Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-28
L0GAN'S LAST HOURS.

The Bedside OF the Dying Soldier
Statesman-A Great Life Goes Out.
Washington, Dec. 26-At three min
utes of o'clock to-day the soul of John
4. Logan, patriot, soldier and senator,
passed to his rest. The wife and chill
dren with whose life his own was 80
closely knit were by his bedside, and re-
oelved the l.1a hickers OF intelligent
recognition that ms pain racked brain
was PERMITTED to give. The chief of the
army of the nation in whose service he
had achieved sneh gallant deeds watched
with brotner's love and sympathy his
last sad tigut; and his associates ot the
senate and house, irrespective OF party,
awaited IN reverent awe the end which
all alike deplored. When Surgeon Gen
eral Hamilton entered upon his all night
yiglis by the SICK mans side last night
he stated confidentislly to one of Gen.
Logsne brother senators that unless q
reaction should set in within twenty
four hours he Would,uavs no hope OF his
patients recovery. IA. ngh the long
watches OF the nigh ue physician
watched IN vain for soMc ryinpton to
indicate that th5 terrible piepsurs on
the brain which was drawing the life
blood away from the heart had
relaxed; bnt all through the night
the condition remained unchanged
except for the worse, the fever and
restlessness increasing, and when
DR.. Hamilton was relieved by DIR.
Baxter shortly after 8 O'Clock he abau-
donsd all hope OF recovery. His vigils
during the night were shared by Gen.
Beale, Gen. Grants most intimate
friend in Washington. and Representa-
tive Symes of Colorado. The lurking
tendency to brain complications. which
had been present in a greater or less
degree, and constantly increasing in
severity during his entire illness, had
prepared his frieads to expect the
worst. The racking pains whlch he
suffered during the early days of his
illness yielded to treatment, but left
him in weak and exhausted condition
from which he never rallied, and upon
whicn the fever preyed with increasing
violence until the hour of his death.
After last midnight his pulse grew
weaker and weaker, and Of 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 winch was held at 8
O'clock this morning his pulse was
found to be somewhat stronger, but his
general condition was not such as to
give hope OF ultimate recovery. The
physicians again met in consultation
at 30 p. m, when it was apparent that
the patient was rapidly sinking and
could live but few
hours. At 2 O'Clock the general
revived sufficiently to recognize his
wife, who has been at his bedside night
and day during his entire lllness. As
! she spoke to him he looked up into her
lace, and all who were present knew
| that he recognized her. This was the
last manifestation OF consciousness. He
then closed his eyes and sank again into
a lethargic sleep, from which he never
awoke. While the public has been
aware for week or more that Gen
Logan was confined to his room with
| rheumatism, many even OF his most
| intimate friends were as late as yester.
day afternoon unsuspioious of the
! serious character OF the attack, and TO
| the masses the announcement in this
morniDg's papers that the Statesman lay
at deaths door brought shock cf
sorrewful surprise. All day long the
carriages of sympathetic callers have
occupied the space in front of Calumet
place, while hundreds of pedestrians
| have climbed the hill upon which the
Logan mansion stands. to ask If il were
true that all hope was past. At 8
| 10 clock a consultation of all three physi-
clans Doctors N. 8. Lincoln, Baxter
and Hamilton WIS held, and then it was
announced to the family and the mos,
| intimate friends that all hope had been
abandoned From 2 in the morning
| until the sad end came the senator's de.
voted wife lay by him on the bed seek
ing by every term OF endearment te
arouse some spark OF returning vitality
No scene more pathetic could be
limaglned-no scene SO sacred can nde
quately be portrayed. In the outbursts
of her sorrow she repeatedly ejaculated
"He was true in every thought and deco
OF his life. The Utmost act OF his life
could be examined with honor to him.
Those around the deathbed understood
fully that this remark and others o.
similar character referred to the charge
that Gen. Logan had not been true +,
Gen. Grant, and painful rumor was
circulated that one of the physicians hae
ascrIbed the cerebral trouble whicl
proved the most danperous feature O