The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-01-26
At Rest with JJ:s Loved Wife.

but u Few Days 'Duration-Sketch of u
Life Remarkable for Diverse E.pcri-
ences.
At Rest with IJ:s Loved Wife.
President Rutherford Il. Hayes
o o'clock Tuesday night. He returned
from trip the prior Saturday night and
was then i'll. He grew worse, and Mon
day it was announced that he was scri-
ously sick. lie lad been seized at
Cleveland with neuralgia of the heart.
while on his way home from nn Ea tern
trip.
During Monday night he rested well,
and Tuesd y his trends were hopeful.
AS tho day wore away his symptoms
lecame aggravated. In the evening
the family sent for Dr. Hirbish. ply
sican. Tho doctor soon announced
that his Tatient was growing rapidly
worse ani that the end could be expect
ed any moment Shortly thereafter the
president died. TLcrc were present
ut his bedside his daughter. Miss
Frances Hayes, AMI his sons Scott OF
Cincinnati, Biichari of To'eio, and
Webb and fuheriorl II. Hayes.
per- onal tricnd Of the family gives
this statement OF the sickness and
de ath of the cx-Prcsident: Gen. Hayes
was i'll Cleveland with his son Webb,
Friday, AMI LEFT there Saturday after
noon for Fremont. He was driven in a
closed carriage to tie Union depot,
where hs son joined him, and immed-
ately after n.erng the ctr complained
of cold and asked for imulants. He
finally consented to leave the car, and
went into the waiting room, where slim
al IL, Tl,oe
him that he insisted on returning to
the train, wing that he must 60 home.
L would rather de in SpciSel Grove
he said, than live anywhere else After
his return to the car he was seized with
violel.t pains in the chest. which lasted
until after his return home. He was
treated for angina pectoris, but while
relieved of distress his heart never rc-
covered its visor and life was suddenly
terminated hv paralysis Of the heart
while lying in his own room. He fire.
quentiy referred to visit made
to his wfe's grave the pre-
cedins Sunday and spoke of the
quiet beauty of the snow-covered
scene. He aid that he almost wished
he was lying there by the side "f his
wife. 1t was all so peaceful, and Yet.
he saa, L am not unhappy. My life Is
an exceptionally happy one. His last
words were: Il know that | am going
where Lucy l. This was spok' II to
his family physic an with the utmost
carnestness early in the evening. There
was every reason to suppose that the
patent wou.d pass a COM ortable night,
and the family retired TO rest. He pas ed
quietly and painles-ly away.
S!Setcl, of His Career.
Rutherford Eirchard HAYES was lo.n Get
4. ls2:. He had been known priIciI ally as an
ohio Governor prior 70 his nomination for the
rresi siiency. although he made q record IN the
war He educated TT Kenyon College and
studied law in the Office of Thomas sl arrow. at
Columbus. In ls49 he moved to Cincinnati,
where he built ZIP good practice ana gained
considerable reputation IL several sensational
murder trials. In 1859 he was made City
Solicitor, He entered the army As Ma jor of the
Twent v-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry June :.
ISL few months later he was Lieutenant
Colonel and he came out of the army with the
rank of Rrevet Major general of Volunteers a
rank conferred upon him for gallant and dis
tinguished services during the campaign OF
1864 IN West Virginia. and particularly al the
! battle of Fishers Hill and Cedar Creek Va
| Aug. 6 1854 while Hayes was in The field. he
! vas elected to Congress. and took his seat Dec
a. I-,ii. He elected to the neSt Congress
but resigned to make race for The Governor
! ship, to which he was elected in ls67. In 1853
I lie was reno:ninated by reclamation, and was
, elected by about the usual Ohio majority. In
! 1S72 he accepted nomination to Congress
! but was defeated ty Gen. H. y. Banning
| The Republican State Convcnflon IN 1870
| nominated Hayes third time for the office
| of Governor After a campaign that excited
the attention of the entire country on account
| of the financial hereSfes involved he was
| elected defeating old Bill" Allen about $3.50
| votes. 1t was this important canvass that
sugsested Hayes as possible dark at horss IN IN
+ the fight against Blaine. The nomination or
! the latter was seen to he impossible. The
! Pennsylvania delegation led IN q break for
followed.
! The suspense and anxiety of the country
| during the months following the election Is
! well remembered. 1t is not necessary to dwell
| long upon the causes. His mfnistratton was
| not brilliant. but 4 respectable one, and
Washington society declared his wife obe a
! most refined and charming woman. Mrs. Hayes
| died at Fremont O., June y, iSs?
! Since his retirement from the Presidency
Rutherford Is. Hayes had lived quietly at his
! old home In Fremont o., deyotiuG himself as
! siduously to poultry farming and the promo
| tion Of prison reform. Mr.. Hayes was at
: tackled by an illness which caused him to lose
! his voice and he was much depressed IN con
sequence.
/ Ii will be remembered that ex-President
Hayes had been an intelligent and systematic
worker for the education of the southern
freedmen and for prison reform. He was q
trustee of the Ohio state uniyersi'y and was vas
, prosperity Of that institution. lie gave
special attention and work TO the subject
Of Industrial education, in which no
was great believer ard of which be was an
earnest advocate. In these and other fields of
practical usefulness he employed what might
have been the idle leisure of his retirement
! The Birchard library was presented to the
town of Fremont by ex-Prasidcnt Hayes 1t
cont aims large cole of books and mu-
| scum of hist torical records.
! The life of rutherford II. Hayes since his
retirement from the Presidency has leen one
Of peculiar unostenf at iousnesS. During the
recent Grand Armv encampment at Washing
ton the ex-President marched through the
broilng SUM- with the rank and file of his
command. Upon recognizing him. the assem-
blage of patriotic thousands accorded him q
perfect ovation all along the line OF
; march. In speaking few days before his
death of his daily pursuits. the eN-iresidtnt
said: Il rise with the sun both winter and
sumner and seldom use the gas to dress by.
his makes me get up very carly in the ionl
DAYS of the year. but in the winter l some
times lie abed as late as O'clock though
usually try to get ont by 4.
dress and come down to my library and
work from that time until breakfast. l do all
my disagrecable work before breakfast. and
solve my most knottH problems at that time
think ones brain Is clearer in the morning
and find this to he my best working period
NV correspondence is quite large snd 1t covers
, all sorts of subjects. do all my work myself
and pen answers to all my letters with my OWL
hand"
! The Value of Thought.
The best men in any enterprise arc
those who think, those who wisely
l. l.