Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-22
THE DEAD PRESIDENT
LYING In STATE At THE CAPITOL.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR TO-M0RROWS CERE-
M0hlES.
Scents NJ The Capitol To-day.

ht'"> III tHt SdPtu IO-GtN.
AN ENDLESS IiNE OF PEOPLE-vIEwING THE
REMAINS ot THE DEAD PRESIDENT.
There had never before been such a scene as
the Capitol witnessed TO-DAY. The stream OF
people was endless They stopped passing by
the body of the late President about O'Clock
TINS morning. There was a respite then until Z
O'Clock this morning. when they commenced to
come again. They have kept it up all day long
and will continue until the funeral. 1t would
be simply impossible to estimate the number of
people of all ages. who passed by the clay of
President Garfield to-day 1T was a bewilderin9
constantly moving stream. A STAR reporter
stood by the catafalque. and. after counting a
number of times. made the average that Is peo-
pleeyery minute looked in through the glass upon
the features of the dead. Outside the Capitol
from the east ,,orticO there was a scene of
moving life. As far as the eve could take in
the stream OF people We're formed into line. BY
noon the line reached to LIST street. to A and
along a to I'd street. At one O'Clock the line
had extended much urther. and it was still be-
ing added to. The additions were greater at
the end of the line than the number who went
out of the west door of the rotunda after glanc-
ing at the face OF the dead as thev passed by.
There was no pushing anywhere along the
line There was DO excitement. The peO-
pie waited for hours, content to stand
In the sun and advance towards the
bier inch by inch. Some people had stood
In line fully three hours before they passed the
coffin, and in one blief glance paid their tribute
Immediately in front of the east portico there
was heterogeneous gathering. People who
did not get in line stood by i'm crowds and
watched the faces of those marching on to the
entrance as they slowly filed by two and two. No
more than that number were allowed abreast i'm
the line of march Carriages were parked all
around the plateau east of the Capitol. Their
occupants did not get out but seeing
the rush cOntented themselves with watching
the pilgrimage of the thousands who slowly but
surely got nearer the point for which they had
started. Many colOred people from Virginia and
Maryland had come afOOt and i'm the oldest kind
of vehicles to take look at the late chief of the
nation They were but poorly clad. They
showed in their faces and general appearance that
they had travelled far by the highrOads Those
in conveyances-which were drawn by lean horses
or hungry-lOoking mules-parked alongside
the gaily trapped carriages fell in at the end of
the line and waited hours to accomplish the
pilgrimage upon which they had set out The
old country darkey fresh from the fields of the
farm, the young of the same race decked out
with red ribbon in his hat, CT displayed
somewhere on his person. and the mid
cie-aged cOlOred citizen fell in with
the Caucasian and took his turn. One of the
most interesting couple of the whole moving
thrOng was an old colored man who tOttered
along with his stick and his wife. The latter
was evidently as old as he. They could not
stand without the trembling that indicated ex-
IRENE Old age. But they had Joined i'm the line
and had waited two hours before Il ey finally
saw the face that they were anxious to see They
stopped longer over the glass than was allowed
to any one else. After gazing with theirweak old
eyes for fully twomnutes they passed ON. Hand
sOmely dressed ladies. and men young and old:
handsomely and shabbily dressed of both sexes
preceded and followed that old couple of colored
folk, but none of them were allowed to stop as
long as they. The police were on hand in force
to preserve order. But there was no need of
them All they had to do was to tell the multi
tude as they joined the end of the line that only
two abreast could 90 in. and there was no further
trouble Nobody remained inside the rOtunda
but the guard from the Army of the Cumber-
land (sOme eight in number) and several men,
bers of Columbia COmmandery. These sat on
the benches around the circular space
or divided time in posting the line
one to either side of the catafa0ue
Flowers We're strewn around the projecting
ledge OF the platform. The flowers were Mar
shal Neil roses with their leaves and stems still
attached. Beyond the bier to the west door
there were beautiful flowers. They were upon
the left of the line as it passed out. There was
hrst a wreath OF natural WV. lying flat upon the
stone floor. Beyond this was a broken column
about three feet high. SurmOunted by a milk
white dove. whose head was bent towards the
bier. Next 10 that. standing in the flowers was
an categorical picture of The Gates Ajar" The
posts OF the gate We're of white roses and buds
surrounded by globes of mmorteIles The
posts were in beds of yellow and white flowers
The gate was double one. The two winrs
Of it were of fern upon wire
with white flowers here and there The bars
were of fern. One of the gates was slightly
pulled open towards the line of people which
passed by and admired them. This triumph of
the floral art was sent by the members of the
Christian church Of this city. Next to it was a
beautiful crown made of white fiowers-prip-
cipally OF buds of roses and having around its
crests the same delicate fern of all the other
floral offerings The crown was surmOunted by
immorelles. Beyond it was pillow of flowers,
from which sprung column with dove alight
ON lis top, with head looking UP and ready for
flight. The bed of white flowers which formed
TIM. pillow below, had worked upon If in i'm
mOrtelles the words ''Our Martyr President"
The row of flower beauty was
finished as it commenced A wreath
OF ivy lay there fiat upon the floor
The ferns which were so abundant in the max
ing OF these artistic designs was the species
which were used at the death of Senator Sum
ner- Then they were seen in this country for
the first time. Going by them the people went
out Of the rotunda- Many of them went home.
Many also stroled around the Capitol and were
constantly getting lost in its many corridors and
by-passases- The dome was assembled by thou
sands All the seats in the grounds were occu-
pied all day long.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERAL.