Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-04-28
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New YoEK, April IS, 800 a. m. -Ros-
coe Conlling died at 1850 o'clock this
morning.
Mr.. Conkling passed away without
moving limb, He looked Ms though
peacefully sleeping. There were
number OF persons outside on the street
waiting 10 catch the last report With
in the doors there were between forty
and fifty persons also waiting to hear
the worst, They were composed chiefly
of representatives of the press aud
friends of the dead senator.
Mr., Conkling died in the rear cham
Der on the second floor OF his residence,
''It was dreadful stru sgle that the
patient foughta sainst Heath, said Ice
Coke, ''but the end was peaceful aud
unaeeOmpanied by pain His snrrlNins
wife and dan yhter were weeping ut his
sitle, but once the keen eyes were glazed
and set III the struggle Mrs Conklms
and daughter bore mp hrRvely, but the
wife was the most Frustrated Mrs.
Oakum supported her mother An aSllen
pallor deepened upon the ema,iatal
face Mr.. C0nkling gaspel three or
four times aud passed away. In death,
the lines about the mouth and the face
were slightly drawn. He was much
emaciated, but still in death the face
seemed natural.
immediately after the death judge
Coke ana Dr. Anderson left tho house.
NO ARRANGEMENTS can be made to NJ sht
Tor the funeral Arrangements will be
dennltely settled when Mrs Conkllns
becomes more composed. JUICE CoSe
sad that IN death ConkhnE IS mouth was
sllShtly open rs thou sn he hnd lied
with Gasp. Mrs Conkling is alone
with hen, daughter and u completely
Frustrated with grief The nterment
Will De at Utica.
Dr. Fordyce Barker seemed quite
overcome as he stood on the steps OF
No West twenty second street yes
tertay afternoon and told the reporters
OF the impending dissolution OF Roscoe
Conkllng. His eyes were srlifusel with
tears, MS he had Just come from the ex-
sen9tor's bedside, and his voice was
husky with emotion. He male no eff
fort to conceal the fact that the death
OF the ex-senator was expected ut any
moment 4 feeling ut sadness seemed
to have spread among the dofmHn house
guests, AMI there was an oppressive qni-
etneSs and solenuttY III the, corridors
Voices were hHshed AMI nll We're talk
ing IN low tones OF the last So news
about the ex-senator. The friends who
came to the house went away with snr
rowful EXPRESSIONS, hu' said very little.
! he hopes the doctors hal OF Nir. Cuuk.
mE's recovery We're based on the SPLEEN,
did physique OF the patient, and that
was perhaps tue very cause oi his last
sickness, which dates from the dart
OF tho great blizzard, when MIR
tonkhnE walked to his home
from his Office Mt i2 Wall street. He
delighted in telling OF his strn sle, nnd
how he nearly got lost IN snow drift IN
Union square. For two weeks or 50
thereafter he continued to work, but
March 80 had to give M. April $ he
called IN DIR. Agnew, and April 0 the
operation involving the cutting. OF the
mastoid bone, the projection behind the
left ear. was performed TO let out the
pus that had accumulated III the honey
comb formation ut the bone. Many he.
ileved that hts sickness dated fro n his
terrible blizzard experience. ALI the
afternoon the sick statesman lay upon
his bed IN the rear OF ms apartments OF
the Hoffman annex. Very little motion
OF the body WAS noticeable.
:, Roscoe Conkling was horn at Albany,
n. T., October 30, 1929; received an
academic education; studied and prac.
need law; removed to Utica in 1876; was
district attorney for Oneida county III
1891; was elected mayor OF Utica in 1853;
was elected a representative in the
Ihirty'sixth congress, served during tue
Ihirty-seventh aud Ihirty-uiuth con.
crosses, and was reelected representa-.
tive IN the Foltieth congress, but was
immediately afterward elected to the
United states senate rs nnlon repnbIl.
can, to succeed Ira Harris, republican;
took his seat in the senate III
March, 1857, and was reelected IL
1873 and again 1879. From
the beginning OF his career il
congress he e ok an active part among
1870 10 ,,,s f,,ro,.',at ~ ~.