The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-07
MRS. WILSON DEAD;
BRAVE STRUGGLE
OF MONTHS ENDS
First Lady of Land Sinks
Quietly to Sleep and
Death.
PRESIDENT UNNERVED.
AND GRIEF IS PlTIFUL
He and His Daughters Remain at
Bedside Until End
Comes.
FALL OF GLOOM OVER COUNTRY
To Very Last, All Her Thoughts Are
for Welfare OF Her
Husband
'ALL OF GLOOM OVER COUNTRY
To Very Last, All Her Thoughts Are
for Welfare OF Her
Husband.

WASHINGTON August s.-sira
Woodrow Wilson. wife OF tho Pres,-
dent Of the United States. died at tho
White House at O'Clock this after
noon, Death came sfter brave strug-
gle OF months against Bright's disease
with complications.
The President was completely un-
heart-rending. He bore up well
under the strain. however. and de.
voted himself TO his daughters.
The end came while Mrs Wilson was,
Unconscious. Her illness took turn
for the worse shortly before O'Clock
this afternoon, and from then on she
gradually grew weaker.
kncclins at the bcdside at the end
were the President and his three
dauenters. DR.. Cary r. Grayson. L.
and Just outside door we're Secre-
I tary McAdoc and Francis r. Sayre. Mr
\ Wilson'S sons-in iaw. and Mr.. Tumulty.
\ his secretary.
Both houses Of Congress adjourned
when Mrs. Wilson's death was an
/ nounced. and for n brief time the
/ wheels OF the government virtually
\ istonped
DEGiNNING or END
COMES At 10 O'CLoCI<
The beginning OF the end came at
/ 10 O'Clock this morning. when Dr. Z.
lP Davis. OF Philadelphia. who had
been called In for consultation realized
/ tie time for hope had passed He took
tho President into tho Red Room. and
| there In :. broken voice told him tho
truth. Mr. Wilson's face blanched. but
! he bore the shock we'll He was In
formed the end was question of hours
Mr.. Wilson then took his daughters,
iMrs. McAdoo. Mrs Sayre and Miss
Margaret Wilson. aside and told them
/ Cntil then they had thought there was
q chance for her recovery
From that timc on the President
and his daughters remained constant
sly at tho bedside. The President held
th!s wife's hand. and the three daugh-
itcrs we:c grouped nearby Until she
became unconscious, Mrs. Wilson fire.
uuently nodded 10 one or the other
and smiled chcerfully.
During the day Mrs Wilson spoke
! to DR. Grayson about the President.
/ OF whose health She thought more than
she did OF her own
\ Promise me-" she whispered. family.
i that II go. you will take ear. of nv
husband" I, was the same touch Of
devotion which she so many times had
repeatcd--her constant anxiety having
heen that the President might not
worry about her or he disturbed in Of
fetal tasks
+ Tne President returned TO the sick
room. from the last conferences with
the doctor, his three daughters lean
Ing on his arm. Francis Bowes Sayre
and Secretary McAdoo and Secretary
1umulty stayed outside the door Mrs
but rallied BY l o'clock she began
TO sink rapidly She stin could rccos-
nize those about her. and looked
cheerfully toward them and smiled
SINKS INTO SLEEP FROM
WHICH SHE NEVER WAKES.
AT o'clock Mrs. Wilson still was
conscious. but her strength almost had
departed anu a few minutes later She
sank into the sleep of unconscious
ness from which she never awokc. For
three hours the President and his
three daughters gaz-d loncinglv into
her eyes In the hope that she might
speak again. but she could not The
sun was casting it's long shadows from
The Potomac to the south grounds
coloring the fountains. gardens and
clms
There was hushed stiffness in the
upper apartments. All eyes we're
turned toward the southwest corner
of tho house
Just at the hour of death came
me President and his daughters were
IN tears. Secretary Tuinulty walked
SLOWLY TO the executive Offices his
mead bowed. Quietly he announced to
come '
pail of gloom settled over the ex-
ccu,i'e mansion and the offices. Pres
ehtiF, DR.. Grayson, his face haggard
ahu worn from a day-an- night vigil,
came to the Offices. There was an I'M
pressive silence everywhere.
secretaries, attaches. clerks and
servants seemed. overcome
vice President Marshall and mem
Ders OF the Cabinet and the leaders in
Sonsress were notified. Both Houses
promptly adjourned The flag on tho
Wh'te House dropped, windows were
o,osed oms1 a., and & the silence of death spread
since 1892, when Mrs. BENJAMIN Haro
rison passed away.
Fnnefai arrangements have not been
made The place of burial viii ho
either Rome, Ga. where Mrs. vi,enu
once lived, or Princeton. n. J.. whcre
the FAMILY lived for twenty-five years
Dr. sylvester w. Beach. of the First
presbyterian Church. OF Princeton
where tho family has attended for
years, has visited Mrs. Wilson fro
guen.ly @ curing her Illness. but was
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