Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-05

| left j II arson City in July his orlgine'
! in tentfon was to make tour along the
| Eastern seacoast, and perhaps to take
| short ocean VOYAGE, as he thought thai
/ the sea Dir would benefit him. After ar.
irving at New York, however, the party,
which included the Governor and Mr.
ard Mrs. Baggott. of ST. Louis, changed
| their minds and set sail for Europe.
Landing in Ireland, tour of that country
was made. AMI they then proceeded to
England, themes to Paris, AMI then tc
! the Spa, Belgium. where the party
remained a number of weeks The
! Governor arrived home late in Septem-
Der, bat did not seem to have been great
| ~ benefited b. his trip.
Governor Marmaduke has given much
| thought and labor to the completion of
the funding of the State debt, and this.
in conn actioa with oyerworS last winter
and spring, is one of the causes leading
to his G wing away physically. Up to
this morning his mind was perfectly clear.
All his life he has been man of powerful
physique and iron constit uton, and the
first dav of his Hines; he was irrtat ed by
i his weakness, and told his brother. D. w
Marmaduke, so. who pacified him by the
remark that he was very sick man, and
that his sickness made him weak. The
scene at the Exncutivs Mansion tonight
was painful The visitor was uShered
into the grand hall from the front en-
trance, and the noticeable feature of
the room was the decorations, which
hung from the ceiling and walls. and
which covered the baus trade of the
great winding staircase. In the recep-
ton room We're few friends. while
above in the chamber over which the
death angel was hovering We're the phv-
na- lsn M,s,-r n
and Miss HARDWOOD
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Governor John S. Marmaduke was born
in Saline County, Mo-. March IA, 1888,
and was there reared and educated un.
til he left to enter Yale College After
spending three wears in Yale College and
one in Harvard University, in March,
1853, he entered West Point, receiving
the appointment through Hon. John $.
Phelps. He graduated from there in 1887,
and, leaving West Point, entered til
United States army under Goner-
al Albert Sidney Johnston, and
served until April, 1861; he then
resigned. enlisted in the Missouri State
Guards as CAPTAIN. and was immediately
elected Colonel of re rimant of infantry.
After tho battle of Boanville, he resigned
his commission and went to Richmond,
Va, where he was comm S sion I'D First
Lieutenant of the Confederate States
army. He remained in this army, passing
up through successive grades of promo
ton until he reached the position of Ma.
jor- General.
In 1864 he was taken prisoner and con-
fined at Johnson Island and Fort War;
rem, until August, 1855. when he was re-
leased. He then went to Europe, where he
remained for soma time. Returning, he
went into business in st. Louis, where he
established the house of Marmaduke &
Brown. He also acted for time as gen.
eral manager of the Life Association of
America for the Southern States. He was
at one time connected with several Jour
nails published in ST. Louis. The State
Board of Agr;c 1lture twice elected him it's
secretary. He was appointed bv Govern.
or Hardin to the Office of Railroad Com
misSioner in 1875: was elected to the Of
fec in 1876 and served until 1887. He was
elected Gov arnor in 1884 by a majority of
AT votes. Governo, Marmaduke was
never married.
GOVERNOR MoREHOUSE.
Albert P. Morehouse is still in the prime
of his life. having bean born in Delaware
County, Ohio July II, 1885. making him
fifty-two years of age. His youth was
spent anon = the simplest of surround ngs.
His education was in keeping with the en-
vironments of his early life, and he re-
ceved nothing beyond commons chool
training until he attained the age of
eighteen years, when he attended a
select school for two years longer.
this terminating the course of study
afforded him. However, he prof ed by
what he learned. for his next appearance
in school was not pupil but as teacher,
he having removed, for this purpose, TO
Camden, Ray County, Mo-, where he
taught for one term. But his ambitions
wee not limited to the sphere of
the profession of lawyer be-
ing the object to which he directed his
best efforts, and the fall following his
first experience as teacher found him
located in Nodawav County, where, when
he was not engaged in teaching, he was
for admission to the bar. His
was rewarded in 1850, four
years after he had fist taken up be legal
studies by being admitted to practice.
and this accomplished. his entrance to
fairly begun. Ever sincs he has
affairs concerning thu Democratic
party in the State and has even been
m ;ngled with those whose voice has been
felt in matters of still greater import. He
was delegate to the Democratic National
Conventions of 1872 and 1876. He also
served in the Twenty. ninth and Thirty
first General assemblies, being the presid-
ing officer of the Senate for two terms
and officer of the Democratic State can |
trail committee of 1888. In addition to
his legal and political rrcclivities, Gov
ernor Morehouse has shown his adherence |
to. the soil of Missouri bv engaging in
the real estate business. He is n married |
man, his family residing with him at
Maryville. Personally, the Governor is !
of progressing appe arance, tall, of |
dark complexion and wearing a black !
mustache. His manners are mild. but his
are none the less firm, as he is
an ardent Prohibitionist
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