Show DEATH OF MRS HARRISON washington ozz D C oct 24 mrs harrison Harr 18 no LO more at am came the end and for the second tarn in the history of the white house houge a presidents president s wife hae ban died within its walls mrs harrison Harrl BOo met death with the patience and resignation of a devout christian Chri etian and her last laet days were comparatively free from pain for twenty four hours the president and family have been almost constantly at it her bedside awaiting the end last laet night was waa without especial incident but late and early so ao frequently that he could have slept but little if at all rill the president Pre was in and out of the nick roo maid was never easy for any leneth of time an ai the day waned and the sun aun sank lank behind the western hills hill the anxiety of the watchers became more and more intense in tenie the shadows iha dowa deepened the sun eun ean to rest dight came and the end was lot yet the telegraph instruments in the eastern part of the building had bad been steadily ticking all day bringing from rom afar and near inquiry from friends of the family but bug after 6 molook they ticked faster and faster some borne one had sent to indianapolis a bulletin announcing mrs mra harrisons Harrl sont death the premature report spread rapidly over the country from west to fast and there began to upon the wire men messages sages ot of con dolence addressed address cd to the president Preal deBt deat mr halford promptly authorized a prompt denial but it uld did net overtake the original story atory and manages continued linued to arrive in number num bere juat after afler six o mrs harrison Harri aon suffered buffered another sinking spell pell and messages were tent ent by walford halford to the absent cabinet asking them to return to washington immediately but the nick ick woman had yet reserve reat ath to rally once more and repulse the attack of the dread visitor who hovered on the threshold soon boon after 9 the physician announced that the patient might be expected to live until midnight even this thin arnbal arsin rain of encouragement was waa received with gratitude by the anxious and arief husband and family it could hardly be said ald that the patient during the evening hours was for she betrayed some ome signs of understanding the attempts maos made to relieve her last moments by partially bially opening her parched lips lipa to receive the stimulating fluid i polled to lo them from time to time but nut not a drop could she swallow and the power oi of speech apparently had bad left ler her frame flame forever in addition the physicians noticed as aa the evening were on an increased difficulty in regarded as an ominous sign was hour after hour slipped away each leaving the patient weaker in turn was the decline that it gradual yet BO 0 could not act be said ald positively at ay any min ute that she had materially failed I 1 the measure of the ebbing tide tado was respiration which slowly sunk from fifteen at nightfall to twelve at midnight the physician had eaid said that that hour she if she he tided over might survive ardive until daylight so go there was waa a visible air of relief whom when the sounded twelve the hope inspired gong however was only of a short abort d duration ura tion about 1230 the physician discerned a noticeable weak hearts action followed no new of the almost immediately by a slight alight decrease in respiration he notified the grief stricken family that the end appeared very near this intelligence had bad the most distressing effect upon the president and he sustained inea himself with the greatest difficulty mr gardner after carefully loxa examining mining her countenance and leeling eeling her pulse sorrowfully anjou announced need that all indications justified the belief that the abs pat patient auld 0 uld not survive more than half an hour this was at a quarter of I 1 the minutes paced with frightful rapidity and half an hour passed the all almost helpless form how however irver still retained the sacred spark bpark the resistance offered by the constitution of the patient allent was waa insi and Bur sur priel 9 to the physician at her bedside bed aide there was no struggle ruggle at no exhibition of pain but a simple passive resistance that was bt filing in its quiet intensity in a few minutes or dr gardner again took up the feeble hand and felt the wrist the bood abill crept through the arteries but ob how bow slowly he shook his head aud ami raid eaid a brief fifteen minutes must surely finish the struggle the agitation of he family could no longer be controlled and realizing bis big utter helplessness to longer cope with the formidable foe and from consideration for the sacredness sacred ness of such aboh grief as this the devoted physician and friend bowed his head bead and I 1 assed out of the door outside of the threshold he took his big station and waited it was not long the minutes flew like second and suddenly there was an expression of heart stricken wee the end had come the president was beside hl dying wife as he had been for nine hours continuously and aad his was the last of the loved features her eyes had dwelt upon her breath was labored and very slow As th the hands of the clock crept towards th the next hour it grow grew fainter yet