Show lOUR ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD I Finally Decided That Sepulchre Shall Be in Central Park New York Two Hundred Representatives of the i I Grand Army Gather at McGregor ToMorrow Au Expression of Peace and Host Upon the Generals Face The Body Still at lUcGrcgor I MOUNT McGnEGOB July 24Public interest inter-est now centers chiefly upon the obsequies of state and burial Col Fred Grant himself him-self did not last evening know where the choice of a spot for sepulchre will be made A messenger from President Cleveland and another from Mayor Grace of New York will arrive here today to present to the Colonel in person AN INVITATION OF THC RESPECTIVE CITIES OF WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK To bring thither for burial the remains General Horace Porter will arrive here tomorrow to-morrow to confer with Colonel Grant relative to arrangement of the funeral details The city of Springfield Ills has also tendered a resting p1acefor the remains of the General Some days must elapse before all the details and arrangements can be perfected and in the meantime the body into the veins of which the embalmers last night injected antiseptic fluids for their preservation will be kept upon the mountain Mr W J Arkell will vacate his cottage near Artists Lake and the remains General Grantwill be placed there THE COTTAGE TO BE SEALED AND GUARDED By a platoon which will be sent by General Hancock The public will be kept at a distance dis-tance in accordance with the Generals desire I de-sire expressed a week ago When all arrangements are made and a burial place has been chosen the remains will be conveyed away on a special train to Albany where they are likely to lie in state for a day from Albany the body will be taken by special train to New York and possibly pos-sibly to Washington depending upon which city is chosen for burial NEW YORKS PROPOSITION TO THE GRANT FAMHiY MOUNT McGREGou July 4rhe one condition con-dition imposed by General Grant before he died upon those who should decide the place of his burial is the cause of the delay in fix ing a spot for his sepulchre Mayor Graces chief clerk Mr Turner is here and has been in consultation with Colonel Fred Grant He has formally and in person for Mayor Grace urged acceptance of a burial I spot in any one of the parks of New York City There is a strong feeling in the fam ily of General Grant that the New York proposition pro-position is one that would have gratified the General but the condition that Mrs Grant might be buried beside the General isU one that the Mayors representative representa-tive cannot accede to and telegraphic communication is now going on between here and New York on that point The Presidents messenger at 11 oclock had not arrived and when he does come and presents I the invitation from the Soldiers Home it is not unlikely that the condition of j General Grant relative to Mrs Grant being buried tJesidenim will also then cause some delay Pending conference I with the others the invitation from the city I of Springfield Illinois is not being seriously i seri-ously considered though before his death I General Grantsaid of the three States he j would desire Illinois to be buried inTO i in-TO BE BURIED IN CENTBAL PARK i I i 408 P YThis moment it has been finally I decided to burv General Grant in Central t Park New York City I jt MOUNT MACGBEGOR July 24lhere will be over 200 representatives of the Grand Army Post from various parts of the country here tomorrow They will camp in tents pitched on the mountain and will take their meals on the hotel veranda I The embalming will be completed today The cheeks and face by the process made I use of have been made to assume fullness the deeper furrows and lines have been filled out and the expression of the face is now one of peace and rest On Monday the remains re-mains will be placed in a casket and the near friends he permitted to view the remains |