The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-09-19

MANY HEARTS
MADE SAD
Death OF Miss Winnie
Davis at The Pier.
HAD BEEN ILL FOR WEEKS
She Rallied Several Times but the
End Came on sunday.
CAUSE, MALARIAL GASIRlIls.

Miss Winnie Davis, daughter or
Jefferson Davis and widely known and
beloved in the southern states as "the
daughter of the confederacy.' died
yesterday at the Rockingham Hotel
Narragansett Pier, to which place she
came as a guest early in the season.Her
mother was at her bedside.
Miss Davis had been i'll for several
weeks. and a fortnight ago her ailment
was diagnosed as malarial gastritis.At
times her condition became very Sc
rious, but frequent rallies gave renew
ed hope that she would ultimately re-
cover. During the past week, especial
ly was her condition considered favor
able. and il was thought that her re-
moval from the hotel would be possi-
BILE in few days. Saturday night, how
ever, she suffered a relapse, and yes
terday morning the physicians an
nounced that the end was not far on.
Miss Varina Anne Jefferson Davis
Miss, WINNIE" as she was called in
the. South--was born in the executive
mansion of the confederacy in Rich
mond Va. in June, 1854 and when she
was an infant shared her fathers pris-
on cell and was much petted by the Of
ficers at Fort Monroe The first five
years of her life were spent in England
but she subsequently came back to
Memphis, Tenn. At very early age
she showed taste for reading, and
her parents directed her mind with
care. Her father was particularly fond
of her precocity, and loved to read
aloud to her and listen to her wise COM
ments.
The south's climate did not agree
cha ant IN a
boarding school at Carlshrue Germany,
where she became proficient in Germa n
end French! Later she went TO Paris.
and studied music and drawing. pro-
crossing rapidly.
AT the age of IL Miss Davis return
ed to her fathers quiet home. Beau
yoir. Miss, and continued her studies
under her fathers direction. She made
her social debut in New Orleans soon
after her return from Paris as queen
of the Mardi Gras carnival. Shortly af-
terward she ACCOMPANIED her father
to n receDtion In Atlanta. Ga. where
she was introduced by Gen. John r.
Gordon es the daughter of the con-
federacy" sobriduet by which she
has been known bv every confederate.
The death of Miss Davis father on
Dec. s, 1891 occurred when she was on
| a second visit to Paris. and the blow Sc
| shocked her that her life was despaired
| Of. She returned to America. and soon
| afterward went with her mother to
| New York to live. where she could bet
| ter pursue literary career. She wrote
"The Yelled Doctor" and ION Summer
| Seas" two novels which had wide
! circulation In the South. When she was
| taken III recently she was engaged on
| another more pretentious literary work
| Since her fathers death she had trav-
| elled extensively in Europe and Asia.
! she appeared in public for the last
| time. II Is believed. in Atlanta, on July
| 81. The occasion was the parade OF tho
| ex-confederates. who held their annua
| reunion this year In Atlanta. Miss Da.
Wis was guest OF honor and occupied
a carriage with Mrs. Stonewall Jack
son and Miss Carrie Lewis Gordon. 9
| daughter of Gen. Gordon.