The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-16

Toward the end, the action of his heart
| increased perceptibly, and hopes twere
| expressed that he was awakening, but
| it was a fruitless hope.
His sons, Theodore, Ewing, George
and John; his daughters, Fannie and
virginia, and Mrs. Bland were at his
J bedside When the end came. His
brother, Judge ]. c. Bland of St. Louis;
/ Mrs. st. Thomas; his brother-in-law
| General Z. Y. Mitchell, and E Y.
| Mitchell, jr., and his private secretary,
| Grid Bell, We're also with him.
The funeral VIII be held Saturday
| afternoon at 4 o'clock at the opera
| house, and the body will be buried in
! the Catholic cemetery. The funeral
viii be in charge of the sergeant-at-
arms of the house of representatives
and viii be conducted by Masonic
lodges. Private Secretary Bell has
notified the clerk of the house of Mr..
BANDS death, requesting him to ap-
point g. committee of members TO at
tend the funeral. Prominent friends
81 Mr.. Bland throughout the country
have been notified of the funeral ar
rangements.
MIR. Bland was a. member of no
church, and the ministers of all de-
nominations viii participate in the
services. 1t is planned to have Colonel
William J. Bryan deliver the funeral
the opera house for twenty-four hours.
Already the citizens are draping their
houses in black.
Mr.. BANDS illness began immedi-
ately after his return from Washing
ton early IN March. 1t started with an
attack of grip followed with relapse.
Chronic catarrh of the stomach COM
pncated the disease. Brain trouble
came next, and he died of cerebral con-
al-a1 laH nc
death he was partially paralyzed. His
power of speech was gone and he was
unable to communicate with any one.
\ dispatch was received tonight from
Colonel w. J. Bryan. from Chicago,
stating that he would attend the
funeral Mrs. Bland has received
several dozen messages of coincidence
from admirers Of her husband all over
the country. The strain on Mrs. BANDS
nervous system has been very great
and her friends are alarmed at its eff
feet.
Mr. Bland leaves no life insurance
and dies a. comparatively poor man.
The funeral services viii be conducted
by the Masonic fraternity Colonel
Bryan and all of the visiting congress
men are expected to pronounce brief
eulogies on the character and public
services of the deceased.
Richard Parks Bland was born
near Hartford. KY. August 10, 1885. BY
working during the summers and at
tending school in the winters, he fin
ished his academic education. He
then studied law, moved west and in
1850 became treasurer of Carson county.
New. In 1865, he went to Missouri and
settled at Rolla- He was elected to
congress as a Democrat in 1873 and
has been regularly reelected. In 1875 !
he became chairman of the committee !
on mines and mining. Silver coinage |
having been discontinued in 1873. he |
introduced into congress in 1873 the !
famous Bland bill' which provided |
that the secretary Of the treasury shall |
purchase sufficient bullion to coin the I
minimum amount of 81. 1000 900 a month /
in silver dollars OF 4121a grains each |
and that these dollars shall be legal |
tender. He had since been a champion |
Of the free coinage of silver. His name |
was prominently mentioned in connec- |
ton with the presidential nomination |
at the last Democratic national con-
vention.