Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-12-27
JOHN A. LOGAN DEAD.
Last Scenes at the Bedside-His Dying
Glance of Recognition to His Wife.

Glance OF Recognition to His Wife.
WASHINGTON, Dec 26.-John A
Loyal died at 2.57 o'clock this after
noon. His death, which came witt
startling suddenness to his family ant
friends. had not been unexpected by
his physicians for some days. Tn.
lurking tendency to brain complica
ttoDs, which had been present In o
greater or lees degree and constantly
increasing In severity during bis entire
illness, had prepared them to expect
the worst The rackiDg pains " hich
he suffered during the early days of his
illness yielded TO tyestment, but lef,
hin In weak and exhausted condi
tion, from which he never rallied, and
upon which the fever preyed with in.
creasing violence until the hour of his
death. After Saturday midnight his
pulse grow weaker and weaker, and at
O'Clock this morning his condition
was snch rs TO cause great fear of his
immediate death
After this he rallied somewhat and at
the consultation this mornin his pulse
Was found to be somewhat stron ger but
his general condition was not such as
to give any hope OF ultimate recovery.
DR.. Baxter received DR.. Hamilton at
the conclusion OF the consultation and
continued In constant attendance ptil
the Generals death. The physicians
again met in consultation at 30 D. M. ,
at which time it was apparent that the
patient was rapidly sinking ana could
live but few hours.
AT o'clock the General revived
sufh ctently to recognize his wife, who
bas been at his bedside night and
day during his entire illness. AS she
spoke to him he locked up into her face
and all who were present knew that he
recognized her This was the last
manifestation OF consciousness. He
then wearily closed his eyes and sank
again into letharsic sleep, from which
he never woke.
While the public has been aware for a
week or more that General Logan was
confined to his rsom with rheumatism,
many even of his most intimate per-
sonsl friends were as late as yesterday
afternoon unsuspicious of the serious
character OF the attack, and to the mas
ses the announcement in this mornings
papers that the states man lay at death q
door brought shock of sorrovful sur
prise.
DEATH s APPROACH ANNOUNCED
Scores of telegl ANS of &C ndolencs have
been coming in during the day from all
parts Of the country, among the latest
being one from Ex Senator Conkling,
EXPIRE ssing his inability to credit the re-
ported imminenoe of the danger and
asking for information. Though the
doctors had given no word Of hope dur
Ing the day, yet the attendants as late
as this noon refused to give full Gre
dence to the alar m ing bulletins and
Whispered to inquirers something of the
chances that the sturdy frame of the
sufferer and the united skill of the con.
sulting physicians would bring a re.
vival Of vitality sufficient to dominate
The fnsidious poison in his frame But
after noon no one vsntured to express q
hope that the sufferer would last dur
ing the day.
Intimate friends gathered with the
grief stricken and almost frantic rela.
tives about the bedside, while in the
spacious halls and psrlors below sad
| faced thropg remained in hushed ex-
pectancy. The stifled sobs of the wife
aud children anG the iusrficulate utter
| ances OF the dying man we're audible at
| times throughout the mansion. At Eve
minutes before three DR.. Baxter came
eut OF the sick room and said to one
who was waiting for intelligence, "Sim-
ply say he is dying" Then the voice
of prayer at the bedside rose above the
sobs of the stricken mourners and with
its end ended the life of the warrior
statesman.
Among those at tie bedside of the
dying man were Senator and Mrs. Gull
!, ,lom and daughter, General Sheridan,
Senator and Mrs. Ccckreil, General
Raum, Congresemen Henderson and
Thvmas, OF Illinois; Mrs. Thomas, Sepa.
tor Miller and vile, Congressman
Sy mes, OF Colorado; DR.. Baxter, 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 Ell circliDg her
dying husbands neck, the hand Of the
other stroking his forehead. At her
side were John A. Logan, Jr., and the
Rev. DR.. Newman. Opposite these
were the daughter, Mrs Tucker, and
her husband and George A, Logan, the
generals nephew.
THE scene laid DR.. Baxter, Twas
one of the saddest that l have ever wit.
messed. All present vera deeply affect
ed. The grief cf Mrs. Logan and her
children was pitiful in the extreme"
General Logan's system was very
sensitive to weather changes of psr-
ticular kind, and he has often bsen
heard to remark Ia half jocular way
that he believed he could accurately
foIetell the coming of a snow storm.
The seeds of disorder were sown during
the war, his first attack of rheum tism
having followed Immediately the end
of twenty. four hours march throue b
binding snow storm. His last attack,
too, resulted from brief exposure to the
snow storm CT a fortnight ago, and his
death preceded by but few minutes
the begin nirg OF g heavy furry, which,
though brief, covered the earth with a
thick carpet of white.
THE FUNERAL.
A call for q meeting of Senators was
iesued. Representative Springer also
requested similar action on the part of
Speaker Carlisle. Until Mrs. Logan is
sufficiently composed to express her
wishes no Anal plans will be made. Major
Tucker indicates that 1t was the Gen
erals wish to be buried at Chicago
The General, 1t is said, never had a
burial lot of his own. II is the wish
of Senators TO have the body lie in state
IN the Senate chamber on Tuesday and
Wednesday. The face OF the dead
Senator shows tbe lipes CT the intense
agony Of his sufferings. since his fret
serious attack q week ago. He bore In
his body the wounds of five battles for
his country. One of these in the spine,
which has often given him trouble. Is
believed to have increased the tendency
of the disease 10 fix the seat of its vital
energy in the brain. The family of the
deceased consisted of his widow, Mrs.
Major Tucker and John A. Logan, Jr. +,
who has just engaged in business in
W Washin2ton.