Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-07
Mrs. Woodrow
 Wilson is Dead
END CAME AFTER BRAVE sTRue
 GLE OF MONTHS
PRESIDENT UNNERvED
By the shoek-His Grief Was Heart rending = Beloved and Cultured Woman Suecumbed to Brisht's Dis ease With Complications.

ease With Complications.
 Washington, Aug. 6-Mrs Woodrow Wilson, wife of the President of the United States, died at the White House at five o'clock this afternoon Death came after a brave struggle of months against Brfght's disease with complications
 The president was completely un- nerved by the shock and his grief was heard rending. He bore up we'll under the strain, however. and devoted him. self to his daughters
 End Game While Unconscious.
 The end came while Mrs. Wilson was unsconscious. Her illness took a turn for the worse shortly before o'clock in the afternoon and from then on she grew gradually weaker.
 President kneIt at Bedside.
 Kneeling at the bedside at the end were the president and their three daughters. Dr. Cary T. Grayson, U. S. N., and a nurse were in the room and McAdoo. and Francis S. Sayre. MT. Wilson's sons-in-law and MT. Tumul . ty, his secretary.
 Congress Adjourned. Both houses of congress adjourned when Mrs. Wilson's death was an- nounced and for brief time the wheels Of the government practically stopped, while every one paid respect to the loss of the president. The beginning of the end came at 10 o'clock this morning, when Dr. E. P. Davis of Philadelphia. who had been called in, for consultation, real ized that the time for hope had pass ed. He took the president into the Red Room of the White House and there in broken voice told him the | truth. MT. Wilson's face blanched 1 but he bore the shock we'll He was | informed that the end was only a | question of hours.
 Mir 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 6 | chance for her recovery.
 Smiled Till She Became Unconscious
 From that time on the president ana | his daughters remained constantly al Mrs Wilson's bedside. The president held his wife's hand. and the three l daughters were grouped nearby. Un. l til she became unsconscious Mrs. Will sor nodded to one or the other ana smiled cheerfully.
 SoIicitious For Her Husband. | During the day Mrs. Wilson spok, | to Dr. Grayson about the president | whose health she thought more abou than she did of her own.
 Promise me" she whispered faint. ! ly. that if I go. you will take car, of my husband"
 It was the same touch of devotion | which she had so many times repeat l ed-her constant anxiety having beer that the president might not worr, | A~~I-- l. r. A IL ficial tasks.
 Lapsed Into Unsconsciousness.
 The president returned to the sicl room from the last conference with thu doctor. his three daughters fearing or l his arm. Francis Bowes Sayre ant i Secretary McAdoo and Secretary Tu multy stayed outside the door. Mrs 1 Wilson lapsed iSto unconsciousnes l but rallied By one o'clock she began | ognize those about here. however, ant | looked cheerfully toward them wit | the same sweet smile that will linge l long in the memory of the many wh' knew her. It was a characteristic ex | pression of sweetness which official l and their families as well as people fl the slums whom she had befriendet had learned to love.
 Sank Into Last Sleep.
 At o'clock, Mrs Wilson was stil | conscious but her strength had al most departed and a few minutes late 1 she sank into the sleep of unconscious ness from which she never awoke. Flo 1 three hours the president and hi ! three daughters gazed longingly int l her eyes in the hope that she migh | speak to them again but she coul not. The sun was casting its lon shadows from the Potomac to tn south grounds coEoring the fountains v,H NIrad i hushed stiffness in the other apart i ments All eyes were turned towar | the southwest corner of the house. Jus at the hour of five. death came. Tn president and his daughters were i tears, Secretary Tumulty walked slow bowed.
 A PaI Of Gloom.
 Quietly he announced to the cor respondents that the end had came A pail of gloom settled over the exc cutive mansion and the offices. Pres ently Dr. Grayson. his face ,haggar and worn from day and night vigi pressive silence everywhere. Secre taries, attaches, clerks and servant seemed overcome.
 Flag on White House Dropped.
 Vice President Marshall and mem l D0TS or In0 CdDiHcl anu lIlC iCehoSAo T. congres were notified Both house . promptly adjourned. The flag on tn White House was dropped, gates wer l closed and the silence of death sprea over the White House for the frs time since 1892. when Mrs. Benjami Harrison passed away.
 Funeral Arrangements Not Made. Funeral arrangements have not ye , been made. The place of burial wi : be either Rome, Ga, Mrs. Wilson childhood home or Princeton, N. where the family has lived for lyears Dr. Sylvester W. Beach. pas tor of the First Presbyterian Churc where the family has attended fc years, has visited Mrs. Wilson fire quently during her illness but wa not here today. Professor Stockto { Axon. her only brother. was enrout east from Oregon on a Union Pacifi train and was reached by telegrap at Pendleton, Oregon. with the new Members of the cabinet. justices ( supreme court, members of the dip tfomatic corps telephoned their con dolences and sent cards. From man humble homes cae9e flowers as Mir } Wilson had made many friends in tn slums and city generally h her CT