The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-09-23

| Yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock fhs commit
| tee Of the city council and several prominent
citizens. including Ex-Governor Washburn,
Hon. W. W. Thomas, Jr, Judge Goddard.
| Dr. Csrruthers, Rev. FL. s. Burrage, editor o
| Mon's Advocate, and several clergymen met at
the common council rooms to arrange for q
suitable observance of the funeral day. A
committee consisting of the Mayor, Alderman
| Chairman. Cpuncilmen Thur6ton, Mar and
| McAIeney and Rev. FL. g. Bufrage, @. W.
| Goddard aud s. W. Iarrabse was appointed to
arrange for services to be held ct City Hall, on
Monday. Aldermen Winsipw and Tewlzsbury
and Councilmen Meicher and CLARK Of the city
| council we're appointed committee 10 super.
intend the drapi1g Of tho city and county
Building.
The committee OF arrangements appointed
Messrs. Thurstun, Burrage and Mari as sub-
committee to arrange for music and the
Mayor. Judge Goddard, O. ;. Chapman, s. w
Larrabee and VIM. McAleney to secure the
services of speakers to address the meeting.
To-day the city bells will be tolled from 2
to O'Clock, the TINS of the services In Wash
ington.
On Monday all places of business viii be
closed after u O'Clock, and there viii be DO
afternoon services of schools. At noon minute
guns viii be fred under the direction of Gen.
Beal, by order of the State authorities. The
city bells viii be tollsd at the same time. At
two o'clock there will be public services In
City Hall. These will consist OF dirge by
Chandler's band, reading OF Scriptures by
Rev. DR.. Hill. prayer by Rev. DR.. Carruthers,
singing by the Weber Club, addresses by promi-
nent citizens, music by the band and benedic-
ton by Bishop Nicely. Annie Louise Gary viii
be invited to sing on tho occasion.
A meeting of the subcommittee was hald
yesterday afternoon at o'clock to decide on
list of speakers 1t is probable that Rev. DR..
McKeown, Hon. Nathan Webb, Bishop Healy,
Judge Goddard, Gen. S. J. Anderson, Hon, Z.
B. Reed, Hon. W. w. Thomas, Jr.. Hon. Rion
Bradbury, Hon. w. L. Putnam will be invited
to address the meeting, but the list is subject
to revision. The subcommittee ON music and
speakers will report to the. general committee
this evening.
Among the drapings yesterday we noticed in
Dir. Macaligtsr's window, corner of Free and
Congress streets, portrait OF Garfield and
tablet with the motto "The Nation Mourns.a
Owen s. Moore's large show windows are hand
somely draped, and in one broken column is
wreathed with smilax and supports dropping
banner whose folds are caught mp with Grape;
on the base OF the column is Garfeld's mono
gram. In Beams dry goods store window
portrait of Garfield is surrounded BY flags at
half-mast. ]. M Dyer & Co.'s, Clark's book
store, on Congress street, are all tastnfully
draped. On Middle street, A. Aarsnson the
clothier, McKenney and Armand, the photo
graphers, Solomon Shine, III. A. Bosworth,
studley. A. B. Butler, Rines Brothers, a. Lit
tie g. Co., Loring, Short & Harmon and Storer
Brothers, we're all draped more or less elahor-
ately, That of Storer Brothers was one Of the
handsomest in the city. T. A. Lea7itt's flag
arrangement on Exchange street is very appro-
pirate; Garfeld's portrait ia bordered with
black and bears the motto "The Nations
Loss" while Arthur's is bordersd with blue,
and bears the legend 'sOnr Nations Hope"
Dresser, Mcclellan & Co., and Lsvy's stores on
Exchange street were also draped yesterday,
and Edwin Marrett 81 Co.'s on Temple street.
w. S. Banks window on the corner of Free
and Congress streets, was draped with fine
effect
GOV. P1aistsd, after consultation with the
Council. has ordered the batteries stationed at
Portland and Lewiston to be ON duty the day
of the Presidents funeral, and has ordered
minute guns to be fred from sunrise to sunset
Chestnut street NJ. "a. church will hold
funeral service for the late President next
Sunday at 1880 a. m, with an address BY the
pastor, Rev. a. McKeown, D. d. The church
will be draped for the occasion.