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Show Tab-field's remains. To-Day They Are Hermetically Sealed in a Handsome Sarcophagus. Solicitor-General Goode Preparing for ..a Hello of a Law Suit. Pacific Railroads Estimated to . he Further Indebted to Uncle Sam in $828,000. Placiug Garfield's Remains in - a Sarcophagus. Cleveland, February 6. The transfer of the remains of the late President James A. Garfield has been under consideration for some time. This morning James R. Garfield, Gar-field, Lieutenant Edwards and the soldiers stationed at Garfield Post, repaired to Lake-view Lake-view cemetery for this purpose. Beyond the undertaker and press representatives no one else was present. The casket containing the remains of the dead rested in its usual position in the vault, and it shellac-' shellac-' stained sides presented a natural appearance. WITHERED FLO WEBS WERE THERE,. And evidences on every hand showed that the dead was remembered by loving friends. The casket was not opened, 'but was quietly placed in the sarcophagus under the direction direc-tion of the undertaker. The outer covering was then hermetically sealed and the re- j mains were lost to mortal view forever. The sarcophagus was returned to the vault, where it will remain nntil A HANDSOME MONUMENT Which is to be erected in memory of the honored hon-ored dead is completed. The sarcophagus is a work of art. It is of solid bronze metal, handsomely ornamented, and weighs 450 pounds. The top is partially oval, and massive handles run along the sides and ends. The entire sarcophagus rests on four lion's feet, one at each corner, indicating strength. A handsome tablet of superior workmanship was placed on top' of the sarcophagus. sar-cophagus. It is six by fifteen inches, and on each end are LILIES, OAK LEAVES, AND ACORNS. To ornament the projections in the centre, white lichen and calyoanthus are enter-twined, enter-twined, giving a beautiful effect. The tablet tab-let was designed as symbolical of the dead President, SYMBOLIZING HIS LOVE OF HOME By the lichens, his love of mankind by the calycanthus, his purity by the lily, and his courage by the oak. The cost of the sarcophagus sar-cophagus was $20,000. The military guard about the vault will be continued until next June. ' A suspicious oblong box arrived by rail in Detroit a few days ago, which the old i freight handlers avoided . Fina ly it was SJened. and was found brim-full of pack-' pack-' acres of dvnamite. f .- , ' ' . - ' |