Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 21, 1881, Page 9

CINCAGO TRIBUNE: Ww 2NESDAY, SEPTEMBER et, 1881—TWELVE PAGES SHROUDED IN GRAPE, Chicago Puts on Mourning for the Dead Pres- ident, Business Houses, Public Build- ings, and Priyate Dwellings in Black. Mooting of the Oity Oouncil—The Mayor's Messaga—Appropri- ate Resolutions, Special Session of the County Commissioners—Spceches “Made. Tho Board of Trade nnd Allied Organizations Transact No Business. Union Veterans, Bankers, and Others Meet and Take Ap- propriate Action. Closing of the Courts—Ieligious Sorvs iecs to Be Held Next Sunday. x 0, B, Farevatl on tho Political Situation— Tho Trial of the Mur- doror. A DAY OF sorrow. ONIEF OVER THE DEAD PRESIDENT, “No one, no matter how wnobservant or {guorant of the sad events of the lust two months, could have passed along the streets of Chleago yesterday without perceiving that suine great erlamity hnd fallen upon tie elty or upon the country. It did not need the sable decorations of houses and of stores toopen one’s vyes to this fact, ‘The alr and manner of the people upon the thorough fares, the way In which they addresset one anothor, all tustified to the existence of some unlversal sorrow, By an early hour in the morning every one know that the President had passed from earth, and while lt was seen that the Muyor was wise in recognizing tho . imposstbility of re- questing on general cussation of busi- ness ‘Tuesday, yet the feollng was atrong that the day was hardly one to be de- yoted to labor. So strong was this Impres- slun that the Board of ‘Trade—tho greatest business organization in Chicngo—adjourned over until today. Lut while the stores were open, and tho homes of business were active with hardly an exception, willing hands be deckeul the walls with tha dreary inslguin of wo, and gave to the city a funerenl aspect which it has not worn for sixteon years. During the day the Council ond othor bodies hold meetings, detailed accounts of which are given below, as also of tho moro inspiring decorations. Battery D, First .Ar- dillery- f. N. G,, fired asalute every half-hour between funrise and sunset from tho Lak Front. ‘ho armory was appr rintely and tastefully draped, as was uso the large flag presentuiL to tho battery by the Inules of Chicago, which hung nt half-mast, Maj, Tobey, who has command of the battery, absent In Now York, but telegraphed In- structions to have everything proper done, IN SABLE WEEDS. A GENERAL MANIFSTATION OF SORROW. Before the belly which proctulmed that President Gartielt was dead had ceased tolling, busy hauds were at work all over the elty draping buildings In black and white— the badge of mourning—and yesterday ufter- neon the principal streets of tho eclty were attired In the hnbitiments of wo. Scarcely a business-house or office but exhibited tho symbol of denth, and by this afternoon it 1s safe to say that almost every building in tho elty will be draped in mourning, The merchants have been working espe cially hard, and yesterday afternoon the busl- neg quarter of the clty presented 9 most tine posing appearance. ‘The finest decorations fo bo secon ore in the two blocks on Monroe strect between = Fifth avenue wid Market, Here are grouped tho representative business-houses, and ench has endeavored to outdo tho othor in deco- rating, John V. Farwell & Co, show tho Anest tront on the street, and the other firms Which ndd to tho fino display aro C, 2, Kel- loge & Co, Cahn, Wampolid & Selz, Schwab & Uo,, Eddy, Harvey & Co, Simon, Strauss & Co,, N. O, Willinms & Co,, Sweet, Dempster & Co,, Hirsch, Mayer & Co. Worl Woehsmuth &'Co,, and the Doggelt, Bus ily Company, Another tine display fs made on Madison rect, from State to Market. ‘Tne TRiuwuNe oflev and MeVicker's Theatra Jead off, and Very fine decorations are displayed by Wil- Tough 7» HIN G Co, A. dt. Nutting, the Vut- wan Clothing (louse, and the Golden Eagle Clothing “House. Henry We King & 0. have decorated. handsomely, ond Marshall Flotd Co's wholesale department 1s draped With festoons of binek, Clayton & Co, show a tastefully arranged whidow, In the centre of which Js an oll paluting of Gare leld, and twined about Itare the National colors looped In with binelc and white, ‘Lhe Goodyear Rubber Company and Salisbury & C i displny handsomely decorated frotts, rie the blocks between La Salle and Krank streets show continuous decorations on botl sides af tho street, ppite streot presents ow handsome sight. he buildings on both sides are covered with festoon and streamers of black and white, fudd ull the flags are tying at halfanast. Tho Old Tallin womnn who runs a tittle fruit stand at tho sauthwest corner of State and andolph streets showed her sorrow at the tis of her adopted country’s President by: raping hor stand with festions of black aud White, ‘The work of deeorating the retail Harp of Marshall Field & Co, was begun yes> lav afternoon, 1t will be ulaborate when Completed, . Pe hv reghinental armories bave flags. flytny + thal fnast, and tho armory of the Second creiment bs handsomely decorated, aa la that, t the battery, ‘Che peuy headquarters dis- Ulay festoons of bktek and draped colors, nel decorations were not 60 ceneral iy the ihe Teshdenee porion of tha gly, ‘The stores Jong West Madison and Like streets and perth Clark street showed sonia decorations, with i Will, probably bo more extenslye Heated day or lwo, 13 the time has been so A rumor gained eurreney yestorday g y afters ae (iat the mies of the blak: and white ttl which ts being used in decorathng av beeo pushed up tO percent. It is to be pel this iy not a fuet, As coon tt XEN SPAPER-OFFICES, ad A foo, fis the sad nows of Prestdont G ial sieath reached the elty Moniay eve ne Morey often were mut at work decorate mtn Tumse Building, aud by 8 o'clock Thy morning both the Madison and WER OTH street fronts were heavily drapud Hale hore Diack und the thug was tying ot Vacs’, The elfect of the unrelleyed Way yet the dark stonework of the bullahus fay ery imposing, and called forth mny “lable comments, s with fater-vecun Bullding was decorated wha estoons and: strewmers of biael and, tose? Mel in place by black and white dene, good pvleture of the Presl- Teas displayed, id breeer wton of the Journal oftles was a ydone, ‘Lhe villas on the front of tre uitding were wrapped with black sand ots Ing front the cornice tu the sue~ é Tey, of thy building, - te a kauty Zeltuny Building was decora- th festuous of bluck and ‘white aud TS thelr store very & Ie tnt colors were displayed at hin Ate Tho otlees of tha Morning (Heratd, Dally News, Hotel’ Reporter, wid Northarastera Liumberman were nettly decorated, and estoons af | Inte from the whidews of the Chicage 4 Club, corner of Madison Me nl Clark sti TUE HOTELS, The Grand Paciiie Hotel was draped with estoons or black, and streamers extentted from the tothe bideont ne Mhngy was flying 9 matst. All the flay were Myhng at dh istan the ‘Tremont tonse, Palmer Touse, Gardner Toye, Matteson Ho Burdlek, Clifton House, and the Commarelal Howl, “The balconies of the Sherman were dra I) black, and (he pillars at the entrances Were wrapped with the same. ‘Cho flag was at half-ninst,. ‘The bitertor of the Palmer Hongg lins heen favishly and Wore priately draped. Back of the desk was phi ie stand ofeolors beavily draped nnd ilsposed artietientiy. | Over the entresol balcony and rbaut every pillar gumberloss Migs and guidons were hung, festooned and interlaced with broad folds of erapes Allover the ratunda the same plan Wits followed with marked elect. The Hinols Club will be draped today. THE THEATRES, ‘Theatre