The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-09-29

ioua obsorvances were taking place. All the
sad procession began to f1lo down the grand
stood waiting to receive the RENAME. The
spectators had been warned OF tho close Of tho
ceremonies within, for the officers Of the army
taken their places in double lines near tho
hcarsc, and
STOOD UNCOVERED
for tho procession, headed by the dead. to pass
bstweon. The bugle sounded mournful blast
as the pail reached tho head Of the steps.
First camo tho clergy, then the bier, wreathed
in ferns and immortelles Next walked
the mourners, DR.. Boynton and G.
O. Rockwell frat, and then tho secretaries
Of tho White Houses, and Ex-P Presidents Grant
and Hayes walked together, followed by
President Arthur and Secretary Blaine, Secre-
James aud wife, Assistant Secretary Hit and
Mrs. Blaine. Secretary and Mrs Kirkwood. and
Gen. Beale and the diplomatic corps, two by
two. the Turkish minister aud his secretary in
'front.' After the foreign representatives
came tho justices Of the supreme court. and
then the senators and members of tho house
Of representatives. While the procession
moved down the steps the escort had started.
Tho military was under command Of
Gen. Ayers and staff OF the army,
and Gen. Amos Webster and stan,
Of tho militia Tho Same order
participated As on tho previous occasion when
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capitol to lie in state. The escort walked
arms reversed. They went back % they camo
down the hill to the south Of tho capitol. Tho
remains were placed In tho hearse and the
various portions Of
THE PROCESSION
entered carriages In the order they came out
Of the rotunda. Meanwhile the band played
In the Sweet By and By. The officers of
the army and navy and tho pail bearers
chosen from the congregation OF
the presidents church by Mrs.
Garfield walked after the hearse, which did not
move until the military was we'll on the way to
the depot The people rushed from the hill
and swelled the crowd that before had lined
the avenue when the procession started, and
literally followed tho remains on its journey to
the grave as far as they could force their way,
to the ropes that cut OF the approach to tho
depot At the station the escort was drawn up
and stood for ten minutes awaiting the arrival
OF the cortege, tho marine corps and the ar
tillery in tho center, tho militia ON the right
and the mounted commentaries of knights
Templar on the left, stretched in
facing the east, from which
6irooti0n ho haor ;k~% v.;,
were moving. The depot was closed. Mrs.
Garfield, accompanied by Col. Rockwell, Gen.
Swain, Miss .Mollie und Harry Garfield, Mrs
DR.. Power and ono or two other ladies, had
come down an hour before and were waiting
through which the remains were to pass, we're
ranged the guard Of honor in two files, on the
one side the officers Of the army, and Oh tho
other the navy. On the part Of
there were Gen. Sherman, Lieut Gen. Sheri-
den, Maj Gen. Hancock, Adjt Gen. Drum
and Quxrtermaster General Meigs. For the
navy oppo site, stood Admiral Rogers,
Admiral Stanley, Commodore English,
Surgeon General Wales, Pay Director Luca,
and vico Admiral Rowan Finally the pro-
cession appeared at the corner Of Sixth street,
The troops were brought tc Z present arms,
aud tho Marine band played = solem dirge.
The sliding gate was showed back, and the ten
artillerymen who were to bear tho casket
marched out with the precision Of automatons
and stood waiting at the curbstone for their
burden. The white: horses, typical Of death,
were slowly led up to their places, and the
hearse stopped The pail bearers opened the
1Oor ovuin un,N%% ho aLot <1,o,
delivered to the stalwart soldiers who were to
The thousands gathered in the streets
silence that was oppressive The slightest
roared out the parting salute it sounded rs
though thunderbolt had crashed through
the dome Of the heavens, SO startling was it,
coming out Of the breathlese stiffness. Then
the drums gave muftied roll and the soldiers
with their burden disappeared forever from
the gazing multitude without The guard Of
other officers Of the army and navy followed
they had marched from tho capitol.
THE FIRST CARRIAGE
that came up brought Dr. Boynton. C. O..
Rockwell, Col Corbin and Private Secretary
Brown. From the next alighted Secretaries
Preden and Hend]ey. The ex-Presidents
Grant and Hayes stepped from the next,
and the rest Of the secretaries from
the White House followed them in the next
two vehicles The president and Secretary
Blaine came next, and as they alighted ard
went slowly in utter their predecessors the
pale faces Of these two grand looking mon
caused murmnr Of comment to run through
thu crowd The hnot of1cora and t1oir
wives came next and passed through the gate
in solemn order, Gen. Beale accompanying
Secretary Kirkwood, and Assistant Secretary Of
the State Hit escorting Mrs. Blaine. The
carriages containing the foreign representa-
tives slowly passed on by the entrance to the
depot, none Of them alighting, and the
vehicles, countermarching, returned the
way they came. The spectators watched
with great interest this assembled medley
of nationalities, from the blonde Scandinavian
to the brown Turks, and the yellow skinned
Chinese to the dark, olive-t tinted race Of the
Southern republics. All wore full dress, char
acteristic of their native countries. The
Chinese minister, Chin Ian Pin, and his suite
with the great yellow and red conleal hats, and
the Turks with the red fez were conspicuous.
The Chinese, ont of respect for tho dead, had
white emblems Of mourning around the edges
of their flowing sleeves. All the carriages con-
tinued to move slowly by until those contain
Ing tho carriages OF the supreme court were
reached. From those alighted Chief Justice
Waite and Associate Justices Harlan aud Mat
thews, and ex-Associate Justice Strong. They
WENT THROUGH THE GATE
also to the train. The senators and members
Of congress now began to arrive. The two
trains were drawn up side by eide, the ono
on which the remains with the family Of the
dead president. the cabinet, pail bearers and
guard Of honor with their aifles were to be
carried being on the right 1t was composed of
six cars trimmed in black within aud without
Along the upper panels was passed broad
belt of Grape and on the sides were placed tri-
anRled pieces Of shirred stun with the bases
OF the triangles turned toward either end and
the pieces brought together in the center.
Very little was to be seen of the original ex-
terror. 60 literally had the drapery been put
on. Within was the same profusion
OF draping. The car which bore
the remains was almost lined with
black. The pail rested on q catafalque placed
near the center, and the soldiers rode in the