred the pleasantpursuits of pe«-e, Eiuated at the military academy ot West Potut, he gave the years of his eaily manbood to the s:rvice of his country voon the b tle fislds of Mexlco and 11 contest with the savages upon oar front or; and then when peace had smiled up 1 our whols land, he resigaed his com itsslon In the army in order that be mig! & more fully evj iy thoee things which w. re dearer to bim than all others upon es th, the com- forts of home life, the a sciatlon of a loving wife and tho father!, care of his childeon, It was only wlin when he knew that the flag which 1o bad swora to protect had been fired mpon; when the ife of tho natlon was & alled; when the union was in danger of dissolution; when the liber'y of his foll ,w men was at tesue, then he put aside the swoet home life, bade good bye to his wife and cuildren and jomned the marching nll- lions to do vallans battle for the lau« he loved, It ts no part of my purpos in the limited fimo sssigned me tu- (s, to recall tho sucsessive achleveu: nis of his milltary career. They are a part of tho history of inis conntry. They shine forth from ev.ry page of its brighicst annals; they are on- graven upon the tablet of every American heart. 1 believe that by no singls ac. or word of his ¢id Ulgeses 8, Grant ever seek to accomplish hls own pr motion or sdvancem-nt. Ia every pssible manu. r he seemed to acknowledge and recogn iz the extstence of God whose overrullug providence gulded the mation and is armlee, and tnat he was the hamble in- strument of that Almighty Power to pro duce the great result. Most of us who are here remember the dark dsys ia which 1o was doing battle for the uaion. Wo remember how successive defeats aud the fallure of one general afier another had brovg it disappointment and despondency tous all. And from tlme to time we re- member, too, how we came to look with hope to the armies that were led by the mighty msn, who talked not bat who fought—that mighty man whom we saw succesaful at Shilob, Donelson and Vicks- barg, snd to whom we grew to belleve Appomatiox was sure to come. Men and governmente pass awsy but the glory of valorous deeds lives on for- ever. Rome, that eat on her eternal hills and from ber throne of beanty raled the world, has long since erumbled lnto ruinand decay. Her floets, her conquor. ing legions, her temples, palaces and triumphal arches sloep slmost forgotten in the dust of the ager: her very language is dead and unspoken by manklad, but the name of her Civsar is graater to.day than it was when Rome was In the zsnith of her power, when her flseta salled into overy soa and her trlumphant leglons wought fn valn new fields for conqueat. Napoleon, whose milltary genlus decl- mated all Europe, whose victorlous armies bore the eagle of France in triumph from Madrid to Moscow, who founded for him- self and family tho greatest emplirs of modern times, whote word made and un- made thrones and kings, died in enforced exllo upon a lonely island of the ocean. His magnificent emplre fs oblitersted from the map of natlone; the scepter has been wrested from the Napoleonie race. The last empress of France, whose splen- dld ocourt was the wonder and admira- tion of the wholo world, robbed of her crown, her hasband and her son, lives deserted and desolate in the land of the stranger; but the glorious victories of the “‘Little Corporal,” slde by side with those of Imperlal Ciesar, will fire the horofc hearts of the youth of all natlons to heroic deeds In ages yot to come, It has been said that *‘what Caiar was to Rome and Napoleon to France, Grant was to the United States” He was thls, but he was more, He was greater, grander, wiser and better than they. KFor Cresar in the zanith of his militery glory turned his victorious legions against the liberty of his country. Napoleon conquered Earope that he might place on his im~ pertons brow the crown of despitic power. Grant won his battles for ja- tice, humanity and country; won them that an epalaved race might bo free; won them that firever and forever, from the Atlantic to the Paclfic, there should bs an imperlshable union of statos, sacred to the brotherhood of men, Having won his victorios, he dlspersed his con- quering hoats, and sot them to the task of reatoring paace and prosperity in the glorious country which they had o gallantly fought to save. And Grant will live in the hearts of the peo- ple whose battles ho won whon Caears and Napoleon are meaningless names [Applause.] But hla greatest victortes | wers not ot war, Greater and grander than any of his battle fislds was his ac- tlon st Appomattox in giving his terms of peace to a conquered fon. Greater und grander than any desd of arms was the apirit of love and friendship which he showed to those whom he recognized us brothers, although they hai been for