St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-25

with stone in the bladder. He let 1t go,
and did not consult physician until
week ago, when he went to Dr.. McLane
and told him of his suspicious. The
doctor confirmed them, and advised hinf
to at least submit TO an examination,
and to undergo an operation should it
be deemed necessary. The colonel
agreed to this. and today was decided
on for the examination. Up to this
morning Col. Shepard had
Attended 10 His Business
in the usual way. He was at his office
every day. No one there knew of the
contemplated operation when he went
home last evening. He merely told his
manager, A. B. De Froece, that he prob
ably would not be down Friday, but
that he would be there Saturday after
noon. This morning about 9 o'clock
before the arrival of the doc
tor. he complained of severe pains,
and said he thought he would
go to bed. But first he went
TO the phone, called up the office of the
Mail and Express, and gave number
of instructions about the future con-
duct of the newspaper in case anything
should happen him. AS nobody in his
Office knew he was i'll these instructions
caused considerable surprise, but it-was
never the habit of any one in the office
to question anything the colonel did,
and not even any inquiries were made
as to what might be the matter,
After telephoning these instructions.
the colonel laid down while. The dis
tress he suffered left him, and when the
physicians and nurses cBme in later he
was
In Good Spirits,
He had induced his wife and Youngest
daughters, Marguerite and Alice, who
were at home, to go off to ScarborO for
the day. Her SON, Elliot +. Shepard Jr.,
was at home.
About / o'clock Col. Shepard said that
he was ready for the surgeons, and
they, with the nurses, began the work
of putting him under ether. He in
hailed the drug but two or three times,
but the physician detected dangerous
symptoms and stopped the inhalation.
Col. Shepard sank rapidly, and for time
il was feared that he could not De rallied.
Powerful restordtiveS were admins
tered. At the end of an hours work with
Oyygen he was restored to partial con-
sciOusness, and he continued apparently
to rally until O'Clock. Then, without
warning and for 10 apparent reason, he
began rapidly TO sink. The oxygen
treatment was resumed, but 1t was or
no avail: at APO O'clock he died. He
was unconscious and his death was
IF aa Il iyGrl
by the physicians was edelna OF the
lungs.
Immediately before Col. Shepard's
death messages were sent 10 Mrs. Shep-
ard. announcing that he was very low
and that he might not live. She reached
the house at O'Clock. Immediate
friends Of the family soon began arriv-
ing. Cornelius Vanderbilt was one of
the first. Chauncey NJ. Depew was the
fourth or fifth visitor. A. string of car
riages was continually at the Fifth av-
enue side of the house all evening. At
late hour no arrangements had been
made for the funeral.
Biographical.
Elliot Fitch Shepard was born In
Jamestown, Chautauqua county, n. Y,
July %, 1888. H6 was educated at the
University of the City of New York,
admitted to the bar in 1855, ana for
many years practiced in New Xerk city.
In 1861 and 1862 lie was aide-de-
camp on the staff of Coz. Edwin
d. Morgan. was in command of the
depot of volunteers at Elmira, n. Y,
and aided in organizing and equipping
and forwarding to the field nearly $4,000
troops. he was instrumental in raising
the Fifty-frst New York regiment,
which was named for him, the Shepard
rifles. lie was the founder of the New
York Bar State association, in 1876,
which has formed the model for the
organization of similar associations In
other states. In March, 1888, he pur-
chased the New York Mail and Express.