Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-14

ment to see a friend in the Secretarys Of
fee, who had some news to communicate.
Mrs Logan was very much agitated and
seemed to anticipate evil tidings, but i'm
nediately drove to the War Department.
She was then invited to go to the White
House which she did
Mrs. Logan, the mother of Major Logan,
arrived at the Executive Mansion at noon,
accompanied by lady. Her emotions were
so great that she burst into tears as she
entered the front door. An usher who has
known her for years supported her into
the private parlOrs and found a seat for her
in the red room. Just as she entered this
room she met Mrs. Mckenna, wife of As
sociate Justice McKenna. and FELL weeping
into the latters arms. A son OF Mrs. Nc
Kenna is in the Philippines, and she was
naturally affected, both at Mrs. Logan
misfortune and the possibility of her own.
The President was surrounded by his
cabinet when word reached him that Mrs.
Logan wanted to see him. He at once left
the cabinet room and went to the red par
lor. The Presidents tenderest sympathy
and his great soul went out to the suffer
ing mother who thus turned to him in her
hour of afftction. He consoled her with
kindly words, and when she was ready to
depart LED her to the door. a number of
strangers, unaware of the pathos and
meaning Of the scene, looked curiOusly at
the two people.
Mrs. Mckinley returned from her daily
ride while the President and Mrs. Logan
were together, but the usher did not per
nit her to stop, going to another part Of
the house, 50 that she might not share the
grief of the occasion, thus endangering her
health.
Major LOEan's Widow Notified.
After leaving the White House. Mrs Lo-
gan drove to the telegraph office at the
corner Of 18th and F streets and wired to
Maj. Tucker, her sOn-in-law, in Chicago,
who expects to start east today, to bring
her daughter to Washington. She com
municated with Maj. Logan's widow by tel
ephone. She also notified relatives in Hi
nois.
The wife of Maj. Logan, who is In
Youngstown, Ohio, was notified by tele-
graph OF her husbands death by the War
Department. She expected to start tomor-
row for New York to take shin for the
south of France, where she was to have
spent the winter. 1t is probable that the
trip Will be delayed until the body of her
husband has been brought to this country
and inferred.
The Death He Would Have Preferred.
In conversation with her friends who
offered their ministrations during the day
| Mrs Logan said her son had died the death
which she preferred for him and which she
knew he would have preferred. That fact
| did not diminish the realization that she
| had now lost everything
Husband and son, both gone left her lit
| tie to live for, save in the memory of the
| services they had rendered their country in
| the sacrifices which they and she had made.
Mrs. Logan Frustrated by News.
| YOUNGSTOWN, o.. November IA pri-
| vate cablegram received from Manila this
| morning announces the death of Maj. John
| A. Logan, jr., of this city. No details re-
| ceived yet. Remains will be brought home
| on the transport Sikh.
Mrs. Logan, widow of Maj Logan, is
| completely Frustrated over the death of her
| husband, and her physicians will not allow
| her to be seen. She had expected to spend
the winter with her children in the south
of France, and was preparing to leave
| when the cablegram announcing Maj. Lo-
| gan's death was received.
! Maj Logan leaves widow and three
children here-John A. Logan third, Mary
| Louise Logan and Edith Josephine Logan.