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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-29
ADcTIoS SALES.--FUTURE pays.

AncTIoS sALEs-ra DAYS.
s -
BY r 7, 9 shaffin 8 Co: Incorpo
iseaI Istate Aucttoneers,
No. n. Tenth st. S.
RUsTEEs AND COMMISSIONERS
Aueri oE SALE
No. 2OI West Leigh Street.,
BEIgm STORE 5, AND y 8 p ,,a !, (.
SIDES STORE AND
No. IO7 West Leigh Street,
BRICK HOUSE. SEVEN ROOMS. AND
STABLE
Acting under decree of the a, dha ~
cause OF Nfikerson and wiie-agaii's st. me
United Security Life Insurance and iTllS, ,
Company Of Pefisylvi3iiia &C.. et t,l,;,,
July u.s. 1900. and deed Of trust therein
referred, to- we will Sell. by Iupi!c anc-
sticn, on the premises. Oh
THURSDAY. OCTOBER A. 1900,
al $50 p e, the REAL ESTATE de-
scribed in said decree. as foiloSss:,, -: ~
OF that certain lot OF land: with al I'M
provements thereon and rights ana al
purienances thereunto belonging, bouiid-
ed as foiiows-y,iz Bes; an !, on :. me
distance of eighty-four feet two incFles
westward from the west side of Adams
Street, running thence westwardiy ON
the soGth side of said West Leigh Street
tilirty-two ieet to a point siNty-tour feet
cast of the eastern line of the Richmond
City Railways property, and running
back between parallel lines III south
wardiy direction one hundred feet. known
and designated as No. 10I West Leigh
Street
IMMEDIATELY AFTER the above we
viii sell. on the premises, the REAL
follows: .tfall of that certain lot of land,
together with all rights and appurte-
narlces tflereunto belonging, bounded as
foilows-viz.: Beginning on the south side
corner OF said West Leigh Street and
Prentiss Street, thence running in "A
west wardiy direction and fronting on said
West Leigh Street twenty-five feet,
thence running back in southwaTdiy
direction at right angles and between
parallel lines ninety-iiNe feet. more 90, or
less. known and designated as No. 1ol
Nest Leigh Street.
TERMS: 0ne-third cash, and the resi-
due i'll equal payments at six. twelve and
eighteen months from the day OF sale,
for which the purchaser shall execute
negotiable notes. with interest added
from the day of sale, the title TO be re-
tanned until the Durchase-money shall be
fully paid and a conveyance ordered by
the court; but any purchaser may, at his
election, pay all cash
RoBT. STILES. Trustee;
GEO. d. MISE,
Special Commissioner.
The bond required of the special COM
missioner and trustee by the above decree
has been duly given.
.,>,~ CHAs. o. sAvILLE. Clerk.
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SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL .. 1865. r
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND, VA.
100 Z. Nj, so. II, Southern Express,
daily for Atlantsl, augusta, jack
sUnville and points South SLEEPER
for Danvt!le. Greensboro. Salisbury.
and Charlotte. open at Richmond
$50 p M Stops Tor passengers at
local stations. Connects at Dauytlie
ana Charlotte with New York and
Florida Express (No 3D. carrying
aud Tampa, with connections TOR
ali Florida points. Also connects
at DauvI.ls and Charlotte with
Washington and Southwestern Lin
tied ENu. 81, carrying through
sleeGers betwee9a New York and
Nashville, New Work and Memphis.
New York ana New Orleans; also,
Pullman Tourist sleeper Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays Washing
ton to san Francisco without
change, with corrections for all
points in Texas, Mexico and can
fornia
1901 2 ~, No :. solid train daily for
Charlotte, y. c., connects ut Nose
ley with FarmviIIe and Powha9an
Railroad. At keysvf!ie Tor Cllsrks-
willie. oxford, Henderson ana Dur"
ham, and at Greensboro for Dur
ham Raleigh and Winston-Salem;
at Danville with No. 53. United
States fast matt, solid train, daily
for New Orleans AID points South,
which carries Sleepers Kew York
to New Orleans and New York to
Jacksonville, connecting for NISSAN
and aayana- L4r;oush9H lssS sleeper e:,r
Ior Car betweeE Richmond and
eco z. NJ No. Il, local, daily except
Sunday. for EeysyilLe and interu3e-
diate points.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND.
Go Z. NJ. pron Atlanta. Augusta and
Ash@,Fiile and all 1clnts
$40 :. NJ From keysvfrIe ard local
L0CAL FREIGHT TRAINS
Nos. II and -. between Manchester
and Neapoiis.
YORK RIVER LINE, via WEST POINT.
THE FA%ORrTE ROUTE NORTH.
LEAVES RICHMOND.
$50 P. NJ, No IL. Baltimore Limited.
daily except Sundays, for WeSt
Point and intermediate sta tioils.
making close connection at West
Point with steamer for Baltimore,
$50 2. NJ, No. TO. local express. daily
except Sundays for West Point and
intermediate stations Connects
with stage at Lester Manor for
WaIkerton and Tappahaupock; also,
at West Point with steamer for
Baltimore. Stops ut all stations.
500 A. NJ. No. a. local mixed Leaves
daily except Sunday for West Point
ana intermediate stations, con-
Meeting WITH stage at Lester Manor
for WalkertOu and FapPJh1u1ock.
= III ~
9.15 a. AZ, daily from west Point with
connection from Baltimore, except
1915 \ NJ. except Sundays and Mon
5:15 F. NJ. daily, except Sunday, from
West Point and intermediate sta
stea mers leave West Point daily.
except Sundays, $50 2. NJ, arriv-
tug Baltimore 500 y. NJ. returning,
leave Baltimore at . T. NJ daily
except Sundays. arriving Richmond
$40 \. III.
Steamers call at Gloucester Point
and Almonds Wharf Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays: York
town ard Clay Eauls Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays
G. W. WESEBGEf,
Travelling Passenger Agent.
No. go Eass Main Street,
Richmond. Va.
7 NJ. CTIP w \. TURK,
Traffic Manager. GEN tJtsS- agent
Third vfee-President ana General Man
ager Washington, d. e.
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BY n. ". Bowe.
Real Estate Auctioneer.

