Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-25

htf nurse, Niles DAVIS, VINO composer /
the remains Cor tho undertaken. TIE |
lights we've d!mmed and tue quiet ot |
the grave lay upon tho great white |
mansion.
Tho funeral arrangements have been
concluded na follow: Religious Gor-
vicca viii be held In the White House
Wednesday morning, after which the
remains will be taken 10 ndiauaDoliq,
where the interment will be III Crown
Hill cemetery Thursday.
THE sICIsBss.
Mrs. Harrison's fitness Ia the cut.
come OF an attack Of grip duiing the
winter lsa0.0l, white at Cape May.
In the summer Of 1891, she cOntfactcd
cold which causcd cough, la1ting
tile entire summer. During the
winter phe was well enough to attend
10 the oxactlng tocial duties OF the
White House, but in January, lSB2,
the cough, which had never entirely
left her, commenced again 70 trouble
her considerably. In tho following
March she had q second atlnck Of the
grip, followed by catarrh Al pneumonia.
This coughing spells then increased Ia
severity until they were accompanied
by bloody approximations and about
tho first OF May she suffered from
hemorrhnge VI the lung, which
though not severe, caused great prostrn.
ton. From this time until July 9th,
tho date Of tue removal 10 Loon Lake,
the patient did not undergo much
change. After the arrival nj Loon
Lake, she commenced TO improve, hut
the improvement was Of short dufation
a a ,lT,a 49, .F.HfN ttus LAT
ehOwed that the upper half OF the
hight lung was completely consolidal-
ed. Notwithstanding THE, she was
nblo TO continue drives TIL September
7lh, when she was stricken with an
attack Of sub.scute pleurisy, accom-.
panied by fusion OF O fhTo.scrous
iluld, completely filling the cavity
with pleuripy Oh the right side, neccs.
stating tapping three tunes.
A consultation was held by DR..
Gardner, DR.. Doughty and DIR.
Truden, resulting In the issuance OF
bulletin on September 2ith, ANNOUNCE
ing that Mrs. Harrison was afllic
with pleurisy ana nervous prostration,
and TINT tho result was uncertain. AT
the time OF Mrs. HsrTlson's re-
moval to Washington, Septem-
Dor goth, her right lung was
entirely consolidated. Tho disease
progressed steadily, resisting treatment,
until eventually her lefs lung became
involved and the condition OF the
patient was hopeless.
The case wag complicated from the
frat. by her extreme nervous postration
which perslstently resisted every
remedy. Certainly nothing within
the knowledge OF the medical profess
sion that could possibly tend TO ale
viato her sutierings or lead TO cure,
was left untried, but to no avail.
A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
About flity.seven years ago the
house OF Rev. John ID. Wlthcrspoon
Scott, u Presbyterian divine, president
Of oxford (ohio) female college, wns
made happy by the birth OF daughter,
to whom was given the name OF Car
RE. In course OF time there was at
Oxford q student named BENJAMIN
Harrison. Ho passed from the Farm.
ers' college into Miami university and
graduated at the age OF eighteen. Tho
young student In the midst OF his pur.
suits OF learning found himself over
takcn IN love aud Dr.. Scott's daughter
was the object Of his affection. On
Oct. 20, 1853, he there made Miss
Carrie Scott his wife. The happiness
| Of their lives commencing from that
date has known no diminution nor
change until death came TO separate
them.
The prospects in life for tho young
couple were not bright, but young
people arc full Of hope. Their honey
moon passed under the patoTnal roof at
North Bend. In the following March
the young couple went TO indianapolis.
The oash capital ut the command OF
Benjamin Harrison when he began his
married life and the practices OF his
profession was $500, an advance ON u
| lot in Cincinnati inherited through his
aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. Harreon began
their domestic responsibilities In the
roomg OF an Indianapolis boarding
house.
In tue summer OF 1854 Mrs. Harri-
son paid u visit TO her parents and
there, on August 18th, 1854, Russell
Harrison, the elder child, was born.
After this event the proud husband
rented small house In indianapolis
aud began life IN earnest, the faithful
and industrious wife doing her own
housework In u cottage OF three rooms.
Itthuy gums III Iaiic, plANAiNo had
pecuniaiy reward, found Mrs. Harri-
son presiding over larger and more
por.entlous house. In the course Of
two years, her second and last child,
Mary Scott Harrison, was born. Tho
couple steadily grew in tho estimation
OF their nelghbors and Mr.. Harrison
achieved fame In politics. In 1881,
General Harrison entered the United
States Senate and Mrs. Harrison bo.
came member OF distinguished
circle OF tho wives OF senators. In
Washington, where she resided during
six year,, she extended her sphere OF
usefulness.
When the family came TO the White
House, the first break In the circle was
made by the death OF Mrs. Russell
Lloyd, Mrs. Harrison's sister. Before
Mrs. Harrison was taken down with
the grip, which ultimately resulted
fatally, rhe nurHed all the rest OF tue
family, oven to the little grandchild-
rem. Her present illness really began
on April 9th, niter . brilliant reception
In ihoWhite House, and but few friends
have heen her since.
| Mrs. Harrison Ia a distinctive, do
nestle woman. Her home aud family
were always first In her thoughts. II
10 said OF her that abe wa
neyer idle OccuDyinU her anare