Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1893-02-02
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emu anu TO TenUeT ueaun painless, ii pos
sible. There was no need to do any thing
The end came peacefully and without
pain. / think that Mr.. Blaine was con-
| scious during the two last hours of his
| life. But he did not speak. His eyes
were brighter than they had been, and |
| think his intellect was clear. Towards
the end he looked upon the family,
seemed to recognize them and passed
| away. There was one incident of the
last moment which it may be well to re-
cord The faithful wife, who had
scarcely been away from the bedside an
hour in all the drearv weeks, was anxious
to secure some last look or word of rec
ignition. She said, using the familiar
home tile: "Father, you know where
Walker and EmmOns are?' The dying
man raise d his eyes 10 those of the 10y
ing woman, and, with all the strength
that he possessed, feebly pointed with
his finger upward.
The Last Hours.
Mr.. Blaine lay during the mig hit in the
'ame quiet or wholly unconscious state,
which had been his chief condition for
five weeks. In the early morning there
were some signs of restle ssness, but they
were not deemed sufficitn Mt by the nurse
20 warrant summoning the physicians.
Johnston at once oticed that there had
been very rapid loss of strength during
the night. He so informed the family,
and told Mrs. Blaine that he did not
think the end would be long delayed.
There were gathered in the chamber of
the dying man soon after 9 o'clock Mrs.
Blaine, Mrs. Damrosch, Miss Hattie
Blaine, James G. Blaine, jr., Walter
Damrosch, the physicians, Johnston and
HYATT and the trained nurses. DR..
Johnston spoke quietly to the members
of the family ana said that the one they
loved was very weak indeed, was rapid
lV growing weaker, and that he was be-
vond medical aid. From 8 to ii MIR.
Blaine spoke no word and gave no sign :;
yet the ply scians and family are very
confident that he. with the rest, knew
that his hour had come. But duing his
last two hours on earth he spoke no word
and gave no sign of consciousness or
recognition.
sympathetic Calls.
President Harrison was at the door of
the Blaine house in three minutes after
he end had come. The White house is
only across the avenue. He had been
notified of the approaching end. He en-
| tered the house, left his message of SYM
pathy for the mourners and speedily re-
ired. The news spread rapidly. Ofthe
cabinet, Wanamaker. Rusk and Elkins
we're the first to appear. They were fol-
| lowed in quick succession by other me- M
bers of the cabinet and by manv dis
| ingui shed in political and social life.
| Que of the first messages sent out of the
city was to Joseph H. Marley of Angus
ia, Me- Senator Don Cameron, who liv S
in the next house to the Blaine mansion,
had seen indications of unusual move
ments in the house, and at once entered
The Last Hours.
Mr.. Blaine had passed an unusually
comfortable night, and it was thought
shat, with the Tegurn of pleasant weather,
he might yet live for some time. The at
| faCk of heart failure came very uneX-
pectedly and occasioned the utmost
alarm among members of the family.
| The doctors made their call earlier than
usual, and were apparently considerably
concerned about the CONDITION of the ID
v9lid. AT 8 O'Clock it was noticed that
Mr.. Blaine had had a severe sinking
spell. The doctors were summoned in all
haste. DR.. Johnston was the first to ar
rive at the bedside of the dying man and
saw at once that there was no hope for
the x.secretary and that the end of his
long sickness was close at hand. Dr..
Hyatt was at the house a very few min
utes later, andihe and DR.. Johnston used
their utmost Efforts to revive Mr.. Blaine,
but it was of no avail. At half-past ten
o'clock DR.. Hyatt left the house for a
few minutes, and this was the first init
nation that those GU side had that Mr..
Blaine was any worse than he had been
for several DAYS past. La response TO a
question DR.. III att said Mr.. Il aine had
had sinking spell and was worse than
he had been ut any time yet. This was
all he would say, and then stepped into
the carriage anu drove off rapidly. He
returned in a few minutes aud entered
the house in haste. Everything WAS
quiet about the house then, and there was
nothing to lead passers-by to think that
there had been any change in the ex-sec-
retary's condition. From O'Clock on.
Mr.. Blaine sank rapidly until the end.