The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-09-28
Death OF the President.
THE END OF A NOBLE LIFE.
The Aged Mother Hears the Awful
News and PrayS for Death.
ARFHUR'O INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
AEPECIAL SESSION OF The SENATE.
STORY OF THE LAST DAY.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.

4 LONG BRANCH, sept. IL ne DAY
has been one of the most critical in tho
Presidents case since the period when
his stomach refused to accept food, and
the surgeons practically gave up all hope
of recove y. To night, if there is the
slightest probable hope entertained Of
saving the Presidents life, ii is based
entirely upon the expectation that his
! stomach will retain the nOurishment ad-
ministered and perform it's functions
/ without breaking down. The day has
| been one of surprise. No person, not
| even the most hopeful Of theatteudants,
expected the President would get
through the night without another rigor
and further relapse, so early this morn
ing before the bulletin was issued, when
i: became known that the President had
gone through the night without any Sc
rious change for the worse or alarming
symptoms, joy was every where visible.
Like a drowning man catching at q
straw, the public eagerly grasped at
I'll csc small indications, aid built castles
that were soon to disappear in the air.
At eight O'clock this morning there |
was happy gathering about the Fiber |
on, of government officials, newspaper |
men, summer guests, who have stayed |
longer than they expected, because an |
uncomfortable sympathy with the Pres
ident held them all waiting, the appear
ance of the morning bulletin, which t. o
surgeons had sent word would be very
favorable, Attorney General McVeagh
was on hand, and sent brief telegraphic
messages to the other members of the
cabinet at the West End, saying that
everything looked we'll.
Suddenly it was whispered about that
the President had another rigOr of a
= Id d.
rotary Brown said it could not be so, and
Attorney General McVeagh looked per-
fectly aghast, and hurried off TO learn
the truthfnlness of the report. He came
back within two or three minutes with
3 look of perfect misery upon his face,
and said to The Sun correspondent: at
Ia true, the outlook is very dark now"
The news flew far and wide and frem
all directions of Long Branch came car
riages with sympaI hiZing friends 10 as
certain the news. 1t was not long I'M
til the Office and porches of the ElbsrO
we're crowded with people discussing
The outlook. Gen. Grant was one of the
early callers, aud expressed the utmost I
BORROW at the news. He saw one of the
Iurgeons for moment and then said,
Il get no comfort, l fear the ma ion will 1
Ioon be in mourning" He drove away '
It once. {
From early morning until the shed-
'ws of night closed, the pOrchps of the +
Elberon fronting the Presidents cottage t
AVE been crowded with people watch
ng with eager and sorrowfui eyes the 4
movements of those visible about The
As the surgeons came to and /
70 they were met part way across the a
avn by anxious correspondents, who b
wanted to know about any new change s
During the entire day the replies did /, |
lot vary much, and nothing but gloomy
words we're given. There were few s
'crsOns still buoyed up with hope that Il
ONE great change for the better WOULD Y
ccur and the President pull through. d
he members of the cabinet all appear p
during the afterooon, but remained II
My a short while, and then returned Il
D the West End fully impressed with h
be fact that the President had reached t.
nat point where recovery seemed i'm Il
ossible. The evening bulletin gave, n
tile or no comfort, except that il was II
7idence that immediate dissolution s
as not to be expected, and that no fur ri
Ter bad symptoms had set in. re
The shot that struck tue President CO
own created no more astonishment q
ian the sudden announcements of the oil
cath of the President at 1895 to night. al
t ills Attorney General McVeagh Al
Finished the following PARTICULARS: tn
lst before 10 o'clock DR.. Bliss had as
en- the President and found his pulse ms
100, and the conditions promised = til
liet night The President said he was dT
Shortly after this the af
-esident fell asleep, and DR.. Bliss re- hi
ed to his room, while Gen. Swain on
d Col. Rockwell remained with the SV
About 1918 the President la
yakened and said to Gen. Swain that Oh
was suffering from pain in the neigh hi
rhood of his heart. DR.. Bliss was he
lied from across the hall, and when 20
entered the room he found the Presi- SV
nc unconscious and substantially Wi
thout pulse, and the action Of the II
art indicated that the President was I'M
ing Mrs. Garfiel1 was sent for and wi
.. Agnew and Hamilton summoned. thi
e President remained in dying con-
ion untiI 1915, when life was found WI
be extinct. He died with some an,
uble of the heart, supposed To be ly,
nralgia, although this remains TO be iuG
eFmined. A message was immedi foe
ly seut TO Viee-President Arthur and mi
) TO Secretaries Blaine and Lincoln, cal
o arc en- route for ElbeFGg The toll
linet did not reach the Elberon until car
rs, and went Immediately across TO SCI
Presidents cottage, where the dead shG
.sident lay. At 1880 the cabinet is dyi
no
Lg6erOn, ". H., Sept. 10. 1l.30 4. n. yoI
he President died at 10 80 p. n dyi
er the bulletin was issued &c 8 30 this fee
ming the President continued In is
ch the same condition as during the and