and other organizations, were awaiting the movements of the procession. The hearse was a plain but costly one, furnished by local undertakers, and drawn by four handsome black horses, which were covered with black robes fringed with silver. The body of the hearse was enveloped in crape. A colored man led each horse. These colored men had performed the same duty at the obsequies of President Lincoln.

The start for the centre of the city was made at twenty minutes to two o'clock. On reaching Euclid Avenue the scene was sadly affecting. There are few thoroughfares in the world which rival this in beauty. The broad roadway runs for miles between rows of stately dwellings, which are surrounded by spacious grounds, and shaded by numerous trees from the station to the public square. The sidewalks and broad porches were filled with people. The display of symbols of mourning and grief upon the house-fronts was remarkable. Some of the larger mansions were almost hidden in folds of black. The pillars of porticoes were covered with black and white. Large portraits of the murdered President were frequently exhibited. Huge anchors of black and white had been placed in the windows. Flags at half-mast, with wide black borders, floated from many a lofty staff. In some of these exhibitions rare taste was shown. The avenue, like the business streets, had put on mourning garments,

and in the outskirts of the city, where the poor live in humble dwellings, the display was universal.

The procession to the catafalque was led by three platoons of policemen, each line stretching from one curbstone to the other. These were followed by Colonel John M. Wilson, United States Army, and staff, who rode in front of the Cleveland Grays' band. The first City Troop rode slowly behind the band, and preceded the carriages which contained the local Committee of Arrangements. These were followed by Governor Foster, of Ohio, and his staff. Next marched delegates representing Columbia Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, of Washington, the Commandery of which the late President was a member. Directly in the rear of these was the body of the President, drawn by black horses, which were held by colored grooms by means of silver cords. The body was guarded by the United States artillerymen who had borne it from the railway car. Following the body were eight drummers, whose drums were muffled and covered with crape. The outer guards consisted of long lines of Knights Templar from local commanderies. These were followed by the Cleveland Grays, a company wearing gray uniforms and huge shakos of bearskin. Then came the sorrowful handful of veterans from General Garfield's old regiment, the Forty-second Ohio Volunteers, in citizens' clothing. There were forty-six of these men, and they carried their

torn and blood-stained battle-flags closely furled and bound with crape, as befited the memories of the tented field. A long line of carriages then appeared, bearing the members of the Cabinet, the officers of the Army and Navy, the Governors of States, Senators, Representatives in Congress and other distinguished visitors.

The procession moved slowly to the measures of a mournful dirge. At 3 o'clock the At 3 o'clock the vanguard reached the black arch which spanned the entrance of the public square. The roadways around the square were blocked with people, but there were very few within the inclosure. The pavilion was an imposing structure. The floor upon which the catafalque rests was five and a half feet above the ground and was approached over an inclined plane from the east and the west. The pavilion was square and the arched openings faced the four points of the compass. At the apex of the roof was a large gilded globe. The arched openings at the sides were twenty-four feet wide and thirty feet long. The floor was forty-five feet square. The columns at the angles of the pavilion were graced by minarets of festooned flags, and from each corner hung a large black banner. Draped field-pieces were placed a short distance from each corner. The facades were ornamented with beautiful floral emblems. Some of them deserve description. A large cross of begonias and ivy, with arms of ferns and begonias, bore a heart made