St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-27

been present in greater or less degree, ana
constantly increasing in severity during his
entire illness, had prepared them to expect
the worst. The racking pains which 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 which the fever
preyed with increasing violence until the
hour of his death. After last midnight his
pulse grew weaker and weaker, and at 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 o'clock
this morning his pulse was found to be
somewhat stronger, but his general condi-
ton was not such as to give hope of ulti-
mate recovery. The physicians again met
in consultation at 1:50 p. M, when it was
apparent that the patient was rapidly sink
ing and could live but few hours. At
2 o'clock the general revived sufficiently to
recognize his wife, who has been at his bed
side
NIGHT AND DAY
during his entire illness. AS she spoke to
him he looked up into her face, and all who
were present knew that he recognized her.
This was the last manifestation of con-
sciousness. He then wearily closed his
eyes and sank again into lethargic sleep,
from which he never awoke. While the
public has been aware for a eek or more
that Gen. Logan was confined to his room
with rheumatism, many even of
his most intimate friends were
as late as yesterday afternoon unconscious
of the serious character of the attack, and
to the masses the announcement in this
mornings papers that the statesman lay at
deaths door brought shock of sorrowful
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
it were true that all hope was past. Among
those who thus actively expressed their
grief and sympathy were Secretary and
Mrs. Whitney, Secretary and Mrs. Man
ming, Senators Ransom and Walthall,
Gen. and Mrs. Cockrell, Mr.. and Mrs. Ban
croft Davis Gen. Malone, Senators Platt,
Mitchell and Eustis, Congressman Symes,
of Florida, Gen. and Col Sheridan, Prof
and Mrs. Bell, Senator and Mrs. Payne,
Justice Matthews, Senators Harris and
Whitthorne, Senator and Mrs. Miller, Sem
ators voorhees, and Blair and Congressmen
Burrows and Townshend.
SCORES OF TELEGRAMs
of coincidence have been received during
the day from all parts of the country, in.
Guiding ex-senator Conkling, who eX-
pressed his inability to credit the reported
imminence of the danger and asking for in
formation. Though the doctors have given
no word of hope during the day, the at
tendantS. as late as this noon, refused to
give full credence to the alarming bulletins
and whispered to the inQuirers something
of the chances that the sturdy frame of the
sufferer and the united skill of the con-
sulting physicians would bring revival of
vitality sufficient to dominate the inSidious
poison in his frame. But after noon no one
yentured to express hope that the sufferer
would last during the day. Intimate friends
gathered with the grief-stricken and almost
frantic relatives about the bedside, while in
the spacious hall and parlors below. throng
remained in hushed expectancy. The
stifed
SOBS OF THE WIFE
and children and the inarticulate utterances
of the dying man were audible at times