Daily Republican., 1881-09-23
Banks, and then the report Of the COM
mittee was agreed to.

Banks, and then the report Of the com
mittee was agreed to.
1t WAS then further determined tha,
the mem bers of the House should meet
in the Hall of the House tomorrow al
two o'clock, and attend the funera
ceremonies in body. There will be d
space in the rotunda set apart tor thei,
accommodation, and the Sergeant-at.
arms was instructed to furnish eacl
member with symbols of m ourning.
BY the action of the meeting, Mr.
Tucker, of Virginia, was appointed
Chairman Of the Escorting Committee
the other members of which will bt
kasson, of Iowa, Randall, of Pennsyl
vania, Hiscock, of New York, Wilson
Of West Virginia, Thomas, of Illinois
Townsend, of Ohio, and Shelley, OF
Alabama.
THE PAIL BEARERS.
Mrs. Garfield has selected six gentle
men, al members of the Christian
Church, to act as pail bearers to carry
the remains of the President from the
Capitol to the hearse, and from the
hearse to the cars They are A X.
Ting'e, II. c. Tmer W. w. DUNCAN
Benjamin Sunny, u. r. Moore, and
w. S. Koose. A special permit was is
sued this morning by Or. Smith Town
send, Health officer Of the District Of
Columbia, to remove the remains frou
this city to ONO. A singular fact in
this connestion is that DR. Townsend
was the first physician 10 reach the
President after he was shot, and now
performs the last me,lical act in his
behalf.
THE GOVERNORS INVITED TO THr
| FUNERAL.
The following despatch has been sent
by the State Department to the Govern
ors oi the several states and territories
"you are respectfully invited TO be
present at the fuDeral ceremony of the
late President, 'ames A. Garfield, al
Clevelald, Ohio, on Monday, Septem-
Der 26, at O'Clock p. NJ.
! (Srsned) "JAMEs G. BLAINE
| A ApISTIN,.UISHEu GUARno HONOR.
In addition to lose already men.
toned. the guard Of honor represen ding
the army and navy will accompany
the remains upon the funeral train.
These are on the part of the army Cen
erals Sherman, Hancock, Meigs, Drum
and Sacket, and of the navy Rear Ad.
miral Porter, Vice Admiral Rowan,
CommoIores Earl, English, Surgeon
General Wales and Paymaster fooker.
Rear Admiral Porter who has been suln-
tnering At jefferson, n. H., has been
telegraphed to, but no response has yet
been received. If he does not reach
the city in season Commodore Wells,
Chief Signal Officer of the navy, will
complete the complement.
All the army officers are now in the
city, General Hancock having arrived
this evening, on the limited express,
from New York
In pursuance of the order of secretary
Hunt announcing to the navy the death
of President Garfield, Admiral Nichols
has directed that, on receipt OF the otii
cial intelligence, the senior officer pres.
pnt shall, on the following day, cause
the ensign of each vessel under his
command to be hoisted at halI-mast
from sunrise to sunset, and a gun to be
fl red by his vessel every half.hour, be
ginning at sun rise and sunset, and that
the same ceremonies be ObseI we'd at all
naval stations.
MEETING OF sen AToES.
A meeting of the members of the Sen
ate was held this afternoon in the Vice
Presidents room, at the Capitol. Sena'
tor Anthony presiding, and the follow
ing Senators were present: Messrs.
Anthony, Hale, Dawes, Edmunds, Nor
rell, Salisbury, Bayard, Kellogg, Da-
Wis of w. Va, Camden, Sherman, Nc
MILAN, Garland, Pugh, Morgan, Jones
of New, Blair, Mitchell and also ex-
Senator Hamlin. The Committee OF
Conference reported that on comforting
with the H use Committee, it was
deemed best to charter Il special train
for the use of the Senators and Mem.
bers and such guests as they should de-
sire to invite, which report was accep-
ted, and the Sergeant-at-Arms was in
structed to make the necessary arrange
ments.
1t was decided to postpone the adop.
tion Of resolutions upon the death OF
President Garfield until the meeting OF
the Senate in regular session. The
Chairman then announced tie follow
ing as % committee on the part Of th'
Senate to accompany the remains
Senators Anthony, Sherman, Bay p,
Ingalls,, Pugh, Blair, Camden and =
gan. The meeting then adjournt' III
. j. NJ, when the members wi! 'uoc'
in the Vice Presidents Room ana IA
tend the funeral services in a body.
THE CAPITOL STILL THEoNGED.
Notwithstanding the fact that the cask,
ct containing the remains of President
Garfield was closed az & 30 I lis evening
the crowds which passed through the
rotunda of the Capitol remained undi,
minished. A line of people four abreast
extended for many hundred yards, while
1.-The space in front of the building was
thronged with surging mass of hui
mauity anxious to obtain aulnltlance.
It is estimated that since seven O'Clock
this morning at least 10000 persons
have visited the Capitol; and at late
hour tonight there was no marked di-
minution of the number still waiting to
view the casket containing the remains
of the dead President.
THE FATAL BULLET.
The bullet which was cut from Presi'
dent Garfield ) body at the autopsy, was
given into the hands of DR.. Bliss, who
immediately handed it over TO the Gus
tody of Private Secretary Brown. Mr:
Brown carefully wrapped the bail and
sealed the package, and will preserve 1t
till such time as it may be needed IN
evidence at the trial Of Guitean.. The
fractured vertebra is now in the hands
of a scientific gentleman, who is cleans,
lug and preparing it, after which 1t VII!
be placed on exhibition in the National
Medical Museum in this city.
State Of the ThormDmeter
at the REPUBLICAN, Office, in the shade.
this morning.:
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