New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-14
GENERAL BELKNAP DEAD.
TIE End CANE SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT
WARNING.
HE HAD PROBABLY Been DEAD FOR TWENTY.
FOUR HOURS BEFORE THE FACT WAS
KNOWN - HIS CURIOUS DREAM
ABOUT JUSTICE MILLER
far TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBrSE.l
ABOUT JUSTICE MILLER.

lBY TELEGRAPH TO The
Washington, Oct lathe friends OF General W. ".
Belknap. exsecreary Of War, were shocked this morn
ing to hear Of his sudden death. No man knows at
what hour or moment he ceased to live. for he was
alone and Lbs body was not discovered until many
hours after life became extinct. All that can oe Sdu
on that point is that he died after midnight saturday
and probably before o O'Clock yesterday morning lie
spent Saturday evening with friends who i've near inc
building In which he had his Office ana lcll 'hcm
shortly after midnight going directly to ms once 10
which is attached a room furnished as slccpheroo''
which he had for years occupied in the absence Oh ms
family. During TINT evening his friends Observer '''
General i,clkuap was in low spirits. wm'h ''os q"
trbutcd partly to III hcah-for he had s"''o'
acutc!y from CONT during the sinnhcr-aha pn'.N u"
his grief aud anxiety on account of inc coio"'"u W
Justice Miller between whom and himself there was
q strong bond Of ricnt,hip, which hah eAi'cu wi
more than thirty wears. lie called at justice Miler
hOnsn on saturday afternoon. and when II" pc'''c
convinced thnt there WA no hope Oh recoHc'! "
seemed TO le greatly depressed dream VIII" ~
hal on the night Of Friday, October ,. cXa''H W,
before In. sudden >trokc wlic, flc Justice Miller
made deep aud vivid impression upon >'c"''''' "'
kn,p's mind aud imagination although II" WIS ii "'''
Of emmy cheerful temperament. by 10 means gwen ~
INDULGENCE in superstition or morbid hnritS' .
Re related IN. dream &" '''"''l fT"hoN AZ" WV
upon /; with con ld"rahlc >"r'l'Nr'~'. IL" ' wa, "
the dream he was Engaged ~ conversation VII" '
and
yrrnd stricken with ap"pirXy. \ w"'h later VIE"
genera, b.l,nnp heard I'm; his friend had been
stricken he hc,ame deeply conr"Fh"d ''t ever
and remarked TO several fri"ld- Il pa|ch eu INV
last Of that there IA More to come AL.
snvcral perSors were in General Eclknaps once
Yesterday and tried to arDn-e HIN by Hhoh' upon Wv
door ~ nj, trdcliarnlcr. One caller was an Oh ARMY
comradc who frequently paid tic eAscrr'irH H'"'
mornirr visit His call made about III "cioch'
at which tine hi friend probably bad O''h o'ap io'
,,,ne h,ur, After Knocking O1re or t"V" IT, "'''
awsv leaving IN the Office anotn@r %" 9"''''' WI"
had cor.c 10 $50 the General hy appointment y
,hi,d i.r cane .vlre and nid' roi-ld"i1b" H"'c III
irwin. 10 arouse the General. but hoho III '''' "
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Al, tl,c dead soldier lay nndiSur"d nnl ms morn
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,yho or, urlcd ~" U""r WIN '"n"Fa' h'f""'P.
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