n oMNIssIoNER. SALE OF THE
~ .HALSEY E4aRM, IN HENRlCO
COUNTY, ON TIE DARBITONN# COR
NEN CENTRAL) ROAD, ABOUT SIX
MILES BELOW RICEMOND.-ln execu-
ton OF a decree Of the Circuit Court OF
Orange county. entered May !, 1890. as
amended By decree of June 80 1900. in
Tie suit of '.St. George Il. Fltzhngh
against r. O. Haisey. trustee, ana
oIners,'' i viii sell, by public auction, IN
front of the Henrico county courthouse,
in the city of Richmond. Va. on
MONDAY OCTOBER 5, 1900
Chat being court-day3, at L o'clock = M,
the VALUABLE FARM above referred
to, containing 7;;ss2 acres of land. with fair
improvements. and now in the occupancy
OF Mr.. Chastain Britain. The land will
be sold as a whole or in subdivisions, as
purchase may desire.
TERMS: 2,i0o cash, and the residue at
one and two years. for notes, with in
tcrest added, and secured by trust
deed or all cash, at purchasers option.
JOHN 6. WILLIAMS,
Special Commissioner.
E Orange County-to-wit:
I certify that John G. Williams, the
commissioner, has executed the bond re-
o,ijred by decree in the above suit.
Given under my hand this i4th day OF
May, 1860 II. RI
SesS Sieih.
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WANTS.

WANTS.
->>>~"-o->---~-- ~-~--o>Nc~~S-~
EEWING-AIAchaNE sALE.-Wts HAVE
lot of New Homes. New ideals ard
Climax Machines. q little sf1op-wor,1. as
good as new. VIII sell Very cheap for
cash Examine our new style Tailoring
Machine, nothing on the market 20 equal
it; price reasonable. We sell 8 needles
for cents. Do not purchase any Ma
chine before you examine ours NEW
HOME SEWING MACHINE OFFICE
sn3 East Broad Street, Richmond. Va
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|; Old Dominion
] Steamship Co
ally Line for New York, The NORTH
and East
FROM RICHMOND.

