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Show 1 ttiiHtiii. in tinn 1. Il,a .. a,r Hte. ttluiloiiia Uaalti llearlit-a Itaallluglei, Wuill.Miniv, Jan. ."!. Hi., an liolllutluelit of Ihe ailddell tlcnth of Heirrtary Wludom lu New nrk tonight to-night waa auttrrllle, aud ten and uu-oxa-clt that all who htant the newa weru profuiiudly ahocked, mid an ovi r couiu ru to la unable toexreaalhu grli r the) fa.lt. At aooii aa the telegram tele-gram healing the sal lulelllgiiiiu waa ruclved by thu Aaauilatial 1'rcM, Ita cuntinta who liiimiHlIattly coiuiiitiuliabal to 1'rcaldiut llarrl aou at the Whllu llouai. He waa lu thu library at thu thuu talklug with Mra. llirrlaon, and whin thu iuia:ue waa read lulihnhe waa gn illy dla tieaaial and ahiiua'. completely uver. cunu. Ho Immediately ordert-l hbi carrlaguaud went at outtituthehouau 01 tit, roainuiaur uiuerai, uutniew blwka uay, where n cabinet dlumr liadUtu InprogreM mil fiom which he bad relurueil toil u fi w iiioiiu 11 la before, be-fore, A ni e lion hal followed tho dliint r, au thu gucabi had not all dla piraed. Mra. Wlul,iu and lur two laughttl an I Mra. Colgaln of -New York, who la vlalting them, were among Hioh, preeent. Aaioou at thn I'n.lui'iit arrlvid he had a hurried cuuvtraatloii Willi Hicriturltif Itlalno and Proctor aud thu PoalnimUr fieri t ral aud told tin m ot thn grh r that bud befallen them. Hit) Hit 11 prlvattly Informed Mr. Colgilo of Mr. Win. ilom'a death, and the, without exrnUng thuhUiIclouof Mra. Wludom aud hir daiighura, Miict-nlco. In gelling tin ui bi llnlr tarriage uud home. Thu Prttddeiit, Hecrelary Pnxlorand Poat maater Unlit ral Wauamnktr unbred carriage! and rollowed illn-ctly noer. Win 11 Mra Wlndom mid hir daiigh. ten reached tho hoio-u, Mra. Colgate gently broke II IK IIIU.A11HJI. Mxwa to the bereaved widow and daughlera. Mra. Win lorn waa complvtily ovtr como and liad to l-u a-alalnd to her chamlar. Tho ahock wai a terrible one, uawhentlin Herniary left Wuah. Ingtoulhlaiuoruliig he aoeimdlu the lant of health and itilrlla. Thu l'riil. ilont and mi mU ra of tliu Cabinet, who wiru 1 rule ut, extended a)uialhy to Iheatrlikin family and oUered their tort Ice tu them, Thu net) aol Iho dnlh anrewl with wonderful rupldlty, and, although thu hour wai late, a largu number of frliudtwent to Iho italdtwoof Mra. Wlndom to oxpriw tyuipalhy w Ith her and her daugldera. No official action will Lu Uliu until tomorrow. Probably nu member of tho Prefl denl'aoniilal family waa more highly eitvimed than Herniary Wludom, aud -V"-P1aBaaBaaaMaBaaaaaVBB--va 1 vi lUMloxs tiy mitiuitt from the Prealdent nud those or hla Cal I not In Washington Indlcato how highly Hi.) pilned hla rrleitdsliln nn I valued hla coull.tl. Aa th. billletlll, atinouiulng aomewhnt In detail the Kicritvy'i dralh, waa read tu the Pnaldenl, while still at the Pus luuulcr tlcneral'ahou.t, hu tsivtred hla i)et with hla hand mil 111, ttal swa) Willi, mlulleiliiga wonl,uuienlly tt'aa ha liuived. lleaubaiapienlli said that he rrimrded It aa a gnatt calamlly, whb h allllcttdlilm-ionly. |
