The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-24
ALTHOUGH FOR THE PAST SEW
ERAL YEARS CLEVELAND HAS
BEEN ILL, HIS DEATH CAME AS
A SHOCK.
HIS WIFE COLLAPSED
The Long Nursing of Her Husband
And Her Fight to Aid Him to
Regain His Health Was Heroic
Messages of Sympathy. .

Princeton, N. j.. June 24-Former
President Grover Cleveland died sud
denly at $40 o'clock this morning of
heart failure. DR.. Bryant who arrived
here yesterday and Mrs. Cleveland
were at the bedside when he began
to sink The Cleveland children, who
are spending the summer in New
Hampshire have been sent for.
Mrs Cleveland collapsed when she
found that her husband was dead but
was soon revived. Cleveland has been
sufferer from castro intestinal troub-
les, complicated with liver and kidney
complaint. DR.. Bryant had come to
Princeton yesterday on one Of his per-
iodical visits as family physician and
says there was no indication yester.
day that an attack of the heart was
Imminent.
While Cleveland's death was unex
pected he had been i'll for a number
of weeks and was in weakened con
dition. DR.. Bryant's visit of yester
fay was not occasioned by any alarm
ing condition of the patient and last
night Cleveland apparently was in
good spirits and health and seemed
better than for some time
In the afternoon he took little out
door air exercise and retired at the
usual hour. DR.. Bryant intended to
return to New York last night but for.
tunately he and Mrs Bryant accepted
an invitation to remain until today.
When the Cleveland's returned to
Princeton about June 1, the removal
OF Mr.. Cleveland was made in an auto
mobile owned by John Hays Hamon
travelling from Lakewood. at an easy
pace.
After arriving here Cleveland's con.
dition apparently improved and the
children were sent with Mrs. Perrine
their grandmother, to New Hampshire
The direct cause of the death is Civ.
en- as heart failure complicated with
pulmonary prombosis and cedema"
News of the death spread instantly
and messages Of condolences began to
pour in. the first being from C. w
Fairbanks. President Roosevelt and
Secretary Taft.
Wife Was Unaware.
Mrs. Cleveland in discussing her
husbands health just few hours be-
fore his death, had the following to
say: "Mr. Cleveland is daily gaining
strength. 1t is true that DR.. Bryant
Is here. but this is his first trip since
Mr.. Cleveland was brought back from
the Lakewood hotel. 1t is only one
of the occasional visits which he pays
us. Mr.. Cleveland is rapidly improv
ing and we are very sanguine for his
future"
i, The death of the former president
today ends one of the most stubborn
fights for life ever chronicled. Fol
many years Mr.. Cleveland suffered
and in that time there have beer
many rumors of his death.
When Mr.. Cleveland was removed
from Lakewood to his Princeton resi-
dence. he looked weak and peaked and
the trip was made slowly, the chauf
feur taking more than two hours fol-
1t. MIR. Cleveland at that time was at.
tended almost constantly by DR.. Grove
of Lakewood
Wife Was Faithful.
Ex-President Cleveland had been in,
yited to attend the conference of gov.
ernors at Washington. but was too i'll
to be present. Through all the lone
fight for health, the one bright spot in
the battle against disease has been the
Cleveland. She was constantly at her
husbands bedside and no fatigue was
too great il it alleviated the suffering
of her husband.
The collapse of Mrs. Cleveland a,
sonce after her husbands death, mark,