The Indianapolis journal., 1896-06-26
JUDGE TRUMBULL DEAD
THREE TIMES ELECTED SENATOR,
ONCE OVER ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
An Illinois Politician Who Did Not
Remain Long with Any Party
Sketch of HIS Varied Career.

time. but rallied atlintervals causing nope
that he might eventually recover His end
was peaceful. He was conscious just be-
fore he expired, but was unable TO do more
than recognize those about him. He was
surrounded by his family and physicians,
and death came like quiet sleep. Judge
Trumbull's final sickness was the result of
a cold contracted while attending the fu-
neral of his old friend, Ex-Governor koer-
ner, at Belleville, Ill.
Lyman Trumbull was born in Colchester.
Conn. Oct. IL. 1873 He began to teach
school at sixteen years of age and at
twenty was at the head of the Greenville
(Ga). Academy. where he studied law,
and was admitted to the bar in
1873. He removed to Belleville. ILL.,, be-
gan tho practice of law. and in 1910
was elected a member of the Legis-
lature from st. Clair county on the Demo-
cratic ticket. In 1s43 serving by appoint
ment as Secretary of State as the successor
of stephen A Douglas, he was removed
by Governor Ford because Of disagree
ment. In 1916 he made an unsuccessful race
for Congress. but in 1S4S he was more for
tunate, being nominated and elected JUS
tice of the Supreme Court. In 1855 he was
elected United States Senator. his oppo-
nents being Abraham Lincoln and General
Shields, then a resident Of Illinois. Six
1869. In 1873 he was defeated by ex-CIover-
nor Oglesby. AT the national convention in
Cincinnati in 1872 ex-senator Trumbull re-
ceived a large vote as the conservative
candidate for President but was set aside
in favor of Horace Greeley. In 1880 he was
Democratic candidate for Governor of Illi-
nois, but was defeated at the polls by SEN
ator Cullom On his retirement from the
Senate he became permanent resident OF
Chicago, where he engaged in the practice
OF law. 80
For more than sixty years Judge Trum-
bulls life had been one of ceaseless
activity. and in all these years his work
mad belonged largely to the Nation. He
had been schoolteacher. lawyer and judge.
He had played his part In poitics-on the
stump. in the halls of Congress, In the de-
liberation of parties and as a noncombat-
ant counselor. In public life he had been
one of those men who lead and teach pollt-
ical parties. yet are never bound by tradi-
tions and associations TO follow their party
In its divergence from the lines laid down
by their conscience. In the beginning he
publican he was found side by side with Lin
coin and the men who founded the Repub-
lcan party. Then his party, as he thought.
departed from it's true mission and followed
a line his conscience could not indorse. He
turned his back on his former associates
and became Democrat. In the later years
party. He took such a ground against the
extension of power of the United States
courts that he became the hope of the Pop
uiytS and, IN sense their counselor.
Mr.. Trumbulrs 5 lastDappsarsnfe in a COURT
room was made as x,ounseilfor the Ameri-
can Railway Union officers before the Su-
preme Court at Washington. Only once
since has he appeared in public, and that
appearance gave added point TO the claims
o5 eeine ehs oRusn IN centrai pDM Music Hall Where he
spoke at length upon the causes OF dlscon-
tent among the industrial classes. He
spoke of the encroachment OF the federal
courts upon the constitutional rights Of the
people. and emphasized the. point that de-
liverance from oppression or priviieged mo
,lxyl l.a had l.
Mr.. Trumbull was twice married. His
first wife was Julia Maria Jayne 5sig sS or SPrng Sad E
1853. In 1881 ne married Mary j. lngraham,
Of Saybrook, Conn.
Sir Samuel Leonard Tflley.
ST. JOHNS. N B., June 25.-Sir Samuel
Leonard Tilley died at O. clock this MORN
ing of blood poisoning, resulting from an
injury to the foot
Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley was born in
Gagetown, Queens county, New Bruins
wick. May s, 1slS In 1854 he entered the
New Brunswick Liberal Cabinet as Pro-
vincial Secretary. and shortly afterward
became Premier. remaining a mn o the Liberal
delegate to arrange terms for the Canad-
ian union he was made companion or
Bath by the Queen and afterwards was
created a knight commander of ST. Michael
and st. George by the Marquis or Lorne.
He had served as Lieutenant Governor of
New Brunswick and Finance Minister in
the Dominion Cabinet
Gustavas w. Smith.
NEW YORK, June 25.-Gustavus w.
Smith. who was major general in the
Southern army during the civil war. is
dead at his home in this city.
Gustavus w. Smith was born In Ken
lucky in 1921. and graduated from West
Point in 1S42 He served with Scott in
Mexico and was street commissioner of
New York when Feraando Wood was
Mayer Ne resgne ,ss l his position 81 to
of the Southern forces at the battle of
Fair Oaks after Gen. Joseph E. John
'o york IN ISIS and n isss his political disabiIi-
| ties were removed by act of Congress.
Duc De Nemours.
LONDON June 2e.-A dispatch to the
/ Times from Paris says that the Due De
! Nemours died at Versailles yesterday.
Louis Charles Philippe Rapheal Dor
| leans Due De Nemours. one of the Or
leans princes. was the second son of King
| Louis Philippe. and was born in Paris in
1874 he was elected King of the Belgians
| in 1881. but his royal father declined this
| offer Of the National Congress on his be-
similar offer of the crown of Greece After
| the revolution of February, 1S4S the Due
De NemOurS quilted france, and dld not
return until after the DOWNFALL of the en-
| pire in 1870. He has since played a very
| insignificant part in royalist affairs.
Col. A. G. ,Brackett.
| WASHINGTON, June 25.-Col. A. G..
Bracket retired. died at his residence in
| this city to-day after a three-years' ILL.,
| ness Of paralysis.
| Col A c. Bracket was sixty-nine years
| of age. and was born In New York. In 1S47
| he was appointed to .he army as lieuten-
ant colonel of Indian volunteers serving
| through the Mexican and civil wars.
| BENJAMIN III. Bristcw's Funeral.
| NEW YORK, June 25.-The services over
! the remains of BENJAMIN II. Bristow. Sec
retary of the Treasury in President Grants
| Church fPresbyterian) the Rev. DIR. VAN
| dyke officiating. The pallbearers were:
| Clarence Seward. Joseph I4arocque Joseph
/ Fl. Choate. Charles Lanier, Justice Patter-
| son, .. ID. Mum, John G. Latham and H.
/ III. Anderson. Among the prominent people
! who attended were Senator higgins. OF Del
/ aware: ex-AIayor A s. Hewitt, j. Pierpont
] Morgan. ex-Governor. Hoadlsy, of Ohio: Al
| bert II. Stickney and W. Is. Hornblower
| The Nail Trust.
| CHICAGO, June 25.-The two branches of
I, the Auditorium to-day-the wire and the
| cut nail manufacturers. The representa-
| tives OF the nail machine manufacturers
given assurance that they would he