The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-26

when any one referred to this scandal and
the slightest mention Of It hurt him. Only
few days before his death was riding
with him In street car when couple Of
strangers with lady resident Of Wash
ington City entered the car. As this
woman caught sight of General Belknap
she pulled the dresses of her friends and
said IN stage whisper: There Is Gem
efai Belknap, the man who had to get ont
OF the war department while Grant was
president. You remember. don't your OF
course, they did remember, and they
stared over Belknap a. though he were .
prize hog at county fair. He could not
help hearing them. and he Was white with
anger. He gritted his teeth and could
hardly keep from leaving the car. He had
to go through hundreds Of such exper.
fences after the scandal and his sensitive
ness in regard to 1t seemed TO be a. keen
ct the time Of his death - it was just sitter
the investigation"
saw General Belknap about two days
before he died. He was attending an auc-
ton sale OF some valuable lots which hO
owned on K street and Mcpherson square
The sale was forced one, and the lots did
not bring as much as he expected. His
financial affairs were very much involved,
and his estate will be small. General Bel.
KNAPP was one OF the finest looking men in
public Life. About six feet high, he had .
great head OF classic shape fastened to .
pair OF strong. broad shoulders His com.
plexion was as fair as that OF q milkmaid.
His eyes were blue and he had Z long
beard Of golden hue into which the silver
strands had begun to creep. He was .
popular man here and he leaves many
friends.
Judge Miller went off in much the same
way that Belknap did. Both seemed in
perfect health few days before their
deaths, and Miller looked as If he might
live to be a hundred. As it is, he died at
"a. by no means an old age for justice Of
the supreme court. There have been DUR
ing the hundred years Of its organisation
only ffty-three justices on the supreme
bench of the United States, and twenty Of
these have lived to be over 20 Judge
Bradley is now n. and he is a. tough
as . pine knot. Blatchford is 70,
and the prospects are that he
will dry up and drop to pieces all ct once
like the old deacon's shay at some time
during his eighties. Harlan is only 81, but
he don't look to be 80, and he has enough
iron in his blood to make q horseshoe
Justice Gray has skin as fair as baby's,
and at 81 he is as spry and healthy as q
young chicken. Judge Brewer is in his
prime. Chief Justice Fuller is sound from
in to out, and the only shackIey men on
the supreme bench are Lamar and Field.
Field is by ali odds the healthier of the
two. though he is nine years the older. La
mar looks much broken. and his hair is fast
turning grey.
The justices of the United States are the
most long-lived men In the country. They
have the softest snap in Uncle Sans estab-
lishment, and they stick to it like grim
death. There is no telling how long man
will live if he is once appointed to the
supreme bench, and q curious instance of
this was that of Chief Justice fancy. who
died at 81. He seemed to be all his life
upon the edge of the grave. He was one
Of the leading lawyers of Maryland before
Andrew Jackson appointed him secretary
of the treasury, and got him to remove the
deposits from the United States bank.
Luther Martin and William Pinkney were
at this time his chief competitors, but they
died, leaving him at the head of the bar.
Both of these men had been employed on
chancery suit which had been for long
time in the courts, and which babe fare to
become second Jarndyce Va. Jarndyce.
The client who had employed them had
taken one after the other, and they had
both died on his hands, leaving his case
unsettled. He wos then advised to engage