a time his foes, And through all his Jifs he has been working to achieve the re- sult which has almost if not quite come; for to-duy, in the reqaiom that sscands fiem the loving heirts of the whole American people over his bler, thy ear of fatth catches the anthem of the future fillad witt sweet promise of reunitea love and falth, His bateles over, he joyfally welcomed the repose und comfort of peace, but his fellow eltizina would not permit that he, who had done eo much for them, should go unrewarde'. Hero worship was not yut derd even in tho nf- ternoon of the riicteenth century. Our ancestors In the barbario ages of the piat, victora upon the ba'tle field, raised upon their vdy ehiclds tha greatest hero of them all and ciowned him king. And 80 tho Amrioan people raleed upon the shield of their love and approbatlon their corquerer, U. S Grant, and by almost unanimous wieh made him president of the United S:ates [Applause. | 1 have slways belleyod and declared, and I believe it more etrongly to-day then ever, that when the eterual truth of history s written, it will declare that Ulysses 8. Grant’s statcsmanship was greater and better, an1 did more for ths welfare and glory of the country than hisachievemeat at armas, Certatn it is that uader his sdministration the couniry advanced in pswer, in wealth and in national importancs more than v ever did in any given term since lis or— ganlzatlon. Certaln it s ho so adminls- tered the affairs of the government that prosperity once again smiled upon the sickened land, He soadministered them that the stars and stripes,whose protecting power had been ignored in many lands and upon many se:s, was honored and re- spected wherever it kissed the alr, It was Ulygsscs S. Grant who proclaimed and enforcad the doctrlne, that under the star spangled banner an American citizen,at home or abroad, should bs pro- tecied in his citizen:hip, his libsrty, and his rights by the whols power of ths American governmont, When his years of governing were over he gladly availed himself of the opportunity to once again seok the retirement of public life, which he loved bester than all elsa, My couutrymen, does it not fill us wi'h 2 feeling of glorions pride to recall his wonderful tour nround the world, mace ag a eimple cltizer ! Taough attended by no pomp or display, in the diffsreut lands to which be came, he was #0 dearly honored and beloved by prluc:s and peasants, and his fame as a warrior and statosman had so filled the earth that the nobles, potentates and monarchs of every clime jolned with the common peeple to do him honor, and even the mightiest were glad to stand uncovered: in his presence and to claep in friendehip his kindly hand, But ic is in theso later times that he has most endeared himself to the Amerl- can people, by thy uncompluaing forti- tude with which he met adversity and the Christian resignation and cour- age which he has so remarkably exhib- ited la his prolonged struggle with the conqueror of all. Day by duy and night after night he has borne his pain and suflsriog withogt s murmar or reprcach, seckiog to manfally prolong his life only until he could accomplish the task which he had eet himsolf to do for the benefit of all mankiud. He hss tavght an en- during lesson of falth and patienco which will bear ite fruit In the better manhood and womauhood of uzes yo. to come. Ay the last be looked death in the face and fearsd him not, for he came to him not & *‘king of terrors,” but a minlster of eterual joy and pesce, “The man who consacrates his hours By vigorous efforts and an honest aim, At once he draws the stivg of Ji'e and death, He walks with nature and her paths aze peace, Al 1 sl b Is wortky o live in Amer. fcan h'story side by slde with Washington and Lincoln. As one was the father and the other the eavlor, o wlll he be knowa as the hero of the American republie, o was great in council aud greatln war, most captain of bis time, D 6AVIDR COWIOR B6D8S, the greatest only are, mplicity sublims,” While we as peopls thus honor his memory we shonld wot forget that we are also honoring the memory of 1ht iunam- erable hoat who composed the hervic ar- my he 50 gallantlycommsndcd. Ok, these immortsl dead of ours, They lle in each burch yard of the north, their graves are ecaticr.d all over that uwouthern land; they are l‘aefilug by the river, they are sleeping by the sea; thiey are sleeplvg on the w untaln whera they charged over e P enomles’ batterles and tore down the enemies’ flage; they ara sleeplng In the silence of the wildsrness where they fell at thelr lonely senticel posts; and though above them I8 no towerlng monument, and over them no names are carved, you fn the Learts of the Amerloan people is a monument orected fo thelr memorier, grander, more beautifal and endoring than reulptared marble; it