Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-09-22
The Murkrille Gnquirer,
YORKVILLE. S. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. %, lSs
DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT.

A special dispatch to the Charleston Ne~s
and Courier conveys the information in the
following words:
The gloom which has been growing over
Elberon for the last three days has settled In
to a pail. 1t is the pail that covers coffin.
The President is dead. The Garfield Ad,
ministration has drawn to a close. The end
was short, swift and vivid.
A few minutes before the end came mes,
senger rushed across to the Elberon Hotel
and fairly startled the gathered reporters
with the shouts "The President is sinking
rapidly"
The crowd scarcely recovered from their
shock before there was grand rush across
the lawn and over the piazzas, and rust,
that drowned the roar Of the ocean and made
the hair stand on end "The President is
dead" was the cry.
There was clanoring for carriages and
rush of wheels, and up the road toward Ell
beron went the news. The stampede was tc
get possession of the wires. The horses fairly
flew over the road, and when the carriages
dashed up to the West End Hotel it needed
nothing beyond the blanched faces of the cor
respondents to tell the terrible story.
There was nobody with the President al
the beginning of the attack, which was rigo'
of the heart, but Gen. Swain and DR.. Boyn
ton. They quickly sent for the Doctors who
were in the surgeons cottage, but when they
came the President was already unconscious
He recognized nobody and within few min
utes he was dead.
The Cabinet is now in session.
The scene at Elberon battles description
Attorney. General MacVeah sits at the table
surrounded by thirty or more correspondents
debating the last scene in Francklyn Cottage
Everything is silent as the grave. Men creep
in and out as if the dead body of the Presl
dent lay in the same room.
The guards Of soldiers are increased and
mounted armed men picket the approaches to
the cottage, where the Presidents body lies
in the midst of his griefstricken family
We turn away with the Nation, and respect
their sorrow for the President.
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEWS.
ELBERoN, September 19.-The President
died at 1885, P. M. From what can be as
certained, his death was from sheer exhaustion
Warren Young, assistant to Private Secretary
Brown, brought the news from the cottage
few minutes before II o'clock.
The first indication that anything serious
had occurred, was the appearance OF messen
ger at the Elberon Hotel, who obtained
carriage and drove rapidly off: 1t is sup
posed he has gone to summon the members Of
the Cabinet, who left here about half:past 9 to-
night. Attorney. General MacVeagh has no
tilted Vice President Arthur Of the Presidents
demise.
THE LAST OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
The following is the last official bulletin is
sued by the attending surgeons
ELBERoN, N. j., 1l.30 P. M.-Tbe Presi
dent died at 1885 P. M. After the bulletin
was issued at $50 this evening, the President
continued in much the same condition as du
ring the evening, his pulse varying from lOz
to l06, with rather increased force and vol
ume. After taking nourishment he fell into
a quiet sleep about 35 minutes before his
death, and while asleep his pulse rose to l2C
and was somewhat more feeble. At ten min
utes after 10 o'clock, he awoke complaining
of severe pain over the region of the heart
and almost Immediately became unconscious
VICE. PRESIDENT ARTHUR.
New YORK, September l9.-Vice-Presi
dent Arthur remained in his house this NOR
ming, receiving but few callers. A reporter
called on him, but he declined an interview
sending word that he had nothing but official
bulletins. He had previously stated, howev'
er, that he was ready to obey any summons
made by the Cabinet, but he hoped that the
Presidents strong constitution and the careful
nursing he received would enable him to soon
resume his executive duties.
THE v1CE.PREsIDENT OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED
LONG BRANCH, 1925 A. M.-Attorney
General MacVeagh has sent the following to
Vice. President Arthur: 1t becomes our pain
full duty to inform you of the death of Presl-
dent Garfield, and to advise you to take the
oath of office as President of the United
States without delay. If it concurs with
your judgment we will be very glad If you
will come here on the earliest train to-mor-
row.
Signed William Window, secretary OF
the treasury VIM. H. Hunt, secretary OF the
navy; Thos. L. James, postmaster: general
Wayne McVeagh, attorney ey-general; 5. ..
Kirkwood, secretary of the interior.
THE INTELLIGENCE IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, September 19.-There was
more excitement ind greater solicitude IN
the city to-day reg riding the Presidents con-
dition, than there has been since he was re-
moved to Elbero1. Little or no hope exist
ed in the public mind for the recovery of the
President. Even those who had hitherto
maintained blind faith in the happy issue
of the national sorrow, abandoned all hope.
There was gloom over the whole city.
When the sad Intelligence of his death was
received at 1O:45 o'clock, it created little
but every heart that hears OF 1t to-
night is grieved, and the deep feeling OF sad
ness is not confined to the personal or polltl-
cal friends Of the dead President, but is uni
versal.
THE DEATH SCENE.
LONG BRANCH, September l, A. M.-Pre-
vious to his death the only words spoken by
the President were that he had severe pain
in his heart 1t is supposed by the surgeons
that death was occasioncd by clot 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 summoned to
he bedside. All arrived, and perfect quiet
prevailed, and Mrs. Garfield bore the trying
ordeal with great fortitude and exhibited un-
orecedented courage. She gave way to no
oaroxysms of grief, and after death had be-
come evident, she quietly withdrew to her
.oom. There she sat, heart broken widow,