Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-09-29

ious observances were taking place. Atlast the
bier appeared in the great doorway, and the
sad procession began to file down the grand
stairway to the pavement, where the hoarse
stood waiting to receive the remains. The
spectators had been warned Of the close of the
ceremonies within, for the officers Of the army
and navy had come out moment first and
taken their places in double lines near the
hearse, and
STOOD UNCOVERED
for the procession, headed by the dead, to pass
between The bugle sounded mournful blast
as the pail reached the head of the steps.
First came the clergy, then the bier, wreathed
in ferns and immorteles. Next walked
the mourners, Dr. Boynton and c.
O. Rockwell first, and then the secretaries
OF the White Houses, and FIX Presidents Grant
and Hayes walked together, followed by
President Arthur and Secretary Blaine, Secre-
tary Window and wife, Postmaster General
James and wife, Assistant Secretary Hit and
Mrs. Blaine, Secretary and Mrs. Kirkwood, and
Gen. Beale and the diplomatic corps, two by
two the Turkish minister aud his secretary in
front After the foreign representatives
came the justices Of the supreme court, and
then the senators and members of the house
of representatives. While the procession
moved down the steps the escort had started.
The military was under command of
Gen. Ayers and staff Of the army
and Gen. Amos Webster and staff,
of the militia Tho same order
was preserved and the same commands
participated as on the previous occasion when
the remains were borne from the train to the
capitol to lie in state. The escort walked
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arms reversed. They went back as they came
down the hill to the south Of the capitol The
remains were placed in the hcarse and the
various portions of
THE PROCESSION
entered carriages in the order they came out
of the rotunda. Meanwhile the band played
In the Sweet By and By. The officers of
the army and navy and the pail bearers
chosen from the congregation of
the presidents church by Mrs.
Garfield walked after the hearse, which did not
move until the military was we'll on the way to
the depot The people rushed from the hill
and swelled the crowd that before had lined
the avenue when the procession started, and
literally followed the remains on it's journey to
the grave as far as they could force their way,
to the ropes that cut off the approach to the
and stood for ten minutes awaiting the arrival
of the cortege, the marine corps and the ar
tilery in the center, the militia on the right
and the mounted commentaries of Knights
Templar on the left, stretched in
semi-circle across Pennsylvania avenue
facing the east, from which
direction the hearse with its train of carriages
were moving The depot was closed. Mrs.
arfia ioa hyy
Swain, Miss .Mollie and Harry Garfield, Mrs.
Dr. Power and one or two other ladies, had
come down an hour before and were waiting
in their car. Within the station, at the gate
through which the remains were to pass, were
ranged the guard of honor in two files, on the
one side the officers of the army, and on the
other the navy. On the part of
THE ARMY,
there were Gen. Sherman, Lieut.. Gen. Sheri-
den, Maj Gen. Hancock, Adjt. Gen. Drum
and Quartermaster General Meigs. For the
navy oppo site, stood Admiral Rogers,
Admiral Stanley, Commodore English,
Surgeon General Wales, Pay Director Luca,
and Vice Admiral Rowan. Finally the pro-
cession appeared at the corner of Sixth street,
ON which the depot stands, and the avenue.
The troops were brought tc present arms
and the Marine band played q solem dirge.
The sliding gate was showed back, and the ten
artillerymen who were to bear the caske
marched out with the precision of automatons
and stood waiting at the curbstone for theil
burden. The white. horses, typical Of death,
were slowly led up to their places, and the
hearse stopped. The pail bearers opened the
door, drawing out the black casket, which they
delivered to the stalwart soldiers who were to
bear it to the car for the last journey on earth.
The thousands gathered in the streets
and on the house tops looked on will
silence that was oppressive. The slightest
sound was audible, and when the cannon
roared out the parting salute it sounded as
though thunderbolt had crashed through
the dome of the heavens, so startling was it.
coming out of the breathlese Stiffness Then
the drums gave a muf11ed roll and the soldiers
with their burden disappeared forever from
the gazing multitude without The guard OF
honor closed in after the pall-bearers, and the
| other officers of the army and navy followed
they had marched from the capitol.
THE FIRST CARRIAGE
| that came up brought DR.. Boynton, c. O.
| Rockwell, Col Corbin and Private Secretary
Brown. From the next alighted Secretaries
Preden and Hendley. The ex.PresidentE
Grant and Hayes stepped from the next
and the rest of the secretaries from
the White House followed them in the mex
two vehicles The president and Secretary
Blaine came next, and as they alighted ant
went slowly in after their predecessors, the
pale faces of these two grand looking mel
| caused murmur of comment to run through
the crowd. The cabinet officers and theil
wives came next and passed through the gate
| in solemn order, Gen. Beale accompanying
Secretary Kirkwood, and Assistant Secretary o
the State Hit escorting Mrs. Blaine. Thu
carriages containing the foreign representa-
tives slowly passed ON by the entrance to the
depot, none of them alighting, and TIL
| vehicles, countermarching, returned thu
| way they came. The spectators watched
with great interest this assembled medic.
of nationalities, from the blonde Scandinavian
to the brown Turks, and the yellow skinned
| Chinese to the dark, olive-tinted race of tn
Southern republics. All wore full dress, char
| acteristic of their native countries. Ih
Chinese minister, Chin Ian Pin, and his suit
with the great yellow and red confeal hats, ant
the Turks with the red fez were conspicuous
| The Chinese, out of respect for the dead, hat
white emblems of mourning around the edge
of their flowing sleeves All the carriages con
tinued to move slowly by until those contain
ing tho carriages of the supreme court wer
reached. From those alighted Chief Justic
Waite and Associate Justices Harlan and Mat
thews, and ex-Associate Justice Strong. The.
WENT THROUGH THE GATE
also to the train. The senators and member
of congress now began to arrive. The tw
trains were drawn up side by side, the on
on which the remains with the family of til
dead president, the cabinet, pail bearers an
guard of honor with their aides were to b
carried being on the right 1t was composed o
six cars trimmed in black within and withou,
Along the upper panels was passed q broa
belt of Grape and on the sides were placed tri
angled pieces Of shirred stuff with the base
OF the triangles turned toward either end an
the pieces brought together in the center
Very little was to be seen of the original ez
terror, 80 literally had the drapery been pr
on. Within was the same profusio
of draping. The car which Dor
the remains was almost lined wit
black. The pail rested on a catafalque place
near the center, and the soldiers rode in til
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