Evening journal., 1898-09-05
Mr.. BAYARD DYING.
Life of Delaware's Foremost
Citizen Ebbing Away.
SKETCH OF HIS NOTABLE CAREER

n HOMIE OF HIS DAUGHTER NEAR
q BOSTON.--A MAN WHOSE FANDE
HAS REACHED OVER TWO CON-
TINENTS.
B Dedham, Mass, Sept 5.-Thomas F.
Bayard is failing steadily and his ply
a 8iciaus say that his death is probably
Pnly matter Of few days. Saturday
B here was a change for the better, but
relapse set in yesterday.
1t is not unlikely that he will die
q Unexpectedly amy day.
81 Thomas Francis Bayard, who was
"A ecretary Of state during Grover Cleve-
lands first presidential term, and the
irst ambassador of the United States
s 10 the Court of st. James during the
u econd presidency of Mr.. Cleveland,
$yas a distinguished member OF an emf
3 bent family. 1t is very large family,
oo and it's members have been very
widely distributed in both the old
World and the new. Its origin has been
S raced to the province Of Dauphine,
low in the Department of Isere, in the
southeast OF France, where, not very
& ar from GTenoble, the ruins Of Chateau
s 3ayard, crowning a hill which COM
b hands one of the noblest prospects in
4;5 hat region, mark what is regarded as
H he cradle OF the race.
From the earliest times the Bayards
we're distinguished for courage in
var and fidelity to their sovereign. A
peigneur de Bayard, the head OF the
ouse, was slain in the battle Of Poi
iers in the vain attempt to prevent the
apture Of King John the Good by the
e English. His son fell in combat with
he same enemy at Azincourt, and his
randson at Montlhery. But the second
n descent from this last was more
'idely known than either, and joining
the hereditary prowess and con.
fancy of his race purity and nobility
character peculiarly his own, fur.
E ished to history and romance the idea
a perfect knight Pierre du Terrai
eigneur de Bayard, "the knight with.
ut fear and without reproach," wal
ss. he famous captain of Charles VIII
louis XII and Francis !, the latter O
Fhom, after the battle of Marignano
Fould receive the honor OF knighthoo,
rom no hand but that Of Bayard Il
5O5 he, single-handed, kept the bridg
Garigliano against the Spaniard
nd saved the whole French army. II
nally fell. shot while conducting tn
streat at the passage of the Sesia, ol
pril 30, 1924. Ae he left no heirs, hi
tates and rank descended to the mex
~ kin, and the family name, Du Ter
Ril, was merged in the territoria
anne, Bayard.
FAMILY LONG CONSPICUOUS.
Interesting stories are also told O
be history Of the Bayards in Americs
eginning with the middle Of the sew
nteenth century; but 1t is sufficient /
his connection to say that since lon
efore revolutionary times the Bayard
ave been conspicuous in the country
istory as patriots and statesmen, an
any acquired national fame as jurist
icholas, the first ancestor to come I
merica, son Of an Amsterdam mel
hant, though Of French Huguenot C,
action, and a nephew OF GovernC
tuyvesant, was secretary of the prov
bee OF New York, in 1872, mayor
ew York in 1885, and holder of sever,
her important provincial offices. Co
mel John Bayard a grandson, was
ember of the Provincial Council
wa; a leader Of the movement for il
ependence, in Philadelphia; memb
the Council OF Safety; colonel OF Il
econd Continental Regiment raised
Philadelphia in 1775; speaker of Il
ssembly in 1777; member OF the Coz
mental Congress in 178S besides ha'
lg been honored witl1many other O
ces of great trust.
1t was with James Asheton Bayar
randfather of Thomas F., that u
Pnatorial line Of his family col
fenced. He was chosen to Congre
1896, and served until 1903, as
cknowledged leader of the old Fe
ral party. He was sent to the Unit
tates Senate in 1906, and served the
ntil 1913. He declined the mission
rance, offered to him by Preside
dams, in 1901, and confirmed to hi
the Senate, but served as joi
pmmissioner with Adams, Clay, Gall
N and Russell in negotiating thetrea
Client, which was concluded in j
smber, 1914. He was then appoint
mister to Russia, but declined th
Tfice also; and while busy With I
etaiIs OF a commercial treaty wi
reat Britain was taken sick, ard ]
rned home in a national vessel 20
sight of his native shores.
The public place held by him "
ext filled by his son, Richard II. Ba
ID, who was chosen senator in is
I'D again in 1S41, and who was sent
mister to Belgium in 1850.
THOMAS F.'S FATHER.
The third senator in the line "
mes A. Bayard, father of Thomas
e represented Delaware in the SEN
W ON 1861 to 1864. when he'resigned,
ough he had just been elected
rye for a third term. Like all Den
f< ats Of those days, he believed h
far meant disunion, and was for Il
ason opposed to war. The Bayard
~ ience was against secession, or De
Rre, with her strong Southern sym
les, would have cast her lot with
bnfederacy and divided with Maryls
e disastrous honor of being the b
<*#h oro,4nd ~ tho ooufpndfnp forrac