The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-08-07
MRS. WOODROW WILSON
PASSES QUIETLY AWAY
A Woman Beautiful in Form and
Life and of High Ideals.
GLOOM OVER THE NATION.
Her Last Thoughts Were of Her Hus-
band, Whose Counsellor and
Helper She Had Been.

VI lhS OullSu oIdleS, uleu at Jne
White House at 5 o'clock this after
noon. Death came after 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 we'll
under the strain. however, and de-
voted himself TO his daughters
The end can while Mrs. Wilson
was unconscious Her illness took a
turn for the worse shortly before l
o'clock this afternoon and from then
on she gradually grew weaker.
Kneeling at the bedside at the end
were the President and their three
daughters. DR.. Cary T. Grayson. L.
S. ~, and a nurse were i'm the room.
and just outside "A door were Secre-
tary McAdoo and Francis b. Sayre,
Mr.. Wilson'S son-in-law. and Mr.
Tumulty, his secretary
CONGRESS ADJOURNS.
Both houses of Congress adjourn
ed when Mrs. Wilson's death was an
nounced, and for brief time the
wheels of the government virtually
stopped.
The beginning of the end came at
10 o'clock this morning when DR.. f..
F.. Davis of Philadelphia, who had
been called in for consultation, real
izcd the time for hope had passed.
He took the President into the Red
Room and there in a broken voice
told him the truth. Mr.. Wilson's
face blanched. but he bore the shock
we'll. He was informed the end was
question of hours.
PRESIDENT TELLS DAUGHTERS.
Mr.. Wilson then took his daugh-
ters, Mrs. McAdoo. Mrs. Sayre and
Miss Margaret Wilson aside and told
them. Until ther they had thought
there was chance for the recovery.
From that timo on the President
and his daughters remained con-
stantly at the bedside. The Presi
dent held his wifes hand and the
three daughters were grouped near
! by. Until she became unconscious
Mrs. Wilson frequently nodded to
one or the other and smiled cheer.
fully.
During the day Mrs. Wilson spok .
| to DR.. Grayson about the President
OF whose health she though more
than she did of her own.
TAKE CARE OF HUSBAND.
"Promi"e me-" she whispered
family, chat if go, you will take
care of my husband" it was the
same touch Of devotion which she so
many times had repeated her con-
ssant anXietr having besL mat the
President might not worry about Cr
.Cf be disJu"l ed i'm official tasks.
The President returned to the sick
room from the last conference with
the doctor his three daughters lean
ing on his arm. Fr1Tu1 Bow?e
Sayre ana Secretary McAdoo, AID
Secretary TUmulty stay I'd outside Il @
Goor Mr.. Wilson lap sd into un-
Consciousness but ra' reh. BY /
o'clock she began to s!nI. rapidly.
She still could recognize those about
her and looked cheerfully toward
them and smiled.
BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS.
At o'clock Mrs. Wilson still was
conscious but her strength almost
had departed and a 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 gdznd
longingly into her eyes in the hope
that she might speak again but she
could not.
The sun was casting it's long Shad-
ows from the Potomac to the south
grounds cOloring the fountains, gar
dens and elms.
DEATH COMES AT FIVE.
There was hushed stiffness in the
upper apartments. All eyes were
turned toward the southwest corner
OF the house. Just at the hour OF
five, death came. The President and
his daughters were In tears. Secre-
tary Tumulty walked slowly to the
executive Offices, his head bowed.
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