Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-21
OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT ORDERS
Recognizing c. A. Arthur as Presi-
dent.
Especial Telegram TO the GLOBE

ELBERoN, Sept. 90 a. m.-Ere this hour
to the civilized world has been announced the
news of President Garfeld's death, which oc-
Cured last night at 1885 by our time.
Though not unexpected, his demise was
rather sudden, for the physicians had given
correspondents and others not about the bed
side TO understand that the sufferer might
linger day or two longer. From perfect
quiet and comparative confidence, the night
being quiet and uneventful one, the transit
tion to a scene of heartthrobbing excitement
came without word of warning
Ladies and gentlemen were chatting about
the hotels in the usual listless way COL
Rockwell had just been over and said every
thing was all right and that he believed the
President would pull through yet. The first
word of warning came when a messenger
came flying across the lawn. He said that he
was after some mustard and that the President
was sinking very rapidly. Then the guards
.IEe9ut the cottage were doubled and for ten
inmates there was q narrowing anxiety,
broken by the intelligence that came moment
later tLatthe President was dead.
A messenger went flying for the members
of the cabinet, and few minutes after gal
loplng horses brought them to the porch of
Nhe Elberon, where General MacVeagh met
them. James, Kirkwood, Window and Hunt
br, ,Ee through the crowd of correspondents
sssemhle-d on the porch, and walked slowly
tbro,o, tbo '~rkness across the lawn to the
Francklyn cottage. A mounted orderly cried
out:
"Who goes there!'
And almost as soon as he poke the omcer
in command of the guard cried out give
way for the members of the cabint>t," 1hey
returned separately later, except Gen. Mac
Veagh, who made an official state
ment of the occurrence. 14oey
had but little to say. The shock of the
sudden death appeared to have stunned them.
Mrs. Garfield at last had broken and was weep
ing bitterly and Mrs. Rockwell was with her
while little Lulu Rockwell was with Mollie
Garfield
At the time the President was announced
dead the following persons were in the death
chamber: Drs. Bliss, Agnew and Hamilton,
Mrs. Garfield, Molle Garfield, Col. Rockwell,
Mrs Rockwell, Gen. Swain, DR.. Boynton,
Lulu Rockwell, J. Stanley Brown, and attend
ants n. L. Atchison, John Richard Lancaster
and Daniel Spriggs, the Presidents body SER
want.
At the evening bulletin his condit ion was
thought trihe more comfortable. There
was feeling of congratulatien on all sides
that he had escaped another rigor which had
been anxiouslY feared since the chill Of the
morning. DIR. Hamilton during the early
evening talked even little hopefully, and the
people about the hotels prepared to retire at
the usual hour, having almost no fears of i'll
news before morning. A few Of the more
yiglant newspaper correspondents and re-
porters were seated in the waiting room of the
Elberon, interviewing Dr. Boynton, little
before 10 o'clock. He was very conservative,
and expressed but little hope. He said that
ANYTHING might be expected. AS he was
talking a messenger came and logged his
arm. He was called away, and returning
after a moment, said the President wa:
sinking very fast moment later he dis
appeared About five minutes later, Warner
Young, one of the executive clerks of tn
White House, came out, running, saying
can is over The President Is dead ~
This news scattered the crowd of CORES
pondents, who dashed away to the telegraph
offices.
THE MESSAGE TO ARTHUR.
At seven minutes after midnight Genera
McVeagh came into the Elberon and said t
fine group there assembled: Gentlemen,
have here dispatch which l will read t
20, then read the dispatch of the cabine
He 'sg Vice President Arthur to com
summon ~ow upon the earliest train for til
here to-morl, og the oath of office.
purpose Oh IaAiL THE DEATH BED.
SCENE AT who was at the Francl
A privileged vlsi'or affecting picture @
the scene that occurred in Il. .oated Nv :,
ne saws that Mrs. Garfield was Noon neor
side of her husband, where she has I'd th
all the time since his death' a. zen
she refused to leave him MOL.
She holds her husbands hands, and rups Tue.
&c ;f she hoped to put some life in tnen
MoIlie Garfield is leaning upon her latnei
ohon1der. while Col Rockwell ana oe'
Swain remain with them, begging them III
to give way to too much griei. l.;
Another eyewitness, who was present u"
ing the close of the struggle IN the D Oe
chamber, says there was no scene. MIS- I'd
field retained her wonderful composure
the last. She sat gazing at her husband
great tears poured fast down her cheeks o'
abe said nothing. Every now and then &C
Ind; hat