and less leas frequent and as the timepiece barkef the hour 1 40 there was an interruption of the feeble breath A resumption and then a stop atop able time to be eternal and the life of caroline scott harrion son had gone out peacefully and quiet ly and without pain all of the family in washington were present at the deathbed death bed except the three ehret little grandchildren and the venerable dr scott father of mrs harrison they were president harrison mr and mrs mckee mcke mr and mrs russell Harri harrison BOD lieutenant and mrs parker mrs dimmick and mrs newcomer in addition faithful maid Jor jocephine ephine and min mim davis davia the trained nurse were in the room the members of the family spent a few minutes minute around the lifeless clay and let the veil be drawn over their deep grief when they emerged the president retired immediately to his hie own room and closed his door the other members of his hi family respecting his evident wish allowed him to remain unmolested to contemplate bis big great bereavement and oo commune with his hia maker the lost last sad offices for the dead woman were performed by her nurse miss mi davis who composed the remains remain for the undertaker the lights light were dimmed and the quiet of the grave lay jay upon the great white mansion mani ion the funeral arrangements have been concluded as an follo follows wt religious services service will be held in the white house wednesday morning after which the remains will be taken to where the interment will be at crown hill cemetery thursday THE mrs harrisons harrison Is illness is the outcome of an attack of grip during the winter 1890 91 while at cape may in the guminer of 1891 she contracted a cold which caused a cough lasting the entire summer during winter she was well enough to attend to the exacting boccal duties of the white house but in january 1892 the couge which had never entirely left her commenced again to tr her con considerably in the following march she had a second attack of the grip alp followed by catarrhal pneumonia the 1101 coughing spoils spells then increased in IT severity until they were accompanied by bloody expectorations expect orations and about the first of may she suffered from hemorrhage of the lungs lunge which though not severe caused great prostration from this time until july eth the date of the removal to loon lake the he patient did not undergo much change after the arrival sit at loon lake she commenced to improve but the improvement was wag of short duration and an examination on september let showed that the upper half of the right fight lung was completely consolidated notwithstanding thip she was able to continue drives till september ath when she was stricken with an attack of sub acute pleurisy see accompanied am by fusion of a abro serous fluid completely filling ailing the cavity with lay on the right side necessitating si li tapping three times A consultation was waa held by dr gardner dr doughty and dr resulting in the issuance of a bulletin etin on september announce le fl that mrs harrison was afflicted with pleurisy and nervous prostration and that the result was uncertain at the time of 0 mrs Harrl Harri sonis M re moval boval to washington septem her ber her right lung was wa entirely consolidated the disease progressed steadily restating treatment until eventually her it ft lung became involved and the condition of the tb patient was hopeless the case was complicated from the first fint by bj her extreme nervous po prostration poat ration which persistently resisted every remedy certainly nothing within the knowledge of the medical sion that could possibly tend to alleviate her sufferings or lead to cure was left untried but to no avail A biographical skea CH about fifty seven years ago the house of rev bev john B witherspoon scott a presbyterian divine president of oxford ohio female college was made happy by the birth of et a daughter to whom was given the name or of carrie in course of time there was waa at oxford a student named benjamin harrison Harri eun he pawed paned from the farmen orai college into miami university and graduated at the age of eighteen the young student la in the midst of hla his pur uita suits of learning found himself overtaken in love and dr scotts daughter was the object of his bia affection on oct 20 1858 1853 be there made mina carrie scott his wife the happiness happl new of their lives commencing from that date has known no nor change until death came to separate them the prospects in life for the young couple were not bright but younk young people are full of hope their honeymoon pawed under the paternal root roof at north bend in the following march the young couple went to indianapolis the each capital at the command of benjamin harrison when he began his married life and the practice of his bis profession was wai an advance on a lot in cincinnati inherited through bis big aunt mr and mrs mra harrison Harri aon began their domestic dome atio responsibilities in the rooms of au an indianapolis boarding house louse in the summer of 1854 mrs mr harrlson harrison paid a visit to her parents parens and there here on august 1854 russell harrison Har neon the older elder child was boro after this event the proud husband rented a small house in indianapolis and