The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-11

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THE NEWS Al wAsmsGToN.
WAsHINGToS, ID, q. Sept, 1.-The FIRST
news Of tho death OF Secretary FolgeI
received In this city was conveyed by ~
associated press dispatch from Geneva
Upon It's being shown Ia Assistant Sec
retary Coon, who IL the acting Secretary,
he immediately notified the chiefs of bn'
reaus In the TreasurTDcpartment and in
| vited them to meet ut his office this eve,
ming. Later In the evening Mr.. Coon
WAS informed by u brief telegram from
Geneva from a colored stewart of Mr.,
Folger's, of the latter's death, The news
of the death of the Secretary, about the
city, was received with general express
sions of regret. Officials of the Treasury
department especially were shocked by
the suddeness ofthe event. The generally
expressed opinion of these officers, was
that Mr.. Folger's death WAS due To over
work 'lIe sought 10 supervise all the de-
tails of the service instead Of leaving
merely routine work 10 his subordin.
ates," said n prominent official, and
others who were spoken with on the sub.
lect ascribed the Secretary's illness and
death TO the same cause. Treasurer
Wyman said that for some time before
Mr.. Foiger left the department no had
been complaining of pain IN tho region
of tho heart, and of difficulty in breath
lilEs f' NV ~ 1 b'
of the department on duty tonight, ~
well rs miuor officials who heard the
news, expressed their sorrow n spoke
'celingly of Mr.. Folger's uniform kind
ness Ia them.
At a Meeting at the Assistant Secre-
tary's Office at $40 p. IN. there were
present Mr.. Coon, who presided, Comp.
troller Lawrence, Commissioner John
son, Treasurer Wyman, Commissioners
Evans, Fourth Auditor Bcardsley,
Supervising Architect Bell, Gen. On
mont, Supervising lnspcctor.General
of Steamboats,; Mr.. MimIns, Chief of the
Bureau of Statistics; Mr.. Alexander,
Fifth Auditor. Mr.. Coon, on calling the
meeting to order, announced the death
of Secretary Eolger, and stated that he
had called the officials together to
action to he taken. In the absence OF
tho President, an executive order to
close tho department could not be
Of his authority to close it informally,
even for IA day. He said If there were no
legal obstacles in the way, he would
close the department tomorrow, and
also on the day of the funeral. Judge
Lawrence, First Comptroller; Judge
and Mr.. Alexander, the FIFTH Auditor,
gave il IA their opinion, that the Acting
Secretary had the authority to close the
informally, out of respect
Tor the dead Secretary. Mr.. Coon, after
hearing from these advisers, announced
that he would issue an order, closing the
tomorrow informally, and
that he had already ordered the
of. the building. He
Press reporter, that the
of the Treasury department
with the business world were such that
il was important that il should be closed
seldom as possible. He thought that
by the direction of the President the
s~ub-treasurers and other outside bu-
reaus of the department would be closed
for a couple of hours at least on the day
Of the Secretary's funeral. Mr.. Coon,
as soon as he received the news of the
death of the Secretary, notified the
Postmaster-General, who is the only cab
officer in the city, and both sent
kilograms to the President informing
the latter that they had received
the news Of the death of Mr..
FOlger. Assistant secretary French,
of the Treasury, has been in Europe for
some time and is now on his way home.
His absence leaves Mr.. Coon the only
Assistant Secretary here and he has
been acting Secretary since Mr.. Folger
Under the law he will continue to
as Secretary, unless the President
should make another appointment for
days from to-day.
The death of a cabinet officer during
term OF Office has been "A rare oc-
in this country. Daniel Web
ster died while Secretary of State, and
two Secretaries of War, Rollins and Up
ami Howe, have died while in office.
Mr.. Folger is the first Secretary of the
Treasury who has died while holding
office.
FoLaER's LAS ILLNESS.
GENEVA, N. Y, Sept. 4.-Secretary
died at 4:55. The only persons
present were Mrs. Hart, his deceased
sister, DR.. Knapp and his law as
his family physician, DR.. A. b.
Smith, and his colored servant, james.
Smith and Capt. j. S. Lewis had left
him but a few minutes previously. DR..
Foster, who has been here two or
three times as consulting physician,
on the 4:45 D. IN. train and was
/. nveyed to Folger's mansion by DIR.
Smith. Mrs. Ernst, the Secretary's Sis
arrived by the same train. After
gasped twice or thrice and all was
over. Secretary Folger's two daughters
ire in the ACKNOWLEDGES, the
slider in very feeble health. His
Capt. Charles w. Folger,
IS at Alexandria, Virginia. All have been
to to come to Geneva, the tele-
graph not being earlier resOrted to, as so |
a termination of their fathers |
was not apprehended: Capt.
will arrive Tomorrow. The Sec
'etary returned for the last time to &C.
ieva last Wednesday evening, the 9th
lit. He called his family physician
leXt morning, vino gives the following |
diagnosis of the case: "Grcat feebleness |
Of the hearts action, congestion of the
middle lobe of the right lung and capil-
airy congestion of the bronchial tubes,
orpor Of the liver, albuminous dis
,harge of urine, showing a disease of the
Kidneys. The Doctor was informed that
he Secretary had had hemorage OF the
three times of late before his re-
The first was while out
Yachting with some friends at
New York, on which occasion
10 discharged about a pint of
blood. Secretary FOlger rode out daily
Until and including the 18th ult.,
'ince which time he has kept his room,
tut did not wholly abandon his official
work.. He continued to answer import
mt kilograms up to yesterday. and
,eemed reluctant to give up. Yet he
by no means unconscious
# his critical condition. He
'ntrusted to his personal friend,
Japt. Lewis the final messages to his
amily and others, directions of a con-
nature. A few moments after
he Secretary expired kilograms an
louncing the sad event were dispatched
President Arthur, at New York, AS
Treasurer Coon, Frank Sperry,
lis Private Secretary, Hon. Thomas 9.
assistant Treasurer,a lat New York,
md Judge Andrews, at Syracuse:
gloom pervades the people Of