The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-05-11
There Are Some Washburns Left.
From the Washington Critic.l
Mr.. washburn has been appointed minister
to Switzerland.
II any aching void there be
In any office-still It.;
Some Washburn always may he found
To gil It.
JOHN N. EDWARDS DEAD.
The Missouri Soldier and Journalist
Passes Away.
The Blow Comes suddenly Upon
His Family and FrieI ds-The
Assembly Adjourns OutOr
ResPecI-A sketch OF
His Life.
From the st. Louis RepubIic.1

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From the st. Louis RepubIic.l
Major John N. Edwards, the we'll
known journalist, died yesterday al
Jefferson City after a very snort illness.
His death was entirely unexpected.
The assembly Immediately adjourned
out OF respect tor the deceased, and the
n newspaper men met and passed suit
able resolutions.
Jefferson City, Mo-, May 4.-Major
John N. Edwards is dead. After All
illness of only a few days the noted
Missouri soldier and journalist passed
away at his hotel in this city at nine
O'Clock this morning Maj. Edwards,
accompanied by his wife, came here
from Kansas City about three weeks
ago to assist i'll the fight against the To-
cal beef inspection bill then under con
sIderalion in the legislature. He had
not been in good health at any time
since his arrival here, but it was not
until this morning that his friends be-
came alarmed. For W or three days
past he has been under the influence of
opiates administered by his physi-
clan and, while in this condition, his
mind was necessarily impaired.
Shortly after z o'clock this moruIng
the attending physician called to see
Maj. Edwards and found him dying.
Mrs. Edwards, who had been a con-
slant watcher by his bedside all the
night before, was advised by tho ply
sican to go to another part of The house
to take some rest, and the Major s col.
ored servant was left alone with him,
while the physician went down stairs
to notify the dying mans friends OF
his condition.
Maj. John Bittinger, of Kansas City,
who was II close friend of Maj. Ed.
wards, and who had been with him
very much since he came here, WAS
met by the physician at the loot OF the
stairway.
Maj. Edwards is going TO die. lie
has all the symptoms of Il dying man, ,
aid the doctor TO Mr.. Biliinger. ale
may live through this day but no long
er. His heart is affected and il il only
a matter OF lime until its pulsations
will cease. | have gwen him u slim
iIant thai may keep him alive II few
nours. That is all that can be done Tor
him.
Mr.. Btiiinger went to breakfast, and
M hour later started for Maj. Edwards
room. On the stairway he met II SER
want girl, who said that Mai. Edwards
was dead. flurrying into his room he
found that what she said was true.
Mrs. Edwards had been sent for, and
arrived about the AIN line +. Bit
finger did. The colnred IMAM VINO Was
with him when lie died says that when
he passed away he turned his head 10
one side on his pillow, gaslcd once Tor
breath, and then closed his eyes in
death
M maj in Missouri had more warm
friends than Maj. Edwards. His az
qnainIances and friendships extended
especially among the public men of The
state.
BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN.
Mai. Ed ~ ards leaves II wife and
three children, two Of whom are boys
Just budding into manhood.
During the afternoon and evening
man, friends of the dead journalist
called at the McCarty house to view
his remains. Col. A. g Dawes, of ST.
Joseph, Maj. BittiDger, Frank Merry
man of st. Louis, and Secretary of
State Lesueur have charge oil the tuner
al arrangements. General Manager
Clark, of the Missouri Pacific Railway,
has rendered a special car TO convey
tile remains from jefferson City to Do
vcr, IN Lafayette county, where they
will be inferred. Members of the leg
islainre, state officers and newspaper
men will accompany the remains to the
Mo. Pac. depot O.mOrrew afternoon
at l O'Clock, at which time the train
will depart The train will go oyer
the Upton branch. from Upton to Do
YER, arriving at BoonviIle at about 4 80
clock and at Dover at d in the even
ing. The burial will take place on
Monday. The pail bearers will be Ex-
Governor Charles p. Johnson and J r.
Merryman OF st Louis. ID. w. Marina
duke, OF Sweet Springs, Thos. p. Hoy,
of Sedalia, John l.. BitIinger, of st.
Joseph, aud DR.. M. NJ. Munford, OF
Kansas City.