The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-09-22

he entered the room he found the Presi-
dent unconscious, substantially without
a pulse, and the action Of the heart al
most undistinguishable. He said at
once that the President was dying, and
directed them to send for Mrs: Garfield,
and Drs. Agnew and Hamilton. The
President remained in dying cOndi-
tiOn until 1875, when life was pro-
nOunced to be extinct. / have notified
the Vice President, and have tried to mo-
tify Secretaries Blaine and Lincoln on
the train from Boston to New York. All
the other members of the Cabinet were
at once notified from the west end, and
they are here now. We are in consul
tatiOn.
NEWS FROM THE COTTAGE.
iELBRRoN, Sept 10, 1115 p. m.-The
Cabinet has just arrived, and gone in a
body to Francklyn cottage. All are
here except Blaine and Lincoln. AttOr-
ney General MacVeagh has telegraphed
them of the Presidents death, Great
excitement prevails here, and particu-
lars cannot be obtained, The guard
around the cottage has been doubled,
and no one is allowed to approach it.
The GOyeFRment has taken possession
of the only telegraph wire which is
connected at nklberOn. 1t will be al
most impossible to get further details
tonight, as we are shut off from all
communication with the cottage and
inmates.
1h BY THE DEATH-BED.
LONG BRANCH, Sept. 2O.-1 A.M,-Pre-
ViOus to his death the only words spoken
by the President were that he had Sc
we're pain in his head. 1t is supposed by
the Surgeons that death was OccasiOned
by aeht of blood forming in the heart.
DR.. Bliss was the first one notified of
the Presidents expression of pain, and
upon entering the room he at once saw
that the end was near, The members
of the family were Immediately sum-
mOned to the bedside, and all arrived.
PERFECT QUIET PREVAILED.
'' Mrs. Garfield bore the trying ordeal
with great fOrtitude, and exhibited un-
precedented courage. She gave way to
no parOxysms of grief, and after death
became evident she quietly withdrew to
her own room, There she sat,
.... A AHEART-sTRICKEN WIDOW,
full of grief, but with tOOmuch courage
to exhibit it to those about her. She
was IabOring under a terrible strain,
and despite her efforts tears flowed from
her eyes, and her lips became drawn by
her noble attempt to bear the burden
with which she had been afflicted. Miss
MOllie was greatly afflicted and bursts
of tears flowed from the child's eyes,
notwithstanding her noble effort to
follow the example of her mother.
THE DEATH SCENE
was one never to be forgotten. Perfect
quiet prevailed and there was not
murmur heard while the President was
sinking. After death had been pro-
nOunced the body was properly ar
ranged by DR.. S. A, BOyntOn.
kilograms were Immediately sent to
the Presidents mother in Ohio, and to
his sons, Harry and James, who are now
at Williams College, as also to Vice
President Arthur, and other prominent
public men. Mr.. Morris, the undertaken
of the village, will be in charge of the
remains. Eugene Britton, Coroner of
Monmouth county, will hold an inquest
over the body of the late President. He
as yet has made no arrangements for an
inquest, and as far as can be asceTtained
he has not been notified of the Presi-
dents death.
DEATH BED SCENES.
NEW YORK, Sept. ia Telegram eX-
ira says: At the Presidents bedside,
holding his poor emaciated hand in her
own, and watching with anguish unut-
terable the fast vanishing sands of life,
sat the faithful, devoted wife during
the closing hours of the Presidents ca
reer.
Around him were other weeping
friends and physicians, lamenting their
pOwerlessness in the presence of the
dark angel of death.
Toward the last, the mind of the suf-
ferer wandered. He was once more
BACK IN MENTOR,
Amid those scenes where the happiest
hours of his life were spent He sat in
the dear old homestead again, with the
loved ones around him; the aged moth
er, 50 proud of her big boy, the faithful
wife and beloved children. 1t was a |
blissful dream that robbed death of its
terrOrs and rendered the dying man for
the moment unconscious of the cruel
rehding Of his once vigorous frame that
was constantly going on. ..
A moan of the restless ocean mingled |
with the sObs Of the loved ones as
THE LAMP OF LIFE
fickered and went out forever. Nearly
every one around the President clung
to hope to the last, and refused to credit |
the approach of death until the shadow
deepened and the destrOyer's presence
could be no longer unfelt.
Flags hang at haIf-mast from every
house on Ocean avenue, and the gayety
of this favOrite watering place is fol-
lowed by the deepestglOOm. The strug-
gle is over and death is victor.
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