Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-10-18
GIN BELKNAP GONE.
.I;fe of the Ex-Secretary of War
IeHI Ended.

cuTNGTON, " O'' WV
|siEnap, ex-secretary of war during
,n+ Grants first term, was found
! 10 his bed at about 9 o'clock this
10 It is believed that death oc-
h nv 55etween l o'clock Saturday night
o,cIock Sunday morning
some time it has been the gen
hobit TO meet a few friends at the
nTMr, Hill, who lives less than a
awav, for a social game of cards.
'Satnrday night he was with them
I,sI and remained until nearly
rbt when he returned to his
fnn,s in the Evans building at
&.ow York Avenue, and presum-
8rotired Immediately. He was
/ aoain seen alive.
Art $50 o'clock this morning John
\ ,,oron Gen. Belknap's business
rived at the building, and taking
III for himself and the General
H. box on the first floor, proceed
j bp second floor, where their office
III Generals apartment are loca-
IT, had sorted the Generals mail
IT. own, which he began reading,
I tbe servant girl, who keeps
~, in order, raped at the
land inquired if Gen. Belknap
n ont of the city, saying
\ had several times since Sunday
.hg tried the doors but found
.Aocked. Mr.. Cameron, startled at
A he girl had said, Immediately
Il he doors himself, but they were
y The janitor was summoned,
bringing step-ladder, looked
h the transom over the door
J from the public hall into the
.spps sitting room. He could see
i neral's hat on the table and his
n q chair standing near. The
sdder was then placed
a the door leading into his bed
The bed was then seen, and the
III lying partly uncovered on it.
|eft arm was bent rigidly toward
Id, and his left hand was tightly
ii ed, as though death had come
he was in a CONFUSION. The bed
q we're somewhat disarranged,
there had been @ slight
for breath. A physician was
81 ned, and, after making a brief
lbation, he expressed the opinion
ae ath had resulted from a stroke of
Ky. The coroner soon afterward
IA and took the body in charge.
IHEopsy will be held later.
q some years past Gen. Belknap
@en an almost constant sufferer
but. and in February last he had
"a IRE an attack that he hardly left
sb m for three months or more.
that time he lost in flesh be-
d twenty and forty pounds, and
hen he has been in poor helth. In
"a lence of his long illness his
IS has suffered and this had wor-
Dim at times. Mr.. Cameron last
81 General at about 3 o'clock on
b " afternoon. He had been talk
his business affairs and seemed
bat depressed, but before Mr..
N left he had in a measure re-
8 his usual cheerfulness.
E pOSt-tradership scandal, as it was
which was the one blot on the
II Gen. Belknap, was the sensa-
tie latter part of President
last term. For some time there
BARD whisperings of q great scan
abinet circles. At last the ex-
came, when Secretary Belknap
ED to the President that he was
kltlon where it would be charged
had soldappointments of Indian
BeIknap's resignation and the
by Congress to impeach him
followed the publication of the
The affair was the sensation of
pr and the newspapers printed
/ about the case, and on Gen.
ps head was heaped all manner
Re' He retired to private life,
little or no defense of his
and took up the practice of law.
great measure lived down the
OF the scandal, and when the
the case gradually leaked out,
e Generals position became
was evident he was a much
d man.
quite recently that a newspaper
cndent got hold Of the tangled
IN the great case and unraveled
mat the real secret of the Bel
nd9! was given to the public. 1t
llat Mrs. Belknap was ambitious
as a society leader. The GEN
cans were inadequate to defray
enseS Of such an extravagant
MS wife mapped out. In
need she hit upon the
AT was atterWard carried out.
indian agent was to be ap-
through a middle-man, to
ne commission was given, the
sod to third party. The TT.
IN which Caleb P. Marsh re-
9e commission, filling in the
John S. Evans, for which
e o,t ST., 900 annually during
81 = term of Office, was the case
me Impeachment proceedings
sgu; Mrs. Belknap influenced
o"liu IN giving out commissions,
charged, received share of