Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-14

for ever since the adjournment Of Congress The
old warrior has suffered more or LEES from ths
effects Of . wound received during the rebel
hon. The patients inability 20 assimilate food
rendered nugatory the efforts 81 Or. q. l. Me-
gruder and Surg. Gen. Hamilton. both OF whom
were most attentive. Yesterday afternoon there
seemed TO be some Improvement in the general
condition, and throughout the evening The
old gentleman was quite bright. but ~ IT,
O'Clock q change for the worse was apparent
There q trile OF delirium. then uncon-
sciousness and. at $50. death. Around his
bedside. when the end came. were Mira SPIT
nola, Mrs. McKeig. the generals niece. Mr.
Felix McCloskey, the generals close compsniop
for many years, Drs. Magruder and Hamilton
and the nurse,
HIS EvrSrruL oAREER
There was not during the life OF the Fifty
FIRST Congress q member Of the House OF Rep
rcsentatives whose personality was more popu-
larry conspicuous than that Of Francis B.
Spinola- His bright face. generally adorned
with a smile and always wreathed In q huge
standing collar OF suffocatingly large proper
tons. attracted attention. captured Il and Kept
II. Francis b. Spinola was native Of Stony
Brook, Long Island. having been born there
March 10, 1921. He received his education 81
the Quaker Hill Academy in Dutchess county,
and while young man removed 30 New Nork
city, where he AZ once plunged into the die
turbed sea OF local politics. Amateur athletics
also received q good deal Of consideration,
he being remarkably skillful boter,
rover and runner. while as an amateur fire.
man he was the equal Of any one. shortly
after his thirty-sixth birthday he became .
member OF Tammany Hall and then he was
the winning side. Five times he elected
alderman and three times was he voted the
Office Of supervisor. For six wears he belonged
TO the lower house OF the state legislature and
for four years was he a member OF the state
senate. When the democratic national conven-
ton met IN Charleston. ;. C.. in 1850, he was .
delegate thereto. At the breaking out 81 the
war he raised what was afterward known ~
spinola's Brigade fine body Of volunteer
soldiery-and while leading n portion Of his
command in action at Suffolk, Va, was twice
wounded.
Gen spinola had been in Congress two terms.
representing 1.-THE tenth New York district. and
would have been a member Of the next House
had he lived. He was in prosperous circum-
stances, having been connected with numerous
important insurance and banking institutions
and business interests in New York. For many
years he has been one Of the thirteen sachems
of Tammany Hall
TO BE TAKEN TO NEW YORK TOMORROW.
The remains Of the late Gen. spinola will be
taken to New York at 10 O'Clock tomorrow
morning on q special train over the Baltimore
and Ohio road and will be met Mt the Jersey
City station by delegations from the various
organizations Of which Gen. spinola was
member.
1t is expected that about half q hundred
friends of the old soldier win reach the city
this afternoon and they will swell the funeral
party tomorrow, which will be in charge Of
Deputy Sergeant-at-arms Of the House Of Rep
resentatives Thos. Cavanaugh-
Hon. Felix McClosky of New York. one Of
Gen. Spinola's closest friends, is managing
affairs here and will accompany the remains
tomorrow
MRS. sPINoIA FRUSTRATED.
Mrs Spinols, who is utterly Frustrated, re-
fuses to listen TO all advice and insists that she
will 60 to New York. II is feared that IL she
does so she will overtax her strength and i'm
peril her own health. She is in extremely
delicate state, not having slept at all for over
four nights. She is not hysterical, hut appears
dazed by her husbands death.
There will be no services here OF any do
scription tomorrow morning. The remains viii
be put into a hearse and cortege will be formed
of the carriages containing the friends Of the
general.
The party will embark on the special train OF
three cars at the Baltimore and Ohio station and
will follow directly the heels Of the 10 O'Clock
five-hour "iyer" that reaches Jersey City at
pm. From the Jersey City station the re-
mains will be escorted to the Church OF the Inn
maculate Conception. on l4th street near Avenus
A. where they will lie until Thursday morning,
when requiem mass will be said The inter
mert will be at Greenwood