The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-18
DEATH or Nh. RANDALL.
0uaehbed seeaes ~ the Late ~Peansylva0eo

WARRINGTON. April A-COngfessmeu
Samuel J. Randall expired yesterday
morning just % the bells Of . neighbor'
ing church were toiiing Ave o'clock.
Around the bedside were gathered the
family, the physician and Postmaster
General WanAmakcr. who had kept q
constant watch over the dying man dur
Ing the night A few moments before
his death he opened his eyes. and look.
Ing tenderly At his wife, said In q low
lone ''mOther"-a word instinct with
ell the fondest ~rccollcctions Of their
long and happy married life. and by
which he always called his wife when
o but the family were near. He looked
Into her eyes ss II he were about to say
something morc. but he seemed 10 have
no strength left and In q few moments
he had passed away. Death had come
with the coming Of the dawn. The
watchers saw that all Vas over and tho
brave wife and daughter. who had
nursed and cared for him during his
long illness. could restrain their feel.
ings no longer, but gave way To their
grief, while the physician and Mr.. Wan.
amakcr ~cndeavored to console them a.
best they might though their own grief
hardly permitted them TO speak.
Mr.. Randalls death had been expected
at any time during the past three days
and his family and friends knew that he
could not last much longer. The ply.
sicians had informed the family that
death might come ut most any hour and
Sunday night they told Mrs. Randall that
his endurance could not prolong hts life
through another day.
Friday night had ibecn q bad one for
b sick man and he had several sinking
spells. from which he rallied. to the a..
constituent Of his physicians These.
however. left him weaker and when
Saturday morning came IL was evident
that his extraordinary vitality had al.
most left him. lie rested easily and
comfortably during the forcpart Of the
day and the doctor was encouraged
to hope that be- might live several days
yet He u some nOurishmcnt and
dozed on without difficulty. Shortly
after three o'clock. however. q marked
change was noticed In his appearance
ana he seemed almost to sink away.
This spell was worse than any OF tho
preceding ones and II was thought that
the end was ut hand. All the members
OF the family were present. and
also DR.. Mallan, who had attend.
cd MIR. Randall throughout his Ill.
ness. and who had grown to have
an interest In the case almost o. great
~ one OF the family. Dr. NJ. =. Lin.
coin. tho consulting physician. and
Postmastcr.t;eneral Wnnamaker were
hastily summoned. They remained
around the bedside expecting each mo.
mcnt would be the last until six o'clock,
when he rallied some from the state Of
collapse. : left him with very little
strength remaining and DR.. Mallan be.
came convinced he could hardly live
through the night
DR.. Lincoln left soon after six o'clock,
but others remained with the sick man.
There was little or no change up 70
midnight, except hat he was steadily
growing weaker. Young Sammy Ran.
dali wont to . neighbor's house to slecn
but was hastily summoned about three
o'clock In the morning. when the doctor
informed the family that Mr.. Randall
could not live through tho night. lie
wal In . state Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
most Of the time. About $40 o'clock
no bad another sinking spell and after
ward bis mind became more clear and
bright
Mr.. Randall's illness dates back about
Ave years, when DR.. Thomas r. Mallen,
who has attended him throughout his
later illness WAS called In ~ treat him
Tor the govt July 3. almost two years
ago. MI. Randall was suddenly seized
with . violent diarrhTa and hcmorrhasc
during the night due to hastily eating
. dish Of leo cream aud berriea during
the day. This hemorrhage WAS %
severe ~ to completely PROSTATE him
and hi~ life was In imminent dan.
ger. DIR. Mallan says that for some
time previous TO this. Mr.. Randall had
been troubled with what no supposed
werc hcmorrhoidA The d~iarrhmal a..
tack caused the disease to assume On
active form and II was found that he
MAS suffering from an extensive and
malignant absccss. This caused serious
h morrhaees which greatly depleted his
system and left him weak and enact
ntcd. lie put himself permanently un.
der the physicians care and DR.. Malian
attended him constantly while he was
in this city, DR.. y. =. Lincoln. a physi.
clan OF great rcpU,c In this city. being
called into consultation occasionally.
Mr., Randall rallied and grew stronger
and was getting ON fairly we'll until last
February, when he had q severe riror,
brought On, probably, by the weather.
This rigor was accompanied by severe
abhominafpain and there were symp.
toms OF p%cri,onitis From this time ex.
hsus,ion began In set In and tho sick
mans course was downward. Sep,icm-
mia Was also present and a chill and
severc diarrhu,a abou, two weeks Ago
brought the case TO . critical stage.
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