The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-27
ABRoKEN CIRCUIT.
The Death Of aeaeial Aa.on s.assr, a Prom.


F,y iuent reierraphor.
CHICAGO, March 29.-General Anson
stagcr died this morning.
D. General stager was born in Ontario
county, n. Y, in 1926. When sixteen
years ofage he engaged in printing under
the construction Of Henry o'Iseilly, who al.
terwards became q pioneer in tho build
ing aHl oppratipg Of telegraphs. o'Reilly
Induced young stages To- follow him in this
indeyeloped enterprise, and when he had
connected Philadelphia with Harrisburg
the young man took charge OF his first 'of.
flee in Lancaster on this line in. the fall OF
1siG. y. &. ~. Il,
While still acting at Cincinnati, the New
York and Mississippi Valley Company's
lines, connecting Buffalo, n. Y, with
Louisville, KY, were projected, and An
son Stager was made the first General Su:
perintendent thereof in 1852. In July OF
the same year, through the absorption OF
the New York State Printing Telegraph
0ompany's lines by the Mississippi Valley
Printing Telegraph Company, General
Stager's supervision was eS Stended oyer
that State. When Sumpter was fired on
tile Governors Of Ohio, Indiana and 1lli-
nois took possession Of the wires In those
States for military purposes, and at
once put General stager in charge OF them
as representing themselves. He accom-
panied General NIcg glellani in his West Vir-
ginia campaign, during which he estab.
iished the first system Of field telegraphs
used during the rebellion, When General
Mcclellan was transferred to Washington
he called Mr.. stager to that department to
organize the military telegraph. This no
accomplished and remained In charge
until November 1892, when he was com;
missioned Captain aud Assistant Quarter
master, and, by order Of the Score:
tary of War, was appointed Chief
Of the United States Military Tele-
graph throughout the country. SUBJ
seouently he was Commissioned Colonel
and Aide-de- Camp, and was also placed IN
charge OF the cipher correspond 81 the
Secretary Of far. The cFybtographF pled
in this correspondence, all through the
war, which baifled the most persistent el-
s e s,sn.,f S hs sses sas detas saa s
COlOnel-etelRef EenMnea ~ wy sSh wy
until September, 1866, and was breyeted
Brleadier. General for valuable and
meritorious services. Following the close
Of the war the consolidation Of the South
western aud American Telegraph Oompa.
nies with the Western Union made neces.
sary a reorganization. of the latter, and
the General isuperintendency ofthe con-
solidated company was offered to but de-
blined by General Stage.. A. resRlt was
the creation OF three grand dlvisions-the
Central, Eastern aud Southern--General
staser accepting the superintendency Of
the Central, which left him in charge Of
lis old territory, with headquarters at
Cleveland. -Four years later C.eyelana
beeame no ,l0agef q eeilttal point and
dnring the summer OF 1860 the headquar.
ters We're transferred to Chicago. After
coming 10 Chicago he BECAME the leading
Westeyn representatives at the Wander
bilt interests. He founded the Western
Electric Manufacturing Company, the
largest mandatory OF electrical machinery
| in the United States, and continued TO be
Ito PresiasAt until January lst Of the
present peat General Stager has been
prominently identified with the develop
tnent Of the telephone business In Chicago
and the Northwest. He also took Q psoMil
IA i,ent part IN the introduction of the cleo.
tic light, and has been the President ot
the Western Edison Electric Light Com
pany since Its formation. ,.t