EEJlts HiCfiM.03dS.
PASSENGERS can leave DAILY. ex-
cept Sunday, ae a III. ana $40 7. Al
p. NJ via n. and W. Ry., connecting at
Norfolk with direct steamers Saline
same day. 1880 Z. NJ
iliary steamer MonGay. Wednesday and
friday at z. NJ, changing TO mafn-Iina
ship at Norfolk.
FREIGHT for all northern. easter,
and foreign ports received and Forwards
daily. except Sunday
FROM NEW YORK.
PASSENGERS can leave DAILY. ex-
Comfort and Norfolk, connectjn, f ,t'iiI
{. and Q. and N w. trains for Ricbmmmtatciii
FREIGHT received and forwarded daiIV
except Sunday. -ts
Tickets On sale at Richmond Tranafar
Company, 500 East Main Street JetTersoenn
Hotel, G.. ana U ana II. anG L. denofs
Richmond. Baggage checked through fo
For further information. apply 70
JOHN +. MAYER Aean+
1912 East Main Street, Ricrmon2, ",
General Offices: 81 Beach Street oor d.
West Street. New York. =. eoi iief
HB WALKER, Gen e : p BRoWN
Traffic Manager.
GLTDD STEAMSHIP co.'s 1|HEs
EalhAPSNaaHE E5hhiK K sHGl HM 2 gDz SD
Appointed sailing days: Every TUES
DAY, FRIDAY and SUNDAY at day
Freight received daily till P. II.
:. u 'iet +nto! i = Mc dgpiS
Con Southern Agent. Office. Pockets.
W. P. CLYDE & CO
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I viii sell. at public auction. on the
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4, 1900.
at % clock p. Al. this well-known BUST-
NESS-cORNER PROPERTY, TO close 1lp.
The estate of the late Norve1l Ryland.
SGJ-a per month. The lot fronts a feet
q inches on Franklin Street. by a depth
OF "a feet inches. This is one of the
pest STANDS for business in the Old Mar
terest Investors s-'e az
TERMS: Announced at sale.
Il ST. JOHN CoALTER,
So Executor.
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NEW JAMES RIVER LINE.

The handsome steamer Dumont leaves
its wharf Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays at A. NJ. for Norfolk. Newport
News and James River Landings, making
connection In Norfolk for all points North
To avoid early rising, first-class state
rooms can be secured, on board the even-
ing before. First-class meals served on
board Fare TO Norfolk, 81 straight; sl.5o
round trip.
F. ". Archer, Gen. Manager.
Old phone No 1908.
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Sc 3 o a7e

SEABOARD AIR LINE.
THE FAvoRITE ROUTE SOUTH
uEDUIE IN EFFECT JUNE 2: 1900
LEAVES C. & .. BROAD-STREEi
STATION.
200 , NJ Daily. except Sunday, for
:oo o5etsrsburg, Henderson, Durham.
PaIaigh. Atlanta and all points
south and Southwest
ok pm. FLORIDA NAH and Express"
90 Daily for Petersburg, Henderson.
Raleigh, cheraw. Camden. Column
hia Savannah. Jacksonville. Tam
pa, Fernandina and all Florida
On 3 po'.1 NJ FLORIDA LIMITED.
lo-7o TjaiiV for Petersburg. Henderson,
psIefrh Wilmington Charlotte,
Ghsster Athens. Atlanta, Mont-
snuJsry Mobile. New Orleans,
66oin+s South and Southwest: Che
Nv Camden, Columbia, Savan-
1at Jacksonville, Tampa, Fernan-
aina and all Florida points.
Trains arrive from South at e * y.
r.aaaJ.-Street Station. $40 a. NJ ana o.4o
8 NJ Daily also. 2:00 p. NJ. Daily, ex-
cept ST. ndaS
For tickets checking baggage, sleeping
car reservation. etc, apply to the Sea-
6nard Air Line Railway Office. $50 East
Main Street; Richmond Transfer Com
nany SOB East Main Street: Jefferson
p.aotei and to Depot Ticket Agent
Dist. Pass. Agent.
$50 East Main Street.
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By request of the owner, 1 will. on

