The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-25
WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD.

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Hon. William Il, Seward hr.athed his
last at his r .<idceee in Auburn, n. ",
at fifteen minutes after FIVE o'clock, on
the evening of Thursday, Oct. 10. A
telegram furnishes the following par
ticulars of the sad event:
"Mr. Seward having taken cold and
been somewhat unwell fer day or two
was, on the evening of Saturday, the
5th, seized with a severe chill, and his
physician was summoned to him. He
had been, during the summer, in his
ordinary good health, suffering only
from the inconvenience of the muscular
palsy OF his arms, and had been en-.
gagged in preparing for the press his
account of his recent journey around
the world. The chill was that of ordi.
nary tertian ague, accompanied by a
harassing catarrhal cough. 1t was fol-
lowed by fever and delirium, which
lasted till late in the night on Sunday.
He was up in the afternoon, took din
ner and passed comfortable night.
On Monday, with the exception Of his
cough and catarrh, he was comfortable,
and dictated as usual to his assistants
on the completion Of his book. He
played whistson Monday evening, but
at 10 I. m. slight chill occurred, fol.
lowed by delirium and fever, with ag-
gravated catarrhal disturbance of the
chest. which lasted nearly all night, his
physician seeing him on this account
after midnight. On Tuesday morning,
after some sleep, he was again better.
and drove out in the afternoon, but
fever, delirium, and restlessness re.
turned with the cough on tuesday
night. On Wednesday he drove out for
two hours, and dictated to his amanu.
enss as usual, though harassed all day
with the cough and the catarrhal effu-
sion in the chest.
ION Wednesday evening his cough
abat ed for while, and there seemed
a promise of good night, but the lie.
yer, restlessness, and cough returned at
bed time. He was nearly sleepless un.
til o'clock in the morning. At 4 a. m,
to relieve the tedium of lying sleepless,
he had his son William read the New
York Times of Wednesday morning to
him. He slept after pretty we'll till II
a. m. of to-day, though his fever kept
up without any real remission. At half.
past he was seized with great difficult
ty III breathing, caused by a sudden
catarrhal effusion into the lungs. COM
mencing with the right lung, and soon
involving the left also, which occa-
stoned his death in about two hours.
He entertained no apprehension but
that he should recover from the attack
of catarrhal ague till last light and this
morning. While at his age and with
the condition of muscular palsy, from
which he has Uttered so long, the fact
that the fever was increasing upon him,
together with the catarrhal disturbance,
led his physicians to apprehend fatal
result in the course of a week or more,
yet no INN ediate fear was felt, and his
dissolution was sudden and unexpected.
Mr.. Stewards intellectual faculties were
clear and vigorous to the last, save
when disturbed bv paroxysms of fever.
Just after the etfusion from the lungs
to-day, and thinking it would relieve
his breathing, he was. at his own desire,
placed on lounge and bolstered up and
moved from his adjoining bedroom into
his study, where, in the midst of his
books and his literary and other papers,
and surrounded by his relatives and a
few friends and his devoted depend
ants, he breathed his last. For the last
hour Of his life, as the powers of nature
were giving away, his condition became
easy, and he spent his time in affec-
tomato leave-takings of relatives and
dependents, and finally sank quietly to
his last rest, as if going 10 sleep"
William ii. Seward was born in Orange
county, n. Y, May IL, 1901. His an
cestry was Celtic Welsh on his fathers
and Irish on his mothers side. His
father was a wealthy physician, who
died in lS49. At Is William Henry
entered Union College; at 10, while
still student, he visited Georgia, and
taught school there for six months. lie
then returned to New York, and was
admitted to the bar in 1872. The next
year he changed his residence to Au-
burn, entering law partnership with
Jude Miller, and a year later married
his partners daughter, Miss Frances
Alkaline Miller. In 1924, he began the
war upon the "Albany Regency" the
leaders of the Democratic party. In
1898 he presided at Young Mems
Convention held in New York favoring
the election of John @. Adams to the
Presidency, and in the same year de-
clined nomination for Congress. In
1880 he was elected to the State Senate.
In 1888 he visited Europe, publishing
series of letters in the Albany Evening
Journal. In 1894 he was candidate
for Governor of New York, and was op-
posed and defeated by Mr.. Marcy, and
in 1888 was again nominated for the
same office, this time beating his former
opponent. In 1910 he was reelected
Governor, and, upon retiring, in 1912,
his practice Of the law.