Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 20, 1881, Page 1

VOLUME XL. Che Tribune. Hits bosom, tho children of his tolns, f Awors the applic of lis oye. Jlonors Hover estranged him from that charmed clr- Mele, ‘To ithe over returned with Increasing fH 2 DEAD! pesident Garfield 1s dead! ‘this solorat announcement plunges 1 Na- pai. grief and shocks tho elvilized world. xe more, and in how brief a time, the B t Ropublic, & government of the peopleff 4 is the only enduring basis of civil iborty, By the slide of tho namo of Abraham Line fycoln tho American people now roverontly tn- i Mscribe that of James Abram Gartield,—two i Ai great names that will live forover in history. Fy for the people, and by tho people, suffers tho of its Chiot Magistrate, and its first] qutesmian at tho hands of tho assasin! “The i heart of tho Nation beats henvily at} Garfield, with a feeling of revorotitial ton- By dterness; with gratitude for the example of i his lofty, pure life; with pity for his cruel, Fy 9affection,‘and in ithe always found repose, Ke —the reposoof that domestic fidelity which : The Nation Startled by the Fy MAsthey mourned Lincoln thoy will mourn 4 They Strike the Knell of? TUESDAY, SEP EMBER 20, HE IS DEAD.| Aj to him excitedly. The Rilo the gang of reporters. Deep Sounds of Mid- night Bells. —=, Kiinniminute the scone had changed. ‘Ther FJwas ahurrying about the house, and the Fwhen questioned, answered very quietly: Sufferer, i ” untimely death. i 2 : vaperin's a a hate i x Senora F itanh, tuo Dena Staroh waa tho poopi's ear ——oeee 0 . Ba Tho dark crowd moves, and thore are sobs ant pratdentinl oflce ho galned the entiro con- 9 tears: 4 i HDeath Made a Sudden Sally Hi ‘Tho black arth yawhs: tho mortal disappeara; Ff " 2 gienco of the people, Ito was a wPlenl Rs to nanes, duat to dusts * from His Many Lurk © Fiwaie tor udings, American, Born In poverty and obscurity, Bi trois gone who scom'd ao prent. z ing-Places Hh isci bosm abut tor ied to- the: report of a1 geatrugaled forward and upward against of Gono: but nothing ean boronve bim : ig je other ‘icon. “The-renarters.werd Heatly: all i sof obstacles, And he won his way by BpOF the force he made hisown - : ——— qotlier tinor. Epo y is i H Boing here, and wo Lolleve him é out on the dark lawn, aud there Was o sus-ff ach gentleness of demeanor, coupled with fy othing far advaneed in state: & fhe Gront Heart, That Citadel of@4eens Fa joch patience and courage, that he seems not Ana that bo woars a trucr crown _ & 8 Tet eart, a itadel 0) pape, 4 tohavo provoked tho enmity of nny man. Bl Than any wroath that man can woavo him. | BM Patiense and Bravery, Fell a with a rush, the reporters camo neross tho splendid prospect opened before py ut speak no moro of his ronown, f ‘ ia ! What @ 8p! si f B4 Lay your wacthly fancles down, Fi at Last, B him on tho morning of that fatal 2d o! ag And in tho vast enthedral leuve hinty . Pi July! 1 Ha We sean a i God accept him, Christ receive him. 1 : the little telegraph office in the Elberon was} \ dmiration of tho Amerienn peope 5 ere eny an | X . ressed Hisf¥surrounded, and thero was a showor otf fery threshold of his Administration. With ¢ Yesrenpay was tho anniversary of tof lle Wako wom 8 Sleep, He Pressed His ‘d what satisfaction he must have viewed, in. 2] battle of Chickamauga, in which Gen. Gar- ig retrospect, ifs brilliant career, achleved by Ad ticld bore so conspicuous and gallant a part, perculean effort, and with what hopeful eyes, pond where he won his spurs as Mnjor-Gen-' F ued wistfully into tho unknown future. i eral. Fully equipped by learning and experience ee ‘gr the splendid destiny which seomed ; ; a woo him,’ho may woll have felt the H¥was doubled soon after the President's ‘Tur guard around the Francklyn Cottage : His Poor Wife Failed to Reach abulictins thrown upon the two paralyzed f 4 operntors. Hand on His Breast. and Then Passed Away. MF IS DEAD H died nt 10: It was 10:50 when the word i EA was received outside of the cottage where the 7 dend President Iny. No onv’direetly from the ff His Side While He Was 1s81_TWELVE PAGES. {}ininutes pnst 10.0 colored messenger catled By "* Who goes there?” and almost as soon as he $1 Dr. Boynton out in the dark, and whispered BY spoke the officer In command of the guard Doctor turned back Bferied out, “Give way for the inembers of the Ba Cabinet.” TIE PRESIDENT 18 BINKING RAPIDLY, Bi Except. Gen. MaoVeagh, who made an offi- he sald, and disappeared tn the gloom across cial statement of the occurrence, they lind the Inwn towards tho Prosident’s cottage. Pi but iitus to aay, appeared to have stunned them. word was quietly sent the length of Long i tield at last had broken, and was weeping i Branch that the President was greatly worse. bitterly, ayd Mrs, Rockwell was with her, fy At 10:30 Capt. Ingalls camo across from the while tte Lutu Roekwell remained with Garfield, the Heroic i cottage slowly, as i nothing was wrong, and. i ells Garfield, At the time the Prestdent nounced dead the follewing persons “Twas Just sent for by the officer of the 3 wero In the death-chamber: Drs, Iliss, BI guard, to sent one of my men to the camp Fa Agnew, and Inamilton, Mrs. Garfield, Molle i surgeon for mustard for an application