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Show THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD. President James A. Garfield died at Elberon cottage, Long Branch, New Jersey, at 10:23 p.m. last Monday evening. The news fell like a ??? the whole nation, and ?? over ?? whole civilized world, for it s?? wil?? the speed of lights the four quarters of the globe. For more than eleven wicks ti?? brave soldier, the mighty orator, ti?? great statesman, has ?? helpers as ??, suffering great physical agony stricken down in the very ?enth of ?? manhood and his glory by the ??? execrable wretch, ???. During all that time every love?? American has eagerly and anxiously watched for the bulletins of his ??, and now that the last one has been issued, the universal feeling one of great bereavement. When ?? death bed scene is depicted to ?? reader, and the unutterable grief of ?? noble wire and loving children is ?? to the feeling of bereavement is add?? one of tender and heartfelt ?? for the widow, the ori??, and ?? aged mother of the dead chlertain. The news of the President's death spread through this city and valley early on Tuesday morning. Z.C.M.I. raised a flag at half mast draped ??, and Mayor Preston sent the following dispatch: Mayor's Office, Logan City, Utah, Sept. 30, 1881. To Hun.? Hon.? James G. Blaine, Secretary of State, Washington, D.C. The citizens of Logan, Utah ?? the heartfelt grief of a great nation in the loss of its President, and express their deep sympathy to Mrs. Garfield and family in their hour of a???. Wm. B. Preston, Mayor of Logan City, Utah. The death bed scene is thus described in the dispatches: Previous to his death the only wor?? ?? by the President was ?? ??? pain in his head. It is supposed by the surgeons that death was ?? by a clot of blood forming ???. Dr. Bills was the first to justified of the president's expression? pain, and upon entering the room, once saw the end was near. The manners of the family were immediately summoned to the bedside. All ?? and ?? quiet, prevailed. ?? Garfield ?? the ?? ordeal with great fortitude and exhibited un?? courage. She gave way to ??? is oxygen of grief, and after death ?? evident, she quietly withdrew ?? ?? room. There she sat, a ?? ?? widow, full of grief, but ?? much courage to exhibit it to ?? her. She was ?? under terrible strain, and despair her ?? the tears flowed form her eyes, and her lips became drawn by her noble attempt to hear the burden with ?? she had ?? afflicted. Miss Mollie was greatly affected, ?? bursts of tears flowed from the ?? eyes, notwithstanding the noble efforts?? follow the example of her mother. The death scene was one never to be forgotten. Perfect ?? prevailed ?? there was not a murmur heard wh?? the President was sink??. After death had been pronounced the ?? was properly arranged by ??? Boynton. Telegrams were immediately sent to the President's mother in Ohio, and his sons Harry and James who are at William's College, as also the Vice President and other prominent public men. James A. Garfield was a great man whose early boyhood gave great promise of his future eminence. His parent?? was obsure [obscure], and his early life a struggle with poverty. He was a hard student until the duties of public life mono??lized his time and he was, at the time of his election to the chief magistrate? one of the most scholarly at our ???. He was also an orator of ?? greatest eminence, and a man of clear ?? de?? religious, principles to who ?? was ever faithful. The following brief sketch is taken from the Congressional Directory: "James A. Garfield, of Mentor, was born in Orange, Cuyahoga?? County Ohio, November 19th, 1831; graduate at William's College, ??, in 18??; was president of a liberty?? Institution for several years; studied and practiced law ?? member of the state senate of Ohio in 1859-60; entered the ?? Army in 18:: as colonel of the Forts second Ohio volunteers, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general January 10? 19? 18?, 18??; was appointed chief of staff o? the army of the Cunterland??, and was promoted to the rank of major general September 21, 18??; was elected to the ??thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, forty??, forty-??, forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth, forty-fifth, and forty-sixth Congresses." Last year the legislature ?? ?? to the United States Senate, to succeed Judge ??, ?? for? the ?? Judge of the term he had been ?? President, the ?? of whose office he a?? last March. When President Arthur received this ?? of the President's death at his residence in New York city, and ?? feated? deep emotion. Meetings?? Messages? were at once ?? to different Judges of the Supreme Court. Judge John R. Braly?? appeared fist, and was closely followed by Justice ??, and the ?? was administered which made Chester Allen Arthur President of the United States, the ceremony taking place in his parlor. The ?? of the President was greatly en??, and it is said that ??? who knew him only from his ?? would not have recognized the ?? in death. The re?? will be ?? at Cleveland, Ohio. The President's aged mother at Menter?? ??? the st?? ??, and the ???wing dispatches tell how his sons retrieved the terrible news: Washington, Mass?, Sept. 21?? When Harry Garfield left William's College, ?? ??, be left word? ward? That ???, James A. Garfield, wh?? ??? to his room with a severe attack of malarial fever contracted at the White House, could not be ??? at his father's ?? until he was better. The ??olling of the church bells? ?? the [unreadable line] his attending physician that the ?? enformed [informed] of the truth. A burst of ???, but he is now hearing the ??? though he still is in a ??? condition. He will be removed ?? a te?? to president Hopkin's ???. The college went on as usual ?? morning ??? ?? will ?? be held in a day or two. ??? ?, Sept. 21?. The two ?? sons at Mentor were not ?? of their father's death till after breakfast? this morning. For a ?? we ?? ??, last afterward grew ?? and ?? their affliction with al?? ???? calmness. ?? assuming the duties of the President??, Gen. Arthur finds himself ?? to a peculiar position. His policy ?? diverse from that of the dead President, and in alliance with that o?? ?? and t?? sist?? Wing of the republican party. It is in no way like ?? at the d?? of the two ??? will be ?? with the corpse in the contrary, President Arthur has? alternative bring him in the fa?? carrying it to that of his pre?? achiever?? he may do, he is certain ?? unmercifully ??, and the ?? under which he assumes h?? position, are most unhappy. Immediately after the funeral, and ?? actual commencement of President Arthur's administration, we look to s?? ??rangle over his policy between the ??tions of the Republican party, for ?? outlook certainly?? does not ??? and harmony. |