was decorated very ‘The large plllurs in. front of vere word with bli of the same wer fuily cought up across the front of thie bulld- Ing, “Phe tas vw Hisplayed at half nnst. The frontof Haverly's ‘Thettre presented a very imposing appearance, ‘Che pure walle ework afforded an excellent buekyround ‘ing the fostuonsof black and white 8 loop neross tho front. Just over tho entrance was a hiro silk tag, edged with black wind caught to the building witha large binek and white roset. ‘Cho tags on the towers were at Half must, ‘The fronts of Hooley’s ‘Theatre, the Grand Opera-House, the Olyimple ‘Theatre, the Academy of Music, nd the Lyceum were Nandsonicly decorated, THE GOVERNMENT nUTLDING, Itis, of course, eminently proper that the Government Buildig: should be sititably decorated: to express due respect for the memory of tho Chief Maxistrate of the Nit- tion, whose, representatives the: Federal off daly are. ‘Fho bullding ls so Inrge that It was’ impossible to phice all the drapery Yesterday, but. will he finished by this afternoon. On the north frant the most care bias been lavished, ‘The large square volumns whieh sipport the portico are wrapped with large flags, closely twined with blacte cloth, and white festuons of black stretch from pilaster to pilaster. Above, the columns are wrapped closely around tn black with sluilar streamers. On the other fronts the only things in the way of exterior draping were the same binck pillars and festoons, Jn tho interlar the Post-Oftlce lobbies pro- sent a strikingly sombre and funereal ap pearance, the large halls belay weighted down with the mourning color. The large fluted Pillans were conceated under, folds of cloth Ughtly wrapped from cornice to b From the tops of these depended ty tes toans of black, crossing and recrossing ence oier to the pilasters on the side, whieh were concealed In tong hanging folds of Dinek, waving free, Along the glass partition clenr around te lobby festoons were hing, knotted with pendant resets, Each window was heavily framed in black, Up-statrs the same gloomy effect was pro- duced by long festoons hanging from the chandeliers, the leavy dismal black contrasting strangely wilh the bright gilt of the chundoliers, where the broad folts| were knotted, On the door lending Into the | Penston-Office was itt lent portrait of tho ile President pinned with beautiful white flowers, ‘The oltices up-stairs were all, heavily draped, the large and lofty rooms ntfording every onpors tunity for the display of lonz lines of black, The work of draping was continued Inst night, and the elerks, who are doling all the work thomnselves, will finish up to-day, tHE cre@iranr. In obedicnes to the orders of Alayor Tar- rison, lange foree of men tnder the dh tion of Col, Baldwin yesterday mornisus, draped the rookery fy mourning, Phe habill- MeVieki hoatsome! the entranes white, nud fest ments of wo gave to the building a pe- culiar effet, ~ Only plain “blnck was userl, and It was hung in flowing festuons from both the La Salle and Adains streut siles.. Over the Adams street, entrances there were excellent ikenesses of the dead President, shielded In large dra- perled flags, caught up in the centre by sinall flags, fastened a Dine: and ~whitevosets." "Tn the Mayor's office {san ofl portratt of Garfield, draped in erape, and in the Muyor’s private aftiee tho frames to the pletures of Washington and Lincoln are hung In black, In every office and throughout the halls are emblems of mourning in the shape of small thigs topped With bows of erape. TUE SHIPPING, Tho tug oflces and the shipping wore nny Aspect stzgestive of a finer holiday, Old sallors who have sean death in all its forms congregated in groups along the docks, and tho universal verdict was that “it's too bad.” Tho yuchts in the basin displayed their cole ors ut half-nast, and the engines which moved to and along the tracks were draped in mourning. THE SIXTIE WARD REPUNLICAN CLUB, formerly known us. the German Gartield and) Arthur Club, have draped thelr hall atthe corner of Lincoln and UWinman streets. Flags are displayed at hall-mast, all benring evidence to tie great sorrow felt YF, the Gorman Nepublicans of the Sixth ‘Ward for the loss of their beloved President, TIIL BOARD OF TRADE, ANNOUNCEMENT WY PREBIDENT RoaEns, At half-past 9 o’etouk yesterday morning, the usunl time for opentng the Board of ‘Trade, President Rogers aseended tha plat- ‘form ut tho north ond of the room, dnd rapped once with the gavel, All tho mem- bers know what was comlug—thelr talk bay ing beon about the death of President Gar fiokt, not a word being sald. about prices or trades—so thoy gathered Ina body, end took tholr hats off, ‘Chere never wassuch silence on "Change before except at night. President Rogers satd: GrNntLemeNn: In view of tho death of tho Presluent, and tho genera) feeling of oppresslon atid diginellnution to pursiic the business of tho: hour, | have called you togethor to listen to tha resolutions whlub will now bo alfered, Mr. IW. Dunham then presentad the fol- Towing, which was unaahnously adopted: Ateaotved, In ylow of the rent National sorrow, ovvusloned by the death of the President of to United States, it 1s ordered that tho business uf thig bourd be suspundod for today. dtexaived, Lunt tha President be requested to appoint acommittca af ive to prepare i ault- ablo expression by tha membors of unis body In viow of the sud Gvent, und that the eomulitee report to the bourd fut 12 o'eluck toduy, ‘The board reassumbled at the hour named, over 1,000 members bulng present, and was eatled to order by Vresident Rogers, who sald GENTLEMEN: In pursuanco of tho ordor of the niceting hold this mourniig your President Appolited us tho committes to draft resulutions oxpresdlyy of your sorrow ut the death of tho President of the United States and tho tat, Sr. A.W. Dunnam, Sir, W. I Baker, Mr. John iieusiey, Mr. George M, Howe, and Sir, C. IL ‘fuylor, ‘he committee are present aud pro- pure to report. THE RESOLUTIONS, Mr, Dunham, the Chalrinan of the com- mittes, then handed tho following to Secre- tary Hundolph, who avas much affected while renting Its ‘This Hoard of Trado standa with tho pooplo of the ontire Nation in tho shadow of a ureat cnlunity, wyd rowlizes that tn the death of our beloved wud honored Provident (he peeple haya sulferud an aditction that buws tne hedrt of every American, tu the doath of President Garflold wa reco; nie the loss to our commen country Of Btuted- man of tho highest order, woman of unsullled personal character, und one nround whayt hid centered our bighest expectation of au intelll+ gent, honorable, and auccessiul Administration: o ational aituirs. We mourn bis deceuse as 5 National calamity, Ju the life or Jamog 4. Gurfichl, now rounded ito hivtory, wa recognize tho posslbiiities of peraanul aebtovenent under tho dnstitutions yjucathod tu ti8 by aur Lutherd, showlns, ae It does, that, oven from the humblest walks of life, with a purhose, fixed on big atms of honoc to one's self and of usofttiness to mankind, Wo eltizon may revues the highest ploniole of fame and honor among men and nations, fis nobie eburucter will over be cherlvhed as 4 bright ex ainple to prosent and Culure genoratio Words tall to expreas our deep sympathy with tho bercaved widow of the President in this sud aad tryipg moment, We have watched ber une Gring devotion with foelings of tho blybest i milration, realizing fully how, under ty train ing heartstrings, wbe hus borne up und oncoure aged und cheered her pativnt and bervic wus. Gand, and only Hiftlug tho voll which obscured from our view big Intunsy