tof Garfleld, Col. Rockwell, Mrs. Rockwell, Aatho D’resident's body.” ‘The reporters wentBEGen, Swalm, Dr. Boynton, Lulu Rockwell, Sout on the Jawn as farang tho guard lines tof. Stanley Brown; attendants, N. L, Ateht ‘Tho report that mustard Bison, John Ricard, 8, Lancaster, and Daniel $,-Sprigus, the President's body-servants, ff Jawn, thelr boots sounding upon tho hard Wa after 1 o'clock MacVeagh met some of the plazza like horses stainpeded. In an instant Fy uewspaper-men in Seeretary Brown's cot- tage and gave this Information in format and oficial utterance: been made entirely to mect tho wishes off Rg Mrs. Garfield, and changes may yet, of course, BA ‘ Pas all that could by heard. Warren Young #4 be made in thom. As at present agreed upon Ff had bronght the word. The Prestdent had they are these: 4 aspecial train will convey the remains tog Bhours of his life were spent. Ie satin the fidear old homestead agaln, with the loved a unes pmnnd Be the nged mother, FO ; Aprout of her bi boy, the i They returned separately later. Be wire, and the belnved chilitren. Tea a Abltssful dream that robbed death of tsi Biterrora, aud rendered the dylng man for oi Aj inoment unconscious of the cruel rending of ‘| Mhis ones vigurous frame that was constantly & Fl going on, i Mra, Gat- Ri” rite MOAN OF THR RESTLESS OCEAN mingled with the sobs of the Joved ones ashy THE BUOCKIOF THE SUDDEN DEATIC ever, Nearly every one around the President & Fyclung to hope to the last, and refused to be- 4 tieve the approach of déath until the shadow! deepened and the destroyer’s presence could be no longer unfelt, The tings hang Ai this favorit waterlng-place fs followed by the lecpest zloom. F THE CABINET IN SESSION. iW Exnenoy, N, J, Sept. %,—The Cabinet, at Pain. m.. was'still in session at Francklyn — THE FUNERAL. WHAT HAS BEEN DECIDED UPON, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Lona Braver, N. J., Sept. 19.—Shortly LAST HOURS. , DEATIVS PORTALS. 8 A. M. MONDAY. ‘3 Spectat Dispatehes to The Chicago Tribune, ‘The arrangements for the funeral hay Tl night, fur better than had been expected, and Ig now sleeping quietly, DAs Me F] ‘The reported improvement in the Presi- Bident’s condition thls morning is only acheck ON WEDNESDAY MORNING inthe bad symptoms, Dr. Bliss says if the week; and Dr. Pancoast says he cannot lve F fAdeath, nnd no one was allowed to approach, Conscious. g Washington, and the body will le in state oni ‘ pena ae aed 1 eT Fatt was deemed best, doubtless, that the sor- H ; ua a oe had been seon. Col. Rockwell and FiThursday and Friday In the dome of the fg tree dass. “O80 Act Me $ i = B4 Maj. S y Mm , by ttle: | pent oF try had Mi rowing wife should bo undisturbed. i aj. Swaim, of the attendants, were by his #4 Capitol, The Attorney-General lins Just telegraphed § vellof hiscountry and his country had ro- iene H At 10:30 O'Clock Last Night Hof side. ‘The excitement for a few minutes was ON FRIDAY P stinaster-General that the President, yarded him with its chief office. More than: ti Presipexr Ganemnp dicd at 10:95 Instl te 0c) 5) ag c } Intenso beyond description. Fifty newspaper iy the remains will be conveyed by special i about Y o'clock, had another alight chill. this: t had bestowed the crown of Repub-H night, His falthful, devoted, herote wife 4 Was Pronounced Dead by Bq mien were on tho hotel divzn five minutes ij tratn to Cleveland, where they He in state ¥ U5 A. Me tan honor with confidence in the worthiness Hf jog his nnd ns life went out. Just before ff the Surgeons. {ter the report of the Presldént's death. Pj during Sunday. ; ‘The President hus had another rigor, the of the subject of it. ‘tho country respected} i ‘heir carrlages surrounded the place, and iA pulse running up to 143, Ile Is very low. f passing away his mind wandered, Io fmag-§ "Garfield, honored him, and began to love : ined he was in Mentor, and talked about his : bin, Standing on tho very apex of earthly i wife, his mother, and his children. glory, the poor boy, the tried soldier, : pied ¥ the tive statesman, tho resident’ off the first Natton of the world, himself the i ALt the members of the Cabinet except | Secretaries Blaine and Lincoin wero at} first man in fifty-two millions of meu, was#§tong Branch last night. They went ina { stricken down by the bullet of the assasin! ff yody to the Francklyn Cottage immediatel, 4 Indignation against tho guilty wretch who fon hearing of tho President's death, Sec- 2 fired tho fatal shot, grief at the peril of thoffretary Blaine and Secretary Lincoln left fy great ruler, pity for the itlustrious sufferer,—[¥ Boston for Long Branch last night. theso sontiments engrossed tho public { — \ mind, For eloven long weeks tho people f¥ Ar 10 o’clock last night Attornoy-General i havo walted and watched, now whelmed in! H MneVengh cabled Minister Lowell that the gloom, and now transported with hope. Ba President was resting quietly, and that no fq They have prayed for the Prestdent’s re- } disturbance was expected during the night. Fy covery with the fervor of patriots and thoff Thirty-five minutes. Inter the patient plety of Christians, {n tholr deop solicitude i breathed his Inst. He made a gallant strug af if gle against death, Alns! it was unavailing. a