The morning news., 1893-10-29

turned in a signal without knowing what
was really the matter.
ThE MAYOR WARNED BY HIS SON.
"He said to me, i told father long ago
that something like this would happen. He
was too easy in letting people in to see
him, cranks and everybody I and all the
members of the family often told him to
be careful, but he only laughed
AFTER we carried Mr.. Harrison to the
COUCH" continued Mr., Chalmers, "he
spoke once or twice, saying thatit was use
less to try TO do anything to
prolong his life, and the
last words he said were, as nearly
as can remember, give me water-seud
for Annie-give mo water His articu-
lation was not distinct at that time, but
that is what / think he said. really
don't know anything about how the oc-
currence took place. was devoting all
my time to Mr. Harrison
THE MURDERER CRAZY.
''That man Prendergast is crazy" said
Corporation Counsel Kraus, who was per-
haps the closest friend Mr., Harrison had.
81 know him well. and have seen him sew
eral times. He called at my Office twice
and told me that he was going to be APP
pointed as my successor, and that should
resign. laughed, and told him that
was ready to quit at any time, and if he
would let me know when he received the
appointment from Mayor Harrison, l
would gladly let him have the place. The
man was so palpably out of his mind that
l did not consider it worth while to talk
seriously with him. l spoke to the mayor
about it at one time, and he said that he
had received threatening letters from the
fellow, and that he had paid no
attention to them, as the man
was insane, and there was
no use in bothering with him. never
thought of the matter again until / re-
ceived two postal cards from the fellow
few days ago. They were both written in
red ink and gave me the information that
he was ready to have me resign and step
into my position. l always knew that
Prendergast was insane, but 1 never
thought he would do such an awful thing
as this"
Mr.. Kraus was well-nigh inconsolable
over the mayors death. When the news
reached him that the mayor was dead he
was in his carriage going to a ball. He
at once ordered his eoachman to drive
back to his home, where he removed his
dress suit, and then hurried over to Mr.
Harrisons residence, arriving there a
short time after the mayors death.
Carter Henry Harrison was born in
Fayette county, Kentucky, 6S years ago,
and was a second cousin 10 ex-President
a sehnlar,.a millionaire; was serving his
fifth ternfas mayor Of Chicago, and had
he lived until winter would have welded
as his second wife Miss Anna Howard,
one of the wealthiest young ladies of
| New Orleans. Mr. Harrison was
Yale graduate and a lawyer by
! profession, though he found handling
Chicago real estate more profitab BILE
| than the practice of his profession He
went to the western metropolis when it
was young and values were low, and by
judicious investments amassed a great
fortune yariously estimated from 50 ,000,-
900 to 10000, 900. After the great FIRE OF
1871. Mr.. Harrison served three years as
a commissioner of Cook county. and in
1874 was elected to congress, where he
served two terms. Beginning in 1880, he
terms as mayor of Chicago, then
after lapse of four years
he was again elected mayor-"the
world IS fair mayor" During the interval
between his mayoralty terms he was an
editor, an author and a traveller. His
paper, the Chicago Times, now edited by
his son, Carter Harrison, Jr., was the Or
gan of the city democracy and was as
vigorous in policy as it's editor. Mr.
Harrison's books are chiefly descriptive
of his travels. He was an extensive
traveller, a close and critical observer and
possessed the faculty of describing what
he saw in picturesque style. Among his
other notable accomplishments was his
knowledge of the modern languages. 1t
is said of him that he could address n
meeting of Germans, Italians, Slavs,
F'renchmen or Sioux each in their own
language and in such manner as to sug-
gest that he never spoke any other Lam
guage. Mr. Harrison was probably the
leading democrat of Chicago, and it is
said had concluded to try for the seat of
Senator Shelby NJ Cullom, whose term
expires next year.