Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-25
suFDlEp EARLY THIS MORNING
C,al.Stllclen Friends Gather Around
The LiielGSS Clay.
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...,,i Arrangements - History o.
the ,sieisnes".-h biography OF
tho Departed.

wAsuIsGroS, ID. g., Oct. 2i.-Mrs'
us,rlson Is no more. ~ l:lO am
ZANE tho end, and for the second time
IN tho history OF the White House.
ptcsidcnts wife has died within ils
walls. Mrs. Harrison met death Win
the patience and resignation OF u DE-
won't Christian, and her last days were
comparatively free from pain. For
,venty.Iour hours the President anu
fnn,lIy have been nlmGat constantly NJ
hor bednido awaiting the end. Lat
NIGHT yas without especial INCIDENT
I'M latoand carly, so frequently that he
could have slept but little, II al all, me
President was in and out OF the SICK
room and was never cay for any length
Of time.
As the day waned and the sun snnk
behind the western hills, tho anxiety
oi tho wntchera became more anu
more intense. The shadowB dooponed,
the sun sank 10 rest, night came anu
ihe end was not yet. The Telegraph
Instruments in the eastern part OF the
building had been steadily ticking oil
day, bringing from nfnr and near IN
ouity from friends OF the family. But
Alter . O'Clock they licked faster and
faster. Some one had sent TO Indian
npolis n bulletin announcing Mrs.
Hnrrison'a death. The premature re-
lort spread rapidly over the country
from West TO Est, and there began TO
hoy In upon tho wire messages OF con-
dolence addressed 10 the President.
Mr. Haltord prsmptly authorized u
prompt denial, but It did not overtnke
the original story, and messages con-
tiDued to arrive In numbers.
Just after six O'Clock Mrs. Harrison
suffered another sinking spell, and
messages were cent by Halford TO the
absent cabinet aillcers, ashing them to
return 20 Washington Immediately,
hut the sick woman had yet sufficient
reserve stforgth 70 rally once more and
repulsu the attack OF the dread visitor
who lowered on the threshold. Soon
after o'clock the physician announced
that the patient might be expected TO
1.-Two until midnight. Even this small
grain OF encouragement was received
with gratitude by the nnxious and
Rrief.sirIcken husband anu family. 1t
could hardly 10 said that the patient
was unconscious during tho evening
H0uIti lOE hlt bcbhAJtA rouAo bibh, W
understanding the attempts made TO
relieve her last moEents by par
TALLY opening her rarched lips to re-
ceive the stimulating fluid applied to
them from time 10 time, but not drop
could sho swallow and the power OF
speech apparently had left her frame
forever. In addition the physininna
noticed as the evening wore on an
al t.,fatt - ts, M Ia al a
WINS regarded as an ouinouB sign.
Hour after hour clipped away, each
leaving the patient weaker In turn
yet 60 gradual was tho decline that Il
could not be said positively ut any min,
ute that ehe had materially failed.
The measure OF the ebbing tide wal
respiration, which slowly sunk from
fifteen at nightfali to twelve at mid
night. The physician had said thai
u she tided over that hour, SHIT
might survive until daylight. So Their,
WAS n visible air OF relief when tn,
gong sounded twelve. The hope in.
tpirod, however, was only Of shor
duration. About 1890 O'Clock tn,
physician dlscerDed u noticeable weak
meas OF the heart's action, followed
almost Immediately by slight do
crease In respiration. He notified thu
grief stricken family that the end up
peared very near. This intelligence
had the most distressing effect upot
the President, and he sustained him
self with the greatest difficulty. MIR
Gardner, after carefully examining
her countenance and feeling her pulse
f0rrowfully announced that all ipdlcn
tions justified tho belief that th,
patient GOULD not survive more thar
half m hour. This was ut quarter O
] O'Clock. The minutes passed with
irightiul repidity and half an houl
passed. The almost helpless form
however, still retained the sacred
spark. The resistance offered by tn,
constitution Of tho patient wai
marvellous and surprlsisg to tn,
phyelcian at her bedside.
There was no struggle, no exhibl
lion OF pain, but simple passiv,
resistanoe that was battling In III
quiet intensity. In n few minutes DIR.
GARDNER again took up the feeble hsnc
and felt the wrist. Tho blood still crep
through the arteries, hut oh, how Glow
iyl He shook his head, and said q
brief hiteen minutes must surely finish
the struggle.
The agitation OF the family could n,
longer DO controlled, and, realizing hii
utter helplessness to longer cope Will
The formidable foe, and from consider
htlon FOR the encredncss Of such erie
hs this, tho devoted physician anC
friend bowed his head AMI passed GU
Of the door. Outside OF the threshold
he took bis station and waited. /
was not long. The minutes flew lik,
seconds, and, suddenly, there was an
expression Of heart-stricken woe. TIL,
end had come. Tho President wa
beside his dying wife as he had beer
LOT nine hours continuously, and hi
was the last Of tho loved features he
hyes had dwelt upon. Her breatl
was laborod aud very slow. An tn,
hands Of the clock crept towards tn,
hext hour 1t grew fainter yet and les
iequent, and AS the timepiece make,
nc hour l.40 there was an interruptio,
tho feeble breath. A resumption
inu then n stop-thls tiue to be eterun
lana the life Of Caroline Scott Harrl