i ‘ they havo shown & tenderness Ike that of f the mother for her suffering child. And in —_—— 1 this long vigil they have so dwolt upon the yy. GEN. Grant called at tho President's noble traits of the President’s character that facottage early yesterday morning, and had q they have como at Inst to love him, not fae fow moments’ conversation with Mrs. fq merely 8 8 public man, but as a dear friond fy Garfield, who camo from the sick-chamber ff whose death would shock and gricvepato’ moot him. ‘That was about the timo of t to tears, Throughout the long struggle payesterday morning’s chill, and Mrs. Gar- fs In By aickroom: on the bed of pain, the pal nyeo and fortitude of the Prestdont i wevor foreok him, in-evory trying emer i gency, In every dangerous crisis; he wast calm, hopeful, courageous. He never shrank fromtho kuifo; heoven inspired tho surgeons yay to look at himself, Gon, Swaim tried ff touge {t with consummate skill. ‘When thofqto dissuade him, but he insisted. Mrs. Gar- watcheradespatred ho aroused afresh in thoir py fold gavo hin the handglass. He held it Hy field was greatly depressed, and expressed Fa the greatest apprehension. Iler apprehen- sion proved to be only too well founded, ‘Tue President expressed a desire yestor- Py fidence. But with God alone wore the issues of life and death, Tho surgeons’ skill, thek devotion of the watchors, tho prayers of off gteat people proved alike unavalling. Thel strong man, whose whole Hfe was a noble pq weak.” struggto and always o struggle of triumph, fA grew weak, and weary, aud helpless. No longer able even to lift his hand in protes! face, Ho then lot the glass fnil- on tho counterpane, sud turning to his wifo sald: fj looks as woll as I do should be so dreadfully i Av 12:9 this morning Attorney-Goneral}f MacVeagh sont n telogram to Vice-President iy A Arthur, which was signed by himself, Secre-¥j Meee en ee en MMs liter tarles Windom, Iunt, Kirkwood, and Post- tt ‘The whole people mourn the th of P: H master-Genoral James, the members of thoff ta leath of Pres-bM cabinot at Long Branch, announcing thoul lent Garfleld. The shadow of the funcral doath of President Garfiela, and advising alt wraps his remains darkens ovory Bl (on, Arthur to take the oath of office ask He Me Ee the cance ae eee President of the United States without de-F 5 whose frank, gonerous, gentle nature ap-§ lay. ‘Tho messngo suggested that ho should f vealed for sympathy and trust to all hearts. a ries oe ia Branch, on the earlier teal ‘ Every patriot weeps,—mourns tho untimely Ue OLE b oss of an upright Chief Magistrate, upon ff Whose officlal hoad the country had placed thebrund seal of its confidence. Not that tho death of any man has power to destroy’ ——an Snonrry before 10 o'clock lngt night Dr. B Pal Bliss asked tho President if ho was fooling Hcomfortable, ‘Tho President answered, Not at all.” fo fell asleep soon after. fh thosolld foundations of this frec Government, Ra Dr, Bliss returned to his room, and told At it forthe modern State Is not aman; but, so fit, #4 torney-General MacVengh that all tho condi- Vy 80 proper n man having been found to fill the Mitions wore promising for o quict night. -Chlet Executive office, it Js cause for pro-HM About fifteen minutes past 10 the Prestdent found grief that the country should be soffawakened, and remarked to Col. Swalm, tudely beroft of his great service. who remnincd beside his bed, that he was Itls nota time, when all hearts aro bowed fMsuffering great pain, and placed his hand 5 down with sorrow, to analyze erltleally thefovor his heart as if to Indicate where thay character of the great man who has passed fi pain was. Dr, Biles was immedintely sum-i% Away Inthe midday splendor of his publlo moned, and found that the action of thog earcer, All hearts dwell upon his memoryPBheart was almost indlstingulshabic, and BY with a feeling of warm personal affection. # 4 ‘ Ratho pationt substantially without pulse, Every toar, avery oxpression of sorrow, wos platn that the brave mang {sa culogy of the illustrious dead. And ith had fought so gallantly against Is fit that Prusident Garfleld should bo sof@icath was dying. Dr. Bltss sald 60% mourned, for he was a great and tender soul.Ba Mrs. Garfleld wns called. Tho Prestdont Inhim, as in the martyred Lincoln, therof¥ remained in‘ dying condition until 10:35, ¥ ‘Was aunion of tho loftlest and the gentiestMMAt that hour the physicians pronounced Attributes of true manhood, that rare com-fghim dead, The immediate cause of death, Dlaation of mental and moral qualities which fait is bolleved, was neuralgia of the heart. i compels reverence and wins affection. Every fa Guiteau’s bullot had done its work, and atep of his carcer marks him as an oxtraor-R4 ihe whole Nation mourns. dinary charactor. The herolo struggles of ; om chs boyhood, the successes of his early man-— YsserEnnay forenoon the President sald i hood, the substantial service rendered hisf§that he wished to seo his daughter Mollle, ‘Country in war, the distinguished position : ; Col, Rockwell went immediately to find her, ‘achieved 1n Congress, and, in the multiplicity fig She came soon. On entering she kissed her: : othls public duties, his devotion to and largo father and told him that sho was glad to see acquiroments in Hterature of the highest } him looking so much better, whercat her :fYpe.