The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-09-27
TO THE CAPITOL TO WIT

|cRowDISG TO THE CAPITOL TO wIT-|
NESS THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES.
WASHINGTON, September o.
ITEMS of thousands of visitors are|
pouring into Washington. Trains
loaded to their fullest capacity fol-
|lowing each other in rapid success
sion on all the railroads, and the
|city promises to be crowded almost
|as much as at the Inauguration.
Everybody wants tickets of admis-
sion to the roIunda to the funeral
ceremonies tomorrow afternoon,
land high prices are being offered
|for them. OF course thousands
|of people must be disappointed, as
THE rotunda will only hold about
thirteen hundred and the tickets
lare all in the hands of the family
land relatives of the dead President,
cabinet officers and members of
ICongress. All the best profession
Ial and amateur vocal talent has
volunteered to furnish music for the
occasion, and two tavoritc hymns OF
the late President will be sung,
|"Jesus lover of my soul, and
fAsleep in Jesus Some. of those
2who will sing these hymns at the
funeral have even joined in singing
them at President Garfield's request
during his lite.
GREAT DEMAND FOR SEATS.
Seats will be arranged around
the cataialuue for Mrs. Garfield and
i the family relatives, intimate friends.
cabinet officers and other families.
Back of these will be arranged seats
for members of Congress. Judges of
Supreme Court, high executive Off
GERS of the government. their wives,
and back of these seats for the army
and navy officers. Near the center
|of the rotunda, where the body lies,
a limited number of seats for report
ers viii be provided, and these ar
|rangements will occupy nearly all
the space, so there will be but little
room left for others than these.
Members of the church to which
the late President belonged applied
by the pastor, for five hundred tick
let's to admit the entire congregation,
but it was out of the question to-
supply them, and only a few will
|get in. Altogether there have BEEN
applications for about FIVE thousand
tickets.
THE FLORAL ORNAMENTS
sent to the Capitol are grandly|
beautiful and appropriate. Al
wreath presented by Queen Victoria
through the British Legation has at
tracted much attention, and this
expression of sympathy on the part
of the Queen has endeared her to-
American hearts. The wreath isl
composed of white and MARSHALL
Neil roses on base of smilax, and|
the inscription ::"Queen Victoria, to|
the memory of the late President
|Garfeld-an expression of her sor-|
ROW and sympathy with Mrs. Gar
field and the American nation"
VIEWING THE REMAINS.
There is scarcely anything in the|
face of the dead President to recall
that manly kindly countenance|
which was so familiar to the people,
here. His long suffering reduced
him to mere skeleton, and the|
skin was discolored and tightly
drawn. In taking a plaster cast of
the face the lower jaw was forced
down, giving an unnatural express
sion to the face, and many who adj
mired him in life regretted that they
had looked at the corpse. Fully
ten thousand persons viewed the re-
mains of the late President in the
Capitol last night, and this morning.
at eight o'clock the line was again
formed and continued without inter
until ten o'clock this even
ing. At IL a. M, the line extended
from the east door of the Capitol to-
B street, and thence down the hill
TO the intersection Of Pennsylvania
avenue at the west gate of the Capt.
tol grounds. An actual count show
I'd 1864 persons in line. They
passed in front of the coffin at the
rate of fifty per minute, and it re-
blurred about one hour and a half
for one entering at the end of the
line to reach the east Capitol door.
At least fifty thousand persons view
ID the remains to-day.
CLOSING OF THE cAsKET.
The ventilation of the rotundaI
had not been properly attended to,
md towards evening the air became
thoroughly vitiated. Several per
Ions tainted during the evening, and
|he five members of the Army of the
Cumberland on guard became i'll
md we're Obliged to 60 home. At Z
o'clock this evening the lid of the
:asket was closed, and further view
,f the body was denied to the pub
ic. This was made necessary by
he rapid discoloration of the fore
head and face. DIR. Boynton was
delegated by Mrs. Garfield to request
he closing of the casket, as she was
path to have the people left with sol
painful an impression of the face
hey had loved and honored. II is
aot probable, therefore, that the 7
'asket will be again. opened. so that
People who will congregate at Cleve7