Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-17
Death Of Col. Polk.

THE PRESIDENT or THE FARMERS ALI
ANCE DIED SATURDAY IL WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Jane 1l.-Presiaent Leon
idas l.. Polk. of the National Farmers
Alliance. died at the Garfield Hospital,
in this city, at 11:l5 o'clock this morning.
The immediate cause of death was ure
mia (blood poisoHing), caused from blad-
der trouble, from which Mr.. Polk had
been victim for many years. The pa
tent has been lying seriously i'll at biz
private residence for the past ten days.
t'Ibe result Of tho consultation Of physl-
clans was his removal TO the Garfield
Hospital yesterday, where surgical Oper-
alton was deemed to he the only means
of saving Mr.. Folks life. He became
unconscious yesterday afternoon, from
which condition he never rallied and it
was decided not to perform the operation.
When the end came iris morning, Mrs.
Polk, who had inst 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 prominent men of the farmers
alliance.
Col. Leonidas L. Polk was born IN
Arson county, North Carolina, April,
1913, and was brought up on a farm.
| He was elected TO the lower house Ct the
North Carolina general assembly in 1850.
He entered the confederate army in 1861,
AMI served with distinction during the
war. He was again elected to the North
Carolina general assembly in 1850, and
soon thereafter was elected as a delegate
to the constitutional convention of North
Carolina. In ISL he was appointed
commissioner of agriculture, and began
the publication of the Progressive Farmer
in 1866 aud commenced organizing farm
ers clubs in his state. In Isl be joined
the farmers alliance and was elected
secretary OF the Farmers Alliance Of
North Carolina at its first organization.
which position he continued To hold up
to this time. lie was elected first vice
preside mt Of the National Farmers Alli-
ance and Cooperative Union of America
in 1857, and was reelected in 1855. At
the national convention held in st. Louis,
December 3, 1859, he was elected pres
ident of the National Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union. which Office he was
| filling at the time of his death
WILMINGTON, June / The remains
of Col. LeOnidas l.. Polk. president OF
the Famers Alliance. lef Washington
tonight over the Richmond and Danyille
line for Raleigh in a special car rendered
by the Richmond and Danyille company
The remains were accompanied by the
family, Senator P,ifor, Dr. Magnire,
Representative Stackhouse, of South
CaIolina; Otis, of Kansas; al Xander. OF
North Carolina Mckinley, of Nebraska ;
the wife OF Representative Simpson, OF
Kansas, and s. veral other alliance friends,
including a number of ladies. The fan
er9l vii take place at Raleigh at / 2. NJ,
Sunday. The Washington party will
Immediately return TO this city, arriving
here at 1925 A. NJ Monday.
WAsmrGToN, D. c., Juue ll.-Gen. Eli
Stackhousp, member of Congress from
the Sixth District of South Carolina,
and a prominent member of the Farmers
Alliance, died in this city at half past l
o'clock this morning. II, was one of the
I party that accompanied the remains OF
the late Col L. L. Polk. president OF
the Farmers Alliance to Raleigh, n. c,
last Saturday.