Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-18
c0nkllne Is DEAD.

I'D 81 N uonest and
brilliant Statesman.
Ssssss q IL Death DeA-Anxisa1
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NBv ToAK. April l1.-DT. AndsRson
80 NJ physioiaa vho watched Mf.
OuoktinG thro09h the night. A. twenty
| Din0e<s paso eight o.elook tAie morn
inQ be said that OuakiinR had sleps
Qniotiy. He bad taken thirty -foar oonces
Of u00sishmeot beeveen 8 o'clock lass
nkRht aad s o'clock this mosnina. The
noaRiah0ent eeosiseed Of milk and
koamim.
~ l2.1o O'Clock this nosninR h>sd
porter OToole Who bed besa much ia
The s5ek room exyResssd the opinion
that from ths tAlk current 10 the sick
fso0 Mr.. OuAkiinQ Vill NOT live throseh
the night He thinks, hovever, thai
there 10 no danger during In day. The
patient 10 Grovine seeadily weaker and
q psesent be b lying Ia stupor.
Al Dis O'Clock DR.. Barker called on
0S. OonklinQ and remained With him
tofee quarters Of IN hour, vhoo be
eooe cut and ND @Ms. OenkliaQ 10
not - veil this mosnina. The papll Of
bis eyes. hovever, reapo0d 10 the h2ht.
He hes taken forty oonoeo OF nourisA-
Usots principally milk. The wound
Was MOI drseDed this morning bat u
looking veil. Hts pelss vAs 81 HE
tempssatafs l0e. found Il Absolutely
aeessaAFy 70 rive aotive medicine"
What little hogs the doctors have OF
Aviue The eminent mans life 10 all
hased 0pon his splendid vitality rather
than his chances With the treacherous
diosase. Those Who would venture on
opinion before are silent - the grave
today. 4 great air Of mystery sur
roonds the house. The weary hours Of
watching together With Q bad Geld have
nearly worn Afs. Oookling out.
At 3:a6 O'Clock DR.. Barker called at
Mr.. Ooukliae's and remained until $40
o'clock. He said, "Oooklina sluoe 1880
O'Clock hao developed edna Of the lunss
which 10 ssttlinQ Of blood in the base
OF The lungs, and he vill probably die
before morning."
~ $50 DR.. Andsrsou said that Mr..
OookiiuQ va fAst passinR away. he
did mot think that the q senator would
last lonees than tvo hours. NJ. Oook.
ling b nov ane0nsoious and his end
Will probably come from heart failure.
nrs. Oonkline and Mrs.. OAKLAND ere
nov With him. DR.. Anderson has lost
besa relieved By DR.. Hartley.
DR.. Barker seemed quite overcome a.
be stood on the steps Of OonklinR's
houss this afternoon and told the re-
postsr Of the impending dissolution Of
hie patisnt. All the afternoon the sick
etateeman lay motioolsss 10 his bed In |
the Ho6Ean house annex. He oc-
casioually moved biz Arms, which we're
under the bed covering. He lay on his
Fieht side iu order that the wound on |
the left side Of hts bead might not get |
ifritaied. This cut. u will b under. |
stood, ID the ooe DR.. sands made when
be operated In IN sndeavos to ave the
ex- seuakos's life.
Al $50 Dr.. Barker. Who had Just left
Oonkline. vas seen. HE countenance
q once besrayod the worst. He said
that OouklinQ vas fast failing and his
lauRs were fast filling With blood. His
breathing was beooming shorter and
shcrter, and hs added that theTe vas Q
general wasting away Of the vital pow
era. DR.. Barker. when pressed for IN
expression OF opinion a. to hev long be
Thought that OonkiinR would live. de-
clined make any positive statement
In that direotioe. Il
AZ 6:lO .. %. Ed Stokes same out Of
the hou0e and said that Mr.. Conkling
was sinking very rspidly. His death
vas merely Q question of time. Large
crowds Of people conRreRated in the
strest through the evening, owing 10 the |
bullesins announcing that the end was |
near. Prominent politicians and MEM |
bess Of the bar Wefe seen in the CORR |
deve Of the Hoffman house discussing
she abilities OF the dying senator and
iuauiYinQ after the latest news. Every |
one vas anxious 70 get Information and
yet they feared at any moment u
would BE- learued that the end
had come. / sorsovful group
surfoanded the siok mans bed. Mrs.
CoukliuQ, whose yigils have been Be. |
ycud the endurance Of many stronger
women and Who bed watched her hus-
band veil into the early morning vas at |
his side looking worn and despoudent.
His uephevs Judge Alfred q. Ooxe and
Alderman Oouklipg and his brother |
Colonel Frederick A. Uonkiina and Mrs.
OAKLAND we're the soFFowfui observers Of |
the pasaipR away Of the great sena
tor, The strong frame that IN
delstum required the stoutest poYtefs OF
the Holman 10 hold even while wasted
Sy dieease. nov lay low and almost life |
leea 10 The hands Of the great destroyer.
The breathing Of the lungs vas weak
and difficult. Colonel Oonkliug left Ut
6:45 8. No., and five minutes later young
Alderman ConklinQ, sbhe formers son
came ouo and inspired little heps oy
saying that the senator might 1--we
twelve hours longer.
AZ 6:l5 O'Clock . messaes sss dis
patched to Mr.. Oonklins's efotesr,
fredesiek.
AZ the present time. 6:l7 O'Clock, Mr..
Oonkliua's throat 10 filling up with
blood and be 10 choking.
A. $50 O'Clock Q professional nurse
vbo had juss left she sick room an
nouoced that the end vas fast approach
Ipa and that Mr.. OonkiinR could sot
live long.
A e.fS o'clock IL vas announced that
that Mr.. Conkline had juse expired. bat
q s.SS Mr.. Con rkiino's brother, Who had
just cone ous Of the house, said that be
vas not dead bat dying. The report OF
biz death at s:l9 o'clock vas upon the
strength Of . nod from from the pro-
fes sioosl nurse. vho appeared at the
door n that time and Vas asksd II Mr..
OonkliuR vas dead.
Ats pm. Col. Fred Conkiiug came
out Of the house and said positively
that Mr.. Corklino vas not dead, bus
thas he could pos live twelve hoars
This vus the first Official spuooncsDeas
fro0 the house. Il
Dr.. Barker sailed at 1870 O'Clock and
remained till ii O'clock He said that
Conklina vAs failing rapidly. His sx-
treunities vere becominQ cold. His legs
we're quise cold nearly An the vay np
and he vss quite poiseIsss. His resp'R-
alton vas very guics and he did not
tbjpk that Mr.. Conkling would live
mush longer. In fast be did not think
be vouA live too hours. he vas suf-
fesine from o general faiiare OF the
cefvoaa systeO.
rns DEATH BKD eCEHRs.
Nxv Yoax, April le-Nf. ConklinQ
ajed at 50 .. .. At the bedssde Of the