Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-25
HARRISON DEAD.
|. Patient, Christian Woman
Brsatha5 Her Last
EDF1 BY HER FAMILY.

NFD BY HER FAMlLl.
Awful Day Of Suspense
.l9sss for the President
e. Children-The End
Y With such Peace and
That Had Not DR..
Announced 1t, the
.'1-,roaohof = Death Would
&c Eve Been Known-The
showed Remarkable
y Even to the Last Hour
&c. october 25.-Mrs,
d. ?. -.- -,ms the end.
-..cr5 =. tine IN the history OF s;e tne
,'-T =, = Presidents wife has died
T-.S, S, met death with the
49, ...ss..'yrstfon Of a devOut Chris
.re.- 6ays were comparatively
az s,rr hours the President and
s,,o a,mos. constantly az her
I..,-,trs end. Last night was
.s- -..-- interest. but late and early,
.', -,t1+ fs could have slept but
IN me President was IN ana
a- crauDer. and was never
any 's-7 4 M. it appeared that the
49, l.A vgs 10 Oe prolonged for
r. ..-- Isssr and the doctor left the
.saf,sr giving the family the
~ r5mr5rt % be found IN the
~. ~ Mis- Harrison might live
-T,b- began TO fade into the
,.iS-or her back. and whenever
go her troubled and unsatls-
IN ~ sFs was conscious. She
~ .,,ssogri7a her surroundings, aud
-.,..c.t1r.t.0a greeted the pbysI-
y sr-s-sd the sick rOOm this
Tse fs,aI cough was present,
I'm he wasted state OF the
ms mo-. pronounced.
.-..7, an noon time was still con-
fTe before that the President
,-5s~ ASKED If she wished for
Wi,b tte0ld time smile that the
ofsea,h only made more tender
III M answered low, but very
NO, DEAR
Fl ,,Us deeDeued, the sun sank to
-.gst came. and in the south the
/, showed her sickle in the sky,
N WAS not The physicians Wis
-C-s frsguent and whenever he
tSs SEX chamber he brought
rs7or, that the patient was as
ID sbe could be and still live;
~.,5t expire 40 any moment, or
! -5t exist another hour or two.
-sT5oc.ock Mrs. Harrison suffer
w sinking spell, aad messages
br MIR Ha.iOrd 10 the absent
rtsrs asking them TO return TO
I'M Immediately. But the sick
nbsd sufficient reserve strength
-,s more and 10 repuise the at
tts dread visitor who hOvered at
bold.
wp0sr hour, the meal was spread
a5.a and one 0v one, the watch
i a few moments 10 make a
s-
tgNOclock while the doctor sat
4 Harr.s0l's side with his hng-
j Ilyuresse5 % her pulse, his prac-
4 tts,frleda noticeable weakness
.'eFrs action followed almost i'm
tYbya slrht decrease Of resplra'
I-tled the grief stricken family
! around t1e couch that the end ap'
D tevery near. aud that unless she
led from the stup0r into which she
5 drifting, she could scarcely live
l0-r
'.l.algeuce had q most depressing
'90l ,1e President, who had been m
,areliluc5 upon lis afflicted wife
rI.le hours, aud be sustained him
b t-e greatest difficulty.
gr possible 20 add 20 ;he gravity
uag0l sEd 90 stimulate the agou-
olelsi0u of the s0rr0wing family
about the scarcely animated
o. the beloved wife and
11se results were attained when
Primer, after narrowly examining
|1Guarce and feeling the pulse OF
|1gw1nn, s0rrOwfuily announced
ne Indications Justify the Celiet
could not survive more than half
vas az q quarter 20 one o'clock.
,1'eS passed with frightlUl rapid
le half hour passed The almost
y FORM however, still retained the
spark.
ss4rceOfered by the constitution
l.s1tWdS marvellous and surpris-
physician and all az The bedside
vas no struggle, no exhibition OF
d simple passive resistance that
m Us quiet Intensity.
minutes Dr. Gardner aCaiu took
.oo.c band and felt the wrist. The
- crep, through the contracting
oli Oh. d0w slowly. He shook
= a-1Sact1a- d brief fifteen min
surely finish the struggle.
s-A,ol o.. the family could no
olu5..ed,aUt realizing his utter
49, - % longer cope with his for.
,1e ana from consideration 70,
'--1sS Of such grief as this, the
physician and friend bowed his
passed ol, of the door.
!, Y. me threshold he took his sta
n4.'e1. ltwas not "a long time
--.1s Ae"l6e seconds, and sudden.
!. .-9 .- d. expression of heartstrickeu
~ y 'le end bad come.
y ,5's.lel. was beside his q ing wife
-sel Tor c,Ie hours continuously
-1s .' .le .as- loved features her eve.
gs...- 800 was ,abored aud very slow
~. .' Oi lle clock crept toward ID,
al ss.S s.e" l-.uter yet and less FIRE
.ii-E as .-e time piece marked III,
~. oeoc6 there was an inter
II '-' Ieeo.e breath, a resumption
y III SOP this time TO be eternal
h c,. " caroline Scott Harrison
b an peacefully aud quietly and
\. - -. .i93ni,y in Washington were
csss-S-. ,S'SSa,--oed except the three
ses fs,-s,-.' .',3 and the venerable DR.
y ~. r-.-er OK Mrs Harrison.
sA. SIcllF- resident Harrison, Mr.
b, II'seNse A.r. and Mrs. Russell
0.,r'.'s.l l,e1elt and Mrs. Parker
s M NA S7o Mrs. Newcomer. In
ess as as Hlrris01's faithful maid
lrae wiz vil,-sl Mss Davis, the trained
ssogr,S5 81. lJ ne q, family spent a few
dawn ,-s .l'e.ess clay; out let :
asrge5I over over their grief. Wher
r, wen. ',.- s9crowful faces, the
IA close5' n. Immediately TO his owl
\ ,,,r'..sf Members of +h.