suifering ta let in suillalont Fay of Hight to dened wa tho bemtty of thy bome [fe within, and the instructive lose sons of patience aid hope whleb were therein displayed. ‘To the cab dren, and cspeciolly to the uged nlothor wob gaye tu the world the statesiin, patrivt, ad soldier for whose deat the Nation grieves, wo tender cur wlucereat sym 1 together by.. pathy. And we would point all te the let and ehduring momstannt they have ti the lite and exalted character of bier whom Ues now tuoura and Whose eutwnury will suil hve te all arts, vstdent Tog your pleasure? A dozen members—! move thelr adoption. ‘The question was put, and the resolutions werd winiimously agreed to, Astroke of the gavel mimouneed an ade {ournmunty anit the members quietly teft tho ind, many of them shedding tears, hoann, At holf-past 10 welock yesterday mornin the rertiar tne for meeting of the Call sseinbly was called to order by John i Bensley, the President of the buard, who spoke ns follows; é TEEMEN? Tho gunoincement which wo eullot us so lone feared, and many oF ently expect: be death of the dente at hin minde de say to you that it by tion aliall ux press ftxett Yon: but lave called you together that you iniy take Rub action inthis mutter 1g you my deen proper. ‘fhe board upesuulrs, as you ure suwatte, hus adjourned, y olfered the following: ho Tiport our Nutley T Mugistrate und beloy express the profound grief we fel dour respect for bis memory? iat this board bold 1g business sos nbd that wo de now ndjouri, he pren 11 resolution was seconded by Joh DB. Lyon and adopted unaniimoitsly. ‘The board then adjourned, THE OPEN HOARD was called toxether n430 yesterday morne ing by the President, Mr. Co We Hunt, and, on motion of Mr. D. 8. Muaridge, quietly aljourned “on aecotut of the sad news? or the death of 1 jarteld. | The doors Were soon closed, ind the erowd Uint hid us seule attend Into Httie knots of men, who talked In subdted tones of the dend, or silently tert the place wh iy urdjinatty devoted to the noise and stiite of speculation. The Open Board dinth was) draped tu biaels and white, the two middle rows of coltinns being tained with the two moaruing colors, and it portralt of the President shrouded In erape hung over Mr, Hunt's quarters, A DEAD DAY, Around the Board of Trado an alinost. dend silence prevatted terday. In the inorning the traders congregated around the building, but showed no inelination to do business. ‘They all wore na expression of deep sorrow ind regret at the sad fate of ihe beloved Preshlentok the Unlted States, Men gathered here and there to talk in low tones of the great afiiction which had overtaken Ue Nation, und by silent consent suspended all semblance of trading for the day. After the reading of: the resolutions of respect adopted by the several boards, the members quietly separated and ‘departed for their homes. THE DECORATION OF TIT HOARD OF TRADE: BUILDING was assigned to a econunittee consis Mesars. 1D. W. Irwin, We T. Dak es L. Wuteliinson. ‘She worl Under the direetion of Mr. dl. EB, Se: arilst. It promises to be one of the finest: specimens of street and Interlor decoration yoseen in the elty. ‘The interlor was nearly finished last evening. ‘The artist with aurea force of workmen worked far into the night to complete It. About 10,000 yards of cloth were used. ‘Tho interior presents a very beautital appearanee, {un the centre, nnd direetly over the President's stand In the north balcony, fg hang a fine off portralt what is niiemen, c ting of m ot President Garfield set in a dance square of bixck cloth, the folds of Which spread outin rays to the border of white, und white rosets confine the corners, This datlralt was palnted from life by Mrs. GA, Bassett, and is the only one of the late President for which he has elven sittigs since he cutered the White House. Mr Lr win secured It for the occasion, On either side oftho portriut tho Stars and Stripes are placed atan angle from the wall, and are looped toward the centre with binck fastenhigs, while from above depend tn the form pf a canopy long and broad” pieces of blaek cloth eaught at the top by ahuge white roset. ‘The frout of the balcony below «is decorated with double festoous of binckeon- fined by white rogers, and the wings live a slugte festoon, ‘The windows each side of this centre pleco, and those on the east and weat sides of the hall are trimmed above with hangings of black caught over theureh, and at the sides with white, and about mid- way other festoons streteh from window. to. window,, twining gracefully, arowiul the Inmp brackets which intervene, and are alse provided with ~indepencent decorations,” A rleze of black extends around the roam near the top of the windows, upon whieh are pinned at intervals plain wilte resets,” fhe visitors’ gallery in the south end of the hatl is profusel, ts A plain band of white stretches across the base of the bal- cony, Which ts studdel with rosets of black, and from the top droop sniall festoons of the dark cloth caught up with white, Four Jong black streamers bing from tho ralling over the balustrade, and com- pltely hide the brackets undernenth, The chandeliers below ure draped Hke th an the sides of the hall, and the main e! trance Jy plainly borderod with black, Other ormamentations cover the wall avove the gallery, and the clevator casings aud areli- ways are heavily draped. tN TUE 1ttOR, ‘Khe Washington street front {s to be com- pleted this morning, ‘The general plan em bodies a draping of black radiating trom the contre of the roof in broad folds to the corn lev proper, on either silo of whieh are sus- pended three brond bluck pennants which cover the mansard structure, | Plain black bands four inches in width stretch across the entire front directly over the whidows, whieh are festooned with black necompanted by the white roset, ‘The colunms nt the en- trance to the building are banded with bla ‘The contre of the front Is nearly plain, and the matin dourway Js left clear, te “mass of the drapery baling near the top of tho bulld- ing. ‘Tho Amerlean fing waves at tinlf-ninst from the middle of the roof, and flags are to be grouped under it. . ‘Lhe tuterlor of the Grain, Provision & Stoek Board was decorated in black, Across the entire weat ent of the hall heavy fes- toons of black cloth were suspended, and in the centre, over tho caller's place, a black cross rested, In front of the desi was a pictuse ae the President, shrouded In dead lack. ‘Tho twelve white pillars In the hall were wound with black, nul the entranee to the room was arehed with the same dark mu- ul, ha othor trading Institutions in the yicinl~ ty were also elosed, and the doorways and whidows wore covered with tho colors of muurniy, THE COUNCIL. ADDRESSES AND RESOLUTIONS, A special meeting of the Counell was held atzo'clock yestorday afternoon to take ace tlon with referonce to the death of President Gartiedd, There were quite, miumber of people In the lobby, and many city ofticials Inside the ralling, ‘The following Aldermen were present: Wickersham, Dixon, Sane Appleton, Shorey, Phelps, Watkins, Wetherell, Burke, Shoridan, Cullertan, Att- peter, Widreth, Riordan, Pureell, Sinyth, Peevey, Nelson, Bond, Dean, Hulbert, r= olt, Brady, Wanzer, Stauber, ILrseh, Young, Tnhof, Meler (Sixteenth), Murphy, Barrett, Burley, and Blatr, HE MAYOW'S MESSAGE, Mayor Harrison presided, and read the sub- Joined message: to the City Counett of the Clty of Chieago— GENTLEMEN? Lot night. while you wore diss cussing an Important uniter, the fire gous atartind you by Ita monsured toll, fesaid, * Tho Preeident fa dead." You wtonce