The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-27

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die 50 soon. As soon as he received confirm
a'ory news he would telegraph to his govern
ment. a4
The news reached the Union League Clu
from the Windsor Hotel. There were not
many members present at the time, but those
who were there were greatly moved at the
information conveyed.
NEW YORK, Sept. ~20.-Perhaps nothing
can give a better impression of the death OF
the President than journalistic headlines here.
These are from the Her.
The End; President Garfield Died at rs
Minutes Before Eleven Last Night; He Ex-
PRED with Mrs. Garfield, Her Daughter, DR..
Bliss, DR.. Asnew and a Few Personal Friends
Present; The Brave Mans Struggle Over
After 50 Days of Suffering; His Last Words,
ooh, What a Pain Oh! Oh!' Then He
Fell Into a Stupor and Quietly Passed Away;
No Spasms. No Commissions; The New Pres
ident Notified of the Action of the Cabinet;
A Formal Session to be Held To-Day; The
Murdered Presidents Career and a Sketch of
His Successor, Chester Allan Arthur; Gloom
Throughout the Country; uod Rest tho Liv-
ing and the Dead.
The following is from the World:
President Garfield Ends His Fight Against
Death Last Night After Eleven Weeks of
Suffering; The Soldier Of Chickamauga Falls
Upon the 18th Anniversary of That Great
Battle; Hopes to the Last; How the Physi-
clans, Though Fearing and Expecting the
yra,nt DaF,,a5 r., Givo TN fhp roaa. The
New President, General Arthur, Dreadfully
shocked; The Cabinet Recommend His
Taking the Oath of Office Without Delay.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-The elevated trains
run last night carrying large numbers of
pleasure-seekers who were returning to their
homes. Whenever any one entered and all
nounced the death Of the President the merry
and often boisterous laughter OF the belated
passengers were Immediately hushed and their
faces looked sad, and almost every one in
quired in earnest tones for the full particu-
lars. Some became lost ill thought for a few
seconds and then exclaimed: "Poor man,
that is too bad.
The Manhattan club was almost deserted
VIXEN the news Of the Presidents death was
received. 1t was first brought to the club by
ex-Alderman CHARLES H. Marshall, who had
seen a private telegram at the Union club,
where he had be-ll dining. This was at a
few minutes after II o'clock. The few mem-
bers present, only three or four in number,
left the club q few minutes later, after having
exchanged expressions of sorrow. About
midnr, Int q party of gentlemen consisting Of
Ex-Governor Stevenson, Of Kentucky ex-
Congressman Philips, Of Vermont; MIR. Mer-
rick, q well-known Washington lawyer;
Gen. Lawton, of Savannah, Ga, anu Senator
Jonas, of Louisiana, entered the club and
were Joined by W. L, Brown. These gentle
men spent some time III commenting on the
Presidents death and specializing as to the
probable policy of Arthur. Jonas said that
the people of his state would be profoundly
grieved al Garfield's death. They had felt
great sympathy for him aud earnestly wished
for lis recovery. His policy up to the time
of the shooting had pleased them greatly.
They discovered with much satisfaction that
he was in favor Of the development of Thu
South and of the improvement of navigator
ON the Mississippi river.
81 took great pleasure" said Jonas,
supporting him in his contest with Conklr..g,
and so did other Southern senators, and was
prepared to support him III the future"
Gen. Lawton said that the sat- e feeling
existed in Georgia and all through the South
as in the whole land, and called attention to
Aha y,., that fNari.lJ bod pro,piSai tn aftapJ
the cotton exposition at Atlanta, the State
fair al Nashville, and the Yorktown centen-
NAL. and at each place his visit was looked
forward to with much pleasure.
rrown said't at Arthur was a strong, lib
ersl-minded man, and whatever might be his
regard tor Conkling, he was not TO be con
trolled by another. He did not think that
the policy of ArthuI's administration would
differ very widely from that of Gartield's.
Phillips said the people Of Vermont were
disposed TO trust Arthur.
When the inspector, by reason OF the sHnior
officer being OH duty at police headquarters
last night, heard OF Gartie!d's death, he sent
out the following dispatch to al! the precinct
commanders:
sPresident Garfield died at 1925 p. n.
Put your flags at half-mast at sunrise.
INSPECTOR BYENES.'
At roll call to-day at the Central Office tue
detectives will meet and will make arrange
ments to drape the detective quarters in
mourning. The police board will meet later
in the day and will make arrangements to
have the municipal police building draped.
Swearing in Arthur.
NEW YORK, September 2'.-An extract
from an editorial contains this: Arthur was