Hutchinson gazette., 1900-09-06
LEWELLING is DEAD
Tho Kansas ex-Governor Passes
Away Suddenly,
KANSAS FIRST POpULIST EXECUTIVE
lie HAD Conc 10 Gucda Springs for
RcsI nud HocupernIion- Growing
worse lIc started for wichita,
RiuI DIcd AZ Arkansas CITY,

Wichita, Kan, Sept, 3,--EN.Gover-
nor l., d, Lcwcling died very sudden.
ly aud unexpectedly Of heart failure at
Arkansas City, Kan, at II O'Clock TO-
night,
His physician last Friday ordered
him To Geudu Springs, popular To-
cal watering place near Arkansas City,
for rest and recupcration, The gov
crnor reached GCuda Spings saturday.
but grew so much worse that he start.
ed Sunday to return to his home here
He did not proceed further than Ar
kansas City, but on reaching that place
went to the home of his brothcrln-
law, Mr. G, A, Miller, where the end
came, Although the governor had heeD
suffering at times NcuteIy, the heart
complication was unexpected and his
death came MS Il surprise, The COVER
nor's wife and little daughter were
with him at the time of his death.
lorenzo d. Lcwe,'ng was the elev.
enth governor of Kansas, lie was
born in Salem, Ia, December 2l, 1864
His father William Lewelling, was a
Quaker minister His parents died
when he was n mere lad, and young
Lewelling worked for ncighboring
farmers and attended country school
until he was l6 years old. 1t was in
1863 that he got job as laborer on
the Burlington ana Missouri River
railroad on its construction, Aftei
this he drove cattle in the qunrtermas-
ter's department. OF the federal gov
crnment in the Army Of the Tennessee.
Just before the close Of the war Lew.
elang joined Ia gc building gang
at Chattanooga, and he was mustered
out of the army service at the close
OF the war. Under the Freedman's Aid
Society Lewelling taught Il colored
school ut Mexico. Mo-, in 1865, and 1t
was Mt this time that he was obliged
to have n guard Mt the doors in order
TO insure safety from neighbors who
were prejudiced against the education
of the negro.
After term teaching school Lew
Cling attended the Eastman Business
college ut Poughkccpsie, n. W. and
was graduated, Upon leaving the coll
lcge he sought for position in COM
mcrcial life but was unable to lind 1t,
and In consequence, was forced 10
drive on the Erie canal and later went
TO Toledo, o., where he worked as q
carpenter lie earned enough money
in the course OF few months to take
him back TO his former home in
Ottumwa, la, where he again engaged
himself in bridge building gang on
the Burlington and Missouri railroad
After much hard work rs Il bridge
builder Lewellng decided to add to his
education and he entered Whittier coll
eye at Salem, and he taught prepara'
tory classes earning enough money
thereby to carry him through the en-
tire course. lie was appointed assis'
tant superintendent of the Iowa state
reform school, .and in 1870 he resigned
this position and started newspaper
called the Salem Register. 1t was nj
this time that he married Angie Cook
school teueher.
In 1872 Lewelling and his wife found
employment in the Iowa state reform
school, where they remained for fif
teen years, and after This he was pres
ident of the Iowa state normal school
IN 1880 Lewelllng removed to Des
Moines and started the Capital, which
opposed the existing administration
| He edited this paper for two years
and then returned to the reform
school, II was in 1887 that Mr.. Lew
cling removed to Kansus, settling al
Wichita and engaged in the produce
commission business, He early took
deep interest in the wave of Populls
reform thut swept the state ana be
came one of the best known of thu
Populist orators of that day He wal
nominated on the reform ticket a
secretary of state in 1883, but was de
tented In 1892 the Democrats ant
Popuist Joined forces and LeweIlint
was the nominee for governor, and III
was elected by plurality of 5,43@ Owe
the Republican and the Prohibitions
candidates. In 1904 he was rcnominnt
ed for the same Office but was de
featad by The Republican candidate.
Since the expiration Of his term o
Office the governor had been engaged
in the real estate business and was als'
largelEinterested in daiying entei
priscs lie had kept up an active in
tereSt in politics, both local and stute
and continued to exert a very consid