Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-11-25
Sudden Death Of the Ex-Presidenf
From Cerebral Apoplexy.
Brief Sketch of the Life and Public
Services, Civil and Military, of the
Diseased Statesman - How
the News Was Received.


Action of the President of the United States
and Governor of New neutrality-suspicious.
of Members of the Cabinet on Gem
eral Arthur's Administration.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1S-Ex-President Ar
thur died at his residence, 1913 Lexington
avenue, at five o'clock this morning, OF
apoplexy, resulting from the bursting OF a
blood vessel, which caused paralysis OF
his whole right side.
NEW York, Nov 1S.-At the residence Of
the late ex-President, No. 1913 Lexington
avenue, United Press reporter met MIR.
Sherman N. Knevals, law partner OF the
dead statesman, who said:
ION Tuesday last the ex-President felt
well, and was very bright. He ate heart
lily of some CLANS, and signed his name to
several communications. He also gave
orders regarding transactions of interest
to him. DR.. George Peters, the family
physician, called at 9 p. m, and was highly
pleased at the condition of his patient. The
attendant left the ex-President after half
past twelve. He was then sleeping
When the attendant entered his room yes
terday morning he found him lying on his
right side, breathing heavily. He spoke
to him, but received no answer. He placed
his hand gently on his shoulder, but could
not arouse him. The attendant then be-
came alarmed, and summoned young Mr..
Arthur, who hurried a messenger to the
residence of DR.. Peters. He responded
quickly. After examining Mr.. Arthur,
DR.. Peters stated that the ex-President' s
case was hopeless, as the cause of his con-
dition was stroke of apoplexy caused by
the bursting of blood vessel, also causing
the whole right side of the body to become
paralyzed Word was sent Immediately to
his near relatives and friends. and
those who could arrived before his
death. Mr.. Arthur remained in an
unconscious condition all day yesterday.
His breathing became more and more lab
ored, but dissolution was very slow, and it
could not be told to any degree of certain
ty when he would breath his last His
immediate relatives and friends were in
and out of the room where the ex-Presi-
dent lay all day and throughout the night.
There was no scene at the beside, and at
the time death occurred it was not ex-
pected.
Although Miss Nellie knew that her
father was quite i'll, the news of his death
came like a sudden shock to her, and she
was completely overwhelmed with grief.
Her aunt, Mrs. McElroy, led her to the
bedside, where the ex-President lay. when
the young orphans tears fell copiously,
and she was led away unconsolable.
ssYoung Mr.. Arthur took his fathers
death very hard, but bore up manfully. He
had been companion to his father, and his
death moved the faithful son to tears"
President Arthur was, at the time of his
death, in his fifty-seventh year.
The funeral will take place from the
Church of the Heavenly Rest, on Fifth
~ ,,;,,.
O'Clock Saturday morning, and the remains
will be buried in the family plot in Albany
Rural Cemetery.
News of the death of the ex-President
spread rapidly, and the flags on public
buildings were soon displayed at half-mast.
The President and other prominent
officials at Washington were at once mott
fed. ALI State and county civil courts
now in session took appropriate action to-
day in regard to the death of the ex-Presi-
dent.
SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND CAREER OF CHES'
TER A. ARTHUR.
NEW YORK, Nov. 1S.-Chester Allen Ar
thur, twenty-first President of the United
States, was born in Franklin County, Vt,
October 5, 1880. His father was Scotch
man, and pastor of Baptist churches in
Vermont and New York. After his grad
uation with the degree of B. A. from I'm
ion College, Mr.. Arthur studied law and
began to practice in 1850 in New Y ork City,
which he made his permanent residence.
Mr. Arthur was Wing. He joined
the Republican party on it's formation, and
soon became a prominent leader of the
party in the State of his adoption. At the
outbreak of the civil war he was intrusted
by Governor Morgan with the arming and
subsisting of the troops raised in New
York and was successfully made Engin-
neer-in Chief, InspectorGeneral and
Ouartermaster-Genera equipping and
sending to the field sixty-eight reg
iments of infantry, six battalions
and ten batteries in the space of
four months. In 1871 he was ap-
pointed Collector of the port of New York
City, position he retained until 1878, when
he was removed by President Hayes
When the discussions arose in the Repub-
lican party, Mr.. Arthur, allied himself
with the ''Stalwarts." At the National
convention of 1880, held in Chicago, the
"Anti-Stalwarts' succeeded in preventing
the nomination of General Grant to the
Presidency, and in securing the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Garfield. In order to unite the
two factions, Mr.. Arthur was then
nominated Vice-President. In the en-
suing election the Republican party
was successful, and Mr.. Arthur became
Vice-President of the United States. With
in six months of the Inauguration, Presi-
dent Garfield was assassinated by Charles
j. Guiteau, and September 10, 1851, Mr..
Arthur became President. His admins
tration of the affairs of his high Office was
generally regarded as conservative. He
was a candidate for denomination before
the Chicago convention of 1884, but was
unsuccessful, and retired from cf1ice
March 4, 1885, on the Inaugural
ton of President Cleveland. Soc.
ally Mr.. Arthur had done more than any
of his predecessors in the White House.
He inaugurated regular succession of re-
ceptions and dinners. Late hours, heavy
food and an abundance of wine wrought
havoc with his physical system. When he
retired from the White House he had al
ready laid the foundations of the fatal dis
ease. Returning to New York he re-
sumed the practice of his profession, but
within year he was obliged to abandon it
on account of failing health The doctors
said he had Bright's disease and or
dered change of air and absolute quiet. He
was taken to the sea-shore where his
health appeared to improve a little, but on
his return to New York few months
since it was evident that he could not re-
cover.
When Mr.. Arthur entered the White
House he was a widower with two chill