The times., 1899-12-18

weeks. During the twelve hours preceding
the end the patient was unconscious. The
famed naval officer passed away so quietly
that the anxious watchers at his bedside
believed him to be sleeping, until the
physicians quietly announced that the end
had come All hope Of recovery had been
given up by the hospital surgeons early
in the afternoon. When death came his
sister, Mrs. NJ I Hayward, and her hus-
band a prominent lawyer of Gainesville
Ga; Mrs. Du Barry, of New York an in
innate friend of the Brumby family; Dr.
?. NJ. RiXey, the attendant physician; Dr.
Nesmith Superintendent of the hospital.
and several nurses were at the bedside.
The patient seemed to realize on Satur-
/ day night that he was sinking rapidly and
! before lapsing into Inconsistencies eX-
/ pressed doubts as to his ultimate recovery.
! At midnight his temperature was danger
/ ously high, and from that hour until
/ death came he was unable to recognize
/ those around him. Mrs. Hayward his sis
! ter spent the entire night of Saturday and
all of yesterday at his bedside Yesterday
morning Senator Clay and Representative
| Maddox Of Georgia called at the hospital
| shortly before o'clock. and looked upon
the naval officer for the last time.
Admiral Devey's Last Visit.
Yesterday afternoon Admiral Dewey
called and was deeply affected to find that
his old comrade was unable to recognize
him He left word that he should be i'm
mediately informed of any change for the
worse.
Death came easily to Lieutenant Brumby.
He rested on his right side as he had re-
mained for many hours. His respiration
was barely perceptibIe and his pulse So
weak that only one skilled in medicine
could have detected life. Gradually the
breathing became almost inaudible and the
heart beats grew weaker as night came on.
Dr. Rixey slowly and carefully laid the
| wasted arm upon the cOyerlet and for the
last time watched for some faint flutter
Of the heart that would announce the pass
ing away of the famous officer Then the
physician arose and wrote upon a tablet
that Lieutenant Brumby was dead When
the fact was made known to Mrs. Hey
ward the sister she broke down com
pietely and had to be led from the room.
The strain OF the long and faithful watch
over her brother had unneryed her and
her outbursts OF grief resounded through
the corridors.
When the announcement Of death was
made. Admiral Dewey was notified, and
he at once sent Lieutenant Caldwell. mis-
| private secretary, to assist in arranging
the details for the funeral
Lieutenant Commander Laird, of the
Olympia, arrived at the hospital shortly
before Lieutenant Caldwell, and after a
conference it was decided to do nothing
until the relatives had decided upon the
disposition Of the remains. Commander
Laird announced later that the body would
be sent to Marietta Ga, for interment
and that there would In all probability
be no military funeral, it being the desire
of Mrs. Hayward that the services should
| be as quiet as possible. No definite ar
rangements have been made, except thai
the interment Will take place at Marietta
Taken III in November.
Lieutenant Brumby was admitted to th,
hospital on November %, and had beer
complaining for several days. His condi-
ton was regarded as serious at all times
but the crisis which resulted in his deatL
was not apparent until early on Satur.
day morning when he rapidly grew worse
and became unconscious at midnight. H
fought the fever brayely and endeared him
self to the hospital attendants by hi
patient and cheerful disposition. II,
seemed unaware of his approaching death
and informed his friends that he woulc
soon be up and out again.
The rigors of the long siege at ManilG
and the campaign following the capture o
the city made serious inroads upon hi
physical condition, leaving his system par
ticularly susceptible to the typhoid germs
Although a man of strong constitution, the
terrible strain which he was subjected I;
during the battle of Manila and the clost
and long confinement on shipboard weak
ened him more than he knew. Even aItel
returning to America there was no end &
the demands on his nervous system. Th,
social obligations which followed so swiftly
In the wake OF each other gave him nC
chance 10 get the rest he needed.
Physicians who attended the naval of
fcer during the weeks of Illness do not be
lieve that the disease which terminated ia
tally was contracted while in the Philip
pines. In their opinion 1t was there whert
the first break in the lieutenant's healtt
occurred. and that his system being shat
tered by the nerve-rackIng conclusion
caused by the discharge of the large gun!
on the Olympia left the lieutenant in
condition to contract almost any infectious
disease.
Lieutenant Brumby is the third nava
officer with Dewey in the memorable igh