Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-21


ing. Locking at the Capitol it seems big
white picture with fiecks of shadows here and
| there. There has been large quantity of Grape
used in outside and inside decoration. but it ap-
pears to be no more than a few yards when the
vastness of the white pile is contrasted with it,
| The decorations. commencing at the top of the
| building. show harmony and taste. The statue
| OF Liberty which surmounts the Capitol build
| ing is without adOrnment. Just below it the col
| umnS which circle around are tied with black
| bandages with a rosette of black in
the center. The balcony just below these col
| umnS is feStOOned from section to section. At
| each larger rail there is rOsette. There is big
jump dOwnwards before any more decorations
| are seen. The white space between the two re-
liefs OF black stands out strongly. The next place
where black appears is on the large balustrade
around the bottom of the dome The rim of
the balustrade is covered with black. There is
rosette where each section of stone pillars join
| together. A pendant of black hangs from each
rosette. The same system of decoration is OBJ
served arOundth balustrades onthe roofs of the
| House and Senate chambers and on the corre-
spending balustrade that surrounds at the same
attitude the base of the dome. The big columns
below have bands around them, from which two
large strips of black are pendent This form ex-
tends all around the building. All entrances to
the building are feStOOned i'm black. The figures
OF the baS relief on the east front are so draped
with the Grape that they seem to hand one fold
| OF the black from hand to hand in graceful con-
tinuance. The statues in inches around the
building are hung in black. On the whole. the
blg white pile has put on very handsome
| mourning dress.
IN THE ROTUNDA
| Is the catafalque 1t is in the center of that
seemingly small but really large area About
| six inches from the stone floor there is a plat
| form covered with black velvet Upon it rests
| the str ucture upon which the coffin is to ie 1t
| is about three feet from the platform 1t is
| four feet wide and about seven feet lone If
in fhn nf
rOundings. 1t is covered with heavy black velvet
and silk. A silver rim is at the head and
| foot The body will be placed there in it's
colin and be guarded until it is taken west
AS soon as the catafalque was finished to-day it
| was covered with the American flag. 1t is the
same bier upon which rested the remains of
president Lincoln. Chief Justice Chase, Senator
Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens The surround
lngs are decorated in good taste. Looking from
the catafalque each of the four entrances to the
rOtunda are hung heavy with black. There is
rosette in the middle of these hangings and one
at either side. The large pictures which hang
on the walls around are draped with rosettes
and pendants of black cloth. On the cornices
ABOVE the pictures there is a repetition of black
and pendants with rosettes. The first room of
big windows above the cornice are i'm black:
also the balustrade below, which constitutes the
| first inside balcony. Above that there are no
decorations. The House and Senate chambers
are in black. All of the many corridors and ap-
proaches thereto are hung along the walls in
black, with rosettes and crossed drapings over
each archway, whether to door or otherwise
THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES HERE.
telegram was received last night by Rev.
u. Power, pastor of the Christian church.
through Private Secretary Brown from Mrs
GARFIELD, asking that he conduct the funeral
services here on Friday at o'clock.
At the White House To-day.
THE WORK OF PACKING PRESIDENT GARFIELD's
EFFECTs-MRS. GARFIELD NOT TO RETURN TO
THE MANSION.
The White House to-day was a scene of pack
ing and decoration in black. Mr. Pruden was
busy during the whole morning in filing boxes
and directing them. A large amount of p iy tie
property will 60 from the White House. The
President had an unusually large amount of pr-
Vate papers, even for man who has been i'm
public life as long as he has. All of them were
neatly packed in white pine boxes and sent to
the express office. The house was closed to
outsiders. Three wOrkmen were busy put
ting the last touches upon the heavy
ana handsomely arranged decorations of the
mouse. The ushers were on hand. but had moth
ing to do but wait and look On. The house looks
very gloomy both inside and out The arrange
ments which had been made to lay the BODY in
state in the East room were abandoned The
drapings of black which had been berun were
torn down. and the raised dais for the catafaloue
was removed before it had been COMPLETED
Word had been received that the body would
be taken directly from the depot to the Can
lt0 and would not be even brought to the
White House. The preparations for the recep-
ton OF the Presidents family at the house.
which were made with such dispatch YESTERDAY,
go for naught. Mrs. Garfield will not return to
the White House. A telegram was received at
the house this morning from Mr.. Brown, the
late Presidents private secretary, stating that
Mrs. Garfield and her family would be the guests
OF Mrs. MacVeagh, the wife of the Attorney
General during her stay in this city. Mr. Brown
also telegraphed for carriages from the White
House to meet them at the depot. OF her i'm
mediate family Mrs Garfield will be ac-
companied only by her eldest son Harry and
her daughter. Miss Mollie The younger chill
dren are in Ohio, and James. the second son, is
down with malarial fever at Williams College.
unable to attend the funeral of his father. The
White House is ready for President Arthur and
his family as soon as they see tit to move in.
The Cooperation of the District Authorities.
The following dispatch was received this
morning by the District Commissioners:
"LoNG BRANCH, Sept. 90, 1SSl.-To Messrs
Dent, Morgan and Ttoining Commissioners Dis
t,'ict Of Columbia: Confer with Adjutant General
Drum. Shall De very thankful for your cooper
atlon (SigneO ]. G. BLAINE"
On receipt of Mr.. Blaine's dispatch the Com
missiOners held a consultation with Major Drum,
who asked simply for detail of 100 policemen,
and that the District militia be called out as an
escort.
The haste in which the preparations have to
be made for the reception of the remains in this
city precludes the possibility of a civil escort,
but the citizens of the District will be called upon
to make up principally the procession on the
day of the funeral ceremonies, and departure
OF the body for Cleveland. The duty of the
body guard Of Knights Templar will cease on
the starting Of the train from the city.
CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY
There seems to be conflict between the Dis
trlct Commissioners and the members of the
school trustees in relation to the order issued
yesterday by the first named for closing the
pubic schools during the laying in state of the
Presidents remains and the funeral obsequies
me president OF the school board
takes the ground that the Commits
sioners have no jurisdiction of the
case and have given no cooperation in the mat
ter, by issuing orders to close the schools. The
meeting of the school board has thus been
called tonight to take action upon the subject
OF interference by the Commissioners with du-
ties strictly pertaining to the trustees. The
Commissioners think they have not erred in
their action. As the matter stands some of the
schools are closed to-day and Others are kept
open. The pupils will certainly not be held to
an account for absence from the schools under
the circumstances