The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-26

fever. / cannot understand it. lie must
have suffered severely aud felt SO I'll that
he did not wsHt 70 continue the journey
back to Baraaquiila. and left she steamer
semen here. He wrote IN the letter mailed
OF beard t.e steamer that he was feeling
better. and this end g a severe shock. We
are unable 10 explain IL His family is at
State College. Pa. and We are unable 10
state at this time what disposition VIII be
made Of the body until a place OF burial
Is determined upon by his wife.
senator Pen-ose Surprised.
The many papers frem the state Depart
ment and kilograms from Senators Quay
AID Penr5se. left 10 doubt as 70 the close
association existing between the former
and Mr. Shaw. When Senator Penrose was
seen be was shocked by the news. He
said:
you say he Killed himself in this city?
Why. I thought tie man started for his
Few post at Singapore. It is bat few
weeks ago that I saw hin in Washington;
lust after Congress convened, and he WIS
in good spirits over his promotion to Sin
gspore. for II meant an increase of a saia-
" Of about S2.50o at Bsranquilla, TO about
Sc, CSC at Singapore. I knew him to be
! fine gentleman and I cannot understand
this
Would you think there were any
complications with the Department of
State that would prompt him to take
his ife2" the Senator VAS asked-
Il should have known Of it if there
were, for it was Senator Quay and my
self who had him appointed TO Rarran-
quilsa, and his appointment TO Slnga-
/ pore is the best answer to that. replied
I the Senator. Besides, We know he had an
excellent record II was that record at
BarrangniiIa that won him the new post
He heard Of the death CT Consul r. A.
Eioseley, 3r., at Singapore, and applied for
the position and had apparently no
trouble in securing it. They had him re-
ported dead at Barranquilla once, and I
wired TO have 1t verified, but found that
the British Consul Dr. Edward MeGregor,
had died, and the French Consul got
matters mixed. because the man who died
happened TO speak our language. / fear
that Afr. Shaw has suffered from that cli-
mate and il affected his mind. I can
not assign any eause for his rash act.
BE net me after his return IN the fall,
and said he was gong home to Clearheld
county and was interested in the Ssna-
toriaI contest.
How was il possible for Mr. Shaw to
have N his possession these papers from
the state Department" Senator Penrese
was asked.
He would get those by applying for
them. The State Department is only too
Wiling 10 get r3d OF personal Applications
and the like by returning them to the in
diyiduals presenting them. after the mat
ter of such ar appointment IS closed, :"
was the reply.
Consul Shaw, according to statements
made By the night clerk and employees Of
the Windsor Hotel last night, had plenty
Of money when he came to the hotel at
10 o'clock in the morning, and paid his
bill in advance. lie spent the day about
the hotel, and seemed to have go ac-
Quaintances- However, he was out OF
OF the building several times during the
day and might have been visiting friends.
He came 20 the desk shortly after 9
O'Clock in the evening, asked for his key
and went to his room That was the
last seen or heard OF him until be was
found dead, at II o'clock yesterday morn
/ ing.
Employees Of the hotel have been kept
pretty much in the dark about the sui
/; eide Although they know that tragedy
occurred, Il was said last night that not
even the beliboys knew the particulars
J or the identity Of the man who ended
his life. Guests Of the hotel were IN ig-
noranes that a suicide had been commit
/ ted