Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-27

cornheld, when a body Of troops capture,
the house where he was staying aud wer
searching Tor him. lie was the frst /,
lnaugurate as governor OF Massachusetts,
the present political system OF redstrlct
ing states congressional district for DO
utica. purposes, and lt is from Elbridg,
Terry thal the term "gerrymandering'
comes. As sample Of the newspaper
enterprise OF 1914 and 1872, contrasted
with That OF to-day, the chief paper OF
Washington City, where these two deaths
occurred, contains about quarter of A
column the day after they died in regard
70 their deaths. II describes the funerals
OF both in less than ffty lines, ana gives
only the barest details. Three DAYS after
the death Of Gerry, John Galliard OF
South Carolina was elected president
pro TEN. of the senate without discussion,
and the In ligencer DOS not consider
the situation of enough matter for an
editorial.
Vice-President King did not die in
Cuba, as some papers state. He was in
Cuba for his health at the time of his cleo
ton, aud had resigned from the senate
some time before on account of IN health
was sworn in before consul IN Cuba he
ala not expect TO live, and had TO be pre-
vailed upon to take the oath. He was too
feeble to stand alone at the time, and had
10 be supported while 1t was administered.
lie sailed for America and grew worse
during the voyage. When he landed In
Alabama 1t was evident that he
would never get TO Washington. He died
the day after he landed The departments
were not closed here in honor of his death,
and he did not have public funeral. lie
was the first bachelor ever elected to
one OF the two highest offices of the ma
ton, aud he had long been senator,
having served for more than ten years as
president protein. Of the senate before he
was elected vice-presldent. Like
Hendricks, he had been member of
q constitutional convention OF his state,
and he was elected TO his first term in the
senate during the year in which Vice
President Hendricks was born. lie was
for thirty years Il United States senator,
and had twentyfour years Of continuous
service there. In addition to this he
served five years in the lower house, and
two years as minister TO France. He was
SIX feet tall, and very erect. He was
good tllker, and was probably the great
est "Reminiscences man OF his latter days.
The last e-presidential death before
that OF Hendricks was that Of Vice
President Wilson, who died here in Wash
ington just about ten years ago. lie had
been sick for some time, and at New
York had had an operation performed in
which his spine was scared. Returning
to Washington after the operation he in
discreetiy took a warm bath 10 the senate
bathroom. This weakened him, and his
system did not recover from 10. lie was
taken down sick at his clearinghouse,
and shortly niterward died. His death
occurred Mt sos O'Clock Monday morn
ing, November %, 1875 The cause was
set down as apopleXy. During his last
hours he, like Hendricks, was working
upon a volume of memoirs or history, and
he hoped for these to leave some property.
He said in his last hours that he would
life to live to finish his book. Shortly
before he died he picked ~ a hymn-book,
in the front Of which his wfe's picture
was pasted, and gazed at IL for q long
time. Fifteen minutes before he died he
heard of the death Of Senator Ferry OF Con
nccticut, and it is believed that the know
ledge Of the death OF one OF his dear
friends FASTENED his death. The death Of
Ferry had occurred the day or night be.
fore, aud his friends had deferred telling
him of It until the last moment As
went on and the time for the
newspapers TO come approached 70 was
seen that it would be impossible TO keep
the news from him longer. He was told
of IL and was greatly shocked TO hear It.
Fifteen minutes later he was dead He
spoke of his long life Just before he died,
and said: "Since | came to the senate
of the members who first sat
with ms in the senate have passed away,
and don't suppose any living man, eX
cept, perhaps, Hamlin, can say that
Nlce-pTe ldcnt Wilson had great funeral
here, aud he was carried with solemn cell
ebraticns TO Boston think his body lay
in state in Independence hall in Philadel-
phia, and at Boston he was received with
great honor.
There are many curious facts in Aneri-
can history. Here we have the three
vice presidents, Gerry, Hendricks and
Wilson, dying In November at dates
" hlch might all come in a single week
No president either in or out OF Office has
died in November, though six have died I
in July and four In June. Garfield Gied |
in September, Lincoln in April, Taylor IN
July, and Harrison in April, Two vice.
have been indicted for treason /
These were Aaron Burr and John G. |
one vice-presidcnt John /
C.. Calhoun, has resigned his Office, and |
seven men have held both presidential /
and e-pTcsidential chairs John |
Adams, WashingtoD's yicC-president, sue |
reatpJ him in the White House Jcffer- |