Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-19
THE DEAD STATESMAN.
Surrounded by His Family, Oonkling
Passes Away Quietly After Long
t1uggle With Death.
The Interment to Take PIscs st Utica.
Funeral Services to be Held at Trinity
Church, New York Ct,J.
THE DEATH SCENE.

NEW DIRK, April 10 uuSe lux Caue
to the door shortly after ? 8. N. and su-
nounced the death CT Mr.. Conkling st
1850 s. m. In the room st the time o;
the death were Mrs. Conkllng, Mrs. Oak
man, her daughter, Judge Cox, DR.. An
derton and the nurse. l. WAS dresdful
struggle that the patient fought against
grim death, but 81 las. his END was peace
full snd unaccompanied by psin. His
sorrowing wife and daughter were weep
ing at his side, but once the keen eyes
were glazed and set in the struggle, Mrs.
Conkling and her daughter botn bore up
bravely, but the elder lady WAS almost
Frustrated. Mrs. 0akman supported
her mother. The sshen pallor
deepened upon the emaciated face. Mr.,
Conkling gasped three or four times and
passed away in death. The lines sbogt
his mouth and his face were slightly
drawn. He was much emacisted, but stiRi
in death his tsce seemed natural. The
interment will be ST Utica, n. Y. al
THE BODY LAID OUT. Il
Mrs. Conkling and MIS-. O.kman were
kneeling at the bedside OF Mr.. Cohksfng
when he died. Mrs. Conkling hsd fsr1
hand clasped in his. Mrs. Conkling left
the room when the face Of the dead Sen
ator WAS covered, and went into her OWE
room and fell exhausted on the lounge.
At O'Clock the undertaken called with
two, assistants. They washed and laid
out the body on cooling board, in which
condit on they said 1t would remsin I'M
til this morning, when they would return
and embslm the remains. After this pro-
cess it will de dressed and placed in tie
coffin. Mr.. Bevlps WAS asked the condl-
ton Of the body Of the Senator, and he
said: 81 have frequently seen M.
Conkling in life, and when l looked
on him he seemed to
be quite natural. cannot
understand how he could have lost the
amount Of flesh that has been reported.
The body must weigh about 200 pounds"
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Mr.. S L. NJ Barlow, after consultation
with Mr.. Conkling's relations ana friends,
this morning announced to the members
Of the press that funeral services VIII be
held over the dead Senator's remains on
Fritay morning at 10 O'Clock in Trinity
chapel, West T~enty-fIth street. The
Rev Morgan l. DIX will officiate, assisted
by other clergymen. ON Friday afternoon
the msins will be taken on a special
train to Utica, N. Y. The funeral services
in Utica will be held at CAL
vary chapel on Sunday afternoon.
The pail bearers selected are
Judge Shipman, Aor1m S. Hewitt, S. L.
NJ Barlow, Clarence a. Seward, Msnton
Marble, Senator John c. Jones, Senator
Don Cameron, William j. Wallace,
Walter S. Church and Isaac II. Baily.
This morning the body wss embelmed by
Undertaken Bevins end placed in s casket
which is duplicate Of that in which
Senator CoukliGg's brother-in-lsw, Gov
ernor Horatio Seymour, WAS buried.
THE CAUSE og HIS ILLNESS.
The putting of this magnificent physique
to the severe test during the blizzard Of
March - is said to be the cause OF Mr..
Conkling's illness. Mr.. Conkling de-
lighted in an intelligent story OF mis- strug-
gle through the snow on that evening
when he walked from his offi;e in Wall
street to his homeIiD West T1enty-fourth
street. For two weeks after his heroic
deed he continued to work, and at last on
March 80 he had to succumb. GA April
he called in DR.. Agnew, and on April 8
DR.. Sands, after 8 consultation, deter
mined on performing one OF the most del
icate operations known to surgical
science. A diagnosis proved that pus
sack lay inside the skull back Of the esr, an
operation rather awkward to perform. In
order to give vent to the pus which doubt
lessly bore on the brain, DR.. Sands made
lateral incleion in the scalp and then
with sharp chisel paced on the expos
ed bone with one sharp stroke OF the NAL
let the chisel was sent straight through
the bone. The pusi freely flowed and the
fever was reduced. Temporary relieffo!-
lowed.
DIED FROM EXHAUSTION.
NEW YORK, April 18-rhe United
States Circuit court, city court and other
courts adjourned to-day out Of respect to
the memory of Mr.. Conkiing. Addresses
of euiogy were msde by several Judges
and lawyers.
r.. u.o rpu,orad to-6,v that Mr. Conk