Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-29


feet below. Two others were MORALLY
wounded, both of whom have since
died. The man on the pilot was taken
into one of the cars on the train and
attended by DR.. Townsend, health
officer of Washington, and the first
physician to reach Gen. Garfield after
be was shot. Another doctor FASTENED
TO the man below. The man in the
car died in an hour, and the other
during the afternoon. Two men
/ JUMPED
from the car to the creek bed, sixty
feet down, and, incredible as il may
appear, escaped With uitling injuries
All on board the train were unanimous
that no blame could in any way be at
tached to the trainmen or to the road,
The section men deliberately violated
orders, and took the fearful risk which
resulted in death. The sad event
caused a delay of over two hours to the
special, and, had it not occurred, this
city would have been reached not later
than $50 a. NJ, or twelve and half
hours from Washington. In all, the
delays aggregated fully five hours, and
the actual running time averaged
nearly forty-tive miles an hour the en-.
tire trip. As it was, the newspaper
men reached here three hours in aid
vance Of the funeral, and an hour
ahead OF the Pennsylvania tram. which
left Washington ut 1890 A. NJ II ,,iay,
and on board eff which were Il small
party of Washington correspondents,
, who thought they would steal a march
on the boys who remained at Washing.
ton till night to so on the press special
The commandery was in time e. per-
|. feet It's form for participation in the re-
ception Of the presidents remains at
, the Eulcid avenue station, which is
three miles from the Union depot
THE FINAL RESTING PLACE
CLEVELAND, Sept. 26--The morning
, opened cloudy, but by eight o'clock the
heavens were cloudless, and the day
bid fair to be a perfect one. Through
out the city the streets are thronged
with surgipg crowds of human beings,
and different military organizations are
arriving momentarily The scene at
present is one Of confusion and hustle.
The arrangements for keeping the
route of the procession clear are said
to be as near perfection as possible.
Thousands upon thousands of persons
are gathered about the public square,
awaiting the commencement of the ex-
ercises. The city is mucn over-crowd-
: ed, all the hotels being over-run
,, with guests, and notwithstand-
ing the Inequalities extended
by private families. Many persons
: find great difficulty in obtaining meals,
to say nothing of lodgings. The mill
: tary and civic organizations are now
forming about the public square, pre-
I, patory to starting as soon rs possible
after the services commence. Ar
$ rangements have been made all along
, Euclde avenve TO supply the thirsting
multitudes in the procession as they
! pass. Firemen have been sta
2 toned at the fire plugs, and
i will draw water therefrom constantly
for distribution along the line of march
Many citizens along Euclide avenue
have also made arrangements to dis
e tribute lemonade to those in the pro-
< cession. The scenes throughout the
entire city during the morning, not
: withstanding the unavoidable hustle
? pressve. The military organizations
! formed in line on the cross of streets
l with muff1ed drums and heavily
draped colors. The Knights Temp
: lar marched from one street to
another with uncovered heads, pre-
, senting very affecting picture.
Every one shows an appreciation ofthe
solemnity of the occasion, and while
there are some few who are inclined to
be boisterous, the masses are orderly
and well-behaved, and expressions of
sympathy with the bereaved family
to he heard on all sides of the streets
through which the procession will pass
presents a very affecting and decidedly
solemn scene. The elegant mansions
all along the avenue which are GER
tainly as fine as any in the country, are
heavily draped with appropriate de-
, signs of mourning. The streets have
been nicely cleaned and sprin-
killed. throughout this morning
in order to obviate any accident from
the dust which might otherwise arise.
The interior Of the monumental park
has also been dampened by a mechan-
ical engine placed there for the pur-
pose of meeting any emergency which
might arise from fire.
All places Of business are closed, and
the city may properly said TO be in full
mourning in memory Of Ohio's Illus
trious patriot soldier and president.
In order to meet the demands Of strang-
ers, temporary lunch counters in
every conceivable mode for supply
7 ing food, have been erected in every
available space throughout the city,
even to the occupancy of unfinished
buildings, where tables are formed
with bricks, and property spead with
clean linen The citizens are using an
endeavor to accommodate the crowds
from early in the morning, until long
after the services were commenced.
The streets were lined with persons
pushing forward anxious TO reach
Monumental park and witness the last
ceremonies over the remains of their
beloved friend. The scene about the
square is one long to be remembered.
Every one appears impressed with SUI
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