Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-12-30
JOHN A. LOGAN DEAD.
The Noted Soldier and Statesman
Dies at Washington. :
Suffering From q Complication Of Diseases
His Strength Proves Unequal to Its Task
and He Succumbs-Scenes in the
Death Chamber.

i and He Succumbs-Scenes in the
Death Chamber.
| WASHINGTON, Der 2f-qcneral John A
| Logan died at three minutes before thret
| o'clock yesterday afternoon. His death
which came with startling suddenness t.
his family and friends, had not been unex
pected by his physicians for some days
The lurking tehdchcy To brain complication
which had been present i'll greater Of less
degree, and constantly Increasing in sever
ity during his whole illness, had prepared
them to expect the worst. The rackng
pains which the Senator suffered during the
early days of his illness yielded to treat
mcnt, but left him In a weak and exhausted
condition from which he never rallied, and
upon which the fever preyed with ificreAs
ing violence until the hour of his death
After midnight Saturday his pulse grew
weaker and weaker, and at four O'Clock yes
terday morning his condition was such as
to cause grave fear of his Immediate
death. After this he rallied some
what, and at the consultation which was
held at nine O'Clock his pulse was found to
be somewhat stronger, but his general con.
dition was not such as to give any hope OF
ultimate recovery. DR.. Baxter relieved DR..
Hamilton at the conclusion of the consulta-
ton and continued in constant attendance
until the Generals death. The physicians
again met in consultation at 80 p. m. when
it was apparent that the patient was rapid
ly sinking and could not live but a few
hours. At two O'clock the General revived
sufficiently to recognize his wife, who had
been at his bedside 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 conscious.
ness. He then YEARLY closed his eyes and
sank again into lethargy from which he
never woke.
While the public has been aware for 9
week or more that General Logan was con
fined to his room with rheumatism many
even of his most intimate friends were as
late as Saturday afternoon unsuspicious
OF the serious character of the attack, anO
to the masses the announcement in the
mornings papers that the statesman lay u:
deaths door brought shock of sorrowful
surprise. All day long the carriages OF
sympathetic callers occupied the space il
front Of Calumet place. while hundred.
of pedestrians of all walks of life climbed
the hill upon which the Logan mansior
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. Manning.
Secretary and Mrs. Whitney, Sen.
ators Ransom and Walthall, Gen.
raj and Mrs. Cockrell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bancroft Davis, General Malone, Sen.
atOrs Platt, Mitchell and Eustis, Congress.
men Hit, of Illinois, and Symes, of Colo
RADIO, General and Colonel Sheridan, Prof
and Mrs Bell, Senator and Mrs. Payne.
Justice Matthews, Senators Harris and
Whitthorne, Senator and Mrs. Miller, Sena
tors voorhees, and Blair and COngressmer
Burrows, and Townshend Scores Of tele
grams Of coincidence poured in during the
Cay from all parts of the country, among
the latest being one from ex-senator COnil
ling expressing his inability to credit the
reported imminence Of death and asking fol
information.
Although the doctors had given no word OF
hope during the day, yet the attendants as
late as twelve O'Clock refused to give full
credence to the alarming bulletins anC
whispered to inquirers something of the
chances that the sturdy frame Of the sui.
ferer and the united skill Of the consulting
physicians would bring a revival of vitality
sufficient to dominate the insidious poison
in his frame. But, after noon, no one ven
tured to express a hope that the suf
ferer would last during the day. Init
mate friends gathered with the grief.
stricken and almost frantic relatives about
the bedside, while in the spacious hall anC
parlors below sad-faced thrOng remained
in hushed expectancy. The stified sobs OF
the wife and children and the inarticulate
utterances of the dying man were audible
at times throughout the mansion. At 2:I
DR.. Baxter came out of the sick room anc
said to one who was waiting for intelligence
''Simply 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.
1.-THE scene," said DR.. Baxter, twas one
Of the sadoest that l ever witnessed AL
present were deeply affected. The grief oi
Mrs. Logan was pitiful in the extreme"
Alarmed by the serious condition of the |
Senator, as announced in yesterdays pa
pers, stream of anxious visitors poured
in upon Calumet place at an early hour tt
gather tidings of the sufferer and express
sympathy for the grief stricken family |
Carriages containing ladies and gentlemen
rolled up to the door, which was silently |
opened by an attendant who, in re
ply to inquiries, mournfully shool |
his head and pointed to the |
parlors on each side of the hall, where |
friends were assembled in groups, convers !
ing in low tones, and betraying the deepesr |
solicitude. Captain Daniel Shepard, O. |
Chicago, formerly the Generals private |
received the male visitors in the |
left hand parlor, while Mrs. Shepard mourn
fully welcomed the ladies. Both bore trace: |
Of the severe strain to which they wer,
subjected. They could impart no cheering
news and were evidently hoping againsi
hope. Captain Shepard said that the
General could not be reused from hi.
stupor and had been oblivious to all sur
since six o'clock in the morning
Mrs Logan, Mrs. Tucker, Major Tucker
and other members of the family were Al
his bedside, none having left the room bul
The Major for the past two days. He feared
hat the Generals strength was fast ebbins
and apprehended collapse at any time L
ne could retain sufficient strength he nigh
ally through. He was man of great vi
.ality, bat his mental and physical power,
had been subjected to great tension of late
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