, 1881-09-24
n |TELEGRAPHIC!
.rncIAL DISPATCHES 10 THE srArEsNAN-Prl
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LINE.
The Memorial Services.

Tuesday, the z tn, IS the day desisnaiedy
for holding the memorial services. Gov.
Thayer has issued proclamation to that
effect
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21-Gen- Sher-|
man, in a letter to the National Repubii-
can, says: at is no use for Guiteau to
ask either soldier, or citizen TO feel par
ticle of sympathy for him On the con
trary, shooting or hanging is too good !
we do ask and profess to be the most
loyal nation on the earth in regard to the|
sacred memories Of the law. There is no
merit in obeyiEg agreeable law but there
is heroism in submitting gracefully to AM
oppressive one
rival In Washington
The train bearing the remains of the|
late President Garfield arrived in Wash
inptou at All NJ A vest throng of
people assembled about the depot to dc
honor to the illustrious dead, and every
avenue of approach was densely packed |
large force of police was on duty. Thej
hearse used is known as the Centennial
Hearse," having been awarded the prizeI
at the Centennial exhibition. 1t was|
draped in black with a rich heavy mate
rial, wholly unrelieved by any other color,
and was drawn by six iron grey horses
whose trappings were also draped IN black
Just before the train entered the depot
the platform was cleared by the police.
Officers of the army and navy to the mum
Der Of thirty, formed in single rank uponI
the left facing the train as the tram
slowly rolled into the depot every head
upon the platform was uncovered and|
stiffness pervaded the vast throng which,
for more than an hour had been patiently
waiting by the roadside
The Monrners.
Soon Mrs. Garfield, assisted by Secre-
tary Blaine, descended from the car, tax
ing his arm upon the right, and that of
her son Harry upon her left, and walked
directly to the carriage in waiting u
them Her face was completely concealed
by heavy black veil which hung nearly
10 the ground whatever emotions she|
may have experienced were sacred from
the sight of those who sazai upon her.
She entered the state carriage followed
by her daughter Mollie Garfield, her sOnl
Harry, and Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell
Arthur Follows.
Arthur left the train leaning upon thc
arm of Senator Jones. Grant was pres
ent with the cabinet, physicians, attend :
ants and McVeagh's wife and two sons.
Washington In Mourning.
The external emblems of mourning
around the capitol are not very elaborat +
or profuse, but are arranged with perfect
taste. The black drapery c"ntrasted with |
the white marble ediiee forms spectacle +
of sombre beauty rarely equalled. The
Rotunda is heavily draped almost to the
top and the gilt frames of the historical
paintings in the building are closely coy
errd with Grape.
The Autopsy.
The autopsy of the late presidents body
commenced about FIVE o'clock and was not
concluded until nearly eight Large
crowds of people assembled at Elberon to
hear the result Dr. Bliss stated that :
the autopsy had been very tedi, us, and
the time occupied in searching for the
5ball alone occupied nearly three-quarters
of an hour The immediate cause on
death was the bursting of an artery neal
the heart, and the flow of blood into tn 8
abdominal cavity The eleventh right rib
was broken, and the bullet passed through
the front Of the spinal column breaking
the vertebra and driving pieces of tn
shattered bone into the flesh Mrs Gar
field has felt much relieved since the au
topsy, inasmuch as it has resulted in es
tablishing the fact that the patients death
was inevitable. The point of the ball was
lsnmewhat blunt and in battered condi- /
tion caused by the force with which i'll
struck the rib, while in other respects its |
original shape was not altered. Bliss
took charge of the bullet and sealed i'll
Cor preservation until the courts should
require its production.
EDITORIAL sympathy.
Innumerable editorials are coming toI
land from papers all over the countI )
telling the high esteem in which the dead
president was universally held, and giveI
evidence Of the tender. honest love which,
his sufferings and manhood have inspired
in the people.
Iaj'-ond War Imminent.
New YORK, Sept. 2l.-C p. Hunting
ton, Of the Central Pacific, said yester
day that the officers of the road believed
the Union Pacific were encroaehinS on
their rights west of Ogden and therefore
they int ended to build an independent road
from Ogden to the Missouri river. TheI
surveying party has found a good road
from Pacific Springs all the way to the
river, a distance of 740 miles through an
open and productive country about 1OOI
The air line road from Ogden TO Pacific \
Springs, distance 100 miles west was mott
so good but could be made available. |
About two months ago $1,000 tons of
steel rails had been ordered from Eng
land to be shipped by March 1st and are
expected to arrive in San Francisco in
July.
l. IL a Bluff:
Mr.. Huntington said that if the Union
Pacific continued to build its road con
nection with Oregon the Central Pacific |
would certainly make eastern connection
with the Missouri river, if otherwise. the |
project wonld be abandoned. The or |
ganization of company to build the road
could be effected in "a hours and the
rails would be ready to begin the work !
with at once
Arthur takes the Oath.
President Arthur has just taken the
oath of Office in the marble room of the
capitol. Members of the cabinet, Justices
of the supreme court, few senators and
members of the house of representatives,
all who could be notified this morning in|
time to be present, also Generals Sher
man, Grant and Rear Admiral Nichols !
Hannibal Hamlin, Gen Beale, and few
others The step was taken after con
ference between the president and
Secretary Blaine and the Attorney Gen
sral, very few persons knew the oath
was to be administered until the ceremony
actually occurred. Shortly before II
o'clock Chief Justice Waite, in full robes,
accompanied by Associate Justices, pro
eeeded from the Supreme Court room to
the marble room. The doors were imme