Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-20
TIE DEAD PRESIDENT.
Dispatch from En9IAnd,s QneeI
Other Notes and Incidents.


Oshcr Notes and Incidents.
New YoRK-The Ecening Rsfs specis
jfrom Long Branch. This dispatch ha
been received by Mrs. Garfield:
ii Words cannot express the deep sym
spathy | feel with you. May God sup
#port and comfort you as He alone can.
(Signed) 'TRE QUEEN. BALMoRAL "
The flag on the cottage where th
President body lies, is tied up with crap
and large portraits of the President il
Elberon are wreathed in black. The ias
over the military camp back of here
waves gloomily at half mast. The nigh
passed quietly, the guards moved sbou
the cottage and within the President's
body lay on the bed where he b. ad suffer
fed so bravely and died a. last. Warren
fYoung and Stanley Brown watched over
it through the night. Mrs. Garfield went
TO her room in an adjoining cottage, but
paced the floor for hours together.
DIR. Bliss appeared early this morning,
bad not undressed at all. "He was the
, greatest man as q patient" said he,
whom l have ever seen. Never a muir
lmur from him." Certainly. if it is
Enecessary," was his invariable answer
/
painful treatment. Ahl bpt he is sol
Thin, and the light of his eye, which was!
always a fine one, is gone out, his faceI
has lost its natural expression, and he1
has that thin and csdaverous look that
|is so painful"
Attorney General Macveigh thinks the,
body will be taken directly to Washing
ton by special train tomorrow morning.
He says Mrs GARFIELD is bearing up brave
ly ind doing well. Private Secretary
Brown watched with the body. He saysz
Mrs. Garfield exhibited great calmnessf
and fortitude. Attorney General Mact
Weigh has just received this reply to AZ
despatch sent by the Cabinet to Gen. Ar-k
thur last night 1t is addressed to allk
the Members of the Cabinet, and says:
have your message announcing the Z
death of President Garfield. Permit mel
to renew through you, the expressions Off
sorrow and sympathy which l have al =
ready telegraphed to Attorney Generala
In accordance with YOU'RE
have taken the oath of Officer
IS President of the United States beforef
he Hon. John r. Brady, Justice of theE
supreme Court OF the State of NewE
York. will ad wise you fur1her in re-
gard to the other suggestion ii your tele-
ram. (Signed) G. A. ARTHUR. h
The other suggestion referred to was IS
hat President Arthur come to Long g
Branch this morning q
Secretary Window says the body will 4
undoubtedly be taken to Washington to il
that is the result of their con- II
erence4 Mrs- Garfield at first wished tASsss
II Ea9scr..h NassI kaar-s-- ne
hould be taken to the Capital. The
'abinet members here cannot speak OF
he death without emotion. &
Dr. Agnew says that prior to the antop
v he speaks with reservation as to the
Immediate cause of the death, but In his
opinion it is due to spasms of the heart
induced by blood clot.
The preparations for the removal OF
he effects of the Presidential party are
beginning and the attenLants and work
men are engaged in packing trunks 81
he cottage of Private Secretary Brown.
The extreme emsciation of the President
was a surprise both to the undertaken
and embalmer. 1t is possible to clasp
his leg above the knee with one hand.
There are some doubts whether, If theE
President lies in state at Washington, 1t
will be deemed wise to show the re-
mains.