New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-28
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'''Ai ANAlhrY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fOA
1hE DISPLAY OF TOKENS OF MOURNING.
now is the President I" was the almost uni
Versal question in Brooklyn households yesterday
morning and at Observation-Disclosures tine bulletins ana
special dispatches from Washington in the morn
ing papers were the general subject of discussion
Inc ray OF hope held was slight relief to many
anxious hearts, which feared that the fatal tdings
had already come. When men met in business or
Oh the ears the same question asked aud the
gloomy prospect was commented upon with m0nru-
full shakes of the head. Anxious crowds surround
ed the bulletin boards of the telegraph offices in all
parts of the city during the day and evening
Mournful faces, set in sadness reso the news that
the dangerous and critical state OF the President was
away and walked with dOwncast faces In fbe
city offices, in the City Hall. Municipal Department
were posted stating the latest news from Wasbins
ton, and all who passed eagerly scanned them.
In the absence OF Mayor Howell from the city
President Black of the Common Conncil wrote -
Fire Commissioners Worth. asking him TO make
arran gements 1or toling the city bells upon trust
worthy information OF he Presidents death In the
event OF the Presidents death the public bui,dinos
churches, regimental armorics. and many stores
oIhces and factories will be draped In mourning
The bells of the churches will he tolled and every
possible external token of grief will be displayed
The services in many churches to-day will have a
character determined by the latest news from
Washington. -
The feeling in Newark Yesterday was one of nro-
found suspense and dependency. Crowds of peo-
pie were assembled about the bulletin cards all dav
Extras found ready purchasers and were eagerly
President The interest shown was as great as ON
the Saturday when the news was received of the
attempted assassination After the factories were
closed the workingmen crowded about the bulletin
boards with anxious faces, and turned away sad
9ened by what they read In all the Offices and
business places the Presidents imminent peril was
the absorbing topic of conversation. To-day the
Geographic dispatches from The White House will
be read in many of the Newark churches
Chief Engineer Farrier. of the Fire Department
OF jersey City has arranged for the ringing of the
hIe bells if President Garfield dies.
The shadow of national gloom brooded as well
over the resorts of pleasure upon the city yester
day. 1t relief TO escape from the continual
excitement of the reports from Washington and
good many people went to Coney Island, where onlv
the official bulletins posted People sat quietly
on the verandas by the seaside in the afternoon
and IT was seldom possible 10 count a dozen persons
upon the walk between Manhattan and the Oriental
hotels. No news of the Presidents condition
was received at the Island between
3 O'clock and half-past T. Visitors at
the hotels continually stopped before the bulletins
looked at the date of the last dispatch, and turned
away with disappointment depicted upon their
faces In the interval of suspense he usual acts of
entertainment tired, but the music found
many deaf ears. and the surf, though unusually
heavy, tempted more than a fair number of bath
ers into the sea. The day itself seemed to SYM
pathize with the universal anxiety. chilling
wind blew from the sea, and the was half hid
den behind a smoky film. through which il shed a
wan and sickly glare. hirlwinds of angry foam
chased one another along the beach. and
the sullen booming of the surf fell on
too sensitive ears like a prophetic dirge.