St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-01

died, bat as the darkening pail of death
spread its shadowy wings over the
Spanish town and wrapped his spirit i'll
its folds, the message that flashed over
the wires and brought the news to
Minnesota carried sorrow into many
homes IN st. Paul.
The first news was received at about
5 o'clock in the afternoon. and before
an hour had gone by it was repeated in
the hotels. on the streets, and placarded
on many bulletin boards. There was
scarcely any intimation of his illness.
and with the exception OF private
cablegram sent to friends Thursday
that the major was down with the
smallpox, no one was aware Of 1t.
There was no statement or information
in the telegram whether it was epi-
demic at Malaga or simply an individual
case, and but little mention was made
in the public press: consequently. when
the telegram reached here yesterday
afternoon announcing his death it Gre
ated considerable surprise. The state
ment in the dispatch is that he died of
smallpox, and it can be taken for
granted from the previous dispatch that
his illness must have been of short du-
Iation. The news is doubly distressing
owing to the character OF the disease
which carried him away, as it will pos
sibly prevent his friends from bringing
the remains back to his cherished home.
Mai. Newson, as he was Familiarity
called by every one in st. Paul, was one
of its most respected and popular citi-
Zens. He was absolutely without an
enemy, and the friend OF every man,
woman and child who came in contact
with him. He participated in many
hot political campaign, but even in
these trying times no one had aught to
say against him. and the shafts of hon
est criticism fell harmless to thegrouhd
when aimed at the genial major. He
was always in demand at social gather
ings, reunions and meetings of organ
iZatiOnS, and his feast of reason and
flow of soul were the delight of
those who loved to listen to good
speech. funny story or an interesting
lecture. There is probably not society
or an organization around the environs
of st. Paul that has not invited the
major to address it, and he bears
many token of esteem presented by
them, one of which is a handsome il
Illuminated address sent to him at
Malaga, Spain. by the Ramsey County
Junior Pioneers. Shortly before his
departure to his foreign post of duty he
was rendered testimonial banquet by
a select number of his newspaper
friends and associates, and one speaker
on that eventful evening made strange
prophesy. II. p. Hall, probably his
nearest personal friend, stated at that
time that he had premonition that
those present saw and heard the major
for the last time in life. How well he
judged is shown by the telegraphic
news of yesterday.
OF late years Maj. Newson has had
checkered political career. He was
twice the candidate of the Republican
party for official honor, the first time as
a candidate for the office of city treas
urer against George Refs, and the Sec
ond time as alderman from the Fifth
ward against Chris Dorniaen. He was
defeated i'll both cases. but it was owing
entirely to an overwhelming Democratic
majority which showed under the en-
tire ticket and not 10 lack of popularity.
He was the candidate of the kids" and
to show their appreciation of the sp1en-
did run he made they presented him
with golden charm in the form of a
miniature goat. He was appointed
consul to Malaga nearly three years ago,
and calculated to return home some
time this summer. He leaves a wife,
one son and four daughters, two of
whom are teachers in the st. Paul high
school.