The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-10-27
ASLEEP In i
DEATH
At Twenty Minutes of TI
O'clock Tuesday Morn
ing the Angel Game
- and Bore
MRS. HARRIS0N'S Sol
Observation-Disclosures Sy
Last Hours at the Bed
side of q Noble
Woman.

WASHINGTON, u. c., Oct. 25.-
Mrs. Harrison died at LAO this
morning.
DR.. Scott, Mrs. Harrison's veneer
able father, was the only member
of the family now in Washington,
not present when she died. Doctor
Gardner was in an adjoining room,
and was not present when his pa
rient passed to the dark valley.
From one O'Clock Mrs. Harrison
was to all intents corpse, her
breathing being hardly perceptible
and her respiration gradually de-
creased until LAO when she passed
away. Her death was as peaceful
as a child in repose.
President Harrison was at the
right side of his wife in a reclining
position from ! O'Clock when Dr..
Gardner notified the family that
the end was close at hand. In this
position he remained until LAO,
when life was thought to be extinct
and Lieut.. Parker, who was at the
bedside, called in DR.. Gardner, and
the experienced eye of the physic-
ian soon detected that Mrs. Harri-
son was no more. The President
gave way to almost audible outburst
of grief, but soon suppressed his
emotion and endeavored to c,nsole
Mrs. Mckee, his daughter.
All the members of the hmily
remained in the room for probably
fifteen or twenty minutes after he
death and then, overcome by gref,
they repaired to their respective
rooms and were alone in their graf
sorrow.
The first intelligence Of Mrs.
Harrison's death was Communicated
to the newspaper representatives
who were grouped in a room IS
signed to the clerical force of he
executive mansion by MIR. Mont
gomery, an employee. lie: then neti-
fed the press associations stimuli
taneously that death occurred at
1.45, but at this iuncture Private
Secretary Halford, who witnessed
Mrs. Harrison's death, said that
the exact time was 40 and it was
so communicated.
Lieut.. Parker said, in speaking
to the newspaper men, that death
occurred without struggle. Pri.
vate Secretary Halford immedi.
ately notified all the cabinet officers,
who are now out of town, of Mrs
Harrison's death.
Although no arrangements have
been made for the funeral services
they will doubles be held at the
White House and the remains taker
to indianapolis for interment.
DR.. Gardner left the bedside
about 2 o'clock and after conyers
ing with the waiting newspaper cor
respondents went home on foot
having previously given orders tC
his coachman that he would remain
all night, if necessary.
During the evening there was re-
ceived at the Executive Mansion
kilograms of coincidence from all
parts of the country expressing sym
pathy for the President IN his hour
of grief. These communications
will not be given the public until
later in the day.
MRS. HARRIsoN's LAST HOURS.
About six O'Clock Monday night
Private Secretary IIalford said that
DR.. Gardner had stated that Mrs.
Harrison might live until eight
o'clock.
Shortly afterwards advices were
received by wire at the White House
that a story had originated in the
west that Mrs. Harrison wa dead.
1t gradually worked its way east,
and in a short time several tcle-
grams of coincidence were received.
Mr.. Montgomery, in charge Of the
telegraph department, Immediately
answered the messages to the elect
that there was no truth in the
story, and its circulation was pre-
mature.
At seven o'clock a message was
received from John n. Scott, Mrs.
Harrison's brother, stating he would
leave Port Townshend, Washington,
at once. The family had been en-
deavoring to reach Mr.. Scott, who