The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-08-15
MRS. WILSON DIES;
PRESIDENT ANDH|S
!, KIN FRUSTRATED
Father and Daughters at Bedside
When End Comes Con-
gress Adiourns.
FLAGS PLACED AT HALF-MAsT
Last Thought Of First Lady Of the
Land 10 for Her Husband
Asks Doctor ITO Care for
Woodrow"


Wilson died at the White House. She
was the second wife of president to
die in the executive mansion, the first
being BENJAMIN Harrison's first wife.
Mrs. Wilson's death was peaceful.
The president held her hand when she
passed away. Her three daughters.
Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre. Mrs. VIII
liam G. McAdoo and Miss Margaret
Wilson. knelt at her bedside.
She had been unconscious for about
three hours before the end. but about
two o'clock reused herself and smiled
family at her dear ones. She was
too weak to. speak to them. Those at
the bedside not relatives were the six
consulting physicians and the nurses
from the naval hospital.
Months Of constant illness. which
began with nervous breakdown, ag-
grayated by a fall on the White House
floor, with an injury to her spine. and
then Brights disease. SO weakened the
noted patient and Slapped her vitality
that the White House physicians.
among whom were some Of the ablest
specialists called in consultation, re-
luctantly admitted they had little
hope and feared 1t was but the ques-
ton of days. and probably hours, be-
fore the end.
About the middle OF the forenoon
Mrs. Wilson stirred and called for
Doctor Grayson.
Doctor" she said. family, Il am
going away. want you to promise
me to take good care Of Woodrow"
And Doctor Grayson promised her
faithfully that he would.
House and Senate Adjourn.
Officials of the White House imme-
diately notified the vice-president,
members of the cabinet and Speaker
Champ Clark, Representative Under
wood and Senator Kern Of the sad oc-
currehce. The house and senate I'M
mediately adjourned. A resolution
was put through the house which
provided for the appointment OF q
house committee consisting OF the
speaker. and one member from each
state to represent the house at the
funeral. The announcement was made
In the senate by Majority Leader Sem
ator Kern.
The president and his daughters
were Frustrated with grief and their
long vigil at the bedside Of the wife
and mother. The president bore up
bravely and tried manfully to comfort
his weeping daughters.
FLAGS at Half-Mast.
The sad news quickly spread
through Washington and flags were
run at half-mast. A mass OF condo
lences poured into the White House.
OmciaI and resident society FASTENED
to leave cards of sympathy.
The fear that Mrs. Wilson's illness
would result fatally hung like pail
about the capitol all day and the news
from the war center In Europe was
dwarfed into insignificance.
Doctor Grayson was unstinting IN
his praise of Mrs. Wilson's bravery
and said that during her long ana
painful illness she bore herself unfal-
terinsly. He said:
II never saw q woman who suffered
30 keenly and endured 1t with such
courage. I think that Mrs. Wilson frst
realised that she was to die wednesday
morning, when her daughters, MRS.
Sayre and Miss Margaret, were called
home. She knew that this would not
have happened unless the end was
near. From that time she accepted II
A inevitable and went without fear
or tremor into the Valley OF Death.
She was a wonderful woman"
II is reported that one OF MIS-. WI
sons last statements was:
Il will pass away more peacefuiiy
II the alley bill 1t passed"
Congress- was stirred to the heart
when II learend that Mrs. Wilson mao
thus spoken Of the pending lesisla'
ton to remedy the dreadfukslum con-
ditions In Washington. an object dear
to her heart.
Word was then sent to the White
House that the bill would soon be Q
law and the president told MIS- VII.
son. cheering her UNNECESSARILY. Very
quickly aftsrward the senate passed
the bin and before many days the
elimination OF the Washington alleys
viii Be I possibility AZ q living me
modal TO the gentle thoughtfulness Of
the frst lady of the land.
Ind 10 Peaceful.
shoetly before her death the At