St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-25

| Stflken woman who lay quietly
with resignation awaiting the last call.
The shadows deepened, they sank to
rest, night came, and in the south the
and the end was not yet. The
| physiclan's calls were more fire..
| quent. and whenever he came from the
SICK chamber he brought the same re-.
port, that the patient was as near death
| as she could be and live. So the en-
ployes in the business section of the
| house, whose work was done and who
might have gone home, fingered in the
rooms.
Absolute detection was pictured on
each countenance. The telegraph in
struments in the eastern part of the
building had been steadily ticking all
day, bringing from afar and near in-
QuirieS from friends of the family. but
after o'clock they
licked Faster and Faster
and Executive Clerk Montgomery. who
is charged with the manipulation of
the wires, was kept very busy. The
reason for the sudden increase in their
activity was found in the fact that
some one had sent to indianapolis
a bulletin announcing Mrs. Harrison's
death. The premature report spread
rapidly. and there began to flow in upon
the wires messages of coincidence adj
dressed to the president. Mr.. Halford
promptly authorized prompt denial,
but 1t did not Overtake the original
story, and the messages continued to ar
rive in numbers.
just after e O'Clock Mrs. Harrison suf.
fered another sinking spell, and mes
sages were sent by Halford to the ab-
sent cabinet officers asking them to re-
turn to Washington Immediate
| lY. but the sick woman still
had the strength to rally once
more, and to repulse the attack of the
dread visitor who lowered at the thresh.
hold. About O'Clock word came from
| Seattle. WASH, in answer to numerous
telegrams that j. G. Scott, Mrs. Har-
rlson'S brother, had passed through that
place on his way to Washington. DR..
Gardner had
Made Eight Calls
during the day and when he came on
the last he sent his carriage home and
made preparations to stay pntil the end,
Soon after O'Clock he announced that
the patient might be expected to live
until midnight. Even this small grain
OF comfort was received with gratitude
by the anxious and grief-stricken family
and husband
AT the supper hour the meal was
| spread upon the table, and one by one
the watchers snatched few moments
10 take haSty repast. 1t could hardly
De SAID that the patient was uncOn-
| sclouS during the evening hours,
for she betrayed some understands
Ing of attempts to relieve her last
moments, by partially opening her
parched lips TO receive the stimulating
| food applied to them. But not a dron
could She swallow, and speech had an
parently left her forever. Then came
| Increased difficulty in breathing. which
was regarded as bad sign.
Among those who called durinp tho
evening were Secretaries. Tracy and
Noble, who have lust returned from
| Chicago, Attorney General Miller. Assist
! ant Secretary Grant. Assistant Secre-
| tary and Mrs. .Soley. Chief Justice Fnlier
| Justice Harlan. Gen. and Mrs Rracli'
inridge and Third.Auditer Hart. mem.
| bers of the diplomatic corps. and Rev.
| Dr. Hamlin and Mrs. HamIin. of the
church which President Harrison and
! his wife attended. s. fi5f
Hem .cn
a,;,
slipped away, each leaving the patient
,i Meakel IN turh, yet SO gradual was the
deciihe that 1t could not be said at
iaiieu. ne physician said if
sne tiaed over midnight she
H ,iilSul possioly survive until daylight.
90 frequent gianceS were cast aG the
! CLOCK, wiilch was steadily ticking away
the Ire tlme' OF the Invalid, and there
was visible ar OF rellef when the
gong sounded IL, ana one critical point
was supposed TO nave been passed.
me nope inspired by the doctors
,imn aInnt m%9 o.sn oiils vi siort uura
bv Mrs. HarrIson,s side with iS lie
fingers lightly pressed to her
pulse. his prac1iced hand discov-
cred a noticeable weakness of the
hearts action. followed almost immedi.
He notified the grief-strickpn family
group around the couch that deatI,
appeared to be very near. and
that unless she soon rallied from the
stupor i'm which now drifting she could
scarcely live half an hnnr Ionrar
This intelligence had most rio.
pressing effect upon the nresident
who had been i'm constant attendance
upon his afflicted wife for over nine
hours. and he sustained himself will,
the greatest difficulty. If n were
possible to add to tine gray.
ity of the situation of the fam
ilv katherine tboSa rp.,ltS vara
attained when DR.. Gardner. after mar
rowly examining and feeling the pulse
of the dying woman, announced that
all the Indications iustiipd the hr-
lief that she could not survive more
1n.,l ,nan na.; asa;,o an Moui. n, ms was
81 10 s.'; c,och. me minutes passed
VIII, Win iilslit tiul r Lapiuliy ana tle ilaii-
'l. diou. paH9cu. p:1, lhe eipiess lorili, now
eVei' stiii le'a'ieo tile HE spark.
A Sacred Scene.
The resistance offered by the consti-
tuition of the patient was Surprising to
the physician and all at the Bed
side. There was no struggle. no exhi-
biton of pain, but a simple. passive
resistance that was battling IN its
quiet intensity. In il few minutes Or.
Gardner again took up the feeble hand
and felt the wrist. The blood still crent
through the contracting arteries. bnr
oh, how slowly. He shook is head and
said that brief fifteen minutes
must surely finish the struggle. The