The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-22

used upon the face prior 10 tsli. lie OIL
cast disfgures the features sornewb.ss tne
slightly altered the color of the ca S1d
the appe srance Is very much les nee, g
even teen it was just after deaf la
President had a massive head, a, .49
large bones show very PROMINENT ne
cheeks are fallen In. The beard no. ,1Ae
so arranged about the paroled 9eea
COZ ceal that scar and such srrs1.HNu %
has been made about the pillow a. e,e :.
further conceal the swelling gbic5 ~ - SUI.
away his life. The undertaken sappe1
his opinion it will not be safe r. ss 10
the body after 1t leaves here. The s,sse
OF the fluids IN embalmiDe US
such as TO have already hardeTs5 4is
features. a number Of Journalist, es
have been so closely watching tho sao
dents case all these weary wpaks 81
given an opportunity for the first - IVA, Hste
the body. Sentries stood each is. is" o.
the entrance. The coffin lay in tb e't IS OF
way Of the lower floor, with q so1Si! AalI-
the head and foot of it. The cC gft'eI s.
black, with silver handles. Biaci. 1 was
ran along tbs side, and upon tbe tor iols
silver plate, with an inscrip,ioT ms MS
coffin was lined with white satin ne
the face and shoulders were visibla y
one needed to know that ali tbst -.
mained Of James A. Garfield Law 49,
to recall the features so familiar dnriS
life. The face, to those who knew Co-s
eral Garfield only from his portrsit,
could not have been recognized. Even
the features were no longer thera
Ihere was an expression absn,
the lower lip which those VII
knew him best would recognize. M
cheeks were gone, and the brow ba5
. lost the massive appearance which
characterized it in life. The involuntsr1
whispered remarks Of sll as they gszs3
upon the loved form with shudder war
Il never should have recognized hin
How ne must have. suffered Tn
ensciated form told how much. Itvs
most marvellous that ne lived so lone
As the crowd slowly entered and lef. IT,
hsll, the bell of the little chapel in t5o
distance was tolled. It's tones couId -
only family heard above the roar OF The
train.
AT WASHINGTON.
Washington, 21.-The District com.
missieners held q meeting to-day eTJ
have promulgated the following: i he
comes the serrowful duty Of t1e ccmrois-
sioners to announce to the pe9ple oftis
District of Columbia the death Of tbs
President of the United States. who ey-
pired at Long Branch, at 10 S. pm, On
the 10Th instant. Illus!rious in arms. in
the forum, in the balls of legislation, and
as chief magistrate of the United States:
the nation mourns his sad and untimely
demise, and bows in sorrow to the dis
pensstion Of the great ruler OF tue uni
verse. As slight expression Of universal
feeling OF national bereavement thacom-
mi=sioners direct that public offices and
business il the District, including the
public schools, be closed and suspended
until further orders, and that public
buildings of the District be spproDri-
ately drsped in mourning; and they
earnestly recommend TO their fellow
citizens the observance Of perfect quiet
the obsequies Of the national dead, and
such manifestations Of respect and
sorrow as BELTS the solemn occasion.
The district military is ordered 20 held
Themselves in readiness for any duty
to which they may be assigned under
orders Of the general of the army.
The following order was issued this
evening By Gen. Sherman:
GENERAL ORDER NO. 81.
The following erder from the secretary
Of WAT announces to the army the death
IF james A. Garfield, President Of the
UUited States.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Sept. 20, 81.
With profound sorrow the secretary of
war announces to the army that James
a. Garfield, President of the United
States, died at Elberon, n. j., at 1926
o'clock on the evening Of Septemb Der
18th, 'a1 The great grief which ia felt
BY the nation at the untimely desth OF
he President will be especially felt BIZ
he army, in whose service he bore 50
a part during the war
If the rebellion. In him the army ha:
ost 8 beloved commsnder-in-chiei
friend and comrade. Proper honOrs VII
be paid to the memory OF the late chia
magistrate Of the nation at the hesi.
quarters OF each military department 81
division and each military station. Tt
general of the army will give the neces
airy instructions.
(Signed) ROBT. 7. LINCOLN, Sec'y. /,
JAMES, JR.'s, GRIEF.
Willamstown, Mass, 81. - Wbsl
Harry Garfield left Williams Collegeh,
slberon be Ieft word that his br0thg,
smes A. Garfield, who is confined to Biz
DOM with a severe attack Of malaria
ever, contracted a. the White Ho1:s,
hould not be informed of his fAths:';
lesth until he was better. The tollingd
church bells aud the excitement arOuse1
he suspicious of james, snd It W2
hought best By his attending physicis-
hat he be informed Of the truth. 4
burst OF grief followed, but he is nov
bearing the trial brsyely, though ha
5 still in a precsrious condition.
de will ba removed ta-day 10 Presi-
lent Hopkins house. The college vent +
IN as usual this morning, memorial SER
gices viii probably be held in a day Or
W.
ORPHAN BOYS.
Cleveland, 2l.-The orphaned sons 5. F
Mentor, were not informed of their
'Alher's death until after breakfast thi;
For 8 time they wept oct.
erly, but sfterward grew quiet snd
bore their afliction with almost pail0- .
iophicsl calmness. At Mentor are slso
Joseph Rudolph. Mrs. Gsrfeldis brother
md her aged father. both were musa F
yet the result was not uneI'
1ected.
A mass meeting Of citizsns was he'd
mis- afternoon IN the tabernacle wblc-
ras filed To nuarhnruinr Snaachas ftfI1g