The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-10-06
THE DEATH OF HARLAN
FORMER EX-SENATOR ASSET AWAY
At MOUNT PLEASANT, Ia.
Was in LincOln's second Cabinet-A
Graduate of Indiana Asbury Col.
lege-Hfs Public Career.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Oct. 6.-The death Of
x-United States Senator James Harlan oc-
CURED at his home, In Mount Pleasant, Ia,
at 9:35 this morning. The end was not I'M
expected, a collapse having taken place last
Sunday. The immediate cause of death was
congestion of the lungs, complicated with
liver trouble. Overexertion in attending the
sessions of the Iowa Methodist Conference
last week aggravated his maladies and
caused prostration. His daughter. the wife
sumnoned from New York city and was
present at the bedside. Others present were:
Jas. Whitford and Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford
and SON. No arrangements AVE been made
for the funeral, but 1t will probably be held
in Iowa Wesleyan University Chapel, in
Mount Pleasant. on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Harlan was the last living member
Of Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet and was
Iowa. grand old man." He occupied a
place in the affections Of Iowans second
only TO that of the memories clustering
around War Governor Kirkwood. Iowa
proudly claimed him as her own, although
he was born in Illinois and educated in In
diana. He first saw the light OF day in
Clarke county. Illinois. Aug. q. 1890. Four
years later his parents moved to Indiana.
He was graduated from the Asbury Uni
xersity, Greencastle, Ind. in is4S' was mar
where he has resided ever since.
In his early Iowa days Mr.. Harlan farmed
and taught school. In 1Sf7 he was elected
the first state superintendent of schools.
serving one year. He then practiced law,
after a season of study. until 1853. when
he was elected president of the Iowa Wes-
leyan College. IN Mt. Pleasant. occupying
the position two years.
In 1855 Mr.. Harlan was elected United
States senator and he was reelected IN
tary Of the Interior under Abraham Lin
coin. The following year he was again
elected to the ev Senate but In 1872 he was
been reelected ever since. In 1882 Mr.. Har-
Ian was appointed chief justice of the court
OF commissioners OF Alabama claims. which
position he held for four years.
In 1893 he was called from retirement to
act as temporary chairman of the Repub-
lican state convention. As such officer he
1uence in checking the threatened bolt OF
Prohibition for practical local option. He
was a candidate for the Republican nomi-
against him. He also served as a member
of the Iowa soldiers and sailors monu-
men a committee M tts M and WAS T prominent . in the
Senator Harlan's wife died in 1884. She
was a remarkable woman and during the
inss W Maf the eiI Ir monn so oT I hay,n me an a'i un.
tiAoo VI kAS IN SA0ASAS AAtf Ahe Ia VII
limited pass from Secretary Stanton to go
where she pleased.
A dispatch from Dubuque, Ia, says: Sen
ator Allison said tonight of the late Sen
ator Harlan:
Ex-senator Harlan's death will be deep
ly deplored In this State. He has been ac-
lively Identified with its growth and devel-
opment and in everything that makes II
what 1t Is to-day. He served the State con-
spicuously in the United States Senate dur
ing the most critical period Of our history
since the formation OF the Constitution. H c
was recognized as one of its ablest debaters
and wisest counselors. He was the trusted
friend and adviser Of President Lincoln dur.
ing the period Of the civil war, as he was
later of President Grant. His intellectual
strength and vigor made him a great force
in the Senate. as II did in every place he
was called upon to fill. During his life and
In his retirement he took a deep interest In
public affairs. always sustaining the side
that he believed would best subserve the
public need. Few men of this generation
or the last, possessed greater intellectual
strength or q stronger personality. His
death will be deplored by a very large circle
of personal friends and by students of oul
political history throughout the country"