The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-26
SAD SUNDAY SCENES
BY THE BIER OF THE:HoNoREo DEAD.
The ThrOagS that are Pouring IntO the TOE'si
City to Pay the Last HOnOr1 to the Pre-"
Idsnt-Ths Weird Spectacle Pre-
ssHtsd by the CatafllQas.
Special dispatch to the Intslllgenccr.

seated by the CatafalQus.
Special dispatch to the IntelllgenCer.
CLEVELAND, o., September 25.-This has
been u memorable day in the history oi
this city and OF the whole country. The
pageant here exhibited has never had its
parallel in the world. A city Of 10000
inhabitants has suddenly been filled by a
quarter Of million OF people, Cleveland
is great railroad centre, and from Satur-
day noon until midnight OF this memorable
Sunday the trains have been arriving from
all points Of the compass in perfect
stream, bringing not only their thousands
but their tens OF thousands,
Vast trains, running in sections Of twenty
cars to the section, have been constantly
coming in from as far west as Chicago, as
fur east US Buffalo, us far south as Cincin-
natl, Us far southwest as Indianapolis, and
as fur southeast rs Pittsburgh. The streets
have been one vast jam OF thronging hu.
manity, all eager to look upon this won.
derful pageant. The regular dispatches
have told you Of the preparations made
for the reception OF the Presidents re.
mains, including the cataalque in MOnu-
mental Park-known here US the Public
Square,
No limited description can do justice to
the appearance of the Park, and much less
to that Of the whole city. The elaborate
draping Of the whole city is something al.
most incredible, considering the very brief
time in which it has been done. Some OF
the work is OF the most artistic character,
The INTERVENING OF black and white in the
way ofplain and fancy work must bo seen
to be appreciated
The archways, built and draped ut no
small cost, are 4 striking feature, at
several principal points, those commanding
an entrance to the park, being especially
noticeable, The catafalQue in the centre
OF the park is u master piece oi work, not
only in extent, but in It's elaborate and
complete adornments. It seems as II 1t
must have taken weeks to build and drape
1t, instead ofonly three days. But the scene
that has attracted all eyes is the stream
OF human beings that have walked
all day long between files OF soldiers into
the Park and through the catafalque on
each side Of the casket. This throng has
walked four deep all day and all night
long and has passed the Casket ut the rate
Of 2I0 per minute by actual count, which
would be 1900 per hour or $4,000 in the
last 90 hours. stood within the cataialque
for half an hour to-day and watched this
throng MS they passed in solemn procession,
every man with barred head, and all with
bowed and reverential faces. It was sight
to look upon and remember forever. It
showed more than words can tell the ten.
der feeling of the great American masses
for the lamented dead.
Tonight the catafalque Is brilliantly lit
up By electric lights, bringing out in most
impressive relief the sable adornments and
the wealth Of flowers that in every design
are beautifully dressed within the funeral
edifce. The electric light shows the pro.
cession at II long distance, those coming up
Superior street into the perk and those
passing out on the east side. The scene is
like some weird spectacle Of the Arabian
Nights, and alone is worth coming to see.
To me the most interesting ofall to.day's
scenes was the gathering Of the Hiram fel-
lOwship in the Presbyterian church on the
square. The speakers were all classmates
or rpupils Of Gartields at the Hiram College.
Their words came from their hearts. They
all bore testimony in wOrlsNnd tears OF the
profound love and respect in which this
gifted man was held. lie seems to have
known everybody on the Western Reserve
As the chaplain Of his old regiment said
to-day, "This whole country, parched
though It has been by the drouth, is wet
with the tears Of the people for Garfield"
To.morrow's procession to the cemetery
promises to be the most immense and
magnificent civic and military display ever
seen in this or any other land. Col. Ben
Wilson said, in speaking Of the universal
honors paid to the dead President, that
any man might well be willing to die to be
thus canonized in the hearts Of his coun.
trvmpn.