Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-27
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
OBITUARY.
DEATH LEVELS ALL.

DEATH LEVELS ALL.
Decease Of Well-KnOwn CltIzens-Maj. Il.
w. Shenk and Rev. ID. Il. Rosenmiller.
Mai r. w. Shenk, banker and lawyer,
and probably as wclLknOwn in Lancaster
as any citizen of the community, died at 81
p. M. yesterday, after al illness of several
weeks the origin of which was thus mar
rated in the INTELLIGENCER of August
10:
Yesterday VIC made mention of i gen.
tlcmcn's picnic party leaving this city for a
days recreation ut York Furnace springs,
OH the line of the Columbia and Port De-
posit railroad. The day was delightfully."-
spent until 4 few moments before
tho party left the station when an
accident happened to Maj. II. W. Shenk,
which for q time created the greatest con-
sternation among his friends. He was
standing on the porch Of the little station
house in conversation with cX-MayOr
Atlcc and L. S. Commissioner Slaymakcr,
waiting for the train of cars that were
to carry them back to Lancaster.
Stepping from the porch the major tripped
over stick and stumbled forward. In
attempting to recover himself, he slipped
on the wet grass and pitched hcadlOng
into u rocky ravine ten or twelve feet in
depth. His friends FASTENED to his relief
and found him lying unconscious, anti the
blood running from his nose. lie was
carried into the station house and DR. Car
pentcr, who was Of the party, applied tho
necessary remedies. He remained uncOn-
sciOus until he reached home. He had no
bones broken, and except = slight cOngcs-
tiOn of the brain and some severe bruises,
his injuries arc not serious"
Major Shenk was one Of the projectors
of the picnic excursion, which was marrcd
only by the serious accident to himself,
but no general fear was entertained that
such disastrous consequences would cnsuc
as arc announced in the news of his death.
He has, however, remained unconscious
and his condition has gradually become
more alarming ever since, until Friday
when a decided change for the worse
ensucd, and since then there have been
frequent reports of his dccc;lsc only to DC
confirmed yesterday.
Rudolph w. Shcnk was the son of the
late Christian Shcnk and Mary Warfel
Shenk. of COncstOga township, where he
was born Oct. 4, 1881, being ut the time of
his death nearly 46 years old. He was cd
ucatcd ut John Bcck's famous boys school
in Lititz and at the academy of Eric,
whence hc entered Dartmouth college in
1854 and was graduated in 1858. He read
law under Hon. Thaddeus Stevens and
was admitted to practice i'll 1859. lie
served in Colonel Franklin's Com
pany F, 1st p. ", the Fencibles) } and,
after their term of enlistment had ended,
he reinlistcd and became ma jor Of the
135th regiment, z. ", and served with it
until it was mustered out. He was deputy
marshal of the Ninth district Lancaster
county, in 1868, and served in tho lcgisla
turc of 1S64-5. He was candidate for the
Republican nomination for senator, but
failed to secure it. When tho banking
firm was organized, Of which he remained
to his death member, he became associ-
ated with d. Bair, whose niece Miss Mary
Shaub) he had married. under the name
of Bair & Shcnlz, and at Mr.. Bars death
the business was continued, i'll accordance
with his will, under the firm name and
under Mai. Shcnk's management. His
active business pursuits gradually with
drew him from practice ut the bar and he
did not care much to engage in profession
al work except i'll select cases in which he
had special interest.
Mai. Shcnk was u very active Republican
politician, a member OF the Union League,
Philadelphia, and well known among the
state leaders of his party. He was elected
to select council from the Third ward, to
succeed Capt. +. McNIellcn, elected pro-
thOnotary) and ut the next general election
was elected to the same Office. For time
he was chairman of the street committee,
and at the time of his death was member
of it.
Maj. Shcnk took quite all active interest
in the building Of the Quarryvillc railroad,
and from its inception up to tho time of
his death was president of its board of di-
rcctors. lie was widely known among the
railroad men of this country and travelled
very extensively, his last general trip hav-
ing been to Duluth, Minneapolis, and the
Great Northwest.
Deceased was gentleman Of rare cn-
ergy, enterprise and libcrality. He leaves
a widow and one son David Bair Shcn!s)
who will mourn the loss of 4 kind hus-
band and father. His death is Z peculiar
Iy sad domestic aflliction. 1t has been
comparatively short til,lc since tic lus-
band of his sister, Col. Dickey, died, and
afterwards his niece, Miss Lille Dickcy;
Mr.. David Bair, with whose family Maj.
Shenk's had been one for years, and with
whom he had been closely associated for
years, had passed OH not long before. For
his stricken family goes out the sympathy
of the community in which he was such i
wcll-known and popular figure.
lie will be buried Oh Wednesday ut 2:3O
p. m. in the family lot at Woodward Hill
cemetery.
Rev. u. p. HOsenmiller.
Rev. David p. Roscnmillcr, one of the
oldest, most profound and highly esteem
ed clcrgymen of this city, died in Allen
town on Sunday morning at o clock, aged
II years. Rev. Roscnmillcr left Lancaster
on "Wednesday, September Is, to attend
the sessions of the Lutheran synod in AL
lentown. On the Saturday following hc
was taken ill, but, as was supposed, not
seriously. lie continued to grow worse,
however, and his wife, daughter and son,
ID. p. Rosenmillcr, jr., were sent for to at
tend him. His continued disease dcvel-
oped into congestion of the brain, and he
continued to sink until Sunday morning
at 3 o'clock, when he peacefully passed
away.
Rev. d. p. Rosenmllcr was born in
York, Pa, in the year 1909, and received
the rudimcnts Of his education in the
schools of that borough. He studied the
ology under direction of Rev. DR.. F. ID.
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