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Show REST TfLASTT Ha Harrison's Spirit Passes Beyond the Yell. BBEDIFDKAUI.YTIIISMOUMM Cilef-Sliltieo rrlcnds Gather Arcund the Lifeless Clay. ro..l .M.ml.-IIWW " Ilia Hlfllll-lloriliJ lite lleoBelrtt WMil-aTOr, D. O , Oct. 24 Mr. Ilirrltou Is no more. At 1.40 am. Mme tho cud, and for tlio scond time In too history ol tho Whlto lloim, nl'rcsldcnl'BWlfe lias died wliliHilU walk Mrs. Harrison met death will' tbolliico and rialf-nallou of a devout de-vout Christian, nnd lier latt days were comparatively fno from fain. r'" tironly-four hours tho President oud fsnilly havu been almost comlantly lit ber bedeldo awaiting Iho end. Lait ntglitwus without special lucldiut, but laloand tarl) , so frequently Hint ho ould have, elct 1 1 lit llllli, H f all, h President was in andoutcf tho slok rooin.aLd waa novcrcasyforauy length of time. , Ai the Oay waned anil tho sun rank t-ehlud tho western hll.s, thu anxiety of tho watchers Utamo inoto anl wore Intense. Tho shadows dt opened, tbe mn sank lo rest, ulrht tamo and tbe end was not jet. Tho Ulcer! h Instruments In tno eastern I art of tho lul!dlnghadloenBtir.dlly ticking nil oy, brlUK"R from "mr nnJ "lttr fltilryirom friends of tho family. Hut after 0 o'clock they ticked faster aud (iter, bomo one had sent to Indian-spoils Indian-spoils n bulletin unnouuilci; Mn. Harrison's death. Tho premature ro-ion ro-ion spread rapidly over tho country irom Wist to List, und thero btganlo How In upon tho wlro messages ol con liolcnco nldrisstd to Iho I'rreldcnt. Mr. llallord prsmplly aulbor'ied a . tnmnl denial, but It Ulll Utlt OTCftaku the original story, and messages cou-lluued cou-lluued to arrive In liumhe ri. Jubt after alx o'clock Mn. Harrison auUetid another sinking spill, and mesaagis wcte tent by Holford to the ateent cabinet nftlccrs, asulu them to return to Washington Immediately, I ut tho licit woman had jetauftlcleut reieito tttosgth to rally onco moro and rtl-ulio tbo attick of tno dread Tlntor whohoTered on tho threahold. Hoon alter 9 o'clock the hyilclan announced tint tho patient mlRlit to exincteil to Ilia uMil mldnlKht. l.cu thligmall (rain of encournRemcnt waa received with itratltudo by the nnxloua and Rrlef-cltlcken huahand and family. It muld hardly lo eald that tho )tlcut u uncooicloua during thocvonliiK hourt, for ahe hetrayoj tome ilgni of UDderetandlnit tho nttempta made to rellora her lait roorjeula hy lr-llilly lr-llilly openlog her parched llpi to re relretho etlmulallnR lluld applied to toem from time to time, hut not a drop could alio awallow nml tho power of ipetch apparently had left her ftamo lorutir. In addition tho phyilrilana noticed aj the uvenluK wora on an Uireaieddllllcultylnbrealhlncwhlcli mu reKariiod aa an omluoua algn. Hour after hour allpiwd away, each leaving tho patient weaker In turn, yttto gradual waa tho dccllno that It could not be laid positively at any mlu-utn mlu-utn that ihe had materially failed. Tho rut mure of tbo ebbing tldo wat roplratlon, which elowly auuk from tllteen at nightfall to twelve at midnight. mid-night. Tho phyilclan had laid that If aha tided over that hour, alio niUht aurvlvo until daylight. Bo thire waa a vlalbla nlr of relief when tho Cong aounded twelve. The hopoln rplted, however, waa only of n short duration. About IS 30 o'olock the phjalclan dliccrned a noticeable wrali. ueia of tho htart'a action, followed almcit Immediately by a alUht do-creaio do-creaio In rcaplratlon. llo notltlcd the grief atrlckeu family that tho end appealed ap-pealed very mar. Tide Intelligence had Iho most dlatreialng lUectucou tho l'reeldeot, and ho sustained him. self with tho greatest dlfllculty. Mr. Utrducr, after carefully oxarntnlng her counttnanro and feeling her pulse, orrowfully announctd that all lndloa. Ions Jutllllcd thu billef that tho fiatleut uiuld not aurvlvo moro than iaU an hour. Thli waa at a quarter of I o'clock. Tho inlnutea jaisedwlth frlhtlul rapidity and half an hour )ased. Tho almost hclplcts form, however, still retained the aacrtd spaik. Tho rielstancu oflered by tho ronalltullon of tho patient waa maiveloui and aurprltlsg to tho ) hyilclan at her bedside. There waa no itruggle, no exhibition exhibi-tion of pain, but a almtlo