Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-12-31

HE QUIETLY PASSES AWAY YESTER-
DAY AT 2:57 p. NJ.
At his Washington Home i'll 'aiume'
Place-A Complication OF Diseases
Causes his Death Widespread Gfici
over the Unexpected Event.

WAsuINGTON, Dec. 2G.-.IOhn y. Logan
died at 2:57 this afternoon. HIS dea II
which came with startling suddcnnesS To
his family and friends had not been uneN-
pected by his physicians for some days
The lurking tendency 10 brain compiled
tions, which had been present in greater
or less degree and constantly increasing
in severity during his entire Illness, had
prepared them to expect the worst. The
rackiug pains which he suffered during
the early days of his illness yielded to
treatment, but left him in Il weak and eN-
hausted condition from which ne never
rallied, and upon which the fever urcytd
with increasing violence until the hUur 0l
his Ueath. After last midnight his uUiS
grew weaker and weaker aud AT ! thi-
morning his condition was such IL TO cause
great fear OF his immediate death. Alter
this he rallied somewhat ana AZ the con
sultation this morning his pulse was
found to he somewhat stronger, but ms
general condition was not such rs to give
any hope of ultimate recovery.
DR.. Baxter relieved DR.. Hamilton at the
conclusion of the consultation and cOnln-
ued in constant attendance until Gen. lao
gan S death The physicians again met in
consultation at 1880 p. IN. lat which time it
was apparent that the patient was rapidly
sinking and could live but few hours.
At O'Clock the general revived sufficient
ly to recognize his wife, who has been at
his bedside night and day during his en-
tire illness as she spoke to him he look
ed up into her face and recognized her.
This was the last manifestation Of con
sciousness. He then YEARLY closed his
eyes and sank again into letharglc
sleep from which he never woke.
While the public has been aware for
week or more that General Logan was
confined to his room with rheumatism,
many of his most intimate friends
were as late as yesterday afternoon un.
suspicious of the serious character OF the
attack, and to the masses the announce
ment in this mornings papers that the
statesman lay at deaths door brought Il
shock OF sOrrOwful surprise All day long
the carriages of sympa netic callers have
occupied the space III front of Calumet
Place, while hundreds of pedestrians of
all walks in life have climbed the hill
upon which the Logan mansion stands to
ask if it We're true that all hope was past.
Among those who thus actively expressed
their grief and sympathy We're Secretaries
Whitney and Manning and their wives,
Gen. Sheridan, Justice Matthews and
various senators and congress- men.
Scores of kilograms of coincidence have
been coming during during the day from
all parts of the country, among the LAT st
being one from ex-senator COnklng.
Though the doctors had given no word of
hope during the day, yet the attendants is
late as this noon refused to give
full creGence to the alarming bulletins,
and whispered to the inquirer hope that
the sturdy frame of the sufferer and the
united skill of consulting physicians
would bring a revival of vitality sufficient
to dominate the insiduOus poison in his
frame But III the afternoon no one ven
tured to express hope that the sufferer
would last during the day. Intimate
friends gathered with griet-stricken and
almost frantic relatives about the bedside,
while in the spacious hall and parlOrs be
low was a hushed and Sad-ta thrOng
At five minutes before three DR.. Baxter
came out 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 subs
of the stricken mOurners and with its end
ended the life of the warrior statesman
Among those at the bedside Of the dy-
ing man We're senator and Mrs. Cullom
and daughter, General Sheridan, Senator
and and Mrs Cockrell, General Raum.
Congressman Henderson and Thomas of
Illinois and Mrs. 1homas, Senator Miller
and wife, Congressman SymS of Colorado,
DR.. Baxter, Henry Strong, Daniel Shep-
ard and wife of Chicago, and the general 5
private secretaries, W. b. Taylor and Al
bert Hull. AT the head of the bed knelt
Mrs. Logan, one arm enclrcllnG her dying
huSDalus NECK, lne manu- Oh lnt Otntr
stroking his forehead At her side were
John A, Logan, Jr., and Rev. DR.. New
man. Opposite these were his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Tucker and her hus-
band and George A. Logan, the
generals nephew. The scene" said
DR. Baxter was one of the saddest ever
witnessed. All present were deeply af1ec
cted. The grief of Mrs. Logan and her
children was pitiful in the extreme" 1t
is stated that the generals body will nc
doubt be taken to Illinois for burial, but
no definite arrangements for the funeral
will be made until Mrs. Logan who i,
wholly prostrated can be consulted.
SKETCH OF SENATOR LoGAN'S CAREER.
John A Logan was born of Irish pa
rentage, in Jackson county, H., Feb. 0
1926 The infrequent sessions OF h,
school in the new settlement where he
lived led his father to take upon hlmsel
his early education.
Upon the declaration of war between
the United States and Mexico he Volun
teered, was made lieutenant of the Firs
Illinois infantry, and was for time All
jutant of his regiment. At the close o
the war he studied law with his uncle
Alexander NJ. Jenkins In lS49 he wa
clerk of jackson county.
Subsequently he completed his lega
studies at the Louisville university, an
was admitted to the bar in 1852
In the year of his graduation he wa
elected to the State Legislature, and i
the next to the Office OF prosecuting n
torney OF the third judicial district, hole
ing that Office until 1857. He was ra-elec
ed to the State Legislature in 1858, IS;
and 1857, and was presidential electOr o
the Buchanan and Breckenridge ticket
In 1858 and lS60he was elected repreSel
tative at Congress.
In July, 1861, he left his seat in the e
ira session of Congress, and joined II
T,iT hatp I,a, al -,
trous battle of Bull Run, and was one
the last to leave the field.
He was made colonel of the Thirty fir
Illinois infantry in September, and In \
vember met the foe at Belmont where h
horse was shot beneath him during a su
cessiul bayOnet charge He led the chari
on Fort Donelson, was wounded and col
PEELED to leave the field for sever
months
In March, 1862, he joined Grant at Pitt
burg Landing and was appointed brig
der general of volunteers.
During the summer of 1862 he was urg