The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-31
JOHN A. LOGAN DEAD.
The Noted Soldier and Statesman
Dies at Washington.

Euaering From Complication OF Diseases
His Strength Proves Unequal to its Task
| and He observation-disclosures I'm the
Death Chamber.
WASHINGTON, Dec 27-General John A.
| Logan died at three minutes before three
o'clock yesterday afternoon. His death,
which came with startling suddenness to
his family and friends, had not been unex-
pected by his physicians for some days.
The lurking tendency to brain complication
which had been present in a greater or less
degree, and constantly increasing in sever
ity during his whole illness, had prepared
them to expect the worst. The racking
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 increas-
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 ut the conclusion of the consuit;.-
ton and continued in constant attendance
until the Generals death. The physicians
again me. in consultation ut 80 p. III. when
it was apparent that the patient Was rapid
ly sinking and could not live but 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 recognize her. This
was the last manifestation of conscious.
ness. He then YEARLY closed his eyes and
sank again into a lethargy from which he
never woke.
While the public has been aware for q
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. and
to the masses the announcement IN the
mornings papers that the statesman lay u.
deaths door brought a shock OF sorrowful
surprise. All day long the carriages of
sympathetic callers occupied the space in
iIoht VI Sdluiiicb piittcs NHilc huIhicu
of pedestrians of all walks of life climbed
the hill upon which the Logan mansion
stands to ask if it were true that all hole
was past. Among those who thus actively
expressed their grief ard sympathy
were Secretary and Mrs. Manning.
Secretary and hrs. Whitney, Sen
ators Ransom and Walthall. Gen
raj and Mrs. Ccclrell. Mr. and
Mrs. Bancroft: Davis. General Malone. Sen
ators Piatt. Mitchell and Eustis. Congress
men Hit, of Illinois. and s;ymes, of Colo
RADIO. General ard Colonel Sheridan. Prof.
and Mrs. Bell. Senator and Mrs. Payne.
Justice Matthews, Senators Harris and
Whitthorne. Senator and Mrs. Miller, Scna-
tors Voorhees, and Blair and Congressman
Burrows. and Townshe3ld. Scores OF teic-
grams Of coincidence poured in during the
day from all parts of the country, a.nong
the latest being one from ex-senator Conk
ling expressing his inability to credit the
reported immincncc of death and asking for
information.
Although the doctors had given no word Of
hope during the day. yet the attendants as
late as twelve o'clock refused 20 give full
credence to the alarming bulletins and
whispered 20 inquircrs something of tire
chances that the sturdy frame of the sJf-
ferer aud the united skill of the consulting
physicians would bring Il revival of vitality
sufficient to dominate the insldious poison
in his frame. But, after noon. no one ven
tured to express hope that the suf-
ierer would last during the day. Init
mate friends gathered with the grief
stricken and almost frantic relatives about
the bedside, while III the spacious hall and
parlors below a sa6-faccd tarong remained
in huShed expectancy. The stIited subs Of
the wife and children ard the inart:crlate
utteranccs OF the dying man were audible
at times throughout the mansion. At 2:.sj
Dr. Baxter came out Of the sick room and
said to one vino was waiting foria:c!liccncc:
''Simply say he is DYING Then the Voice
of prayer at the bedside rose above the
sobs of the stricken mourncrs and with its
end ended the life of the warrior Statesman.
The scene, said Dr. Baxter. was one
of the sadCest that l ever witnessed. al!
present were deeply affected. The grief I'll
Mrs. Logan was pi:iful in the extreme"
Alarmed by the serious condition of the
Senator, rs announced in yesterdays pa
pers, a stream of anxious visitors poured
in upon Calumet place at an carly hour to
gather tidings OF the sufferer and express
sympathy for the grief-stricken family.
Carriages containing ladies ard gentlemen
rolled up to the door. which was silently
opened by an attendant who, in re-
ply to inquiries, mOurnfully shook
his head and pointed to the
parlors on each side of the hall, where
friends were assembled in groups. convcrs-
ing in low tones. and betraying the deepest
solicitude Captain Daniel Shepard, of
Chicago, formerly the Generals private
secretary. received the male visitors in the
left hand parlor while Mrs. Shepard mourn
fully welcomed the ladies. Both bore traces
of the severe strain to which they were
subjected. They could impart no cheering
news and were evidently hoping against
hope Captain Shepard said that the
General could not be reused from his
stupor and had been oblivious 10 all sur
roundings since six o'clock in the morning.
Mrs Logan, Mrs. Tucker, Major Tucker
and other members of the family were at
his bedside. none having left the room but
the Major for the past two days. He feared
that the Generals strength was fast ebbing
and apprchended collapse at any time. II
he could retain sufficient strength he might
rally through. He was man Of great Vi
tally. but his mental and physical powers
had been subjected to great tension Of late
Open to the World.
LONDON, Dee. 2i-Thc ocean yacht race
for LOCO guineas next season is in honor of
the Queens jubilee and will be open to the
whole world
The steamship Fulda. which ar
rived at New York recently, had on
board the largest shipment OF live En-
glish pheaSants ever brought to this
country. They are for propagatine
purposes. and were consigned to
Charles Reiche & Bro. There are 800
of them. and they were brought over