Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-06-25
w. T. Stead Describes the End OF
Governor Pfugree.

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Eek Governor Pingree of Michigan,
the one-time famous mayor of Detroit,
lies dead at the Grand hotel in Lon
don.
'sPingree returned to London from
the continent after a brief and event.
full visit to South Africa, carrying
with him a sentence of death.
'sHe was conscious up to the last of
everything but his approaching death.
He knew he was weak and i'll, but
longed to return home to his own peo-
pie. From time to time he gave or
ders as to-packing his trunks in order
that ne might start at once without
delay.
4'He had been attended constantly
all day by his son. Hazen Pingree, who
did everything he could in the way of
.perso.n nal tenderness or procuring the
best advice in London, but nothing
doctors could do could arrest the dis
ease. They say his weakness dated a
long time back, as long indeed as the
time when he lay captive in a confed-
crate prison in the great civil war,
but it's acute form only manifested
itself during his stay in Dresden.
''He was making tour of the con-
tinent with a view to the develop
ment of Americas export business.
On his.arrivaI in London he was all
ing rather badly, but it seemed SO lit
tie to occasion alarm that his secre-
tary and travelling companion, Colonel
Sutton, deemed it safe to return
home, leaving him with his son. The
dysentery, instead of getting better,
grew worse. Sir Thomas Barlow was
called, but was unable to check the
fatal fiux, which, continuing day after
day, was sufficient to sap the strong
est constitution. 1t was accompanied
by liberation, which the physicians
found impossible to deal with until
the dysentery was checked. When to
these intestinal complications was adj
ded acute peritonitis, the strength of
the patient was unable to rally.
''The career of one of the most
notable of modern Americans is closed,
man who for strength of character,
firmneSs of purpose, indomitable en-
ergy and immense public spirit pre-
sents an example to two worlds.
"Pingree had an extremely interest
Ing experience in his brief visit to
South Africa. He went out armed
with recommendations from Chamber
lain which enabled him to pass every
where freely through the English
lines. When he left London he was
fed with all the calumnies upon the
Beers which have been resorted to
to palliate the attempted eXtermina-
ton of the republics. But the mo-
ment he got to South Africa the scales
began to fall from his eyes.
Recommendations from the colonial
Office enabled him to penetrate regions
Theoretically sealed to the ordinary
civilian. Accompanied only by his
secretary he penetrated into the heart
of the seat of war and soon had an OPP
portunity of making the acquaintance
of the Beers at first hand. Extraor-
binary though it may be, he was able
to lunch in the British camp in the
morning and dine with the Boer COM
mando in the evening. He found to
his establishment that the Beers were
by no means so black as they had been
painted They were by no means de-
void of human intelligence, they
dressed and washed like civilized be-
ings, welcomed with generous hospi-
tality the travelling American who
found them far from extremists.
1.-The commanders he visited were
we'll clothed and well armed, every
man possessing at least two horses
with a good reserve of ammunition.
They are safeguarding it no doubt but
they still have stores of MauSer car
tridgeS to fall back upon but for the
present they are doing all their fight
ing with Lee-MetfOrds and cartridges
which they supply themselves with
from the British stores.
cit was impossible that such a man
as Pingree could fail to be deeply
touched by the spectacle of these
heroic burghers maintaining their
struggle against overwhelming odds
for liberty and independence Of their
country. He found no difficulty what
ever in traverSing the hostile lines; he
drove in cape cart with his secretary
and son riding bicycles as an escort.
1t was somewhat perilouS for them,