Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-12-05
New Yonk,
Horace Greeley died pcaS
conscious this evening at s:
NEw YoRx, /.

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There was no evidence q
the last moments. Mr.. Grc6
hardly changed, only scttlin
into look Of perfect peA(
ChOate was by his bedside an
his hand to Mr.. Greeley's
said: He is gone"
The remains were dressed
ont to await removal info the
while q few friends remained q
through the night beside him.
mains will lie at Mr.. Choaie'
and tomorrow night will prol .
brought to this city. The pi1 =
tentiOn is to bury him from ibrS
ms church, on Tuesday, but Il
gramme may be changed to II
friends of the deceased and :
public bodies as propose to tal5 s.
In the ceremony.
During the day crowds gathS -
the Tribune Office inquiring 8
latest news. Mr.. Sinclair, nj thi
ceived q dispatch aHRonncin,
alarming condition Of the tlod
and an hour afterwards. one RED
"COme Immediately or ell will be
He then started for Pleasantvitl@
did not give to the public the nej
had received. The crowd rcnl
until eight o'clock, when The ne
the death of MFR. Greeley 81
throughout the city. Last night
the subject ofall the talk at the hi
and clubs, and regret was evcrvw1
expressed. n
The Union League club will &
appropriate action to-day. as will
the Lincoln club and other clubs
associations of which Mr.. Greclcy i
a member. Flags in the city are
played at halt mast.
The World etlitorially pays triH
to Mr.. Greeley, aud says that fbo(
an unsparing controyersialist, he b
no malice Or venal hate during politi
contentious,
The weather Is very cold and clcdI
An Oswego special reports the p
valeHces of d HtUgm there yesterday
Three pr0pellers laid up in Xe6o1n
canal are rapidly filliag wiAif icsy
numerous marine disasters are repG
ed, but no lives lost.
A Herald correspondent at Cs
Haytien says he was warned by @,
Rizneline that he was in danger Of /
sassination by sympathizing with
insurgents. He subsequently appli
for HIS passports and left for home.
The accounts published OF Mr.. CIR,
ley's last moments represent him
haye been conscious during the tlay
is usual in case Of inflammation of I
brain. His physical suffering was Z
tremcly light, but Increased and m,
bid action Of the mind was evidc
from exterior manifestations. At h
past five, an old family friend, kno,
as Auntie Samson, entered and 4
preached his bed. Mr.. Greeley v
then reused by friend and asked: 81
YOU know who this is p lie feeb
said "ycs." stretched up his hand
greeting and then rclapsed into
reverie. Later he was asked: II
you know that yon are dying" and
the same manner, without terror
emotion, he answered "yes." Aga
when asked if he recognized Mr.. Ri
he looked up with immediate recog,
tion, and lifting his hand grasp
Reid's feebly and said distinctly, 'syc
When asked if he was in pain, he la
his hand upon his breast, but witho
otherwise replying and returned to i
state, He il lyiI
now with closed eyes and hands, som
times twitching nervOusly. but gene
ally still. AT half past six he stirr
nneasily and began muttcrinY ind
tinctly something which his frien
around him could not catch.
daughter. Ida, Mr.. and Mrs. Stewa
Mr.. Carpenter, Dir. Choatc, and A,n,
Samson We're all in the room anxio
to hear his last words. Mr.. Greel
indistinctly murmnred for while al
at last feebly said 1T is done.'