Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-03-21
49, H
moments
Before the End

there was an apparent breakdown on
the part Of the sufferer as he sur
rendered to the disease against which
he had been so bravely battling for
so many hours. The change was no.
ticed by the physicians and the rela-
tives, and friends who had retired
from the sick room to the library be-
low We're quickly summoned and
reached the bedside Of the general be-
fore he passed away. -.
News of the death spread quickly
through the city and several Of the
more intimate friends at once hurried
to the residence to offer services.
which, however, were not needed. The
word was bulletined by all the news
papers and thus communicated to the
people on their. way home in the
evening, The announcement produced
the. greatest sorrow, nearly every one
having nurtured the hope that Gen.
Harrison would recover. ID
Manifestations, of Mourning.
Within a few minutes all the haes
on the public buildings and most Of
the downtown blocks were l1oisted at
half-mast and other outward nantes.
tatlons of mourning were made, None
OF Gen. Barr1son's children were pres
ent at his death. Neither Col. Russell
Harrison nor Mrs. Mckee had reached
the city, although" both were hurrying
on their way to the bedside of their
dying parent as fast as steam would
bear them. Elizabeth, the little
daughter, had been taken from the
sick room by the nurse before the end
came. The group at the bedside in
cluded Mrs. Harrison, w. H. H. Mill
err, Samuel Miller his son, the Rev. M.
l.. Haines, pastor of the First Presby-
terrain church, which Gen. Harrison
had attended for SO many years, S. M.
Tibbitts, DR.. Jameson, DR.. Dorsey, Col.
Dan Ransdell, sargeant-at-arms of the
United States senate and a close per-
sonal friend Of the dead ex-president,
Clifton Artick and the. nurses, who
had been
I'm Constant Attendance
at the bedside. Gen. Harrison's two
sisters and an aunt We're also present.
Mrs. Harrison kneeled at the right
hand side Of the bed, her husbands
right hand clasped in hers, while DR..
dying man, counting the feeble pulse
beats. In a few moments after the
friends had been summoned to the
room the end came, DR.. Jameson an
nouncing the sad fact The great
silence that fell on the sorrowful
watchers at the bedside was broken
by the voice Of Dr. Haines raised in
prayer, supplicating consolation for
the bereaved wife and family, mingled
with the sobs Of the mourners. Steps
We're at once taken to notify the
friends and relatives abroad.
Gen. Harrison had been unconscious
for hours before his death, the exact
time when he passed into a comatose
state being hard to determine. He
spoke to no one during the day and
failed to recognize even his wife.
VIII Lie in State.
The funeral Of ex-President Harri-
son will take place next Sunday af-
ternoon at . o'clock. The services will
be held in the First Presbyterian
church, of which he was member
for. nearly fifty years. The Rev. M. L.
Haines, pastor of the church, will have
charge Of the services. It was decided
at meeting of Gov. Durbin with a
number of the other state officers that
the body should lie in state in the
rotunda of the capitol all day Satur-
day. The highest honors which it is
IN the power Of the State OF Indiana