Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-03-05

Hancock, Major-General commanding the
Department of the Atlantic, died at 2:35
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The cause OF
his death was q carbuncle. located on the
back OF his neck, combined with kidney
trouble. The carbuncle first made it's APP
pcarance January 81, while the General
was in Washington, whittier he had gone
on private business. He believed it to
be a boil, and had it lanccd. 1t causedhim
considerable annoyance for two On three
days, but on Friday, the Goth ult., he felt
in the best OF health and spirits. lie re-
turned to New York on that day. The
supposed boil began to trouble the
General after his return to Cover
nor's Island, and Il week g yesterday
Or. Janeway pronounced it a carbunclc
and began to treat it as such. Two
days later the Generals condition was
apparently much improved. The carbuncle,
however, broke out afresh on the 7th with
a great deal of vigor. 1t grew worse and
worse until eleven o'clock at night, when
the General became delirious. The follow
ing day the kidney trouble was discovered,
and the patients condition was for the first
time considered dangerous. Early yester.
day morning he became unconscious. DR..
Jancway called in Colonel Charles Suther-
land, medical director, and teleplloned for
DIR. D.. NJ. Stiinson, OF this city, who soon
put in an appearance. The physicians ex-
ahmed the patient and soon saw that
General Hancock's hours were numbered.
II, sank steadily from that time forth un
til he died. Fears were entertained OF
uleanic convulsions, and preparation was
made to treat them, but they did not
appear, M the General passed away
quietly. In the room at the time, in addi-
ton to the physicians, were General James
;. Fry, Lieutenant Eugene Griffin, an aid
dc-camp; Hospital Steward Robinson and
Orderly John Ward, who had been in con-
slant attendance on the sick man for sew
eral days past. The patient had been I'M
conscious for about six hours previous to
lis death.
Mrs. Hancock was in the adjoining room
when her husband passed away. She had
been UP with the General all night, and left
him at four O'Clock in the morning. Even
then the sick man seemed to realize that his
end was drawing near. AS his wife imprinted
O farewell kiss on his sunken cheek he muir.
INJURED: ooh, Allie, Myra, good" Allie
was o pct name by which he called his
wife. The sentence was not finished. They
were thelast words he attempted to utter.
With Mrs. Hancock at the time of her hus-
bands death were her cousin, Mrs. Emma
Bouvier, and Mrs. Eugene Griffin. The
survivors OF General Hancock's immediate
family, aside from his widow, are his broth
crs, Hillary Hancock, who was born
his twin, and is a lawyer at Min
ncapolis, and Brevet-Gcneral John Han
cock. He was the father Of two children,
hath of yylz>~, o~1 .1@-l liz. H. -.
Ada died in March, 1875, in this city, and
his son Russell died a year ago last De-
cember at his plantation in Clarksdale,
Miss. The son left a widow and three
children, one OF them a boy, who has
been living with the General at Governors
Island.
General Hancock had not been removed
from his dcath-bed at IL late hour last even
ing. He presented an exceedingly enact
ated appearance, and his face was SO
sunken that he was scarcely recognizable.
The fatal carbuncle had eaten it's way fully
half an inch into the flesh. The room was
furnished with plain. black walnut furni-
turc.
Hospital Steward Robinson took charge
OF the remains in the capacity OF under
taker, and will cmbalm them. 1t has not
yet been decided where they will be buried,
Ouui 10 eAlcCIctt ulGU LneY VIII be inferred
in the family plat at Norristown, Pa. In
this connection Lieutenant-Colonel w. d.
Wl'ipple said:
Mr.. Hancock. 7 believe, never exprcssed
any wish as to his burial place, and his wife
is TOO much overcome to be questioned on the
subject TO night. Understand however. thnt
she desires II private funeral. II such is the
case there will be no IL iitary display. cxceDt
that the army will lie i'll some manner officially
represented. II the funeral is held in Morris.
towu troops will probably be detailed from
Philadelphia.
In relation to the Generals death Dr..
JancwAy said:
He had been ailin.s for some time past.
Ever since last spring he had frequently been
obliged by the advice OF physicians to decline
invitations to dinner. Only last Saturday
lie engaged to dine out, and ut the last
moment sent regrets on account of his
health. The carbunclc alone would prob
0b|y have proved fatal, but the kidney
trouble materially FASTENED death. The
blood vas poisoned, owing to the non-secrc.
lion OF urea: Dcath came in the form of ex-
haustion. The T~uIicnt sank step by step. like
a person descending u pair Of stairs. We nd.
ministered to him hypodcrmic intersections
OF brandy and ether End OF carbonate of am
Inonia. No autopsy will be held over the re-
mains.
The kilograms came in a steady stream
to the Island Office, md the operator, with
scarcely a moments respite, had Ill he