, 1892-10-25
MRS HARRISON DEAD
The Nations Capital Yelled in
Gloom.
Details Leading up TO the Fatal ILL
ness Brief History of the De-
ceased How she Became the
PresIdent,s Vile.

ness - Brief History of the De-
ceased How she Became the
Presidents wife.
WASHINGTON, October 25.-Deaths mes
senger summoned President Harrison's
wife at $40 this morning. When about
to close her eyes forever, she showed con-
sciousness by recognition of the president
with smile. There is mourning through
out the land and the White House is
clouded with gloom.
Mrs. Harrison's illness was the outcome
of an attack Of la grippe during the winter
of 1S90-91. While at Cape May, in the
summer of 1891, she contracted cold,
which caused a cough lasting the entire
summer. During the winter she was well
enough to attend to exacting social duties
at the White House, but in January of
1892 her cough, which never entirely left
her, commenced again, to trouble her con
siderably. In the following March she had
second attack Of la grippe, followed by
catarrhal pneumonia. Coughing spells
then increased in severity until they were
accompanied by bloody expectorations.
and about the first of MAY she suffered
though not severe, caused great prOstra-
ton. From this time until July 6, the
date Of removal to Loon Lake, the patient
did not undergo much change.
After her arrival at Loon Lake, she COM
menced to improve, but the improvement
was of short duration and the examination
on September l showed the upper half of
the right lung to be completely consolida-
ted. Notwithstanding this, she was able
to continue her drives till September Z,
when she was stricken with an attack of
sub-acute pleurisy. A consultation held
by DR.. Gardner, DR.. Dougherty and DR..
Trudeau, resulted in the issuance of bull
letin on September "a, announcing Mrs.
Harrison was afflicted with pleurisy and
nervous prostration, and that the result
was uncertain.
The disease progressed steadily, resisting
treatment until eventually the left lung
became involved and the condition of the
patient was hopeless. The case was COM
pllcated from the first by the extreme
nervous prostration, which persistently
resisted every remedy. Certainly nothing
within the knowledge of the medical pro-
fessiOn that could possibly tend to allevi-
ate her sutferings or lead TO cure was left
untried, but to no avail
MRS. HARRIsoN's HISTORY.
About 81 years ago the house of Rev.
John b. WitherspoOn Scott a Presby-
terian divine and president of Oxford, O.,
female college was made happy bv the
birth of daughter, to whom was given
the name of Carrie. In the course of time
there was at Oxford a student named
Benjamin Harrison. He passed from the
Farmers college into Miami university
and graduated at the age of IS. The
young student in the midst of the pur-
suit of learning, found himself overtaken
in love, with DIR. and Mrs. ScOtt's daughter
the object Of his affection, and on Oc-
tober 20. 1858, he there made Miss Carrie
Scott his wife. The happiness Of their
lives, commencing from that date, has
known no dimmution nor change until
death came to separate them. The pros
poets in life for the young couple we're not
bright, but the young people were full of
hope. Their honeymoon was passed un-
der the paternal roof at North Bend.
In the following March they went to In
dlanapolis. The cash capital at the COM
mand OF Benjamin Harrison, when he be-
gan the march of life and the practice of
hls profession was $500, an advance on a
lot in Cincinnati inherited through ali
aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison be-
gan domestic responsibilities in rooms
in an indianapolis boarding house.
In the summer of 1854 Mrs.
Harrison paid visit to her parents, and
there on Aug. %, 1854 Russell Harrison,
the elder child was born. After this event
Indianapolis and began life in earnest.
The faithful and industrious wife doing
her own housewOrk in a cottage of three
rooms. Steady gains in fame, practice and
pecuniary reward found Mrs. Harrison pre-
siding over a larger and more pretentious
household in the course of two years.
Here the second and last child, Mary Scott
Harrison, was born. The couple speedily
grew in the estimation of their neighbOrs
and Mr.. Harrison achieved fame in poll
tics. In 1881 Gen. Harrison entered the u.
s. senate and Mrs. Harrison became
member of the distinguished circle of wives
of senators. When the family came to the
whitehOuse the first break in the circle was
made by the death of Mrs. Russell Lloyd,
Mrs. HarrsOn's sister,
FUNERAL oBsEoUIEs.
The services will be held IN the east room,
conducted according to the Presbyterian
forms, by Rev. 7. s. Hamlin, pastor OF
the church which the president attends.
The body will not lie in state After the
services it will be accompanied to Indiana
polls where services of a more public
character will be held in the First Presby-
terian church and the body will be inferred
IN Grown hill cemetery. All night long
and today kilograms of coincidence poured
in at the White House. None of these
can be made public at present, at least
and possibly not at all. If any only few
AilSAuulAB buooo AlOhl ptISOlb VI uuuSudl
prominence or from other governments.
The Presidents averse to parades of this
sort
The president is bearing up remarkably
well. Those who saw him this morning
found his eyes red with weeping, his voice
broken with emotion, but he constantly
endeavored to repress its influence After
the end last night, the president retired to
his own room, adjoining that in which the
departed lay and remained in strict seclu-
sion till morning. having his dark hour
alone. Such members of the cabinet as
were in the city called this morning and
had a conference with the president. He
expressed a wish that public business be
carried on as usual, and members of the
cabinet were therefore at their desks this
morning Such of them as can be spared
VIII accompany the remains to Indian
apolis.
The following cablegram has been give
out.
"Balmoral Castle;-General Harrison,
President United States, Washington, D.
C.-I have heard with deepest regret of
your sad loss and sincerely sympathize
with you in your grief Signed,
Among many other kilograms of con-
dolence received, were those Of Ex-president
Grover Cleveland, Vice-president Morton.
Hon. Whitelaw Reid.
At about 1 O'Clock Russell Harris on, Nc
Kee and Halford visited the establishment
of Undertaken Speare and selected a casket.
They decided upon one made Of Spanish
red cedar, covered with fine black broad
cloth. 1t has copper metallic inner case,
Theoretically sealed, and lined with crown
tufted satin. The exterior has no orna-
mentatiOn whatever except oxidized bar
handles, which run the full length, and a
silver oxidized plate bearing this inscrip-
ton:
CAROLINE SCOTT HARRISON,
Wife of Benjamin Harrison,
Died October 25th, 1892.
Travelling case also Spanish red cedar
highly polished with brass handles and
corners.
THE WHITE HOUSE,.