Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-10-06
THE NATIONS LOSS.
Arrival i'm Cleveland = Impressive
Sceccs.


Arrival i'm Cleveland = Impressive
Sceces.
The funeral trainsinet with no delay after
leaving Altoona, and reached Cleveland at lat
p. m. of Saturday. Sept. "a. Immense throngs
OF sorrowing people gathered at the stations
along the route, and at several points the track
was strewn with flowers The train was met
by vast concourse of people at the depot in
Cleveland. The locomotive was heavily
draped in deep black on the boiler-head. and
all the cars were deliberately draped. After the
train stopped, the ladies were escorted to the
carriages. The wives of the Cabinet officers
went first; then the distinguished widow, sup
ported on one side By Secretary Blaine and
on the other by her eon Harry. The ladies,
having been placed in the carriages, were sent
TO the places provided for them at private resi-
dences, Mrs. Garfield and children being the
guests of James Mason. The body of the late
President was then taken from its car by de-
tachment Of the regular army under Lieut.
Weaver, and borne on their shoulders to A
special hearse in waiting, followed by a dis
unguished guard of honor, marching two by
two, an army and naval officer abreast. Gen.
Sherman and Rear Admiral Nichols were first
then Gen. Sheridan and Admiral Rodgers. Gen
Hancock and Admiral Porter, and Gems. Drum
and Meigs passed, with other naval officers not
named. Then followed Chief Justice Waite
and other Supreme Court Justices members of
the Cabinet, Gov. Foster and staff and escort
and the committee. At 130 TIE coffin, on
which were palms and large wreath fragrant
with tuberoses, was placed in hearse, and the
line of march formed in the following order
Col. Wilson and staff, Silver Crews band
First city troops. Hearse and horses, guarded
by Knight Templars, in column of three, and
thanked by ten horses of the City troop on each
side. Cleveland Greys and Forty-second Ohio
volunteers. The Cabinet, Gen. Sherman and
aids, and guard Of honor composed of ofscers
Of the army and distinguished guestx
Leaving the depot the cortege moved very
slowly down Euclid avenue, the bells tolng.
and people standing with uncovered heads
All the houses on the route of march were
deliberately decorated. Arriving at Monumen
tai Park. the remains were conveyed
through the line of guards to the payil-
ion prepared for the lying in state
until interment. The casket was placed
by the pall-bearers on the daiE underneath
canopy supported by four gilt Egyptian col
umns. On account of the feelings of the
widow the face was not exposed but instead
was placed an admirable copy likeness. taken
by J. +. Ryder on President Gartield's return
from the Chicago Convention-a most natural
portrait On the shelves of the pavilion on
either side we're mutitudes Of floral offerings
The park had been inciosed by steel wires.
Because the decorations were not entirely fin
ished no one outside of the committee WAS adj
mitted to the pavilion during SATURDAY. night
During Sunday double line of militia was so
placed that the public could walk past the cas-
ket three or four abreast, privilege of which at
least 100000 persons ayailed themselves A
correspondent thus describes the impressive
scenes of that memorable Sabbath in Cleye-
land
'The Sabbath day opened with rain but the
clouds soon dlssipated, and until nearly dark
~au nln 1r,v.N H.
frances to the public square were thrown open
to the public at O'Clock in the morning. and
an hour before that time procession began to
form, which heightened and stretched west
ward for three or four blocks, like an enor.
nous human anaconda, wriggling to make
progress AS the word was given the throng
kept in perfect order by the police and militia
guardsmen, pushed forward TO the catafalque.
AT first they moved slowly, those in front paus-
ing at the catafalque to pay more than pass-
ing tribute to the dead President but gradual
ly the impatient mass in the rear caused an ac-
celeration IN the movement, and by 10 o'clock
the two lines were pouring through the pavil-
ion at the rate of 400 or 500 every five minutes.
speed that was maintained with little let
up until o'clock at night. At times the
line OF mourners was a mile in length,
the rther end of the procession being lost to
sight around the curve in the great viaduct
leading off Superior street There must have
and there were counter PROFESSIONS of men,
women and children less,iilg from tho square
TO the remote exit entity of the line, where tney
fell in place and returned. Men and women
OF all classes and stations, as
indicated by dress and appearance were
there, and there was no exhibition of il-temper
or impotence noticeable. Probably A., 600 pill
grims passed the shrine during the day and
evening, and the streets and highways about
the square and leading to it were packed all
the time. 1t is nc exaggeration to say that
$4,000 people were on the streets within la-
dius OF two blocks from the catafalque from
sunrise to midnight.
1.-THE catafalque at night was citadel of
glory. The CHASTITY glare of the electric lights.
blending with the softer yet scarcely less brill
liant flash from the monster headlight mounted
on the main arch. shed upon the palace of
death a halo that transformed it iuto temple
of almost supernatural beauty None could
view the spectacle without emotion. and thou.
sands massed Ia the streets III front, gaz-
ing upon it in rapt admiration. Never
had 1t appeared to such advantage
before. 1t was incomparably beautiful.
and, as a spectator whose soul was
moved by the sight observed, +" 1t is indeed be-
fitting that King of men should rest on such
splendid bier" The bronzed columns of the
sais, with their chivalric mountings, glittered
in the night like FURNISHED gold, making blacker
the sable drapery of the tomb of day. The
ahelds and swords and massive emblems that
adorned the corner pieces OF the structure,
together with the funeral wreatts and other
floral wrappings, SO placed as celieve the
background of melancholy black, made
separate picture by themselves a magnificent
frame for the central figure, the whole forming
what might well be called the glorious creation
OF an artists dream"
On Sunday afternoon, Mrs Garfield and her
sons Harry and James visited Lake View Gem
etery with Hon. j. II. Wade, and expressed
her satisfaction with the site selected for the
grave.