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Show DEATH CLAIMS FIRST LAD! OF THE LAID rR WOODROW WILSCN, WIFE ' OF PRESIDENT, SUMMONED BY GRIM REAPER. End Comes After a Brave Struggle for Months. Medical Science Being Unable to Save Her.-Had Been Sick Since February. Washington.-Mrs. Woodrow Wilson Wil-son wife of the president of the United Unit-ed States, died at the White House at o'clock Thursday afternoon, August G Death came after a brave struggle ol months against Bright's disease wiili complications. The Dresident was completely unnerved un-nerved by the shock and his grief was heartrending. He bore up well under the strain, however, and devoted himself him-self to his daughters. The end came while Mrs. Wilson was unconscious. Her illness took a turn for tbe worse shortly before 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and from then cn she grett gradually weaker. Kneeling at the bedside at the end were the president and their three daughters. Dr. Cary T. Gayson, V. S. N., and a nurse were in tbe room, and just outside a door were Secretary Mc-Adoo Mc-Adoo and Francis B. Sayre, Mr. Wilson's Wil-son's sons-in-law, and Mr. Tumulty, his secretary. Both houses of. congress adjourned when Mrs. Wilson's death was announced, an-nounced, and for a brief time the wheels of the government practically stopped, while everyone paid respect to the loss of the president. Mrs. Wilson was 50 years old, and when she same to the White House was in robust health. Always a home |