Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-08-07
T1LDEN DEAD.
Sudden Taking Away of the Dem
ocratic Statesman.

TILDEN DEAD.
Sudden Taking Away of the DEM
ocratic Statesman.
New YORK. Aug. 4.-Samuel j. Tilden
died peacefully at Greystone this morn
at 8:45 o'clock. There were present with
HIM Chas. E. Simmons, Samuel Swift
and his niece, Miss Gould. His death
was entirely unexpected. and was caused
by failing of the heart following an
acute attack of diarrhoea and nausea.
He was 70 years old.
The last hours of the deceased states
man were peaceful and painless. For
several months past MI. Tilden has en-.
.joyed unusual health for him. He
gained t~hirty.five pounds in flesh IN six
months. He used his yacht Viking fire.
quently and took carriage rides daily.
His face was familiar to the people of
Yonkers, and he frequently drove
through the Streets The last time he
went out was on Sunday, when he was
driven by his faithful coachman, Dennis
O'Hara, attended by his valet, Louis
johnson, both Of whom have been in his
service for years. Saturday he was
taken with a slight chill while sitting on
the porch overlooking the Hudson, and
was removed to his room, where he vas
attended bv his friend and physician,
DR.. Chas. Simmons, of New York. The
cold settled in Mr.. Tilden's bowels and
stomach, causing vomiting and purging.
With medical aid he felt much better
on Sunday, and he went out in his car
riage. Monday and yesterday he ielt
better. Last night he was taken again
with the same symptoms while IN his
parIor, and was supported to his room
by his valet and private ~secretery, Geo.
E. Smith. On reaching his o the
ex-governor experienced considerable
trouble in breathing. This alarmed his
friends and DR.. Simmons was called.
The patient was suffering from nauseau
and diarrhoea, and was in great distress.
The difficulty in breathing ceased after
a while and he was placed in bed. Later
he was assisted to an easy chair. DR..
Simmons remained with him all night.
Early this morning Mr.. Tilden began to
grow worse and was again placed in bed.
The generation of gas in the stomach
and bowels distended them and caused
a failure in the action of the heart. A
second attack of the difficulty in breath
ing required, and DR.. Swift, of Yonkers,
was called III consultation at 7 a. nj.
He arrived at Greystone at 8 o'clock this
morning, but Mr.. Tilden was then be-
yond the reach OF medical skill. No
words we're uttered by Mr.. Tilden after
DR.. Swift's arrival. He remained con-
scious to the last. The labored breath
ing grew fainter and more feeble, and at
S:45 a. m. the face of the dying man be-
gan to change. The ashen pallor Of
death crept over his countenance, his
eyes slowly closed, and his muscles re-
Taxed, and at $50 he breathed his last.
At the time of his death the only per-
sons in the room were Drs. Simmons
and Swift, Miss Anna Gould, a relative
and amanuensis of the dead statesman.
The members of the family who are out
OF town were at once notified by tele-
graph. Mrs. Pelton, sister of the de-
ceased. is at Narraganset Pier. The
widows of his brothers, Moses and Hen
ry, are at the Tilden homestead at New
Lebanon with Col. Sam Tilden, Jr. Miss
Susie Tllden, his niece, is at New Leba-
non. Miss Ruby Tilden, her sister, is
visiting friends in the upper part of the
state. Andrew H. Green, ex-comptroller
of New Work city, q protege Of Mr.. Til
den, and who was educated in his office,
was notified.
The funeral arrangements were placed
in the hands Of Undertaken Rigby, OF
3 Yonkers.
Private Secretary Smith said this after
. noon: "The death of the governor was
} a great shock to us all. He had been
quite we'll for several months. He re.
t tanned consciousness to the last. He
t died through exhaustion. Gov. Tllden
never had, as has been frequently stated
any attack of paralysis. He had a fall
some years ago, and this, together with
rheumatism crippled his right arm
, However, he used tin writing and sign
t ing checks. He had not been in New
York since March. He has had a throat
trouble for years, which caused in i'm
pediment in his speech. 1t was difficult
to understand him on that account, il
troubled him more particularly in lying
down."
The funeral arrangement will not be
made until Mrs. Pelton, sister of Mr.
Tilden, and her granddaughter, Mrs
. Hayward, arrive from Narraganset Pier
| Three of MI. Tilden's nieces arrived to
: night from New Lebanon in company
with Col. Sam J. Tilden, Jr., Mrs. Swar
D and Misses Susie and Ruby Tilden. 1
is expected that the funeral will be hell
at Greystone and that the interment vii
s be at New Lebanon in the Presbyterian