is the monument of a pecple’s love. Taey are not forgotten, though for mary sum- mers the graeses and flowers of tho sunny land have waved snd bloomed above them; they are not forystten, though the battle-stalned flags they bore have been laid away and the dust of the yoars has gathored on them. We cherish thelr memories in our hearte; we love the canse for which they fought; we glory In the unfon which they by their valor and thelr blood preserved. I am lnspired to believe that in that better realm beyond the skies the assembled heroes of the army of the union have welcomed their old commander once agaln, He has taken the head of the column and the re. juicing host is marching on in the Infinite #plendor of the heavenly land. [Ap- plause. | GEN, G, M, O'BRIEN, who mado the concluding speech, said: “‘My comrades of the old guard, fellow citizans. Iadies and gentlemen: The sad though not unexpected nows of the death of ourold commander and citiz:n, Ulyssen appropriately trimmed wlth black and white, and orossed In front with a aword is In the window of G. H. & J. S. Ool- lina’ atore on Douglas stroet. All englnes on toe outgning trains on the B & M. were appropria o'y draped In black. e — fdence of Soundness, To enable tha poople of Nehraska to judge of the merits of the Home Fire InsurancoCompany of this city, we pub- lish & liat of its cflicers and stockholders, The list, as will readily be seen, com- prises a large number of our leading and most rellable business men of Omaha and the state,and shounld be a guarantee to polley holders of honorsble deallng and falr treatment, and the company fully merits the confidence and liberal patronage that 1t is recelvicg, S H H Clark, President, late Gon, Man U P Ry . Fred Krug, vico p € W Hamiltoo,t C J Barber, Sec’y an J L Lovett,of Murphy Ins Agts.... vive . Ralph E Tord, Attorney-ai-Taw. . A J Harmon, Contractor aud Builder. Alvin Saunders, ex-U S Senator, Allen Root, Farmer ceane Samues Rees, of Rees Printing Co.... J T Pavlsen, Paulsen & Co, R'l Est Ap'ts G A Lindquest, Merchant Tuilor, Alex McGavock contractor, . Omaha brewer . W a U S N 1ok o Managor. . L veit, Gen'l 8. Grant, occurred at Mt. McGregor, | C Now York; on the 234 day of July last, at eight o'clock snd nlne minutes in tho morning, flashed with lightning speed over wll this broad land and uuder the ocean to foreign lands to the utmost con- fines of , the clvilized world. Badges of mourningshrouded the columns festuoning and arches of public baildings, business houses and residences In general in all this broad land, and three hundred thou- sand comrades can be seen waving the emblem of the starry flag, throuded in mourning., The flsg of our country, which, under the leadership of our com- rade, was nailed to the mast, is n)w to be scen at haif mast, and all these sad em- blems remind us that General Grant is dead. We are ascembled here fellow cltizens fn_covjunction with the entire [ &'d populace of this nation regardless of past polttical conditions or private condition of raco, color or sex to mingle in this manifertation of respcet which pervades not only the populace of this land, but of the entire clvilized world, Goncral Grant isno more. A fow months ago he ro- celved bis firat notice of a final order to prepare for mustering out from his earth- Iy service and mustering into that grand army above, where Thou O Loxd, arv the Supreme Comwmander. He has re- celved and oboyed the orders and hes i been 8 mustered. Grant cied in the midet cf tho country which his sword hsd saved, while the whole people looked on in sorrow ana silence; he gava his honora to the world agaln, Lot us trust that no ege will be- come o fguorant or unjust as not to scknowledge with grateful remem- branca the herolc acts and grind achlevements of him whose memory we now and herecommemorate. Ay thegrave of our departed comrade, regard ees of political diff r nces that convulsed thls country immedlately prior to and during the war of the rebellion, I eay to you now and here, my fellow comrades of the grand old army of the old guird and veteran soldicrs of the republic, on this solemn occasion, at the grave of our old o muaudsr, see to it, my fellow com- rades, that the blood which was shed in defensa of principle was not shed in valn. Fellow cltizens and soldlers of tue old guard, while we conscienfioualy march over the road whare the footprints of our departed comrade linger toward the goal | ™ he bas reached with his comrades of the geand army and of the old guard, in con- anctlon with you mark to bhim l's memory this our last farewell. The Muslcal Unfon orchestra rendered the following programme before aud be- tween the speeches: Spring Song and dust. ... Grand Religieuso Fantasie....... Graut’s Funcral Maioh, air by Holman Paraphrate, Lorely.. Naswabba Tho