Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-09-22
AT REST!
THE WEARY STRUGGLE ENDED AND THE
SHADOW OF DEATH HANGS OVER
THE LAND!
PRESIDENT JAMES A, GARFIELD PASSES INTO
THE DARK VALLEYI
5ctrTv autIaue or nrnntr ,A rr.no I,
FIFTY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN TEARS
|SAD SCENES AT THE DEkTHBED OF TIL
DYING PReSlDENTI
''IT Is GOD THAT REIGNS AND THE GOVERN
MENT At WASHINGTON STILL LIVES"

" 10 6UU IhAi htl6hS ANU lHt GUFERk-
MENT At WASHINGTON STILL LIVES"
LONG BRANCH, Sept. 19.-The earliest
hours OF the morning promised so well
that the dispatches which preceded the
i <time of the bulletin were of favorable
character. The sudden chill at the
morning dressing proved severe one
! zand its nature was such as to give gen,
5eral alarm. The lung trouble being
worse, the first impression of the sur
geons was that the chills of Saturday
eand last night had in fact been premo-
snitions of an abscess in the lungs. The
Strength of the chill ais" was such that
zIt seemed as if it must destroy the little
strength the PRESIDENT had. The utter
.anees of all the surgeons after they were
liable to go on and complete the dressing,
which had been suspended when the
$chill came on, were extremely depress-
ling. They had no hopeful words except
4 to say be was not dead, and it was not
likely he would die to-day. But they
were all of the opinion that he could
mot rally from the low, weak state in
Ii.
was no room left for those who have be-
7lieved he would recover to stand upon
1 lin the surgeons declarations. The alarm
was universal. ElberOn was thronged,
land every one coming from the Presi-
dents cottage and that of the surgeons,
was at once surrounded with a crowd
flushed TO the stiffness of death, to hear
the story which he brought. 1t was a
&day that passed in gloom, with no ray OF
hope till sundown to cheer even the few
who could not believe it would fail to
3come. DR.. Bliss described the effect of
/ the chill and the remarkable rallying
from it. and said if the strength of some
weeks ago existed, it might carry him
! Through, but in spite of this lack it was
Encouraging to hear him say that both
5Dr. Agnew and himself had agreed, in
noticing the rallying, that the President
was the most remarkable patient of
whom they either of them had any
knowledge. a9f
The doctors said he came out of the
3paroxysms of this severe chill, when ev-
sery breath he drew was moan, with a
3clear eye and good voice, and as soon as
5the dressing of the wound was finished
be asked for a handglass, and examined
his appearance closely, and said he could
mot understand how, when he looked so
s well and felt so much better, he should
I be so very weak.
The only good sign of the morning
twas the completeness with which he
3rallied from the chill. ~
After recovering from the chill of this
3morning the President became quiet,
sand so remained nearly the whole time
Ito the evening dressing. Everything
2 was better than when the chills appear
led in Washington, and there was no dis
sturbance of the stomach. He took food
Regularly and retained it, but in the
Eminds of all the increase of the lung
trouble was held to be the central, and,
1 With most, it was believed to be
THE FATAL COMPLICATION.
The afternoon dragged heavily. Ev-
lery one feared that each successive mes
lsenger from the Presidents cottage
would bring news of another chill, but
THE badness did not come, and instead fol-
3hours the story was that he was sleep
ling. Toward the close of the afternoon
,the disturbing report came that as he
Slept his temperature was slowly rum
hing down, through the normal range.
land had about touched the lowest lim-
lit, as if the system was getting ready
flor chill. This was expected by all
most everybody, and the suspense OH all
3sides was great, but just before the eve
lining dressing the temperature rose in
stead, and the President awoke visi5lyI
refreshed. Before the examination end
Jed Gen. Swain felt that there were signs
3of relief in the involved lung. Drs. Bliss
land Agnew made a most careful exami-
{nation of it, and found to their great
satisfaction that the air was again pass
ling into the portion which had hereto
fore been dull, and where trouble has
3been. This was so important matter
THAT they reported their obseryations-
/ DR.. Agnew declared that he was conf
3dent that the air was again passing into
THE long closed cells. 1t was also found
THAT the President had gained little
strength by the rest and food of the day,
land told, in spite of the shock of the
[chill, that he was a. little stronger than
yesterday morning. These two things.
sthe improved lung and the added
Strength, though but slight ameliora-
;tions, were yet extremely important, and
gave strong ground for encouragement,
4 The surgeons all recognized the inpro-
4 we'd chances. and spoke of them as unre7
aservedly as they had of the very serious
nature of the morning situation. Dr.
4 Hamilton said most emphatically when
asked for an opinion, 1.-The case is. by no
means hopeless" This fairly expressed
sthe sentiments of his associates. No
+ one of them at an early hour tonight
/ gave the President up q
ELBERoN, y. j.. Sept. I9-TEe Presi-
5dent died at 0:35, From what can be
ascertained his death was from sheer
exhaustion. Mr.. Warren Young, As
sistant to Private Secretary Brown.
brought the news from the cottage at 10
minutes before ii o'clock The first in
Gtlication that anything serious had oc-
scurred was the appearance of d messen-
4ger at Elberon hotel, who obtained a
carriage and drove rapidly of. 1t was
supposed he had gone to summon the
members of the Cabinet who left here
about 80 tonight Attorney General
Mac Veagh has notified Vice President
Arthur of the Presidents demise.
NEW YORK, Sept ia Telegram ex-
ira says: "At the Presidents bedside,
holding his poor wasted hand in her
3own, and watching with anguish unut-
terable the fast vanishing sands of life,
SAT THE DUTIFUL AND DEVOTED WIFE
fduring the closing hours of the Presi-
dents career. Around him were other
friends and physicians lamenting their
gpowerlessness in the presence of the
dark angel of death. Toward the last
/ the mind of the sufferer wandered HeI
was once more back i'm Mentor amid
those scenes where the happiest hours of
Ibis life were spent, He sat in the dear
|old homestead again with the loved
|ones around him-his aged mother sol
proud of ner big boy his faithful. wife,I
lhis beloved children. 1t was a blissfulI
Fdream that robbed death of its terrors'
land rendered the dying man for mo-
|ment unconscious of the rending of hisl