Show MRS M V v v I VARINA V DAVIS nil no AT DEATHS DEATH'S DOOR Life of Aged Widow of Late President of Confederacy Ebbing Away L IS ADORED IN THE SOUTH tl Cold C lil Who Which J j. j Promise to tn to Clot ri r- r J i fully J Now Noa ew York Oct Oct 11 l. l The The TI life liCe o a of ofIr Mrs Ir Jefferson Davis the age widow of or the late late- pr president of oC th confederacy hang hangs h by a n thread to to- an and In Jr her her apartments at nt t th the Hotel Majestic two physician are an Ir Jr constant on attendance aided by trained Hd e while while- the th numbers rs of MT Mrs Irs Davis Davis' dl tP family are an ai e for far th the summons that th the theall nil all fear fen I must mu t Inevitably In como come Mrs Mr Di Davis vl wa was vcr very ii a last winter i hut iut she i h displayed unu ual vitality and finally recovered enough to be about again a although still very ry r feeble Abdul Abdula Ah ut a n fortnight ago while driving she contracted a severe overe cold eniti wh which ich com com- J. J her hr Pr to lo take to nor her beti Her Hr indisposition was not looked upon as serious until th the thc latter lattI part alt of last Ian week weck when the attending physician summoned her daughter Mrs I I. I A. A A Hayes JIn e of Colorado Springs to her mothers loathers bedside as n a matter purely purI of ot precaution j Complicates Conditions Until yesterday it was waR hoped that Mrs Davis was recovering although her r great age s she he was wu born May olay 7 I naturallY 1526 naturally complicated her con con- The physicians In attendance today however announced that there was but slight hope for Cor or her recovery ry and that lint Is still J her condition tonight There Thel has been no change since this oils morning morning- and the lie aged woman who Is Isso isso Is so well loved t lo d In the South Is i in a n semi fernl- con conscious clous condition Heroic m measures are arc being adopted to keep her hei alive and while all nil hope has not yet been given ghen up what there Is Is very vel slight Varina Jefferson Jetterson Davis was born In Miss lIs She was the granddaughter grand grand- gran daughter laughter of Governor Richard Howell of 01 Now New Jersey Jerse and the daughter of William Jam Burr and Margaret lars I empe Howell She Sh was educated ll at nt a privat vat a J l and d. d also by p hol t ln j cH t Rh n Davis Da of or War War- Jt n county count Miss Is on February 1 l 1 H he being bt elected a member of or f congress con lh the following November but butr resigning reining r In June Juno 1846 18 to go to the Mexican war var from which he hb returned severely rel wounded woun ed The couple thou then took up their home borne at Davis DaIs plantation nt at h n Warren coun coun- I U n p ty MI s. s. s Mrs Irs Davis was vL with hen hN h 1 husband band In Washington when he was United States senator 1847 to 1852 secretary cretan of war var 18 1853 lS 3 United Slates senator 7 and lO In Richmond during the time line ho ha wan va president nl of nr the Confederate States of America Amer lea With Dm Is at Mom OP During the first fir t year NU of oC Mr Davis Davis' Imprisonment after the tho war var Mrs ln Davis ls was not nol permitted to bo be with him but bUl she was as granted grante leave leavo to re remain remain remain re- re main with him him during the second year yea yeara I Iao lived In a ao Fortress Monroe They England from 1867 to 1870 go going Ins thence to In Memphis 1 ii i i- i i Tenn x ti where they the ii lived c from r 1 1870 io to Mr and Mrs Davis then thon removed to oh Deau station sta sta- the Mississippi coast where lion tion upon ullon while whIte he heb she sho acted as a his amanuensis b v roto his Decline an and Fall Fail o of the Confederate Government Since her husbands husband's death In 1889 she has written writ writ- criticisms and articles numerous ten She and magazines for the newspapers ne New York since Ince that resided l ed In has r of her hr condition time because of ot th the health 1 |