The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-02-11
HANCOCK DEAD!
ANOTHER WAR VETERAN
GONE TO HIS
REST.

Army and commander OF the military
division OF the Atlantic, The sad in
telligence was Immediately conveyed
to the remotest corners of the country
and, as if by magic, flags appeared at
half-mast on the various public build
Sngs in the city. Within an hour the
telegraph wire leading into headquar-
tiers were burdened with messages of
coincidence and tended sympathy with
the bereaved widow, whose grief is
overwhelming, and of tributes to his
general, private and public virtues, as
citizen, as well as his greatness as n
commander.
The news OF his death was all the
more startling from the fact that few,
even of his intimate friends, had any
knowledge that his illness was consid-
cred to be serious.
AS late as Saturday last he was in
his private office attending to his Of
fetal duties. When he went TO Wash
ington two weeks ago to-day a slight
eruption on his neck, near the base of
his brain, gave him some uneasiness,
and the Inflammation increased so
rapidly that, on Friday, January Goth,
he had it lanced by DR.. O'Reilly, at
tending surgeon in Washington at the
headquarters of the army. The erup-
ton continued to discharge freely, and
the loss of blood was such as to make
very preceptable difference in his
usual robust appearance. Immediate
ly after his return to Governors
island, a week ago, the general sent
for DR.. John H. Janeway, the attend
ing surgeon of the department, who
soon perceived signs of a carbuncle.
To his experienced eye the evidence
# this was unmistakable. The next
day the carbuncle appeared, and it
gradually grew worse, although DR..
Janeway did not consider the condi-
lion of illustrous patient as past the
point OF speedy recovery until Sun
lay night, the 9th inst, when decided
ly unfavorable symptoms set in, ac-
companied by delirium. The malady
had then touched the brain, and there
appeared to be good ground for the
opinion that his days were numbered.
Proper nourishment, consisting of con-
centrated beef tea, milk and stimu-
Tents, were judiciously administered.
Col. Charles Sunderland, medical di-
rector on the island, co-operatsd with
DR.. Janeway in attendance on the pa
tent, and the General cheerfully as
sisted his physicians by complying
with their directions. He recognized
their supreme authority under these
serisus circumstances, and like a true
soldier, to the last, he obeyed the or
der of his superiors. Although hit
condition was alarming, his pulse wal
regular and he rested easy up to las
evening and during the greater par
of the night, so that hope of his ulti
mate,recovery was by no means aba1
doned. Oliver Russell, the general
brother-in-law, watched by his bed
tide and did not notice any decided
change until the early hours OF tn,
morning. Between 4 and 5 o'clocl
the general became restless and wa
unable to take either medicine O
nourishment. His physicians wer
Immediately called and they sent t,
this city for DIR. D. M. Stimson, OF Nc
Ia West Seventeenth street, an oil
friend of the generals, who arrived a
10 o'clock. In the consultation whicl
was held the physicians were unani
nous in their diagnosis OF what sool
after proved to be his fatal illness
This was to the effect that the genera
was rapidly sinking from exhaustion
caused by loss of vitality incident t
the powerful drain upon his constitu
ton made by the carbuncle, compl
Gated and aggravated by chronic dis
betes, the general soon fell into wha
appeared to be quiet slumber Ger
! Jas. B. Fry, who had served on Har
: cocks staff as an assistant adjutan
general having heard that his oil
commander was i'll, arrived during til
morning and, together with Drs, Jane
way and Sutherland, Mr.. Oliver Ru
sell, Hospital Steward Robinson an
the generals two Servants, were
room, watching and waiting, when {
seven minutes before 8 o'clock in tn
: afternoon, the final summons cam
y and the great commander passed ava
to join the noble army of his departe
: comrades, without a murmur
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