The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-09-06

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the news, expressed their sorrow an
spoke feelingly of Folger's uniform
kindness to them.
At a meeting in the assistant secre
tary's office at $50 O'Clock this even
ing there were present Mr.. Coon, VIII
presided; Comptroller Lawrence
Commissioner johnson, Treasurer
Wyman, Commissioner Evans, Fourth
Auditor Beardsley, Supervising Arch
itect Bell, Gen. Dumont, supervising
inspector general of steamboats,; Mr.
NimmO. chief of the bureau of sta
tistics; Mr.. Alexander, fifth auditor
ana Judge CrOWell, acting sixth aud
itor. Mr.. Coon on calling the meet.
ing to order announced the death OF
Secretary Folger, and stated that he
had called the officers together to ad-
| wise with him as to the proper action
to be taken. In the absence OF the
| president an executive order to close
| the department could not be had, and
| he was doubtful of his own authority
to close it, informally even for a day.
He said if there were no legal Obsta-
cles in the way, he would close the
! department tomorrow, and also on
the day of the funeral.
Judge Lawrence, first comptroller,
Judge johnson, commissioner Of GUS
toms and Mr.. Alexander, fifth audi
tor, gave it as their opinion that the
acting secretary had authority to close
the department informally.
Mr.. Coon. after hearing from these
advisers, announced that he would
issue an order. closing the depart
ment tomorrow informally and
stated that he had already ordered
the draping of the building. He after
wards informed an associated press
reporter that when tho department is
informally closed,al mail and express
matter is received as usual, but that
nothing is sent out from the depart
ment and nothing goes on record as
having been done on that day. He
said that the relations of the treasury
department with the business world
were such that it was important that
it should be closed as seldom as pos
sible. He thought that by direction
of the president the sub-treasurieS
and outside bureaus of the depart
ment would be closed for a couple of
hours at least, on the day of the Sec
retacy's funeral
Mr.. Coon, as soon as he received the
news of the death of the secretary.
conferred with the postmaster gen
eral, who is the only cabinet officer in
the city, and who sent a telegram to
the president, informing him that he
had received news OF the death of
Secretary Folger. Assistant Secre-
tary French, of the treasury, has been
In Europe, and is now on his way
home. His absence leaves Mr.. Coon
the only assistant secretary here, and
he has been acting secretary since
Folger left. Under the law he will
continue to act as secretary unless the
president should make another ap-
pOintment ten days from to-day.
The death of a cabinet officer during
his term of Office has been a rare oc-
currence in this country. Webster
died while secretary of state. and |
two secretaries of war, Rollins and |
Upshur, and two pOstmasters general.
and Howe, have died while in
office. Folger is the first secretary of |
The treasury who has died while hold
Office.
GENEVA, Sept. secretary Folger
lied at 400. The only persons pres
mt were Mrs. Hart, his deceased
.ifeis sister; Drs. Knapp and Law.
associates, his farlily physician, DR..
b. Smith, and his cOlored servant
lanes. DIR. Smith and Capt. J. $.
lewis had left him but a few min
ties previously. DR.. Henry Foster.
Who has been here two or three times
$ consulting physician, arrived on
ne 4:45 train and was convened to
be Folger mansion by Or. Smith.
.rs. Ernest, the secretary VS. sister. ar
wed by the same train. After the
hree last named entered the sick
namoer, the dying man gasped twice
I Inrlce ana all was over. Secretary '
'oiger's two daughters are in the {
Adirondacks, the elder In very feeble
ealth. His son, Capt. Chas. ". Fol-
er, Is at Alexandra, Va. ALI have
zen notified to come to Geneva. the
'legraph not being earlier resorted
as so sudden a termination of the :,
lthers malady was not apprehended. !
aptaln Folger will arrive t0-mOr- o
w.
Inc secretary returned for the last
TO Geneva on Wednesday even n
g the 2Oth ult. He called his family
lyslclan the next morning who
YES the following diagnosis of his
Sc: Great feebleness of the hearts
ton. Congestion of the middlo
be OF the right lung and canilIarv
ngestlOn of the bronchial miles.
rpor OF the liver; albuminons de-
arge OF urine, showing disease of az
Q Kidneys. The doctor was in lie
med the secretary had hemor- til
age OF the lungs three times Of Isto
ore his return. The first was Will
yachting with some friends ~
w York. on which occasion ha "a; AZ he
arged about a pint of bIoud Sns 81
3 Ut : ''ger ODE out daily till the
4, T. ~ ~, since which time he has
=, ~d JUS room; but he did not who1i~
,n y oi1clal work. He continna1 .
swer important letters and teIa1 ~,
,ct. ~ 10 Yesterday and seemed ~.
mo"ns W give up. But he was NV III.
d;t;nm UNCONSCIOUS OF his critical ~ !.
al f.;a. ne entrusted to his nor -.
,sanas e1u' Capt. Lewis, the fna1 Rre
.ct9"ms w MS family and oth"r ~. \.
mon VI a confidential natmra i.
ired' %e e3egntm after the sec cnsaaS; os;'
event e 1sxaam announcing ths ISL :.
T. a rt were dispatched to pr .ne "
asnra sn E, at Newport: Ass;stoS -
ate loon; Frank Sperrv h;s II
on. ass ustetary: Hon. Thos. g
and Jud~e treasurer at New
!. ouse Andrews, of svra.
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,lstplayed were in tho Of mourn sacr.
separate omn. quarters of the view
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