The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-08-14
WIFE or PRESIDENT OF UNITED
STATES is NO MORE
(By Associated Press.)


Washington, Aug. 6.-At eight
o'clock this morning the condition Of
Mrs. Wilson remained unchanged.
At ten o'clock Mrs. Wilson showed
slight Improvement over that of the
early morning. but her physicians de-
clared that her condition was alarm
ing. The president left her bedside
only long enough to sign some very
important papers.
At one o'clock this afternoon Mrs.
Wilson was being sustained by oxy-
gen and other artificial stimulants,
but her condition was considered
about the same.
Late this afternoon DR.. Grayson
said that Mrs. Wilson had had two
sinking spells this morning, but had
rallied under the effect of stimulants.
Mrs. Wilson is still conscious, but is
steadily growing weaker.
The Sad News Arrives
After her life had been sustained by
artificial stimulants for several hours,
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the
president of the United States,
breathed her last at 5 p. m.
For several days it has been known
to those in closest touch at the White
House that hope for Mrs. Wilson's re-
covery was slight. The president has
chung desperately to the hope that she
might survive the crisis, but her frail
constitution, drained by months of
never-ending illness, has been unable
to Withstand the battle.
Last March Mrs. Wilson slipped on
rug at the White House, injuring
her spine. An operation was neces-
sary. After weeks of convalescence
she finally rose from her bed, but the
burden of a winters activity at the
White House, together with charity,
brought on nervous prostration. She
was well enough to attend the we'd
ding of her second daughter, now Mrs.
William McAdoo, but her recupera-
tive powers were not lasting. Stom-
ach trouble added to her nervous all
ment and Bright's disease developed
Three weeks ago she seemed to raj
ly, and was well enough to walk, sup
ported by nurse, in the White House
grounds.
She watched with satisfaction as
gardeners laid out the Italian gar
dens which she had planned for the
south front of the executive mansion.
With her taste for the artistic devel-
oped in many years of landscape
painting, she practically had rearrang-
ed the gardening of the White House
in a symmetry of hedges and flowers.
The strain of her duties as mistress
of the White House, and her untiring
efforts to help many an unknown and
friendless person who has appealed to
her, are said to be directly RESPONSE
BILE for her breakdown. Mrs. Wilson
received many delegations which her
husband was too busy to see. Her
mail was voluminous, and she insist
ed on attending lin person to many
appeals for help that came to her. She
has been particularly active since
coming to Washington in lettering
conditions in the slums and securing
an improvement in alley conditions.
Throughout the administration of
her husband she has taken keen in
. terest in his work, lending her coun
sci and advice on many weighty
subject of state.
Mrs. Wilson was Miss Axiom of
Georgia, and the south and the whole
nation grives over the untimely death
of the gracious and greatly loved
First Lady of the Land" She was a
comparatively young woman, and her
death comes as very severe blow
to her family and friends.
Mrs. Wilson was a distant connec-
ton of Mrs. Edward Badger of this
city.