Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-24
FROM ALTOONA TO PlTTSBU RG.


Ctly aud ~ Allegheny.
PIrTsBUKa, Sept 24.-The President s
funeral train lett Aitooua on time, and
passed Johnstown at 3:15 a. m. About
5000 people hal congregated at the
depot with uncovered heads, and all
were silent. The b lis of all the churches,
school hOus, 5 and engine companies were
tOlled.
Derry sts'ion vas reached about 4:30
O'Clock. HuHdre..s tad gath red here
and the same scyn- q were efsctc.is
When the train ulled into the Union
depot st PHtsb AK, at $40 this morning.
fully 5000 pcopl, had assembled al the
depot and the ST. eets through " hich the
train was II pas No demonstration was
made save the tolling of all the bells
throughout the city, and firing of minute
guns, by Knapp's battery. A committee
of fifty citizens We're on hand and with
the crowd stood with their heads b wed
and uncovered. The scencc was very
solemn and impressive and will not soon
be forgotten by those participating. Dur
ing the fourteen minutes stop here, while
the train was being shifted to the & p
r. r., no one ventured word above
whisper, and the fuaeral party kept them
selves out of sight At sos the train
crossed the bridge to Allegheny City,
where q car bearing the Cleveland
committee was attached to the train
As many more people as had assembled
in Pittsburg lined the tracks through
Allegheny City, and the parks along the
line of the railroad, where it passes
through West Park tracks, were covered
with plants in full bloom and beautiful
and expensive floral tributes. The train
steamed out of Allegheny City at $40
amid the tolling of bells, but no other
demonstration. The second train bear
ing Senators, Representatives, ETC., ar
rived in Pittsburg at 6:17 and stopped
for breakfast, after which they continued
on their way to Cleveland.
PITrsBURG, Pa, Sept. 24.-A special
train containing representatives of west
ern and eastern journals, and sixty two
members of Gartieid's commsndery of
Knights Templsr. arrived over the Bslti-
more s. Ohio railroad from Washington
about half past o'clock this morning.
After breakfasting at the Monongahela
House, the party left for Cleveland by
the Plttsburg s. Lake Erie road.
ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION AT cLEvsLAND.
CLxvKLAND, Sept. 24.-T1- funeral
train arrived at EucliaLs-enue station at
1:Is, md was met by An immense con-
course of people. The police arrange
ments were admirable, so q crash was
prevented. The locomotive was heavily !
draped in deep black. All the cars were
draped. After the stop the
ladies were escorted to carriages.
Mrs. Lincoln and the wives of Cabinet
officers first, then the distinguished wild
ow, supported on one side by Secretary
Blaine and on the other by her son Har-
~. The ladies having been placed in
carriages were sent to the places provid
ed for them at private residences, Mrs
Garfield and children being the guests |
of James Mason.
The two younger sons, besides other |
near relatives are at the house of General |
Shadon. The ladies having been cared |
for, the body of the late President was
taken from its car by detachment of |
the regular army, under Lieutenant |
Weaver, fourteen men attired in uniforms |
with white helmets, and borne on their |
shoulders to the special hearse in waiting, |
followed by the distinguished guard of |
honor, marching TWO by two, an srmy |
and . naval officer ,reast, General Sher |
man and Rear Admiral Nichols first. |
then General Sheridan aud Admiral Rog- |
ers, General Hancock and Admiral Por-
ter, Generals Drum and Meigs, paired |
with naval officers Then followed Chief |
Justice Waite and the other Supreme |
Court Justices, m. moers of the Cabinet, |
Governor Foster aad staff, aud the Es- |
cort Committee
At 1:S0 the coffin on which were palms |
and q wreath fragrant with tube roses,
was placed in the hearse, and the line of |
march formed in the following order: !