Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-06

dean of the Secretary spread apout /,
wts received With a general expr-ssiou
OF reRr :. Offieials of the fre.snry
O-ptrtment especially we're shocked nv
the snddenness of the event. rhe 0en.
orally expressed ooinion of these offis-rs
Was that Mr.. Folger's death WAS due N
overvo'k. He sought tn suoarvise ali
Details OF the sersic-. instead Of leaving
tn- merely routine work - HE sabordi
tte+, said one prominent fisiaI. and
All others who vsre spDk-n With on tbs
suo, ct, gscribed the Scr ..--'s Illness
and de std 20 the same cause. rreasu
FER Wym IN said so,oe time before Fol.
ger lett the department b. had been
complaining OF pin 10 the region of
the heart and OF din ;ulty la bre ,thiny
| "atchmen and o her employees Of tue
department. on duty At night, as well as
minor ofnci sis Who heard the ne vs.. ex
pressed tneir sorrov and spoke fe -IinQIy
OF folgers uniform kindness to them.
At tue meeting in the Assist ,nt Ssrre
tarys ONCE at half-past O'Clock thi.
| evening there were present Mr. @ ION.
Who presided, Comptroller L,vrsncs
Csmmission-r Johnson, Urea. .urer Wv
man, Commissioners Evans. Forth and
Besrdsley. Supervising Architect Ball
General Dumont supervi.ioe inspector
general of ste .mboats. Mr.. Mann caief
| OF the Bureau Of St1tistic-, Mr.. Alsxtn
der nftn, aud Jndge Crowell actiag
| sixth Auditors. Mr.. Coon. on calling
the meeting to order, announced tn.
death OF Secretary Folg-r, and stated
that he had called the off ,ials together
To advise With him as to the proper 40
tiou 20 be taken in the absence of the
President, or until an Executive order
70 CLOSE the department could be had,
and he was doubtful of his authority
to close Informally even for a day. He
said Il tbefe were no legal Obstacles ia
the way he would close the department
tomorrow, and also on the day of the
funeral. Uppn the death of the Secrs
tary they conferred with the Post master
General, who In the only Cabinet officer
la the city, and who sent a telegram TO
| the President informing him that he
had reserved news of the death of Sec
retary Folger. Assistant Secretary
French, Of the Treasury, has been in
Europe, and 10 nov 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 shall
make another appointment ten days
from today. The death OF a Cabinet
officer during his term of Office has been
rare occurrence IN this country. Web
ster died as Secretary OF state. aud two
secretaries of War, Il ,llins and Upshur.
and two Postmaster Gvner ,ls, Brown
aud Howe, have died while in office.
Folger is the 6rst Secretary OF the
Treasury who died while holding office.
GENEVA. Sept. 5.-Secretsry Folger
died at 4:45 p. m. The only persons
present were Mrs. Hart, his deceased
wlfs's sister. DIR. Knapp aud law AS %
| ci.tes, his family physician, DR.. T.. b.
| Saith, aud his @ 'lored servant James.
Mr.. Smith aud Capt. j. ID. Lewis had
left him but = few minutes prsviDusly
| DIR. Henry Foster. who has been here
| Two or three times as consulting paysi-
cian, arrived on the 4:t5 tram, aud WAS
conveyed e. the FJl.er mansion by DIR.
| smith. Mrs. Ernest, the Seer. ,ry's
sister, arrived by the same train. After
the three last named persons entered
the dying man Rssped two or three
times, and ali WAS over. Sec rstary Fl
gers two daughters are in the Adirou-
dacks, in very feeble health. HIS 500,
Capt. Chas. W. Folser. is At Alexandra,
Va. All we're notified TO come to GeL-
eva. Capt. FolRer will arrive tomOr
row. Tue Secretary reluraed for the
last time 10 Geneva ON w, dnesdsv ven
ing, the 2Jtn u.timo. lie oallei his
family physician next morning. WIN
gave the follosin2 diagnosis Jf tns Case: !:
Great f-ebleness of hearts action, CON.
g.stion of the middle zoe of the right
lung, and otpili ,ry congestion OF the
brouchiA tuoss, larhar of the liver,
l
showing diseased kidutys. Tue doct, r
was informed that the Secretary had
had hemorrhage OF tae lungs thr, .
times of late before his return. fhe
tirst time WAS while out yachting with
friends At New York, ON which Oooasisn
ne discharged about a pint of blood.
Secretary Folger rode out daily until
and incld iihg the - b ultino, since
which time he kept nis rooIB, but did
not wholly abandon official work. II =
continued to answer important letters
aud telcgrams up 10 ye.terday. and
seemed reluctant 10 give mp, bat he was
by no means unconscious of his critical
condition. de entrusted TO n personal
freud, Captain Lewis, dual mes .aRes to
his family and other directions of "a
confidential nature. Winin IA few mo.
,nents after the Secretary had expir, d.
kilograms announcing the sad event
were dispatched ~ President Arthur.
Attempt 10 Murder.
ST. PAUL, Minu., Sept. 6.-It has Just
transplrod that an effort was made az
the Gsaud Opera House on "Wednesday
night To assass,nato sitting Boil as be
vas leaving the theater. An unknown
mau suddeniy drew u pistol, and, with
out raising it, aimed At the great chief
bat a comp .niou knocked the weapon
down before it could be discharged.
Both men followed the indians out, but
no further attempt on their lives WAS
made. sitting Bull 10 now constantly
guarded, even at the hotel guard be-
ing placed at the door.
The stock Lisl
Nxw YoRx. Sept. 5.-U. 3. Three's,
IOO,<; 4I<'s, lli1; As, i20; Pacific S6's
III; American Express ~. Canada Pa
cific ~. Canada southern 81, Cen
tsal Pacific %l}s. Chicago. Huntington
and Quincy i2t,4, denver kio Grande
l2l<. Erie IGN, Hannibal and st. Jos
3s1S, Kansas and Texas 1884, Lake
shore s2x, Louisville and Nashsille
BIN, Mionigan Central %, Northern
Pacific 2lk, Northern Pacific preferred
l 41As NOtkuWtottAh ANSBs A'sW ASe
Uentral iOSS. Oregon kaiiway and Nav.
ieasion ~. Oregon franscontInental
l5X, Oregon improvement n, rscIfc
; Mali 4gA, Panama IS. Rook Island
Ii6l. 30. Paul S6, Texas Pacific Is
Union Pacific SIN, United States Ex-
, press 81. Wells Fargo lOS, Western
Union 6tk, Lsckawanna lilo.
on Wall street.
EKw YoRx. Sept. g. Governments
easier. k4llroads iirm. Stocks strong.
The mArkes a, the opening Was irrexu
lar, and dechnea 10 y. the latter the
Nes York Ccntrai, which vas Affected
by reports that the directors had 70
dacrd tue dividend TO ! ~ Ier cent fo'
, the quarter. l. ss-r ths ket estneFee
. stru.sth on favorable advlccs from ths
corn bslI, and general advance 90
CURED. Leading snarcs xere taken if
rounl amounts fst cut OF towu account
: In. adv .uce ranged frou : TO ~. sh'
I latter Unioa Paclbc. In tns afternoot
shsrr Vas = disposition 40 realize. ans
. pr.ces tell of y "a !, bot the marke
J. ulusrd buovans ~ tne nis best nsuscs o
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