The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-07
NATl0N JOINS
 WITH CHIEF IN
 MOURNING WIFE
Messages of Coincidence Pour In Upon United States
 President.
EXECUTIVE GIVES
 WAY TO GBIEVE
Definite Arrangements For Burial Of Mrs. Wilson
 Put Off For Day.

gHashington, Aug. 7.-AEessages from every part Of the United States and. from abroad poured 1nto enc White House today bearing sympath etie ex- lnressfons forA Pr resident Wilson and his daughters on the aakh of Mrs. Wilson.
 Bearing up we'll under his deep grief the President went to his desk early today to sign a few importa papers but returned immediately to 4lae White House where the flag Hut tered at half staff and the shades at hthe windows were drawn esates to lst7e grounds were closed, only the most pressing business WAS transacted at the executive offices and attachfs ands servants, all of whom Mrs. Will son knew personally. shower their deep grief.
 procession Of carriages bringing cards and callers from the official and diplomatic circles. eireled around the White House ofnces- The Presi- dent. under the heavy strain Of do-s
 aestic legislation. the situation at nome resulting from the European crisis. the long vigil through the Mex | l1can crisis, worked unceasingly,
 His knowledge for the last few weeks that his wife was i'll to death has added hnneasurably to that bur- den and yesterday aifternoon at five o'clock when the last faint flicker of life was exdnguished. he gave way to his grief
 The cabinet meeting was cancelled ana all regular enga agements for the next few days will be put off. the President seeing only nfficials with important business
 Dehnite arrangements for the fu- neral will not be made until after the arrival of Professor Stockton Axson. AGra Wilson's brother. now on his way to Washington from Oregon
 The services in Washington, While they will be simple will be attended l by committees from the Senate and House members of the cabinet. the supreme court and other efhcials. The President spent a comparatively quiet night but according to those { who saw him today was feeling a re- action and full realization of his loss
 The President sent direct word to the leaders of the Senate and House and the heads of government depart ments that it was his wish that the regular business continue and that the lowering Of the flags to half staff be fife only public recognition of Mrs Wdlsons death. He was de5rous that Congress continue in session without int rrup4ton-
 Mrs W1Isonss body was kept today in the room where she died in the southwestern corner of the White House on The second uoor oVeriOokInS the Potomac
 The President went into the room at midnight last night and again sew era1 times today and sat alone. Other members Of the family went in from lime to time but even intimate friends We're kept out
 Every effort was made by his friends to divert the President'sN mind from khis grief Flowers began to arrive at the White House early and continued ! throughout tn day. They were sent by people from all wafhs of lie.
 At 5 o'clock exactly, as Dr.. Grayson leaned over his patient, he realized that the end had come and he mur- : mured a word to the President Mir Wilson's head fell forward in silent grief while the daughters who were I also gathered about the deathbed, sop- bed. The Rev. Sylvester Beach, of Princeton N.J., an old friend of the Wilson family, who performed the mar riages of Mrs. McAdoo and Mrs. sayre. probably will of1ciate at the funeral.
 The mother and father of Mrs Will son are buried in Myrtle HiII cemetery in Rome, Ga. and several telegraIns were received today from girlhood friends expressing their sympathy and asking that she be brought back home ?,
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