The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-25


woe, and the end had come. The President
was beside his dying wife as he had been
Tor nine hours continuously, and his was the
last Of the loved features her eyes had
dwelt upon. Her breath was labored and
very slow. AS the hands of the clock crept
toward the next hour il grew fainter yet
and less frequent, ard as time marked the
hour OF 40 o'clock there was an interrupt
ton of the feeble breath a resump-
tion, and then a stop--this time to be
eternal-and the life of Caroline Scott Har-
rison had gone out, peacefully and quietly
and without PAIN.
SCENE AT THE DEATHBED
All OF the family in Washington were
present at the daathbed except tarse little
grandchildren and the venerable DR.. Scott,
father Of Mrs Harrison. They were Pregi-
dent Harrison, MIR. and Mrs. Russell Harri-
son, Lieut.. and Mrs. Parker, Mrs Dimmiok
AMI Mrs. Newcomer. In addition, Mrs.
HGrrison's faithful maid, Jossphene, and
Miss Davis, trained nurse, were
in the room. The members OF the
family spent q few minutes around
the lifeless clay in deep grief and then
emerged with sorrowful faces. The Presi-
dent retired Immediately to his own room
and closed Jhs door. The otker members of
the family respecting his evident wish al.
lowed him to remain unmolested aud COM
retired and gave place to DR.. Gardner.
Oue sglance of his practiced eye told
the story and he knew that soicnce had
again yielded TO nature aud that all Of mans
efforts had been in vain. He passed out
and then the last sad offices for the dead
were performed by the nurse, Miss Davis,
who composed the remains for the hands of
the undertaken. The doctor went home,
the last Of the many questions put by knot
of waiting newspaper reporters were an
swsred by Secretary Halford, the lights
were dimmed and the quiet of the grave lay
upon the great white mansion.
ALL THE LIGHTS LOWERED.
simultaneously with the announcement
of her death all the lights Of the house were
lowered, and several policemen who had
been'summoued 10 anticipation Of the event
were stationed at all the entrances
to the grounds to prevent people
from intruding on the privacy
Of the President aud his family in their be-
reavement. kilograms conveying the sod
intelligence were at once dispatched to all
the members Of the cabinet absent from the
city, and to Judge Scott, Mrs. Harrison's
only brother, who is now on his
way to the city in the vain
hope of reaching here before the end came
He started from Port Townsend, Wash,
Thursday and is probably now as far
Oh his journey as Bismarck. Re
ligious services will be held at
tie white house Wednesday morning
after which the remains will be taken TO
Indianapolis, where the interment will be
made at Crown Hill cemetery.
HISTORY OF HER ILLNESS.
The history of Mrs. Harrison's last and
fatal illness is best told in the language of
her physician, Dr. Frank A. Gardner as
follows: Mrs. Harrison's illness was the
outcome of an attack of the grip during the
winter Of lS90-169l, which loft her with a
cough, lasting for several weeks. While at
Cape May Point in the summer of 1891 she
| contracted a cold, which caused returh of
| the cough, and it lasted during the entire
summer She was we'll enough, however,
during the winter to attend to the exactinR
functions devolving on the mistress of the
white house, but in January, 1892, the
cough, which had never entirely left her,
commenced again to trouble her
| considerably. While it was not severe
enough TO confine her to the house, it was
! sufficient to require frequent medical treat
ment In the following March she had a
second attack of the grip, followed this
| time by catarrhal pneumonia, lasting about
MAE days. Her coughing spells increased
| in severity until at last they were accom-
! panied by bloody expectora tiOns, and about
| May ! she suffered from hemorrhags of the
AUIRa, WHICH, blLuOuku lAOu NcEI h6NSI6,
caused great prostraeton.
her LUNGS AFFECTED.
An examination of the lungs several
days later revealed dullness at the apex of
| the right lung. From this time until July
| 6, the date of her removal to Loon Lake,
| n. Y, there was rise of temperature OF
| about three degrees each night and her
respiration at that time averaged about 40
| per minute. Several days after her arriva
| at Loon Lake she commenced to impreve.
| Her appetite and strength increased and her
fever gradually became less. Her cough
| and expectoration also diminished. Subse-
| ouently she was able to take daily drive
! Of several miles, but her improvement was
| of short duration aud an examination made
| Sept. l showed that the upper half of her
| right lung was completely consolidated.
| Notwithstanding this condition she was able
| to on5inue her daily drives up to Sept. Z,
on which date she was stricken down
| with an attack OF subacute
pleurisy, accompanied by an effusien OF
| fibra-serous fuid, completely filling the cav
| ity of the pleura on the right side, necessi-
! teting aspirating or tapping three times. Il
| was during the experiences OF this complica-
| sion that a consultation was held by DR..
| Gardner Of Washington. DR.. Doughty Of
| New York and DR.. Trudsau OF Saransc, n
| Y, resulting in the issuance Sept. Il of q
| Harrison was afflicted with pulmonary tu-
! berculosis, complicated with pleurisy and
nervous prostration aud that the result was
| uncertain.
| THE DISEASE UNCOMFORTABLE.
| At the time Of Mrs Hsrrisons removal
| to Washington, on Sept. 20, her right lung
was entirely consolidated. The disease
progressed steadily. resisting treatment
| with every known remedy ahtil eventually
| the left Jung became involved and the con-
| dition Of the patient was hopeless. The
case was complicated from the
very first by extreme nervous prostration
! which persistently resisted every
remedy known to medical science.
| About May the case
| assumed q serious aspect and DR.. Frank II.
| Doughty of New York, physician Of &C
knowledged skill in the treatment of pulmo-
nary and nervous disorders, was called from
| Washington for consultation and from that
time until her departure from Loon Lake
visited the patient at short intervals. Soon
after the pleuritic complications set ia DR..
Trudeau, who has a sanitsrium at Saranac
/ Lake, n. Y, for the treatment OF tubercu-
losis. was also called in consultation
| He agreed with the other physlcians as to
the serious nature OF the disease. and was
not able to offer the President the least en-
couragement as TO the result. In May last
| DIR. Gardner informed the President that
| Mrs. Harrison had incipienb tuberculosis
and suggested her removal to the Adiron'
| dAcks as the most suitable place. The his
| tory Of her case, however, shows that soc