silously ad- dourned, 1) have calied you togettier to tuke tho form! auuouncoment thar. tho Chiof Muyistaute of tho United states, after a uerolu struggle of elyhty days with grim death, bas at list elven wp the fight that Tite spirit, at Uris fat night, winged: tte {ight to the presonce of tta God, lenving bubind ita nue whieh will dive ay long us biatory continues to be written, ‘This is a pulniul announcement, whethoryou think of James A, Gurileld aan tun or aa tho Hxeoutlye head uf thla mighty fupublic. Aa a nan he bid his faulté, perhips, for who that te humus bas not? bus ble virtues were Tur great er than buve been bestowed on even a minority of those whom the world naa called great, ile was akind and generous fricnd, a luving and wontle husband, und w daveted fathor. Ile wis fn industrious public servant, and endeavored to squire all of his puolid™nem by aa upright and peculturly soneltive conseien Ju Wis ane curneal patrlot, wad khawed bis | for hia country on tho buttlotteld ag well ne in the legis lative Balla, Ho was ambitious, but bis ambition wus of that exalted churastur whe plucd for ‘an cternul fume, Hla bus been veut of in a inanies which will cause bis wane to tive forever, Hut bo bas boon robbed of his mioyt duching wish, which waa tuat he would fustan bis nunme fo some act which woul forcver oniear bin to his fellow-uion, Aw President of this mighty land, bad ho been spared, thls must earnest dealro might have been yrutilied, tes a bitter thing for euch aman ty be ent off thus on the threshold of hy groat opportunity. ittgurdiug bi usa min, we can profoundly mmuurn bis unthuely death; but whoo we nygurd him as the Chief bMugletrate of the United Stutes, wo have fur wore volgnaut valu. Hy waa ttrdere) not bec Hersaratl uniuicslty, Gmibinercd it huioun put | We, irda thy Ciueh oM ne Tia es Raph ime we his nut bine rise Chit heart was wins, but because It beat within a President's browst. Tt isa terrible thomuznt tit the mon whom it Nation exalis to be fy Cater eeulive, Ite ebief Kervent, should Don Gireet fore tamitie’s tulle ank “oi, but one feelfog mtdinter the hearts of nllmen and worrten iy thta broad land—oxedration aad horror of the decd nnd of the wretely who pore petrated it, f hope this exceration wil grow td grow Jutoa hatred of the vile aystoa in vue body polite whieh imnddenad lufunods Gale teau's braln, ‘Tho sssasie of tho Breadent wi Aanad hinatic, but his Inst net was tho result ‘of polltion! by emi in or fe Da Te~greed 0 Mew bt has | Chat the black axiom, To the victor spoils,” was promuleated by n great pun, Every, frlond of the defender of New Orton should Traent the vile ispersion. ‘Td that axiom we ave the rapid dittusion of Polson whieh belongs fo the epnlta syetem, Oftea ds for the gomt of the people, and not epolls for the aificeholder, tliat purty ehoufd ba entitle te tho lonwest Hf 10 a vee he bad awakened hot beewtas he had Peer) brings this $ of tho bo elvil The death of James a. Garfield hideny i tal botore the no retorne ite wid his spirit spenk to: them toe tole by written in letters of bloud, ‘« bullet was aped by tho epolls syateri, an tis name of Gurtteld, death to thu vilo sys. enn Gentlemen, 1 recammond that you atopt ap- pruprinta resolutions, that the sume be spread Upon the records, and that. you appolat acum. IMittee of the Council to attend the foneril of our Tamented President, and, bu the name of Chtengu, to drop a tear upon tia gre, Faull Issue a peselumution ealling upon tho people of this greateity to desivt troa alt labor ante atmisements durkig the hours of the funers al, and thus to show thofr respect for the duud President of the United Stites nnd tholr borror of thy black deed whieh eo untinely took hia olf, Cain UL, SaAithisos, Mayor. THE ntsOLUTION: Ald, Wiekersham—L inove the appoint ment of a committes. to prepare sultable resolutions and present them to this Connell, 8 ibotion wats areed to, and the Chote named Alb Wickersham, Pheips, Everett, ivier (Sixteenth), aud Bure: etired, and subs rnb tes Med the following ZAe, Wo hive lcurned with profound eur- nd regret of tho death of thy canent und respreted Chief Magistrate of the Nation, James urtietd,. who, duriig his short ovcupancy of the highest position in the gift of aw preat People and uy the ruler of 63¥4N,000, had won thoir ent nidenes, tholr es Mi, BAG thelr mn by his analy character, his broad ws, tind Lis Ktntesmaniike qualittes promiseat giving our country an Adminisr tion uniter which unoxampled ‘prosperity would, ben rulfog characteristic allke lull sections, fndustrivs of afl kinds foytere: und encouraged us they never have been encouriged before In tho tistary.of Ameriod, and our relanons ast corporate body politia established on a closer, tiore inthinate and amicable buals rbelore with the other mitlons of the who bid evi in all the e of politteal strife between purty race tong n deep setise of a feeling which should nt- ays iitlimite tho head of a yzrent people pies the martyred Tdneotn gave: bie utterance in the eplyrimimatic sens ith inuligo toward none, with charity and . ENAS, Our griet bas ticen nade the more keon and Intense bythe fact that his death hag been etused by the hand of an woprincipled and dastardly assasing Ghat, it dei the Ini Jesness, Wer abandonment, and reeklesticss of aman should be made manifest tnaeountry. of mttre and iibernt principtes, where “Ye, lberty, nud the pursuit of huppiness” Is zunrantecd to aida the Constitution of our land, and that the wish of atl for his continued Administration should thus be ruthlesly set aside by one inigq- uit dividuals aud Wi Our sense of sorrow {s:aleo most Aveply touched at wuime when It seemed nfter so long und anxtoua walting For nis re ery, he mizht still bel that the tong aud herpia struyezle he made tor tg uve hopes for a} return of -bealth; there- ‘org bo It Reaulved, That wo extend to the family of our Into Chief’ Magistentolour hearttelt and tender eyiupathy in their irreparable loss, Reavlecd, That usw proper mark of respect the City-Hall by draped ig mourning for the period thirty duye, und that on the day of the Funeral corcinonies his Honor the Muyor direct that all tho public offices and gchools be closed, and that he request that al! plices of~amueement be eloged and buainoss ba suspended, Renalved, hut thosp rosolutions be spread pon tho records of tis Counel! and thet copies bo gent tothe President of tho United States, the heads of departingnta in Washington, and to the fuimily of the Inte President. WAY |G. Be Pater, Val. H. Hunney, Cimearian Met, J.D, EVERETT, W. 8. Yousna Jit. NURLEY. Wicicunsttast, Ald. Burley—Tho, President of — the United States fs dead! Agnin, we are ented otpon to mourn the death of the Chief Magistrate by the land of an ts susin, Aran we are obilxed to see onr sys- tem of republican government tested, and tet us hope that ail our people will now, as in days gol be united: tn tho determination that our Government: shall stand, Whatever inay be the Individual ditt of opinion, let us be united in the one idea that in union and dn the | supremacy of law _ les our safety. ‘The President is dead! Long {lve the © President! ‘The President «1s dead, but we still dmye a President and a Government, While we mourn tho toss of our Jute honored Chief Magistrate, let ts. realirin our loyalty toour Government and to those upon whom ftsenres and duties devolve, Let us pray that God to ils Divine Provi- dence will direet our rulers and guide them, and preserve our country from Uiternal dis- sension and external wi y There fs tlttle to. be sald upon an ovension Tike this, 