Arizona silver belt., 1901-03-21
EX.PRESIDENT HARRISON,
tiis Death Was Caused by an Attack
 of Pneumonia.

Gen. Benjamiu Harrison died at 4:45 o'clock, on the afternoon of March Is, at his home in Indianapolis. with out regaining consciousness. Ills death was quiet and painless, there being a general sinking unti the end cane, which was marked by a single gasp for breath as life departed from the DoOy of the statesman. Inc reiatves, with few exceptions, and several of the for mer Presidents old and tried friends were at the bedside when he passed away.
 Hen. Harrisop's condition was so bad Tn the mUrning, alter a restless night, that the attending physicians under stuud that the end could not be far off, aud all the bulletins sent out from the sick room were to this effect, so that the family and friends were prepared when the final blow came. The grad ual failing of the remarkable strength shown uy the patient became more no- ticeable m the afternoon, and few, moments before the end there was an npparent breakdown on the part of the SuuSISE. hS ut to thS ulS- ease against which he had been bravely bathing for so many hours. The change was noticed by the physicians, and the relatives and friends who had retired from the sick room to the h brary below were quickly summoned and reached the bedside of the general before he passed away.
 News of the death spread quickly Word was flashed from bulletin board. ot tue newspapeIs, and was thus com municated to people on their way home. Tue announcement produced the great est sorrow, nearly everyone having Durtured the hope that Gen. Harrison would recover. ln few moments the flags on all the publle buildings and most of the down town business blocks were hoisted at half mast. and other outward manifestations of mourning were made.
 None of Gen. Harrisons children was present at his death. Neither Rus sell Harrison nor Mrs. Mckee had reached the city, although both were hurrying on their way to the bedside of their dying father as fast as steam could bear them. Elizabeth, the little daughter, had been taken from the sick room by her nurse before the end came.
 The group at the bedside included Mrs. Harrison, W. H. Fl. Miller, Sam uel Miller, Rev. NJ. l.. Hsines, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. which Gen. Harrison had attended for so many years, Secretary Tibbetts, Drs. Jamisson and Dorsey, Col. Dan. Rams dell sergsent- at-arms of the United States senate and a close friend of the Ex-President, and the two nurses who have been in constant attendance at the bedside Gen. Harrison's two sisters and an aunt were also present.
 Mrs. Harrison knelt at the right hand side of the bed and her husbands right hand grasped hers, while Dr Jamieson held the left hand of the dy- ing man, counting the feeble pulse beats. In few moments after the friends had been summoned to the room, the end came, Dr. Jamieson an nouncing the sad fact. The great si- lence that fell on the sorrowing watch CTS by the bedside was broken by the voice of Dr. Haines, raised in prayer, supplicating consolation for the be- reaved wife and family, mingled with the sobs of the monrners.
 Steps were st once taken to notify the friends and relatives abroad that the end bad come. Col. Ram sdell at once dispatched telegrams to promi- nent men at the national capital, in. cluding the lhdiaHa senators. Mes sages to relatives iu other cities were also dispatched immediately.
 Gen. Harrison had been unconscious for hours before his death, the exact time when he passed iutu d comatose state being hard to determine. He spoke to no one today, and failed to recognize even his wife. The greater part of Tuesday, too, he was in semi conscious condition, altough he was at times able to recognize those at his bedside. At that time, he recognized and spoke to Mrs. Newcomer. his aunt who had just reached the home. He also spoke to Mir Miller, the words be- ing very indistinct, however, only Doctor" and "my lungs" being un- derstoOd Almost the last words he uttered were addressed to his wife, or whom he inquired, shortly before he became unconscious. The generals little daughter, Elizabeth, was brought into the sick room for few moments to see her father, and offered him "A small apple pie, which she herself had made. Gen. Harrison smiled his rec. ognitiou of the child and her gift, bnt the effort to speak was too much, and he could co nothing more to express his appreciation.
 Today, all efforts to arouse the slow ly dying man to consciousness failed, and he died without word of recog milton to any of the loved ones who surrounded him.