, 1881-09-24
The Field Fund Now Rapidly Ap-
preaching Three Hundred Thou
sand Dollars.
Grandmother Garfield and Her
Afflicted Qhiltlren-Relnin-
fsccnccs.
Lsttera from Alfred Tenuyson, Dom Pedro,
Archbishop Tate, and Other Great
Men.
IN TIE 1,OTUNDA.
THE sEhVlCEB AND TIE AUDIENCE.
s$pettdt Qtsp1tfh TO Ihs Chleaoo Tribune


1VAs,1tSuroS, ID. C.. Seut. l.-'t'wpnty-
nlne wssks ugo today James A, Garfield WIS
sworn In upon tho front steus uf tho Capitol
ns President Of tho United states TmIny
Ile yyns carried down thnso stcns n cornsc.
The brief spa,, Of those weeks has ,r,nrkci
one Of the most eycntful periods of An,ert-
Gull history, The funurni services of
President Garfield were brief md I'M
pressiye. The ceasrIess tre.l of tnnsa
who came to my their Inst rcsuects
10 tho dead, when begun iuunc-
ltately upon tl,e arrlyal OF the re-
,utlins from Elbcron, did not end mill
this norl,tnr ut II o'clock. when tho rot,,nt!,,
was closed to allow tic Presidents old COM
rides III arms to prepare tor tbs solemnItIcs.
Yut tlut was hot tho only PURPOSE. Suut,
after these ,ut.sstyc bronzo doors closed, sey-
craI carriages wcro quietly driven to tho Can.
ltpl, n,,d tlose who observed ti,a1n uotfced Tin
cnrringo OF tic President, In which were
seutctl nersons In diam ,no,,rnin,
ry,r WIFE AM, c,,,1,,,,,nx o,s r,,r np,,.,.
DENr
Ind come to be alone with their deotl. Notice
Ut the intended visit l,ad beon gIyo, 10 tic
authorities, aiul Sorgeuut-at-Arms Bright
WIS ready at tito stcps to meet thon,. Mrs.
Garfield, i'll tho deepest black, resting upon
the arm Of Gen. Swain, her husbands
trusted friend n,d faithful nurse, entered tile
rotunda, preceded by tic Sergeant -nt-Arms,
md followed Iy Harry Garfield with Ills
sister Mollo Of, his left arm and Miss Rock
well OH Ills right. Col. and N[rs. Rockwell,
the Attorlley-Genprni and Mrs, Swain COM
ptetad the party. As they passed through
tic rotunla from the north the ,lour closet
behind them, and no one wns admitted. ,rhe
party which accompanied Acr to tho door
stoupetl thurs fur hriof lDok Mt tin vnst ru-
trnda In Its funeral trapings. Meanwhile
tho lid Of tho casket had been removed, The
widow Of tho President lind requested TINT
her visit should be rs prlynte ns possibte
uer wish WAS sacredly respected, As sho
approached the yotuuda the guards turned
their faces to t,e wall, and, as eoon us sho
was Iii tho rotu1lda they left It. a1ul the pnriy
who accompanied tpr Withdrew mud the
door WAS closed,
THE WIFE wAs WITH HER nEAn 1r,snAvn
ALONE.
She remained there for twenty minutes,
No human eye observed hcr, NJ o,.v seoks
to Invade that sncrea privacy, What Imp
pened there IL known only to tic Deine who
Is the friend OF tho widow alltl the futlerless.
Mrs. Garfield retired, aud did not return to
the cerumuues at the Capitol. Si,o haa taken
her last look ut her dead. She had seen tho
wealth Of flowers. tho loved offering OF her
owl, coul,trymel, a.,d tho tribute OF Enntpnd's
Queen, .Sho lad seen what she should not
l1yo seen, nrd tho lid wns turned down upun
I,er husbaud's {aco forever. Those who saw
l,or for au instant rs shu was tcnylnp
obsoryod ttat she was worry paic, although
lier eyes did not 9tye eyltlenoe Of regent tenra.
ller hcad was bowed, but she walked with n
firm step. She loft tho Capitol behind her,