Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-06
SHADOW OF DEATH.
The White House Enveioped in
Its Gloom.
SAD STORY OF HOPELESS WAITING.

The Prs-E6szt's Hezvy Burden of Sorrow
arssI Ca-o-zgIs Devoted Wife Doomed
woman and lie Brokea-Hea-Ved Man
Pathetic scene AZ n Cabinet Meeting
His AdEfser- Leave HE. Alone with HIS
Grief The H0zrnfcl Homecoming
from the Mountains
WEsHI0.CToE- Ok "a cloud % de-
sr,0ndeEcy hz- gathered about The execu-
I've mansion TO- TIE president. his family
a1d hi~ ..zr-riE1-zre friends now realize rkzr
NJ Ez-ri-an : beyond recovery They
have fouehs against that belief 10 many
weeks past ard gh% physicians have sought
70 hol6 GUY hop oz1- tie truth has ~ Ias-
ben fzcezt and Thy feel convznc1d nov
that 10 earthly skill can bring th= sufferer
fs.k % Eezir2 The mental and physical
s=-zln upon cae p-e=5iezt daring the pas-
two months Aaz teen TerE great ard has
lefG T. marx upon him Eir. Harrison i a
mos do-re=s-c rna1 ard lis deTo-5gl 70 his
family J. oae q the beautiful f-sstares of
his Izfe. since tia daE L. fret rea-lz=I the
fact that h. wife was critically IL the
president has been = constant watcher II
her E-e1s5sie-
TIE, Deceptive Improvement
After bar resarn from Loon Lake there
was al apparent charge fg- the better. f-sc
th= president was among the first 70 dis
cover lhat the Improvement was only ten
poEary. II spite u TIE encouraging reports
and the sofrened expressions q d.. Gard
ner the dsyored husband knew that the
end must cone and that AZ 10 distant day.
Tue=day al cabinet meeting Mr. HarrisJn
for the first time spoke Of the great attic
ton which i hanging over him His aG-
viserS CONSIDERABLY yyIthdre7T. SEEING. that
-. ~
fair Of state under such trying circg--r--
s-aUces-
Terrible strain on the President
The strain upon I..r Harrison has been 81
most more than ne could bar The arx-
iety for the fate Of the woman who hes
been the constant and loyal companion
Of his entire manhood VAS rendered GouDly
acute b. demands made upon him BIZ the
exigencies Of presidential campaign. -
well As by the mportarlt affairs of state II
have called for consideration and Gijuzt-
Inent- The meeting Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic, too the syran1ast and great
ct in the history Of the o-,'ss-lizetiOu was
event looked forward % u 10 humble
soldier with more eager2ess ard eEthus;-
assn than By the president of the United
States, who would have deemed II. as he
himself says, one Of the p:oude=t acts Of
his private or official life 20 march down
the historic avenue side by side with his
cOU4EtI-- OF Unity wears ..tgp
Cannot Come TO the Dedication.
Nov the president has been forced 70 an
noUnce that he cannot participate in the
coming great celebrations in the east and
the west in cornmernoration Of the great
81 and most important discovery the world
has known. He i man who does not
carry his heart upon his sleeve and the
world viii never know hO7y much he has
suffered. With the shadow Of death hover
ing over the one nearest and dearest 70 him
h. has gone about his daily TASKS with
cOIapOsUre and ie,nity that eycires the
wonder and admiration Of friends and
foes alike, bnt those who are nearest him
know how deep mis- sorrow is
The wife Bearing Up B-ayeIy.
3lr-. Harrison i a. cheerful a it i posi-
bic for a brave heart 70 BE- but much Of Der
apparent IiveIiness and interest IN What is
going on about her is assumed in n noble
attempt 70 Tighten rs far a. possible the
harden from the heart of her husband, we'll
nigh weighed down ~ he i with sense Of
his own bereavement, and b. thu physical
WEAKNESS of his long hours Of patient
watching at her bedside By night and his
faithfulness 10 his public duties by day.
The Return from the Mountains.
II was q sad journey, the return from the
mountains. The whole city was decorated
in honor of the Grand Army The pref
dent seated ia the ambulance beside the
stretcher on which his wife reclined, had
eyes for augbt but her face When he
alighted from the ambulance he did not
raise his eyes 70 view the surrounding dis
play of flags and bunting, but seemed OBJ
livious 70 everything save the woman who
has been such comfort and help TO him
since the day he married her at the modest
little village home in the west.