—these show # breadth and comprehen- fa fathor asked: “You think 1do look better, ‘slveness of mind to which history fur MB Mollie?” She answered: “1 do, papa.” 5 Hishes few parallels, And all theso tokens fSho then took achalr and sat dt the foot off (Of greatness, all theso honors, clustered about tho bed a moment or two, Dr, Boynton .the brow of a man not yet 30 years ot age!f¥soon noticed that sho was swaying® -In the prideand maturity of robust mauhood, Min the chair, and,- before he could every mental and moral faculty at the full-ffrender any assistance, she fell over ing ‘Ness of development, a ripe scholar, the mostf#a faint, Hor face’ struck against the bed-& ee statesman in the land, the chosen post, She was unconscious and bleeding ead of agroat, fre Natlon, his fame slmost Mg from tho contusion when éha was taken§ Unexampled and entirely untarnished, tho ost loved of all rulers, James A. Gartleld, ae fateful 24 of Juy, had no peer in all M curred, but when Dr, Boynton returned tof Me world. a i the sick-room ho was surprised to hear the# » Among the most precious of the momories MJ President remark: “Poor little Mollie, she ff -that Will enshrino the name of tha second martyred President {s the recollection of the tay purity of hig domestic Mfe. In his ae of hearts he held sacred all family re- Hf pees Homo was a sanctuary whence his , thoughts never strayed. The mother who borne and roared him. tha wifa at Dr, Boynton nsatired him that the fainting § it was caused by the closeness of the room, H as well as the delicate condition of the girl. ‘The pationt seemed to be satlafled, and then & sank into a sleep, or rather stupor, which # lasted #1) the noon examination, ee H:Vice-President Arthur Officially Advised The Terrible Shock Which thefg JReceipt of the Mournful Intelli- ft ij Adjournment of the Council—Appro- The following -oflicial bulletin has ju: Habecn issucd: y Ba quict night. AProsident. About fifteen minutes after 10 thojare Mswaim that ho was suffering yroat pain, and is A pinoed his band ovor bis heart. Zi without pulse, and the aotion of tho heart waeky Pa tho s'resident was dying, and diroated that dirs, Moortain, Lnotitied Gon, Arthur and sont 8 dis- § route from Boston to Now York, Od Bacaped another rigor, fy usual hour, having 3 Micara far up Ocean avenue, where the ear. by the Cabinet to Take the EY ringe lights were seen In rapid procession, ff Oath Fi i THE GOVERNMENT £ ? fgat once was given tho exclusive use of the fAtelegravh office at Elberon. No personal Ha dispatches were sent. Warren Young sent} 4 tho first official announcement off to Wash-| y ington and to Mentor. ‘The President hod News Caused Throughout the Nation. ny dom, Hunt, and James arrived from West} End, They went into tho hotel ofiicef fand were met by MacVeagh, who led pa gence in Chicago—The City Bells. in a rigor. signs of falllng, aud messengers were sent lout for ali of the doctors and attendants. Every possible application was used to r —— priate Action to Be Taken Today. vive him: from the stupor which was appar- —— Mently overtaking him. i: THE LAST BULLETIN. i? latniy ath eae en ; ran A: NOTHING TO CONCEAL. a res plains hand, and presently he san Aaway. Ilo was dead, Tho first report was not belleved, when 1t was confirmed, and thofy messengers who hurried away in carringes K§ Exnrnox, N. J., Sept, 19-1:15 a, m— Exugnon, N. J., Bept. 19, 11:00 p.m.—Tho Proal- Hy Hnwed in much the same condition as during thofff Had retired wero nt onco aroused. i afternoon,tno pulso varying from 102 to 106, witht ATTORNEY-GENERAL MACVEAGIH, * rather increased force and volume. Attor tak-# as soon as. possible after the death, came to fy ing nourishment ho fell into ao quict sloop,W#the ofice of the Elboron and made the fol- Hs { In a position which enabled him to sce bIs ff About thirty-five minutes bofore his death, and lowing statement as to the death-scene. Hol paln, whito neleop, his pulso rose to 120, and wassome- HH anid: “Dr. Bliss at 0:50 went to the cottage what, mare: feeble, At fon minutes ‘after 10H to minke his final examination before he reff peat ect one poetics Prana Ri tired, Ilo found the tpulse, temperature, aud dlatoly teens unconscious, and conscd t Hi respiration exactly as thoy wore when, the breathe at 10:35. D, W. Briss, evening bulletin was dashed: ‘Thore had been tf Fuank H. Haururon, ff yo change of any kind, ‘here was every Hl DD. Haves AGNEW. Fy promise ofaquiot night. Allof the doctors iq = Hi retired at once for the night, as did all of they OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION. H attendants except Gen. Swalm and Col. Rock-Hf TO VICE-PRESIDENT ARTHUR, well. They remalned, and nothing tran: Lona Buancit, Sept, 90—13:25 a. m.