Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-10-27
MRS. HARRISON DEAD
SHE PASSES AWAY SURROUND
ED BY THE MEMBERS OF
HER FAMILY.
A Long and Painful illness Ends
In Peaceful Death.

Mrs. Harrison, wife of the president,
who for the past few months has been
known TO be rapidly nearing deaths
door, died at lao on the morning OF
the 25th For weeks prior to her death
the public had listened with fear Tor
news from the suffering patient, hop
ing almost against hope that she might
again regain health and be restored to
the household TO whom her
life was so much. But as
each dispatch succeeded its predeces'
sor hope vanished and the world knew
that it was but question OF time TIL
death would claim the suffering pa
tient. Mrs. Harrison was possessed OF
a remarkable vitality which made the
progress of the disease less rapid, and
heightened life somewhat, and the doe
tors expressed surprise that life lasted
so long after dissolution commenced.
Her illness dates from an attack of Ia
grippe which seized her during the
by bronchitis which lasted number
of weeks. During the following sum
mer she contracted while at Cape May
severe cold, and the bronchitis re-
turned and lasted during the entire
summer. In January of the present.
year the cough again set in. In March
she was again attacked by the grip,
followed by pneumonia. llemorrhage,
the first danger signal, followed about
the first of last May, and about this
time Mrs. Harrison was taken to Loon
Lake, since which time the public has
been kept well informed as to her con-
ditIon. A few weeks ago, at her own
request, she was removed to the White
House, as she expressed wish to die
at home. The progress of the disease
was rapid, and but for her remarkab be
vitality it is said she would have passed
away long before death finally claimed
her as its own.
During few weeks prior to her de-
mise the president had not left her
bedside longer than few minutes at a
time and he is said to show painfully
the result of his close attendance upon
the patient. The other members of
the family, too, have been near at all
times, as her condition was such as to
warrant the belief that death was
near at all times During the last day
and night of her illness, the family
was at her bedside for a period of TWEEN
ty-four hours, as the doctor knew that
life could last but a short time at best.
Through the long day and until after
midnight tender hands administered
whatever aid could be given to the
dying wife and mother.
AS early as noon OF Monday she
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too weak even to cough. Then the
inability to take stimuants ofauy kind
followed, and nothing could be done
but to apply to the lips Il stimulating
moisture. The president did not leave
her for nine hours continuously pre-
ceding the time of her death, and mis-
were the last features her eyes rested
upon At 1:40 Tuesday morning she
breathed her last
Carrie Scott was born on the 1st of
October, 1882, to Rev. and Mrs. John
b. Witherspoon Scott at Oxford, Ohio,
where Mr.. Scott was president of a
college at that place. Benjamin Har-
rison was STUDENT at that college and
in October 20, 1853, he was married to
Miss Scott. Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison
began their domestic responsible
ties in rooms in an Indian
apolis boarding house In 1854
RUSSELL the eldest child was horn.
Later the second and last child, Mary
Scott Harrison, was born. Gen Har.
rison achieved fame in politics and in
1881, when he became United States
Senator from Indiana, Mrs. Harrison
became a member of the distinguished
circle of wives OF senators, and since
that time she has been almost con-
stantly before the public, through the
prominence of her distinguished hus-
band.