The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-10-18

yIRGINlA,S
PASSES AWAY.

One OF the Best-I Known ana Eravest Or
Oors at the Confederate Army During
tho War-His senatorial Exploits RS u
Republican-Skctch OF His Career.
WASHINGTON, Oct. General Will
lam Malone, ex-United States senator
from Virginia, died here at L o'clock
this afternoon from paralysis. He
was stricken during the night Of Sep
TENDER 30 and only partially rallied.
His case had been hopeless for some
days.
General Malone emerged from the
war with the halo of glory about his
name. The citizens OF Petersburg, his
home, through the city council offered
him u lot to build on. 1t was q recog-
milton of the services Of tho gallant
Malone brigade. He was a son
OF the state and, after Lee and .'Stone-
wall" Jackson, her greatest fighter
in the rebellion. The night before the
surrender at Appomattox General Lee
called Malone into his tent. There
the two went over the situation to.
gether. They agreed that surrender
v q the only thing. General Malone
did not accept the lot offered by the
city, hut the citizens united again and
by subscription bought y house and
lot and presented it to Mrs. Malone.
She likewise declined to accept the
gift But the general bought on Mar
ket street and built the residence
which he had since occupied, togcthe.
with Mrs. Malone and his two sons,
William and Butler, and his daughter,
Nettie.
Malone and the exploits of the Ma
hone brigade were celebrated in prose
and song. For years the Little Wiz
ard" was the idol Of his people. But
Inc became "a Republican. Then the
idol of Virginia and OF the South was
pulled from it's pedestal.
General Malone was tho son of q
fine old fashioned tavern keeper, who
lived on the Jerusalem plank road in
the black belt below Petersburg. The
boy passed through tho Virginia mill
tarv institute as IA free scholarship
man and began life as a civil engineer.
He built the railroad from Richmond
mp to the Southern terminus of the
Pennsylvania oven back of Alexandria.
In the rebellion he was known as IL
hard fig lighter. For exceptional
OA1SSI III u u VIC cSDlOSlOil
of Grants mine underneath Lees
works, July 80, 1864, he was given the
Gobriquet of the hero OF the crater"
He was commissioned a b~rigaaier gen
tral in March, 1861, and major general
in August of the Same year.
Yhis man, who was a major general
at 80, took charge, when the WA was
over, of the railroad which he ll;sd
built some years before. 1t was then
little more than two strealss of iron
rust. He made it the powerful Rich
mond and Danyille. He showed the
quality OF the born leader at the first
start Off He sent the agents of the
Adams Express company and of the
Baltimore and Ohio flying from his
Grains and went into the express bus
mess himself. He made morey and
solid popularity all at once. But in
the big Richmond Terminal fight the
other moguls froze him out. There is
q tradition, however, that the general
wa posted about the movements of
the syndicate and made handsomely.
There is another tradition that young
Butler pocketed good $50, 900 himself.
General Malone made an unsuccess.
full attempt to secure the nomination
for governor Of Virginia in Isis. es-
poused the cause of the Readiuster
party and became it's leader and bv
devious methods the object of many
an attack, he found q seat in the
United States senate in 1880. He
served six years in that body, being
retired by defeat at the polls. He was
like q firebrand cast into a mass OF dry
finder, and from the peculiar attitude
that he at once assumed he caused one
of the most bitter controversies and
stubborn deadlocks ever known i'll the
history Of that body. He at last acted
with the Republicans, and gave them
the organization OF the senate. His
course brought down upon his head
the wrath of the Democrats, but
the Republicans received him with
open arms and the federal patronage
In Virginia was turned aver to him.
Since that time he had been
the Republican leader Of Virginia.
Although he had resided almoss con
stantly in this city since he left the
senate, lie retained the Republican
leadership in Virginia and in 1890 was
q candidate for governor. He was
best known here of late years by his
efforts to secure the purchase by the
government for q printing Office site
OF square OF ground owned by linn.
The quaint figure of its owner was
always seen in the lobbies of both
house and senate at the close of every
session. and he was considered q
great power in tho third house. Ex-
ceptionally slight in stature and frame
he was . marked man in greatsasse,n-
blages- His peculiar style OF dress,
and especially his hat, attracted atten-
finu 10 him This broad hrsn, p,ay4 e,