Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-11-04

cocdance with the wounded mans =.
quest she was at once summoned ana
was present when the end came
I Miss Towards grief Is terrible Sbs
I was completely overcome and was
taken TO the home Of Carter HarriS1r
Jr- where she spent the night
Carter Harrison, Jr, was 81 jackson.
! Park when the news OF his fathers
death reached him and FASTENED home
( Mrs. Heaton Ousley, the mayors
daughter, who resides nearly live miles
from her fathers residence receives
the news by telephone and hastenad 70
Ashland Boulevard, hut her father was
dead fully twenty minutes before Sue
arrived.
At 100 this morning the crowd
around the Harrison residence has dis.
I persed.
The same quiet is not prevalent in
other portions Of tie city. however
Mr.. Harrison had a strong hold On thu
people, and among his friends indig.
nation against the murderer is intense.
Several meetigs have already been held
and Chief Brennan sent out a general
order at l o'clock for the police TO dis
perse all meetings and crowds.
The leading business men Of Chicago
were attending the Commercial club
banquet when the news Of Mr.. Harri
sons death reached them. The ban.
quet was Immediately adjourned amid
general expressions Of most sincere re-
grets at the tragic death Of the clty's
chief executive.
Mr. Chalmers said late tonight, le
garding the shooting: Il expressed 20
Harrison the hope that he was not
badly wounded, but he said I'm a dead
man He repeated his several times
and sank 50 rapidly that we knew
there was no hope for him The fam
lily. Of course, is utterly FRUSTRATED.
Young Harrison said to me.
i told father long ago that some
thing like this would happen He was
too easy in letting people in to sce him,
Crlnks and everybody
After we carried Harrison % the
couch" continued Chalmers. he said
it was useless TO Try to do anything
for him, and his last words, as nearly
as l can remember. were:
Give ne water send for Annie-
give me water "
"I'rendcrgast is crazy said Corpora.
ton Counsel KrIus, who is perhaps the
closest friend M. Harrison had. Il
know him well and he called at my
Office and told me lie was going to De
appointed my successor. The man was
50 palpably out Of his mind that I did
not consider it worth while TO tax
seriously with him. ! spoke to the
mayor about it, and he said he had re-
ceiycd threatening letters from the fei-
low but paid TO attention 20 them
as the man was insane
BIOGRAPHY.
Carter II Harrison was born near
Lexington, Ky Feb. -, lS25. His
great great grandfather was the father
OF benjamin, who was the father OF
President William Henry Harrison
His grandfather Was first cousin to
Thomas Jefferson, and he himself, was
a cousin to John c. Brcckinridge and
Benjamin Harrison. BY the death OF
his father be was left to lake care Of
his mother who was daughter of
Col. VIM. Russell, Of the United States
army, and a northwestern pioneer.
Or. Lewis Marshall brother of chief
justice and father Of Thomas Marshall,
him for Yale where ne gradu.
lted In 1915.
After graduating "a law at Trausyl-
vania and travelling abroad TWO yelrs.
he settled in Chicago in 1850. invested
in real estate and became wealthy.
He was commissioner of Cook county
from 1871 To- Is when he went TO
congress, serving two years. He at
Tactel some attention during the
Hayes Tilden contest by introducing a
'esolutoD for a siN-year presidential
erm, and making presidents eligible
FOR one term only, but making senators
eligible for lie.
He was elected mayor of Chtlpv il
1879, 1881, 1889, 10 and 1876 In
Ssh he was democratic candidate for
governor of Illinois against Oglesby,
IND in the same year was delegate-at-
arge 10 the national convention that
dominated Cleveland After complet-
NJ his fourth arm as mayor DE made
/ trip around the "urld and wrote his
Race With the sun In 1890 he visited
Alaska and the national park, and his
'ook A Summers Outing. added to his
literary fame In 500 he purchased
be Chicago Times. which he edited
nti elected mayor last April, and
which his sons now own
He was married in 1855 TO Supley
PRESTON. She died in Europe in 1876
n 1850 he married Marguerite Stearns,
Who died In 81, ana he was to have
eon married 4 few days hence TO Miss
Anna Howard, of New Orleans At
he time Of his death he was candidate
or United States senator.
During the past six months he receiv-
d officials and delegations visiting the
worlds fair, and different congresses
nd conventions from all parts of the