Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-20
GARFIELD. is DEAD!"
Tie News Steals N On a Quiet Cit, but
Soon Has the Effect Of a Ihuhderboit.
Scenes on the Straets-The Trsppings Of
Woe and the TOlling Of Bells
What Of the Das2

Garfield Is dead! & When the dread
news Came last night the streets OF
Wheeling were almost deserted. Under
the corner lamps still fingered a iriend
or two, while here andthere along came
some s~lraggler homeward bound. lhe
hotel Hobbies were almost empty ana
the city seemed asleep. Yet those sad
words. Garfield Is dead, echoed IKE a
REQUIEM into the highways and byways,
and ere the Court House bell, with It's
measured tolling, aroused the sieepers
in the neighborhood crowds has
tened from every direction WIN
hope in their hearts that the report neal
/ no truth. SIS he dead? Is he deadF
was the enquiry that poured from hun
| ireds vi nps. and as the an
swer was given, GdJfttiiS dead they
tIIned away to hide their only too eVi-
dent grief. Tie atmosphere Itself, that
seemed ladened with sadness,
! lv burdenedby the tolling OF the bells
The deep tones from the State House
seemed to say-GarfsH is dead! the ca
thedral aud Episcopal be,l,-GarFtti Is
dad! while the tremolo from the engine
houses echoed the sad tidings -Gdrfshd
| IL dead! Merchants and laborers hast
ened from their bedsides, and as the light
tom the Lincoln Club room windows
| flashed upward on the black ensigna OF
mourning that o formed their tops 1t
seemed in it's waving to frame on the
dark sky overhead the words-Gdrhstd
Is deade
Though the dead President is
Beyond the parting and the NEE Ing
BEYOND the Farewell aud the greeting
Beyond the pulses fever beating.
Beyond the Frost chain and the fever
Beyond the rock waste and the river
Beyond the ever and the never
vet he lives, and always will live in the
hearts of his couptrymen, and no where,
We venture to say, more than in Wheel
ing hearts.
"THR TRAPPTSGs OF o
As soon as the news Of Garfeld's
| death spread the Lincoln Club Rooms
were opened and preparations made to
hang the rooms in mourning. We
noticed present Messrs. J. d. Stanton,
A. II. Beach, J. d. Elson, l. r. Water
man, j. r. Cowden, Chas. Collier, w
| K. Mcclure, Walter Dnyal, Joe Metcalf.
Frank Stanton, Col. Peterman, John h
Lewis, w. NJ. Richardson, Sam Math.
ews, Sam Harrison, Frank Orr and
Benjamin Hart. The latter IS a Phlladel'
phia gentleman.
Within three hours the entire front OF
the upper outside stories was hung in
black and will be further arrayed to day
with a large oil picture OF Garfield
draped in black and two ebon trimmed
flags and six banners owned by the Gar
field clubs Of this city.
Inside, the window caps, door frames
and chandeliers are covered with crepe
and il is the intention to crown the
walls with crepe rosetteS. A meeting
Of the entire club will be held either
this afternoon or evening to take such
further steps as are deemed proper over
the calamity which has betallen their
leader and their champion.
Extensive preparations were being
made last night to hang with mourning
material, the office. OF the New Mcclure
House. The balconies were hung and
this morning the six hundred loot flag
will he draped with crepe loopings
across tho entire front walls. From Mr
Muhleman We learned that he also in
tended to drape the front OF the build
ing If he could secure sufficient material
therefor.
Three thousand yards of black hunt
ing were hung around the postottice
building last night by Col. Sterling and
his assistants.
Martin, the restaurant man, Miller x
Franzheim, Joseph Baker, and Cious-
ton, below the creek, were among the
number who draped their places OF bust
ness last night.
THE NEWSPAPER OFFICES.
The REGISTER office speedily put men
to work to drape it's front. Its large
flag was hung from the top and looped
with black and other draperies with
good taste arranged. The InteNieencer
also put on a sable covering as did the
TolksJidh establishment.
AND WHAT OF II DAYP
II a night will bring forth such testi-
mony of grief what must we expect OF
to-day? When the wires flashed the
Intelligence ON that awful day OF July
End that Garfield had been shot every
yard Of black material in the city OF
Wheeling was bought up in flew hours.
Even late last night throngs OF people
went to Delaplain Son 4 CO.. store and
E. Larkin that they might bespeak black
goods OF all kinds. Is it not probable
that our city to-day will look as though
the angel OF death had passed through
it and left not a house untouched?
Though the Mayor has made no proc.
lamation, business will Of itself almost
close. There was a rumor, with some
basis for belief, current last night that
all the mills would shut down to day.
Is it not probable that merchants will