—At-Mf spired untilabout 10:20, ‘Then the President torney-Goneral StacVeugh has just sent the i | following to Vice-President Arthur: f eae : j Tt becomes our painful duty to inform you off “Tam suffering grent pain, Nino doath of Prosident Gariteld, and to advisolly I FEAR THE END IS NEAR! By 8 fatten St ton fine delnge ip Es 7 Tho nttondants sent for Dr. llss, who had H u! ates without delay. cone! H 3, your judgment, we will bo very glad If you wit rotired to Private-Secretary Brown's cottag come hero on the oarllost train tomorraw morn- far, Bliss camo very rapidly. When he en-¥ Ing. tered the room he found the President in ani Ree aan: Becrotnry Bs the Troasury.A¥ unconscious state, and tho action of thal 7H. Hunn, Sei 0 Navy. i fs THOMAS 1 b Aineae Tosteaaster- Genarale i heart had almost ceased. Dr, Bilss sald ati Warne MAoVEAGH, Attorncy-Goneral, Jonco that the President was dying, and dl-38 8. J. Kinxwoop, Seorctary of tho Intorlor. Rarected tho attendants to send for Mra, Gar- | Say Bificld and Drs. Agnew and Hamilton, The 9 . Fa MACVHAGH'S STATEMENT: fd President. remained In a dying condition un-j Exnenoy, N. Ju. Sept. 19—11:20 p. m—At- it til 10:25, when Dr. Bliss pronounced life ox-Rh tornoy-General MacVongh just came to thofgtinct. ‘Tho tmmediate cause of death wast Elberon Hotel from tho Francklyn cottago}y undoubtedly g and made the following atntaments 0 SEURALGIA, OR PARALYSIS OF THE HEART Isont my dispatch to Mr. Lowoll a p.m. q Re Shortly before that Dr. Hitiss bad econ the Pros! ‘Tlint of course Is still uncertain, and can gy only hereafter bo determined. Nothing dent, and found his pulso at 100 beats per min ute, and all the conditions woro then promising Ry else whatever has been done or decided upon, Of course, we have notified the ty ‘The Doctor asked oe Presl- i ve bie i baat Stade focllag eee iaieny HW Vico-Preaident, and have endeavored tom “Not at all.” Micommunicate with Secretaries Binlna andy He shortly afterwards fell asleep, and Dri rincoln, on the train between Boston and i Bilas roturoed to bls room across tho hall from} Now York.” that occupied by the President. ha jew York.’ Cols. Swaim and Rockwell romained with tho} way. The Ps THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET ff in consultation, They were emmedi-& ately summoned, A. dispatch has been sent to Ministor Lowell, Sa Dr. Btiss was stimmonod, and whon ho entored g the room he found tho Prestdont substantially i ALARM. AND DEATIL ITSELF, is orctal Dispatch to The Mhieaoo Tribune - m Lona Buancn, N. J. Sept, 10,~From per i ba fect quict and comparative confldance—the tm Pa ulgnt boing aquict and uneventful one—thol ei transition toa scene of heart-throbbing ex cltoment came without a word of warning, patch to Mossrs, Blainoand Lincoln, who arc en RA radios and gentlemen wore chatting about} Bithe hotel in the usual lstless way. Col. President awakened, and romarked ‘to Col. i almost Indistinguisbable, Hesatd at onco that i ‘Garflold bo called, also the doctors, The Vrowl- dent remained inadying condition until 10:) whoo ho was pronounced dead, Hedled of somo troublo of the hoart, aun posed to bo neuralgia, but that, of course, {¢ un- BATH. ? : Rockwell had just boon over and sald every-U DEATH ‘i M thing was all right, and that he belicved the RECITAIN - president would pull through, Yot the firstf O¥ TNE RECEPTION OF TITE NEWS, fy word of warning came when a messenger Besctat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Micame flying across the lawn, It was suld Lona Brancu, N. J., Sept, 19.—Tho Presi- fj that he was after somo mustard, and that dent died at 10:35 tonight. Attho oveningfgthe President wos sinking very rapldly. § bulletin his condition was thought a trifle Then the guards about the cottage werel more comfortable, ‘Thore was o feoling offmdoudled, For ten minutes there was a mo-ff congratulation on all sides thut ho had ea-q™q ment of harrowing anxiety, broken by the which had beon fg intelligence that camo a moment later that, anxiously feared since the chill of the morn-} ‘ THE PRESIDENT WAS DEAD, ing. Dr, Boynton, during the early evening, jm A messenger went fiying for the members talked even a little hopefully, and the people fot the Cabinet, A few intuutes after gallop- about the hotels propared to retire at theming horses brought them quickly to the Mm porch ot the Kiberon, where Gen, MacVeagh ALMOST NO FEANS OF ILL NEWS Miinotsthem, Looking for MacVeagh, James, before morning. At 10 o'clock Socretary i Kirkwood, Windom, aud Wugt brokethrough| Brown's cottage was dark and deserted, A fj tho crowd of correspondenta who assembled| few of the more vigilant newspspor-mon sat fon the porch, and walked slowly through the talking of the caso on the Elberon plazzs. (darkness across the lawn to the Francklyn§ fA Dr. Boynton was among them. At twentyfgcottage, A, mounted orderly cried outs] he sound of hurrying horses’ feet wero) ¢ the remains will be interred. in Lake View @ 4 Cemetery, Cleveland, in aecordance with the Hoften-expressed wishes of the President: while alive. Mhave been given under the charge of Mr. 4 Moires, the village undertaker, and will re- will be performed tomorrow afternoon. ff ‘There will then bo present Dr. Curtls, of B them away to the cottnge.. It was then Washington, who has been requested to al-B learned that the President had not dicd. Ba tend, Drs. Agnew, Llamilton, and Bliss, as He had suddenly shownfywell as Surgeon-General Barnes and Drs, Woodward and Reyburn, who until recently attended upon the President. fs bearing her affliction with the fortitude for] Hi which she was so remarkable during her \ Jong and terrible trial.” aud on horseback were called for contirma- i vious to his death, the only words spoken by Ky MF cont died at10:85 p. m. Aftor tho buttetin was I fh tion of the distressing news uy peuple along) y tha President wero that he had a severe pain Bq Ad sucd at 5:0 this ovening, tho Presidont con-f the wayside. The gnestsat tho hotels whofMin his heart. i over the body of the late President. le has BM beon notified of the President's death. a MY Cabinet fins Just arrived and gone tn a body AMacVeagh has telugraphod them of the i Mond the particulata cannot bo obtainud. Tuo i ial saya: ‘The funeral will take placo on Monday, MUB] and De, Biss practically gives hiu up, 10a. Me k Dr, Agnew says; 4 hope to offer—not even to allay publle anx- iety.” Dr. Bliss says that he fears the next fg chillimay be the last. 10:15 A. Me Dr. Bliss says the President Is not improv. THE REMAINS Mtions. But the Iresident’s condition 1s! Reaboutas bad us it can ve. The President vomited after the chills, Stimulating eua- HI mata are belng administer : 10:30 A. M. Dr. Agnew, being’ asked whether the final AN AUTOPSY snid it might be a day or two. Hachill any time before he Knew It Dr. t Boynton, who has just left the sick room, bisays the pulse fs now 140, and that the Presi- qient is very weak, ‘There is no longer any§ og doubt that the President must soon dle, “Stns. GARFIELD Dr, Agnew has just left the President’s Meuttagze. Jv would only say: “Tho situations iis very serious. ‘Ihe chills are shaking him Hup a good deal.’ Attorney-General Mac: Ry Yeaxh, also just from’ the cottage, says jon President Is now Inn gentle perspire tlon,” rs <= THE DEATH-BED. GANFIELD'S LAST WORDS. Lona Brancit, Sept, 19.—1 2. m.—Pre- 10:45 A. 3. ‘The Cabtuet evidently consider the situa- It is supposed -by fation extremely critical. They have given the surgeons that death was oc- easioned by a clot of blood forming in tho heart. Dr. Bliss was the first one notified of the Prestdent’s expression of the wire running from the Elberon ready for G practically to take possession of the wire. ae BYA!l presa matter must now be filed at tho and, upon’ entering tho room, he at fa West End, two miles from the Elberon, ‘The once saw the end was near, The mombersR members: ot the Cabinet have just arrived at of the family were immediately summoned py Attorney-Goneral MucVengh'seottage, which 0 tho bedside, All arrived, and perfect fg "dons that of the preeluenty ulet prevailed, “‘Thore is no inmedlate 3S. GARFIELD pore the trying ordenl with grent fortitude Rycalled for a hand-xlass after the dressing, and) andexhibited unprecedented courage. Shepsuld: * cannot understand why J at s0 fave way to no paroxysms of grief, and weak when I look so well,’ Tils yolce Is not after death becamo evident, she quietly with- as hone ns itwas when the parotid gland 4 Dr. Bilss says: heart-stricken widow, full of grief, but with BM discharge from tho wound fs thin and a too much courage to exhibit it to those about #H tle stringy. Still he iy quite cheerful. The her, She was laboring under a terriblo atrain, and, despite her efforts, tears flowed from her eyes, and her Hps became drawn “| the orlgln and progress of the President's by her noblo attempt to bear the burden Biinng trouble, Hosuld: “Tho lung trouble 11:80 A. Me with which she had been afflicted. MissB}began wAh n hypostatie congestion, which f Mollie was greatly affected, and bursts of fg was caused in part py being {na recumbent tenrs flowed from the child's eyes, notwith-pqvosition, and because the side was impatred standing her noblo effort to follow the ex. py ne wonm Atenyon was directed to amplo of her mother, he lungs weeks ago. ‘I'he physicians. care- THE DEATIC SCENE was one nover to be torgotten. Porfect quict provalled, and thera was not a murmur heard while the President was sinking. After death had been pronounce: the bod, was properly arranged by Dr.S. A. Boynton Telegrams wero immediately sent tok the President’s mother in and to tho sons Harry and James, who are now at Williams College, as also to Vice-Ry resident Arthur, and other prominent§ fn tho right ng. ublic mon, Mr, Morris, the undertaker of the village, will be in charge off the remains, Eugel Britton, Coronor of Monmouth County, will hold an inquest nrea and extent of the field of dullness, 2 parotid glund. ‘The parotid swelling created and larynx, and afterwards livaded the bron. Achial passages, and was attractud to the right in the course of time, was sutlictent to devel- dition, Dr. Bliss says fils condition 13 very bad. He hagachance. If he should die, he does not oxpect that he would dio foraday or two, unless embolism should set 1, and he might live a week. He still has a great deal and, as far as can bo ascertalnod, has notg MEAGRE NEWS. THE QUAND DOURLED, Exnenoy, N, d., Sept. 10—11:15 p. m,—The § Maro anoinalous, They are perfectly wonder- tory of this caso, yet when one entered tho room snd saw the firm, roliant expression upon his face, and his manner of speaking, to the Francklyn Cottage, All are here ex-F copt Blaine and Lincoln, Attorney-Goner alg President's death, ' QUEAT EXCITEMENT PREVAILS TERE, fs burled only in he een HOA. My guard around the cottage has been donbled, and no one !s allowed to approach It, ‘Tho Government bas taken possosston of the only’ telegraph wire which is connected at El boron. IN WILL BY ALMOST IMPOSSINER to get further details tonight, as wo are shut off from all communication with the coltage§ and its inmates, ‘ A TELEGRAM EXTRA. EVIDENTLY WHITTEN, ol ‘Tuy “ HERALD oO Ke New Yous, Sept. 19.