Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-21

P"DiiC oiHccS anu business oil The district
including the public schools, be closed an
suspended until further orders, and that al
public buildings strictly be Appropriated
draped In mourning, and they earnestly re
commend to their fellow citizens tn
observance of quiet and orde
during. the progress of the obsequie
Inc rotunda OF the capitol has been drapcd il
mourning and catofalque is being con
struGted. AS 1t is not known precisely wha
VIII NC done, The White house is also being
prepared for the reception of the remains.
| GUARD OF HONOR.
The guard of honor will consist of min,
general officers OF the army, nine officers O
the navy, nine below the rank of chapel an(
twenty-nine picked men of the army.
From the porch of the White house can
opy of black will be erected, extending to the
east room.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR.
There has not been any information sem
here to public officials as to when Presi
dent Arthur will arrive, but private dispatches
state he will come here tonight. There arc
various rumors aflOat of the purposes of the
incoming administration. Officials who are
close friands of President Arthur say there
will be no change of the cabinet before the
meeting OF congress- that the present cabi.
net Will retain their positions until con gress
meets, anyhow. In regard to an extra ses-
sion OF congress, it is not believed any Will be
called. Many think that the senate will moi
be convened IN extra session as the time for the
regular meeting is near at hand. There is an
opinion, however, that the senate will be con.
| yened at an early day, that under the circum-
stances President Arthur feels disposed to as.
semble the senate to assist in starting the adj
ministration. AS yet these matters are mere
speculations, as it is not likely that even
President Arthur has given any thought to
them. A leading New York Republican, who
has been on intimate terms with Gen. Arthur
lor years, says from his knowledge of the
man, he thinks he will convene the senate that
ne may have the advice of party leaders
DEPARTMENTS TO BE CLOSED.
Chief Clerk Crosby, of the war department,
this evening received the following dispatch:
Long Branch, Sept. 20, 5p. NIT has been
agreed here by all heads of departments, that
the departments shall be closed from this
| time until the conclusion of President Gar
neids fllnernl ceremonies in Washington, and
1t is. understood you will notify the acting
| heads of all departments of this arrangement.
The departments will be draped.
lSignedl ROBERT r. LINCOLN,
Secretary of War.
On receipt of this telegram Mr.. Crosby at
once sent copy to the acting heads of the
several departments.
MOURNING PAPER.
The departments are having mourning paper
printed for use in official business. Such
papers will be used for six months after the
presidents death. The paper now being pre-
pared is after the same pattern as that used
after Lincoln's assassination.
ARTHUR's PROTECTORS.
The following proclamation printed on
black and white paper, with heavy black bord-
er, was circulated through the city to-day:
Washington, Sept. 20, 1881, midnight
Fellow citizens: In the name of the new
headless trunk of the republic, you are
called to join at this minutes
notice the holy alliance of vigilants in order
to shield and guard until congress provides a
successor to the one and only life that stands
| at this hour under the constitution between
order and anarchy. Let us see to it that peace
| 10 the ashes OF him now canonized in the
hearts of his cOuntrymen, and that his sacred
dust shall not be scattered to the four winds
by factions or revolution. God reigns and
the government at Washington still lives.
| Address Key, of the National Vigilants oil
America, 2O619 Thirteenth street, Washington
War Department Orders.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O.-The war depart
ment will tomorrow issue an order that every
military post, station, fort and arsenal shall
60 into mourning for thirty days, and that all
| the expenses of the usual mourning observ-
ance will be paid by the government; that
Gen. Sherman will have charge of the general
conduct of the presidents funeral and all mat
tiers relative thereto; that schedule be pre-
pared and published giving the date of the
funeral, when the remains and escortage will
leave Washington; the time of arrival at each
station en- route to Cleveland, and the precise
moment that each stop will be made
en- route; thai all flags shall be
put at half mast for thirty days, that a
salute of thirteen guns shall be fired at sun
down, each day, for thirty days, and after
wards during the day atintervals of half an
hour, one gun from the rise to the setting of
the sun, and at close of every day national
salute of thirty-eight guns. Army officers
shall all wear mourning six months.
| Another order will be issued from the war
department tomorrow announcing to the
army the death of the president, and that
Vice President Arthur has been sworn in ac.
cording to law, as the new president and
commander in chief of the army.