Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-04
DEATH OF PIONEERS.
ELIMINATION OF AN OLD-TlME
PERSONAL FEUD.
Manville Kills McCabe OH his Farm
Near TeninO His Act One OF
Great DcIibcratiOn-Arre ana
in Jail - Another Circus-i suaI
MeIange of Current Events.


/ The death Oi Frances y. holman,
at st. Peters Hospital, Monday, re-
moves from our midst one of the
strongest defined identities that has
left its impress upon our local history.
lie differed from the generality OF men
in many respects, and seemed to find
delight in the recognition of these pc
culiaritics 10y those with whom he was
thrown in contact. He was man OF
strong convictions and resolute will; a
man of varied experiences, thoroughly
schooled in practical business, and
well-tittcd mentally for the manage
ment Of interests involving untiring
energy and precise methods. He WAS
far from being popular in the COM
munity, as that phrase goes, but it
must lie said that his actions COM
manded respect, and he was feared by
many whose interests FLASHED with his
ideas OF policy. 1t was useless to argue
with him when he had formed an
opinion on any subject, and he was
not at all times diplomatic in the
manner of expressing his views;
hence he aroused antagonisms which
seemed to please him more than pro-
LESSONS % friendship.
Mr.. Hoffman was q Prussian by
birth, and about 60 years OF age. He
came to this country when only Is
years of age, and engaged in the lum-
Der business in Michigan. He made Il
fortune and lost it, and in 1872 came
to this State, settling in this city,
which has ever since been his home.
lie has been mainly engaged in the
hardware business. but at one time
placed large stock of drygoods in the
Clark building, corner of Third
and Columbia streets, and en-
trusted its management to w.
II. Clark, his son-in-law. He
has started several other young
men in business, at various times, and
while he seemed to be coniiding he
was exact in all his demands, and
these ventures seldom, if ever resulted,
in profit to anybody but himself.
His last enterprise was building a
large hotel at Gate City, and fitting up
grounds for q summer resort in con-
nection with it. This seemed to be
the hobby of his declining life, and his
often expressed wish was that his days
might be prolonged to enable him to
develop these plans, in which he had
implicit confidence.
NJ. Hoffman has been suffering
many years past with heart disease
and dropsy, which was complicated by
a disease of the prostate, which was
the immediate cause of death. This
afiliction at last became so advanced
that an operation had to be performed
as the forlorn hope of prolonging lille.
This had to be be done after an ex-
haustive hemorrhage, when the pa
tent was least able to stand it. But
the demand was memorable. and Drs.
Riley, Newcomb, Armstrong, Adams
and Corey were present when the deci-
sive ordeal was put to the test. At
first it seemed to afford relief, but a
relapse came when he expired in con.
vulsions resembling an apoplectic fit.
Deceased leaves wife, and daugh-
ter who is now in the East, as surviv.
Ors and heirs to his estate which is
worth probably $4,000. The will
makes his wife sole legatee, his daugh-
ter having incurred his displeasure
some years ago by leaving her first
husband, as he thought without suffi-
cient cause. She was forgiven, how
ever, in his last hours, and he request
ed that the wife should see that her
daughter shall want for nothing.
The burial took place Wednesday, in
Odd Fellows Cemetery. Gen. X. q.
O'Brien reading the services which
consigned the body to the grave.