Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-06
ALL MAINE MOURNS
The Death Of Hannibal Hlmlin
At Bangor, Saturday.
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BAssoa. July L. - tx Vice Presidsn
Hannibal Hamlin died tonigh. at 81!
o'clock. He was dawn town this Afternoon
and yent to the Tsrrstine Club rooms
shere he ~ss playing pedro. when bis head
fell forward On his ehes.. A gentleman
remrked: The Senator seems TO feel
badly" Mr.. HsmIin said; Il do" The
men gathered around him, and he was
taken 20 louHgs.
| DR.. Robinson, who wss in the mex, room,
attended him. and aftersArd DIR. Mason +.
Philips called in. No pulse was perceptiole
20. hslf al hour. Finally be recovered
scfue what and managed 70 xrlic culAie feeoly.
Tie q gctor worked over him faithfully,
| ,rd his family was sent for. Soon Mrs.
| Hamlin, Gen. Charles Hsmlin, bis son,
AID his wife and ether members were al
a. side.
Nine thlugh, that he could live, and
| xhen lie rallied the word was passed quietly
4lofg ua,ii i. sd rs aclIed the crcwd about
the club entrance ihst had already heard
| tie Fad news and gathered
About the FIRE, distinct remark that The
sufferer made was when = hot cloth VAS
ptc d across his chest, and be locked up 81
the tcctor ard said fake that hot thing
| ,wAy, viii your
B,aaey was slowly administered natural
| IS and brandy snd ammonia bydoderm-
| lcA'ly, She effect being 20 make his heart
| a-al more strongly. Until abou. o'clock
h : family physician, DR.. Mason, who had
| c lied, expressed himself q1ite confidently
q, to 'he chances OF recovery Of his patient.
| At that lime his son, Charles Hsmlin, and
| ais wife, were xiso with him, and the
| 1, rtatr said that his father had had slighss
| .tI4r ks Of similar nature before, and he
| lived he would recover, 1t was decided
| lsrgeroua TO move him, and bed was
ordered placed in the clrb psrlor for his
| are.
| While WAS being arranged Mr.. Hamlin
| seemed very much better, and, ss he took
more brandy, remarked, ''you will mai c
ne drunk. doctor. II you oblige me to take
| ny more of this
A little later he said, complainiagly
"Doctor | Am very warm
You ere rot ss warm as you feel, was
tie reply. II am Iryin to make ycu more
comfortable "
But you only succeed in making me
very VI comfortable. said Mr.. llsmlin
| Yes, under,t.nd, but thst is the i'st
step towsrds making you feel great deal
easier" said the doctor, and you will soon
feel its A .cts."
| But the tx-vice presiden. never spoke
again. Almost Instantly an alarming
change vss noticed in his condition and DIR.
| Isson who moment before had heeu all
hope, said very quietly, HE is dying"
Mr.. Hsmlu, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ham
liz aaa Ned Hamlin. grandson of the tx
vice president, gathsied around the couch
with the doctors who dill not cease until two
Or three minutes later.
Mr.. Hamlin with every breath was utter
ing low moan which brought tears to the
eyes Of the little group OF club men at the
other end of the par.or aud who had caught
the omlnous words of the attending ply
sician.
An was done for him in human
Ip,~ef, but he passed peacefully away at
s.l5 +. NJ.
There appeared to have been no great
suff ring The great statesman lay upon
ths couch where he had been placed when
Hrtt attacked and dressed in the old-fs.h-
iieaed sw all0w tailed suit which had been
on Of the distinguishing personal chsrac'
teristir. through life. Il seemed most fit
ting that he shdul have died in what he
ustd 20 fAcetiously term his gh;ing clothes
aud upon the birthday of the country to
the service of which all the best years OF
his life had been devoted. The members
Of the family who were present were very
calm, i splaying less emotion perhaps thsn
the club men
MIS- Hamlin, after making some re-
quests cones Iliug tie trsGsfer of the re-
main. 10 the family residence on Fifth
street, was driven directly home, and sn
undertaken took charge Of the remsins.
A touching scene occurred a little later
when Hannibal F.. Hsmlin, Senator IIsle's
law partner, arrived from Ellsworth. He
had received a telegram regarding his
fathers attack too late to come by train
and had driven to Bangor, covering the dis
ance of &c miles in two hours and 8
q larter with pair Of horses.
He entered the club covered with mud
from head to foot, aud his erst breathles'
lnguiry was for his father. When told thai
he was dead, the display Of grief WAS per-
fectly overw helming, and it was difficult to
console him.
| DR. Mason, when asked about the death
said that Mr. HsmIin had always suffered
from 3 weak hesrt. but he knew of no res
son why this fatal attack should have come
upon him.
| 1t is a somewhat striking fact that Mr.
Hamhn has entertained for some time 4
prem 1niti ln Of death, When he spoke a
Norombegs Hall a m onth ago. At the Mer'
chants week reception, he said that it Wal
probably the last week that his voice woulC
be head there and his words proved pro
phetic.
At the dinner in commem oration of Lin
coins birthday but few months ago, Mr.
usmlin was the chief guest and bis speech
in which he advocated making the day
legal holiday like Wsshington's natal day
vas received with stirring enthusiasm, ,wt
members of Congress who were preson
promising TO do all in their power to secure
that end duriog the next session.
During Grand Army week, last August
Mr.: Hamlin was popular visitor in Bos
tcn, receiving many attentions during hi
.tsy. He rode in tha great procession OF
August I2, with the Maine delegation, an,
"a. cheered by comrades all along the lin,
Oh march.
His last public appearance was on Sstus
day, Jane 20, when he spoke TO the full
bench % the Maine Supreme Court at ih'
exsrei,es held in memory of his life-loni
Ifiend and neighbor. the ex Chief Jus;ic
Appleton, and paid glowing tribute to tn
isrscter and public services Of the des
jirisi.
Mr Hamlin had been pc rceptioly fsllini
j year, bu: seemed about ss usual ihi