New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-26
MRS. r. 3. HAYES DEAD
THE Ex-pREsIDENrs WIFE PASSES AVA
PEACEFULLY.
REMAINING UNCONSCIOUS 10 TUE Esp-xoF;
WORD SPOKEN BY HER DURING HxY
ILLNEss--FLAGs AT HALv.MAsr
IN FREMONT.

ILLnEsS-FLA6S AT HALF.MAST 5tf6
IN FREMONT.
Fremont, Ohio, June 25.-Mrs. rutherford B. H.
died at O 80 O'Clock this morning, without hAwfpa
spoken word since she was stricken with spooexs
last Friday. All night long the sorowins fAnzy
watched around the bedside. Mrs. Hayes lay nS
tioness, and but for the faint breathing and the vea
fnttering of the pulse there were NO signs Of NJ
The anxious watchers waiting only for the nevttsAa
end, were bowed with grief, and scarcely word W
spoken through the long night In vain The famfv
hoped for Q slight rally that might como hefuee
death, SO that she could recognize and speak TO hs
As morning dawncd the hold on Life grew westsf ~
weaker, and finally tho pulses beat ceased. n
voice choked with grief the physician announced III
the end had come, and the famiy's long watch de-
In prosration and grief Mr. Hayes and his m
grown sons, Birohard, Webb, Rutherford and 80
were deeply affected, while Fanny is nearly prosf
with grief and her long, slcepless watch at ~
mothers bedside. The entire city Is In mourning, ~
aass are ut half mast kilograms OF coincidence hsvS
been received from many friends, among them Pre-.
dent and Mrs. Harrison. The funeral win take place
on Friday afternoon. IA
Lucy Ware Webb Hayes was born on August aS, (
1881, at Chillicothe, Ohio, where her father. d..
James Webb, was for many years . popular phys
clan sDd an active anti-ssvery leader Her ma
ternal grandfather, Judge Isaac Cock. who went 10
Ohio from Connecticut in 1881. and ell four Of hsP
great grandfathen served In the Revolutionary wS.
Her father served In the War Of 1872 and died during
tho cholera scOurge IN Lexington, KY, In ls3a
Her mother, Maria Cook Webb was . woman Of
great force and character and deep religious convic
tons. She removed TO Delaware. Ohio. 10 have hR
sons educated al the Ohio Wesleyan University, and
her daughter received the benefit OF the insts
tons aud I'm 1852 she was graduated at the weslesaa
Female Seminary at Cincinnati. General aud MrA
rtn.l-
1852. when the war broke out. her husband and
both Of her brothers Immediately entered the army
and from that time until the closs Of tho war her
home was a refuge for wounded, sick and furiouEhe1
soldiers going to or returning from the front She
spent two winters In camp with her husband in Vir-
ginis ard after the battle at South Mountain whers
he WIS badly wounded. she hssened Est and Joined
him at Mlddletowp, Nd, and later spent much tins
In the hospital Frederick CITY, After the close
OF the war she accompanied her husaono % Washing
ton while he was q member OF Congress. She was
one ~ the orginators Of the Ohio sodIeu' cod SAL
ors, Orphans Home, and was for some ume IN VI
board Of directors.
Nrs Itayes was a woman Of education and refine
ment and understood the art ot entertaining oet'sf
than many women who had been longer 10 poanons
Of social prominence. She knew how 10 maze ~
visitors feel perfectly at home whom within her doon
shs WAS devoted to her domestic duties. and romped
Of loving mother; and all her social dnues ~ rw
mont. Columbus and Washington were performed WIN
dignity and craze She was always fsithful 10 nee
religious observances, and was distinguished ior her
numerous and judicious acts OF charity. "hho ~
s.ms time she WAS the life and soul Of social enter
tainments In which she took part. "heh oehe''
Hayes entered the White House as Presheht she 70.
fused 10 permit wine 10 be served al tue tSoio soA
fur this innov alton she incurred much censure N
nj nd
high praiss from the advocates Of total abstinence
who nj the close OF her husbands term OF ONCE pe
sented her with various testimonials. inciuoinR ..
album filed with autograph expressions Oh sppV.s :
from many prominent persons. speamng OF nc, u"
nj the White House, The Evening star Oh s'nme
ton saws: Few women would have se'empteo VIZ.
a. did successfully 10 entertain enf'reiy "'nou.
49, ,s. ., ,,res a, the table, The persons connected
ut,h tho official household Of the President dur"c
a.. sosr wears OF the Hayes Administration wem =.
devoted to Mrs Hayes Severed q ses md 49,
SsssSsses q her l. Ssssss se
often heard to sSe es spses 5ostess sen.,si
Gordon one Of tho most ardent parlsans tSe no. mo-
Srs,s had IN sns asss meeting tho S
House. lie spoke Of her as ~ re %site House MS
usrss ynrs family dinner, .. which she and -
PRESIDENT and their children gar ~ une snh -
executive clerks these dinners eVeSs sh aego M
charming and home-l like as possible INC m.niSsf
everybody IN the house to MIS- nsyS s.sten snokns
| and her gcDtleness ADD rcnhemen' 90"
| OF IN terms Of highest praise. -. o,-...A,
| Mrs Hayes was OF medium beghe ~i.n no IN
aud well dSy eloped figure She wore her oak orosu
hair in simple But becoming brsads falling low Syf,
the empes in striking contrast TO the moo9en ~
| ~ ,I,pfng ard cropping Her face was anguatn
gentle and winning yet fun Of ensste xe nes
| enJ Indicative OF perfect good nature, ss wea
rmness she possessed charming v@Se er A'd In en-
wps nothing artificial In her manner or convefsaou
She believed that there higher mission ior mrIieit,
snI excellent taste Of her toilet were maues
favorable comment among the ladies' aan ny LII =.
husbands official lite. since the retirement OF oe
nsI Uayes from public LIE she bss been an afuenu,
Interested member OF The Woma ans E .s IL, nsden
| Of the Womans Home Mission Society OF the Motnono
Episcopal Church sts has a,m Ssea Nest TrMS IN
U'edsi ~ which had bern presented % her oy tn'
snMinrs OF her eight children. four boys and on
| girl are still living