The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-09

first two serious attacks upon him prior
to the Spanish war. With patients w.-ll
along in years the disease IS generally
accompanied by other complications IL
is known that the medical record shows
Admiral Sampson as having suffered
for years from cephalalgia, which. is
headache not traceable 10 any imne-
date causes. The inability of sufferers
from aphasia. following one or two Sc
we're attacks of it after fifty years OF
age. to safely perform important men
tai work is universally recognized by
the medical profession.
Pathetic Attention to Duty.
The painful efforts which Admiral
Sampson must at times certainly have
been put to in trying to perform his
duty make pathetic feature OF his
naval career. The energy of Captain
chadwick in coming to mis- assistance
al intervals when the admiral's in
disposition was pronounced has been
emphasized more than once long ago.
The stress Of controversy over the IA
nous Fourth of July dispatch. after
the victory of Santiago, eventually
brought out the statement from some
OF those near him that II was not writ
ten AT all by Admiral Sampson. but by
one, OF his aides-his chief of staff
Aphasia in adult life generally marks
the breaking up OF, the brain faculties.
condition that wiz be brought Vividly
to mind by those who not a great while
after the Spanish war used to see Ad-
miral Sampson walking along the
streets in the residence section, his
frame bent. his face haggard, recOg-
nizing only vaguely. if at all, the
friends who greeted him as they
passed 1t was a favorite theme of
certain prominent newspapers to her
aid that Admiral Sampson was dying
of broken heart, due to the harsh
ness of his critics and the failure Of
the public to appreciate his great serv-
ice. Quite probably in the last year
or two Of his life he knew little or
nothing of what his critics were say
ing of him. Less than a year before he
died, while the prolonged court of in
quiry was sitting at the navy yard, the
navy department stoutly refused to
permit his appearance as a witness in
that famous proceeding.
Boutelle Had Similar Disease.
A case of aphasia with which Wash
ington was familiar not long since was
of Representative BOuteile of Maine,
whose alterations in the house were
for two or three years the surprise of
his colleagues. Some of these almost
unaccOuntable acts occurred on the
| floor while he was in charge of the
great naval appropriation bills. About
three years before his death the work
! of the committee was really performed
by the ranking Republican member,
even before it was generally known
| that Captain Boutelle was mentally in
capacitated. Finally he had two or
! three violent attacks here in Washing
| ton, and was removed to a hospital
near Boston. There he lived for some
/ thing over a year till his death.
/ A contemporaneous case was that Of
| Representative Sprague of Massaehu-
sets, during his service probably the
weaIthieSt member of the house, and,
| like Captain BoutelIe. universally pop
ular. The sad affection finally neces-
STATED his removal to a hospital in
/ New England, where, after something
more than year Of illness, the end
/ came.