Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-20
The Sce,,e at EIbero,,.

NEW YORK, Sept 19.-From the Times: A
Long Branch dispatch says the president died
lat 1875 tonight. All evening his condition
was Thought more comfortable. There was
IA feeling of congratulation on all sides that
The escaped another rigor which had
}been anxiously feared since
| the chill of morn. DR.. Boynton arrived early
i'm the evening, and even talked little hope
fully, and the people at the hotels prepared to
retire at the usual hour, having almo st no
Ito o'clock Secretary Browns cottage was
dark and apparently deserted. A few
of the more vigilant newspaper men
sat talking in the Elberen piazza, DR.. Boynton
among them. At 1920 colored messenger
|called DR.. Boynton out in the dark and whls-
|pered to him excitedly. The doctor then
turned back to the group of reporters, the
president is sinking very rapidly, he said, and
disappeared in the gloom across
|the lawn toward the presidents cot.
g .n.ngad In There %nuts Was the .no ns
house and word was quickly sent to the end
lof Long Branch that the president was greatly
sworse. At 1880 Capt. Ingalls, came across
from the cottage slowly as if nothing
Twas wrong, and when questioned,
answered very quickly, 'sI was
lust sent by the officer of the guard
Ito send one of my men to camp surgeon for
mustard for application to the president's
body. The reporters went out on the lawn as
far as the guard lines to wait for tidings. The
report that mustard had been sent for pointed
Ito the recurrence of another rigor. A voice
was heard saying
FIT IS ALL OVER, THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD. u
lit was Warren Young, one of the secretaries,
who spoke. In an instant the little telegraph
|office in Elberon was surrounded, and there
Twas shower of bulletins thrown on
two paralyzed operators. No more than
1.-THE simple announcement of the death
!cOuld be sent off, as the government at once
took exclusive use of the telegraph offices at
|Eberon. No personal dispatches were sent.
Warren Young sent the first official announce
|ment off to Washington and to Mentor. The
president had been dead half an hour, when al
|l1:l1, Secretarys Window, Hunt and James
arrived from the West End. They went into
|the hotel office and were met
10y MacVeagh, who led them away to the cot
|tage. At 1l:55 the members of the cabinet
Fwere at Franklyu cottage, engaged in consul
!tation. great crowd was outside for fur
|ther news, and the excitement is intense.
THE PRESIDENTS WORDS
when he felt the death pang at him were: 81
|am suffering great pain, and fear the end is
near" The lateness of the hour at which
news of the Presidents death was received
prevented it being generally known except in
THE principal hotels, clubs, and other places,
where men are accustomed to gather until
Hate at night. Many who heard the news on
lthe streets hurried to the telegraph stations
land newspaper offices for confirmation.
Early in the evening thousands, tempted by
the balmy air, walked on the streets. The in
3terest centered on the Illuminated banner on
the roof of the building at the junction OF
Broadway and Seventh avenue. The bull
!letins given then were quite IA
1vorable as late as 10 O'Clock.
and the corrodOrs of the hotels were
fdensely filled. The light of the camera was
turned off and the crowds slowly dispersed
THE last bulletin shown was encouraging
The crowds grew smaller and smaller.
PGuitcam's Punishneat- Letter from Gen
Sherman.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The following is
Ia letter from Gen. Sherman: In the interes,
sof law and order, in dealing with the assassin
IGuiteau, will appear in tomorrow mornings
Republican:
~. W NCpls Los u. m-IO
Hon. Geo. Z. Gorham-Mv dear sir: You and !
shave been comrades in California when vigil
sance committees assumed the sole control, and
I've know, or think we know how good, honest
fpeople have done some acts of violence under
ian honest conviction that they were doing the
fright thing, and we believe that time, the
great physician, will cure all things to the
patient.
have occasionally and recently heard some
arguments on the streets, some scraps of wis
dom enunciated, and now at this dread hour
when our noble, beloved president is lying In
the very agonies of death at Long Branrh,
and the cowardly, miserable wretch, Guiteau,
is covering in his cell at the public jail, it oc-
ours to me that you and 1 should,
in our respective spheres, make
profit of our past experience. No man on earth
holds in higher esteem the noble qualities of
j. A. Garfield than myself. was on the point
of starting to Chattanooga tonight to do
honors to the heroes of Chickamagua, oi