Who reportedly spoke his last word, "Water", in July 1885?

In 1884, Count Hilaire de Chardonnet patented an "artificial silk" that was the forerunner of which fiber? In 1884, reports that he had had his lover committed to an asylum nearly cost which candidate the presidential election? Which American poet, who lived from 1885 to 1972, shares his last name with a unit of weight? Which president, who died in 1885, insisted on a burial place where his wife could one day lie beside him? Alfonso XIII was king of which country from 1886 to 1931? Which German engineer, a rival of Karl Benz, built a four-wheeled motor car in 1886? The 1887 Michelson-Morley experiment demolished the idea of which medium that supposedly carried light waves? Which 1888 Rudyard Kipling story is about two adventurers who become kings in Kafiristan?