Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-09-29

ment have received vast number Of tele-
grams of sympathy This dispatch has been
received by Mrs Garfield:
Words cannot express the deep sympathy
feel for you. May God support and comfort
you, as He alone can. (Signed) QUEEN, Balmoral
The queen also telegraphed to Lowell, Amer
ican minister, as follows:
'With deep grief I and my children learn
the sad, but not unexpected news OF the fatal
termination of the sutferings of the president
His loss is a great misfortune. I have
the the A president has p passed I" away" '
Similar dispatches were received from the
Prince of Wales, the Lord Mayor of London,
etc.
The Poet J. G. Holleud publishes the follow
ing, under the head of s'1he End"
wasp flew out upon our fairest son
And stung him to the quick with poisoned
shaft;
The while he chatted carelessly and laughed,
And knew not of the fateful mischief done,
And so this life, amid our love begun,
Fnvenomed by the insects hellish craft,
Was drunk by death in one long, feverish
draught
And he was lost-our precious, priceless one!
Oh, mystery of blind, remorseless fate!
Oh, cruel end Of most causeless hate!
That life SO mean should murder life so
great!
What is there left to us who think and feel,
Who have no remedy and no appeal,
But damn the wasp and crush HIM under heel?
Ex-Governor Thomas A. Hendricks, saws:
"The death of President Garfield is, next to the
dea h of Mr.. Lincoln, the most lamentable event
in American history.
Holland adopted by acclamation a motion
calling on the government to convey to the
American government an expression of pro-
founl sympathy.
In St Paul, Minneapolis and throughout the
country, all official business was suspended on
Tuesday, and buildings decorated wi h the hab-
lliments of mourning. Governors, mayors
judges and all classes united in their respective
spheres to do honor to the dead president.
Immediately after the opening of the United
States couit at st. Paul, Judge Nelson, in
trembling voice, eloquently announced to the
bar the great calamity. There was hush for
the space Of several minutes when his honor
had concluded, then Ron. John nj. Gilman
rose and in werds feeling, if few, expressed
the sorrow weighing down his own and the
hearts of his fellows, at their common bereaye-
ment. He said he did not deem regular mo-
tion fitting or necessary, but in behalf of the
bar he would request an immediate adjourn
ment until the next morning.
President Garfield was Free Mason and had
taken all the degrees.
The SUMS Long Branch special: Some lead
ing politicians who have had lifelong intimacy
with Gen. Arthur insist that the present cab.
met will be retained.
The extreme emaciation of the president was
surprise to the undertaken and embalmer. It
ls possible to clasp the leg above the knee with
one hand
A M Brown, Of New York. sent contribu
tlon OF 30, 900 to the fund to Mrs. Garfield
The manager of the Equitable Jnsur nee
company, of New York, says President G r
field had $25, 900 of insurance in that com
pany, and considerable more in other COM
panies.
It is stated that PRESIDENT Garfield left no
VIII, and that during his sickness he said he
Gld not wish to make one; that he was willing
to trust to the courts of the country to make
an equitable division of his property among
the members of his family. The value of tho
property is about $4,000, including his
house, which is mortyaged.
Benedict, the New York undertaken, said the
presidents facs had lifelike APPEARANCE
There was no look of pain on it. Hs looked
just as if he had fallen quietly asleep If he
suffered extreme pain, his suff orings must have
been short His form is greatly was sted, but it
is not skeleton by any means. The president
would be dressed in the same suit Of clothes
worn in delivering his Inauguration address,
with the exception of pair Of silk stockings
knit for him by his mother and latsly received.
Inc coffin is six feet three inches long covered
with blackcloth with velvet m,uld;ngs
The handles and thumb screws are solid silver.
lhe inside ls upholstered with white satin.
The coffin plate is of silver.
The hearse that was used at Springfield on
the occasion of the burial of President Lincoln,
is the property of Mr.. Jessie Armoth of st
Louis. He has rendered it to the mayor of
Cleveland to bear President Garfield to his
resting place.
On reaching Washington with the body Of
the president, Secretary Blaine alighted and
assisted Mrs. Garfield to descend. The officers
lifted their hats. Taking the right arm of the
seer etary of state and the left arm of her son
to the gates of the depot and entereda carriage
She was clad in mourning and heavy Grape
veil effectually shielded her face from observa-
ton. Mr.. Blaine had his eyes cast upon the
ground. He was ashy pale, and seemed utter
~ b roAen. Harry Garfield looked straight
snow, The stricken widow leaned
heavily upon the arms of her escort.
When President Arthur arrived in Washing
toD, and got into his carriage, he leaned back
against the cushions, and was scarcely visible to
the crowd who seemed to manifest the greatest
curiosity to see him. On the box beside the
driver sat sturdy man, who was the vice
ed policeman, club in hand, rode beside the
door nearest the sidewalk, and between it and
the coach. 1t was ev:eelt that the party fearal
that some lunatic might make an attack upcl
the presidents person, and tho precaution was
wisely taken. Until the ex-presldent was shot,
stcranks" in existence.
In Washington there was very general ex
preston Of regret among people who saw the
remains that the corpse had been exposed to
the public gaze at all. Many friends who had
known President Garfield for years were go
shocked at his appearance that they immedi-
ately turned away and were heard to say that
they were sorry that they had looked upon
him. They would much rather remember him
as he appeared in life. The ravages of the
disease showed plainly upon the face, and had
it not been known who it was, it is doubtful If
many people who had been acquainted with
the president in life, would have recognized
lures, the characteristics of the disease of which
were plainy marked, and the face was cover
ed with large, coffee brown blotches present
ing CHASTITY and unnatural appearance.
Some years ago Gen. Garfield, DR.. J. 8.
Robinson, Rev. DR.. Ewett of Cincinnati and
Chaplain Jones Of Garfield's regiment met and
entered into an agreement that when one died
the others would attend his funeral Tuesday
DR.. Robinson received from Mrs. Garfield the
following dispatch: "In fulflment of the old
promise, have DR.. Ewett, Chaplain Jones and
yourself meet me at Cleveland
Senior Don Barca, the Spanish minister, has
transmitted dispatch of coincidence from the
king of Spain to Mrs. Garfield.
The London Times has eleven columns of
news relating to the death of President Garfield
surrounded with mourning border
The Queen ordered the court to 60 into
mourning for President Garfield for week
from the 21st inst
The grand Masonic arch in 81. Paul, in men,
ory Of Sir Knight James A. Garfield, will cost
over 500.