The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-14
RANDALL REST.
Day Just DaVning When
Ills Soul Winged
Its Way.
The OleL Loving Word "NOther''
and All Was Over.

That Last Farewell Spoken to Her He
Called Wife-All His Heart Broken
Family at His Bedside When He
Passed from Them Forever-Public
Men Fave No Words but Those of
Praise - His Death Given Added
Peace by His Christian Faith OF the
Future-The Funeral Services to Oc-
cur Thursday and the Interlnent to
be at Philedelphie.
WASHINGTON, April 13-After another
long night of alternating pain and stupor
Samuel j. Randall finally passed away at
dawn this morning. He had been lying un-
conscious latterly, but at the last moment
opened his eyes, recognized his weeping
wife, and, trying to rise to comfort her, died
with the pet name "mother" on his lips.
The family and the physician could hardly
realize that the long struggle was over,
just at the hour when, morning after morn
ing through the last week, his will had
rallied his strength for another stand
against the force of the disease.
For forty-eight hours they had
awaited his death, practically without
sleeping or eating, sustained by the excite
ment and such nourishment as they could
take hurriedly, and they were almost faint
with exhaustion.
WANAMAKER AT HIS SIDE.
Fortunately Postmaster General Wana-
maker was there, having spent the night
watching by the death bed of his friend
He was able after momentary PRAYER to
take charge of matters temporarily, to Sc d
the members of the family after the first
burst of grief to get their much needed rest
and refreshment, and to make arrange
ments for the care of the remains
To the last Mr.. Randall's marvellous vital
ity and still more marvellous will gave them
all wonder. Again and again during the
preceding forty-eight hours it seemed that
the end had come, and the watchers sum-
noned their weary strength for the crisis.
Again and again came seemingly new life
i'll place of death. At the end came peace.
The strong will apparently yielded, and
then death took him.
PATIENT AND TENDER.
Postmaster General Wanamaker and
everybody else who saw Mr. Randall dur
patience and the tenderness, as well as the
fortitude, with which Mr.. Randall bore his
sufferings, which at times We're intense
He developed, they say, a most beautiful
christian character, and was satisfied to go
If he had to go. He hoped against hope
much longer than any one else, believing as
late as last Tuesday that he would yet get
well. The physicians never told him that he
was dying, although Mr.. Wanamaker urged
than tn He tOId hat ba
had a cancer and SO stoutly denied it up to
the last, attributing his weakness to fistula
and a subsequent depicting attact of
diarrhGa.
HIS IGNORANCE A BLISSFUL ONE.
This ignorance of his real disease was a
blissful one, for it gave him an oppor-
tunlty TO do much that he would not other
wise perhaps have gone. All winter long
he has carried on his correspondence and
attended through his private secretary to
the interests of his constituents. He thor
oughly enjoyed his home life this winter in
spite of his pain. He had not had so much
of his wfe's society, he said one day, since
they were married.
PAST DIFFERENCES FORGOTTEN.
He found great deal of qualification in
the reconciliation which took place between
himself and his leading political opponents,
quired. He got most satisfaction, however,
out of his religious life. Speaking of this,
Mr. Wanamaker said tonight that he must
disclaim the credit for Mr.. RandalPs con-
vertion, which had been given him. 1t was
true, he said, that ne had talked with Mr..
Randall on that subject from time to time,
but Mr.. Randall had worked it OUT for him
self.
WORKED IT OUT AS A PROBLEM.
He had time to think it all over" said
Mr.. Wanamaker, 'sand he worked it all out
as clearly ana as satisfactorily as though it
were problem in appropriations. He
grasped it as be would tariff or appropri-
alton bill. 1t was no death bed repentance,
aud 1t was not the product of fear. He was
never told he was going to,die. and at the
time his conversion, and indeed until most
recently, he believed most firmly that he
was going to recover. He felt no fear Of
death, he made his peace with God ir
calnness and confidence, and died in full
feith.n
DIED AS CHURCH BELLS TOLLED