Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-22

realized that his end was near. and pre-.
nnred fof IL with characteristic care anu
| enoiness. About o'clock IN the AFTER.
non he said: II die hard. but am
rot afraid TO go. believed rom ~
NV breathing cannot last long" hbors
10 o'clock the same night he said
nm lust going. Have me decenty
buried. and do not let my body be put
in the vault until three days after am
dead. DO you understand meE When
those around his bedside mad assentel'
h. said. ut IL we'll" and then expired.
nv n remarkable coincdent John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson expired
on Inc same day. the 9TH Of July. 1876.
ON the morning OF the 4th the physi-
clan Of John Adams did not believe ne
would survive the day. lie could hear
the firing Of cannon. DO YOU Know
what day this is7' the cx.Presidcnt
was asked "Oh, yes II IL the glorious
Fourth OF July God bless ~ God bless
YOU nlil" Later he said. half to himself.
Thomas Jefferson attn survives But
he was mistaken. jefferson had expired.
Some weeks before this Jefferson be.
gan to fail visibly. DO not imagine foi
a moment that I feel the smallest sole
itudc about the result he said u am
like an old watch with plnlon worn
out here and a wheel there until II can
run no longer" on the eve nf the ith
he awokc thinking II morning. and
said. This is the Fourth % July
These were his last words. lie died at
noon.
James Madison died Of old nTe June
q. 1886. ni bis home IN Montpelier
VI. Madison was M HE ciuhty-hfth
year. aud HE end was peaceful. James
Monroe In 1850 went 10 New York 20
reside with his snn.in-iaw and died Of
general debility in that city on the ith
o. July. 1891. at the age ~ u.
John quincy Adams met With . rather
tragic death. on the 2isi ~ February,
1875. h. arose IN his Fcat IN the House
~ Wapfcaentailvos and was about TO
onen his mouth. when he suddenly ION
back. stricken with paralysis lie sur.
ViNod long enough tn sayi This ~ The
end ~ HE am content" lie died
beneath the dome of the capitol
Andrew Jackson suffered from ron
sumption and drppsy In his closing
years on sunday. III" uh - June
1875. it was apparent that HIS last dny
had arrived. and calling tho membors
" his family and hls servants 10 his
bedside. hn said MY dear children,
friends and servants. I hope and trust
a. meet you an In heaven, both white
and black" Al " those about him
were In tears. and his last words were.
Nhht " tnc mhit'r WIN my ueH
children 7 have alarmed YOU oh, do
not cty' We will meet In heaven"
Marlin Van buren, died on July y.
iSf'. az the age Of "a years. His final
hours were not marked hy any unusual
events or fcmPrits William HEMP
Harrison Was taken very M Just one
month after his inauguration. In his
dollrlum he snid "slr. I wish you TO
understand the principles Of the gov.
4 utah NIlFaH a. FF|IsI I WHL
nothing more" John Tyler died from
mysterious disorder resembling
bilious attack In the latter part Of is6,
nt his home Ia Virginia. His Illness
was brief
Jamos Knox Polk retired from the
rrcsidency on the 9TH ~ March. 1919.
and while on his way to his home.
Nashville. he contracted the cholera.
on the 18th ~ June. 1879. r. died
without saying a word.
General Zachary Taylor died IN the
oh of july. 1850. Hts last words were.
II am not AFRAID 10 die. I am ready I
have cndcavorcd To- do my duty"
Willard Fillmore died from paralysis
on the hth ~ March, 1871 ~ his resi-
dcnco In nunalo. \ short time before
hi death he wrote. y am happy Ia my
that my health " perfect. I eat. drink
ana sleep HH we'll az ever and take
deep but silent interest In public AZ.
fairs u Mn. fillmorv's health can be
restored. would feel ns " I were llv.
Ing IN perfect paradise" Soon after
this Mr. Fillmore hreuthcl his last.
Franklin Pierce died from lnilammn-
ton ~ the stomach at his home. Com
ccrd. n, H.. In the fall % 1909 His last
words have never been recorded, James
buchanan died ~ rheumatic govt In
his rcventy-clFhth year at his home
Wheatlands. Pa. whorr he Il buried
a. L.. a a..
stances attending the tragic end Of
Abraham Lincoln. on the 18th "
April, 1866, he was shot by wilkes
Booth at Ford'H Thcatcr. Washington.
Early the next morning he expired
without recovering consciousness.
Andrew Jackson was stricken with
paralysis on the seth Of July, 1875. and
died. the next day. lie was Aptechloss
until his death.
while towering between life and
death from cancer of the tongue Gen.
srnl Grant wrote hls famous memoirs,
] from the sales ~ which his family re-.
/ ccivcd ncnly 100000. His aiimrnt
| prevented him from talking much. but
/ almost his last worla were spoken lot
The purpose Of cmphaHlzing his famous
! uuoruurc, Let uH have PEACE
rutherford 70. Hayes passed away
/ TRANQUILITY after an attack OF paralysis
l of the heart nt his home Ia Fremont.
/ o., IN the latter part Of 1898.
James 4. Garfield. as h well known.
/ was shot by u disappointed ufilce-recker
/ IN tho waiting room " the baltimore
/ nnd Ohio station az Washington ON the
End Of July, 1851. After lingering be-
/ tween lie and death for ten weeks he
/ died sept 10 Chester 4. Arthur died
/ suddenly ~ npoplexy In New York
Nov. H. 1856, and was buried Ia Rural
cemetery at Albany.
GEORGE BARTON.