BY request Of the owner, I will. on
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1900.
at o'clock Z. AZ, on the premises, offer
for sale, at public auction, the PROP
IRTY mentioned above.
These lots have a frontage of about %
feet each by = depth of $50 feet. The
dwellings have 4 or S rooms. with large
porches and other conveniences; also.
stable on one of the lots. This is a good
and growing locality, and no better place
can be found for one with small means.
as they Will always rent well and VIII
make good homes
The owner is anxious to sell, so come
TO the sale and see what we can do
TERMS: Small cash payment and bal
ance on long time. seq
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Auction Substitute pays.

A UCTioN SALE OF STORE AND
IN LARGE FRAME BUILDING. SIT SIT.
Rated ON THE EAST SiDl. "
DUNAL STREETS. No. llS Nok4a
THIRD STREET.-0n
TUESDAY. OCTOBER .. 1900,
at a:3o O'CLOCK z. a.. We SHAH oifer LOT
sale. at public auction, upon the prem
Uses. the above-lescribsd property.
On the first floor there is a good store
and two OF three rooms, with cellar uIaGeF
same; on the second and third hoors
there are eight or nine rooms.
The lot fronts 22 feet on the east slde
of Third Street by a depth OF IN 1eet 10
an alley l. feet wide.
TERMS: Liberal and viii be announced
at sale, SUTTON * CO.
se2S Auctioneers.
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BY II. A. McCurdy,
Real Estate AuctiOneer.
TRUSTEES SALE
Detached Frame Dwelling,
No. 5305 East Main Street,

In execution of the provisions OF Ger,
tain deed of trust of S1st July, 1872. ana
recorded in Richmond Chancery court court
in D. b. 155 3, page 163, to Whicn reisr-
ence is made, the undersigned Will oILer
for sale, upon the premises. on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER =. 1900.
at . P NJ. the REAL ESTATE conyeyed
by said deed. The dwelling is we'll built.
contains about six rooms, sand a tdIl
located as residence Tor any
one doing business in the lower part
of the city. The property is IN sooo
order, and has a front on the man drive
below the park, which is, a continue al ton on
of Main Street, of % feet. ana runs Dach.
between parallel lines 1O3 feet
TERMS: Cash as to cost ana expenses
of SAFE any delinquent taxes, ana 70 pay
off balance due on bond, amounting 70
SITS. 10; the balance as may be announced
at time Of sale. II. a. Nee aIs !:
1 am authorized by the holder Of the
lien on the above property mat should
the purchaser SO desire, most ". lile
amount may remain upon the property
and be made payable in monthly lnSlal-
'tielA - = $50 ii. A. McCURDY,
se26 Auctioneer
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BY II. a. McCurdy,
Real Estate Auctioneer.
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WANTED, SOLICITORS FOR .SoNS
OF Liberty Negro risks a speciality
J., MORRIS, Secretary, Milleagepine,
s Ga.
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HEEP .YANrsD-Male.


WANTED, MAN, UPRIGHT CEARAC-
ter. to manage business of old-es.ab-
Ished house. Salary. SIS per week and
expenses, payable each week direct from
headquarters. Expense money ad-
ranced. Position permanent. Refer
ence. STANDARD HOUSE, Sol CaNton
Building, Chicago
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LOCAL. FREIGHT TRAINS
Nos. II and -. between Manchester
and Neapois.
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SITUATIONS WANTaD--Ma,e

- J. - " q y I'd NJ q g.
"A YOUNG MAN. TWENTY-FIVE
years of age, wishes position with
some reliable house. Country bred.
writes fair hand: fair speed on tyne.
. Ing. Country or city references FUR
nished as desired. Address H 3. AZ.
care The Times. 49,
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The above sale Is postponed on accoun
Of rain TO
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER %. 1900.
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Acting under decree OF the Ghancnry
Court OF the city of Richmond IN the
cause OF HrfikerSon and Wiie-agaii'st the
United Security Life Insurance and Trust
Company of Pennsylvania. &c. entered
July is. 1900. and deed Of trust therein
ton on thh premises. OH
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AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE DAYS
BY Geo. W. Mayo, Auctloneer.

