Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
JOHN A. LOGAN DEAD.
The Warrior Statesman Suddenly
Called from Earth.
lie BreatheS His Last at His Home on
Sunday Afternoon.
Affecting Scene at the Bedside of the
Dying Statesman.
Progress of the Fatal Illness-Sketch OF
Gen. Logan's Public Career.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 27.-Sena-
tor John A. Logan died at three minutes
before clock yesterday afternoon. His
death, which came with startling sudden
ness to his family and friends, had not
been unexpected by his physicians for some
days. The lurking tendency Co brain com
plication which had been present in a
greater or less degree, and constantly IN
creasing in severity during his entire ILL
ness, had prepared them to expect the
worst. The racking pain which he suffered
during the early days of his illness yielded
to treatment, but left him in a weak and
exhausted condition, from which he never
rallied, and upon which the lever preyed
with increasing violence until the hour oil
his death. After midnight his pulse grew
weaker and weaker, and at 4
o'clock Sunday morning his con-
dition was such as to cause great
fear of his immediate death. After
this he rallied somewhat, and at the con-
sultation, which was held at 9 o'clock, his
pulse was found to be somewhat stronger,
but his general condition was not such as
TO give any hope of ultimate recovery.
DR.. Baxter relieved DR.. Hamilton at the
tinued in constant attendance until
the Generals death. At O'Clock
the General revived sufficiently to recog-
nize his wife, who has 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 nantes
tation of consciousness. He then YEARLY
closed his eyes and sank again into a leth-
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Though the doctors had given no word
of hope during the day, yet the attendants,
as late as yesterday noon, refused to give
full credence to the alarming bulletins, and
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 revival of vitality
sufficient to dominate the insidious poison
in his frame, but. after noon, no one ven
tured to express hope that the sufferer
would last during the day.
Intimate friends gathered with the grief
stricken and almost frantic relatives about
the bedside, while in the spacious hall and
parlors below sad faced throng remained
in hushed expectancy. The stihed sobs OF
the wife and children and the inarticulate
utterances of the dying man were audible
at times throughout the mansion. At five
minutes before DR.. Baxter came out oil
Iu6 SICK room anu sHlO 10 one W no Wd6 W stlU-
ing for intelligence: simply say he is dy-
ing" Then the voice of prayer at the bed
side rose above the sobs of the stricken
mourners, and with it's end ended the life OF
the warrior statesman.
Among those at the bedside of the dying
man were Senator and Mrs. Cullom and
daughter, Gen Sheridan, Senator and Mrs.
Cockrell, Gen. Raum, Congressman Hender-
son and Thomas, of Illinois, and Mrs.
Thomas Senator Miller and wife; Congress
man Symes, of Colorado; DR.. Baxter, Gen.
Henry Strong and Daniel Shepard and wife,
of Chicago, and the Generals private secre-
taries, w B. Taylor and Albert Hall.
At the head Of the bed knelt Mrs. Logan,
one arm encircling her dying husband e
neck, the hand of the other stroking his
forehead It 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. 1.-The scene," said DR.
Baxter. was one of the saddest that
have ever witnessed. All present were
deeply affected. The grief of Mrs. Logan
and her children was pitiful in the ex
treme"