Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-20
0fThoss Who Mourn for the Great,
the Noble a d the Good.
The Heart Of the Nation Thrilled
With Anguish,
"a Am Suffering, and Fear the
End Is Near"
TIE STRUGGLE ENDED.
pestl,f be Suffering President.

ELBsROS, y. september lS-Ihe
President died at 1875. From what can
be ascertained his death was from sheer
exhaust on. Mr. Warren Young, AS
sistant to Private Secretary Brown,
brought the news from the cottage at
ten minutes before IL o'clock. The first
indication that anything serious had Oc-
Cured was the appearance OF messen-
ger at Elberon hotel, who obtained q
carriage and drove rapidly of. 1t was
supposed he had gone TO summon the
members OF tho Cabinet who left here
about $50 tonight. Attorney General
MacVesgh has notified Vice President
Arthur of the Presidents demise.
New YORK September IA Telegram
extra says: AT the Presidents bedside,
holding his poor wasted hand in her
own, and watching with anguish unut-
terable the fast vanishing sands OF life,
Sat the Dutiful and Devoted Wife
during the closing hours OF the Presi-
dents career. Around him were other
friends and physicians lamenting their
powerlessness in the presence OF the
dark angel of death. Toward the
last the mind Of the sufferer 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-his aged moth.
er so proud Of her big boy, his faithful
wife, his beloved children. 1t was .
blissful dream that robbed death of its
terrors and rendered the dying man iorI
moment unconscious OF the
rending OF his once vigorous frame that
was constantly going on. The moan OF
the restless ocean mingled with the sobs
of the loved ones, as the lamp Of life
Fnckered aud Wen, 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 deepeneI, and the destroyers
presence could be no longer unieit.
Flags hang at half mast from every house
on Ocean avenue and the gaiety Of this
iavorite watering place is followed by the
deepest gloom. The struggle IS over
and death isvIct0r.
Att srney General MscVeagn' $ Statement
ELBERoS, September 70, ll:2O N
Attorney General MacN Neagh just came
10 Elberon Hotel from FEancklyn Cot
tage and made the following statement;
al sent my resport to Mr.. Lowell at
lOP.N. Shortly before that, DIR. Bliss
had seen the President ard
found his pulse at lC6'
and all the conditions were pr missing
of a quiet night. The Doctor asked the
President if he was feeling uneomforts-
blein any way. The Presidensanswered,
Not at ALL" and shortly afterwards i"li
asleep, and DR.. Bliss returned to ms
room across the hall from that occupied
by the President. Colonels Swain and
Rockwell remained with the President.
About fifteen minutes after 10 O'Clock
the President awakened, and remarked
,o Col. Swain that he was suffering great
pain, and placed his hand over his heart
Dr Bliss was summoned, and when
he entersd the room he found
the President Substantially without
pulse and the action Of the heart was al
most indistinguishsble4zszHs-sz szid at
once tha, the President was dying, and
directed that Mrs. Garfield be called
also the doctors. The President re-
NAMED in dying condition until 1880
when he was pronounced dead. de
died of some trouble Of the heart-suPrI
posed TO be neuralgia, but that OF course
is uncertain. notified General Arthur
and sent dispatches to Messrs. Blame
and Lincoln. who are en- route from
Boston to New York. The Cabinet, now
at ll:9OP. n, are in consultation. 4
Arrival of the Cabinet
ELBERoN, September 10, ll:l5 P. n
The Cabine. has just arrived and gone
in body to Francklyn cottage. All are
here except Blaine and Lincoln. Az
orney.General MscYeagh has teie.
graphed them of the Presidents DEATH
Great excitement prevails here ana the
particulars cannot be obtained. Inc
guard arounl the cottage has oeen
doubled and no one is allowed to ap-
proach it. The government has iAken
possession Of the only telegraph wils
which is connected at E:beron- Il wig
be almost impossible to get further
details tonight, as We are shut OF from
IL -..L .ha coftaOa and