THE UNDERsIGNED WILL SELL Z At =
pubic auction at the FREIGHT ~,
POT OF TIE CHESAPEAKE x Oiit2
RAILWAY CO., Sixteenth and Bfoa>1
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TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND
Go Z. III. p'roTn Atlanta. Augusta and
AsheFiiLe and all POINTS
GOO y. NJ South :
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i 80 P. NJ, No IL. Baltimore Limited.
daily except Sundays. for WeSt
Point and intermediate stations,
making close connection at West
Point with steamer for EaIti!nOre.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-22
ROBERT HARRISON !.
Father of San Francisco Disaster Vic
tim Makes a Statement.

To the Editor of the State Journal:
There are so many inquiries for par
ticularS concerning the sad accident in
which Robert Harrison lost his life in
San Francisco on Thanksgiving day
that a short statement from the best in
formation we have been able to obtain
may be desirable. He was nearly six
teen years old and had often made short
trips from home, and had a great de-
sire to visit the Rocky Mountains and
the Pacific coast He had accumulated
some money and with a companion went
on a trip to the mountains and western
coast, which undoubtedly would have
done him a great deal of good if it had
not been for that terribly fatal and
seemingly wholly unnecessary accident
on Thanksgiving day. We We're in cor
respondence with him. and / had written
him to call upon friends in San Fran
cisco and to find some of my Masonic
friends He was expecting to start
for home on the Saturday morning fol-
lowing Thanksgiving day. A great foot
ball game was to be played in San
Francisco on Thanksgiving day be-
tween Leland Stanford university and
California teams. Robert was a great
football enthusiast and naturally de-
sired to see that great game, and went
with an acquaintance who was consid-
Thirty thousand people gathered to wit
ness the game. Robert went to the gate
but the grandstand and every available
place was crowded almost to SuffOcat ton.
Others were going up on the glass works
building. where the best view anywhere
around the grounds was to be had, and
he went up there with the crowd, large
ly composed of young men and boys
from the San Francisco schools. and so
many gathered on that frail roof that
without a moments warning it fell,
precipitating two or three hundred per-
sons fOrty-five feet upon the brick COW
cred glass reterts or brick floor below
They could not fall into the molten
glass but the outside of the retorts was
50 hos that many@of them We're badly
burned Twenty or twenty five We're
killed by the fall or crushed to death
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by those who fell upon Them and eighty
or one hundred others were badly
manned and injured. 1t seems that the
police We're notified of the danger and
asked to clear the roof, but they We're
SO intent on the game or for some other
reason did not heed the call. The acct
dent occurred twenty minutes after the
game began, but the throng of people
was so great and the interest in the
game so intense that it was not noticed
outside of the immediate vicinity where
it happened, and did not cause any in
terruption of the game.
Robert lived for twelve hours after
he was injured, but was not conscious
of any suffering. He had been a mem
Der of Rev Charles M. Sheldon 5
church since he was ten years old, and
was always an active worker in the
Sunday school. He was at the head of
his classes in the public schools and a
leader in their athletic sports. He was
extremely kind-hearted, generous and
gentlemanly and never had a cross
word at home or at school His class
mates in the public schools and Sun
day school wept when they heard of his
sad death, and revered his memory with
most bounteous gifts of beautiful
flowers His body was identified by
Masonic friends, and they Immediately
notified US of his sad death, and rem
dered every service which it was pos
sible for one brother to render to an
other. II. W. HARRISON
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sued to no less than $500 of society
people, including many from distant
cities-W ashington, Baltimore, Chicago
and I5oston-though the greater number
will come from New York.
The first intentions were to confine the
accommo dations for the guests to the
Harborview villa, where the reception,
after the church wedding, is to be held;
but upon elaboration it was decided
that the villa was not equal to the
emergency, and so the accommodations
have been extended and the list of invi-
tatiOns increased.
The Breakers, the Muenchinger- King
and Hill Top cottages will be used for
housing the hundreds of guests who will
be compelled to remain over night. The
invitations to the wedding breakfast
We're originally fixed at $50, but this
number has now been swelled to over
thousand
Alfred Vanderbilt's bachelor dinner
will be given at The Breakers on Sat
urday evening, January u.
It is expected that Mrs. Vanderbilt
viii remain here for some days after the
wedding, because she has also ordered
her stables to be opened for use.
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PRISONER FOR DEBT FREED
Even in Free America This Relic of
Tyranny Is Sometimes Used

