The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-09-21
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NEW YORK, Sept. 10.
From the Times Long Branch dispatch:
the evening bulletin his condition was thought
a trihe more comfortable. There was a feel.
ing of congratulation on all sides that he had
escaped another rigor, which had been anx-
iously feared since the chill of the morning.
DIR. Boynton, during the early evening, talked
even a little hopefully, and people about the
hotels prepared to retire at the usual hour,
having almost no fear of any serious change
before morning. At ten O'Clock Secretary
Browns cottage was dark and deserted. A
few of the more vigiant newspaper men sat
talking on the Elberon piazza. DR.. Boynton
was among them. At 10 30 a colored messen-
ger called Dr. Boynton out in the dark and
whispered to him excitedly. The doctor
turnedsback toward the group ofreporters.
"T The President is sinking rapidly" he said,
and disappeared in the gloom across the lawn
toward the Presidents cottage.
In minute the scene had changed. There
was hurrying about the house and word was
quickly sent through the length of Long
Branch that the President was greatly worse.
At 1880 Captain Ingalls, came across from the
cottage as slowly as IL nothing was wrong,
and when questioned, answered very quietly
4" was just sent for by the officer of the
guard to send one of my men to the camp sur
geon for mustard for application to the Presi-
denis's bodg."
The reporters went out on the lawn as far
as the guard lines to wait for tidings. The
report that mustard had been sent for,
pointed to the occurrence of another rigor
voice was heard saying, 1t is all over; the
President is deadl' 1t was Warren Young,
one of the secretaries, who spoke.
In an instant the little telegraph office at
the E!beron Hotel was surrounded, and there
was shower of bulletins thrown upon the
two paralyZed operators. No more than the
simple announcement of death could be sent
OFF, as the Government at once took exclusive
use of the telegraph Office at Elberon. No
personal dispatches were sent. Warren Young
sent the first official announcement off to
Washington and to Mentor. The President
had been dead half On hour, when, at IL 10,
Window, Hunt and James arrived from the
West End. They went into the hotel office
and were met by MacVeagh, who led them
away to the cottage.
At IL 80 the members of the Cabinet are in
side Francllyn cottage engaged in consulting
a great crowd waits outside for further par
ticulars, and the excitement is intense.
The Presidents words when he felt the
death pang attack him were: 81 am suffering
great pain, and fear the end is near"
When the end came scarcely anyone believed
Ii, as nothing had led to the belief that death
would be sudden. Some hours of more posi-
tive notice than even that of this morning had
been expected. From the best obtaiuable in
formation, however, it is believed that the
Presidents family had been fully warned.
Every member OF it who was in the cottage at
the me was present fully ten minutes before
death came. The sources of Information were,
however, quickly cut of, and the few who
knew the details were not in a condition to
give the information at the moment, and ac-
cess to them was afterwards quickly and per-
emptorily cut of.