The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-01-28
R. B. HAYES DEAD.
Neuralgia Of the Heart Was the Gauss
df tho Fatal Ending.
Three Times Governor OF Ohio, Thon
rresident OF the United States-Tho
Fnmous Electoral Commission of
1877 Recalled by His Death.


FREMONT, o., Jan. is. President
r.. T. Hayes died at II o'clock Tuesday
night Early in the evening an inquiry
ELECTED the response that the general
had passed u fairly well day, and was
resting easily, but the change from bet
ter TO worse was rapid, and at II o'clock
the distinguished ex-president passed
away. The first intelligence of this
was received when Webb c. Hayes
came down town and quietly announced
that his father had just died
During the day Gen. Hayes passed
the long hours with more comfort than
he was able to do at any time previous
since the attack Saturday. DIR. L. S.
Hilbish was with the ex-president, and
spent the night at his bedside.
The sickness had been watched dur.
ing the day and evening with much in
terest by the friends of the general, and
as q generally the case, many conflict
iDg rumors were ahoat
The members of the family passed
'the day quietly, remaining at the fami'
ly residence quite closely. Webb re,
stantly, only leaving the house short
time during the day.
Rutherford b. Hayes is associated
with the Fremont savings bank of this
city and spent part of the morning at
their place of business. In the after
noon he came down town, stopping at
the telegraph office, presumably to
answer some of the many telegrams
that are constantly pouring in upon
them.
During the afternoon Miss Lucy Ell
lott Keeler, relative of the Hayes
family, spent several hours with them.
A personal friend of the family gives
the following statement of the illness
and death of ex-President r. b. Hayes:
On Monday, January 8, Gen. Hayes
went to Columbus on State university
business connected with manual train
ing as president of the board of trustees,
stopping with his niece, Mrs. Gen.
Mitchell. Thursday morning he left
Columbus for Cleveland, where he
visited the university school with
reference to securing an instructor to
take charge of the manual training de-
partment in the State university. He
remained in Cleveland with his son
Webb Friday, and left there Saturday
afternoon for Fremont He was driven
In close carriage to the Union depot,
where his son joined him, and immedi-
ately after entering the car complained
of cold and asked for stimulants. He
finally consented to leave the car and
went into the waiting-room, where
stimulants were given him.
These so revived him that he insisted
on returning to the train, saying that
he must go home. II would rather die
In Spiegel Grove" he said, than live
anywhere else"
After his return to the car he was
seized with violent pains in the chest
which lasted until after his return
home. he was treated for angina pee
toris, but while relieved of distress his
neart never recovered its vigor and life
was suddenly terminated by paralysis of
the heart, while lying in his own room.
He frequently referred to visit made
to his wife's grave on tho preceding
Sunday and spoke of the quiet beauty
of the snow-covered scene. He said
that he almost wished he was lying
there by the side of his wife, it was all
SO peaceful, and yet he said: 81 am not
unhappy; my life is an exceptionally
happy one"
His last words were: 81 know that
am going where Lucy is" spoken to his
family physician with the utmost earn.
estness.
Early in the evening there was every
reason to suppose that the patient
would pass comfortable night, and
the family retired to rest
He passed quietly and painlessly away
at 10:45 in the evening, surrounded by
the members Of his household.
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, nineteenth pres.
fdent Of the United States, was born In Della.
ware, O., October 4. 1922. His father had died
in July, 1929, leaving his mother In modest but
easy circumstances. The boy received his first
education In the common schools, but began
early to study Latin and Greek with Judge
Sherman Finch, Of Delaware Then ne was
sent TO an academy at Norwalh. o., and in 1910
to DR.. Isaac Webb's school at Middle town, CT
He excelled in logic mental and moral philoso-
ply and mathematics and also was O marked
debater in the literary circles On his gradu.
alton In August, 18i2, he vas awarded the val.
edictory Grafton
He studied law with Thos Sparrow, at
Columbus, O., and finished his studies at Har.
ward university in lS43, and in 1si5 was ad.
mitted to practice in the courts Of Ohio.
December 20, 1910 he was married to Miss
Lucy w. Webb, daughter of DR.. James Webb,
of Chillicothe, o. After being elected to
several minor oflces, he entered the army and
was elected captain. On June 7, 1861, the gov.
ernor OF Ohio appointed Mr.. Hayes major OF
the Twenty-third o. V. l., and in July the regi.
ment was ordered into West Virginia. Hd
served through the war and came out with the
rank Of brevet major-general.
Gen Hayes was elected governor of Ohio in
1885, beating Allen G. Thurman. Two years
later he was renominated and reelected, beat.
ing the late Geo. H. Pendleton He was de-
feated for congress in 1872 In 1875 Hayes was
for the third time nominated for governor and
was elected. In June 1875 he was nominated at
Cincinnati by the republicans for president of
the United States The death OF the general
recalls the memorable electoral commission Of
1877 The late esJustice Bradley, by lot, became
the final member Of the commission, and as
such had the casting vote which determined
that Rutherford B. Hayes had boen elected
TO the presidency by q vote of 1855 OF the
electoral college to 1s4 of the late Samuel ].
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Oysters Out of Sight.