New York, Dec 22.-Eighty years old
and penniless, imprisoned in Ludlow
street Jail for a debt of $167.45. Michael
McGinnis. whose peculiarly sad story
attracted much sympathy, has at last
been freed from what babe fair to be
imprisonment for life.
McGinnis, an executor of little
estate left by his brother John, failed
to make an accounting to Mary Madden,
one Of the heirs
A peddler, totally ignorant of the
law, so vague were his notions on the
rights of the heirs that he purchased
money, and when Surrogate Fitzgerald
summoned him to explain paid no atten-
ton to the order.
1t was year ago when old McGinnis
was first committed to Ludlow street
jail to his utter bewiIderment and alb
grasp the situation he FASTENED to
transfer his real estate to the rightful
heir.
Promptly released from jail, the poor
old man was as promptly rearrested-
this time on the complaint of Mrs.
Mary McCullum. an undertaken, who
demanded payment for the brothers
burial. Back to Ludlow street Jail went
the aged unfortunate, with money and
property all gone and hope dead. Locked
venerable prisoner grew steadily more
feeble.
It was decided to make final effort
for his release in order that he might
not die in prison. Lawyer Carl L.
Schurz. of No. 239 Broadway. prepared
aged prisoner, the other by Warden
Pickett.
7 am very old ard physically unable
to bear the imprisonment" ran the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-22
SAW LINCOLN DIE.
DR.. Charles sabin Taft Who Helped
Care For Martyr President Is Dead.

Washington Dec. 22=Dr Charles
SabiH Taft. who was raised upon mems
shoulders in Ford's theater into the box
when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated,
whose hands were on the martyred pres
dents head when he breathed his last,
died this week at 80 South Seventh ave
nue., Mount Vernon.
His death leaves only three survivors
of those who were at Lincoln's death
bed.
DR.. Taft was SIS years old. Death was
due to cancer Of the throat He had
been i'll for year, although not until
last April was the nature of his malady
known. Previously it had been thought
he was suffering from bronchitis.
On the night of the assassination DIR.
Taft was in the theater with his wife.
They occupied seats directly under the
presidents box. AS the shot rang out
and the assassin fed across the stage,
Dr. Taft Sprang upon the orchestra rail
and thence to the stage. He was in uni
form which distinguished him as an
army surgeon. Several men raised him
upon their shoulders, enabling him to
grasp the front of the presidents box
and so to climb into it.. Assistant Sur
geOn Leale, u. S. N, was already there.
In the house across from the theater
to which they carried the dying presi-
dent Mrs. Lincoln was conducted to the
lower parlor where a few ladies and her
with her She was led occasionally to
her dying husband. Once at the sight Of
him, unconscious and with features dis
torted, she fell senseless, and DR.. Taft
aided in restoring her. With returning
consciousness she reeled to the bedside
and, addressing the motionless form
there, cried:
Love, live, If only for one minute, to
speak to me once-to speak to our chill
brent" Then, turning to DR.. Taft, she
walled:
'Oh. shoot me. too, doctor! Why don't
you shoot me too2 I cannot liver
She was led from the room. DR.. Taft
was holding President Lincoln's head
when it was announced that the heart
had ceased to beat Turning from the
bedside. Secretary Stanton said, with
deep soIemnity.
He now belongs to the ages"
AS DR. Taft. with those who had been
in the death chamber, passed down
stairs, the Rev. Mr.. Gurley was praying
with Mrs Lincoln, whose cries were
heart-rending.
When she asked for a lock Of hMkr
from her husbands head DR.. Taft cut
it for her from beside the wound made
by the fatal bullet