Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-11-02
4 Washington dispatch saws tina,

A Washington dispatch says that
since the opening of tn, silver debate
in the senate Senator D ;bo:s has been
daily in receipt of post Il care S written
by Prendergast, the burden of which
was the silver question, disclosing the
fact that he was devotee of silver,
even to the point of an unbalanced
| mind.
Messages of Condolen &c.
1nnumerable kilograms bearing
words of sympathy with the family of
Mayor Harrison, and of regret and
horror at the occurrence, have been re-
ceived by the dead mans relatives.
Among them are messages from exc
President Benjamin Harrison, Secre
tary Gresham, Senator David b. Hill,
Don NJ. Dickinson, Maj. Gen. Miles.
Henry Irving, ex-Chief of Police
missioners from several foreign coun-
tries. Resolutions of regret were
adopted on Sunday by many clubs and
| other organizations at meetings called
especially for that purpose. In nearly
all the churches Sunday feeling refer
ences were made to the dead man by
the pastors.
Newspapers of Chicago and almost
every other American city contain edi-
torial articles deploring the death of
Mayor Harrison, and expressive of in
dignation at the assassin's deed.
Succession In Office.
Scarcely had the assassin done his
work before speculation as to Mayor
Harrison's successor was rife. 1t seems
probable that the city council will de-
clare the office of mayor vacant, order
special election and select a mayor
pro TEN. until the election is held.
The city council has thirty-seven re-
publican members and twenty-one
democratic, and if party lines are
drawn in the selection, the mayor pro
TEN. will be a republican. Alderman
Madden will most likely be chosen in
this case. He is at present acting
chairman of the city council. Alder
man McGillen is prominently men
toned by his democratic associates.
His Career.
Carter Henry Harrison was born near Lex
ington, KY, on February Is, 1925, and may be
said to have inherited his taste for political
life His neutrality-suspicious. was the an.
cestor of President William Henry harrison.
his grandfather cousin of Thomas Jefferson
and he himself cousin Of John c. Breckin-
ridge.
His father died when he was months old,
and he was left to the care OF his mother-a
daughter Of Col. William RUSSELL Of the United
States army. one OF the pioneers of the uo- tn.
west, OF which Illinois is now part. From
his mother Mr.. Harrison inherited those
principles which in 1859 placed him in
the front rank OF the emancipa-
tionists of Kentucky. Most OF his education
| preparatory to entering the sophomore class of
Yale college, he received from DR.. Marshall,
| brother of the chief justice, the father OF Tom
Marshal, the great orator. Graduating in ls45
he commenced the study of law, but did not en-.
ter into practice at once as his mother needed
his company and comfort
In Chicago Since 1855.
In 1851 he went abroad travelling for two
years In Europe, Asia and Egypt. In 1865 he
| commenced a prospecting tour through the
northwest, but reaching Chicago became so i'm
| pressed with the young city that he invested all
| his means in real estate, expecting also to en-
ter into the regular practice Of the law, but his
acute business foresight induced him to con,
fine his efforts entirely to real estate transac.
! tions thus laying the firm basis of an ample
| fortune.
He Enters Politics.
Mr.. Harrison did not actively engage in roll
| itics until 1870, being elected during the sue
| ceeding year a member Of the first board of
county commissioners. He held office UNI.
| til December, 1874, whom he took his
seat as member OF congress from the
Second district Of Illinois His term in
| congress was marked by an earnestness
and ability which made him one Of the
| most prominent members In that body. A
resolution, introduced by him, to fix the pres-
| dental term at six years with inelgibility for
reelection and making the retiring presiden. a
senator for life drew the attention OF the coun.
| try to him as man OF broad and radical views
! His efforts in behalf of the centennial appro-
priation bill exhibited him not only as an ener.
getic worker and ready debater but as brill
| liant orator.
A Candidate for Governor.
Mr.. Harrison spent the summers of 1874 and
| 1875 in Europe with his family He was elected
mayor of Chicago in 1879. 1881. 1883 and 1885,
| Against his own desire he was nominated for
governor OF Illinois in 1884, and during the fall
! OF that year conducted q most energetic and
| brilliant canvass which resulted in cutting
| down the republican majority of 37,033 en-.
| joy ed by Gov. Cullum, to 10000
Married Twice.
! Mr.. Harrison was married on April IL, 1855,
! to Miss SOphy Preston, who came from dis.
! tinguished southern family. His wife diving in
J guerite E. Stearns, daughter of one of Chi
| cago's oldest and most respected and wealthiest
| citizens. The second Mrs Harrison died in
| 1885,
Mr.. Harrison had received and accepted tho
nomination for mayor in 1887 but before the
campaign had fairly opened his second wife
died and, bowed with grief he with.
| drew and started on his tour of the
globe, leaving Chicago in the hands of
| Mayor Roche. His travels began July Is,
1887, and ended November 8, 1888 Every.
thing of Importance in connection with them
was recorded by MT. Harrison in his news
! paper letters and his book "a Race with the
I Sun" Returning he was received with pop
ular ovation unique in its way, and retired to
! private life. devoting himself to literature and
| business interests.
Defeated.
Reentering active politics in 1891, Mr.. Harri-
son was nominated for the mayoralty by his
| personal friends, although Dewitt c. Cregier
had been renominated by democratic conven.
| Washburne Elmer Washburn and Mr.. Cregier.
He was defeated, and Hampstead Washburne
was declared mayor OF Chicago
! His Last Election.
The election of Mr.. Harrison as mayor last
| spring, in spite Of the most fierce opposition he
had ever encountered, is fresh in the minds of
all, since his campaign was closely watched all
| over the country. His life ended in the midst
/ Of what Mr.. Harrison considered the browning
| honor of his career-the dignity Of the chief
magistracy Of Chicago during the Worlds Co
lumbar exposition.
I Was Soon to Have Married.
i The announcement Of the wedding OF Miss
| Annie Howard and Carter H. Harrison ut
| Biloxi, Miss, November l6 was publicly made
| a few days ago, and one of the most distress,
! ing features OF the tragic death Of Mayor Har,
risoE is the terrible grief Of the fancee,
/ OF ten children born to Mr.. Harrison by his
/ first wife four survive, the others having died
! in infancy OF in early youth; Mrs. Lima Ows.
! ley, the wife OF Heaton Owsley; Carter H.
! Harrison Jr.. William Preston Harrison and
! Miss Sophie HARRISON all residents of Chicago.
BATTLE WITH MOORS.
| Spaniards Suffer Great Loss-1roous Be.
ing Hurried Forward.
| MADRID, Oct. 3O.-The battle fought