, 1889-03-28
A NATIONS GRIEF
Justice Stanley Matthews Goes
to His Long Home.
HIS Death Greatly MOurned At
Washington.
The President Extends Coincidence -He
wili bs Buried In Cincinnsu-Tho
Supreme Court To Accompany.

WASHINGTON. March 22.-Justice Stan.
ley Matthews died ut 10 clock tnis morn.
ing. The last change in the condition of
Justice Matthews occurred yesterday aft
erooon at 3 clock. In the morning he
had been feeling comfortable and cheer
ful. At that hour. however, the intense
pain which had marked periods of decline
reCurred and never left him until death
brought relief. DR.. w. w. Johnston was
summoned and finding the patient suffer
ing so intsnsely administered opiates
which toward morning induced state of
semi 'conscioushessi In which he remained
until the end. Occasionally he would par
TALLY revive and recognize the loved ones
near him by glance or pressure OF the
hand, but a relapse soon followed. For a
number OF hours previous to death he WAS
practically unconscious. la his last hours
the dying justice WAS surrounded by the
members Of his family.
The remains will be inferred in the fam
lily lot in Spring Grove cemetry, Cincin-
pati, but the details can not be perfected
until the arrival of the dead jurists eldest
son Mortimer Matthews Of Cinci matt, and
bis youngest daughter Grace, wife OF
Horace Cleveland, assistant United States
district attorney at Cincinnati and nephew
of Justice Harlan
The engagement of Miss Matthews and
Justice Gray WAS announced this week and
the marriage expected to occur shortly.
In the United States supreme court. i'm.
mediately upon assembling, the chief
justice announced the death of Justice
Matthews and as mark of respect TO his
memory the court adjourned until Thurs-
day. The immediate cause of death WAS
exhaustion of the heart and congestion of
the kidneys. ....
Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning
the Intelligence Of the death of Associate
Justice Matthews reached the supreme
court room. The proper officer immedi-
ately authorized the draping In black OF
the seat lately occupied by the associate
justice. When the the hour of IL arrived
the court assembled as usual and upon
taking his seat the chief justice made the
following announcement:
The court has received the melancholy
intelligence of the death Of a beloved MEM
Der, Justice Matthews, in this city, at 10
o'clock this morning. No business will
therefore be transacted. and the court will
adjourn until Tuesday,"
Justice Matthews has been an invalid
for some years. During the winter of
1888 he frequently complained Of iDdiges-
tlon and muscular rheumatism. As spring
wore on he began to suffer from obstinate
diarrhBa, from which he lost a great deal
of strength and flesh. At this time 1t was
thought mis- great devotion to work was to
q large degree responsible for his illness,
as no doubt IL was, and acting upon the
advice of his physicians and friends, Who
had great hopes that a change OF air might
prove of lasting benefit, he-went to Massa-
chusetts, stopping for some time
at Lowell, then at Nantucket,
but he continued to lose ground.
During the summer he had several at
tacks of muscular rheumatism associated
with high fever which would con6ne him
to his bed for several days at time. On
His return home he began to improve
somewhat, but continued suffering from
intercurrent attacks which always greatly
reduced his strength and flesh. Those
came on at intervals of three or four weeks.
Between them he would have periods of
marked improvement and several times
when DR.. Johnston was confident
ly hoping to get him out
another attack would PROSTATE
him and leave him weaker than ever.
During last Friday be suffered greatly
with complication cystitis. About this
time an ulcer appeared with effusion into
the pleural cavity, attributable to his
rheumatic condition. He recovered. how
ever, from both these latter complications,
and for about eight weeks previous to his
final illness, he had been absolutely free
from pain, and his physician and family
had great hopes of his ultimate recovery.
That hope was modified, how
ever. by the fact that while
he had good appetite and good
digestion he did not gain in flesh, al
though his strength improved. At this
time he would sit up during part OF
INTO other rooms on the same floor, but
about the 4th of March he had an acute