St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-24

by a friend, DR.. Llewellyn, with whom
he returned to the sitting ROOM.
At that time, and during all the after
noon he was in good spirits, and at
dinner, at6:l5 this evening, he seemed
to have good appetite. DIR. Llewellyn
left the house aboutS o'clock, and afew
minutes later the justice was seized
with violent pains in the heart and died
at the hour mentioned.
Cause of Death
Bright's disease. with angenina peritis,
was the direct cause of Mr.. Lamar'S
death, and is given by the physicians
as being the chief complication in
the case. Justice Lamar came into.
the city this afternoon and called.
at the Office of Col. r. f. ParGe, where.
he conversed pleasantly on general Iop-l
les. He was accompanied by Dr.
LleWellyn on his return to the residence
of W. r. Virgin, who married Mr..
Lamar's daughter The attack was
very severe while it lasted. and the
physician, DR.. V. II. Parker, who had
been in attendance, arrived only few
minutes before death. At this time
Justice Lamar was unconscious and
beyond medical aid. Restoratives
were at once administered, but were
entirely without avail. He died with
his head on loving hands and apparently
without pain.
Record of His Life.
LUcius Quintius Cincinnatus Lamar
was born in Putnam county, Georgia,
Sept. |, 1925. He was taken after his
fathers death to Oxford, Miss, where
he received part of his education. lie
was graduated at Emory college. GeOr-
gia. in 1915. studied law IN Macon, Ca,
and was admitted to the bar in 1917
In 1S49 he returned to Oxford. Miss,
and held the place of adjunct profess
sor of mathematics in the University
of Mississippi for year, when lie re-
signed, and resumed the practice of law
in COvlngtOn. Ga. He was elected to
the legislature in 1853 and in 1854 again
returned to Mississippi and settled on
his plantation in Lafayette. Lamar was
shortly afterward elected TO congress as
Democrat, and served from 1857 TILL
1860. when he resigned TO take a seat in
the secession convention of his
state. He then entered the Cou-
federate army as Northumberland
of the Nineteenth Mississippi regi,
ment. of which he afterward became
colonel. He shared in many of the enl
gagements of the Army Of Northern
Virginia, but was compelled to leave
active service on account of his health,
and was sent as commissioner TO Rus
sia; but when he reached Europe. in
1868, circumstances had changed, and a
successful mission was no longer
possible. After the close of the war
Col. Lamar returned to Mississippi,
He was elected professor OF political
economy and social science In the Uni
yerSity of Mississippi in 1866, and id
1867 was transferred to the chair of law,
but afterward returned again 10 the bar,
He was elected again to congress id
1872, when for the first time in many
years Democratic house OF representa-,
tives assembled, and he was Sc.
lected to preside over the Demo-
cratic caucus, where he made {
noteworthy address, outlining tht
policy of his party. He was reelected
in 1874, and then chosen to the United
States senate, taking his seat March 5
1887. In both the house and senate
Col. Lamar spoke rarely, and not often
was usually oil critical occasions. and
with much mower and effective{
ness. He has insisted that, as in-
tegral members of the federal
union, the Southern states have equal
rights with the other states, and hence
that they were bound both by duty and
interest to look to the general welfare,
and support the honor and credit of o
common country. lie was also a zeal
GUS friend of public improvements
the Mississippi improve
ment and the Texas Pacific railroad.
He had great Independence of
thought and action, and at one
time when he was instructed by tho
legislature of his state to vote on
the currency question against his con-
vctions, he refused to obey, appealed To
the people, and was sustained. On
March 5. 1855, Mr.. Lamar became secre-
tary of the interior in President Cleve-
lands cabinet. III 1888 lie was appoint
ed Justice to the supreme court OF the
United States by President Cleveland,
which position he held at the time OF
his death.