The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-27
OBITUARY.


william Evarl.. The third of Mr. W.siss
n Evsrts, Secretary OF stale. died ~ ha i.itsf's
residence IN Washington yesterday morning a. sss
O'Clock, In his twenty seventh year Nearly tse yeAs
ago, while engaged In tho msrcante house Of Russell
Co., NJ Shanghai. Cains. Mr. EvArts wss t&kss ssx
with typhoid lever. which Isu him vita ~saxsned
lungs, and IRON their spisebed condition pulmonary
disease followed which slmost incapaeaiaied hm ies
business. HIS falling health ~arned nan that he msss
seek more congsniai climate, and pnysicisns we're
consulted, who advised n,m TO 20 10 Loo Angeles.
CA and try the rccupera,sg effect Of the AR Of thai
celebrated locality 1bither lie went last winter,
reaching California IN January. loo weeks a. shs
10 nope Tor aud about thrss ago no arss1
to Try Journey eastward before his health became
too low Tor railroad travel Secretary and Mrs. warts
went az far az Omaha 10 meet their 500. and feund
scarcely Ibc 10 bear tue rare atmospheric Of tns
Rocky Mountain region. ini, made y necessary 20
ION the Invalid rested well alter MS f2tigalhg
journey until rhursday night. whsn - un
apparent that death was near 10 relieve ham Of hss
pain. Ho died peacefully, CONSCIOUS to tho last mo-
,nenL Mr. Evarls graduate OF the class OF ls73
Harvard and after leaving college remained ~ >ew
YORK city preparing himself Tor the tca business ~
which he was 10 engage IN chins The remains we're
viii take place there ON MONDAY mex. a. three
O'Clock. Tuers was religious service st ihs
I E.1 fo.n..pd res,sr cssrss
oi the incarnation officiating. The Prssidcns
and family were not present. being In Philaaeinhs.
Congress ana government officials were present to-
gs,her With the officials and clerks Of ths state De-
10 Owe rhowing THIS affection recalls similar event
In the 0icai career VI Secretary seward, who
mournsd the death oi his daughter wue he vas serv.
ing ~ Tho predecessor OF MI. kvarts ME Hamitoa
Fish also mournod the loss Of has mother
GENERAL HERMANN, OF THE RUSSIAN ARMx
A cable despatch from ST. Petersburg reports that
General Hoimaun, who greatly distinguished himself
t.
Hsmann Of German descent and born ~
Grodno. Russia, Ia 1924 In 1889 no entered the
NJni.Novgorod regiment AZ a cadot, was Transferred
to Caucasian battalion In 1872 and received his nrss
commission In 1874 lie subseq uentiy served aud
greatly distinguished himsolf IN all tho campaigns
In the Caucasus became major IN 1853
and 10 1862 was promoted 70 the rank Of
colonel and appointed 10 the command Of
the Sebas,opol regiment In the following yeas
he accompanied Prince Aibrecht, Of Prussia, IN
his travels aud the return OF the latter Was pro-
noted 10 major general, raised 10 the Russian
nobility and received grant oil money. In 1872 he
was nominated lieutenant general and appointed 70
Tue head Of which he TOOK part IN the capture
OF Arabian Iu nearly al the battles
bore . prominent part and remarkable
for the s.ubborn psrnacty Of his attacks strong
sackng force a. the disastrous battle Of zswu aud ~
tho nrst battle Of AladJa Dagn hc performed very
important duy ~ the head Of the DIVISION Of Crcas-
s,an gronadies but being over couadent OF success,
advised General Louis Mekon 10 make . move.
| msns which caused tho failure OF the Russian
plan Of attack In the 0attlo 0i October Is General
Hsimsnn. alter desperate lighting, carried the hill o.
| Aoolias, which cut tho Ottoman army IN Two ans
| turned Mukhtar's deicas into total r0ut He
manded she Russian fosce ~h,ch advanced upos
| Erzsroum aiser the second battle Of AadJa Dagh
| enecting junction With General 1erguKas
on NJ Kuprikoi, within twenty miles OF Erzeroum.
Alter 1yht of hours' duration no succeeded Ia
carry ing Turkish position the strongly iortt
n-hh ct al
tho campaign In ASIA speaking Of General Hcimann
| the correspondent OF French journal ad:-''ls
would be hard mud = greater contrast
than General LOUIS Molikon and his second
In command General Asimann. whose bua
manners aud way Of speaking make him
the type OF the leader Of foriorn hope. His great
courage gives him immense power over hts s0iders,
buI hc oil those men who would use their heads
10 batter down wall The brave old soldier knows
mis- defect he help H. for the smell Of pow
der intoxicales him. The only way 10 prevent him
from rushing into the thick oi the hight would BE-
| nd b m hand mud lQQixn