New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-23
STRICKEN DOWN IN HA RNESS.
HOW DEATH CAME TO ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON.
SURROUNDED ny HIS RELATIVES AND SAMOAN
sERvANTs-fIIs HEALTH HAD BEEN MICH
IMPROVED AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF
LITERARY WORK HAD BEEN
DONE BY HIM-HIs ROMAN
TIC BCRIAL-pLACE.

TIC BURrAL-rLACE
Apla. Samoa Dec. 3. via San Francisco Dec II
p l. stevenson. the novelist. died OF apop.exy on
Monday evening December g. al $40 O'Clock. About
o'clock the same evening Lloyd osborne. MI
S,evensons stepson was seen In Apia hat,ess and
coailess anxiousy nauirlng for medical assistance
Fortunately Dr. Anderson. OF the British warship
WaJa,oo was available. and Or Funk, the local
physician was communicated with Hoth doc
tors hastehed 10 respond 20 NJ. Osbornes request
for assistance. DR.. Anderson being on the spot
nearly half an hour before ms fellow-practiton"r
Mr. stevenson was discovered !nsensble and brea tn
ing heavily and mtermittently. DIR. Anderson rec
ognzed the symptoms OF apoplexy and did all he
could to afford relief although aware that the case
was hopeless on Dr.. Funks arrival further rem
edles were applied. but unsucccssfuy. ana the
patient breathed his last at the hour above men
toned. never having recovered conscousheSf
The funeral took pace on Tuesday between ana
o'clock In the afternoon the extreme summit OF
Vaea Mountain al the foot OF which Nailima STANDS
There were about twenty white people ana sky
Samoans present. The Rev Me2srs Clark anu
Newell OBLIGATED. From daylight on Tuesday morn
ing q number OF Samoans had been engaged under
the direction OF Mr. Osborne IN cutting track up
the mountain side the work being no easy task, as
the bush was dense and the grade preciptous the
funeral was not public. only fe% friends being
invited to attend IT.
Mr. Stevensons health OF late had been so mu'h
improved that his relatives had hoped that his
lung trouble gradually ceasing to be hbso-
lutely dangerous. For long time henofrhaees
had no; occurred, and all thought that the physi-
clans prediction that the forty-hfh year beng
turned the sensltiveness OF the Jung would Dis
appear might be verified ApopeXy does not seem
to have been contemplated at all Mr.. stevenson
bene in for him, robust health. had put through
an enormous amount OF work lateiy' Keeping ms
amsnuensis. Mrs Strong. at high pressure, a
powerful novel, which would nave peeh cn,ca
either "The Weir OF Herfniston or The justice ;
Clerk" was In p.Ogress and about nan nnIsneu,
and the author was looking forward pieasuraply 10
it's being launched into the literary worid az one
OF his best productions. . , ~ go
Jusf before his attack Mr. Stevenson was SUI
perintendng the manufacture or some sa ad diess
ing which Indicated that he was In good heaItn
and spirits. Suddenly he felt pains In his head,
carried into the big ballroom. and placed ON a
small bedstead which had been hastiiy conveyed
there. Here he remained. surrounded by ms
family and native servants and friends, VINO were
anxiousiy waiting the end. Just before he ceased
to breathe. his favorite servant an intelligent
Samoan lad, begged TO be permitted to sing a
hymn which he did In a sweet but powerful voice,
deeply affecting all present.
During Tuesday morning the bouy lay III inc
big room. on its couch. awaiting It's removal TO
it's final resting place on the mountain-top l.Wl
feet above the sea level Many wreaths were on a
table at hand and. what Mr.. stevenson when IN
life valued much more several fine native mats
covered the bed on which the body lay. Inc end
ness among his loving relatives and surrounded
by his Samoan dependents. for whom ne enter
tained so much affection. And then. finally, his
romantic grave, commanding an extensive view
OF land and sea, and looking down upon Naillma
and its loved inmates.