The Portland daily press., 1881-09-26
THE FUNERAL TRAIN.
the Route Demonstration of
Sorrow and Respect.

CLEVELAND, O., Sept "a, 1881 The special
train bearing the body OF the dead President
arrived at Cleveland at 100 this afternoon.
Tbs journey from Washington to Cleveland
was performed almost without accident or incl
dent. Drawing out from the station of the
Baltimore & Potomac railroad, in which Gen.
Garfield received his death wound: the train
sped rapidly toward Baltimore, where it arriv-
ed on time. At all the small stations on the
line of the Baltimore & Potomac we're gather
ed hundreds of the inhabitants of the counties
bordering on the road. The stations were
draped in the deepest mourning. Those stand
ing in and around them were perfectly silent
Not sound was heard by those on the train asI
they shot by the little frame edifces. At Bal!
timore, the trains made their first stop. TheI
funeral train arrived some 10 minutes before
the congressional train From quarter to al
half an hours distance was maintained BEL
tween them throughout the trip. In and
around the Charles street station stood thous-
ands of people in the gathering gloom. These
must have been $4,000. Said DIR. Boynton to-
night: 1.-The station, the track, the bridge
were black with them" From the vast crowd
standing in the shadow of the heavy mourning
on the station, blacker than the shadow of
he coming darkness, not sound escaped In
absolute silence and bareheaded they stood
around the train bearing the nations dead
When the train entered the station Mrs. Gar
fie Id was sitting. as she had been since the de-
parture ftom Washington, at the window,
looking out at the incoming shadow of night.
DIR. Boynton, who sat beside her, fearful that
the sight OF the people and their steady gaze at
her would annoy the silent widow, rose with
ont explaining his purpose, and attempted
quietly TO pull down the window shade and TO
shut ont at once the crowd and the fast-gather7
ing darkness. Mrs. Garfield, who had sat dur
ing the ride from Washington to Baltimore
silent, listless and apparently in brown study,
mt up her hand hastily. excaiming, mo, mol
Don't pull tine shade down. l want to see the
tople; l am glad to see the people" So DIR.
Boyuton sat down again, and Mrs. Garfield
gazed steadily at the crowded station until it'll
was out of sight into the night. Through
wskeful hamlets and aroused villages the
special trains swiftly dashed. Within the cars
every hing was very quiet. Conversation
among The cabinet, the friends and the guard
OF honor was carried on in low tone. Mrs
Garfield said little at any time during the
journey. She sat- save when aroused by some
well meaning friend, absorbed in her own sad
thoughts, with face close to the window glass.
When she spoke it was of some peculiar
touching demonstration of respect and affec-|
ton for her dead husband AT New York there
was a very crowd at the station. 1t was dark j
but Mrs. Garfield pressed her face against the
window, and, after long look at the great
throng, said to Mrs. McVeagh, who sat besideI
her: "You don't know how 1 appreciate thel
kindness of the people," and she repeated the
expression of her satisfaction at Harrisburg, i
where throng much greater than that att
New York had assembled. Mrs. Garfield rel
tired about midnight, as did most of the party.
She slept as well as she has for many nights
When Miss Mollie retired about 9 o'clock, she
came to her mothers side to kiss her good
night. Reused by her daughter from herr
reverie, Mrs. Garfield turned lovingly to kiss
her. When the poor girl saw her mothers
sad, tear-stained face, she could not restraint
her emotion. She burst into flood of tears asj
she threw herself into her mothers arms. It'll
was extremely touching to see the mother, for
getful for the moment of her own heavy bur-s
der of grief, and comforting the broken heart
ed child. She hushed her sobbing in her arms]
as though she had been but babe. Havingl
soothed the half-distracted little girl, andI
kissed her again and again with FAREWELL
"God bless you," she sent her to bed.
AT Altoona, at least 10000 people gathered
and at Lewiston the track was strewn with
flowers. At Johnstown 5000 people had gath
cred, and the bells on the public buildings and
churches were tolled. At Pittsburg Ferry
5000 people had gathered in and around theI
depot. No demonstrations were made savej
the firing of minute guns and the tolllng of
bells. People spoke in whispers while the fu-'
neral train remained At Allegheny City the
track was covered with plants in full bloom
and flowers.
A Post of the Grand Army of the Republic,
was drawn up in front of the depot at East
Liverpool, Ohio, when the train passed, in thel
order of salute. A band of music was in at
tendance, and played a funeral dirge. Al
beautiful arch was erected over the main street.
and was tastefully decorated The fire depart-i
men, was also drawn up in line, and about a.
thousand people were congregated at the sta.
ton and along the track.
At Wellsville Junction, Ohio, where thej
train stopped to take in water, tho car-shop;
employees. with their wives and children, wereI
assembled in a body to witness the passing of
the train. Across the front of one of the larg-
est shops was stretched wide piece of canvas,
on which was painted in prominent letters the
following, 1--WE mourn our dead President. ;"
The people stood quietly.
At Wellsville proper there was large crowd. l
Ex-President Hayes Secretaries Blaine and,
Lincoln, and Postmaster General James sat at,
the open windows facing the people. Many
men shook hands with the distinguished gent
tlemen.
AT one of the stations a large number of thel
male portion OF the crowd were in kneelingl
position.
AT Sslinesville, Ohio, there was quite gath
ering of all classes of people, coal miners |
with their lamps on their hats and clothes COW
cred with dirt, Just as they had rushed from
the mines, were mingled with well-dressed
men and women. A number OF coal mine
boys, with lamps in their hats, we're drawn up
in martial line in front of the depot.
At Summitville, Ohio, there was large
gathering. The main streets were filed with
occupied vehicles, and the depot was filed
with people. The scenes noted above were re-
peated at Bayard, Ohio, and other stations
along the route From the number of carri-I
ages at each place it would seem that the peo-
pie had come to town from all the surrounding
country