Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-04-07
DEATH ENTERS THE PRECINCTS
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OF THE Villas HOME.
MISS NELLIE Is SUMMONED
AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS.
Attacked in New York She Makes a
Painful Journey West, Accompanied
by Her NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Per
formed-Senator Villas on the Gulf
Of Mexico, Beyond Reach.
Maids, II, bpril }


Shocking and sad comes the informal
ton Of the death Of Miss Nellie Was.
The distressing event occurred 1T the
family residence III this city yesterday
afternoon at 1:15 O'Clock, ana was
caused by phlegmonous eryslpelas, Il
yirlllent ailment which in Ter case a.
tackled the throat and was as paln1ul
and iutractible as the worst type Of
diphtheria.
Several days ago Mrs. Villas and Miss
Nellie left Washington, where they had
been spending the winter, for New
York to visit Mr.. Royal (. Villas, u
cousin Of Senator Villas. At about the
same time Senator ' iaS left for Tampa,
on the west coast Of Florida, where he
was to join his friend, Col. j. II. Knight,
and depart in Il chartered schooner on
u twenty days cruise, far away from
telegraph or mail communication, for
health and pleasure, but especially Tor
!. season Of 1arpOn fishing. The stay i'll
New York was made very brief by MIS-.
Was because Of The illness OF Mrs.
ROYAL Villas with tonSiitlS; but Miss
Villas had already begun to feel sui
liciently ndisposcd to warrant the call
ing OF Il physician, yet not 50 badly as
To Justify postponng the journey home.
The ailmcnt, however, developed very
rapidly on tie ears, and physicians were
advised TO meet the train at Syracuse,
Buffalo and other points AS Miss Villas
had been subject to attacks OF qulnSy,
The physicians, who were able during
the short stops to make only haSty cX-
amination pronounced the trouble Il
recurrence of that disease. and supplied
Tie sufferer with suitable remedies to
afford relief from the great distress
then endured At Chicago. after Il dis
treSSing tiin for both the daughter and
her anxious and devoted mother medi
cal attendance was also obtained; but
il was not till late Friday afternoon,
when Dr. William Fox boarded the ears
in Milwaukee, that the really
grave condition of the patient WAS
appreciated. DR. Fox was deeply con
cerGed rs soon rs he saw Miss Villas,
and told Mrs. Villas that her daughter
was dangerously i'll, and that the all
m.It was of such Il nature that IT
might ut any time close up the throat
and produce death. 4 special ear WIS
provided To-. Mrs Villas in Milwaukee.
In compliance with Il tel"glaphic r.
quest Il closed carriage met the weary
travellers III the Northwestern depot in
this city ut o'clock Friday evening.
and DR. Keenan, awaited them ut the
Villas home Long hcfor" Madison WaS
n II
sneak. Friday night, all Of Saturday
and Sunday. and mp To the momeh'
yesterday that death Superven"d, ply
sicianS exercised their utmost Skill III
an earnest tn,iCISor to save III" threat
enea life Dr McDill, of Milwaukee,
came Sunday night, and at O'Clock
Yesterday morning the difficulty i'll
breathing had become so great that
Or Keenan,, with DR. Phil. Fox AMI
Dr McGill III hand performed tn" "p"r,
ation technically known as tracheotomy
the Insertion of Il tube Surgic;tlly
into the tr,lchea To facilitate respiration.
The patient sitting in Il chair hcroically
bore this ordeal without the aid of
an aneSthetic and even courted IL as
4 hoped for relief from the agony which
she suffered. Temporary relief result
ed. but the swelling continued, descend
ing toward the lungs; and finally pro
,iucing commissions ending in death.
Half an hour before the end came
pr William Fox, of Milwaukee, reached
the bed and was recognized by the suf-
ferer, who tried to voice her greeting.
She made Il brave struggle for the
lint
tagouist too powerful even for con
stitution incomparaby stronger than
her own.
During the trip from The east Mrs
Villas sought to have Miss Nellie CON
sent TO leave the train and STOP in some
city for treatment, but the patient was
50 earnest in her desire to get home
where she felt that reStora ton to
health would soon follow, that she WAS
permitted TO have her wish respected.
For several days the most earnest
t.ndeavor has been put forth To get
into communication with Senator MAS.
hut in vain All that Is definitely
known rs to his Whereabouts is that he
left Tampa some days ago and intended
10 cruise among the islands off the
west coast Of Florida. He expected 10
he out III least twenty days. and during
Tho whole of that time to he beyond
the range OF the telegraph ana the post.
His absence renders the death of the
daughter additionly sad, and riac"S
ulan the solrowiug mother 4 load OF
grief which his presence would tend t"
divide In this connection is recalled
that some twenty-thrce years ago Col
Villas. While arguing Il ease before the
supreme court in Washington. was has
thy summoned home only to find upon
arrival that death had cl3im6d his be
loved son Levi. the child next Younger
than Miss Nellie who has now been
called.
A tug has been dispatched flrsm Tam
pa in search of Senator Villas but
under the most favorable circiIn-
stances many days must necessarily
elapse ere the hereaved parent can
reach home
Miss Cornelia Eilas.-called Nellie
the eldest af the four children Of Sen
ator and Mrs. Wins. was born in Mad
ison. May 81. 1857. hence had not at
tanned her Goth year. All the years of
her life We're snent at home. till the
entrance of her fathpr into The cabinet