Omaha glee clab also sang two se- lections—**Consolation,” and ‘Integer Vitae. During the services the high echool bell tolled sixty-three times, and several appropriate tanes were chimed from Trlnity tower, AT FORT OMALA, At the fort the day was fittingly ob. served. In tha morning at suarise the military salate of thirteen guns was fired In accordance with the orders of the secrotary of war, Half-hour guns were also firod during the day, and in the oveniog at sunset the national salute of thirty-eight guna was fired. At 10 o'clock in the moraing a dro:s pa- rade was reviewed by the commanding officar, and the oidars of the secrotary of war were road to the soldlers In ss- sewbly by Lieut, Price, All work was suspended durlvg the day. .. Mendelssohn .Rollingson THE OMAHA VETERAN CLUB, The Omaha Veteran clab held memo- risl services inthe clty hallin the evening Adidresses will be made by Col. Chase, Gen. O'Brlen, W. 8. Shoemaker, E:q., Simeon Bloom, Eiq , Eaward Bartlew, E q., and others, ‘Che meoting was pre- sided over by Captaia J. N. Woods, and Ma. O- J, Smith acted as secrctary. SUNDAY SERVICES. The followlng is the programme o memorial eervices held by the Geo A Caster Post No, 7, G. A, R, at the First M. E Courch Sunday morning, August 9, 1885, commemorative of tho death of Comrade U, 8. Grant: Opening services By the Post By the Choir arnoy, Adj't By tho Choir By the Chaolain "Gomrade G. 8t_Geyer ... By Rev. Chas. Savidge Closing wervices vveersees.By the Post Committee on Church Decoration—Mrs, ), P, McCarty, Mes. R, D, Hill, Mrs, C. A, Lioger, Mrs, C. Barney, Miss Emma Bur wester, as:dsted by Mr, H, K. Burkett NOTES OF THE DAY, Qaits & number of peiple came in from the ocuntry to attend the memorlal cele- bration, although the threatenisg weath- or prevented wany from so doiog. About twenty mounted soldiers of the Foarih ertillery went to Council Blufls to ke part i3 the memorlal celebration in thas city. All tho clty aud county oftices and courtr, a8 well as many of the principal busioess houees of the city, were closed during the afternocon, The postoffice way closed esalzo theratirosd headquariers, 1n fact,ths feelivg se mad to be general that all businea 1d bo suspended In token of the solemnity of the hour, Ths Trioily chimes were rupg by Mr, Molslshn a% _appropriate hours Sto funeral music, The dummy tralns made Sunday runs daring the dey. All the banks closed \holr doors after 1 o'clock, (Gen, Howard was in Fori Washakie wheca he was requested to conduct t'4p memorlal celebration. A very good pleture of Goneral Grant, | Moyer & Raapke,wholesale grocers. ... 8 L Bierbower, U 8 warshal, M Welty,of Weity & Landrock J H Gue, livery and sulo stables, Mc* bane and Schroader, com mer. C Will Hamilten, U S Nat bank, Madsen & Rasmussen clothing mer. , Morris Eizutter, closhing merchant. . John Baumer, joweler snd watchmaker A5 Ostrom, gon iusurancs agt M A McNumara, merchant Soren Jovasen, joweler. J A Woedmen, insura Henry Bolln & Co, rotail gro. Gustay_Benecke, police judge. Mark Hansen, editor Danske Pioncer B P Kuight, ex-Co commissioner F W Corlies 1o} O M Curter, Prex't Nat Bank... D D Cooley, Oashier Nat'l Bauk H I Shed, Liout Governor. . retired merchant. ino N orhurt, G L M Keeue, 'r 't Nt Magensu & Brunner, Druggists, H Fuhrmao, Wholesale D Goods G W D Reynolds, Gen Ins Agt lad J P Latta, Prop Burt Co_Bauk. Tekama N R Pursinger, Pees 1st Nat B, Oentral City D Mautin, Pres Platto Val Bo'k i J G Holden, Cash ) ke, Att'y A L Reinoshl, Att'a nt Law,.. O L Barton, Physician. Cnlm'nh\u & h, Stock Di'rs WA MoAlister, Att'y at Law.. J W Euly, ex-County Trea T Wilkinson, Retired Farmee . Blair J ¥ Matnewson, Pres Bank Norfolic — ———— Weara pleased to note that The New Home Sewing machine Co. of St. Luis has ononed a branch house in this olty st 122 N. 16th st. Mr. J. T. Locke, manager from Nashville, Tenn., where ho has been in the business for years and brings atrong testimonlal for a fair deal- iog and courteous gentleman. We be- speak for bim a good trade. The Parish Helper of Nashville, says, *We are very sorry to aunounce that Mr, J, T, Locke, one of our veetrymen leaves for Omaha to make that his fature home, While we regret to looss him from oar midat, wo hope him success, but if not %unla‘fi?d we will warmly welcome him ack.” —— Ninety-tix persons were tsken in by the police of Davenpor: ouring July, POWDER Absolutely Pure. 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Notice! | Not THE MAGNETIC HEALER, To all who ave disesed or affi'cted, no maiter bow Jong the standin me sud bs healed Foamale diss oases whore mm ai bave failed to give rellet, cate all and « by the , tho Ouly Sure vcape For exsmivation, . ur oha ges Areaggsub, or visitations §7; tervuy strictly cash, J H. PAGELAR North Btate 6., ove mily wee! of ¥lr Grounga