Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-10
the CLOSE
~ Gen. aaucOek's Life-Hls Complicated

~ Gen. daucOek's Life-His Complicated
Case.
S.a IoRh. February 9.-lu front CT No.
, Governor Island, an orderly this after
aoon was pacing to and fro. 1t was the
residence Of Major General Winfield Scott
Hancock. who died therein at Psi o'clock
/. the General had lived until the l4th dAy
q the present month he would have com
yls,sd his sd year, having been born in
Sorris.own. Pa, February II, 1924. In
Sae second s;ory, front room, furnished With
-3li.srIks simplicity lay the remains
5t the General who, as the
ya,-is remarked, led G,s troops to more
osuiss Than any Of bis military contem-
ag-,rips The death OF General Hancock
sss no: merely q surprise to his family,
- vas a shock 70 them as TO his friends.
rSsnry 9,rs ago he starred on busin es7
.,,,Da,rzi with The Department OF the
Stlsuic n PnilStei2hjs, where he re
.-ynsd rwo DAYS, then ha proceeded to
lr.sLfry.oo. where hs had business. In
,Na,biayran A ooil developed itself on the
So. o., H., neck Il wsS lanced January
.rrb arl - roe General was much IL
,luysPi-uc-l Oy Us presence be
,-.,irnei TO NsS York sever
ta.s sooner than designed,
blri.- f.a .i-st week Of February the bo'l
developed iuto malignant cs-ouucle
,zlics saUoaraled cons.antly and prevented
res, or s.lao DR.. Janewsy called and II
vss not U,il marked weakness resulted
ton tha presancs Of he csrbuncle that ths
.gry-on discovered 81 General HsncocS
vas .ud-roE from diabetes and Kidney
trouble d., Janewsy called IN consulta
s.on nr Sutherland Medical Director o.
rrs psagrtnent, and Dr.. ID NJ. Sunson, ol
,sS Yo-k. The case assumed very
..ri3ga fJlm OF Moudsy. At I'D elocS
Mon1ay l,ght before going away Dc
Janax,7 f5gai the patient in good sPl'
r.. sB4 able 70 assis. himself aud lett hin
groars7,,v lr proved. AT 6 .45 this morn
IN, IRA Hancock dispatched 50 orderly
,o- ~ Jspssa7 as the General vas sink
,ry rapidlT Toe Doctor came sPeedi!
aud r,rnd The General IL q comatose sts''
S..h table pulse aud all the PEemonltory
svrn-o2s Of death present. De summon
ID N. tao physicians already named
Uvpodarmic iDiac IONA Of brandy anI
at5ar AMI car50na.e OF ammonia anC
brandy were sd ninjstsrsd These hoEever
oDlv sIIrvjare1 The suf-ring OF the soldier
x1o gradually sank away unril death Wa
coaehed AZ Psi . m as stated. In Tord
of d. Iarewsr. the General went doSi
N closs Eis lite hike person descending
: a;,b, n sssi-s. When death came To-
fbrea Dhys;c,ans and the hospital stewart
51Iv we're present Grs. Hancock wa
theg II An adjoining room. IG2 ueoeto
leaves his wiGoz and three grsnochiiaten
tvo girls aLi one O2J. nsned Mora Az G,
snd Gzvnne. ne issUs Ot the Teners!
son Richard aho died December zo;r
l.-4 srd whose lJ.s the Genera
-yer sgnce mrWned bitterly
MAJOR Gsnersl WhipDls will sSsum
command Of the Depsr ment, supported o
Iiautenant Colonel ia. kson, until the Pre-
den, shall, upp-int the Generals suceei
sor from Generals S,hoield, Terry or Ho7
ard.
Orders iu relation 10 the funeral GER
nom, 3 ase expected from Washington t
morros. Meantime TO body will be en-
balmed be officers Of the Post.
In general >rders Jo-mOrroE viii be pr
mulgat=d ne shuoun"eUpnt Of Gen. Hs
cooks d~a'h vsso regulation mournir
will be adoo:ed FiAEs will st once
half mssref on The PRr0zncement OF q
Jea,b The General vii probably be
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