Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-09-29
THE FUNERAL C0RTEGE.
Removal of the Assassinated
President from Long Branch
to the Capitol.
The Dead Executives Remains
Displayed to the Public at
the Cottage.
Both Form and Visage Sadly
Changed by the Weary
Weeks of His Gallant
Fight,
Simple but Affecting Religious
Services Prior to the De-
parture from Long
Branch.
The Journey Back to the National
Capital Past Towns and
Cities Draped in Black.
Reception Of the Cortege at the
Washington Depot by a
Throng Of Civic and
Military Celebrities.
The Progress to the White
House Made Through
Streets with Silent
MuItitudes.
THE DEAD PRESIDENT.
Vio~ing the Remains.
AT TIE COTTAGE.

Chicago Times, SEPT. II.
Just two weeks ago yesterday Gen.
Garfield was brought here. His body
was returned this morning by the same
people who brought him to Long
Branch. 1t was the same engine, the
same engineer, ,-Wm. Page,--the same
conductor J. N. Whelpley, and the
same superintendent of one of the 0i-
visions of the Pennsylvania railroad,
NJ. Provost, who accompanies the fu-
neral train to Cleveland. There was
was not sufficient notice given of the
fact that the public would be allowed |
to see the body this morning at the
Francklyn cottage TO bring much Of a
crowd. Those who came were the Wis
itors at Long Branch, the people who
live in cottages, the local people from
the villages and the country about.
The notice was not printed in New
York early enough to admit of persons
coming even from that near point. |
Probably five hundred gathered about
the ElberOn hotel this morning, in the
neighborhoOd Of half-past 8, when the
cottage was thrown open for the first
time since the presidents arrival. The
morning was bright and clear. The
air was crisp and fresh. A stiff breeze
blew from the sea, making day in
marked contrast to the comparatively
sultry one of yesterday. In front Ct
the ElberOn. on Ocean avenue was
A LONG LINE OF CARRIAGES,
made up of the equipages found at
Long Branch. Dog.carts, village
carts, victorias, landaus, and drags
were crowded together just back of the
line of people that reached around
from the track laid for the purpose of
bringing the president here. Beyond
the ElberOn cottage down TO the sea-
shore two lines of guards were station
ed at the time the cottage was thrown
open. North of the Francklyn cot
tage was lawn-tennis ground. The
line of sentries stood just inside the
tennis netting. Upon the north of the
cottage, Just over the Gordon, the peo-
pie came together in V-shape, the
point of the V resting upon the east
porch of the Elberon hotel. The ar
rangements for the public view of
President G rneld's remains were of
simple and modest character. The
casKet was placed in one of the
west rooms on the ground floor of the
cottage. The room itself was quite
small. 1t wouldn't hold over fifty
people. The furniture was of the kind
ordinarily found in cottages by the sea.
The floor was Of plain oak, unstained.
In the centre of the apartment was a
large Turkish rug. The walls were
painted with some neutral tint.
japanese curtains Of simple charac-
ter hung upon the walls. In the centre,
upon the rug, was
THE CAsKET,
very plain black one, with silver Or
naments. There was not a single
flower in the room, or an attempt at
anything like decoration, beyond two
beautiful palms that lay upon the foot
of the casket. The coffin was opened
as usual where body is exposed to
public view. An orderly in uniform
was stationed at the north and south
doors. The casket lay with its head
to the south. Inside the room were
several white house messengers whose
duty it was to move the crowd along
rapidly, allowing no one to stop. At
$3.50 the doors opened and people were
allowed to 60 in single file. During
the hour the room was opened to
visitors some six hundred people passed
through. Gen. GarGeld's body was
dressed in plain black suit with a
black tie at the throat. His face had
changed so remarkably during his ill
ness that when the people who knew
him came to view it this morning they
were absolutely shocked, Very few
would have recognized it as the face
of Gen. Garfield at all. 1t was
THE vIsAGE OF AN OLD MAN,
worn with the fatigue of years. His
brow was corrugated and set with deep
I lines never known upon it before July
2. His nose seemed to have lost Its
character; his cheeks were shrunken to
an extreme degree. His countenanct
did not show as much emaciation as II
did the evidence of extraordinary suf
ferlng. The sight of his face, so worr
with anguish and torture, affected
many to tears as they passed by tn,
casket. The bell in the little chape
near by tolled during the hour Tn,
funeral train was backed in a. few
moments before the cottage wa
opened. The cars were draped il
black and the engine in black. TIL,