Connecticut western news., 1881-09-28
NEWS OF THE DAY
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GENERAL ITEMS
 The remains of President Garfield were conveyed from Elberon to Wash ington Wednesday, arriving at the cap- ital before p. m. Mrs. Garfield, her son Harry, President Arthur, ex-Presi dent Grant, the Cabinet officers and others accompanied the body, which was placed in the Capitol and exposed to public view. The people gathered at the stations along the route and uncov- cred as the train passed. When the train reached Washington, 8 procession, including officers and men of the army and navy, was formed and the hearse containing the body escorted through the streets to the Capitol. An enor- nous number of people lined the streets, but order and silence prevailed. The dead Presidents appearance aston ished those who saw him on his way from the White House to the Balti- more and Potomac Railroad depot two weeks ago, his face had shrunken so greatly in the interval. He appeared like worn old man. Those who knew him well in life had difficulty in recog- nizing him.
 On Tuesday all the public build ings, hotels and office buildings and many of the private residences in New York and other cities were draped in mourning. The various exchanges sus- pended business, and resolutions con- cerning the death of the President were passed. The courts were adjourned. At night the theatres in New Tor k were closed.
 The autopsy shows that no possible ha ea of the President, whose brave fight against death is made more pathetic by the knowledge that it was a hopeless fight from the first.
 The remains of the late President, lying in state at the Capitol at Wash ington, were visited by thousands of persons. Among the floral tributes was one presented by the British Legation m compliance with instructions from the Queen.
 There are fresh apprehensions of a serious outbreak by the Ute Indians of the White River.
 President Garield's death in dis cussed by the European press. In Eng land the Common Councils of London, Liverpool and other cities, have passed resolutions of condolence. In Paris the Americans have held a meeting presided over by Minister Morton, at which reso- lutions expressing sympathy for Mrs. Garfield and the late Presidents mother and cofdence in President Arthur were passed.
 Tt is reported from Washington that the assassin, Guiteau, no longer fears violence from 8 mob, and appears confident that he will escape conviction as murderer.
 -Dr. Henry O. Cole, Mayor of Konomo, Ind, was shot and killed at night by sheriffs posse. For years Cole has been suspected of crooked ways, and he has been shadowed by detectives for long time. The Sheriff's posse was watching the Spring Mills, having had an intimation that the Doctor intended that night to rob the mill. He had an accomplice, and they carried four sacks of flour from the mill, when fire was opened, resulting in Coles instant death.
 The Massachusetts Republicans held their State Convention Wednesday, at Worcester. Last years ticket was re- nominated without dissenting voice. The platform includes in it's blanks a revision of the tariff and Civil Service Reform.
 The American Gable Company be- gan business on Saturday at its London offices, its rate being Is. Cd. per word. The cable steamer Faraday has con- pleted the work of laying the deep-sea section of the second cable of the Amer ican Cable Company, and is now on her way back to Woolwich to ship the last link connecting the deep-sea section with the Nova Scotian shore.
 FOREIGN.
 President Garfield d's death, although not unexpected, caused profound sor- row throughout Europe. In England MT. Lowell received messages from the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the For eign Secretary and others condoling with the American people and with Mrs. Garfield. The church bells were tclled in many places, and the flags were at half mast throughout the coun- try. The grief displayed by the work ing classes was most marked. The Lon- don papers contain articles highly eulo- gizing the public and private life of President Garfield. On the Continent the press of France, Germany, Belgium and other countries speaks of the late President in warm terms and expresses its sympathy for his family and the peo- pie of the United States.