Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-03-14
Ex-President Benjamin Harrison Died
at Indianapolis About 5 O'clock
Last Evening.
Was Unconscious to the End, ReC0g-
nized No One and Seemed
Free From Pain.
Remains Will Lie in State Until Sat-
urday, and Funeral Takes
Place Sunday.

Indianapolis, lnd., Mafcn l4.-EA-
President Benjamin Harrison died at
4:45 yesterday afternoon, surrounded
by the members of the family. The
end came peacefully, after a hard and
painful struggle with the inevitable.
For hours prior to his death, the gen
eral lay in a comatose state, recognized
no one but seemed to be free from
pain. Besides intimate friends, the
nurses and doctors, his noble wife re-
mained at his bedside until the last
spark of life had vanished. The
scenes at the death-bed were most
pathetic.
The remains of the great statesman
will lie in state in the capitol building
on Saturday and interment will be
made on Sunday.
Indianapolis, March 13.-All hope
has been abandoned for the recovery
Of General Benjamin Harrison, former
president of the United States, who
was Frustrated last Thursday by
pneumonia and intercostal neuralgia.
Relatives and friends are now SIM
ply waiting for the end. At no time
within the past 4S hours have the ply
sicians given hope to those whose vigil
at the bedside has been so faithful.
The most comfort that comes to
the Harrison household is the assur-
ances Of the physicians is that the
general is not suffering. Bulletins,
issued hourly, show that death can
not be far removed.
Few callers were admitted during
the morning and when the front door
mission of messenger boys who
brought words of sympathy from far
and near.
The oxygen treatment was admins
tered regularly in the hope that the
patients breathing might be eased to
such an extent that the affected por
tion of his lungs might be relieved Of
the strain that deepened the inf1am-
nation, so that he might recuperate
q little of the strength that was being
continually worn away. While the
oxygen did not bring results that were
I at any time encouraging, it enabled
the general to prolong the fight.
General Harrison gave no sign dur
ing the night that he recognized
those about him or that he was suf-
fering greatly.
A feature of the generals illness,
which is a source of annoyance to the
physicians and to the family, is the
large number of offers and solicita-
tions from all sorts of quacks and
cranks who are ready to guarantee
that they have remedy or system
of treatment which would cure the
general. One of the persons offering
their services even went so far as to
wire that he is en- route to 1ndianapo-
lis at his own expense to administer
his treatment.
May Not Arrive in Time.
A deepened gloom lay over the
household because Of the probability
that neither Russell B. Harrison or
Mrs. Harrison Mckee, the generals
son and daughter, would be able to
reach his bedside before the end came.
"A telegram received from the former
stated that he would leave Washing
ton at 1 a. m. This should bring him
into this city about midnight.
A message from Mrs. Mckee at Sar-
atoga, N. Y, contained the informa-
ton that she could not leave the bed
side of her two children, who are Sc
riously ill from the measles.
When it was learned by the public
here that General Harrison had lived
through the night there were express
sions of relief and qualification on all
Sides It seemed to be the general
belief that if he had successfully
that day would bring him new lease
of life However, this hope did not
relieve the anxiety and the bulletin
boards were surrounded by large
crowds and telephone calls were even
more frequent than on the previous
day.
Wednesday the Harrison home was
closed to newspaper men. Tuesday
and Tuesday night the house was
practically besieged by representa-
tives of the local papers and CORE
spondents of foreign papers, until it
was apparent that change of ar
rangements for furnishing bulletins
would be necessary. Accordingly it
was arranged to give out the bulle
tins only by telephone. Newspaper
men who called at the house were
courteously informed that they could
not gain admittance. but that any in
formation they might want would be
given them by telephone.