—A Telegram extra” Tio {a sleeping, and the pulso ‘ls 118, but the progress of the cage fy against hin. ‘This is} A the anniversary of the battle of Chikamauga, Alu battle in which Gen. Garlield was in the hottest of the fight. j . 19:15 py Me nf one of thom, Dr, Agnew, belng asked again S rucontly whother there was any hope, said: ‘here 1s no hope.” ‘At the President's bedsido, holding his poor, emaciated hand In her own, and wateh- ing with auguish unuttorable the fast van-j Ishing sands of life, sat the falthful, dovoted wife, during the closing hours of the Presi- dont’s carcer, ‘Around him were other weoving friends, and physicians, lamenting thelr powerlcs- nessin the presence of the dark angel of death. ‘Toward the last, the mind of the sufferer wandered. He was once more back In Men-§ tor, aiuld those scenes where the happiest U . 1PM The 1 o'clock bulletin showed no material change since morning, except.the tempera- bad sign, ‘The same symptoms precedca the| body, Uition—preeisely the same as at the same gates the recurronce of @ chill within a fow PRICE FIY the lamp of Jife Mekered and went out for- at half-mast from every py jouse on Ocean avenue, and the gayety, of FA couraged by the evening bulletin. The case The struggle is over, and death ts the victor. i a 2 ir mM chills continue the President eannot Jive of “Thave nota word of f ne, bute may lust a week, and may last 4 inain under his chargo until the arrival from Mlonger—that it is lmpossible to make predic- Hi Now York of an emnbalmer, who will be hero been dent half an hour-when, at 11:10, Win-Zgin the tnorning, result was to be expectud in bours or days, A Dr. Biss sub- Hf Asequently said that he might be taken off Inf 10:40 A. Me Bathe Western Union Company notice to holy Bl omerzency in the President's condition, Hogg Will escape It. The hour for tet % Th Loves vas Inilnined. ‘Chere is no evidence of ref drew to her own room, There sho sat, 934 pair this morning in any of the wounds. left lung seers to be only slightly affected.” Dr, Bilss has just madon statement as toh sHfully examined then frequently, both by auscultation and percitssion, and found the I iinis was previous to the suppuration of the f an fnilaimation which extended from the gland to the mucous membrano of the throat Obto flung rather than to tho left, because the in-# jury was on that side, and there was a slight B congestion there. ‘These two conditions met § 'Thore was finally added J to that the access of bloud-polsoning, which, j opin the right lung an inclination to an ab- seess, ‘This was not developed until within § three or four days. As to tho President'scon- Aaof strength. Eis vitality and reserve power § ful. Dr. Agnew and hhnself have both ro- iy marked this, Notwithstanding the bad his- 9 it was enough to take one almost off hist feet, Dr. Bilas coneludod by sayings “ Hope # Dr, Bilss says the President Is now sleep-F Ming. ‘Thero has been no material change. ® Dr, Bliss says thyt the chills are liked pounding away at a”gato with a battering j ram. ‘Tho President {sg Mable to dle In any ture is again falling below normal, It ta off chill of yesterday. Every exfort is belug Minude to keep up the temperature of they 4r w "The Presldent is sleeplig—pulse 103; res: i HE pration 18; temperature below normal con-& hour yesterday, andSthe temperature indi- B urs, Ilo int - 3) ‘The peoplet j 09.5 In an inlerview mey-General Mo Vengh sald thers wad"iia new grounds for hope, and that the President could not Inst fong in his present weak condition. Io is weaker now than at any time, and the Attor- ney-General has the gravest apprehensions, A rhe mind of the President has been perfectly clear all day. ‘There is no reason now to be fleve that he will have another chill. - The Attorney-General says le understands that Severy precatton has been taken during the day to prevent the recurrence of the rigors, AtG:00 p, m., Miss Sollle Garfield was walk Jing on the lawn with severnt ladies, T25 M Dr. Agnew says he ttoes not feel mnch en- Ais still critient. 10:10 py, 3st : Tho President has thus far passed a com. Mfortable night. He is now sleoping, with pulse at 120, ‘Thereare no indications of an- Mother chiit, 1045 Pa The President is salt to be sinking very st. All the surgeons are In attendance, he Cabinet have been summoned. HW Ernenoy, N.J., Sept. 19.—The President Aiied nt 10:35, From whatcan be ascertained Hhis death was from sheer exhaustion. Mr. A Warren Young, assistant to Private Secre- vie President passed a very comfortablegg sty Brown, urought the news from the cot Binge at ten minutes beforo 11, The first In- Baclication that anything serious had occurred was the appearance of a messenger at tho beron Hotel, who obtalued 9 carrigge and drove rapidly off. It was supposed he had gone to summon the members of the cabinet, who left here about hatf-past Dtonight. At- HM torney-General MucVeagh has notified Vice- HY President Arthur of the President)s demise. 