The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-14
,.tr,,rs ana Deati, Of Wilsiam 4 Hen.

ssr,,re and lDeatt, OF wil.iam AIIen.
& sf.,stusYATr.OHIo, July II. -Ex.aoyernor T
rsnfamsalien died suddenly this mornins
4 Ernir Hill, bis home, neal. Ch'tlicol IIs.
To uassH1D his seventy fourth year. ns
i ,,h WIN caused Dy n-complica!t @! u.s
.sses. Incidental to advanced age. sSoL ia.e1
.enrs Governor Alien has lived 10 retire-
Nom Al his resi- ience, Fruit Hill, near Ch's.
ico,he. taking no active partdn poi'tic,s or /
= INV n,ase of public life, and me- re ire
nnen,,v dec,iuing than allowing 4tmseif to
T., Interviewed. This Withdrar al from the
fold of politics took place jug ago. His
nomination and election 2. few years sgo
10 the covernorship OF ohio broke in like
an episode on life a emrently destitute OF
political excitement and ambitions. 1t was
erayeiy doubted ~ his, friends and relatives
whether he uruld er. dure the fatisues OF OF.
fetal life. When inis term OF office expired
ne came back to The quiet home which he had
left. 1t is long time since his figure, no
ticeab,e from its great height and erect Dear
ing. has t,een seen on the Chi!lieothe streets.
or lats, wears be has occasionally gone 10
the CITY on business, being quietly driven
In in a buggy by bis son-in.law pr. sco,t,
w,ho was one OF the household at Fruit Hill.
Even when sitting in carriage, Governor
A lien was a man whose appearance Wouiu
orrest attention. There was good deal OF
tho noble Roman in the upright figure,
stronr-featured face, and iron-gray bar, az
There was all OF the stately and dlgnl-
tied courtesy OF the gentleman OF tue
old school in bis courtly manner. Fruit
nil is beautifully situated, about two
miles from Chillicothc, in Que OF the
most pctul esque sections OF coun-
try which is noted for its scenery. 1t APP
preached by private drive which winas
through a grove where the forest has been
| left Standing, and on TO the hanosohe
grounds surrounding the house. The man
sion itself is plain. commodlous, old-iasn-
| toned place, in full accord with the unpre-
ttcntioils and generous habits which have
choractcrizcd lie family life Of the inmates.
Since the death Of Governor Aliens wife,
many years ago, his daughter, Mrs. ENC
Allen Scott, has dispensed the hospltalltleS
| of his house. She accompanied him to Co.
lumbus, and while fulfilling the social du-
ties of the position was constant support
to bis failing strength. An occasional fornla'
reception was held at Fruit Hill on the oc.
casion OF the visit OF some distinguishes
guest, but for the most part the life
OF the family has been merely the ordinary
routine OF social life. Governor Allen has
never gone so far below the political hori
zon that he has ceased to be an object OF in
terest; an interview with him has been one
Of the regularly recurring events OF news
PAPER literature, and at intervals the news
paper-man has come out Of the West, oil
out OF the East, to get the opinions OF The
sage of Fruit Hill. His int; est in polite:
has continued undated. Governor Aller
courted entire privacy during his later
years, but up 10 the hour OF his death wa
seemingly entirely bale, hearty, and well
preserved. The manner of the death o
the old statesman is thus described BY ar
eyewitness: He bad been enjoying excel
| lent health for Il man Of his advanced year
until The day of his death. Wednesday III
made his usual weekly visit to town for tn
purpose OF being shaved. He waS1n his llSua
health. Yesterday morning lie complained
OF feeling faint, occasioncd by Il rush O
blood to his head. He ate hearty dinner
however, and retired for his afternoon nap
About 4 o'clock he came down stairs ant
said he could not sleep. His daughter, Mrs
DR.. Scott, suggested that he sit on the pore
where tie fresh air would revive him. Ate
sitting thee 4 short time he was at!acke
with sickness 1t the stomach, and vomitcd
1 lie retired to the hail and lald down on
sofa. Mrs. Scott became alarmed at his con
dition and sent for her husband. who is
praciicing physician OF considerable emf
pcuce. Meanwhile the Governor. OF hi
own volition, arose and retired to his roOr
on the second floor and went to bed. Her
DR.. Scott found him about 4:30 niue
exhausted, with cold eYfremltics au
~ rheumatic pains in his fore-arms an
across his chest, and othcF svmp
toms of sinking chill. His pulls
was sixty. Plastcrs were applied and med
icines administered, and in an hour circu
lation was restored and the pains passet
away. His pulse rose to seventy and al
dangerous indications passed away. A
midnight the doctor administered dose @
quinine to allay the fever, and by orders
the Governor he retired. About 1:30 they
heard him raising up in bed, and bis daugh
ter, whose room adioned bis. went to III
bedside. His iast words were: NJ
child, help me to my old arm CHAIR" Ate
getting out OF bed he walked across the
floor without assistance. The doctor reach
ed bis side just as he was in the act Of sit
ting down, when he seemed to wilt. AS hi
sat down his head fell forward on his breast
and his arms hung down until the hand
touched the floor. The wife and daughter
said lie had tainted. The doctor, thinking tbi
to be The case. gently raised his head, when
his practiccd eye quickly read the worst
William Allen was dead. His great sou
had left his body, as he had often said Il
would, without a struggle, without pam
kilograms are being received from all sec
lions OF the country. 1t was the intention
to have a private funeral. This was III;
own wish and that Of his daughter, bu'
such crowds will be in attendance that tt,i'
will be prevented. The funeral VIII laht
place Monday morning. BY bis requcS,
there will he no singing and no sermon ii
the grave-no exercises but the simple ser
vice OF the Episcopal Church. Governor
Bishop and General George w. morgan
will be among the pa!-bearers.
He will be remembered by persons o.
some are as years ago senator IN Con
gress and bard-money Democrat, but foul
| Seors ne an initiation or observation-disclosures
cratic Governor OF Ohio. The annexed
sketch shows be was an extraordinary mar
and his career remarkable:
| Mr. Allen was self-made, OF more thar
ordinary ability, and as public Nan FOL
many wears occupied conspicuous posi-
ton. lie was born at Edenton, ChoVar
county. N. c., in 1906. early lost his parents
and then driited TO Lynchburg, Va.
where he remained until 1922, working
rs q saddler's apprentice, when he de-
termincd 10 go to ChilIicothe, Ohio, where
his baf-sister, the mother of the Hon
Allen q. Thurman, resided. Young AL.
len was poorly educated but self-reant,
on foot, in mid-winter, through frequent
| ,,>fo noI, Il H.,