Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-20
Gen. Sherman's Remains Being Borne
to the City Of St. Louis.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM A DISASTER
An Open Switch Discovered in the
Nick of Time.
SENATOR SHERMAN DEPARTS.
ON ITS WAY WEST.
The Train Bearing the Remains of Gen
sherman 20 >t. Louis.


sherman TO st. Louis.
PIrrsBrRG. Pa. Feb. 20.-An through tho
long night the solitary hight in the funeral oss
burned above the caskei in which lay the rss
mains OF the last Of the great commander of
the war of the rebellion. All night long soh.
tary watcher in the blue ana crimson Of the
artillery uniform paced silently up aud dows
the narrow passage beside the casket Througk
sieet and driving wind the long funeral trais
Climbed the steep mountain grades. The trAos
Was slippery, but the train kept steadily on a.
good rate Of speed. Only Two stops wefe
made during the nlght-at Altoona aud Nes
Florence.
Altoona was reached az sO5 O'Clock. There
was stop Of about five minutes aud the change
oi engines WAS made. q. W. Culp, the trAih
master OF the Plttsburg division took charge u
the train at Altoona. Rev. :. r. Kelly Of Kane
fosi, No. 259 OF Pttsburg. of the local rec-p-
ton committee boarded the train at Altoona.
although no one was up To receive him. and hs
did not see any of the committee Of escort untl
rltisburg was reached. A reporter ~ the
fittsburg Press also got on at Altoona Ths
engine That TOOK the train cut Of Altoona w.
NO. slS, an charge Of Geo. A. Cassidy, a meusz
Der OF The mon Veteran Legion, who served uu-
der Gen. sherman. HI. B. Evans was his nr.-
man and r. L. FogaTty the conductor Who so5s
the tram IN charge. Only one other stop va
made before morning, at New Florence, vlsIe
water Was taken
There was no demonstration there and none
marked the passage of the train IN the eArlF
morning, except the tolling Of bells in one ~
two towns, until Edgewood was reached. Theqe
stop wac made At 1.21 10 take ON board lie
three children of Ihos. W. Fitch.
VETERANS SILENT TRIHUrk
The Edgewood GAR. post was drawn No
along the platform. The veterans stood an the
rain with heads uncovered until the train pulled
out of the station. At Williamsburg there was q
Srand Army post drawn up ON the platfurIs,
but the train made no stop there.
just after the train entered the limits q
f1ttsburg MIR. Flsch's children were taken fof-
ward by the members of the Sherman family
to the car where the casket lay. The guard 10
tired and left the family alone with the dead
Before Union station reached they lett the
casket and returned with tear-stalned eyes 90
their private car.
Gen. Howard and Mai. Randolph anticipated
the arrival of the train at Pittsburg by seating
themselves IN the dining car. where breakfast
was served % them. There not the deIns,-
cratic constralnt IN the dining car that was 70
nave been there last night when the crimson
stripes on the sergeants sleeves brushed against
the golden epaulets OF the generals uniforms.
1 he bearers Of the casket had eaten notliilsg
from D clock yesterday morning until the
casket was placed on the train Ia Jersey CitF
ana when dinner was served Gen. Howard SaW
that the crimson sergeants were among TIE
hrst To be served.
ARRIVAL AT PfTTsBURG.
IL was little after the hour fixed for the ar
rival of the train, 745, when it entered Uniuu
depot. The rain was pouring down yolumes.
as it had been all night and throughout the
morning, and through b the railroad yards and tlse
more crowded parts OF the cav there were lev
people gathered along the track until the Union
station sheds were reached.
NEARLY A DIsAsrEK
The train came very near running into q mis-
placed switch just east of Mansfield station.
seven miles west of Pittsburg The engineer
discovered the danger ana stopped his train IA
time TO avoid an accident
DEMONSTRATION IN PrTrsBuRa.
At 7:26 O'Clock three taps on the fire-alsrn
bells in Pittsburg and Allegheny City ah-
nounced the arrival Of the sherman funeral
train within the eastern limits of the city AZ
Homewood station, on the Pennsylvanla road.
Church. fire-alarm bells and bells on public buil-
fngs throughout both cities began q mournial
tolling, which continued until the crape-cOs-
cred train passed beyond the CITY confines On
its way westward over the Pan Handle railroad
salute of IL guns fired at the Allegherlv
national arsenal, while battery B fired a hle
salute from High School Hill. overlooking tie
Union depot, while the train was being trar.s-
ferred from the Pennsylvania railroad tfaoks
and inspected preparatory TO the western jour
ney.
Rain was pouring down in torrents and
mad been falling continuously since 10
o clock last night The disagreeable weather
seriously interrupted the demonstration at tie
Union station had been contaminated bat
Notwithstanding several thousand people gatl,-
cred under the platform sheds and stood with
uncovered heads while the train remained a
the station. All Of the GAR. posts in ALE
gheny county were represented by small de-
tachments from each post, probably 500 mern-
bers Of the GAR and U.k.1.. being pr.seIit
bringing with them and placing m tine funeral
car costly floral tributes Of appropriate and a.
quisite design.
Several posts of Sons of Veterans and five cou-
panies Of the eighteenth regiment Pennsvlyansa
National Guard. were also drawn up in line st
the side of the long funeral train. AT $50
O'Clock all preparation for the western trip sss
completed and the train pulled out Of tie
station.
just previous to its departure the children ~
Lieut.. Thomas W. Fitch and a few intimate
friends of the Sherman family gathered at the
door Of the funeral and there remained a
sorrowing group until the somber train wAs
lost TO view. The train viii make very fec
stops west of Philadelphia, probably not more
than four between this city and Columbus,
Ohio.
At Columbus Senator Sherman leaves the
funeral train and will not accompany the re-
mains TO their destination. No reason for tbis
determination on the part Of the ~ snator could
be learned, as he had not yet made his appear
ance when the train departed. Except in the
press and officers car and dining car the cur
tains on the coaches remained tightly drawa
and no one Of the funeral party except those
whose duties required had made their appesf-
ance when the train left Union Station.