Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-13

of the box and while he was read
ing that portion Of it which was his
the woman who attended to the general s
apartments came in and asked if the general
had gone away. More than once she had tried
to get in. but had failed. The janitor, Henry
step ladder looked through the transom
into the parlor and there saw the generals
hat and portion of his clothing. Then the
ladder was moved to the bed room door and
Walter saw the general in bed and motionless.
Mr.. SprIgg. the agent Of the building was sent
for and so was DR.. Walsh. Walter then removed
the transom, entered the room and unlocked
the door, admitting the waiting ones.
1t was evident at once that the general was
not only dead, but that
HE HAD BEEN DEAD FOR SOME TINE.
He was lying on his back his left arr" drawn
up near the chin and the hand clenched. The
right hand and arm were beneath the clothes and
were extended. The left leg was uncovered
and hung over the side of the bed, the attitude
being that Of one vino had made a momentary
effort to rise-an effort throttled by the bony
hand Of the great conqueror.
An effusion. apparently from the left ear,
discolored the pillow and adjacent portions OF
the bedclothing
The news Of the discovery spread to the
street and Officer Cross at once entered and
ook charge of the remains and the property
Lieut.. Amlss also put in an appearance and
later Sergeant Montgomery was present
The coroner was notified and at 10:3(
he arrived. He believed the general must
have died moro than twenty y-four hours before
his body was founss Under his direction the
remains were taken to the undertaking estab
lishment of W. Il. Speare, on F street.
HIS LAST VISIT.
So far as has been ascertained the last per.
sons who saw Gen. Belknap alive were DIR. I. O.
and Mrs. Hills. who live Mt 1921 New York
avenue. 1t was tbs generals custom to visit
the doctors home every Saturda; evening and
the last Saturday evening he spent on
earth was no exception. He went there
at about $50 and remained until
1915. Both the doctor and Mrs. Hills accompa.
MED him to the door and saw him cross the
avenue toward his Office. Gen. Belknap only
used the bed room of his Office when his family
was away. When Mrs. Belknap WAS in the city
he slept at his home, 1920 Vermont avenue
There were at least three visitors at the
generals Office yesterday. One of the first OF
these was John S. Bosworth of the NGttona
Tribune, an old personal friend, who was ac.
customed to making Sunday morning calls
uponshis fellow-townsman, both hailing from
keokuk, Iowa. Mr.. Bosworth went into the
office shortly before 10 am.
There was no sound in the generals bed
room and after knocking once or twice Mr.
BosNorth went away leaving in the Office Will
lam Parker. watchman in the Census Office
(aiso from Keokuk), who had an engagement.
with the general: Then c. c. Graham of the
registers office. Treasury Department dropped
in. He arrived at about 10 and made a
good deal of noise in endeavoring to
arouse the sleeper. Mr.. Graham left and
went down to the Riggs House. When he re-
turned there was no evidence of any awaken
ing, SO he left at 1890. MIR. Parker STAYED
until about II o'clock, the last hour having MIR.
BOSWOrth as cOmDany
GEN. BELKNAp's HEALTH
had not been good for some time past and he
has had financial troubles, which worried him
not little. For nearly four months during
spring and summer he was sufferer from gout
OF the most acute description. Even
recently his hands and feet were con-
siderably swollen and he was compelled
to wear gloves and shoes which were several
sizes larger than those he had used previous to
his attack. MIR. G. &. Graham talked with him
on Saturday afternoon and in the course of the
conversation remarked on his improved ap-
pearance, to which the general responded: Il
am looking much better than feel"
DR.. Hills said he noticed that the general was
at times abstracted on Saturday evening and
twice or three times he sighed quite heavily;
SO much SO as to attract especial attention
The general had on hand large number of
claims which he was endeavoring to push
through Congress. but last session was q poor
one for private claims and as a result his an
ticipated income failed to materiallze.
To relieve himself of financial bnr-
dens he sold some property on Mcpherson
square and that did not fetch as much as
no thought it should. This annoyed him
very much. especially when he found out that
the man who had purchased had been offered
$1,000 cash advance on his bargain.
Mrs. Belknap and her daughter Alice have
been in New York for some time A telegram
was sent there this morning to theVIctoriaii iotel
and they are expected here this afternoon. The
generals son Hugh is in Chicago, occupying a
responsible position in the management of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. He.
too. has been notified of his fathers death.
The interment will certainly take place ae
Keokuk, the general having frequently made
known his desire in that particular. No ar
rangements can be made until Mrs BeIknap in
heard from. A great many friends Of the family
called at the Office this morning and many more
paid visits to Undertaken Speare's to see the
body.
DID HE HAVE PREMoSrTIoN?
1t is rather singular thing that Gen. Belk-
nap should have had the experience which he
related to number OF friends some few days
ago.
During the night of Friday, the Sd instant. the
general dreamed that he was engaged in conyer-
sation with Justice Miller and that while they
were talking the justice suddenly dropped to
tno kHouAu soSAoA Win apOplexy. Ihe
dream was the cause OF not
little worry on the part Of the
general, and when, just a week later, the
Justice was stricken it was evident that
the old soldier was very much con-
cerned. In speaking of the dream and
its fulflment the general said: II haven't
heard the last Of that; there 10 moro TO come"
He was quite gloomy over the affair.
THE AuroPsY.
Coroner Patterson, assisted by Dr.. sohaefer,
conducted the autopsy and reached the conclu-
sion that death was due to endocardition.
A dispatch was received from Mrs Belknap