1 cannot. avoid expressing iy adnilration for the man we haye fost, and expressing the hope that his successor muy be nl we could hope or wish him to be.” 1 will suggest with regard to the resolutions that it woukt bu proper to ld one that the Mayor and a conmilttea of Aldermen (of five) to be nppnlitee by hhn at. tent the funeral ceremonies wherever they ara held ws representatives, of the City of Chicago, Ald, Dixon—Make tt nine. rloy—t necapt the amendment, plutons as ne! ites) were wna vate, mcatisly 1 ‘The Maya 1 bh herenfter, and notity the Aldchmen who ure desixnited. ‘ho Council then adjourned. — THE Cou: Y BOARD, ‘A SPECIAL MEETING—ENPRESSIONS OF BOR- NOW. ‘Yhe-nows of the President's death was re eclved ut the new Court-Housy. with the most profound sorrow, and if ench of the Commulsstoners had lost a personal friend he could not have been more deeply affected, They wera around their rooms aban cartier hour than tisual, and, after a conference, It wits agreed to drape sultibly all of the pub- He buildings, Commissloners Coburn and Ayars belng given e! Mire of tho Court: House, Commissioner Ender of the Criminal Court Ballding, and Commissioner Albright of the County Hospital, Lt was also agreed to call n special meeting of the Donrd tur the afternuon, aid THE FOLLOWING CALE WAS I88UEDS RE. B,C, Kilokie, County Clerk ts Vent hereby aieated ta call a ape 1 peetlig of Huard of Cominiasloners af Cook County’ Wy, 181. Mespeetfully, DW, CLA nk, Couunn, iswloners, at tho nppolnted hour tho Hoard as- seinbled, all of the members present except Coutnissloners Hutt ana Rheluwald, who were unavoidably absent. . TUL CHAIRMAN, D. Vs PUIINGTON, called the meethus to order, and, atter read: {ng the call, spoke as follows: Wo huvo a hero taday us pubilo oflicers slmply to give Voice wad expression ta the seiko of porsount erful und sorrow which Hes with such weight on the hearts of cach ong of us in con mon with overy othor boart in thia great Nation, not to ntter etilowiatie words ar to conmmonorate tho virtues or review tho great aud yood deeds of James A. Garfield, but simply in this publie wuinner to wy we inourn, utd to extend to those Who, fromy clude personal Intercourse, hve, Mf possible, u deeper feeltug of personal bereuye- ment, our warnicat und heartfeltaymputhy, The hopes ond prayers of inlliivna allover the workt have for months been walted heavenward for Lise ery. Our Heavenly Futuer in His wisdom has 1 Nt to decroy otherwhie, and It becomes ustobow in submission to Hie will Lot us buve the falth we know our murtyred Proasuent would bave bad, and still bellove thas above and beyond tho dark: clouds whieh toduy averbang: our aillicted country theretsaantver fatuy, even Though our mvntal vision talls to diseovur it. ‘No words of ming would by udequate to moug- Ure the greatness and completoncas of a ebare acter Iiky that of President Garduld. His ows desuription of Gen. George HL Thonus weeins to ine tooo exnetly ft the eatiunte. placed upon him by a toviuy pouple, that repent it hero: +} Know thit euch of you Uera present wes him in momory ut this moment ag wo olten saw bimin ite, ereet and strong like a tower of sulld masonry, His broad, square shoulders and mussive bead, bis abundant bulr and tall beard or ight browa sprinkled wits silver, hie broad forehead, full face aad fraturoy, tat would ape S 25 lwived to the Nation, ani bear eolosaal tit for thelr perfect: harmony of Proportion, Ins clear complexton, witty just enon color to nssure yan of robust healtyand it weil revilated Hite, bis faew Wehtod up by ant eve whlch wis cold iriy te bls enemies but wer deep bhte to his felends, Nota man of fron but of five ouk. Ils ateltudg, form, and features, all aseured you of tntloxibie firmness, Of Hnuxminpled strenuth, while his welcoming amille gotavery foature aglow with a kindaess that soon wow your imollest affection. If this in ta you sen his fort and features even hore vividly, do you remember the quiuittes of bi milnd and heart. His body was the fitting typo of bis futellect and enarneters and you aw Doth his hitelieet and chiractor tried again and Agiin in the fery Suri f war. und by other teats not less senrehl inralos, you seo hin, and Four tl sand detains which Soo you, therefore, to sup ply the los fel of iy work from/those tviug photos gruphs in your own heurcts.”” Like, tndeud, 1s this to tho pleture we hera tn Chteago eberish of tho purs patriot, the Chriss Uno atntesmin, the tnrtyred President. May Js noble desires and linpulses, and tents inspire and atinulite in hoof us no itabltion, for that 43 dn fife which shall endure long after 4 abtll have perished. As rtyred Liticoln let us revere nt ving up fen bivh to highne, ou fortunes crownlng alope We Ot A pen At Uw conchitsion of Mr. Purington’s re- marks Mr. Wood arose and ino: the tp rodntinent of a committee of three on resi utlony,. .2'he motion prevailed, and Messrs. Wood, Clark, and Stewart were appointed as the counmiticu, During the absence of tho committee, on motion of Mr. Knopf, the speech of the Chatr- iat Wits ordered spread upon the records by 4 UnanlinoUs vote, THE RESOLUTIONS, ‘The committee, throwel Afr, Wood, subse- quently reported as follow: Witness, dames A. Uurll of the United states, in tho th of his ate mlulstration, In the tnfdst of ersul bopu and encouragement of tha Nation, arenes ie spired by his great abilities, bia wise stutesm: ship, bis munity: pitriatisin, and bis consites ata.politient action ny the executive hend of the Government, When party spirit: had subsided andl sectional elainor been hushwa In presence of his honeat efforts und Kindly Wut firin expres- slons of a will to work for and promote the {ti. terest and converve tho rights and itberties of ull the people, has been strlexen down by tha hand of att nssnsin, and, after Hngeripg midst pun und sulferaur for weeks, bus been removed yeuths thorufere bu it a President ty the Huard -of Commlasioners of eof Minos, assembled ft apectil session, tht, us the representatives to a large extent of tho sentiments and interests of the people of this county, wo Joln with att other munielpal bodies and assemblages of peos fle thromghout the land In expressing our gelet and sorrow in presence of this our great Na Mona! eakimnity. ‘That wo tender to the herale and devoted wife, the afiicted children, und the venerated moshor Of our beluved President our heartfalt syinpa- thles, ‘That in token of the universal sentiments of our people we will eauee We public Lulldings wader our control to be suitably sleapieds 80 UB TO correspond, 0° far ns muy be, with all otbor uutnifestutions of tho peypic's sorrow. ‘That all thy public olces of the county, for thy balnnee ef this day, and alse during the day on which the funcralof the decensed Freshtent shall oveur, be closed, and that this Hoard of Commissioners attend the fanvrd ina hudy. fcxulved, That this board do new adjourn to rednesduy, the 28th diy of September, inst., ab o'clock p. mM, . MIL. O'NEILI moved to adopt the resulutions, and in so do- fag spoke ns follows: ‘Che National thay droops at half-mast over thla broad land; our elty is draped In the colors ut mourning, and even the clouds above us tn taken on'a Rombre lite ns If to joi in wiving visibly expression tu thit sentinient of evlet and sitdness which fills all hearts, ‘or the second thine within the sears of many hood of all heve present the poopie of this tree country aro called upon to mourn tho truzie death of their Chief Mugistrate, Onze a loved Proadent was stricken’ duwn in tho midst ot carnage and umirchy, ty which tho country through four