Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-07-03
CLEVELAND
PASSES AWAY.
FORMER PRESIDENT DIES SUDDEN
LY AT HIS PRINCETON
HOME.
NATION SHOCKED BY NEWS.
Deceased Had Long Been Sufferer from
an Insidious Intestinal
Trouble.
NATION SHOCKED BY NEWS.
INCIDENTS OF HIS LAST HOURS.

PRINCETON, N. J., June 24.-Grov-
er Cleveland, former President Of the
United States, died suddenly at his home
at Westland here at $40 o'clock this
morning. Death was due to heart tall
ure complicated with other diseases.
The passing away Of Mr.. Cleveland was
not Immediately announced but was de-
layed until an official statement had been
prepared by the physicians who had
been attending him in the various per-
iods of his illness.
The statement is as follows: MIR
Cleveland for many years had suffered
from repeated attacks Of gastro-intestinal
origin. Also he had long standing or
ganic disease of the neart and kidneys.
Heart failure complicated with pulmon-
airy thrombosis and oedema were the i'm
mediate cause Of his DEATH"
When asked for further details con-
corning Mr.. Cleveland's death, DR.. Bry-
ant said: "The heart failure which oc-
casioned death was induced within
twenty-four hours of the end and death
was finally due to that"
Scores of kilograms are pouring into
the Cleveland home from various parts
of the country offering coincidence and
sympathy.
was stationed at the entrance to West
land to prevent intruders from collect
ing on the grounds of the Cleveland
home.
The funeral will be held on Friday,
June &c and will be strictly private.
His Death Shock.
While Mr.. Cleveland had been serious
~ i'll from time to time the announce
ment of his death came like a thunder
bolt to those who had been watching his
illness.
Last night there was a slight furry
among the friends of the Clevelands that
something was seriously wrong with the
ex-President. This was occasioned by
visit of DR.. Bryant of New York, Mr..
Clevelands physician for many years.
Mrs. Cleveland later in the evening dis
cussing DR.. Bryant's visit said that
there was no occasion for alarm and
that Mr.. Cleveland was getting along
nicely. This reinsurance totally unpre-
pared their friends for the announcement
Of his death.
Mrs Cleveland at Bedside.
Mrs. Cleveland was at home when her
distinguished husband passed away. The
children are at the Cleveland summer
home at Tamworth, n. H., in charge of
Mrs. Perrine. Mrs. Cleveland's mother.
wood. where the former President lay
sick for many weeks, on June l, and in
tended to go to their summer home as
soon as Mr.. Cleveland had gained suf-
fcient strength to travel.
rThe former President died in bed in the
second story front room. Those at the
bedside when the end came were Mrs
Cleveland and the three physicians. The
,nly other persons in the house at the
time were a number of servants.
Drs. Bryant and Lockwood. who came
| here from New York early yesterday
evening. remained at the Cleveland
| home all night, as was their custom when
thew visited Princeton. While Mrs. Cleve-
| land did not wish to alarm her friends
| last night by telling them that her hus
| band was again quite i'll. and in fact as
| sured them that he was doing well, it be-
came known today that he took slight
| turn for the worse during the afternoon.
There was nothing alarming in his CON
| dition, it was thought by the physicians.
| and the former President passed fairly
good night notwithstanding the oppres-
| sva heat.
When Drs. Bryant and Lockwood Wis
tied their patient this morning they found
him ''indisposed.' as one of them
| termed it, DR.. Carnochan, who lives
! in Princeton. was asked to step over to
the house This was before o'clock.
Shortly after that hour Mr.. Cleveland
seemed to fail The physicians recog
| nized instantly the symptoms. I'M
mediately arrangements were made to
combat the attack.
With every resource at hand the ply
sicians worked over their patient. Final
! " he lapsed into Inconsistencies and the
| end came at $40 o'clock.
Shock to the Wife.
It Is believed that the terrific heat
of the last few days contributed in a
great degree to the sudden death of Mr.
| Cleveland.
The scene in the bedroom immediate
| " before and after the death Of the
distinguished patient cannot here be
recorded, as the three physicians refused
to refer to the subject.
AS soon as the widow could recover
herself, she summoned a servant and
asked that Prof. Andrew T. West of
Princeton university, close. Intimate
friend and neighhor. and Prof. John D.
| Hibbin. also of Princeton and a neigh
| Dor, be sent for. They came instantly
and rendered whatever assistance they
could. kilograms were prepared to Mrs.
| Perrine and the children at Tamworth
and about a dozen other relatives who
are scattered all over the country. Up
to this time no one outside the Cleveland.
| West and Hibbin families knew of what
| had occurred. Mrs. Cleveland then re-
quested Prof. West to inform the Asso-
| ciated Press of the death of her husband
| and messenger was sent for to take
the kilograms to the telegraph office.
In the meantime the undertaken, John
| A Stead of Princeton. was sent for. and
| the first other neighbors knew that their
/ distinguished neighhor had passed away