Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-28

this matter in his weakened condition
OF health, AS the day wore on, and the
news OF the senator's hopeless condition
spread, nearly every member of the sen
ate and house of representatives remain.
ing IN the city called to ascertain BY
personal inquiry the truth of the sod in
telligence. Senator Oullom, with his
wife and daughter, was the earliest to
arrive. Senators Allison, Voorhees,,
Wilson, Blair and Dolph renamed until
the last. The representatives from Hi
nois, Thomas, Payson, Henderson,
'rownshend, Hit and Springer wer.
| present. Senator Oookrell and wife OF
Missouri entered the chamber of death
| as the last breath was being drawn and
Senator Warner Miller aud wife were in
| waiting in the reception room below.
Gen Green B. Raum, Gen. Logan's fast
| friend IN the army, in congress and In
OWL life, arrived about IL O'Clock and
was closely followed by Gen. Sheridan,
both remaining deeply moved attend
ants at the bedside of their comrade
| until all was over. At lao all three
physicians again met in consultation,
but 1t was mere form, no change in
| the mode OF treatment was adopted, no
| hope of respite from the impending
afflicted family. ALI that was left was
to wait for death, The generals bed
| chamber was in the southwest corner of
the building, immediately over the
library in which 30 many busy hours
have been passed since he moved into
this rural residence. From the window
the whole oity lays exposed to view,
| including the capitol and the distant
heights OF Arlington, where so many
soldiers of the union sleep their last
sleep. The elevation OF the building is,
in fact, 80 great that by actual measure.
meat it has been ascsrtained
that the threshold is on
line with the statue of liberty on the
dome of the capitol. In this rocza, with
the bed drawn out from the wall 30 as
to allow free passage behind it, with
the head turned toward the east and the
murky rays OF winters day heavy with
| threatening snow imperfeotly lighting
| the room, the general lay laboriously
breathing his last. Shortly after two
O'Clock DIR. Newman, Geu. Grants old
| pastor, was shown into the room and
| took position by the bedside. The
| family and friends were grouped around
| the bed III the following order: To the
left, between the dying man and the
light, his wife, her son, j. A. Logan, ir.,
Tor Manning Logan, as he is best known J,
Mrs. j. Il. Thomas, wife OF the member
from Illinois, DIR. Newman, Gen. Hender-
son and Gen. Sheridan; to the right, at
the patients head, his daughter, Mrs.
Tucker, her husband, Adjt, Tucker, Miss
| Mary Brady, SO long an intimate men,
| se: Q: tine generals hensshni.i, Rspss-
sentative j. R. Thomas and Gen. Green
b. Raum; at the foot of the bed, at the
left hand, DR.. Baxter, the attending
| physician, Mr.. Van Shepard. OF Chicago,
| Gen, Beale. and Senator Cullom and
wife aud daughter. Near the bedside
were also Senator Cockrell and wife,
DIR. j. A. Powell, of Illinois, and Gen.
Henry Strong, of Chicago. As it be-
came evident to the weeping friends that
! the last moment had come, DR.. Newman
raised his voice in prayer with the
mourners standing around the bed. He
| implored the Divine Being to receive
the departing soui, and in terms of
| touching eloquence alluded to the
fidelity he had shown to his family, his
friends and his country. AS the last
words OF the invocation died away the
spirit OF the dying soldier
passed away. The end was
pehc6iui III tue eAlroues scarcely sign
marking the close Death had been
manifestly approaching all the morning.
Up to three quarters OF an honr OF the
end the patients breathing had been
painfully stertorons. Then, as Gen.
Sheridan expresses it, two slight explo-
sions took place, apparently in the throat,
and after that the breathing was as gen.
tie as child's, only the increased rapidi-
| ty Of the respirations indicated the ap-
preaching end. Afrer the bereayed
| family had been tenderly lea away to
yield to the full measure of their grief in
solitude, the watchers by the bedside
defended the broad oaken stairs and
communicated the news that all was
over to the tbroDg awaining in the
spacious hall and in the room below.
There was one simultaneous outburss of
grief.