The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1908-07-02

rapidly down ibaNaiu avenue 10 lHt
Cleveland residence.
Mr.. Stead as he stepped on the porch
hung the customary knot of crepe beside
the door and then entered the house.
Mrs Cleveland j. Frustrated and only
a few of the sympathetic neighbors have
been able 70 see her. When the nearby
friends beard of the eX-Presdent's
death many of them hurried to West
land to render whatever assistance they
could.
His Long Illness.
Mr.. Cleveland was Il years old on
March Is last. During the past winter
Mr. Cleveland kept close to his home
until the approach Of his birthday, when
he went t. Lakewood with his family.
II was "A trustee of the Equitable Life
Assurance society Of New York and up
to the time of his going TO Lakewood
had attended to correspondence III CON
nection with his duties for that society.
After he went to Lakewood, however,
he discontinued that work and it soon
developed that Mr.. Cleveland was Suf-
fering from an attack of digestive trou-
BILE which he had experienced many times
before.
Mr.. Cleveland was attended by Or.
Joseph -. Bryant of New York, and Or.
George X. Lockwood. a specialist in
a.
tation. Or Bryant made frequent visits
to the distinguished patient. Mr. Cleve-
land occupied suite of rooms on the
second floor of the Lakewood hotel at
Lakewood and was constantly attended
by Dr. Gaudcnicr, the physician at
tachcd to the house in addition TO the
visits Of Dr. Bryant.
The fact that Mr.. Cleveland remained
ut the hotel after 4 had long been closed
to all other guests, and that for many
weeks no attempt was made to take the
former President to his home here in
Princeton. only a short distance away,
cary made it evident that Mr.. Cleve-
lands condition was regarded as very
serious.
End Comes as Shock.
ON May ! report became current
which was said 10 have come from one
of the officers os the Equitable Life As
surauce company that Mr.. Cleveland was
suffering from cancer of the stomach.
This was promptly denied by Mr.. Park
Ter, the secretary of the trustees of the
society who afterwards acted for Mrs.
cleveland in issuing statements of the
condition of the former President, Mr..
Parker said that Mr. Cleveland was suf-
fcrilg from one of his periodical attacks
of stomach trouble, and that that was all.
Mr. Cleveland remained at Lakewood
for several weeks thereafter and constant
reports Of Improvement in his condition
were issued from the hotel. About
month ogo he had sufficiently recovered
to hr tal,cu To- bis home here, making the
Journey in an ant pmOblr.
Yesterday II was reported again that
Or. Bryant had been called to Mr..
Clevcmnd's home, Inquiries made rs to
the reason for this visit brought rcas-
~uriug answers and it was not publicly
known until th" announcement Of his
death today that Nh. Ciorcland's Illness
had again assumed q critical phase
The news of his death, therefore, came
with great uucNucrlcdncsS To tile public
and it is believed, also To many OF the
friends and admirers of the "N-Ircsident.
Princeton in Sorrow.
The death of Mr. Cleveland came as
A shock to the people Of Princeton. who
were proud of their fellow citizen They
have always had q warm spot for both
the cX-Prcsidcnt and Mrs. Cleveland.
because they selected Princeton rs their
home after they left the white house.
Ills death to them was not in the least
expected and many nj frs refused to be
iovr the news. Flags aIl over Princeton
are at half staff.
From another, but trustworthy source,
il is learned that Mr. Cleveland h,"0m"
quite III yesterday ana mat ms cunt'-
ton was serious during the night, though
the physicians did not consider him So
III n to expect death So soon.
Death Not Expected.
There seems To have been an effort
of the physicians To- keep til" scriousacss
Of the ry-irrSidynt' condition from tho
public When Mrs Cleveland was seen
last night 10y reporter for the ASSo-
ciatod Press she chattcd pleasantly. She
manifested no anxiety over her hus-
bands illness, aud when the visit of the
physicians was referred to as appearing
significant She sad there was no ucca-
sion for alarm Mrs. Cleveland either
did not know IA, seriousness of the rN-
Presidents condition or did not desire to
tell
hrs Lockwood and Bryant came here
ut l:2l p. IA, Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleveland celebrated the twenty second
anniversary If their wedding here On
Jun" =. tn" affair was very quiet be
cause Of Mr., ClevcIauds Hines \ large
wedding cake containing twenty-five can
dies was sent to them by some of their
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