The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-10-25
DEATH OF BENrER THE HERO.

iasc'ns ,u'eies' e'e'i On o''inary
OCCASIONS Du' 10 .he oeath Oh ne
rocs suc'i Us 'i'osc vi 'he ieariui yell
low FEVER epiuehiic, VINO without
SHOW OF os'eh'a'ion nave gone qunet-
y in'o .hc are'ia oi uea'n 10 iay
uoWh II necessary ,heir lVes ior
their fcllowmen, there belongs ape
culiarily melancholy but sacred in
tcrest We nuhl;sbed nj the time
a. @.
,he departure Oh 'he OF. LOUIS re-
lief boat laden to the waters edge
with supplies for the sufferers, and
co,omanded and manned nv bravo
people VINO went voluntarily INTO
the jaws of death. Crowds of peo-
plc saw the vessel off amid PRAYERS
c,r bor safetv and Tho soco ro,,rn az
~ $50 S.., '''"'n "
her crew. Inc heroic duty OF that
vessel was bravely done, but Benner
the commander will never come
,,a,,- Ir;s nc, ,,,as ,o,,;roa a,jb no
~,
gave IL trustuiiy ana resigheuiy as a
child might give its life back into the
hands of God. and he sleeps now
Will Tho ,o,socro,od hos,s of horoes
- wy .onSe N,,., 80. 800 ~ ,r,
VINO nave ehhopieu the carth. Inc
following sketch is from the WASH
ington Post.
yyo foo, doonl,, ,,r;cved 4, amman
;no tho daatb - First I;antanan,
III rou IT pn,nor r;ahtnon,h In.
Gn.,v Ir,;,ad Siat,s r,nw ,vhn d;ad
a, VII. si,,,r', -, H. ,,arn;n,, 81 a.
49, ~ IL nos na,;,a e. Penn
sviwan;a and was canta;o of thc
E;ohtnen,h Illinois Volunteers
MAJ, o. 1ss5. onno;n,ad second
i;a,,,ononf; Il, ,bo ro%,,iar army Jnna
~ Is67 and nromofed In Tho rank
| ~ tirst Iieutenant MAY / 1879. lie
volunteered 10 take charye IF The rc.
I;ef steamer .Iobn M chambers. fl
tnd out under The direction Of tho
National Yellow Fever Relief Com.
miss;on of Ais civ which sailed,
from 81 I.o,,is IN the mornino of
October The boat was laden Will
sunnlies fortbe settlements and towns
alone tbe Nississinnj river between
Cairo and New Orleans and had
heon ;nstrnmentaI In Tho relief of
many dcsi;tnte and snfTcrino local;-
t;es having 0one down as far as
Grand Cnl3 md relieved Port Gin
con AZ evervth;ng connected with
Iieutonant Renner's death will he of
extreme interest. we give the facts.
as far as thev can be learned of The
way in which he took fine fatal dis
ease On Friday evening. fine 18th
instant while the relief-boat was w.
inc nj Grand Gulf a Mrs Leonard
came an hoard and asked nermiss;on
to remain til the arrival of the
steamer Parqoud on her way nm 10
Greenv;lle Mrs. Leonard had lust
buried her daughter at Port Gibson.
and was rsturpino to her husband
and remaining child at Greenyille.
Grand Gulf IL RAPIDLY ouarantined.
Rones are stretched across the roads
and streets leading into the CITY. and
negro gnards. armed with shotguns
ana rifles. are posted at each end of
the rones' with stric. orders to shoot
ony one entering from the country.
Mrs Leonard passed around this
town. took n skin and made her way
to the boat. Lieutenant Benner, hay-
ing only a single. bedded room, gave
ID To the lady. who slept on it until l
o'clock Saturday morning. when the
Parpoud came up. Lieut.. Benner
ACCOMPANIED the lady on board, but
In RETURNING. the pane-plank slipped,
throwing him into mud and water.
He occupied the bed lust vacated by
Mrs. Leonard the rest of the night.
sunday morning he was seized with
tbe nsilal symptoms. but during the
night his. condition became quite
critical. In his delirium it required
two strong men to keep him in bed.
Az noon Monday his temperature
was 100 I-2. pnlse 100. skin dry and
fongue very bad. Black yomit
seemed imminent. Surgeon Keves
never left his bedside. The most
exnerienced nurses were in attend