The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-28
Ex-Gov. poRsHEIMER DEAD.
His Remains Embalmed and Sent to
New York.

new YORK.
The announcement yesterday morning of
the death at the Pulaski House of x-Lieut.
Gov. William Dorsheimer, of New York,
was a surprise to almost every body. Al
though Gov. Dorsheimer died at $50 o'clock
Monday night his death was kept a secret,
and until yesterday it was known
here only to the family attendants
and the proprietors of the hotel
who stated that Mrs. DOrsheimer had en-
| joined the strictest secrecy upon them con-
corning her husbands death. When it be-
came generally known that Gov. DORIS
heimer was dead this statement caused a
good deal OF comment. The proprietors
and clerks of the hotel were piled with in
quires but they said that Mrs. Dorsheimer
had pledged them TO absolute secrecy, and
that the fact of her husbands death should
under no circumstances be made public.
Mrs. Dorsheimer was seen last night, and
she stated that she had made no such re-
quest, and if any effort had been made to
conceal the fact of her husbands death. it
was unauthorized by her, She was sur
prised that any such statement should have
been made without her knowledge and APP
prevail
Gov Dorsheimer left New York March
10, and was then in perfect health. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Dorsheimer. They
had purposed leaving on blizzard Monday,
intending to spend few days in Washing
ton, and then take Thursdays vestbule
train TO Florida. Gov. Dorshelmer caught
cold on his way down and stopped in Sa-
Vannah, and was detained here by the Black
shear wreck. On the day OF his arrival no was
invited to the Hibernian Society banquet,
but did not feel well enough to attend, and
declined the invitation. The next day he
rode out, and for several days, although
suffering from severe cold, he was about
the hotel Last week he caught more cold
which aggravated his illness and lie was
confined to his room. His illness was not
thought to be serious, and he expected to
leave in a few days for Florida. On Mon
day afternoon he developed symptoms of
pneumonia and at $50 o'clock he died.
Dr. j. b. Read was his al tending physician,
and he states that saccharine, diabetes and
pneumonia were the causes of his death.
Gov. DoTsheimer's illness was not at
first considered serious, and it was not
known to the employees of the New York
Star, of which he was editor, until Monday
afternoon. His remains were embamed
and were sent North last night. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Dorshemer and were
sent on the same train with the remains of
young Wilbur, who was killed i'll the
Blackshear wreck
Gov. Dorsheimer was 81 years old. He
was born in Lyons, Wayne county, New
York His father was Philip Dorsheimer,
native of Germany, afterward wealthy
citizen of Buffalo, and one of the founders
of the Republican party. William was
educated at Harvard and was admitted to
the ba. in 1854. In politics he began as a
Democrat, joined the Republican party i'll
1856, and in 1860 again supported the
Republican ticket. AT the beginning of
the war he was appointed Major on Gen.
Fremonts staff, and at toe close of the Mis-
ROLL NJ.
heimer returned to civil life and published
"A series of articles in the Atlantic MonthtY
entitled 'Fremonts Hundred Days in Mis-
souri," in 1868 ne was appointed by Presi-
dent Johnson United States District Attor-
ney for the Northern District of New York.
His term expired in 1871. In the next Dem
Ocratic State Convention he was nominated
for Lieutenant Governor on the Tilden
ticket and was elected He was reelected,
serving from Jan. l, 1876 till Jan. l, 1880. In
1879, he was appointed a commissioner of
the State surveF, and in 1888, one of the
commissioners of the State reservation at
Niagara, being elected chairman of the
latter commission. In 1882 he was elected
to Congress from the Seventh district of
New York, and became member of the
Judiciary Committee, and was also chai..
man on the part of the House of the joint
committee having in charge the proceed
ings of Congress in the completion of
the Washington monument In 1884 he
published biography of Grover Cleveland,
the Democratic candidate for the Presi-
dency and in July 1885 was appointed
United States Attorney for the Southern
district IN New York, which office he re-
sigaed in March 1886. In September 1885
he purchased the New York Star, which he
has since conducted.
Mrs Dorsheimer at once telegraphed the
news of her husbands death to the Star and
TO the members of her family in New York
In the afternoon she received many tele-
grams of coincidence among which was one
from Mayor Hewitt of New York.