Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1908-07-02
Death Claims Aged and Dlstln-
guished Ex-President.
END UNEXPECTED.
heassurances Caused Friends to Re
Cnprcpared for the Announcement,
OF the Statesman's Deatb-OnIv
Mrs. Cleveland and the Physicians
at the Bedside.

Grover Cleveland. twice president
OF the United States, died at $40
O'Clock Wednesday morning 81, hi,
nome "Westland," in Princeton NJ
d. where he had lived since hi. -,
'reiiient as the nations chief erecu-
1--WE, almost twelve years ago
men the end came. which w,,
Suuueh' there were in the death
cnamper o the second floor of The
residence. Mrs. Cleveland Dr L.
d. Bryant of New York Mr. C,o,,s
lands family physician and a,
.'euu' Dr. Geo. II. Lockwood. also
NC" tork, and DR.. John NJ. Car
ochan of Princeton.
AN ofhcial statement given out and
signed 10y the three physians g.y.
'e"iI trouble, superinduced Inv sto,n-
ecu ana kidney ailments of long
standing. as the cause of do,th
Whlie Mr.Cleveland had been in No.
'ea''h Tor the last two wears ana
"u 'ost loo pounds i'm weight b;a
"'a'n came unexpectedly.
some three weeks apo bo
prought home from Lakewood whoro
MS condition for n time wac smo,,
that the hotel at which - o"
10y ins was Kept open after its reg
Sedson because he was too III
:" &c moved. But when Mr.. CIevo-
ANA was brought back to Princeton
"e showed signs of Improvement and
gained hve pounds in weight
Although confined to his room con
'""ousiv after his return to Prince
w" II was not until. yesterday that
vi cleveland condition aroused nm
e"SineSs on the part of Mrs. Cleve-
ana Undoubtedly affected by the
neat Mr.. Cleveland showed sipns -,
heart failure and Mrs. Cleveland t.,o
phohed for DR.. Bryant. DIR Iock
wood followed DR.. BRYANT from, NJ,
ork ana when they reached Prince
,oh' Dr. Carochan. Mr.. Cleveland
.ocal physician, was also called In
o"riES the evening Mr.. Cleveland
seemed to rally and Mrs. Cleveland
'eit assured that 1T was mere,v
thother of the many attacks NJ
Cleveland had suffered.
MT. Cleveland became worse dur-
"e 'he night and Mrs. Cleveland was
caiIeu TO the bedside of her husband
me distinguished patient sank info
uhconSciousness from which he re-
covered at times only to suffer n
re'apse. This continued throughout
.he night and early morning. The
irSI tune ne became unconscious was
ABOUT two hours before he died
peath was peaceful. Just before hs
uied MI Cleveland sought to saw
audible
something but his words were in
me text of the official statement
given out after Mr.. Cleveland's death
was as follows
Mr. Cleveland for many years
mad suffered from repeated attack,
OF gastritis. of intestinal origin. Also
ne had long-standing organic dis
ease OF the heart and kidneys. Heart
laiiure' complicated with pulmonary
thrombosis and oedema was the
immediate cause of his death"
some two or three hours later Dr
riyant' Ill answer to & question. said
mat the heart failure which occa-
stoned death was induced within "a
hours of the end and death was final
~ due to that" thus corroborating
the unofficial information that Mr.,
Cleveland began to grow worse Tues-
day afternoon
The news Of Mr.. Cleveland's death
came as sudden shock to the peo-
pie OF Princeton, as IL did to the
people of the rest of the world. AS
the news spread about the university
hags were placed at half staff and
everybody expressed regrets and ex-
tolled Mr.. Cleveland's virtues.