The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-08-07
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The cFtsidsZ: E~c1Ered 70 the sicE
-onu. .ru1a tae last conference with
,ae toctor. his three daughters lean-
~ On h.s am Franc. 3 Ssyre
>-c-etary McAfoo AID Secretary Tu-
,4..,y stayed outside the door,. Mrs.
wilson Izpz@d ITO 11consc.oEsress
IL: rallied. b. o'clock she began
70 siIs rapidly She ST.! could rec
5gnize those about her and !oOked
c:eerfuliy toward the pres.deE; and
smiled.
At ? o'cloc. Mrz wilson still vas
conscious, but her strength almost
lad departed and .ev minutes later
she sank into the sleep o. Encon'
zc.oEsness, from which she never
aEo.e. For three hours the pres!ten,
and MS daughters sazed Iong.nzly into
her lace in the hope tha: she might
. speak again, b1t she could rot. The
.Un vas casting Is long shadows from
n. Potomac 10 the south grounds.
co.oring the fountains, gardens aad
. e.,as.
{ There vas lGshed stiffness II the
upper apartments. All eyes we're
, turned toward the southwest corner
Of the house.
/ Just az The hour Of death came
/ The president and his daughters were
/ in tears. Secretary Tumulty walked
slowly 70 the executive Offices, his
head bowed Quietly ne announced
70 the CORES pondents that the end
, had come \ pal. Of gloom settled
over the executive mansion ard the
Offices. Presently Dr. GraysOn, his
face haggard and worn from daS
. and night Vigil, came to the Offices
There was an impressive silence ey-
eryWhere.
! Secretaries. attaches, clerks and
| servants seemed overcome.
! Flag az HaN Mast.
! Vice President Marshall and mem
ber5 OF the cabinet and the leaders
/ in congress were notified Both
houses Immediately adjourned. The
| flag on the white house dropped,
, gates were closed and the silence o.
death spread over the white house
for the first time since 1892, when
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison passed away.
Funeral arrangements have been
made. The place OF burial will be
either at Rome, Ga, Mrs. Wilson's
birthplace, or Princeton, \. J., where
the family lived for twenty-five years.
DR. Sylvester ". Beach OF the First
Presbyterian church Oi Princeton.
where the family has attended for
years, has visited Mrs. Wilson fre-
quently during her illness, but was
not here Thursday.
Professor StOxtOn AXsOn, her only
brother, was en route east from Ore.
gon on a Union Pacific train and was
reached by telegraph at Pendleton,
Ore, with the news. Members OF the
cabinet. justices Of the supreme
court and members Of the diplomatic
corps telephoned their condolences
and sent cards. From many humble
homes came flowers, as Mrs. Wilson
had many friends in the slums and
city generally in her endeavors to help
the friendless and poverty stricken.