The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-01-22
OBITUARY.
Heart Disease the Cause of Death
A Sketch Of His Career Other
Deaths.

Vice President OF the United States. died on
spolis and Omaha PASSENGER depot -
Collar srriyed In Manksic on the mornins
Ing the distance and way to the Omaha depot.
walked o that place. distance of about three
fourths OF mile. while the mercury God -
80 degrees below zero. Upon arriving at the dep0t
be I'M uired OF the ba RgaReman whrre the gentle
mant wattinR-room was. and Immediately went
10, tbs w,st tran wsx
In his manner when he entered the derot to at
tract the attention OF the other occupants OF tho
room They noticed that he was breathing
hard. but thought nothing OF It, considering
that a fast walk was the cause. He looked out
OF the window and at map on the wall and
then seated himself upon bench in the room,
crossing one leg over the knee OF tho other
About tive minutes after he entered the room
one OF the gentlemen present noticed his leg
drop from the knee upon which he was resting,
and that his face was growing pale. Several OF
those IN the room fastened 10 his assistance.
thinking that the sudden change OF tempera-
ture had caused him 10 faint; but he gave only
one gasp and was dead. he had not spoken AZ
ter entering the room, his last words being those
OF thanks TO the baggageman who had directed
Identity of the man who had passed away 90
suddenly until letter was noticed in his pocket
directed TO Hon. Schuyler Colfax, South Bend.
Ind. Other letters found upon his person left
no doubt that the body was that of Mr. Colfix.
The Coroner was notified, and during the after
noon held an inquest The jury. az or examin-
cordance with the above facts. The relatives
OF Mr.. Colfax were at once made aware by tel
egraph of his sad death: The remains were
taken to the spacious parlors Of DIR. q. q. Har-
rington. and the.e properly prepared and laid
In state The following day "a ~ were placed
In charge Of a delegation of Ocd Fellows. ana
escorted TO tie late home of the deceased. at
South Bend. Ind. Mr. Colfax, q the time death
overt ok him, was en- route to Huron. Oak, on
business connected with Odd Fellowship, OF
which he was o prominent member.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Schuyler Colfax. seventeenth Vice President
Cit Sn March 81 Ms 9oIn an Sew aoin
Colfax. was an officer OF the revolutionary army
and commannant OF Washington body guard
His father ed before SCHUYLER was born, and
when he was 10 years old his mother married
again. and for the next three years he was en-
saged In his stepfather's store. In 1876 tho
Carlisle, ST. Joseph County. During the five
following years Schuyler was a clerk In n coun-
try store. In 1871 his stcpfathe Mr.. Matthew'S.
was elected County Auditor, and removed 70
South Bend. scuyler was app inted his
deputy. and began to study law:
but after serving two years a.
nal he established In is45 weekly paper at
South Bend, called the 81. Joseph VALLEY
Reetstey. OF which he was both proprietor and
and in lS4s Mr.. Colfax was sent as q delegate
To the Wing National Convention at PhIa-
delph1a, OF which body he was elected Secretary.
In ls6J he was member OF the Indiana state
Constitutional Convention, in which he spoke
and voted against the clause prohibiting Tree
colored persons from entering the State. In
2ie. though his district was strong
5s,sg Dem4 &c ,h ic VIII, In N. 1852 he was
Baltimore, which appointed him It's Secretary.
Two years later he was elected a Representative
in Congress by the newly formed Republican
party. and was reelected for the six following
| terms: In 1856 he supported Mr. Fremont for
resident, and during the canvass "a speech
slavery and the aggI ession of the slave power
WIS circulated to the extent OF more than half .
million copies.
In the 1hrty-ffth Congress Mr.. CoIfax was
made Chairman OF the Committee on Post
omces and Postroads, which place he continued
TO occupy until his election December T. 1865, a.
Speaker of the Thirty eis nth Congress. He.wAs
reelected Speaker again In 1855, and again In
1867.
In 1865 he made q journey across the conti-
nent to the Pacific coast, and in May, 1879. the
Republican National Convention at Chi ago
nominated him for Vice President OF the Uni,ed
States. with Gen. Grant a. candidate for Prest-
that were pol.ed by the convent on. and was
elected In November; and on March 4. 1859,
he was inausurated Woe PRESIDENT. and
took his seat as President OF the senate.
In 1870 he wrote q letter which was
published, declaring his intention to retire from
public life as soon as his term Of Vice President
had expired he was subsequently, led to
ceange this determination, and at the Repub-
hoan National Convention at Philadelphia, In
1877, ne was o candidate Tor the nomination a.
Vice President and rece. we'd sl41a votes "a p be-
Ing given to Henry Wilson, of Massach sets.
who was acco dinghy nominated on the first bal
lot and chosen In the subsequent Presidential
election
In 1877 Mr.. Colfax was implicated In charges
Of corruption brought against many members
of Congress, but the Judiciary Committee OF the
House reported on Feb "a, 1879, that there was
no ground for the impeachment of Mr. Iolfax,
since, II there had been any odense committed
by him, 1t was before he b came Vice President
since that time he has taken no part in politics,
but has frequently appeared as public Lecturer.