Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-07
Wife of President Wilson Sue
cumbs to Grim Reaper While
Bereaved Family Stand ST.
lent at Her Bedside,
CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS
COMPLETELY UNNERvED
Entire Nation Nouns Passing
Away of Gracious and Tai
ented Woman Who Left
Her Impress on History.

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Washington. Aug. G.-Mrs Wood
row Wilson, wife of the president of
the United states. died at the White
House at o'clock this afternoon.
Death came after a brave struggle Of
months against Bright's disease, with
complications.
The president was completely un-
nerved by the shock and his grief
was 'heartrending. 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 a
turn COR the worse shortly after /
o'clock this afternoon and from then
on she grew gradually weaker.
Family kneeIs at Bedside.
Kneeling at the bedside at the end
were the president and their three
daughters. DR.. Cary r. Grayson. Z.
s. n. and a nurse were IN the room
and just outside door were Seere-
tary McAdoo and Francis b sayre,
Mrs Wilson's sons-ln-law, and Sec
retary Tumulty.
Both houses OF congress adjourned
when Mrs. Wilson'S death was an
nouneed and for brief while 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. r..
P. Davis of Philadelphia, who had
been called in for consultation real
lied that the time for hope had
passed. lie took the president into
the red room of the White House and
there I'm a broken voice told him the
truth. Mr.. Wilson's face blanched,
but he bore the shock well lie was
Informed the end was only a question
of hours.
Mr.. Wilson then took his daugh-
tcrs. Mrs w. q. McAdoo, Mrs. Sayre
and Miss Margaret Wilson, aside and
told them Of their mothers condi-
ton. Until then they had thought
there was a chance for recovery.
Exacts Promise of Doctor.
From that time on the president
and his daughters remained constant
ly at Mrs Wilson's bedside. The pres
ident held his wife's hand and the
three daughters were grouped nearby.
Until she became unconscious, Mrs.
Wilson frequently nodded to one or
the other and smiled cheerfully. Dur
ing the day Mrs. Wilson spoke to DR..
Grayson about the president. whose
health she thought more about than
she did of her own.
promise me-" she whispered faint
Is. that If | go. you will take care
of my husband"
II was the same touch OF devotion
which she had so many times repeat
ed--her constant anxiety having been
that the president might not worry
about her or be disturbed in his Off
cial tasks
The president returned to the sick
room from the last conference with
the doctors, his three daughters lean
ing on his arm. Francis Bowes Sayre
and Secretary MeAdoo, and Secretary
Tumulty stayed outside the door
Mrs. Wilson lapsed into uncon-
seriousness, but rallied. BY o'clock
she began to sink rapidly. She could
stll recognize those about her, how
ever. and looked cheerfully toward
them with the same sweet smile that
will linger long in the memory Of the
many who knew her. II was char
acteristc expression of sweetness
which officials and their families as
well as people in the slums whom she
had befrlended had learned to love.
strength Almost Gone.
At 2 o'clock Mrs. Wilson was still
but her strength had al
most departed and few minutes lat
er she sank into the sleep of uncon-
sciousness, from which she never
awoke. For three hours the presi
dent and his three daughters gazed
into her eyes in the hope
that she might speak to them again,
but she could not.
The sun was casting its long shad-
ows from the Potomac to the south
grounds coloring the fountains, gar
dens and elms.
There was a hushed stiffness in the
upper apartments. All eyes were
turned toward the southwest corner
Of the house.
Just at the hour Of s death came.
The president and his daughters were
in tears. Secretary Tumulty walked
slowly 10 the executive offices, his
head bowed. Quietly he announced to