Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-15
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. FERNANDO WOOD DEAD. A Long Life of Public. Ser
 vice Ended. BROKEN DOWN BY HIS LABORS. Struggling To The Last For
 Refunding. RETURNING TO LONDON. The Land Leaguers Not Scared
 By Coercion.
BROKEN DOWN BY HIS LABORs.
PARNELL RETURNING TO LONDON
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Death of Fernando WOod-A Long Career
 of OmciaI Service Ended-His DeatE
 Fastened by Overwork-Anxiefy Re;
 gardIng the Funding BIlI-Action o ! His Colleagues in the House.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-As early as ]
 o'clock this afternoon it began to be whis pered about the Capitol that Hon. F. Wood
 had died at Hot Springs, Ark, whither he went short time ago in search of health The members of the Ways and Means com ! mittee, of which he was chairman, assembled ! in their committee room, and while the con dition of MT. Woods health anade 1t highly probable that the report was true, still they did not feel justified in taking definite action until they had received positive corrobora- ton of the sad intelligence. An hour or two later this came in dispatch to Hon. John E. Cravens of Arkansas. The House was en- gagged in the consideration of business re- ported from the District of Columbia com mittee, but they yielded the floor in order that his death might be announced. At 3:15 the Speaker said he had @ sad duty to per form, and he ordered read the dispatch to MT. Cravens announcing Mr. Woods death at 9 o'clock Sunday night. MT. Randall then said: "Mr. Wood entered Congress forty years ago. and if he had lived to fill the next term to which he was chosen he would have served twenty years in the House." MT. Tucker, who is second in the Ways and Means committee, then said tsWhen the rumor of tcne sad event which has just been annou1lced reached the Capitol the members of che Committee of Ways and Means, over which MT. Wood presided, waited for authen- tication of the rumor. The sad event having now been made known to us by the telegram just read, the Committee of Ways and Means held a meeting and instruct ed me to offer these resolutions for the consideration of the House." He then offered resolutions that the House has heard with deep regret of the death of MT. Wood, late Representative from New York that committee of nine members be ap- pointed by the Speaker to take the order for experimenting the funeral of Mir. Wood, and that as a mark of respect his mains be removed from Hot Springs to New York by the sergeant-at-arms and attended by said committee that the clerk communi- cate said resolutions to the Senate, and that as further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased that the House now adjourn. The resolutions were seconded by MT. Cox in
 
 ing that day would be requested for eulo- gies The Speaker announced Messrs. Tuck CT of Virginia, Frye of Maine Phelps of Connecticut, Dunnell of Minnesota, Mills of Texas, Mckinley of Ohio, Carlisle of Ken lucky, Chittenden of New York and Hutch ins of New York committee to attend MT. Woods remains, and the House then at 3:3O in further respect to the memory of the deceased adjourned.
 The news of the death of Hon. Fernando Wood, of New York, reached here about noon to-day and created a profound sensation of sorrow Private intelligence received by his friends from Hot Springs before his death occurred gave them but small hope of his re: covery. For long time he had been afdict- ed with very serious affection of the blad- der and his strength was not sufficient to sub init to the operation on the performance of which his recovery depended. Without ex- aggeration it can be said that MT. Wood died in official harness. His dearest wish was to see the funding bill of which he was the au- thor become a law. He had made profound and careful study of the finances of the gov ernment, and it was his firm con viction that 8 three per cent. loan could be successfully hoated. While suffer- ing from rheumatism before the bill was taken up, he informed the writer that his dearest hope was that Congress would pass the refunding bill this sess1on- If amended in any particulars he desired that it should not change the rate of interest, it being his firm conviction that per cent. bond could be foated at par. Mir. Wood unquestion- ably hastened his death by taking the part he did in the consideration of the funding bill. He made his way into the House with great difficulty and was obliged to use stimulating medicines to bear the strain of ordinary legislative work. He was the oldest member of Con- gress in point of service not consecutive of any man in the republic. He served in the House in 1s41-42-43, and was elected to the Thirty-seventh. Thirty-eighth, Fortieth, Forty-frst, Forty second, Forty third, For ty-fourth, Forty-ffth, Forty-sixth and Forty seventh Congresses, and could have repre- sented the Ninth New York district as long as he had been able to perform the duties of the position. MT. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, has seen twenty years of consecutive Con- gressional service and is elected for two years to come. Mir. Wood was in the House years before Mir. Kelly became a member. The deceased had only seen fourteen years of consecutive service, and was elected to fill the r10at f0r Evv0 wears 1T, tha futr1ra