The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-04-26
ROSCOE C0NKLING DEAD.
After Weeks of Suffering the Great
Statesman Closes his Earth
lv Careor

The daily papers have for weeks furnish.
ed u bulletin regarding the condition OF
Hon. Roscoe Conkling, whose lie during
that time hung by the merest thread,
which finally snapped at about two o'clock
on the 18th OF April.
REVIEW OF HIS ILLNESS
Mr. Conkling's illness is supposed to have
been due originally to the exposure which
the ex-senator suffered during the blizzard of
Msrch II. On that day he attempted to walk
from his office. . Wall street, to the New York
club on Madison square. He found himself
unable to proceed when he was in the middle
Of Union square, and had he not been res
cued by an officer, he would undoubtedly
have died that day. Several days after he
complained to friends in the Hoffman
house and elsewhere that he was
feeling unwell He continued ailing until
on Friday, April q, after he had been ex-
posed to severe draft in Judge Horace
Russelrs office at a reference the day before
his illness came so q point DR.. Cornelius
T. Agnew. who is now himself lying ut
the point of death, was called in to
attend the sick man, and, recognizing at
once the seriousness of the case, called in
consultation DR.. Fordyce Barker and Dr.
Henry d. Sands. Upon examination, those
physicians concluded that an abscess had
formed between the patients brain and skull
Immediately behind the left ear and had
involved the auditory canals on that side of
the head. The necessity Of an operation
was indicated by the symptoms, and on April
8, at t D. H., DR.. Henry B. Sands performed
the operation of trepanning by the modern
method, which has already been described
The relief Of the pressure on the brain
caused an immediate improvement
in the patients condition This con-
tinued for several DAYS, during which the
ex-senator gradually developed del:rious
condition and was reduced to a state
of weakness from a lack OF nourish-
ment, for he refused almost all food To-
ward the end of last week, his condition
was fuctuating from day to day, but
seemed to promise ultimate recovery.
Last Saturday night, DR.. Barker noticed
with alarm, the appearance OF an lnvoiun-
tary twltching of the muscles known as
subsaltus On sunday night an attack OF
bronchitis began to show itself, and from
that time the ex-senator has gradually
declined, although his condition improved
slightly at intervals During the whole
period of illness, Mrs. Conkling, who
came to the Hoffman Annex from Utica. on
Sunday, April 8, remained at the bedside
taking but few hours rest Mrs. Oak
man, Mr.. Conkline's daughter. was equally
faithful Dr. Anderton, who is Dr. Barker's
assistant, and Dr.. Hartley, of DR. Sands
office, have alternated in carefully watching
the patient
HIS LIFE.
Mr. Conkling was born on the 3Oth Of Oc-
tober, 1929 He was a son Of the Hon. Alfred
Conkling. who held number of high polit-
icai trusts, including seat in the Seven
teenth congress and the position of minister
to Mexico. He was also an author of consid-
eiable note, and several very valuable law
books were written by him Roscoe Conk-
ling was educated at an academy in his ma
tive city. and studied law at Auburn and
Geneva. He was Il very brilliant young man,