Show OUR NATION ceilio TO I 1 rth mrs harrison succumbed to the destroyer ff k OUR PRESIDENT GRIEF STRICKEN tho the obsequies will bo be attended by the most prominent people of the united states MM RI oct 25 23 sire mrs harrison is no n more I 1 ore at a m came crime the end for the second time timeto in the history of the white hite house a presidents wife haa has died within its walls mrs met death deuth with the patience and resignation of a devout christian and her last days lays were comparatively free from pain four houra hours the tile president and his its family have been almost constantly at her bod bed ride ade awaiting the end last night WM without special chai incident 1 but u t late and early no too frequently he lie could h have ave slept but little if at all Prelo ident ll anion was in and put of the rick pick chamber and arid wag wits never easy for any length of time yesterday was clear and criep crisp and cool and perhaps the Itis inspiring tun ghino and I 1 tl aness of the atmosphere ere somewhat I 1 helped the invalid and acted as a lant whenever she awoke from froma a troubled and unsatisfactory sleep she site was conscious 1 I she could still recognize ler her surrounds 1 I 8 1 and balance of recognition greeted afie the physician when lie entered tho sick room 1 this morning attorney general miller i called early yesterday and saw mr hal ifal i ford so d did 1 I mr lestrude le De the Itu russian baian minister 11 minister inister grip of sweden 1 I alev ev dr hamlin hamlin family pastor assistant secretary 1 grant and indian commissioner morgan dr gardner was at the patients bedside nearly the entire forenoon lie ile went away two or three times to attend to other professional duties but at no time was lie absent more mor than ethan an air hour tour when aided I 1 about her condition he frankly admitted the death was very near and arid that ren remarkable lark as airs mrs if Harr arrison bons 9 vitality was he lie did not a see liow how she could live more than a few hours mrs lire harrison at noon was still conscious A little before that the president leaning over loverher her asked if she wished for anything with her old time smile that the approach of death only made more tender and truthful ehe he answered low hut but very dy no dear at 1 ashe a he lett the house dr gardner aid said he lie did not think more more than five or eix six hour hours of life lire remained for mrs harrison he ile said most of the time die she was in a sleepy gerni unconscious condition from which she occasion occasionally 11 rallied during these wakeful 8 shelf Is elie alto recognized those around lier her and some I 1 n e times responded feebly but clearly a and intelligently telli tolli gently to the lie inquiries made the lie doctor raid maid hig film efforts were devoted solely i to making tho the patient as comfor comfortable tabi c as 1 i possible in her dying hours she could not riot take tourish nourishment nien t of at any y k kind nd and arid I 1 quent application of stimulating moisture to lier her parched lips was the tile only treat eliat afforded any ally relief The doctor 1 returned about noon and found his ilia patient even weaker than before almost completely prostrated and unable longer to speak or cough apparently she was mas conscious there was little change during i the afternoon hut but every change was for I 1 worse and arid the watchers were fearful that death would ensue about sundown Hun down I 1 many Ines messages sages of condolence wee re received dived at the tile while white house durin during t the I 1 i e d day a from four until 1 1 t A well i into n yi 0 the evening the pl prost r e s 1 dent and all the members ot of the ill fam ily remained unceasingly at mrs ilarra KOUS sons bedside As day waned and the pull sun sank behind the western hills the anxiety of the watchers wat chere became more and more intense the shadows deepened the tile sun suit sank to rest night came and yet the end was vas not telegraph instruments in ili the eastern part of the tile building were steadily ticking all nit day bringing bri bringing nying from far and arid near inquiries from frien arienda I 1 to 0 of f the famil family Y but after six they ticked faster and fatter faster some one halbent had sent to antl indianapolis all apolis a bulletin announcing mrs harrisons Harrie ons death this premature report spread rapidly rapids V ON over er the country from I 1 west to east and there began to now flow in upon the wires messages me ot of condolence addressed ed to the president halford promptly authorized a prompt denial dental bu but t it did not riot overtake the tire original story and messengers continued to arrive in great number numbers just after 0 6 c k mr mrs harrison suir suffered ered another sink sinking I 1 n g spell and arid ines sage w were wre re sent by hulford to the tile absent cabi riet fincers oin olli cers asking them to return to 11 immediate immediately but the sick woman etui ha hail I 1 sufficient reserve strength borally to rally once more ind and repulse the attack of the dread visitor who hovered at th the e threshold boon soon after 9 the attending ph physician ysacia i i ii announced that the tile patient might be expected to live until midnight 1 ien ten this small grain of comfort