The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-21

they Will meet " on ltS way Alter leaving
Elberon. AIs, Garfield is said to be bearing
up with great fortitude. Few callers wer(
received by her to-day. Among
those who saw her were Paesident
Arthur and General Grant Requiem ser
vices will be held at Ocean Grove to-mor
row. All business will be suspended and
buildings draped in mourning
1t is now stated as o fact TINT General
Grant accompanied President Arthur "a
New York, They will both return in the
morning in time 10 start with the special
train conveying the remains oil. the late
President,
THE OFFICIAL NOTICE TO LOWELL.
The following was sent this evening
LOlrsl, Minister, london:
James A. Garfield, President of the
United States, died at Elberon, New Jer.
sey, last night, at ten minutes before II
O'Clock. For nearly eighty days he suf-
fered great pain, and during the entire
period exhibited extraordinary patience,
fortitude and Christian resignation, The
sorrow throughout the country is
deep and universal, Fifty mill
lions OF people stand Us mOurners
by his bier. To-day at his residence,
in the City Of New York, Chester A, Ar
ter, Vice President, took the oath OF office
us President, to which he aCCedes by virtue
of the Constitution. President Arthur has
entered upon the discharge Of his duties,
will formally communicate these facts
TO the British Government, and
transmit this dispatch by telegraph to
the American Ministers on the Continent
for like communication to the Govern
ments to which they are respectively ac'
credited. BLAINE, Secretary.
SYMPATHETIC MESSAGES,
LoNG BRANCH, September 2O,-The fol.
lowing kilograms have been received:
ALBANY, September 90
To Hon. Wayne Mac Peagh, Long Branch!
The Albany burgess and corps tender
their services as an escort to the remains
OF President Garfield though this State and
to his late home at Mentor, and for any
duties that may be imposed upon them
J, G, CuYLER, Prest
Ars, Garfield, Long Brunch;
The citizens OF London feel the deepest
sympathy with you and America in the sad
loss sustained.
[Signed.l LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.
New YoRH, September 20.-An EtniHg
Post special from Long Branch says this
dispatch has lIeen received by Mrs, Gar
field; "Worls can not express the deep
sympathy feel for you. May God sup
port and comfort you, US he alone can"
LSigned. The QUEEN, Balmoral,
THE PRESIDENTS APPEARANCE.
LONG BRANCH, September 20 Benedict,
the undertaken, says OF the appearance Of
the President after deaths "Els face had
a life-like appearance. There was no look
Of pain upon It. He looked Just as Il he
had fallen quietly asleep. II he suffered
extreme pain his sufFerihgs must have
been short His form Is greatly wasted,
but 1t Is not skeleton by any means The
President will be dressed In the
same suit OF clothes TINT he wore in
delivering his inaugural address, with the
exception Of pair OF silk stockings knit
for him by his mother, and lately received.
The coffin Is six feet three inches long,
covered with black cloth, with velvet
mouldings. The handles and thumb screws
are solid silver. The inside Is
upholstered with tufted white satin. The
coffin plate Is OF silver, and the inscription,
written by Attorney General Macveagh, is
as follows:
JAMES AHRAN GARFtELD,
Born November ", 1881,
Died President Of the United States, September
70, 1851,
t THE AUTOPSY.
ELBERoN, N. j., September 20. The
autopsy has been in progress for more than
an hour. One Of the first discoveries made
was large clot oi blood in the heart,
which corroborates the opinion regarding
the immediate cause Of death. The state.
ment that the ball was found in the region
OF the heart has been verified, and Il is
stated on authority that the developments
OF the autopsy prove that death wGs In.
evitahle, and the Presidents life was only
sustained by the most excellent nourlShing
and constant care.
The autopsy Of the Presidents body
commenced about five o'clock and WIS not
concluded until nearly eight. A large
crowd Of persons assembled at Elberon to
hear the result. DR.. Bliss stated that the
autopsy had been very tedious one, and
that the time occupied In searching Tor the
ball alone was nearly three.quarters OF an
hour.
The doctor said Mrs. Garfield was feeling
much relieved since the autopsy, inasmuch
as II resulted In establishing the fact that
the patients death was inevitable, The
doctor further stated that the point Of the
ball was somewhat blunt, or In bat
tered condition, caused by the force
with which II struck the rib, while In other
respects its original shape was not altered.
Dr., bliss took charge Of the bullet and
sealed Il Tor preservation until the courts
should require iS production.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT or THE AUTOPSY.
ELBERoS, September 2O.-The following
official bulletin was prepared at II o'clocI;
tonight by the surgeons who have been In
attendance upon the late President
By previous arrangement the post tnor'
ten examination Of the body Of the
President was made this evening, in the
presence Of, and with the assistance pI
Dn Hamilton, Agnew, Bliss, Barnes,
Woodward, Reyburn, Smith, oi
Elberop and Acting Assistant Surgeon D.
s. Lamb, ot The Army Medical Museum,
Washington. The operation was per.
formed BY Dr.. Lamb. It was found that
the bali, after iracturing the right
eleventh rib, had passed through
the spinal column In front Of the
spinal canal, fracturing the body Of the
Grst lumbar vertebrR, driving q number oi
small fragments Of the hone Into
the adjacent soft parts, and lodg.
Ing lust below the pancteas, about
two inches and q half 10 the left Of
the spine and behind the pstitoneum,