Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-04-16


Early on Wednesday morning Judge|
CLARK awoke from sleep and complain
led of suffocating sensation, and told
Fhis wife that he would get up and goI
out for fresh air. He arose and emer-
Igcd from his sleeping room in his night
clothes to all adjoining room and sud
denly fell unconscious. His wife sue
Eceeded in placing him again upon his!
1 bed, and sent for a physician, who
came. Immediately, but life was ex-
Etinct. He never spoke after his fall
nor exhibited any signs of conscious
ness, but only gasped a few times andj
kall was hushed in death. He had beenl
engaged in several important cases in!
THE district court in session here, andI
was in court till after 9 o'clock on|
Tuesday evening, and spoke at somc|
length upon motion and with much
1earnestncss. We do not know of his!
complaining that evening of any uni
usual physical weakness. He has suf-|
ffered at times for years with all af
Election in the region Of the heart and
Sback for which he has had consiaera-;
Sble medical treatment, and the theoryj
Sof his sudden demise is attributed TO!
this malady. He may Justly be said
Ito have died in the harness as prac-'
ticing lawyer and an active citizen.
He leaves wife and four children,
the offspring of herself and a former
Husband, to lament his loss, to all of
whom he had been a devoted husband
5and father, and by whom he was held
hin great esteem and affection.
u The deceased was native of Pitts
%burg, Pa, and was 50 years of age.
Vile came to California as early as 1852
Dor '53, and engaged in mining. He
&flled the position of deputy sheriff at
AWeaverville for some time He came
ITO Lewiston in the Spring of 1869, in
company with many others from Cali
Sfornia- In thu Fall of that year he
Invent to Boise and remained for some
y time, and then returned here; then
went to Pierce City and sojeurned for
some time, and while there he was
called upon to accept the office of dis
\ trict attorney for this district. This
OPPOSITION he filed throughout two terms
4 and during part of third, when
N he was appointed judge of the dis
Mtrict. This latter position he filled
Gtill the appointment and qualification
Sof the present incumbent, Norman
r Buck. He then recumed his position
sat the bar as practicing attorney,
when death found him. He was
man of very sanguine temperament
earnest in the objects he sought to at
tain, generous with his friends, activ,
and earnest in his advocacy of sucl
l. measures as he deemed for the publ,
good, and an earnest and prompt judg'
+ upon the bench, Jealous prosecute
of those who had violated the laws
an honored citizen in this whole com
I munity, and retaining up to his deatl
host of warm friends, upon who's
hearts his sudden demise falls like 8
pail Of deep grief and sadness, il
which our whole people deeply sympa
1thize.
The funeral of the deceased tool
,.Hplace from the Catholic church OF
.Wrhursday at o'clock p. IN. under til,
auspices of Rev. Father Marvillo
The attendance was the largest W,
have ever witnessed in this CITY
HAbout 80 carriages besides those o.
Moot. In the first was the clergyman
and then the family physician, thel
Efollowed the hearse with the remains
then the pall-bearers, then the famil,
mourners, then the District Judge, U
rs. Attorney and members of the bar
wearing badges of mourning. Thel
Followed other carriages with citizens
and their families. Sadness and gloon
n were depicted on every countenance
The sad emotions of the bereaved wifi
and children were extremeas the re
smains of the fond husband and fathe
-were being lowered into the grave.
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II William A. Newell, who has been nomin