The Evening critic., 1881-09-20
GOD REIGNS.
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t,a5 u"aus,.' s a,,,a,,oa .La so,,,ono" ,,hioh
,vos s,,,,n,; ,r un oc ,,,o oo,,,,orsotiop when
N,r p;a,,a.a apo 90 tho conGdontiol
5oor,,oo,,o.s =, ,ho oo,,o,o nut his head in
~ a. oas, H. oe ,ho rlhorop rccontion
roo,,, ,,,, ,,;,,, w., o,,;5ont undcrlvino and
doon,o~oi,onont and hocl,oncd to the doctor
80 .,.,o, c.,,o,,.od
49, ~ w.. ,.,ia ,i,a ,o,oI nrn
-,
,rnn p.o.,,,.u, s.ews IN be sinking
Fast.
All three hastened toward the lines, and|
this. seven minutes after life had departed, ;,
was the first whisper of immediate danger,
and it was sent out as bulletin several
minutes before it was known from anyI
other source. At the guard line the thrce|
gentlemen met Capt. Ingalls, in charge of
the troops and asked, hastily;
"Is it as bad as rcportedp
1T is, am afraid" was the answer. I'll
just met my sergeant on duty going to the|
camp surgeon for some mustard"
This was the first knowledge given of the
fact that n new rigor, the third in twenty.
four hours, had set in. At this moment q
gentleman was seen coming down the cot
Young, one of Private Secretary Browns as
sistants. OF him the reporter asked:
" Is the news worse?"
eyes, was the reply worse. 1t is all
over. He is dead"
The First News.
This was the first news of the event; the
first announcement outside the cottage, and
the first telegraphed to the country. The
first alarm had been caused some minutes
before. Rickard and Atchison, the two
tloorkeepers, had been relieved of duty a
little after 10 o'clock, and the outer post of
the house had been given over to the soldiers
for the night, rs had been customary. The
doors were closed and locked, the
lights turncd down and tbe surceons and
a. :. ~ a..
'ii ouV '',o aa'so' n"u ieiV 'ho p'''o anu .no
grounds forbidden to every one for the night.
The two doorkeepcrs had crossed the lawn
and soated thomse,vos on tho eostorr v,ran.
A., sst 49, T,ha~o,, - .I,o,. aa,,,1 saa
va VI ,.o i.'oe,on, ""oio '"os 'ou,u s.o
inc outlines OF the houses, the ocean IN the
rear. They had only been seated a few
minutes when the lights in the house were
turned UP, and there was an evident COM
motion. The turning up of the lights at
tho White House had for wceks
-, -, a.. .ha oo,. A..o,,a.,.a
poch sishai W 'no surgeons, h''o"u"h'S
and newspaper men, ana the TWO door
keepers hastehcu rapiuiy 10 inc cottage,
only to be hastily sent out lind all
the doctors who were within
reach, and they delayed only long enough
to hear the words, 1.-The President is sink
ing rapidly"
Omcial Account Of the Death.
At11.2On IN vosterday Attornev.C,on.
-, ,,asva, ..,,sa ~, ,,I
ci'i 4n"' easn "S'o",o,eu 1.,' "'' iheni'o's vi
the press together at ElDeron, ana gave the
following official statement of the Pres-
dents death:
mAt IN o,,,oo,, ,o,oou,,,,od g. Nr;,;.,. :.
1owai, Shau,I,, hoSoro that t;,no ~ RI;ss
Ia 900, H. prcs;dont and rannJ ~, an,.s
1870 ,,,,, Ia s,,,Is,, ~ ,na as,d ~, o,,,,
Jitions nromisine n n~iet and comfortahie
night DIR. Rliss asked tbe President If be
fait any uneasiness discomfort or main and
the President answered NOT at aiI; soon
after this the President fell asleep, and then
DIR. Bliss retired to his room across the hall
Ten swain ana Sol. hockwcii, aiter the re-
lircment OF Dr: Bliss, stald with the fresi-
usnt. ABOUT niteeh minutes after l0 O'Clock
Ine GrcSlueuU awakened anu tOlu Gen