Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-25

from an attack OF digestive trouble which
he had experienced many times before.
Mr.. Cleveland was attended by DR.. 10
seph d. Bryant Of this city and Or. George
r.. Lockwood, a specialist in lung disor-
ders. was called into consultation. DR..
Bryant made frequent visits to the distln-
gulshed patient at Lakewood. Mr.. C.eve-
land occupied a suite Of rooms on the sec
ond floor Of the Lakewood hotel at Lake.
wood and was constantly attended by DR..
GARDENER, the physician attached to tho
house, in addition to the visits Of Or.
Bryant.
The fact that MI Cleveland remained at
the hotel after It had long been closed to
all other guests and that for many weeks
no attempt was made to take ;he former
president to his home in Princeton. only
a short distance away, early made it evil
dent that Mr.. Cleveland's condition was
regarded as very serious.
Continued TO Improve.
On May / a report became current. which
was said to have come from one of the
officers. of the Equitable Life Assurance
society, that Mr.. Cleveland was suffering
from cancer of the stomach. This was
promptly denied by Mr.. Parker, the secre-
tary of the trustees Q: the society, who
afterward acted for Mrs. Cleveland in is
suing statements OF the condition of the
former president. Mr.. Parker said that
Mr.. Cleveland was suffering from one of
his periodical attacks Of stomach trouble
and that was all.
Mr.. Cleveland remained at Lakewood for
several weeks thereafter and constant re
ports OF Improvement in his condition were
issued from the hotel. About a month ago
he had sufficiently recovered to be taken
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Journey in an automobile. yesterday 1t
was reported again that DR.. Bryant had
been called to Mr.. Cleveland's home in
Princeton. Inquiries made as TO the reason
for his visit brought reassuring answers
and it was not publicly known until the
announcement of his death today that
| Mr.. Cleveland's illness had again assumed
q critical phase.
The news Of his death therefore came
with great unexpectedness to the pubic
and, 1t is believed, also to many of the
friends and admirers of the former presi-
dent.
The surviving cabinet officers of Presi-
dent Cleveland are Secretary Of State Rich
ard Olney. Secretaries of the Treasury
John G. Carlisle and Charles S. Fairchild,
Secretaries Of the Interior d. r. Francis,
Hoke Smith and w. F.. Villas, Attorney
General JuoSOn harmon ana ~BOSlHdStef
General Don NJ. Dickinson of Detroit.
Children Not Yet Notified.
TAMwORTH. N. H., June 2L-Althougf
the death Of MI. Cleveland occurred before
9 o'clock today, no word Of II had been
received at the Cleveland summer home
here from Princeton up to l o'clock. The
news of Mr.. Cleveland's death was teie.
phoned to the manager of the estate By
the Associated Press. hut he refused e
make II known 10 the household. He ex
planned that there had been so many ru
mors concerning Mr.. Cleveland's condition
that he would not communicate with tn,
members OF the household here until h,
had received word from a personal frienC
OF the family in Princeton. These, he said
were his instructions.
At the present time Mrs. H. f. Perrins
Mrs. Cleveland's mother, is at the Cleve
land home here. With Mrs. Perrine ar
the Cleveland characterization, RichaF,
and Francis. The Cleveland place is in al
Isolated district. far from the railroad an
{ telegraph lines. The Cleveland children
and Mrs. Perrine have been here about
month.
! President TO Attend Funeral.
OYSTER BAY. June 2t.-President Roose
velE will go to Princeton TO attend tn
J Cleveland funeral Friday. The arrange
ments for the trip have not been com
E pleted.