Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-06-22
washington Correspondence.


laratiOn-"In the midst OF life we are
In death, " has been most strikingly ex-
emplified here within the last week. On
Saturday last the associated press of
this city sent out the following matter:
WASHINGTON, June H. President
Leonidas L. Polk, of the National Farm
ers' Alliance, died at the Garfield hos
pital in this city, at 11:15 o'clock, this
morning. The immediate cause was
blood-poisoning, caused by bladder
trouble, from which Mr.. Polk had suf-
fered for many years. The patient had
been lying seriously i'll at his private
residence for the past ten days. The
result of consultation of physicians
was his removal to the Garfield hospital,
where an operation was deemed the
only means of saving his life. H be-
came unconscious yesterday, from
which condition he never rallied, and it
was decided not to perform the opera
ton.
When the end came this morning Mrs.
Polk, who had just arrived in the city
was at his bedside. kilograms from all
parts of the South have been received
inquiring as to Mr.. Folks condition,
and he has been daily visited by promi-
nent men of the Farmers Alliance.
Colonel LeOnidas l.. Polk was born in
Arson county. North Carolina, in April.
1887, and was brought up on farm. He
was elected to the lower house of the
North Carolina General Assembly in
1850; entered the confederate army in
1861 and served with distinction during
the war. He was again elected to the
North Carolina General Assembly in
1865, and was soon after elected as a
delegate to the constitutional conven-
ton of North Carolina. In 1877 he was
appointed commissioner of agriculture.
He began the publication of the Pro
gressive Farmer in 1856, and commence
ed organizing farmers clubs in his
State. In 1887 he joined the Farmers
Alliance, and was elected secretary of
the Farmers Alliance of North Carroll
ma at first organization, which position
he continued to hold until his death.
He was elected first vice-president of
the National Farmers Alliance Coop
erative Union of America in 1887, and
was reelected in 1888.
AT the national convention held at st.
Louis Dec. 3rd, 1889, he was elected
president of the National Farmers AL
lance Industrial Union, which Office he
filed up to the time of his death.''
Col. Polk was an able writer and an
entertaining speaker on topics that were
of particular interest to the American
farmer, and he has travelled and per.
formed effective work in disseminating
alliance principles in about forty of the
states in which the organization has
footing.
The following brief description of the
funeral train, ETC., is given: Person
mel of party OF, twenty-five, accompany
ing the remains of President L. L. Polk,
of North Carolina, in special Pullman
Hygia, from Washington, d. c., to Ra-
leigh, North Carolina. June 18th, 1892.
The escort of honor was in charge of
DIR. G. w. Macune, of Texas, chairman
executive committee F. A. & /. u, and
editor National Economist.
Mrs. Col. l.. l.. Polk and Mr.. j. w.
Denmark, (son-in-law), of North Caro-
lima; Gen. E. L. Stackhouse, of South
Carolina; Hon. S. b. Alexander. of
North Carolina; Hon. W. A. B. Branch,
of North Carolina; Hon. c. L. Moses, of
Georgia; Senator w. A. PETER, of Kan
sas; Hon. William Baker and wife, of
Kansas: Hon. John G.. Otis and wife, of
Kansas, Hon. J. F. TiIlman, Executive
committee +. A. & I. IT, of Tennessee;
Mrs. Jerry Simpson, of Kansas; Hon.
W. F. GYM, of Tennessee, Legislative
committee +. A. & l. U.;) Mrs. Col.
Ben. Terrell, of Texas; Mrs. N. A. Dun
ming, of Washington, D. c.; Miss Bes-
sic A. Dryer, of Texas; Hon. w. A.
McKeighan, of Nebraska; Hon. j. III.
Turner, of Georgia, (NationaT Secreta-
ry F. A. & I. U.;) Mr.. John A. Albrit-
ton and wife, of Washington, d. c.;
Hon. 0. M. KEN, of Nebraska; Mr..
Hugh Smith, of Georgia, and DR.. Wal
ter G. Murphy, of North Carolina.
AS one of the party accompanying the
remains of Col. Polk to their last rest
ing place, little did 1 think that in the
space of few hours the cultivated, ge-
NAL and most interesting gentleman in
his ready conversation, Hon. Eli T.
of South Carolina, would
be summoned to make his earthly exit
from his field of energetic and useful la
Dor in the House of Representatives
But the story is told in the COMPRESSION
al Record of June 18th:
DEATH OF HON. E. t. sTACKHOUsE.
r Mr.. Tillman. Mr.. Speaker, it be-
comes my sad duty to announce to the
House the death, from heart disease, at
his lodgings. in this city, of my col
league, Hon. Eli Thomas StackhOuse,
lately Representative from the state
Of South Carolina, who breathed his
last at !: 80 O'Clock this morning. His
death was very sudden and unexpected
both to himself and to his friends. Only
yesterday afternoon he answered to
roll call in this House, was in his usual
cheerful spirits, and seemed to be hope
full of the future and busy with thoughts
and plans for the benefit of his family,
his constituents, and his country; but
later in the day he complained of the
caused by the heat, and the
atmosphere of this ill-yentiIated hall,
and left for his quarters. He rallied
during the evening, read the newspa-
pers, or had some political articles read
TO him, and told his son, the only mem
Der of his family who was with him.
hat he need not sit up with him; but
about midnight the son awoke and
found his father breathing laboriously.
He Immediately went to him and tried