The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-01-27
Che 9ails 8nlletin.
TUESDAY, JAN. "a, 1885.
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.


Hth, by 40 to 8.
Tom Doyle, of Ottawa, OF the
Canadian Nile expedition, has been
drowned. He makes the eighth
member of the expedition lost.
Ex. vice-President Schuyler Col
fax dropped dead at 1895 o'clock
on the morning of Jan. 18th, at the
Omaha railway depot at Mankato,
Minnesota. He had arrived from
the East at 10 o'clock, by the Mil
waukee road, and walked three
fourths Of mile to the Omaha
depot, with the thermometer 80
degrees below zero. 1t is supposed
that the extreme cold, subsequent
heat and ovcr-cxertion caused
stoppage of the flow of blood to the
heart. His body was taken in charge
by the Odd Fellows, Of which he
had been distinguished member.
On the previous Saturday he had
appointed Mr.. George W. Matthews,
of South Bend, Ind, as his execu-
tor, and when asked il he expected
to pass away soon, he replied, ~
am liable to drop dead at any mo-
ment." Schuyler Colfar was born
in New York city, March 3rd, 1928,
and was therefore in his 62nd year
at death. He settledat South Bend,
Indiana, in 1886, received a common
school education and then became
printer. For great many years he
was editor Of the st. Joseph Weekly
Register. From 1854 to 1868 he
was Representative for Indiana in
Congress, and Speaker in 1868, 1865
and 1867. In 1868 he was elected
President Of the United States
on the Republican ticket with Gen
eral Grant. He visited the Pacific
Coast several times, and the people
of San Francisco enjoyed public
speeches from him. The town Of
Colfax, Placer Co., Cal, is named
in his honor. A geographic sketcher
says. Personally, Schuyler Colfax
was man of most genial tempera-
ment, a good citizen and an earnest
Christian. He leaves widow, but
no children. He was involved,
whether justly or not, in the Credit
Mobilier scandal, and retired from
politics when he vacated the vice.
presidential chair.
The Earl of Aylcsford, Joe :"
Finch, died at Big Springs, Texas,
Jan. 18th, of cyroses of the liver
and dropsy. He settled an English
colony in that quarter in 1883. He
had been in declining health the
past year, but nothing serious was
anticipated until within few hours
of his death. Although only Sc
years of age, he had the appearance
of a man of fifty, having been of
late years a hard drinker. The
Earl leaves no male descendants,
and his title to Aylesford and its
estates goes to his next eldest
brother Charles Finch. All his
personal property will 60 to his two
daughters, now in England. Former
ly the Earl was a boon companion
of the Prince of Wales, who is
charged with a share of the response
bility of leading him into ruinous
courses. The Prince ceased to SOW
his wild. oats and settled down to
comparative docility, but the Earl
kept up his sprees until about year
ago, when he found himself S10,.
900, 900 in debt and defendant in .
very disreputable divorce case. His
lovely wife had the sympathy Of
everybody, and his creditors were
protected by the courts. The estate
which was entailed, was placed il
the hands of conseryator for thu
benefit of his creditors, and thu
Earl was given an allowance of 500,
900 year, with which he came tt
America in the summer of 1883 fol
rest and much needed recuperation
Under the patronage of Jay Goult
the young Earl went to Texas, wher'
he bought $4,000 acres of grazing
land, upon which he erected plaiI
house, which he furnished in styl'
becoming the section of country il
which it was located. -