The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29
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itself occupied only fifteen minutes.
1t was delivered by blonde, smooth
faced, boyish- looking young man, the
pastor of Gen. Gartield's old church.
In the face of this opportunity many an
older man would have posed and at
tempted some very superior effort.
Not so Mr.. Powers. At the conclusion
of prayer a quiet signal was given by
the white-gloved undertaken, and the
pall.bearers advanced. The sun was
then streaming in through the dome,
bathing the centre in sunlight. During
the ceremony bat was constantly
flying about overhead. The pall-bear-
ers quickly seized hold of the coffin and
passed out upon the east front down to
the hearse in waiting. Grant and Hayes
we're the first to follow; President Ar
thur, Mr.. Blame, and the cabinet next,
then the diplomatic people, and after
that everybody. One senator, who was
rather rudely jostled upon his wav to
the door, was heard to say to a friend ::
'If there ever was time when should
wish for a limited monarchy, that time
is now" AS the crowd passed over the
spot where the coffin stood, several
VANDALS
made clutches at the floral offerings to
obtain "keepsakes" of the occasion.
AS the occupants Of the rotunda came
out, an imposing spectacle was present
ed to them from the high platform of
the east front. Every available space
upon the front of the capitol was oc-
cupied by eager spectators. Down the
center of the east front stood long
row of distinguished people, with the
two ex.presidents at their head. In
that row stood nearly all the represent
alive men of three branches of this
government. Just beyond Grant anG
Hayes was the hearse, right in front
of the spot where Gen. Garfield, sur
rounded by his family and brilliant
concourse, delivered his inaugural ad-
dress. About the hearse were fifty or
sixty officers of the army and navy,
an escort of honor. Out beyond the
crowd of officials, at the foot of this
front, was long line of troops, made
up of regulars and the militia COM
panies ofthe District. They ranged along
a aglittering line from one end to the
capitol to the other The Marine band
stood in the centre. Outside of this
military line thousands of people we're
massed, waiting patiently. The Knights
Templars in full uniform guarded the
streets. After placing large Greek
cross of flowers in the rotunda before
funeral began, the knights upon horse
back formed line ten feet apart from
the capitol to the depot. AS the Marine
band began clashing, shrill wall Of
sorrowful music, the troops wheeled
and with reversed arms moved slowly
away. The carriages followed. Twen-
ty minutes after. the front of the capi-
tol was deserted. AS the hearse en-
tered the depot, the avenue was blocked
with dense crowd. Upon every house
dark figures stood out in dark masses
against the sky So we'll regulated,
however, was everything and so orderly
was the crowd that the procession was
not delayed moment. The funeral
train left at the schedule time to q
second.
A RAPID RUN.
CLEvELAND, O., Scot. z4.-1ne train
arrived in Cleveland at twenty minutes
after 10. The journey was remarkable
one from the very fact of the time made.
and but for the terrible fate met by
party of section men on the Pittsburgh
and Lake Erie road, would have been
throughout most enjoyable one. The
special train which was rendered by
the Baltim ore and Ohio to the Wash
lngtOn correspondents of the leading
Journals of the country, owing to their
inability to secure places upon the
funeral train, had to be run at an ex-
ceedingly high rate of speed. as it left
Washington three hours after the
funeral train, and it was the determi-
nation to reach Cleveland at least three
hours ahead of it. Attached to the
press special were two palace cars con.
tanning the Columbia commandery of
Washington, of which President Gar
field was a member. The great desire
of the newspaper correspondents and
of the commandery was to reach this
city so far ahead of the funeral as to be
at the Euclid avenue depot when the
presidents remains were taken from
the train. This was promised by the
Baltimore and Ohio, and to do it the
speed of the special train had to be
maintained very high the entire dis
tance. Every means were employed
to make the rapid run without delay
or accident, and to this end the differ
ent roads on the route were closely
watched and
PILOT TRAINS
went ahead of the special train. Both
the funeral on the Pennsylvania and
the press special on the Baltimore end
Ohio arrived in Pittsburg at precisely
the Same nom ent and departed at the
same moment, the press special leav-
ing on the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie.
The pilot train was sent out twenty
minutes ahead, and just at the approach
Of the sixty-feet trestle bridge over
Beaver creek, near Fallston, saw and
warned party of trackmen to look
out for the special train. The men had
previously been notified of the coming
OF the special, and near by was quite a
little crowd of women and children to
see the press train by. NotWithstand-
ing all this, the trackmen lifted their
hand-car on the track and attempted
to cross the trestle-work on the track
ahead of the special. They had hardly
reached the centre of the bridge be-
fore the special struck them with fright
fuliresults. Three men were killed
outright. A fourth was lifted upon the
pilot Of the engine with the hand-car,
and fifth was sent flying through
space to the creek-bed, sixty feet be-
low. Two others were mortally wound
ed, both Of whom have since died.
The man on the pilot was taken into
one OF the cars on the train and at
tended by DR.. Townsend health officer
of Washington, and the first physician
TO reach Gen. Garfield after he was
shot. Another doctor fastened to the
man below. The man in the car died