The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-10-01
SAD SUNDAY SCENES.
The Throngs that Poures into the
Forest City TO Pay the Last
Honors to the President.
The Weird Spectacle Presented by the
Catafalque.

Special Dispatch to the lntclligencer.
CLEVELAND, O., September 25.-
This has been memorable day in
the history of this city and of the
whole country. The pageant here
exhibited has never had its parallel
in the world. A city of 10000 in
habitants has suddenly been filed by
quarter of a million Of people.
Cleveland is a great railroad centre,
and from Saturday noon until mid
night Of this memorable Sunday the
trains have been arriving from all
points of the compass in a perfect
stream, bringing not only their thou
sands but their tens of thousands.
Vast trains, running in sections Of
twenty cars to the section, have been
constantly coming in from as far
west as Chicago, as far east rs Buffa-
10, as far south as Cincinnati, as far
southwest as indianapolis, and as
far southeast as Pittsburgh. The
streets have been one vast jam of
thronging humanity, all eager to look
upon this wonderful pageant. The
regular dispatches have told you of
the preparations made for the recep
ton of the Presidents remains, includ-
ing the catafalque in Monumental
Park-known here as the public
square.
No limited description can do JUS
tice to the appearance of the park
and much less to that Of the whole
city. The elaborate draping of the
whole city is something almost in
credible, considering the brief time
in which it has been done. Some of
the work is of the most artistic char
acter The INTERVIEWING of black and
white in the way of plain and fancy
work must be seen to be appreciated.
The archways, built and draped at
no small cost, are striking feature,
at several principal points, those com
handing an entrance to the park,
being especially noticeable. The
catafalque in the centre of the park
is master piece of work, not only in
extent, but in its elaborate and com
plete adornments. 1t seems as if it
must have taken weeks to build and
drape it, instead of only three days.
But the scene that has attracted all
eyes is the stream of human beings
that have walked all day long be-
tween files of soldiers into the park
and through the catafalque on each
side of the casket. This throng has
walked four deep all day and all
night long, and has passed the cas-
ket at the rate of 2l0 per minute by
actual count, which would be 1900
per hour or 252, 900 in 90 hours. l
stood within the catafalque for half
an hour to-day and watched this
throng as they passed in solemn pro-
cession, every man with barred head,
and all with bowed and reverential
faces. 1t was a sight to look upon
and remember forever. 1t showed
more than words can tell the tender
feelings of the great American mas
ses for the lamented dead.
Tonight the catafalque is brilliant
ly lit up by electric lights, bringing
out in most impressive relief the sable
adornments and the wealth of flowers
that in every design are beautifully
dressed within the funeral edifice
The electric light shows the process
sion at long distance, those coming
up Superior street into the park and
those passing out ON the east side
The scene is like some wierd specta-
Gle of the Arabian Nights, and alone
is worth coming to see.
To me the most inseresting of al
to-day's scenes was the gathering Of
the Hiram fellowship in the Presby
terian church on the square. The
speakers were all classmates or pu
pills of Garfield's at the Hiram Col
lege. Their words came from theil
hearts. They all bore testimony il
words and tears of the profound low
and respect in which this gifted mar
was held He seems to have known
everybody on the Western Reserve
AS the Chaplain of his old regimen
, said to-day, "this whole country
parched though it has been by thu
drought, is wet with the tears of thu
: people for Garfield"
: -morrow's procession to TIL
) cemetery promises to be the most i'm
mense and magnificent civic and mil
itary display ever seen in this or an.
other land.
Col. Ben Wilson said, in speakin:
Of the universal honors paid to tn
dead President, that any man nigh
well be willing to die to be thus can
onized in the hearts of his country
men.