The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-11
FOLGER DEAD.
Secretary Folger Breathes His Last at
Geneva, y. Y, September 4th-

Secretary Folger Breathes His Last at
Geneva, n. Y, September 4th-
GENEVA, n. Y, September 5.-Seeretary
FOlger died at 4:55 yesterday afternoon.
The only persons present were Mrs. Hart
his deceased wife'S sister, DR.. Knapp, his
family physician, Dr. \. B. Smith and his
eOlOred servant James. DR.. Smith and
Captain S. S. Lewis had left him but a few
minutes previously. DR.. Henry Foster,
who has been here two or three times as
consulting physician arrived on the :45 p.
m. train and was conveyed to the Folger man
sion by DR.. Smith. Mrs. Ernst the Secre-
tary'S sister. arrived by the same train.
After the last three named entered the
dying man gaSped twice or thrice and all
was over. Secretary Folger's two daughters
are in the AdirondackS, the elder in very
feeble health. His son, Captain Charles W.
FOlger. is at Alexandria, Va All have
been written to
COME TO THE FUNERAL,
the telegraph not being earlier reSorted to as
so sudden a termination of their fathers
malady was not apprehended. The Secre-
tary returned for the last time to Geneva on
Wednesday evening, the goth ult He called
his family physician the next morning, who
Greet feeblenesS of the hearts action; con-
gestiOn of the middle lobe of the right lung,
and capillary congestion of the bronchial
tubes; torpor of the liver; albuminOus dis
charge of the urine, showing disease of the
kidneys The doctor was informed that the
Secretary had had hemOrrhage Of the lungs
three times of late before his return. The
first was while out yachting with friends at
New York, on which occasion he discharged
about a pint of blood. Secretary FOlger
rode out daily until and including the goth
ult., since which time he has
KEPT HIS ROOM,
but did not wholly abandon official work.
He continued to answer important letters
and telegramS, and seemed reluctant to give
up. yet he was by no means unconscious of
his critical condition. He entrusted to his
personal friend, Captain Lewis, final
messages to his family and other
direct OnS of a confidential natuer.
Within few moments after the Secretary
died kilograms announcing the sad event
were dispatched to President Arthur at
Newport, Assistant Treasurer Coon, Frank
Sperry, his private Secretary, Hon. Thos.
e. Action, Assistant Treasurer at New
York, and Judge Andrews. of Syracuse.
General gloom pervades the people of
Geneva over this sudden removal of their
BELOVED TOWNSNAN,
men of all parties and all conditions in life
alike joining in expressions of sorrow. The
first emblemS of mourning displayed were
above the entrance to the quarters of the
Thirty-fOurth, separate company (FOlger
cOrpS) y. G.. s., New York, at the Geneva
National Bank and upon large Cleveland
and Hendricks banner suspended across
Seneca street. The Secretary will be in
tered at Geneva by the side of
his wife who died seven years ago.
Charles j. FOlger was native of Nantucket,
Mass, where he was born Oh the 10th of
April, 1918. He went with his parents.
when boy. to Geneva, Ontario County. He
graduated with hOnOrS az the Geneva Col
lege in $780, and three years after he was
ADMITTED To TIE BAR
of the Supreme Court at Albany, and en-
tered upon the practice of his profession at
Geneva. His advancement was rapid, and
in 1914, under the Old Constitution, he was
appointed Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas, and was also Master and Examiner
in Chancery. In 1851 he was elected County
Judge of Ontario County and held that Of
fee four years. At that time he was known
as a Silas Wright Democrat, but with a con-
OH the slavery question, he allied himself
with the Republicans soon after the fOrma-
ton of the party, identifying himself with
them in the most pronounced manner.
1t was in the fall Of 1861 that he was first
elected to the State Senate, and lie was
reelected in 1863, 1865, 1867, serving
eight years in succession and acting as Pres
ident pro TEN. of the Senate for long
time. An acknowledged leader of his par
ty, he was power in the State Conventions.
When Mr. FOger's term expired i'll 1860
President Grant appointed him United
States Sub-Trea-urer in New York City,
and he continued 20 hold the position until
1870, when he
WAS ELECTED
Judge of the Court of Appeals. In May,
1880, Governor Cornell designated him as
Chief Justice, and lie was afterward NOM
mated and elected as such in the fall of the
same year. In October, 1881, he Vas con-
frmed as Secretary of the Treasury. His
defeat as candidate for the GOvernoiShip of
New York State in 1882 is fresh in the pub
lie recollection.