vears of elvil war hud heeome ace custoined; now another, scarcely tess revered, Ins succumbed to tho assusii’s arm rat in tho nildst of peace, and the vu whelmed with exeltemont und Assasimation 1s niways, und (1 any country rible; It upens up possibilities in the histor then gud of governments whic At tons, und doubts, and fenrs nat easy e: Dut tho terror, und these doubts and fears, are crystallized and tntenaltied when the viet of tho agsnain is the head of a free government ike ourown, In thy Instanee we are met to deplore, not only was the viet the constitutional governor oft free people, selected Le exectite luws of thole own inaking. DHE be wits in wll his Ife a ood man, true to the principles af ricit, bonorabie und “Just, So fur ns a mun in public tte may avoid the enmity of those he dlifers from. Gen, Gurlield, before he became Presidont of the United States, seems to bave been shuyguttrly suecvesful In go doing. And tt fa now a source of plensure to belleve, In the midut of all tho surrounding evidences of wo, tut no polltient or pervunal untmosity led to We commission of the horrible crime which vc- cusfoned bis deat ‘True ta his record through Ife, consistent with his reputation for muuly courige hus been, tho President's strugyte against death since ceiving bls mort ‘wound, and the closmg chupter bag from day to day but inercased pis hold upon the aifcetlans of the people aud wultipied thelr eurnest prayers for his reeoye ery. These prayers have heen in vali, It has pleased the Urent Arebitect of the universe to cull tho Chiet of the workmen home; nnd, walle wo deeply deplore the sad ovent, itis Hitting that we sbonld bow In sihiniasion ‘to the will of Almighty God, With our brave President will ko terons tho dark vulley of the sundow of death our reverence and our prayers, At the conclusion of Mr. O'Neill's remarks Mr. Clark seconded the motion ta adopt the resolutions presented, and they were adopted by a WE Vole. “fhe resolutions adopted by the Bourd are fo bo spread upon the records, and will cover, montire pace. aA heat design in black ink will crown the fop.or ths page, and around the writlig will boa framework of black satin ribbon, the object being to hand down to ruture generations a suitable and) perma- nent memento of the sorrow felt at tho Prest- dent's unthnely demise. In the printed pros ceudings of the nesting, too, it is proposed fo stamp the hupress of the publle grief by tnelosing each page iu a heavy black border, the fnstractions for which were given durlug the atternoan, THE INSIGNIA OF MOURNING. - As soon as the netion of the bourd became known dn the building the several onices were closed for the day. which was bout 230 o'clock, and pregairation was mace for dressing them ininourning, ‘Phe work of draping the bultding upon, the outside lind already commenced, the Commissioners hive ing Ww Uiree cases of cambric muslhy In’ advance, which was to be distributed fang the several county buildings. Very Tite headway was unde In the work, how- ever, on wecount of the delay In getting the ods; but this morning the decorating will as Lit hold of in enrnest, and the display: prowlses fo be elaborate and neat, The only work really completed durin the afternoon was the draping of the door to the enehucer’s room, wilel the engineer did at hls own expense, It consisted of the en twinkng of black ant) white anslin and rosets of the sumo neaterial neatly arranged around the door taehies, all surmounted by n pleture of the dead Presiden’ Te. Afler the adjourmnent of tha board, Com- miisslaner Chirk arranged for the making of unique badges for the members, to be worn In uttending | the ftnernt, and also for transportation, Te procured a speeint ear aver the | Michigan Southern Ratlroad, and the board Ina body will leave for Clovelund Sunday night at 1053), wnless there Js a change made tn the funcral arrangements alrendy announced, Besides the Comimissionors, moat of the county officials will attend, also a number of the cmiployds of the varions ollces, BOARD OF EDUCATION. NOT UNMINDFUL OF THE DAY, Aspeclal mecting of the Board of Educa- thon was hold at 3330 yesterday afternoon nt thelr rooms on Fifth avenue to tulce sultable action In regitd tothe death of Presttont Gartleld, President Delaney was. in the chair, and there’ were present Messrs, 1, A. Moyne, Brenan, P, 0, Stens- land, W. Curran, Burroughs, 1.N, Stiies, F. A.B, Maas, C. I, Niuhoit, Ne Bridge, J. J. Uealy, A. Kraus, and W. Floto, President Delaney explained that he had taken the Nberty of calling the board ta- gether to express their sympathies and feel- Ings in rexard to the death of Presitent Gare field, which had been announced that morn Ing. It was appropriate that this board, rep resonting the educational interests af the Metropolis of the Weat, should not only ox- press Itself In regard to tho death of the President, but also concerning hls abilities and strength as an educatlonal man, Mi. Noyne suggested that the only way to get to work proporly was thata Com- uiftten on Itesulutions should be appointed to express the sud logs thay had sustained by tha death of the President, and he moved hat auch a counnlttes be uppoluted, ‘The hale selected Megyre, Moyne, Uridze, aud rib Ina black Siiles, and, pending thelr deliberations, the buard took a rece: THE REROLUTIONS. When the committee returned they re ported us follows: Tn view of tho death of tho President of tho United States, tho Boned of Eduention of tho City of Chicago, moved by the universal feeling of sorrow throughout the land, have nasombled tn speed = meoting to ‘oxpress Wk formal i ta tart hobo And in betinif of tho public sckoots Gf the city, the suntinents of the hour, We heartily add our own voice to that of the Nation in dos ploring the death of a Chter Magistrate who was nt thigh deuree endeared to the people by the history of hiallte, hisateagalesund tte triumphs, by lis services adn xotdicr, by his statesman ship. by his Christian character, and hls bleh Armentetos In all tho relations of publia and pri Hut it isos 0 student and an eduentor that his Ufe f4 to be memorialized by educational orgaie Tentlone and Interests. Ho was tte ldeulatident, the model for thig and alltine. Hts plea and Jabora for eduention were Hfe-long and earnest, and ulways effective. ‘The cause of education had no truer disciple orudyocate, We deeply syinpathiza with the wife and children of the deceased Presltent, and truat that they muy bo emablud to bear with fortitude the yreat trial through wifleh they ura now pussiiig. Awa inark of re He schools of th the ect, wo direct that the pub- be closed on: tho day of Mes over tho reimaing of the ul Proxilent. theee resolutions shall be spread upon the records of the bowed, and a certified cupy thoreof be transtnitted to drs. Gartleli, After the resolutions bad been read tho President called for remaris by embers, GEN. STILES stated that he could add nothing to the sym pathy that hil been expressent for the Inte President, and his funily during the past t t a had one suggestion to ey, to the thinking people of this country in this trying hour, that. the thoughth should be’ reminded that wo live In a country which Is governed by law and that noth should be done ul hour in the spirit of vengeance ss sutelt action woul! reflect ttpon the eharacter ofa Hberty-loving and law-ablding people. Dr, Burroughs said that no President iad. ever been more deserving of the respect of the people than President Gurtield. | 1 deeply mourned hls loss. ‘They should a Tenember the man who now, bee: Hbot the United States, ‘They should be Joyal