The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-12
MRS. M'KINLEY IS DEAD
Death Came After Ten Long
Days of Waiting.
PASSED QUIETLY AWAY
She Did Not Suffer in Her Last Hours
Gradually Slipped From Pal
sled Sleep Into the
Sleep OF Death.

Canton, Ohio, Dec. ll.-This. the 10th
day of Mrs. McKinley's Illness, has been
marked by n number Of material
changes, none of which has permanent
i ~ improved the condition of the patient.
4 and as darkness approached il was felt
by those around her that she had fin
/ ished the last day of her lifa's Journey.
+ She was resting comparatively easy
4 al that time, but a great deal weaker
/ At the dawn Of day it was felt that
/ the end was at hand. for about that
I time she experienced one of the sinking
I spells common to the illness, and for
a long time seemed So nearly inanimate
that Il appeared normally was possi-
pie. But the rally came, and with it a
condition in which she was able to take
a small amount of liquid nuurishment.
the 1irst she has taken since last Mon
day This was followed by such peace
inl repose as TO revive the hope which
/ was realized. that she would live
through the day. In the afternoon an
othtr period of anxiety was experienced
| by the watchers Another sinking spell
came, ana for time il seemed as
though it would he the last since then
she mas continued very weak and low.
The doctor called at $50 o'clock and
reported that he found material change
for the worse. such as he regarded as
certain to bring about final dissolution
during the night He had not even a
1alnt nope that she could live until
morning.
President Mckinley continued his
vigil all day much as he did the pre-
ceding days. He sat almost constantly
IN the sick room. and thus secured
about all the rest he had lie had thn
newspapers at his side and when the
Hnothef rested most peacefully he
tla..fss
news of the day. Late in the afternoon
ne anu his wife emerged from the house
ana took a few turns on the porch for
exercise and a little fresh air, ana Il
little later he and his brother Abncr
had a similar walk Aside from this
he had scarcely been out of the room.
lie IS kept informed Of the affairs of
state by communications from the
white house, and judging from the calls
Of messengers, there are many telp-
grams Of sympathy and solicitous in
quiry being received from friends Of the
mother and son from various parts of
the country.
When DR.. Phillips left the Mckinley
house tonight he announced to the as
sociated press representative that Mrs.
Mckinley was still living, but much
weaker chan when he saw her several
hours before. Her respiration was so.
which is materially higher than he had
ever before found it. He said he
thought she would die in the early
hours IF the morning. but that there
was possibility Of her living sunday.
but not of surviving the day The pres
ident again resumed the vigil at the
bedside, most Of the others Of the fam
lily retiring but expecting to be sum-
moned at any moment.
Canton. o. Dec. 12-Mrs Nancy Ali
son Mckinley passed from life at a few
minutes past o'clock with all her chill
dren and other immediate relatives nj
her bedside She did not suffer any In
her last hours, hut gradually passed
from the deep, palsied sleep in which
she has rested almost constantly for
the past ten days into the sleep Of
death. No word could he secured from
the house Tor some hours before the
dissolution. At 2.35 O'Clock the under
taker was summoned and the first pub
licltY given to the public OF the death
The end was most beautiful in IFS
quiet pedcetuinesS. She seemed Ia sleep
81 soundly that it was difficult to tell .
whether she had yet breathcd her last.
This condition continued for half an
hour
The president and all of the family
We're by The bedside There were no
recognltions however. Her last con-
sciousness was hours before her nnal \
taking away.
At ) o'clock a. m. it is impossible to +
make known any arrangements II Is 4
not believed that any Will be made until .
the much-Worn family have had a few
hours rest and sleep. At 3:30 O'Clock I
a. m. the family, wern ont with long
watching. We're retiring for the first
rest ia the Mckinley house for ten long
days and nights.