The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-08-06
A Sketch of the Dead Statesman's
Life and His Political Career.
The Mexican Outrages-Texas Is
Ready for War-An Explana-
ton of the Cutting Case.

New YORK, Aug. 4, $50 a. m.-
Samuel j.. Tllden died peacefully at
Greystone this morning at S:45 o'clock.
There were present with him Drs.
Charles E. SimOnds and Samuel Swift
and his niece, Miss Gould. His death
was entirely unexpected, and was
caused by failure of the heart follow
ing an acute attack Of diarrhea and
nausea.
AS soon as the news of Mr.. Tilden's
death was received in YOnkers there
was a good deal of excitement. In
stantly the flags of the city buildings
and newspaper offices were displayed
at half-mast and expressions of regret
the eminent statesman. 1t is said he
had not been feeling well for some
days.
Samuel Jones Tilden was born on
Feb. 8, 1914, in New Lebanon, Column
bia county, N. Y. His father and
his grandfather were farmers, but
Samuel was sent to Yale College in
1888. He stayed there only short
York, from which he graduated.
rTilden was admitted to the bar in 1S4l
and began practice in New York city,
but he left the law business to become
an editor in 1874, when he took charge
of the Morning Ne,os, a daily paper es
tablished to advocate Folks election
to the presidency.
In 1916 Mr.. Tilden was elected to the
New York assembly, and year later
was chosen a member of the constitu-
tional convention. He ran for the at
torney-generalship of the state in 1856
as democrat, but was defeated, and
returned to the practice Of law. His
brilliant legal talents placed him
in the front rank of the New York
bar, and he accumulated a large for
tune. He became chairman of the dem
ocratic state committee in 1866, and
was member of the constitutional
convention in 1867. Later, when the
Tweed and other rings were formed in
New York city, Mr.. Tilden gave all his
time and his rare talents and energy to
breaking up their corrupt practices,
the assistance of other public-minded
men, in doing. 1t was to him more,
perhaps, than to any one else that the
arrest and conviction of Boss Tweed
and the enforced flight of his pals were
due. The people recognized this fact,
for in 1872 they elected Mr.. Tilden
again to the assembly, where he was
conspicuous on the side of reform. In
1874 he ran for governor and was easily
elected, obtaining plurality of 50,3l7
votes over John "A. Dix and Myron III.
Clark, candidates respectively of re-
publicans and prohibitionists.
In June, 1876, when the democratic
presidential convention met at st.
Louis, the name most prominently put
forward for its consideration was that
of Samuel j. Tilden. On the first bal
lot he received 403a of the 713 votes, on
the second 535, out of q total of 1888,
and then his nomination was made
unanimous. Tilden received apopular
majority over his republican opponent,
Rutherford b.! Hayes, but the latter was
finally given the Office by the electoral
commission.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Aug. 1.-THE
democratic congressional convention
has passed resolutions calling on the
president to demand of Mexico the re-
lease of Cutting and the punishment of
the murdererS of ArreSures, and full
satisfaction and indemnity to be paid
his family.
The Arresures outrage has produced
intense excitement throughout Texas,
and Gov. Ireland's telegram to Secre-
tary Bayard saying that Texas would
take the matter up If the United States
did not is universally Endorsed, and it
is the general sentiment that unless
the federal government takes prompt
and vigorous action to resent The in
dignity, Texas ought to, and will call
Mexico to an account for her treat
ment of American citizens.
The Cutting case has never been full
ly given, and is substantially as fol-
lows: A. X. Cutting, an American
Paso def Norfe. Mexico. in Which he
printed some bad stories about K.
Medina, a Mexican business rival.
Medina had Cutting arrested for de-
famation of character, and the latter
settled the case by signing a recon
citation" which was published in the
following issue of his paper. On the
same day the FL Paso Herald, published
Just across the river i'm Iexas, con-
faipaI = Iattar from Cuffino in xubiob