, 1881-09-30

president Issued the following bulletin Oh
the night of Sept. 18th: The president
! died at l0:35 p. NJ. After the bulletin
was issued at $50 this evening the presi-
| dent continued III much the same condi-
| ton as during the afternoon, the pulse
varying from l02 TO Jog, with rather in
| creased force and volume. After taking
| nourishment he fell into a quiet sleep.
| About thirty-tive minutes before his death
and while asleep his pulse rose TO l20 and
Was somewhat more feeble. At ten
minutes past 10 o'clock he awoke com
| planning of severe pain over the region of
the heart and almost Immediately became
! unconscious, and ceased to breathe at
1880. The presidents words when he
| felt the death pain attack him were, 81
am suffering great pain and fear the end
is near"
j. Stanley Brown, the Times corre-
| spondent, has the following description
of the death scene: When Mr.. Brown
| entered the room Mrs. Rockwell and Miss
Lulu, who had just come in with Mrs.
Garfield and Mollie. left the room and
| stood in the ball just outside the door.
| DR.. Bliss stood at the head of the bed, feel
| ing his pulse. As ne came in taking his
| place among the people, Drs. Agnew and
| Hamilton were trying TO revive the presi
dent with hypodermic injections of
| brandy. Col. Rockwell then went out a
| moment ana FeIuTneu WIFI hOlil0 GdF-
| field. As the president passed into a sink
ing condition and began to breathe in
| great slow gasps, Col. Rockwell went
| quietly to the windows and closed them.
| Mr.. Brown walked to Mrs Garfield and
she leaned upon his arm as the president
| slowly breathed his last. Mrs. Garfield
was calm save for convulsive shudders
| that at times overmastered her. Mollie
came up to her moment later and her
he I'd h..tr
little girl sobbed bitterly her weeping and
the presidents gasping breath were the
| only sounds in the room. Then General
| Swain came to Miss Mollie, fearing her
| grief would be too much for her mother,
| and led her away out of the room. There
was period of gasping, and then the
president ceased to breathe. Mrs. Rock
| well then placed her ann around Mrs.
Garfield and left the room.
| Upon receipt of the news of the presi-
| dents death, bells were toiled in all the
| principal cities north and south and the
utmost sadness preyaded all classes. Cities
| throughout the land were draped in
mourning and general gloom unwitness-
ed since the assassination ofPTesident Lin
| coin prevailed The remains after being
/ embalmed were taken to Washington by
| special train and deposited in the rotunda
Of the capital. with the most imposing fun
|
is Lake View cemetery on the shore of
/ Lake Erie, neaf Cleveland, 0hio.
The president was dressed in the same
suit of clothes he wore in delivering his
inaugural, unless with the exception of
pair of silk stockings knit for him by his
mother, and lately received. The coffin
| ls feet inches long, covered with black
cloth with velvet trimmings, and mould
Ings, handles and thumbscrews of solid
silver. Inside it is upholstered with tufted
| white satin. The coffin plate is of silver,
and the inscription, written by Attorney
General MacVeagh, is as follows:
JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD;
| Born November l9, 1881 Died President
of the United States, Sept. 10, 1881
| The appearance of the president as pre-
pared for burial Is detailed as follows:
| The presidents left hand is laid across his
| breast after the manner he had in life.
This was done in order to make his re-
| semblance as near to life as possible No
| body will be allowed to enter the death
chamber, which has been put in order as
| it Was when the president was brought
| to Elberon. The body is so greatly
shrunken that artificial means had to be
iesored to to give the cloths the appear
! ance of filling. In addition to the natural
| shrinking from his illness, the operation
connected with the autopsy has left the
u
| plaster cast was taken of his face, as well
| as of his right hand. In taking the cast
| of his hand it Was somewhat discolored,
| so this hand will not be seen. The effect
| of oil used upon the face prior to taking
| the cast disfgured the features somewhat
| and slightly altered the color of the face,
so the appearance is very much less nat
ural even than it was just after death.
| The president had a massive head and
hnnaS show flxy
! The cheeks are fallen in. The beard has
| been SO arranged about the parotid gland
| so as to conceal that scar, and such ar
! rangement made about the pillow as to
| still further conceal the swelling which
| sapped away his life. A number of Jour-
nalsts. who have been so closely watching
the presidents case all these weary weeks,
were given an opportunity for the first
view OF the body. Sentries stood at either
| side of the entrance. The coffin lay in
| the hallway of the lower floor with SOL
dier at the head and foot of it. The coffin
WAS black, with silver handles, and upon
the top was a silver plate. The coffin
was lined with white satin, only the face
and shoulders being visible, and one only
needed to know that all that remained of
James q. Garfield lay there to recall the
features SO familiar during life. The face
| TO those who knew General GaTfield's only
+! from Ais portraits, could not have been
recognized Even the features were no
longer clear; there WAS an expression
| about the lower lip which those who knew
him best would recognize. The cheeks
were gone, and the brow had lost its mas
sive appearance which characterized it III
life. The involuntary whispered remark
of all as they gazed upon the loYed form
| with a shudtler, was - never should have
recognized him. How he must have suf-
fered." The shrunkeu earthly form toid
how much. II was most marvellous that
he lived SO long. As the crowd slowly
entered and left the hall the bell of the
little chapel in the distance was tolled.
Its toll could be only family heard bove
the roar of the train.
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