Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-05-28
GEN. FAIRCHILD DEAD.
One of Wisconsin's Foremost
Citizens Gone.
Heroic Deeds in War and Valuable
Services In Time of Peace.

Madison, Wis, May 25.-Gen. Lucius
Fairchild died Saturday evening at $50
o'clock.
Gen. Fairchild's condition took a
change for the worse about noon, and he
gradually sunk until about 1 o'clock
when he went into a comatOse state.
Up 70 that time he was conscious and
called by name his daughters and Mrs
Gen. Fairchild has not been in viGor-
Gus health for about year. he was
taken with the grippe some months ago,
which affected his kidneys. He was
taken to his bed about ten days ago, and
although he had the best of medical
care he grew weaker daily.
From 10 o'clock Sunday morning until
late in the evening there was Il continual
stream of sympathetic callers at the
home of the bereaved family on Lake
Monona's shore. Gov. w. II. Upham
was among the first to offer condolences:
TeIegraphic condolences came from all
over the country
"A Military Funeral.
Gen. Fairchild will be buried with all
of the military ceremony which his rank
as acknowledgement entitle him to. Gov.
Upham has charge of the arrangements
and he has selected Adjt.-Gen. Charles
King to look after details. Gen. King
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escort. The funeral will take place from
the house at 2 o'clock Tuesday after
nOOn-
The Rev. Fayette Durlin of Grace
Episcopal church will conduct the serv-
ices, which will be the regular ritual
of that church for the dead. No sermon
will be preached, nor will the remains lie
in state.
After the services at the house the
governor will have charge. The remains
will be taken to the east entrance to the
capitol where a platform will be erected.
Public services will be held there, last
ing about an hour, and consisting of
short addresses by prominent men and
chorus singing. Among the speakers will
be the Rev. Joseph Sanderson of Angus
ia, national chaplain of the Loyal le>
giOn.
The body will be escorted to the ceme~
terry by regiment of the state militia,
eight companies in all, two of the best
drilled companies from each regiment;
also the Light Horse squadron of Mil
waukee and a platoon of artillery. This
is the regular escort provided for man
with the rank of majorgeneral.
Lucius Fairchild's character was full
of color. The story of his life is most
interesting. He was one of the sons of
Ohio who was truly great. Born in
1881 at Kent, Portage county, in the
state of Presidents. he got his early
education in the common schools of
Cleveland. Later he passed through
Carroll college in Waukesha. Wis. hon
orably. His father came from Ohio to
Wisconsin in 1916 and settled in Madi-
son. Soon after, when the fire of the
gold discovery in California spread all
over the world, Lucius, then a sturdy
lad of Is, left his home with several of
his companions and set out across the
plains with four-yoke oxteam. It was
the rough experience he passed through
on this journey that laid the foundation
for the rugged manhood that character
lied him in later years. After many
months of infinite toll the party reached
San Francisco with a combined capital
of just q cents.
xzard Work in the Mines.
For six years young Fairchild worked
as digger, miner, proSpector and abOr-
er, and saw every phase of the wild life
of the mountain and OF the camp. In
1855 he returned to Wisconsin, rich in
experience, but as poor in pocket as when
he set out.
Fairchild's first experience in politics
was had in California, when he was
elected delegate to a convention called
for the nominal ton of governor. On his
way to the convention his mule, which
carried every earthly possession that the
young miner could call his own. TELL
from height on the mountain trail ana
was killed. This accident left the mas
ter without a cent or a change of dress.
He finished the journey on foot and sat
in the convention without coat.
A short time after his return to Wis
cousin he was elected clerk of the cir
cult court and, meanwhile, studying law,
was admitted to the bar in 1860. At
the beginning of the Civil war he was
a member Of a company called Inc
Governors guard" and promptly enlist
ed ia the regular army His work in
drumming up volunteers for war
service marked him as efficient. in