The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-11-24
JERE RUSK DEAD.
The Late Secretary of Agriculture
Passes Away.
WAS THOUGHT TO Be IMPROVING.
A Convulsion Seizes Him In the Early
Morning and the End Soon Comes
Was the First Secretary OF
Agriculture.

VIRoQUA, Wis, Nov. 22.-Ex-Secre-
tary j. NJ. Rusk died suddenly at
o'clock yesterday morning.
Col. Henry Casson, his former private
secretary, left his bedside at o'clock
Monday night, and gave to an as
sembled crowd of Gen. Rusl1's friends
the most positive assurance that the
crisis was surely passed. Gen. Rusk
himself said to his physicians during
the evening, "Boys, I'm better" DIR.
Gott and Mrs. Craig, the generals eld-
est daughter. remained with him dur
ing the night. He took an unusual
amount of milk and other nourishment
and slept good portion of the night.
One of his attending physicians, DIR.
Gott, and the generals oldest daughter,
watched with him during the night.
He slept considerable portion of the
time. He was SO cheerful that he
urged the surgeon to go and take a
nap, which he did. At 2 o'clock the
attendants changed the generals posi-
ton in bed, and he expressed gratifica-
ton that he was feeling SO we'll. AT
this time Mrs. Craig was relieving her
sister Mary. the generals youngest
daughter. At daylight the patient
showed signs of veal akness, and very soon
lapsed into convulsion. The daugh-
ter called for the physician, who,
on his admission to the sick room,
quickly. took in the situation, and
caused the whole family to be sum
.rpoued. They were all at his bedside
when the general breathed his last.
There was no. pain or gasping. He
was unable to speak a word to anyone
except to say:
: 81 am dying; am dying"
The funeral will be held in this city
on Friday, and the remains will lie in
state at the Methodist church the day
previous.
,-Jeremi h McLain Rusk was born in Morgan
county, o. June Ii, 1881, and was. during ali
the years Of his life practical
farmer, though called to the highest
Office in the gift of the people of his adopted
state, Wisconsin. His father died when he
was yet boy in his teens. and the future sec
retary of agriculture supported his mother and
sisters by driving stage between 2 inesv lie
and Newark, o His route led along th,t OF
james A Garfield, then a canal boy driving a
mule along the towpath which led finally to
the White house The Two struggling young
men became friends, and the friendship was
kept UP when both became ola aui famous
When the war broke ou: Gen. Rusk. aving
moved to Wisconsin. enlisted as major of the
Twcnty-fifth Wisconsin volunteers, and his
record during the entire war is one of the
brightest He was breveted brigadiergen-
eral for bravery at the battle of Salkaha tchie
After the war he served his state in several
offices of trust and in 1870 he was elected to
CO gress by the largest majority ever given to
Wisconsin represen ntativo. He was reelected
twice and served with Gen. Garfield, his old
toyhood friend, and when the latter became
president he pressed upon Gen. Rusk several
important Offices. but he declined them all
In 1881 Gen. Rusk was elected governor OF
Wisconsin, an | was twice re elected. During
all this time he was still practical farmer
and when Gen. Harrison was elected to the
presidency it did not take very long for him to
decide upon his secretary of agriculture, an Of
flee created just previous to the Inauguration.