began life in earnest the faithful and industrious wife doing her own housework louse work in a cottage of three rooms steady gains in fame practice and pecuniary reward found mrs harrison presiding over a larger and more portent ious house hour in the course of two wo hearp her second and last child mary scott harrison was born the couple steadily grew in the estimation of their neighbors and mr harrison achieved fame in politics in 1881 general harrison entered the united states senate and mrs harrison be came a member of a circle of the wives of senators in washington where she resided during six years she extended her sphere of useful usefulness new 0 when the family came to the white house the first break in the circle was made by the death of mrs mn russell lloyd mrs harrisons sister before mrs mrm harrison BOD ws WAB taken down with the grip which ultimately resulted fatally she nursed all the rest of the family even to the little grandchild ron ren ker her present illness really began on april A arll fth after a brilliant reception in Hou seand but few friends have bave seen been her since mrs harrison Harrl Bon Is i a distinctive do bestic woman her home and family were vere always first in her thoughts it is ie said of her ber that she was never idle occupying her spare moments with embroidery water coloring and china decoration and devoting considerable time to charities lu in which she ebe was wag always greatly interested te Ae her loyalty to old friends never wavered wave in appearance mrs harrison Harr lenn was a type of matronly feature in figure she showed generosity of nature she had a lavish growth of hair silvered with threads of little over half a century of life and falling failing in ia curly waves over a well shaped hea head en jide in graceful coils coila her regular features and dark expressive eyes formed a picture of ripened womanhood she had bad a voice softened by the instinct of a gentle nature and a gift of conversation which while animated was wa thoughtful while she shrank from notoriety the calls upon society was with her second in importance to the duties of wife mother and daughter and it was in her sphere that she ehe shone with her ber brightest light washington oct 25 the guard around the executive mansion t keep out ut intruders is in continued today itis it is impracticable to hold bold the funeral services icee on wednesday so BO it has been deci ed to postpone them till thursday morning they will be in no sense public minion admission ad to bothem them being limited strictly to those invited only the relatives members of the cabinet and nd their families and a very few intimate friends will be in attends attendance atten dace ce As tar far as the official position of the president Preside tit will permit the ser vices will te the same as in the case of a member of a private family they will be held in the east room and conducted according to the presbyterian forms by rev T 8 hamlin pastor of the church which the president attends the way will not lie in state after the services the body will be ao ac to indianapolis where services of a more public character will be held bola in the first presbyterian church and the body interred in crown hill cemetery ALL NIGHT LONG AND TODAY telegrams of condolence poured in at the ithe white house IS none one of fit these ee will be made public at present at least and possibly not at all ails if buys any only few including those from persons persona of ur uc usual prominence or from other governments ern ments the president in isa averse verae to parades of this sort THE PRESIDENT sa INTENSE the president is ia bearing up remarkably well under the affliction the traces arices of great sorrow are plain but be has nerved himself to face the afflic tion with fortitude those who saw him this morning found his eyes red with emotion but he constantly endeavored deavo red to repress its influence after the end came last night the president retired to his own room adjoining that in which the departed lay and remained in strict seclusion till this morning having his bis dark hour alone such duch members f the cabinet be a were war in the city called this bording ad had a conference with ahm th president he bi bb abb that pub lie lic business be transacted as usual and the members of the cabinet were therefore at their desks most hobt ot of the abla tiny day such of them as can be spared will accompany the remains to indianapolis REMAINS EMBALMED this thia morning mrs harrison harrisons Harri suns s re malins mains were embalmed embalm ed they will rc bably lie in the room in which she ehe died until the private services are held on thursday the president la is averse to having the white house flag displayed at half mastko it was not placed on the staff this morning as usual the alie flags on the public buildings are at halt hall staff there is a plain black crape knot on the white house door the only out tilde symbol of mourning all the members of the immediate families of the president sod mrs harrison are now in washington except the presidents president brother john scott boott harrison kansas city who is now on hii hi way carter harrison of tennessee and mrs harrisons Harrison fl only brother john diott of portland oregon who left there yesterday he will probably |