was received with gratitude by the tile anxious and arid grief stricken husband and arid fain family ity it could be hardly said sat d the patient was unconscious daring during the evening houra hours for she betrayed some motile signs of understanding the tile made to relieve her last moments ellio ments by partially opening e n iii i g tier her par parched hed lips to receive the t 1 fluid applied to them from time to time but not lot a drop could she site swallow and the power of speech had a apparently left her frame forever in ill a addition y t r the file physicians experienced perien perlen ced eye note noted as the evening wore on oil an increase in difficulty dini culty of breathing abiel was regarded as an air ominous sign hour after hour bit j pe d li away way cadi each leaving the patient wea weaker er in turn t urn yet tso so gradual was the decline that I 1 it could 11 not t be said d positively oal y at any minute she ho had ad materially i c failed filed the mea measure sure of 01 the e ebbing tide was the respiration pl ration which slowly sunk from t fifteen fre at nightfall to twelve at tit midnight the physician had ho aid said if fr she tided over that pa hour our she might survive until day licht visible an air of relief when therong the gong sounded twelve the hope inspired however was only of short duration about 1230 the physic physician lan discerned a noticeable noti cable weakness 5 of tile hearts action followed a almost immediately by ava a slight decrease of the res respiration gira he lie notified the tile grief stricken family grouped around the couch that the end A a appeared very near this intelligence e had a most i os depressing effect upon it the prebi re i betit an n d he sustained himself wit with the greatest difficulty ir dr gardner after narrowly examining alln I 1 her countenance and arid feeling the pulse soro sorrowfully awfully announced that falli indications the belief that 3 t the patient could not survive more inore th than all half an hour this was a Ilu quarter arter to I 1 the minutes passed witt with frightful rapidity and the half hour passed the almost helpless f form orin however still retained tile sacred spark tho the resistance offered by the constitution of the tile patient adient was marvelous mar and surprising to tip the ia physician and all at the bed bedside ade there w was a s no struggle gle no exhibition of pain b but ti t a simple passive resistance that was baffling in its aulet intensity in few r gardner again took 1 up t the fe feeble eble band hand and felt the wrist the b blood ao 10 d still t ili ere crept through the contracting arteries butof butoli how slowly he shook his head and said the brief fifteen minutes in must surely finish the struggle the agitation of the family could no longer be controlled 4 a and nd realizing ills utter helplessness to longer cope m with ith the formidable foe foo and from a for tit the a ea as cred of blich a grief as tilt the devoted I 1 physician and friend bowed his 9 head anil and 41 1 p passed a abed out of the door outside of the threshold retook betook be took I 1 ilia i is station and waited it was not long the file minutes flew like seconds de and arid suddenly there waa was an expression sion of libart stricken woe and the end tres had ad come president il harrison arTison we was 3 beside 11 his Is dying wife as ho he had been for nine hours continuously at and I 1 d his was the tile last of the loved fe features turis her eyes had dwelt u upon on her breatheas breath was labored and very r slow ow As the hands odthe of the clock crept to ward the tile next hoar hour it grew fainter yet and arid I 1 less ess fre frequent quen tand and as the ile time timepiece biece ina marked aked the 11 hour our of 1 40 ock there was a an interruption of feeble breath A resumption and arid then a stop tills this time to the eternal and arid the life of caroline scott If harrison ardson had gone tout out peacefully and arid quietly and arid without pain 1 all of the tile family in washington were present at the deathbed except three little grandchildren and arid the venerable dr acott father of mrs lira they were president ll arrison mr andars and mrs mckee 1 mr and kuffell harrison lieutenant and mrs parker mrs dimmick I 1 and arid mrs newcomer in addition mra harrison faithful maid josephine ine and miss davis the trained nurse were gerein in the room members of the family spent afew a few ini around the lifeless I 1 clay and let the veil be drawn over their deep grief when they emerged the president retired immediately to his own room and arid closed his ills door other members of the family respecting his evident wish allowed him to remain aln unmolested to contemplate ht ills great bereavement and arid odin intine w ith ills maker the last sad offices fir the dead load were performed by the nuree num alea davis who composed the remaina for the undertaker the tile lights were dimmed and arid the quiet of t the lie grave lay upon the tile great white mansion the tile funeral arrangement arrangements were concluded as follows religious services will behel be held dat at tho the white house wednesday morning after which the tile remains will be taken to indianapolis where the interment will be at crown hill cemetery on thursday |