The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-12-12
FAILING
Mrs. Mckinley Mourning Her
Life Away.
FOR Hours rhe Distressed Widow
Sis Grieving Beside the Tomb OF
Her Murdered tiusbOnd-fedrS that
she flau Not survive the Winter.

visit OF MIR. and Mrs. ChaS. G.
Dawes to Mrs. Mckinley at her
home in Canton is thought here
to be significant. Reports from
Canton, while exceedingly guard
ed, are to the effect that the con-
dition OF Mrs. Mckinley is re-
garded with great anxiety by the
family and close friends.
1t Is generally understood that
Mrs. Mckinley never fully re-
covered from the effect of her ex-
perience on her California trip
and her illness in San Francisco.
Then came the shock of her huS-
bands tragic end. While she
appeared to endure this shock
fairly we'll, it has developed
siuce that the heart breaking
strain made serious inroads on
her physical and mental strength.
In fact 1t is regretfully admitted
by those near to Mrs. Mckinley
that both mind and body have
been seriously undermined, and
that there are signs that seem to
indicate she is failing rapidly.
One of the unfavorable symp-
tons of Mrs. McKinley's case is
her mental condition. She
mourns constantly for her hus.
band, and can think or talk of
no other subject. The holiday
season has always been a time
for gayetv with the McKinleys,
but is understood that Mrs. Nc
Kinley feels her bereavement
so poignantly that she has told
her relatives she has no heart to
participate in any Christmas fes-
tivities. 1t is said that she has
even asked to be left alone in
complete solitude in her room on
Christmas day.
Another fact shows how keen
ly Mrs. Mckinley feels her be-
reavement, aud how constantly
it occupies her mind. 1t has re-
peatedly happened since the fun
eral that on pleasant days she
has had a rocking chair taken to
her husbands tomb. There, ac-
companied by a nurse or a friend,
she has sat for hours beside the
tomb, plunged in grief and a
prey to the deepest melancholy.
In the last two weeks this ten
dency to melancholy has grown
more marked, and Mrs. McKin.
ley's condition has become a
source of anxiety 10 her friends
at Canton and to those who have
gone to see her from other parts
of the state. So keen has the
anxiety bec)me that systematic
effort will n wv be made to inter
est her in he things about her,
and to take her mind away from
the one subject that absorbe her
thoughts in all her waking hours
r. Itwas undoubtedly in pursu-
ance of this plan that exComp-
troller Dawes and his wife were
summoned from Evanston, H.,
to make her visit at her home
in Canton. As is generally
known, Mr. and Mrs. Dawes were
the closest friends Mr.. and Mrs.
Mckinley had in Washington.
Mr. Dawes was not only mem
Der of the late Presidents Off
cial family, but almost member
of his household. On this ac-
count, doubtless, 1t is expected
that the presence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dawes at this time will be both
acceptable and beneficial.
Reports from Canton go so far
as to indicate that unless there
is an improvement in Mrs. Nc
Kinley's condition there is grave
fear she will not live through
the winter. If it is found posi-
BILE to divert her mind in sorle
measure and to rouse her from
her state of absorbing grief and
melancholy, the mental respite,
it is believed, will have a benefi-
cial effect upon her physical
health. Unless this can be done
and her mind relieved in some
degree Of its load of grief those
nearest and dearest to her fear