passive nlsUnoo that waa I idling In Its quiet Intensity. In a few inlnulia Dr. tiardurr nralu took up the Iceblu hand pul felt tlin wrist. Tho blood tllll crept through tho arlerles,! ut oh, ,how slow jyl He shook hla hiad, aid aald a brlof tlftecn minutes must aurely iliilMi thostrucgle. iriio agitation pf Iho family could no oncer ho controlled, and, realltlng hla liter helpUasntea to longtr cor o with the formidable f ot, and from consideration consider-ation for thu sacrtduoss of such grief . Is this, tho dovottd hyslilau and friend boned hfa head an 1 lumcd out ff the door. Outside of tho threshold ho took his elation and waited. It waa uot long. The mlnutcallew like rocondi, and, suddenly, thero was an expression of luart-ntrliWn i Tho end had como, Tho l'rushlent Mus I eslde hla dying wife aa he hnd been fornlno hours conllr.uouilj, mid hla Was thu last of thu loved Ivaturrs her fjea had dwelt upon. Her Irealh was laborod nud very alow. Aa the lands of the clock crept toworda tho lext hour It grew falutirjit ami kn fe(uent, and ua tho llmerleco inaiked hohour ltJO there was an luterrut Hon if Iho feet In breath. A reauraition I md then a etoji this llmo to bo eternal (-and tho life of Carolluo Hcott Harrl- son lit 1 cooo "lit t o.ca ully on I ri ilel. ly an I without pain Alio tlief.irilly I t ii Washington wvru prmut at tl I deolli bed ixcrittl nlhtu llttli-t.rnl i. rhll Km nml Inn veneraUlii l)r Hcott, fathirnfMrr Hnrnion I Ixy w.rii! l'rrali.iit llatll.nu, Mr mil Mm Me Km, Mr mi I Mm ltu " llirrl-.ii, liliturtniit on) Mm. I'.r'iir Mr I Dlninikh mil Mn. Jew mirr III I aillitloi, Mrr.IIarrlton'a lilllilul mm I, Join, Mm, mil Mli Uivl, thulraltu-d nutti, weru tu tin room. Tl e nit ml era uf the family riont a tew minutes around Uio lifrnmln, ntid lt tho veil Ijj drawn oM-r their diepnro. Whin they imtrgvd tin l'd-shlent IHllrril lintuodlaMy 'a hla own rw ui, nml tlond lili door. Tho utlicr nienit i m of hla family, respict log hl ovtdciit Willi, ollour I him lo icinaln iiiimohatrd to coi.timplAli hla grtat lireaveiiKntnniliomiiiiiiii with his Makir. Inn last fail ulllus fur the ill aa womsti wuo rcrfurmed h) hirilir-i, Mlt Uuvii., Mhomuii'iuJ Ihe uicalrs for thu undntaker. II n lluhtswuu dimmed anl thuiulet of thugraVKlay utou thu (,ri u while mansion. 1 lio niueral nrrin jenirnln havi been ronilulcJ is folloun IWklcin in vices ulll l holt Inthr Whllu House We iiitsdny iiiornlug, alter wlni.li thu remains will bo takui lo IiullauaDoIlp, whi to tho Interment n ill teal (Jruuii Ulll cimotery Thursday. Till' f Iti:n ifl. Mrs. Harrison's filets Is tho out-Coinoof out-Coinoof nn ntlacKof grip dutlng thu wlnttr 19J0 01, while at Cspu iy. In thoiummerof 1E01, sheuulracted n tuld which catutd a fuugh, lulling tlin entire pumiuir. Durltu, th winter oho waa well enough lo attend to Iho exacting totlal uutlci of tho Whim House, lut In Ja',uirj, 181U the cough, which had neiir entirely lilt her, cvmuieucil again t) trout le lur conslderahl). In tho fulloiMnir Minh alio had n seoind attack tf the grip, followed by catarrhal pneumonia. Iho coughing ells then turressed lu reerlty until thoy wero uccoiupanluJ hy bloody txictoralloi.s anl about tho first of Miy sho aufltrod front himorrhngo of th luns?, which though not aovire,oinsed gn at prcalra tlon. irom tblatlmo until July ilth, Iho date of the removal to loon I.al i, Ihe tatlcnt did uot uulirgo much change. Aftir the arrival at l'Oon lke, sho commenced to lmror, tut tho Iui rovtuient wui of slioitduiutlou and nn examination on Bel tember 1st, showed that tho upper half of the right lung was completely rocfolldat-cd. rocfolldat-cd. Notwithstanding tide, she was abio to contlutio drives till Heplcmbtr 7th, whin she waa stricken with an attack uf sub acuto pleurisy, accom-panltd accom-panltd by fusion of a Hiiro scran Unlet, completely filling the oivtly with nleurliy on tbo right side, ncccs- sltstlng tapping throu tunes A consultation waa hell by Dr. Gardner, Dr. Doughty an J Dr. Trudou, resulting In tho Issuance of n bulletin ou Heptembir llli, announcing announc-ing that Mrs. Harrison was aftllotod with pleurisy and nervous prostration, and that thuresult was uncertain. At the tlioo of Mrs. Ilarrleon'j removal re-moval to Washington, Heptem-ber