to hin, and express thelr confidence In hha. ‘The speaker would hay lad. to sve such a resolution reported by the commit- 3 Witwas not thought Juappropriate he would Hike to offer sueh an one dinself, Mr. Kraus moved the adoption of the coni- tulttee's report, wiiteli was dene by a rising yote, and, on motion of Mr. Hoyne, the board then adjourned, THE COUNTS, THEY FINALLY DECIDE TO ADJOURN, The Judges of the Supertor and Clrenlt Courts met yesterday morning in private and agreed that. as the Mayor had made no au nounee! of busttiess, ete, on aecount of the death of the President, they would go on with the regular order of business until he did, When, however, they announced this deter> tiltiation In their several couft-rooms, there Was at once & pronounced exhibition of dis sent onthe part of the lawyers, who, with fine discrimination, tnantnousiy were of tho opinion that business should all be sus- pened, Judgo Smith sald to the members in his roont that the Juctes had coneluded it to bi thelr duty to proceed with business for a while at least, until they had learned of some general suspension of business. ‘There was no doubt about the adjonrnment on the day of tho funeral, whenever that should be, Alt the courts in thls county will adjourn on the day of the funeral. He was not prepared to sny then that the courts today would ad- Journ before ulght. ft was found that there Was a zeneral suspension of busttiess they thought it thelr duty to adjourn fin mncdiately, Mr Varlin Q. Ball announced that the Board of Trade tad adjourned without told ing any session, und had appulnted a com. quittce on resolttions. He thonght it would be well for them, without waiting to see what others did, to adjourn for the day. Judge Smlth—1 dun’t object if the other courts uequiesce, Ex-Judge Miller—I look upon this sad public bearing, When ies it seems to be ent. hat courts of Justice shoutd ing wnatiral Instinet of re enlive, and not merely in def erence to other bodies. He omzht not to walt for-an example from the Board of ‘Trade, We reall occupying a more elevated: po sitlon—every teniber of the bar—than those of tha Board of Trade, We should net tor Gursel vise i merely inake the suggestion bil THE CounTS oF 4 event ¢ iy iu the Chief Mugiatrat thy, fttiny :STICE SHOULD PAUSE. Judge Siaith—1 would not wish to adjourn, without a confercnee, Journ if the others with Mr. Ball—There is the samo hesitancy In the Probate Court, Judge Louis prefers to adjourt Tstand rendy to ad- alin Woodbrid ge—1 think it would he nently proper, your Honor, for you to take the fend and Maloun. 1 think the bar Is so affected that there Iya general watitness to proceed with routine bushie: Ufeelas pad stTered 2 personal ment. Sunith then suggested that dbferent attorneys proceed ut once to ether Jndies, notify tham or the general desire of the bar to nijourn, and ask thelr voice In tne matter, ‘This was soon done, and the messengers re turalng, anuounced a general willingness to: adjoure all around, Jtulge Sinlth then adjoumnedt court for tha day, ahd all tho other Jurces, on dude Gury, tnunedlately followed, ‘Lhe latter kept open til oon, | THI CRIMINAL Count, When Judge Gardner opened hls court. yesturdiy morals for the tral of ‘Thoms durns, charged with the murder of ‘Chouas Ateit, he alluded In touching and approprine terms to the Nation's great sorrow. He thought the Interests of Justles required that the trial should proceed, although there would bo an adjournment of court on the day of the funeral. Before opening tho case Mr, Mills, States-Attorney, sald Tn view of the sadiess which pervades the atmosphere of this chil September morning, # sadness the siguiicance of which L need not now speak atany length, T really wish that you and Doamight go to our solitary homes, and for at least one diy exporlence the repose of our individual grieving, But. the oxigenelus of public atfalrs of our couns try require that we showld here remain, sid dilizentiy, properly, anit con ptiously ye form our duty, So we to niabey Wy tls. eourtroum, As the Judge has properly said, on the day appulnted for the funeral of our Inmented’ Presilent’ we will not, of y, be in the court, but will adjourn, ree witnesses ware ealled for the Suite, but upon tho arrival of the hour ef noon Judge Garduer announced that, in aecord- ance with a decision of the didges of nl tho courts, hore would ba an adjourmaent until o'clock this morning. UNION VETERANS. TUE LASE TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. Tho Unton Veteran Club mot at the Grand Paelfle lust evening, thelr room adjoining that in whieh the Hon, George Hour, of Massnehusotts, on behalf of the committes appolnted by the Natfonal Convention, In- formed Gens Garteld of his nomination for the Presidency, and in which he made his speech of receptanes, This ream Js now occupled by tho Coal Exchange, other wise the Veteran Club woult have used It last hight, ‘Thelrown room was appropriates ly draped. ack of the President's sent are engravings of Lincoln and Garfleld,. tho frames surrounding whieh were covered with erapo, while on one side was the Na- tonal lag and on the other the elub fhig, both folled and ted with ernpe, Over hem wasn card parallelogram with the words, “Our Martyred Lvoskunts.” All the other portralts and enuravings In the room were draped. ‘There were about 300 members present, all tie available space belng taken up, nada large wumber standing ju the ro- tind uiitside the doar ‘the club was called to order by President Serluner abouts o'clock. le sald that thoy mict together upon TUL MOST SORROWFUT, OCCASION that could bulmagiied, ‘Thely beloved Pres- ident had died from wounds ufiteted by the pistol of a coutemotible assasin, and the re port of that pistol had been heard git over the elyilized work, Ify dt this country had fost ts chief otticer, a family Id been ites prived of a loving husband and father, aut the lossof President Garfield bud been felt fall countries. ‘They ind dnat for the pur- poss uf paylug son Uibute to tho wumury of that great iad good nian, and, as he ex- pected uble spuaters to be ln attendance, he Would not express hlimsylé atuuy length. Le ent concerning the closing of places . thought a motion would be fn order to ap point a Committee on Resoluttons. Gen. Julius White said & committes might be made up to go to Washington and attend whatever services were held there, but le thought It better that n uelegation go ta Clevelund, where the body was to be burle {ts there would bo more time for preparath Tle moved that all members willing to g¢ han thefr names to the Secretary, The motion was agreed to, pose Armstrong was in favor of hay FUNERAL CEREMONIES IN THIS CITY MON DAY in which nll the army organizations could take part and thus exten thelr appreciv tion of President Garfield's character, and of the great loys the country had sustaiied, He moved that a committee be appointed ta arrange for such services, and to codperate with tha city authorities and all elvic ane Talay: orgunizations which desired to take Gen, Whitomoved as n, substitute’ that a committes be appointed to call a meeting of representatives of all the city organizations for Thursday ulght to make arrangements for holding funeral services in Chienyo, After consiterable talk the substitute was withdrawn, and Comrade Ball moved that a commulttee of three be appointed to confer With such committees as might be appointed with regard to tha funeral services in tis "Tus was agreed to, and the Chatr named Comrades Ariustrong, Ball, and White, rade Pratt moved that a committe of five be appointed