The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-06-23
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS.

wh!oh was consumption. Two yeara
ago, while minister to Berlin, he
underwent painful operation, from
the effects of which he never recov-
cred. At his bedside at the time Of
dissolution were HIS two SONS and his
daughter, together with his wife, who
had been unremitting in her care OF
her husband for the last three weeks,
from which time the dangerous period
of his illness dates. Mr.. Phelps leaves
al estate valued at $40, 000,0
INF. Phelps was scion OF one OF the oldest
New England families und frequently spoke of
his Direct Descent on the paterpal side, from
William Phelps, brother OF the private seore-
tary OF Oliver Cromwell His father. John J.
New York city end was tbs first
president OF the Delaware Lack"
awauna s. Western railroad. William
Walter Phelps was born in New York city Au-
gust "a, 1850, end therefore was only In his 5tth
year. He was graduated with honor at Yale In
1880, and then took the course at Columbia ool-
lege Law school, gaining the valedictory ad-
dress in 1853 He at once entered on the
pyaottoe Of his profession, became counsel
Cor some prominent corporations, declined
o jud9eship offered him by Gov Fenton, and
then In 1883, on the death Of his father de-
voted himself to the management OF the large
estate which he Inherited. This included an
Ss1 ys S d / e %as s'sssss
congress by large majority g 2 republican,
from the Fifth district OF that state.
{ He soon became prominent In debate, and
was member, with Messrs. Foster and Potter,
OF the New Orleans Investigating commission.
He was beaten by seven votes in 1874 tor re-
election to congress. In 1880 end 1884
49,, An1c Il w
Jersey to the republican presidential
convention, and was On earnest supporter OF
Mr.. Blaine In Blaine's dzst term as secretary
OF state, In 1851. he was sent as minister TO
Austria, but resigned after President Garfield .
death, and then was elected and reelected to
congress in 1882, 1854 and 1885,
Next he was prominent In public life as an
American member Of the Samoan commission
in Berlin, and the diplomatic qualities he ex-
hibited IN GecurinR @ settlement OF that vexed
question were q large factor In his selection In
1889 ID minister to Germany, after the senate
had rejected the nomination OF Murat Hal
saesd.7
Death Of Thomas Bayne.
WARRINGTON, June 1o.-In q At of de-
spondency resulting from a long and
incurable Illness, and depressed by q
sudden and violent attack of danger
Gus symptoms, Thomas Bayne, the
well-known ex-representative of the
Allegheny DISTRICT in congress. at 1915
q. ID. Saturday forestalled the end by
sending q bullet through his head and
killing himself instantly.
lMr. Bayne retired from public life at
the end OF the Fifty-hrst congress, after
serving eight consecutive terms. He repre-
scented the Twenty-third Pennsylvania dis
tr1ou. he was q man OF weight IN the
republican councils and an excellent lead
er. A better talker and more charm
ing gentleman was rarely found. He was born
In Allegheny. Pa. June IA, 1885 After gradual
ing from college he began studying law buthad
not com pleted his studies when the war broke
out, He entered the union army In July 1862,
as colonel Of the One Hundred and Thirty
sixth regiment OF Pennsylvania volunteer
Infantry, which he commanded dur
ing Its nine months term Of serv-
ice by taking part in the battles Of Fredericks-
burg and Charlottesville. After the war he
was admitted to the bar and soon entered poll
tiles At the end OF the F1fty-flrst congress he
felt the need Of rest. and refusing to be cons1d-
cred for denomination went to Europe for an
extended tour On the floor OF congress he
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