The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-09-30
THE PRESIDENT DEAD.

President cariield Quietly Passes Away
Tho Presidents Last IIour~-yice-P re-i-
dent Arthur Assumes tho Executive or.
flce.
ELnEno~. y. y. sept 10.
The President died AZ 1873 p. m. From
what can be ascertained. he died Of sheer
exhaustion. Mr.. Warren Young, assistant
70 Private Secretary Brown. brought the
news from the cottage al 1850. The first
indication that anything serious had occur
red was tho appearance Of messenger AZ
the Elberon Hotel. who obtained carriage
and drove rapidly on. II Is supposed be
had gone to summon members Of the Cabi-
net, who had left here about $3.50 to-night
Attorney General Mcyeagh has notified
Vice. President Arthur Of the Presidents
demise.
THE CABINET ARRIVE.
11:15.-The Cabinet has just arrived and
gone IN a body 10 Francklyn Cottage All are
here except Blaine and Lincoln. Attorney
General Macveagh has teIegraphed them
Of the Presidents death. Great excitement
prevails here, and particulars can not be
obtained. The guard around the cottage
has been doubled. and no one Is allowed 70
approach H.. The Government has taken
possession or the only telegraph wire which
Is connected Al Elberon.
THE ATTORNEY GENERALS STATEMENT.
i1:2o r. Attorney General Macveagh
has just come 10 the Elberon Hotel from
Franckl,n Cottage, and made the following
statement; II sent my Dispatch 10 Mr. Low
ell at 10 p. m. shortly before thar Or. Bliss
had seen the President. aud found his pulse
At 100 beats per minute. and all the condi-
lions were then promising quictnight. The
Doctor asked the President II he was feeling
uncomfortable IN any way. The President
answered, Not at sll,' and shortly aftcrward
fell asleep, and DR.. Bliss returned TO his
room across the hall from thst occupied by
the President. Colonies swain and Rock
well remained with the President. About
1918 the President awakened, and remark
ed TO Col. Swain he was suffering great
pain, and placed his hand over his heart.
DIR. Bliss was summoned. and when he en-
tered the room he found the President sub.
stantially without pulse and The action 81
the heart was almost indistinguishable. lie
said AZ once the President was dying and d.
rected that Mrs. Garfield be called, also the
doctors. The President remained In
dying condition until 1885, when ne was
pronounced dead. He died or some trouble
OF the heart, supposed 70 be neuralgia, hlt.
that. ofcourse, l. uncertain. notified Gen
Arthur and sent dispatch TO Messrs. Blaine
and Lincoln. who are en- route from Boston
70 New York. The Cabinet now. AZ ll:p
p. M, are Ia consultation
THE LAST OPTICAL BULLETIN.
1850 p. m.-The President died AZ 1895.
After the bulletin was issued AZ 800 this
evening the President continued IN much
the same condition Is during the afternoon,
the pulse varying from lo2to 100, with rath-
er increased force and volume. After TAX
ing nourishment be fell into quiet
sleep. About thirty-fIve minutes before his
death, and while asleep. his pulse rose 10
10, and was somewhat more feeble. Al
1910 he awoke, complaining Of severe pain
over the region Of the heart. and almost i'm
mediately became unconscious, and ceased TO
breathe At 1898.
(signed) ID. w. BLISS,
-. $500 n n ....~ $1,000