Evening star., 1898-04-22
Illness of Senator Edward G. Walthall
Terminates Fatally.
UNIVERSAL REGRET EXPRESSED
Funeral Services in Senate Cham
Der Tomorrow Morning.
THE SEN NATOR'S CAREER

Senator Edward c. Walthall of Mississippi
Died at the Cairo apartment house in this
city a $50 oclock yesterday afternoon. Sem
ator Walthalrs death was not unexpected.
He had been i'll for several weeks, and,
matter of fact, had been in bad. health
for years. He contracted a severe cold in
January, which was augmented the 9Th of
February by exposure. he having gone to
the Senate that day, in spite of the pro-
tests of his physicians, to deliver a eulogy
on his colleague. the late Senator George.
The Saturday following the delivery of this
speech found Senator Walthall in bed with
a severe attack of typhoid pneumonia,
which, stated. resulted fatally.
There were with Senator Walthau at the
time of his death his wife, his sister Mrs
Freeman, and his niece. Mrs. Clark and
her daughter. Representatives Allen and
Fox of Mississippi were almost constant in
their attendance at the bedside of the dead
senator.
The funeral services over the remains of
Senator Walthall are to take place in the
Senate chamber at II o'clock tomorrow.
The President and cabinet, members of the
Senate and House and of the Supreme
Court and the District Commissioners are
expected to be present. The services will
be conducted by Rev. DIR. Mckim.
At o'clock in the evening the remains
will be taken on special car by the South
ern railroad to Mississippi. Mr.. w. w. Fin
ley, the second vice president of the South
ern railroad, has rendered the use OF his
private car to Mrs. Walthal, and she will
travel in this. The senators appointed upon
the funeral committee is as follows: Messrs
Money, Berry, Bate, Pettus Spooner, Gray,
Proctor, Pasco and Cannon.
Held I'm High Esteem.
There was no member of the United
States Senate more highly esteemed by his
colleagues than was Senator Walthall,
while members of the House of Represen-
tatives held the same high regard for him.
During last evening many members of Con-
gress and others called at the Cairo to ex-
press their deep sympathy for his bereaved
family in the afiiiction which had been
brought upon them.
1t is not too much to say that Senator
Walthall commanded the love and respect
of all who knew him. Refined gentle and
courteous in his manner, and yet at all
times firm, manly and honest in his deal
ings with every one, he easily held place
in their hearts.
Sketch of His Career.
Senator Edward Cary Walthall was Vir-
ginian by birth, having been born in Rich
mond, Va, the 4th of April, 1881. When a
boy he went to Mississippi, where he re-
ceved academic education at Holly
Springs. Having completed his academic
course ne entered the law class from Wnlcn
he graduated He was admitted TO practice
before the courts of Coffeeville, Miss, in
1852. Four years later he elected dis
trict attorney for the tenth judicial district.
He served in this capacity until the break
ing out of the civil war. He enlisted in the
18th Mississippi Regiment and was at once
commissioned first lieutenant, from which
he was elevated to lieutenant colonel In
1862 he was elected colonel of the 10Th Mis-
sissipp When the war closed he had been
elevated to major general in the confeder-
ate service. After the surrender he return