Heptem-ber 0tb, her right lunj waa intlrrly consolidated. Tho dlseuso progrcsi'd stutillly,reslitlng treatment, until Eventually her UU lung bicama Involved laud the condition uf tho latloot was horcless. The raw wag complicated from the first hy hir cxtrimo uervcus ponlrallon which perslstotitly resisted every remedy. Certainly nothing wltblu thoknowledgo of tho medloal profrts-tlon profrts-tlon tbst could poislbly tend to alio vlatuher sullerlnga or leal to cure, waa left untried, but to lio avail. a nioiniAiHiOALBKncir. About fifty seven J earn ago tho houau of ltev. John 11. Wltberspoou Hcott, a Presbyterian divine, president of Oxford (Ohio) fenialo collegt, waa made hut p) by tho birth of adaughtir, to whom waa given tho unmo ot Carrie. Car-rie. In cournj of tlmo thero waa at Oxford a student named llonlamlii Harrison. Ho pasasd from tho I arm. era' college Into Miami university and graduated at the u?u of eighteen. Tho young student In tho midst of his pur. aulta of li arnlng found himself overtaken over-taken lu lovu aud Dr. riootl's daughter waa Iho ollect of his atnctlou. On Oct. Id, 1&1, he there made Miss Carrie Hcott lili wife. Tho happlnisi Sf tlulr Uvea commenclug from that utn has known no dlmluullon nor ihango until death camo to soparato them. Tboprospechi In Ufa forlhojoung couple wore not 1 right, but youug peoploaro full uf hope. Their hone), moon passod under thu paternal roof at North Ilend. Ill tho following Muroli tho young couple went to Indianapolis. The cash capital at tho Cinimaud of Ilenjamlu Harrison when ho began hla married life and tho praotlcu ol his profession was !30D, an advance on u lot In Cincinnati Inherited lhroui,h hla aunt. Mr. and Mra. Harrison began their domestic responsibilities In thu rooms of au Inulanapolla boarding lioutt. In the summer of 1651 Mr. Harrison Harri-son paid a visit lo her parents uud there, on August I.th, 1634, Itusitll Harrison, tho ulder child, waa horn. Alter thla event the proud huabnnd rented n email bouto In Indianapolis and began llfo in tamed, the faithful and Industrious wlfo doing her own housework In u collage of three rooms r! tend J pains In f.inio, practice nrd ticunlary reward, found Mra llnrrl-sou llnrrl-sou i residing over a larger nud more Iiorleutloua homo. In thu courno of two years, her second and last child, Mar) Bcutt Harrison, win born. Iho couple ateadll) grow In thu estimation of their neighbors nud Mr. Harrison achieved fuulo In politics. Ill 1B3I, (Jeiicml Harrison tillered tho UnltoJ btattsHonatn nnd Mrs. Harrison he. camo a mt niter of a dietltigulihel clrcloof thu wives of senators, In Washington, where ahu resided during six Jatr, shu extended her sphcro of usefulueiis. Whin the family came lo tho Whllo llousi, tlin llret Irrakln Ihoclrcluwas mado by tbv death of Mrs. Ilumell Dloyd, Mra Harrlson'a alster, Ilefuro Mrs. llanlsou was taken down with the grip, whloh ultimately resulted fatally, she nursed all the riat ol thu muilly, even tl thu lltthi grandchild. ren. Her present lllniiu really bri'aii on A rll Olli, niter a billllant ricti lion III UiuWhltoHouie,and but few friends have teen her sluto, Mri. Harrison la a distinctive, do-mi do-mi stlo woman. Her homo nud family ierunluaallratlu her thoughts. It la said of lur that alio waa never Idle, occupying her spare ruoniinta wltn unurollin, walirl loimliu an J uhlnt tlecviMilon, am i!r i IMU id isllitih o tlmu tot harlllel In which shu was ulivy i,rcatlr lo-terirttd. lo-terirttd. Hir loyally tu old funis ihIii wnviicl. lu appainnco Mm Harris hi wni a tH. l initirniy fin turo. In Hit ire, she shorn I giueioshj ol liuture. Hi o had h IhiI-Ii grnutli of halr.sllvirui with threads tf little iirhilfniitiir) of Uf' ami inllmg In (urly waves over it foll shaped Inn), i mini; In tranful tolls, llir retulir lulitrn au I ilarlt ucpiuaiie cyie forined n pictute ol rlmuid woninu i id. hhu 1 od ti volcnsiiIliiM-d bv tl e liiitlmt (f n goiitlo nnturi, tin I n t'lft if njnvirutiiH, uhih wuliu uiiitunli I, was 111 luhtltil Wnllif alio shraul- from notnrlet), till calls iim sod tv Masrn'li her m-cjoii t In lmrt-nne lmrt-nne to the duties if wile, mother anl daughter, nn t It was In lur urm telle rphtn that shu shuuu with her blight-tst blight-tst light. |
