The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-25
EVENTS Of THE WEEK.
DEATH OF EXPIRES. ARrHuR.

1T 123 Lexington avenue, New York city,
where he had resided for twenty years or
more, at a. M, November 18th, cerebral
apoplexy being the immediate cause, his
chief malady being Brights disease OF the
kidneys. For two or three years he had
an enfeebled heart, and for the last year he
had been an invalid, his restoration to Wig
orous health not being anticipated. He
passed the greater part Of the summer at
New London, Conn.,, but his physical in
trinity gained force and he returned to
New York six weeks ago, not nearly SO
well as when he left the city.
But neither he nor those about him antic-
ipated that death would 20 soon ensue.
Tuesday morning he felt unusually strong
and free from allpain and he spoke Of it with
the exhuberance Of hope and courage.
Tuesday evening q great change for the
worse was apparent, his family were sum-
moned and passed some hours at his bed
side, DR.. VIM. A. Valentine and Surrogate
Rollins remaining with them. At midnight
he was resting quietly and and was left
alone for few hours, during which time he
suffered the stroke Of cerebral apoplexy,
small blood vessel bursting in the brain,
producing paralysis Of the righ side. He
was motionless and speechless during We'd
nesday, and beyond the pressure Of the
doctors hand and putting out his tongue,
partly, when asked to do 50, he gave no
other sign of. consciousness.
There was no great change before the end
came, life ebbed slowly away, the heart beats
were fewer and fainter, and without pain or
struggle, at five O'Clock, Thursday morning
he entered upon the long, eternal sleep.
The funeral Of Mr.. Arthur Is appointed to
take place at 8: 80 .. M, Monday, the 22nd
inst, from the church of Heavenly Rest, 5th
Avenue, Rt. Rev. DR.. Parker Morgan offici-
ating; the burial to be at the Albany Rural
Cemetery, in the Arthur family plot
Ex-President Arthur was born at Fairfield,
Franklin County, Vermont, October 5, 1880,
being the eldest Of seven children, two sons
and five daughters, of Rev. VIM. Arthur d.
D., Baptist clergyman, who came to the
United States from Ballymena, Ireland, at
the age Of eighteen years, he then being q
graduate Of the University of Belfast and
especially versed in the knowledge Of Latin
and the Greek classics- In log cabin, in
the northeast portion Of Fairfield, the SUBJ
ject of this sketch was born, his father being
the founder of q Baptist church, whose ear
liest services were held in barn.
But the pastor Of that rustic church, with
his strong intellect, scholarly attainments
and rare eloquence rose to distinction in
the ministry and in the domain Of author
ship, and from 1866 to 1868 was pastor Of the
Calvary Baptist Church of New York city
where he was accounted one Of the ablest
clergymen Of the metropolis. He died near
Albany, Oct. n, 1876. The mother of a
future President, whose maiden name was
Malvina Stone, was endowed with rich
intellectually, and Gen. Arthur inherited
talents Of the highest order.
Young Arthur began his preparation for
college at the age of twelve years at the
Academy at Greenwich, Washington county
n. Y, and graduated at the Grammar school
at Schenectady. He entered Union college
In 1S45, when only Is years of age, teaching
school during the winter months to earn
money to 60 on with his education. He
graduated in 1S4S, at the age of Is. He had
then determined to become q lawyer, and
alternated the period of his legal studies
with teaching, SO that when admitted to the
bar in 1853, he had the capital of $500, saved
by the stricted economy, with which to be-
gin his business life.
The young lawyer soon reached a position
Of prominence from appearing as chief
counsel in the celebrated Lennon slave
case, though associated with VIM. NJ.
Evarts, whereby the court Of appeals set
tied the right Of slaves to their freedom
when brought into the state Of New York
By their masters. Into this case he threw
his inherited anti-slavery sentiments and
exhibited the force Of his legal ability. In
another case he won q victory for human
rights, the suit Of q young colored woman
who was rejected from the horse cars and was
awarded decree Of $500. His political
life began in 1856, and was contempora-
ncous with the origin of the Republican
party. Recognizing his promise Gov E. D.
Morgan had made him Q member OF his
gubernatorial staff and the day after the
guns opened on Sumter gave him command
Of the quartermasters department at New
York City.
In this position he exhibited marked bus
iness grasp, valuable economy and infexi-
BILE integrity. In 1871 President Grant ap-
pointed him Collector Of the Port Of New
York, and in 1875 he was renominated by
the same President, and confirmed without
reference to . committee, compliment
never given before except to ex-Senators.
He was the first collector ever reappointed
for a second term, and with scarce an ex-
ception the only one who, for fifty years,
had held the Office for more than the term Of
four years. In 1873 he was succeeded by
Gen. Merritt and returned to the practice of
his profession. He was q natural organizer
Of men and forces and had high prominence
| in his party in New York and in 1879 was at
| the head Of the organization
In the national convention Of 1850 he
supported Gen. Grant, and after the
nomination Of Gen. Garfield, was chosen
for vice-President. By the tragic death Of
President Garfield he became President and
bore himself in that exalted station with an
ability and dignity which enhanced his
lustrous fame. From the Presidential
Office he passed again to his law office, but
before he had time to pick up the scattered
threads Of his profession disease overlook
him, and his career was ended.
Nearly twenty five years ago he married
the daughter Of the heroic captain w. L.
Herndon Of the United States Navy, whose
death in january 1879 bereft him Of the
companionship Of brilliant woman, q
| devoted wife and admirable mother, to
whose memory he was lovingly loyal. Mrs.
Arthur was born at fredericksburg,
Virginia, and ON her mother side descended
from a Georgia family Of excellence and
worth. Their two children, SON, named
for his father is now twenty two years oi
age and engaged in the legal profession,
and Miss Nellie, the daughter, has passed
her fourteenth birthday. To them falls the
heritage Of illustrious ancestry.
The news Of the death Of ex-President
Arthur while it did not greatly surprise the
country, called forth the most universal ex