11:10 v3 ] ‘The announcement of the President's fd death came like a stroke of lightning. There was scarcely any warning. About twenty minutes before the end the President was found to be suddenly and rapidly sinking, Restoratives were sent for with great speed. Bit was too late, Almost before rostoratives Aicume he had breathed fis last. ea EARLY HOPES. THEI UTTER GHOUNDLESNESS. Spretat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Ay Loxa Braxcn, Sept. 19.—Dr. Bliss imme- dintely after ithe evening bulletin (G p.m.) came from the President’s cottage with a f@brighter face than he has had todaye He fisald: ‘‘I'he bulletin xlves the worst aldo ot \ it. There are no more bad symptoms to Wimention, We think the lung trouble Is a Iit- tle better, ‘The area of dullness has nar- rowed a little, Wecan now hear the respir- tion murmur, Le has coughed more casily. Aitls food is continued by the mouth and by enemata, [is mind is clear. He has by no means made up is) mind that he is going todie, ‘The tine for the chill has pnssed land it has not appeared. On the contrary, fis temperature is normal and bis pulse xreatly reduced, while bis respiration Is at 18,” THE TONE OF DI BLISS’ VOICE was slightly encouraging. but it was soon learned that he really had no great hope. ‘The Attorney-General went to tho doctors’ cottage, where he had a consultation with Drs. Bliss, Agnew, and Hauilton, Upon leaving the cottage, after this conference, BH Attorncy-General MacVeazh anid: ‘Chere His no new hope. It would be wrong to Mcreato tha impression that there Is. Tho tact that there has not been another chill should not create hope, Ho has had one Achill today. If he had had ayother one it would have doubled his burdens, There is ‘ bq provement, Possibly ft muy be suld that -he Ais no worse, but there can be no new hope Ay until there Is new stréngth, and : BY 11 CERTAINI.Y HAS NOT GAINED ANY. BY hud not expected that he .would have an- FJ othor chill today. ‘The doctors now think he it has Apassed. But the fact that he has Minot lad two chills today ds certainly not SYcround for hope. Ile has had one, and ho fa never has had more than oneaday, Whata vonderful ense it ist This morning there Ba would have been a good bulletin If the chtil Fahad occurred fifteen minutes Inter. ‘The con- Miditions were apparently favorable, but the ehiil came on while the examination was be- Hing made.” TUR ATTORNEY-GENERAL then snid that the repurts which pretend to Pa cive an account of any dispatches which She may have sent toilay * to the RS Vice-President were unauthorized, 9 fino information had been given to H anybody as to the nature of anything that he may have commuuieated to Gen. Arthur, Gen. Swaim and Col. Rockwell, always hopeful, ara model attendants fora sick Broom. No one ever heard a gloomy word from them, and very seldom has gloom been Fiscen upon thelr faces, Col, Rockwell soon left the President’s cottage andsald, “Things look better. i ALWAYS TOLD You ME Was GOING TO GET Gen, Swain, too, soon left’ for his dinner, and anid, “Ho is worth all tho dead Mimen that could be laid between here and Now York. Hs putso is firmer, stronger, Bins moro volume, Els mind is clear, Hs stomach Iy right. Mo drank vo xlussful of kunyssfawhile ago, and enjoyed tt It lias mild stimulating qualities, something Hko A alt Hauors, ‘The President Is cheerful.” “Does he recognize hls condition, Gen- moral 2”? *'Phe doctors can’ttell him anything about Mthat. Loe knows his case perfectly well, and has from the first, His pluck and courage are amazing. 3!e will come out ofa chillas cheerful ag $f he was leaving an evening party. | ME MAKES NO COMPLAINTS, ‘There has been n6 indication of anther chill Pal this evoning, and there is now no probability that there will be one.”, Gen. Swalm hasnot Hi lost his courage, and evidently nover will until the breath hasleft the body, Dr, Ham- {lton, too, Is Inclined to take acheérful view. Bilosald: “The evening bulletin certainly gives usa little more encouragement, It is almost {mpossible to look upon thut cheer- ful, sin iad fave and not fecl that he ls golug Pa to live.” AMOUT SUNSET ‘ ban well-dressed stranger, who had been walt Ea ing about the hotel and grounds all the aft- MMerioon, sent to Col, tockwell at the Pres!- Hy lent’s cottage the following note: ‘Ono who brings the powor of the Lord Josua Christ with bins wauts to pray for tho Prosldent, James Luwin WILKY. ‘The handwriting was that of-a person partly educated, Col. Rockwoll paid no at- tention te the note, About dusk this *plous crank” walked down the lawn, across the Mseutry’s beat, and was challenged by him, He did not stop, except to say: “I-want to see the President, I am ordered: by Jesus Christ to see him, and to pray for hiw.’". ‘Che Instructions to the sentry did not authorize him to pass even such a Divine sinbassacor. Bits firmly stopped him, and two other Fa yoldiers led him quietly away. This is the third “crank” who has appeared here within a week. Gen. Swalm tonight received atelegram from ‘THE ONDNANOE OFFICER * at Sandy Hook, stating that he would begin ———— nothing in his condition to Indicate nny Im-’ 7