Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-08-08
president seeing only officials witt
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president seeing only officials with
important business.
Definite arrangements for the
funeral will not be made known until
after the arrival from Oregon of Prof.
Stockton Arson, brother of Mrs. Will
son The services in Washington will
be strictly private. Time and place
of burial have not been decided.
The president spent comparatively
quiet night, but, according to those
who saw him today, was feeling Il re-
action and a full realization of his
loss
Special telegraph operators were
brought to the white house to handle
the numerous messages from every
state. Most of them contained ref
erence to Mrs. Wilson's regard for
the unfortunates. Many praised the
president for his great bravery.
| According to present arrangements,
the regular business of the govern
ment will not be interrupted except
at the time of the funeral. Because OF
the presidents desire that the pending
trust legislation be hurried through
congress the senate resumed its regu-
lar session today.
Secretary Lane and Postmaster
General Burleson and other officials.
including Senator Kern, the majority
leader of the senate, were early callers
at the white house today to offer
their services.
George Howe Of North Carolina,
nephew of the president, and Edward
r. Brown of Atlanta, Ca, and other
relatives, arrived at the white house.
Joseph r. Wilson, brother of Presi-
dent, came over from Baltimore last
night. Mrs. Edward Elliott, Mrs.
Wilson's only sister, cannot come to
Washington at present because OF Ill
ness. She is in California.
Wants Little Ceremony.
The president sent direct word to
the leaders of the senate and the
heads of government departments
that it was his wish that the regular
business continue and that the lower
inc of flage to half mast be the only
public recognition of Mrs. Wilson's
death. He was DESTROYS that con-
gress continue in session. y
The president has also expressed
the direct desire that the funeral serv-
ices be as simple as possible.
Dies at O'clock.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the
president of the United States, died at
the white house at 5 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Death came after brave
struggle of months against br1ght's
disease with complications.
The president was completely I'M
nerved by the shock and his grief was
heart rending. He bore well under the
strain however, and devoted himself to
his daughters.
The end came while Mrs. Wilson
was unconscious. Her illness took
turn for the worse shortly before
O. clock in the afternoon and from then
on she grew gradually weaker.
Kneeling at the bedside at the end
were the president and their three
daughters, DR.. Cary 7. Grayson, U. s.
N, and a nurse were in the room and
lust outside door were Secretary NC
Adoo and Francis B. Sayre, Mr.. Will
sons sons-in-law, and Mr.. Tumulty, his
secretary.
Both house Of congress adjourned
when Mrs. Wilson's death was an
nounced and for brief time the
wheels of the government practically
SlODUSu, W lllc cNOA SOAC PStAN ASeSOO
to the loss of the president.
Hope ls Abandoned.
The beginning of the end came at
10 O'Clock Thursday morning when Dr..
E. P. Davis of Philadelphia, who had
been called in for consultation, real
lied that the time for hope had passed.
He took the president into the red
room of the white house and there in
a broken voice told him the truth. Mr..
Wilson's face blanched, but he bore
the shock well. He was Informed the
end was only a question of hours.
Mr.. Wilson then took his daughters,
Mrs. w. G. McAdoo, Mrs. Sayre and
Miss Margaret Wilson aside and told
them of their mothers condition. Un-
til then they had thought there was a
/ chance for her recovery.
! From that time on the president and
his daughters remained constantly at