Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-26
THE MARTYRED PRESIDENT.
Scenes at Cleveland.

| Scenes at Cleveland.
ARRIVAL OF THE FUNERAL TRAIN-raE GRAND
REST.
Special kilograms sent to THE STAR from
Cleveland Saturday night we're rs follows:
| The Baltimore and Ohio special train with
the newspaper men and Columbia Commandcry
arrived here at 1880 Am. having been detained
| an hour by the accident at Braiy's run and the
breaking OF piston rod afterwards The news
paper boys who left Washington yesterday morn
ing VIA the PENNSYLVANIA railroad We're detained
several hours by an accident to freight train.
and did not get here to-day until after those who
left last night by the b. and o. road Columbia
Commandery We're given the post Of honor on
the right of the line in the procession which
escorted the Presidents remains from the station
to the grand pavilion. The Tcmplars inside a
nne appearance and attracted much attention"
THE MOURNING DECORATIONS
| displayed here are Of the most elaborate charac-
ter. and there is hardly house i'm the city
without some mark of respect to the dead Presi-
dent There is one popularity in the decoration
which strikes visitors with much SURPRISE and
| That IS the large quantity of white Grape dis
PLAYED III many places, and the scantiness of
black. On many of the largest houses white pre-
dominates. and almost hides the black cloth from
view. The morning papers called attention to
this to-day. and suggested that it was in bad
taste. and ought to he changed: notice which
produced some change. and caused MANY per-
sons to remove the white altogether.
THE PRESIDENTS MOTHER
| Mrs. Eliza Garfield with the two small bows
of the dead President arrived here YESTERDAY.
and is stopping at Governor She!don's She
said this morning that she could not see why
they wanted TO take the body of her boy to
Washington and keep it there two days. instead
| OF br,nglngit home to her. She complained about
the delay IN getting here with the body She
told her daughter this morning that She was
glad she had not long TO live and would soon
| join her boy James.
RECEPTION OF THE PRESIDENTS REMAINS
The train with the Presidents body arrived at
LID at Euclid Avenue Station. and the body was
at once removed The procession was at once
formed and started down Euclid avenue which
was densely packed with people The memorial
arches under which the procession passed were
not complete, and neither was the grand payi-
ION erected in Monumental Park where the
BODY Is to lie in state. When the procession
came in sight workmen were hard at work try
ing to cover the wall with black cloth. The Co.
iumbia Commandery. Knights Tempiar of Wash
ington. had the right of line next behind the es-
coft The procession was quite long and took
over an hour to pass given point"
IMPRESSIVE SCENES IN cIEvELANp
special from Cleveland. Saturday night gave
the following description of the scene there after
the arrival of the funeral train:-.sThe scene ON
Euclid avenue was grand. impressive and affect
ing. There are few thoroughfares in tn. world
which rival this in beauty. The broad roadway
runs for miles between rows of stately dwellings
which are surrounded by spacious grounds and
sEaded by numerous trees from the station to
the public square. The sidewalks and broad
porches were fiiied with people. The display of
4 m of aiv,.r -
fronts was remarkable. Some of the larger man
sions were almost hidden in folds of black The
pillars OF portlcoeS were covered with black and
white. Large portraits of the murdered Presi-
dent were frequently exhibited. Huge anchors
OF black and white had been placed in the win
dows. Flags at halfmast with wide black bor-
ders ifoated from many lofty staff In some of
| these exhibitions rare taste was shown. The
avenue, like the business streets. had put ON
mourning garments, and in the outskirts of the
city. where the poor live i'm humble dwellings
the display was universal"
The procession moved slowly to the measures
OF a mournful dirge. AT 3 O'clock the vanguard
reached the black arch which spanned the
entrance OF the public square The roadways
around the square were blocked with peopi,
but there We're very few within the Enclosure
unfortunately. the arch had not been CON-
pleted and some of the wood work was not vet
covered with cloth, nor had the pavilion over
the catafalque itself been finished Men had
cNSA ooSns SusdSeu upon W All the morning
and the derricks were still by its side The
pavilion is an imposing structure. The floor
upon which the catafalque rests is 5I5 feet
| above the ground and is approached over an
inclined plane from the east and the west
The pavilion is square and the arclted Opepinos
| face the four points Of the compass At the
apex OF the roof Is a large gilded globe The
arched openings at the sides are "a feet wide
and so feet long The floor is As feet SQUARE
The columns at the angles of the pavilion are
| graced by minarets of festooned flags and
from each corner hangs a large black banner
| Draped field pieces are placed short distance
| from each corner. The facades are orna-
lrented with beautiful floral emblems The
| floral offerings displayed within the pavilion
are rare. and some of them deserve descrip-
ton. large cross of beg0nias and ivy, with
arms Of ferns and begonias, bears a heart
made OF rosebuds. Beneath is an anchor of
white basams. large Bible of white balsams
lies open, its pages studded with rosebuds. car
| nations and tuberOses. Part of beautiful altar
piece consists of an open book of pink and white
balsams and tuberoses, with pale yellow buds on
the pages. A cross of white balsams white
asters- white roses and carnations towers above
| It, tyre of balsams and rosebuds lies against a
green column. over which birds hover. An
other piece represents a dreary stubbie-ield.
brown and bare. bearing one garnered sheaf
at the foot OF which lies a sickle of balsams
and rosebuds and tuberoses. and the word
Gatnered In purple imm0rtelles. There is a
cS"oehh iotui PsCtufe Ol line GateS Alar. '"
monument Of white balsams and tuberoses
has its base banded with pink, aud upon the
apex is dove with folded WINGS There are
many massive emblems made If rare flowers.
lighthouse Of balsams. tubcfoses. begonias
and geranlum leaves, with broad base of fern
leaves and begonias, bears a shield on which. in
purple immOrtelIes are the words Garfield
beacon to pOsterity." In another structure the
states are represented by columns of ivy or
smllax, with the name of each in white immor-
telles. while over all is an arch which bears the
words Columbia m0uIns her SON." Another
example Of artistic skill represents a ship dis
mantled and wrecked, with her sails and ropes
torn She is beating upon rocks, and flowers
ana leaves are floating away on the waves.
list OF these offerings would be almost endless.
Two car loads of them We're sent from Cincin-
natl
VISITORS TO THE CATAPALQUE.
In Cleveland yesterday the day was bright and
beautiful, though rather warm. The streets be-
gan to be thronged very early. People poured
into the city by every ayenu of approach. and
All the railways ran every available car to &C
commodate the nnexampledcrowd. Monumental
PARK was, of course, the center Of attraction.
steel Wire was stretched around ten acres of the
park, and Soldiers patrolled the walks, keeping
fI1dxA f1,o zelda "a