to prepare and present sult> able resolutions The tnotion was carried, and the Chalr ap jot nl Comrades John T. Pratt, Martin Seen, Janes Duguid, OL, Mana, and Jonn J, Healy. COMRADE PAULIN Q. BALI, was called upon, and sald he lind no heart to talk, and could not do ite ‘The President was dead. ‘The life of James A. Gartield had been taken by violence, In the short Utne that he was our President he had shown, hhuseif to be one of the best statesmen this country hat ever seen, ‘The papers had been full of tis acts, showing that he hid been a good soldier, a ting statesman, a falth- Sul husband, and atoving futher. He had died on the auniversary of the battle of Chlekamaugn—the battle in which he had distinguished himself asa soldier. is life showed us that we could grow from n hum Die laborer to the highest place In the Na- tlon, and Nis death showed us how frall was the thread which bound us to our earth. y Mf, and: it further showed ug that the meanest scoundrel In the fund contd take attr ifo from us, At the thne when Lincoln died the feellug between the North and the South was Ditter, but now all was peaes and harmony, i oil He eou sat i y say that no Wi had ever dled so much regretted as ident James A. Garfield. COMRADE DAVID C, LYON doubted whetherany man was ninbitious ta speak on tn ocension of this kind. It was not only an Nationalcatamity: bata universal one. Ueforethe bell which rang out the Presitent's death-knell had ceased tolling some one lad announced a meeting of the elub to pay the first tribute to the memory of the dead President. Me could say that the nine of James A. Garfield would go down to posterity together with the mmes of tha martyred Linculn and the Wustrious Grant, [Applause.] THE RESOLUTION “The committee then submit! igereesotitlon. ; i the follow- KAS, ‘The Nation fa again called upon to mourn tha denth of tts Chief Exceutive throngtt the monetrous erie of the nasusins and, WHKREAN, Ttis inet tht the Chicago Union Veteran Club should In proper terms express ttt sentinents nt this supreme moment; therefore Resolved, Thut we mningle our sorrows with tha profteund sorrow of the Nutlon, which rests like H pull upon wt sections of the lund, knowing ne migomulity, ereed, or political aftiitation, and Huila u Fespunsive aynipathy in all laude Of the elvilized world. Reanteed, That espeo iy do we mourn as the commdes of Gen, du . Gurtield, whose iil fant defense of his country’s tug on the tleld of Uatile was a fitting prelude to bis distingulshed services In ber counells, e Kewlved, That we wbhor tho assasin’ whose cowardly ‘erino -hng termitinied an illnatriout career at tho zenith of its sslory; which strotched pon a bed of suifering aud death w inn of the puone, whoso erent heart was In aytnpathy with tho imisees, and wronged no ono with intent: and we deimany that the assasin by tried necord= : nie a tho lus of the laud to thuend that Juatica HONE. Heaalved, That we deoply sympathize with the stricken fanilly who by this sid event pave bu- cong peentiurly the wards of the Nution, whor the Nation should tenderly cherish. ‘The resolutions were unanimously adopted by arisiig vote, and ordered spre upon ty reeduals of the club and a copy to bu sent 0 vs. Gartleld. MARTIN HEESE him that al human Inn- E age and all human sympathy was mitt miteqiate to express the Nation's anguish felt at this thie. Death crossed the threshold of everyone, but how very seldom death vrossed atone thne the threshold of a great Nation as it did last night when the spirit of dunes A. Garileld left this work. ie waa one of thelr courades, atid was beloved by then all; beluved all the more because he had sprung from Wunble origin Into the most perfect outgrowth of American minhood we and over known, There was ng ine that could menstre his worth, and no sealo that. could weigh It, “We all influenced others by our example, aud how much we could gin. by protiting by the example of this good and pure man. ‘Chere was only one thonght which had comforted hha on this sad oceasion, and that was the theunbe of the shout whieh “ Old Abe” and their com- rades set up as Gartield marched Into heaven fastulght. (Applause) In coucluston, he noved! that the tollowing telegram be sent lo President Arthur as tho sense of tho Club: Tho Chicago Unlon Veteran Club join with you in the great yrief over tho death of aur late Present, und send an tuuniincus assurance of our talth In your wisdom and pitriutiem as his successor, ond beg to tener our Leartlost sup: port to minke your Administration tho distin- sulshod suvceas whieh our people and purty 30 enrnestly and contilently expect, ‘Tho motion was carried unaubmously, and the Secretary was Instructed to send the tele- Sveti eioturnde Brockway spoke of President Gartlotd its preGimtnent among the groat men the Natlon had, produced, saying that the lessons of bis tife would add“ huperishabie glory to our country, Jt wus to be hoped that Ils successor would do nothing to inter- fere with the prosperity of the Nation. Gen, Chettain suld that to him they day had been aday of sadness, and it had been ny day of sadness to the Whole Natlon. Me was faint to know that it was possible for tho este Obie Rtenk Nation to be stricken down by the hand of un assasin, and he hoped that matters of government would be no wdjusted hereafter is to prevent any ree currence of sueh a sad event, [Apptatise.| A tulegram Was read from Lifayelte, Lud, stattig that the proposed reuulun whi tobe held thore this weele hind b poned until Oct. 12, 1, and 14, [A The elub then adjourned subje enll of the committee of three, OTHER MEETINGS. TUL, CLEARING-HOUSE, Aspectal mecting of the Chicago Clearing. House Association was held yestorday after- noon at o'clock, George Schnelder, Presi- dent of the National Bans of Iltnols, in the chair. ‘Tho object of the meeting was to take suitable action on tho denth of the Prest- dent of the United States, Tho following preamble aud resolutions were, adopted: Waithnnas, Tho United Statea of Atnorica bre sustuinedt an trrepurable jose in) the death of Jines A, Curiletd, te President; aud ita people, ‘of whoin hu wie thy beloved und, are thoreby overwhelaed with deapest grict, Treanivat, ‘That the Chicago Cloaring-House aAvgociution bereby expregdvs its sinevre and profound sorrow in this molancholy event, and tenders tts heartfelt sympathy to the fuimedl- ato family of te lute: Prosident, to those lati. asgoviatod with hit inthe couduct of No alfuies of the Government, aid tu our whole people as an Nation, Reanived, bat the banks councoted with this assoention remain closed during the entire day of the funeral of the lato Prewldent. ‘Tho only businuss transneted was the aps proprintion of $1,200 for the Michignu sure ferers, after Which the association ad- journed, NOON PRAVEI-MEETING, ‘Thy axoreises at tha noun prayer-meoting yesterday were of nia exceptionally Interest- tus nature, ‘The Lower Farwell lull was tastefully: draped In mourning, and at noon Was crowded with worshipers. ‘Phe Re Willian M. Lawrence conducted the sury: fees, whieh he opened with a touching and olaquent eulogy, In which he portruyed the inany Christan virtues of the dend Presl- dent. “he loader was followed by the Hon, J. V. Farwell, who sald that the culepulty that was now tpon us was intended by God to teach the United States a lesson, and that Presi- dent Garfleld was a gucriticy necessary 10 wally the fuetions, It would teach the Na- thon url ity and he thought would, turn muny hearts to God, Keon, T, W, Harvey, Maj. Whittle, 8. A. a We Deans wnt » Homme way Lollowes a il it seemed to 8 '