, 1881-09-24
The Nation Mourns the Loss OF her
Hero Statesman who Has Long
Struggled With Death.
Expression, Of =, ,mpaiby from the Nsrth'
V,., S,urh and West Eui Heisbten
the Common sorrow OF all.
uou ,hc New, was Received nj Dineren'
Point, Of the Countrywide New
President te take the Oath.
Eir. Etc. Etc.


ELEEEON, Sept 1Jth. lu.oo, T. NJ
|Tbc President died at 1873, p. NJ. Dealt
was caused by severe prostratlon. war
rem Yonnn. Assistant to the President
private Secretary, Brown, brought th'
news from the cottage at 10 minutes be
fore IL o'clock. The first indication tina
E,nything serious had occurred, was IN th'
,npearsnce Of amessenger at the Elberoi
Hotel who obtained carriage and drove
rapidly of. 1t was generally supposed
tbat he had left to summon the member!
# the Cabinet. who left here at abou
e:30 tonight
OniciaI Notification.
ELEEEoN. Sept, 19.-Atsorney Genera
McVea.h notified Vice President Arthur
f Gen. Garteld's demise
The Cabinet.
I.l5. p. M.-The Cabinet have Just ar
rived. They came III body to Franklin
cottage. They are all here except Sec
retary Blaine. Lincoln and McNeagh
teleeraphcd him Of the Presidents death.
Great excitement prevails through thu
East. and particulars cannot be obtained.
The guard around the cottage where the
Presidents body lies has been doubled
on account Of the rapidly growing crowd,
and no one is allowed to approach 1t.
The Government has taken possession OF
| the only wire To Elberon. 1t is impos-
|sible to get further details tonight, as
| all connection is shut off from commune
cation with the cottage, and 'ts inmates.
| At about II minutes after 10 clock P.
' NJ the President was awak, ned and re,
marked to Col. SWAIN that he was suf-
fering great pain and then closed his
hand over his heart.
The Last Scene.
DIR. Bliss, upon being summoned, ell
tered the room and found the president
Substantially without pulse. The action
|of the pulse was almost indistineuishable.
He said at once that the president was
lying, and directed Mrs. Garfield to be
|called. The president remained in a
dying condition until 1873 r. NJ, wher
he was pronounced dead.
The Immediate Cause.
The presidents death was Immediately
caused by trouble of the heart supposed
Ito be neuralgia.
The Notification.
The following dispatch was sent to Gen.
Arthur by Secretaries Blaine and Lincoln
from Long Branch
1920 A. M.-VICEPEESIDENT ARTHUR
TT becomes our painful duty toInform
|you of the sad death Of President Gar
|feld We advise you to take the oath oi
office of the president of the United
States without delay, and If it concur.
with your Judgment We will be very glat
if you Will come here on the earliest traii
to- morrow morning.
HUNT,
WINDOW,
(Sined.) JAMES,
MCVEAGH,
kIRKwOOD.
b NEw YORK, Sept. l9-The Evening Tel
tgTum's extra says that at the President
bedside holding his poor, emacIated hand il
her own, and watching with unutterable an
.,uish the fast vanishing signs of life, sat hi
faithful and devoted wife. During the clos
ing hours OF the Presidents career, aroun,
him Were other weeping friends, and physi
clans lamenting their powerltSsness in fac
|of the grim Angel of Death. Toward TIN
last the mind OF the sufferer wandered one
more back TO the old home at Mentor, sur
rounded by the dear ones, and amid thos
scenes where the happicst hours OF his lif
were spent. He thought he sat in his dea
old homestead again with bis loved one
around him, and gently .carcssing his aye,
mother in now her hours of feebleness, S
proud of her biz boy, his faithful wife an,
beloved children The mental suffering O
those present precluded the possibility O
tears. The scene was painful beyond de
scription. The blissful dream that robbie,
death of its terrors rendered the dying MAJ
for a moment unconscious. The cruel rend
ING of his once vigorous frame that was con
stantly going on amid the means of the rest
less ocean, mingled with the sobs of tn
loved ones as the lamp of life fiickered an,
went out forever and ever.
Member, Of the Cabinet.
Secretary Blaine and wife, and Secretar
. Lincoln aud wife arrived here last night an,
left at II O'Clock for Long Branch.
New York.
Sept -, , A N-The crowds Ill from
of the Herald, TriJuae and telegram off
ces is immense. 1t is impossible for tn
police to hold them back There is mucl
talk about Guittean. The general feelin
here is that Vice President Arthur vii
when President follow the policy of Gen
Garfield as close as possible 1t is state,
upon authority that no changes are in
tended III the Cabinet nor at the heads q
department officers. All the courts an
public places will close tomorrow. Ex
tras from the Evening telegram ar
bought faster than they can be printed.
The frc>,.
The HcrGH says: In his death the warn
hopes of sympathy and the aspiration of III
whole people are painfully disappointed.
The expectation o. his recovery was s
warmly cherished for 50 long a period tn,
it now adds to the pangs of public regre,
see so great and good man pass away. Al
Americans OF whatever religious faith an
whatever politics, the democrats who on
posed, and the republicans who supporte
his election are shocked alike by the blooi !,
deed which land him low.
Wa>hinsten.
The profoundest excitemen. prevail.
The sad news spread over the city iik
wild fire. creating the greatest eonsterna
non and SORROW. Great excitement nre
walls in the negro quarters The g,,ar
around the district Jail is being double,
and many extra precautions being taken
Three cordons OF sentries are now al,
tioEed around the jail, the outer one, h.
ing stationed inside the iron rai6ny,
Quite heavy guard has been placed |;
the Jail corridors.
-. Louis.
The excitement is more intensified tba
when the first news Of the assassin,
ton reached here.
New orleans.
The people are dumbfounded. Sorro,
prevails throughout the city irrespectiy
cf party