The Morning herald., 1876-05-01
Hon. Trusten lsslk.

Hon. Trusten lselk.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
bvsrnor TfdsfskJ Folk niedsery sud
out: 1:so o'clock yesterday morning
bsidsncs, 5on the southwest corner Of
nth street and Lucas Place. During
tsbefspe and up to 10 o'clock Satur-
Eht, Governor Polk was engaged in
u his address to the jury in the big
II of Glasgow vs. the Lindell heirs,
has been In the courts for twenty
lears, and which was to have Oeen
ed to-day In tho Circuit Court here.
5 weeks he had had slight cough,
experienced very little. inconveni-
in It, and when he went to bed at 1O
Saturday night he was seemingly
good health, although somewhat
from his hard days work. Soon
hiring he began coughing, and about
bck he had such . severe attack that
blk got up and gave him some cough
ke. This seemed to give him some
Ind for nearly two hours he coughed
ttle. About one O'Clock, however,
Ia more violent attack than ever, and
ok, becoming alarmed, reused up
ple family and sent several of the
b after doctor.
tnor Polk continued to grow worse
pidly, and before the arrival of the
vsicians, Drs. MePheeters and Prev
lad already breathed his last. He
precisely half past one o'clock, sur
by his wife and daughters, Mrs.
Causey and Miss Lizzie Polk, and
three servants Of the family. The
are not agreed upon the cause of
kh, hnt Or. McPheeters thinks It was
Yection of the heart. Yesterday q
humber of the old friends of the fam
ID to see the remains of the deceased
express their regrets at his sudden
Expected death. The funeral will
ace next Wednesday afternoon from
nteDary Church, and will probably be
Hhe largest ever known In st. Louis,
jvernor Polk was one Of St. Louis
honored and distinguished citizens,
resident, Of the city for more than
years.t. h
Polk wac born 10 Sussex county,
ARE, May 20, 1911. His father was q
O-do farmer, and his mother belonged
of the oldest and most influential
20 of the State of Delaware. His
gave him university education at
College, where he graduated. with
lenors in the class of 1881. Soon after
ating5 he went into the law Office Of
J Rogers, at that time Attorney
81 of Delaware, where he pursued the
Of the law nearly two years, when he
led to Yale College and attended q
sars, course of law lectures. Return
'ms again he was admitted to the bar,
on afterwards removed to st. Louis,
he commenced the practice of the
earnest. On the twenty-eighth of De-
~ 1887, two years after his arrival in
ty, be was united in marriage to Miss
eth w. Skinner, the second daughter
tits and Annie Skinner, old residents
city.
stem Polk was q hard worker and he
Elective speaker. For ten years a |
ed his profession with an energy
q equalled at the bar, and then his
i gave way and he was compelled to
two years rest. During these two
he travelled through the Southern
and spent . winter in louisiana and
and . summer in Canada and the
England States. During his absence
It. Louis, he was elected q member OF
which met in Jefferson City
summer of 1845 to revise the Consti-
ofthe State. He returned home, at
the convention and took q very
part In the debates. In 1848 he was
!, Q member of the Democratic con.
n which nominated Judge Austin A.
for Congress, and In 1S48 was one Of
'esidential electors on the Csss. Butler
In 1855 he was made the nominee
Democratic party for Governor, and
ected after an exciting contest over
20 Soil and Know-N Nothing opponents.
ing the vote of his party in the Legis-
for United States Senator, he re-
the gubernstorial seat soon after his
N, to the position, and entered Con-
In the Senate he was made q mem.
the Committee on Foreign Affairs
loo q member of the Committee on
Q, and did effective service In both
,ns.. Shortly after the breaking out
war 10 1851 he resigned his seat in |
nited States Senate and cast his lot
he Southern Confederacy. In 1854
! taken prisoner and was confined on
on's Island until exchanged several
10 afterwards. During the war he
the position of presiding military
of the Department of the Mississippi.
he close Of the war he returned to St.
TO find his property still In the hands
Government and many of bis books |
lluable papers destroyed. All Of his
rty held by the Government was af-
rds restored to him, 80 that he was
ID to renew his legal practice without
ial EMBARRASSMENT. Governor Polk
been offered positions Of
public trust, but since the war he has
ably declined, preferring to devote his
md talents to his profession. He was
lily recognized es one Of the leading
ers of the St. Louis bar, and has been