The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-28
Death of Senator Logan on
Sunday.
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came with startling suddeDness 10 Dis ,
family and friends, had not been unex {
pected by his physicians for some days
The lurking tendency TO brain cOmTh-
cation which had been present in greater
or less degree anu constantly increasing
in severity during his entire illness, had
prepared them 20 expect the worst. The
racking pains which be suffered during
the early days Of his illness yielded to
treatment, bat left MIN in weak aud
exhausted condition, from when he
uevre rallied, and upon which the fever I
nrsyed with increasing violeucs until the /
hour of his death. After last midnight |
/ his pulse grew weaker and weaker, and !
I at 4 O'Clock this morning his condition I
was sucn IS 70 cause great lear OF nis |
/ immediate death. After this lie rallied
was held at O'Clock this morning, his
pulse was found 10 be somewhat
stronger, but his general cOncltOE was
not such as 70 give any no, OF ultimat-
recovery. DR.. Baxter relieved Dr.
Hamilton OF the conclusion OF the con-
sultation and continued l. constant at
tendance until the generals death
Physicians again met IN consultation a
80 o. m, when il was apparent that the
patient was rapidly sinking and could
live hut a few hours. At 2 o'clock the
general revived sufficiently 10 recognize
ais wife, who has been 81 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 Yeg
the last manifestation of consciousness.
He then YEARLY closed his eyes and
sank into a lethargic sleep, from which
he never awoke. While the public mas
hem aware for a week or more that
, General Logan was confined 10 his room
with rheumatism, many, even OF MS
most intimate friends, were, as
late as yesterday afternoon, IN
Z acter OF the attack and 10 the
masses the announcement in this morn
lng's papers that the statesman lay al
deaths door, brought a shock Of sorrow
full surprise. All day long carriages of
sympathetic callers have occupied the
snace in front o. Calumet Place While
hundreds of pedestrians of all walks in
life have climbed the hill upon which
d the Logan mansion stands TO ask II II
were true that all hope wa past
N Among those who thus actively ex-
D. pressed their grief and sympathy were
the Secretary and Mrs. Whitney; Score
tary and Mrs. Manning, Senators Ran
D som and Walthall, General and Mrs
CockreI. Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft Davis
General Malone, Senators PlGtt, Mitch
ell and Eustis, Congressman Hit, o
Illinois, and Symes, Colorado, Gen. an
Col. Sheridan, Prof. and Mrs. Bell
g Senator and Mrs. Payne, Justice Mat
thews, Senators Harris and Whitthorne
Senator and Mrs. Miller. Senators Vooi
bees and Blair and Congressman
Burrows and Towns hand. Scores {
in kilograms of coincidence have bee
pouring in during the day from y.
&c parts OF the country, among the lates
a. being one from eX Senator Conklinl
-, expressing his inability TO credit ID
reported imminence of danger and ass
Nv Ing for information. Though u
doctors have given no word of hop
OF during the day, yet attendants as la
Us as this noon refuse 20 give full creden,
TO the alarming bulletins, and whIspert
ne. 10 induirers something of the chancl
that the sturdy frame Of the suffer-
and the united skill of the consultiI
Co. physicians would Oring a revival
ak. vitality sufficient to dominate q
lie. insidIous poison in his frame. b.
nix after noon no one Ventured TO EXPIRE
a. the hope that the sufferer would Ia
. during the day. Intimate frien
gathered with the grief-stricken al
almost frantic relations about the be
side, while in the spacious hall al
I parlors below the sad-faced throl
remained in hushed expectancy. I
stified sobs OF the wife and children 81
inarticulate uttersnces of the dying N
were audible at times throughout {
- mansion. At five minutes before 3,
10 Baxter came out of the sick room a.
said 10 one who was waiting for intel
gence; simply say he IS dying. Th
tes the voice OF prayer at the bedside 70
above the sobs of the stricken moul
e OF ers. and with its end. ended the life
San the MISUNDERSTANDING. Among tho
at the bedside of the dying man, We
ans Senator and Mrs. Cullom and daught
ties: General Sheridan; Senator ana NJ
Is 70 Cockrel!; General Raum; COngressn
axis, Henderson and Thomas, OF Illinois, a
dnts Mrs. Thomas; Senator Miller and vi
Congressman Symes, OF Colorado;
I'm Baxter: Generals Henry Strong q
Daniel Shepard. and wife, of Chieal
and the Generals private secretali
W. 3. Taylor and Albert Hall. .
"a the head OF the bed, knelt "
Logan. one arm encirchng
onAl diving husbands neck, the hand OF
other stroking his forehead. At
side were John 4. Logan, Jr.. and Il
- DR.. Newman. Opposite, there we're
daughter. Mrs. III -ker, aud her q
band. and George A. Logan, the u
erals nephew. The scene" said
. Baxter, was one of the saddest IN
hav. ever witnessed. All present
:. deeply aft cted. Tie grief OF Mrs.
gar and her children was pitifui in
extreme
j L It's stated that the Generals b
IL will no doubt be taEen 70 illinois
burial. but 10 definite arTangem
for the funeral will be made until
J. Logan. who Is wholly prosiratec,
De consulted. Senator Cullom,
,oo was at the dying mans
Jul. continuously from last evening,
requested to temporarily take chsre
King matters. he sent At once for the, {
ysoie uty sergeant-at-sTms OF the sepate,
,s "a upon MS arrival, half an hour Y
entered upon the usual preliminary
les rangements for the funeral. oy
moning an undertaken and TELEGRAPH
to tie sergeanI-at-armS and 10 81
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