The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1881-09-29

had been waiting for some time, members Of
the house and senate and some other officials
who had responded to an invitation of the SER
geant-at-arms to be present at the obsequies.
Among those gentlemen who were in waiting
were Senators ingalls,, Morgan, Pugh, Garland
and Davis Of West Virginia; Judges Harlan,
Mathews and Ex-Judge Strong OF the supreme
court; Congressman Randolph, Tucker, Viii
son, Townsend Of Ohio, Urner, Shelter.
Dessendorf, Thomas, Delegate Lana Of New
Mexico, Commissioner Raum, Sergeant-at-Arms
Bright. Thompson, ex-Congressman Phillipsof
Kansas and one or two capitol officials While
these two lines. preceded by all the officers Of
the army and navy and senators and congress-
men and otANs21 k4} f5qia fzll XeF9 FACES.
the gentlemen in the carriages following the
hearse had align ted. and the procession was
formed without delay to escort the remains Of
the dead president to its resting place in the
rotunda First following the casket came
President Arthur and Secretary Blaine; next
Secretary Window and Chief Justice Waite,
then Gen. Grant apa Secretary Hunt, Secretary
Lincoln, Attorney General MacVeagh, Secre-
tary Kirkwood, Postmaster General James,
Gen. Swain and Col. Rockwell, Mr.. Brown
and Col. Corbin, followed by a number
of the family and friends, conspicuous among
whom were DR.. Boynton and Marshal Henry.
They proceeded slowly up the steps, across
the portico and into the 1otunda and placed
the casket upon the catafalque and returned.
A guard of honor of the association of the
| Army Of the Cumberland numbering forty
men, then took charge of the remains and the
public were admitted to pass by from the east
| side to the west and look upon the face of the
deceased. There was very general express
| sion of regret among people who saw tho re-
| mains that the corpse had been exposed to
the public gaze at all. Many friends who had
| known President Garfield for years were SO
| shocked at his appearance that they immedi-
ately turned away and were heard to say
that they were sorry that they had looked
| upon him. They would have much rather re-
membered him as he appeared in life The
| ravages of the disease showed plainly upon
the face, and had it not been known who it
was, it is doubtful if many people who had
been acquainted with the president in life,
| would have recognized him. Added to the
| extreme emaciation of the features, tho char
| acteristics of the disease of which he died
| were plainly marked, and the face was GOV
| cred with large, coffee brown blotches pre-
aenkinp
The appearance of President Arthur and the
cabinet officers was very striking. All
showed signs Of intense grief and were
very much bowed down. The president
himself was pale, looking as though he had
passed through hours Of intense and restless
| grief. Secretary Blaine was particularly down.
cast, and walked with bowed head, and none Of
that elasticity Of step for which his movements
| have been marked, whether upon the floor of
| ho ,o,1h1io At 10
| coin and MacVeagh, as well as Secretaries
| Window and Hunt, also showed the deep
marks OF poignant grief upon their faces.
| Perhaps tie most cast-down of all were Gen.
| Swain and Col. Rockwell, who seemed with
| difficulty to repress their tears. Capt Henry
was also much overcome with the solemnity of
the hour, and no sooner had tie remains
| been placed upon the catafalque, and the
lid of the casket raised than he burst
J into tears and hurried from the building,
having given up all effort to restrain his feel
ings The gentlemen who had escorted the
remains to the resting place in the rotunda
took their carriages aad departed in various
directions, President Arthur and Gen. Grant
going to the residence of Senator Jones near
by. In all his movements the president was
accompanied by his messenger, who walked
| closely by his side. The ceremonies deeply
| AAApA OooCu luo CIONu tndU udO UeOu WdltluS dill
the afternoon without. When the band struck
up Nearer, my God. to Thee, as the procession
started up the steps, hundreds of people who
| were there were SO
| COMPLETELY OVERCOME BY GRIEF
that they wept bitterly This was true espe-
clally OF the ladies who were present. hardly
one Of whom could be seen who was
not weeping as if for q personal
friend or relative. The arrangements at the
capitol were perfect Sergeant alarms Bright
having sufficient policemen at his command to
preserve order and keep the crowd moving in
the right direction. There were also the mem
bers of the Army of the Cumberland. who will
| be on guard in detachments Of ten, continu-
! ously from now until the remains are taken
to the train for the last journey to the Cleve-
land cemetery. The crowd began Immediately
to pass into the building and by the catafalque
on which rest the remains, and increased in
numbers until by 1880 o'clock it was vast
multitude in proportions. It continued to
grow, until at IL o'clock tonight
the scene around the capitol is
very curious and striking. There
is dense line of people moving slowly up the
steps on the east front and stretching out clear
across the open space to the park beyond and
up the street, some twenty rods in length.
| Inev pass INTO the door but three or four
abreast, and when they reach the platform on
which the catafalque stands they divide ana
go by in single file to the right and to the left
outside the building, however, the line consists
Of ten or dozen persons abreast and moving
slowly, walking as closely to each other as
they can stand. The center of the building
from foundation to dome is brightly lighted
with gas, and the lamps outside are burning
also. 1t is curious to notice the
demeanor Of the crowd. The line
as it passes up the steps wears
reverent and solemn mien. but little further
away the people become boisterous and noisy,
until passing out at the farthest extremity,
where they are forming in order, the loud
talking and fippant laughter of the crowd
would indicate that they were bent rather on
journey for pleasure than going into the pres
ence of the dead-which fact seems to awe
them into silence as they approach the shadow
of the building The capitol will be kept open
until Friday afternoon, when the remains are
to be taken away; and up to a late hour to-
! night there has been no falling off in the
| thousands of people who are passing in to take