The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-12-30

WASHINGTON, Deo. 28.-John A. Logan died
His death, which came with startling sudden.
ness TO his family and friends, had not been un-
expected by his physicians for some days. The
lurking tendency to brain complication which
had been present In Q greater or loss degree, and
constantly increasing In severity during his
entire Illness had prepared them TO expect
the worst. The raclting pains which he suffered
during the early days Of his illness yielded to
treatment, but left him in Q weak and exhaust.
ed condition from which he never rallied, and
upon which the fever preyed with increasing
violence until the hour Of his death. After
last midnight his pulse grew weaker and
weaker, and ut 4 O'Clock this morning his
condition was such as tO cause great fear
Of his immediate death. After this he
rallied somewhat, and at the consultation which
was held at Q o'clock this morning, his pulse
was found to be somewhat stronger, but his
general condition was not such as to give any
hope Of ultimate recovery. DR.. Baxter relieved
Dr. Hamilton at the conclusion Of the consulta-
tion, and continued In constant attendance un-
til the Generals death. The physicians
again met In consultation nt I 40 p. m,
when II was apparent that the patient was rap
idly sinking, and could live but u few hours. At3
o'clock the General revived sufficiently to recog
and day during his entire illncss. As she spoke
to him he looked up into her face nnd oil who
were present knew that he recognized her. This
was the last manifestation of consciousness. He
then YEARLY closed his eyes and sank into
lethargic sleep from which he never woke.
While the public has been aware for o week
or more that General Logan was confined to his
room with rheumatism, many even Of his most
intimate friends were, as late as yesterday
afternoon, unsuspicious Of the serious character
Of the attack, and TO the masses the announce
ment In this mornings papers that the states
man lay at deaths door brought shock Of sor-
rowful surprise. All day long the carriages Of
sympathetic callers have occupied the space in
mont Of Calumet Plaoe, while hundreds Of
pedestrians OF oil walks Of life have climbed
the hill upon which the Logan
mansion stands, to ask II II were
true that oil hope was past. Among those who
thus actively expressed their grief and sym.
tary and Mrs. Manning, Senators Ransom and
Walthall, General and Mrs. Cockrell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bancroft Davis, General Malone, Senators
Platt, Mitchell and Eustis Congressman Hit,
II Illinois, and Symes, Of Colorado, General
and Colonel Sheridan, Professor and Mrs. Bell,
senator and Mrs. Payne, Justice Matthews,
Senators Harris and Whitthorne, Senator and
Mrs. Miller, Senator Voorhees, and Blair, and
Congressman Burrows and Townshend.
Scores Of kilograms Of coincidence have been
pouring in during the day from oil parts Of the
,ountry, among the latest being one from ex-
Senator Conkling, expressing his inability to
:redit tho reported imminence Of the danger
and asking for information.
Though the doctors have given no word Of
nope during the day, yet the attendants, as late
as this noon, refused to give full crcdenc" TO the
alarming bulletins, and whispered to ilquirers
something Of the chances that the sturdy frame
)f the sufferer, and the united skill Of the con-
sulting physicians would bring o revival Of vital
ity sufficient to dominate the insidious poison In
ais frame. But after noon NO one ventured to
express hope that the sufferer would last dur
ing the day.
Intimate friends gathered with the grief
stricken and almost frantic relatives about the
bedside, while In the spacious hall and parlors
below sad-faced throng remained in
hushed expectancy. The stified sobs of tho
wife and children, and the inarticulate utter.
unces of the dying man, were audible ut times
throughout the mausion. At 255 DR.. Baxter
came out of the sick room and said to one who
was waiting for intelligence: 'Simply say he Is
lying" Then the voice Of prayer at the bed
side rose above the sobs of the stricken mourn.
srs, and with Its end ended the life Of the war
.ior-statesman.
Among those at tho bedside Of the dying man
we're Senator and Mrs. Cullom and daughter,
General Sheridan, Senator and Mrs. Cockrell,
General Raum, Congressman Henderson and
Thomas, Of Illinois, and Mrs. Thomas; Senator
Miller and wife, Congressman Symes, Of Colo
RADIO; DR.. Baxter. General Henry Strong and
Daniel Shepard and wife, Of Chicago, and the
Generals private secretaries, w. B. Taylor
and Albert Hall. At the head Of the bed knelt
Mrs. Logan one arm encircling her dying hus-
bands neck, the hand of the other stroking his
forehead. At her side were John A. Logan, jr.,
and Rev. DR.. Newman. Opposite these were
the daughter, Mrs. Tucker, and hor husband,
and George A. Logan, the Genera rs nephew.
The scene" said DR.. Baxter, WAS one Of the
saddest that have ever witnessed All present
and her children was pitiful In the extreme"
1t Is stated that the Generals body win, no
doubt, be taken to Illinois for burial but no den-
ite arrangements for the funeral will be made un-
til Mrs, Logan, who 10 wholly prostssted. can be
Senator Cullom, who was at the dying mans
side continuously from last evening, was re-
Quested to temporarily take charge OF matters.
He sent at once for the Deputy Sergeant at
Arms OF the Senate, who, upon his arrival half
an hour later, entered upon the usual preimi-
nary arrangements for the funeral by summon
ing an undertaken and telegraphing to the
Seargeant-at-ArmS and to TO others at dis
tance.
Geueral Logans system was very sensitive to
weather changes OF particular kind, and he
has often been heard to remark in q tocular way
that he believed he could accurately fOretell the
coming Of o snow storm. The seeds of his disor-
der were sown during the war; his first attack
of rheumatism having followed it Immediately
at the end OF o twenty-fOur hours march through
. binding snow-storm. His last attack, too,
Of . fortnight ago, and his death preceded by
but . few minutes the beginning of q heavy
furry, which, though brief, covered the earth
with . thick carpet Of white.
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