The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-23
A GREAT Man DEAD.
After Long Suffering Stan
ley Matthews Rests
A WISE. coSscrExrrous sUKrsr.
Expressions of sorrow Judge
Gresham and Atserney-Geaer.i
Miller Mentfonei NJ successer.

Matthews died q. 10 o'eleek shi< morning
The last change sn hts condition occurred
yesterday afternoon AZ > O'Clock. In she
morning he had been feeling comfortable
sn1 cheerful Al tuas hour, howeves. tie
intense pain which marked the periods o.
define required aud never left him until
Death brought relief. Dr. Wm- W. John,
son was summoned. and finding the pa-
tieas suffering 80 intensely. aamsnissere.3
Gplafss. which toward morning induced 4
state Of Senl-eonsesousnexs. In which he
remained until the end. OCCASIONALLY he
would partially revive aud recognize the
loved 0aes ness him hy q glance or pres
sase OF the hand. bat . relapse soon fol
lsssFsd- For number OF hours previous &C
hss ceafh be was practically unconscious
In ais last hoars the dying justice was sur-
rounded by the members Of his family.
An INVALID FOE WARS.
Justice Matthews had been an invalid
f0r years During tae winter OF fsss he
frequently cOEaplaiEed OF indigestion and
muscular rheumatism, aud as spring wore
on he began 10 safer from obstinate d.
srrhes. from which be lost q great deal OF
strength and flesh. At this time ii was
thought his great devotion 10 work was 70
large degree responsible for hts illness.
- 20 aouhd II was. Acting UPON the al
rice Of his physicians and friends, who
had great hopes that q change of air might
prove of lasting benefit, he went 10 NaSsa-
ehEsests, stopping for some time at Len
nex, then at Nantucket, bat he continued
20 lose ground. Daring the summer he
bad several attacks of Muscular rheuns-
tisu, associated with high fever. which
woald eouhne him TO bed several days a.
nfpe. On his return homo he began 10
improve somewhat, but continued 10 suffer
from iafereEsrent attacks, which always
greatly reduced his strength and gesh.
These came on al intervals of three or four
weeks. Between them he would have
peGf1fs os marked improvement. aud sew
eral Zines when DR.. johnson was conf
dsnfaiiy hoping 10 be able To get him out.
smother attack woHi6 PROSTATE him aud
ieaye him weaker than before
During last February he suffered greatly
with compile stion of eyssitis and triss
About this time ulcer OF cornea appeared.
with effGsson into the pieural cavity, at
rribafsble 10 his rheumatic condition He
recovered. however, from both these latter
Implications. Acout eight weeks pre-
yioHs 70 his final Illness he had been Also
i1tely free from pain, aud his physician
and family had great hopes of his uiti-
raste recovery. That hope WIS modified,
however, By the fact that while he had a
good appetite and good digestion, be did
not gain in flesh, although his strength i'm
proved daily. At this time he sat up dur
ing part OF each day and walked about his
room aud the other rooms on the same
floor, hut about the srh of March he had an
acute attack Of high fever, which lasted
several dsys. and which very much ex-
hausted him. After this passed of he
seemed 70 be improving, with q retHrn of
appetite, bat recurrence of chills and fe-
yer. associated with eystitis. still further
added 20 his exhaustion and debility
During all this time his pulse was exceed
lngly feeble and the action of the heart
sustained only by remedies administered
fer that purpose.
chill and high fever. which brought on in
tense local suffering. This was followed
IN few hours BY another chill. from
which he could not rally. He continued
TO lose strength. and died soon after L
O'Clock this morning The immediate
heart and congestion of the kidTeys with
partial suppression of the arine-
THE FUNERAL
Arrangements for the funeral ven prac-
tieally concluded this evening. Religious
services viii be held at his late residence
on Connecticut avenue Monday afternoon
at O'Clock They viii be brief and sim-
pie and win be conducted by Rev. Dr.
Hamlin, pastor OF the Church OF the Cow
enant. At the conclusion the remains win
be removed 10 the Baltimore & Ohio sta
ton for transportation to Glendale, Ohio.
by way Of Cincinnati. Religious services
Will be held there al Christ Episcopal
church, under the conduct OF Dr. Price,
rector, Tuesday afternoon. and the remains
viii then be removed to Spring Grove GEM
etery for intermcnf- The members of the
supreme court will accompany the remains
as honorary pall-hearers, and the messea-
gers OF the court viii be the active pail
bearers.
sKETCg OF THE DEAD JuRIsT.
stanley Matthews was born in cincim-
naly "A, 1924. he Was graduated at Kenyon
College in 1880. studied law, and was adj
mitted 10 the bar, settling in Maury county.
Tennessee. He soon returned 10 Cincin-
natl. carly engaged in anti-slayery move
ments, and in - was assistant editor
of the Cincinnati Herald. the first anti
slavery paper in that city. He became
judge OF the court of common pleas of
Hanover county In ISL. was state sensies
IN 1855, and in 1851 was United States az
torney for the southern districs of Ohio
In March of the last named year be was
commissioned heutenant-colonel of the
Twenfy-thiri Ohio regiment. and served In
West Virginia, participating In the battles
of Rich Mountain and Carnifex Ferry. In
October. 1861, he became colonel of the
Flfty-sesenth Ohio regiment. and in that
capacity commanded q brigade ia the
Army OF the Cumberland. and was engaged
at Dobb's Ferry. Aurfreesboro, Chicka-
maslga and Lookout Mountain. He re-
signed from the army In Issz. to become
Judge of the superior court OF Cincinnati.
and was a presidential elector on the Lin
coin and Johnson ticket in 1864. and on the
Grant and Coifax ticket in 1855. He WAS
defeated as Republican candidate for con-
gress IN 1876. ana In the next year was one
OF the counsel before the electoral COM
nliasiou, opening the argument In behalf
Of the Republican electors In the Florida
ease. and making the principal argument
IN the oregon csse. In March he was
elected United States senator ~ succeed
John Sherman. resigned In ISL he was
appointed associate justice of the supreme
court Of the United states by President