St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-28
TIE SLEEPING WARRIOR.

| Tor the funeral, nndlng measure OF relle1
from her mental anguish in the Occupa-
ton.
TIE SLEEPING WARRIOR.
Arrayed in the GarD of the Grave--
Interesting "Reminiscences.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-The body OF
the general is laid-out in the room over the
library, in which he died. The room is
closed and darkened. The windows are up
and cool wind blows through the room
and over the body of the dead. The re-
mains are robed in white. The hands are
folded peacefully in front, and the face is
calm. John A. Logan, Jr., is buSily en-
gagged to- day writing and replying to the tel
egrams of coincidence. 1t is, beyond doubt.
that Logan's death was due to spinal
and cerebral malady. He refused
a year ago to accept the presidency of the
senate, because he could not remain sitting
so long as the duties of the position re-
quired. He liked to go i'll the cloak room
and lie on lounge. At home he dictated
his large correspondence while lying on a
sofa. 1t is safe to say he spent more of
his waking hours reclining than sitting or
standing. He was worried of late over his
book. He said he conidentially counted on
a large sale of his woIk, but its sale was
limited The result was not only mortify-
ing to the senator's pride, but was serious
disappointment to him in pecuniary sense.
He had counted on paying for the
home he had purchased from the sale
of his book. 1t is suggested that possibly
the disappointment following upon the Sc
we're and arduouS labor performed III writ
ing and preparing the book for publication
had some effect in undermining a strong
physical system. 1t was 10 small task for
Gen. Logan to add the duties OF an author
to the many already upon him. Rev.
Robert NOurse, who was a close per.
sonal friend of Gen. Logan, SAID to-day that
the last time he saw the general was about
SIX weeks ago. when he met him Oh a
train going to Philadelphia to see his pub
fishers i'll regard to his book. The Great
Conspiracy" Gen. Logan was very much
worried over his literary venture. and asked
Mr.. NourSes advice regarding the publica-
tion of a new work on
THE VOLUNTEER SOLDIER.
which he had he had in hand. Mr.. Nourse,
who was going to Boston, undertook to see
some of the publishers there in Gen.
Logan'S interest, and did so. Mr.. Lathrop,
a well-known publisher, made what was
thought a fair offer. but Mr.. Nourse had not
had a chance to see Gen. Logan since re-
turning to Washington. Gen. Logan was
to have had his new work ready for tile
publishers by June next but whether he
left it in shape that it can be completed by
other hands is not known. 1t Is generally
conceded that his correspondence was
more extensive and voluminous than that
Of nf
He was personally known all over Illinois,
and his correspondence from that state, it
is estimated, was sufficient to have kept one
man busy attending to it. Then he was
extremely popular with eX-Union soldiers.
He was looked upon by them as their spe-
cial friend and champion, and the soldier
branch of his correspondence was very
large. From every section and from every
state eX-SoldierS, white and black, were
wont to call upon him to see about their
pensions and to attend to their wants at the
national capital. Gen. Logan never neg
lected any of his correspondents. During
the last session of congress the smallest
number of letters that reached Senator Lo-
gan through the senate postOffice in any
One day was 40 and the number frequently
ran as high as 225.
WHAT WORRIED HIM MOST
of late was the publication of Gen. Grants
letter. criticising his political attitude
twenty years ago. This cut deep, and COM
bined with numerous other causes to take
his life, The fact is that ever since 1884
Logan has been slowly breaking down.
He was in his seat Oh the opening day of
the present session, and throughout that
week kept up with his public duties He
spoke of pain in his right wrist which
prevented his writing. He attributed it to
rheumatism, saying that he was very sus-
ceptible to changes in the weather. He
did not apparently regard the pain as
of a threatening character. From the
18th inst. up to the time when he
fell into the deep stupor preceding
death. Gen. Logan was never free from
pain. For the week prior to the 18th he
had been suffering more or less. Up to
last Thursday his family and friends were
not seriously alarmed. All believed he
would get well. On Thursday he first be-
came deleriouS. He thought he was in
Cleveland delivering speech, and so vivid
were the impressions upon his mind that
when he recovered consciousness it was
hard to convince him that he hadn't been
in Cleveland. Soon after that attack of
delerium. i'll which he thought he was at
Cleveland, the general seemed to brighten
up considerably. He appeared stronger.
and Mrs. Logan thought he was going to
get well right off. But
HE RELAPsED.
One of the doctors said he took cold, ebut
that is not so certain. Gen. Logan never
gave up himself until last Friday. The
doctors got uneasy and they made thor
ough and careful examination of him. They
had instruments to examine the condition
of the lungs and heart, and they were
long time at work. He seemed to watch
their proceedings very attentiyely and
finally said: "You think Pm going to die,
don't you?" Before this attack he always
fought against death. When he was
wounded. and when he was sick,
he would fight bravely and never
give up, but this time he
seemed to have lost his spirit. and partlc-
ularly after that examination by the doc
tors President and Mrs. Cleveland were
greatly shocked. Mrs. Cleveland sent to
Mrs Logan to-day expressing her sympa-
thy, and offering her services if needed.
Logan was a frequent visitor at the White
house, and was always cordially received.
He generally came in the afternoon, and
held long conferences with the president.
On one of the last days he was out he was
closeted with the president for over half
hour, and after he had gone the president
remarked that he was not looking at all
well.
Logan's Last Speech.
CLEVELAND. Dec. 27.-Gen. Logan's