The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-29
EX SECRETARY BAYARD DEAD
DISTING UISHED STATESMAN SUC-
 CUlIBS AT DEDHAlf, MASS.

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 Had Been III Since August at His Daughter's Residence-He Was the First Ambassador to Great Britain Served In the Senate for Many Years and Was Secretary of State in MT. CleveIand,s First Cabinet.
 Dedham, Mass, Sept 2S.-After an Illness of over six weeks, Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, the first ambassador from this country to Great Britain, died at half past four o'clock this afternoon at Karlstein, the summer residence of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel D. Warren. His death was without pain and the distin- guished citizen merely passed from semi-conscious state to that of uncon- sciousness and then out into the great unknown. His wife, his two daughters Mrs. Warren and Miss Florence Bay ard--and his son, Thomas F. Bayard,
 
 while his third daughter, the Countess Lauenhaupt, was on her way to Ded- ham. The remains will be taken back to his native state, Delaware, and the funeral services will be held Saturday in the old Swedish church at Whining ton. Karlstein, the summer home of Sam r off@ I1o,, road and to this beautiful spot, late one evening about the middle of August came MT. Bayard, to be the guest of his daughter and son-in-law. He was sick when he reached there, but it was given out that his illness was merely incident to declining years. He steadily grew weaker, however, and had spells of semi and of delirium. "A consultation of physicians on the case was held Friday, August 26, and they agreed that MT. Bayard was suf- fering from arteric-schlerosis and a general breaking down incident to old age. He suffered no pain to any notice- able degree, and the chief tendency was to sleep.
 The town has gone into mourning out of respect to the deceased, the flags on the town hall and the court house being placed at half-mast. Already many messages of condolence have come to the family from all parts of the coun- try. MT. Bayards body will leave here early Friday morning. During his ill., ness many messages of condolence have come to the family from all parts of the country. MT. Bayard's body will leave here early Friday morning. Dur ing his illness many messages of sym pathy was received from all parts of the United States and from foreign countries. On September Queen Vic toria cabled her solicitude as to his health with hope for his ultimate re- covery Others came from ex-Presi- dent Cleveland and from associates in political life in Washington and abroad Thomas Francis Bayard, statesman, son of James A. Bayard, was born in Wilmington, Del, October 29, 1928. He was educated chiefly in the Flushing school. established by Rev. Dr. H. l.. Hawkes., and being intended for mer- cantile life was placed in business house in New York city. After the death of his elder brother in 1848 he re- turned to Wilmington, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1851. He was appointed United States district attorney for Delaware, but resigned the following year. In 1855 he removed to Philadelphia, where he became the partner of William Shipping, and prac- ticed for two years, but then returned to Wilmington and continued in the practice of the law until he was elected in 1868 to succeed his father in the United States senate In 1861 at pub lie meeting in Dover he delivered me- morable speech in favor of peace for the south He took his seat March A. 1869, and being reelected for a second term in January, 1875, and again in 1881, served continuously until he be- came secretary of state, March 4, 1885 On the day on which he was elected to the senate for full term his father was also reelected a senator from Del aware to serve for the unexpired part of his original term This is the only case of a father and son being voted for by the same legislature to fill the senatorial office. In the senate he served on the committees of finance judiciary, land claims, library, and re- vision of laws. He October. 1881, he was elected president pro tempore oi the senate. He was a member oi the electoral commission of 187t and 1877 and a conspicuous upholder 1T congress of democratic doctrine anC state rights and was voted for in na- ;, tional convention as a candidate for the presidency in 1880 and again in 1884 In appointing his cabinet in March 1885, Mir. Cleveland selected MT. Bayar6 for the post of secretary of state. In cluding his great grandfather, Cover. nor Bassett he was the fifth member of his family who have occupied seats in the United States senate.
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