St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-12
PROPHETIC WORDS
Uttered by Gen. Butler Shortly
BEFORE His Death,

Uttered by Gen. Butler Shortly
Before His Death.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Final ar
rangements for the removal of the body
of Gen. Butler have been held in abey-
ance. pending the arrival Of his son
Paul, vino will reach Washington about
10 o'clock this evening. Mrs. Butler is
buried at Lowell, and the remains OF
the general will be taken to that place.
EVERYTHING is in readiness for the re-
movaI of the body at 3 30 tomorrow aft
ernoOn, if such an arrangement is salts
factory to the son.
Gen. Butler retired last night at IL
o'clock, and soon after midnight his col
ored body servant, West, who has ac-
companied him on all his Journeys for
the last ten or fifteen years, who slept
in an adjoining room, heard him cough
ing violently. He went into the gen
erals bed room to see il he could be OF
any assistance. but found that the gen.
eral had passed on to the bath room ad-
Joining. Thither West followed and
offered his assistance. The general
mentioned that his eXpectoratlon had
been discolored with blood. He did not
appear to think seriously of the matter,
however. and after his valet had as
sisted him to his bed, he said:
That's all. West. You need not do
anything MORE" and apparently went
to sleep.
He had lain on his bed but few
moments, however, when his heavy
breathing again caused alarm. Lanler
Dunn, his nephew by marriage, who re-
sided in the same house. started out in
Of piCtn =
fully fifteen minutes before he could
secure aid. The end was apparently
painless, and. according to the doctors
certificate, was brought about by heart
failure superinduced by an acute attack
of pneumonia.
Gen. Butler came over from New
York on Friday last. He was taken i'll
on the train. but recovered, and no
marked premontions of his sudden
death manifested themselves. There
had been some apparent increase of
feebleness in his gait recently, but not
more so than might be expected from
his advanced age. This was
partly due to his increasing
bulk, and the fact that he
had exceptionally small feet and weak
ankles upon which to support so heavy
a weight. His faculties remained unim-
paired. He went TO the war department
after leaving the court in the afternoon,
looking after some business, and during
the day took severe cold, which later
developed into pneumonia. Neverthe-
less, he sat down to dinner at his home
with his accustomed cheerfulness, and
afterward sat chatting with the mem
bers of his household. The subject of
sudden deaths was one upon which he
had frequently spoken, and he had pre-
dicted that he would go off like flash
some day. He had no dread OF sudden
death; on the contrary, he had said
frequently he would prefer to go sud
denly rather than to linger and suffer.
He spoke of Mr. Blaine in this connec-
ton at dinner. and asked how he was.
Being informed that he was holding his
own, he replied:
shark me, he will outlive US ALL"
LOWELL, Mass, Jan. 11.-Upon re-
ceiving news of Gen. Buffers death
this morning the mayor ordered all flags
on public buildings to be placed at half
mast and called a special meeting of
both branches of the city council for
tomorrow morning to take formal action
on the deceaSe of their distinguished
fellow-citizen. Paul Butler left for
Washington early this morning and the
arrangements for the funeral will be
made after his arrival.