St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-14

offers of assistance, have nurSed the
husband and father through his illness
of almost two years duration. Their
grief was touching in the extreme, and
the gentlemen present allowed them
to indulge In it alone for some min
uteS. Postmaster General Wanamaker
came out of the house few minutes
after 5 and announced in an almost
choking voice that all was over. he
and the others then endeavored to COM
fort the afflicted family. and at length
succeeded in inducing them to retire
and try to refresh themselves with
sleep. Mr.. Randall's illness dates back
about five years, when DR.. Thomas f.
Mallan, who has attended him through
out his later illness, was called in to
treat him for the gout. July 9, almost
two years ago, Mr.. Randall was sud-
denly seized with violent dlarrhea
and hemorrhage during the night, due
to hastily eating dish of ice cream and
berries during the day. The hemorrhage
was so severe as to completely prostrate
him, and his life was in imminent dan
ger. DR.. Mallan says that for some
time previous to this Mr. Randall had
been troubled with what he supposed
were hemOrrhOids. The diarrheal at
tack caused the disease to assume an
active form, and it was found that he
was suffering from an extensive and
Malignant Abscess.
This caused serious hemorrhages,
which greatly depleted his system, and
left him weak and emaciated. He put
himself permanently under the ply
sician's care. and Dr.. Mallan has at
tended him constantly while he was in
fbic oifu nr N ipanln ahUSiai0n
of great repute in this city. being called
into consultation occasionally. Mr..
Randall rallied and grew stronger, and
was getting on fairly we'll until last
February, when he had severe rigor,
brought on probably by the weather.
/ his rigor was accompanied by severe
abdominal pains, and there were symp-
toms of peritonitis. From this time ex-
hauStion began to set in, and the SICK
mans course was downward. Septic
8mia as also present, and chill and
severe diarrhHa about two weeks later
brought the case to critical stage. Up
to short time ago Mr.. Randall had con-
idence in his ability TO pull through
his sickness, and told congress
sional visitor that he thought he was
mending and that he would be able to
resume his congressional duties. He
joined the Presbyterian church about
two months ago. Mr.. Wanamaker spoke
to him on this subject, and Mr.. Randall,
replying, said that he had been think
ing of this matter for some time, and
would like to become a member OF
the church. Arrangements were effect
ed by which he entered the Metropol-
ita nPresbyterian church on Capitol hill.
DR.. Chester is the pastor, and will prob
ably conduct the funeral services in
this city. The news of Mr.. Randall's
death became quite generally known
during the day. 1t was expected, and
therefore was not so much of shock as
it otherwise would have been. A large
number of persons called at the resi-
dence during the day to express their
condolences. They were received by
Mr.. Lancaster, the Son-in-law. The
president and Mrs. Harrison sent a
Basket of Flowers
with note expressing their deep SYM
pathy with the family. Speaker Reed
called during the afternoon to express
his regrets and to learn the wishes of
the family with respect to the funeral
services, and informed Mr.. Lancaster
that he would carry out the wishes of
the family in all things. Among the
other callers were Secretary Blaine,
ex-senator Ferry, of Michigan, who
stood next to Mr. Randall during the
electoral count proceedings; eX-Speaker
Carlisle, Representatives Breckenridge.
of Kentucky, Springer, OF Illinois, and
many others. Sergeant-at-ArmSH Holmes
called and took charge of the remains
for the house of representatives
They were embaImed and placed
in a casket in the room in which Mr..
Randall died. 1t is said that the dead
man presents lifelike appearance, eX-
cept that he is emaciated and wasted
away to a remarkable degree. The
house in which Mr. Randall died is a
plain, three-story pressed brick house,
with marble trimmings and marble
steps. 1t is not far from the capitol,
and is in quiet. nOmelike neighbor-
hood, away from the more fashionable
one of row, all precisely alike. which
are typical Philadelphia houses, and
look as if they might have been removed
from the Quaker city and laid down in
Washington. The expression of regret
at Mr.. Randall's death was
Universal and Sincere.
None paid him higher tributes of ad-
piiration and respect than his Demo.
cratic colleagues in the house who diff
feTed with him vitality upon one of the
most important measures in congress.
At 10 o'clock tonight Mr.. Wanamaker
said that the funeral had been fixed for
Thursday morning. The arrangements
will be in charge of a congressional
committe, to be appointed tomorrow
morning. Mrs. Randall prefers that
the services shall be held IN the church
of which MIR. Randall was member,
and not in the house of representatives.
This church is the Metropolitan PreSby-
terian church, DR.. Chester. pastor, at
the corner of Fourth and B streets
southeast. Nine or 10 o'clock will be
the hour fixed for the services. After
the ceremonies the funeral party
will take special train over
the Pennsylvania railroad to
Philadelphia, where the interment will
take place in the Randall family vault
ices will be held there. The train is not
expected to 90 into the city, but will stop
at the Ridge Avenue church. A friend
of Mr. RandaIl's said this evening that
when he joined the church two months
ago MIR. Randall fully expected to re-
cover. Had he lived, from what he had
said, he would unqdestionably have
taken a decided stand in church mat
terS. His conversion was the result of
his having leisure time. and had been as
thoroughly studied by him as an appro-
priation bill. There was no sham about
this, as there was no sham about Sam
uel Randall on anything. He became
thoroughly convinced of his need of re-
ligion, and after that, his mind being at
rest, he became happier than he had
been at any other time. All the family
noticed it. Q
THEY ALL LOVED HIM.