Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1901-01-04
1GNAT1Us DoNNELLY IS DEAD.
He Was Stricken With Heart Disease While
Visiting With Friends and soon Be-
came Unconaclous.

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Visiting With Friends and Soon Be-
came Unconscious.
Minneapolis, Jan. 2, 19o1-Ignatius
Donnelly, Sage of Ninninger, . passed
away at the home of his father-in-law,
Martin Hanson. in this city, of heart
failure, after an illness of three hoursis
shortly after 10 O'Clock this mornings
Mr.. Donnelly and his wife came up
from Hastings New Years Day to
spend the day with Mrs. Donnelly's
parents. About Q o'clock last night he
complained of feeling badly, and he
thought he would retire. ~
He vent up stairs and retired
About 10 o'clock he was found in an
unconscious condition, and a physician
was hastily summoned. DR.. Murphy
came, and he at once pronounced the
illness as q serious attack of heart
failure.
Mr.. Donnelly was SO years old, and
his advanced age no doubt greatly les
sened his chances of recovery. The
doctor stated at almost first sight Of
the case that it was almost hopeless.
He proceeded to work over the suf-
ferer, but his efforts were u%navailing,
and in two hours MI. Donnelly was
dead. He did not regain consciousness
from the time he was first attacked.
Ingatius Donnelly was born in Phil
adelphia in 1881. He came to MINI
ger, Mimi, in 1856, where he pur-
chased land and laid out a townsite.
Entering politics he was twice defeat
ed as a candidate for senator on the
republican ticket. In 1859 he was
elected lieutenant governor, the first )
time the republicans carried the state. 4
In 1851 he was nominated for con
gress by the republicans. Within a
month after his nomination the Sioux
massacre occurred. He joined the vol
unteers and went to the front. He
was elected to congress and took his
seat in 1868.
Donnelly continued to act with the
republicans until 1870. That year, on
the written solicitation of {, 500 repub-
licans, he consented to run for con-
gress on a low tariff platform, with
the democratic Endorsement. In 1871
he supported Horace Greeley as a lib
eral republican. Some years later he
was prominent in the organization of
the state farmers alliance. Later he
became a conspicuous member of the
peoples party organization not only
in the state but in the nation.
During the past IS years he has
served a number of terms in the MINI
nesota senate and house of representa-
tives. In 1875 he was a candidate for
congress on the greenback-democratic
ticket. His republican opponent was
". D. Washburn. AS a result of the
close election there resulted a some
what sensational but unsuccessful con-
test before the elections committee of
congress.
Throughout his long political career
Donnellv's pen had not been idle. He
nearly always had some sort of liter
ary venture on hand and was almost
continuously the editor of some kind.
Of a paper. :
In 1880 and 1881 he wrote atlantis II
which has been reprinted in England
and translated in France and Germany.
More than twenty editions of Rag
narok" have been printed in different
languages.
But Donnelly's greatest literary cele-
orlty was due to his 'Great Cryptic,
gram" in which he e~ndeavored to esq
tablish Bacon's authorship of ShakesHN
peare's plays. Later on he wrote
Caesars Column" "Dr. Huguest,"
1.-THE Golden Bottle, and other works.
Mr.. Donnelly was never known to
make a statement of his religious
views. He belonged to n
church. but his friends saw HIS hooks ,
show profound respect for Christianity
and mistaken belief in the immortali-
ty of the soul
Mr.. Donnelly's last appearance IN
politics was as a candidate for the vice
presidency on the mid-road populist
ticket.
Besides two sons s, J. Donnelly, an
attorney of St. Paul, and DR.. Ignatius
Donnelly of Butte, DR.. DonneIly leaves
q daughter and a wife. formerly Miss
Marion Hansen, q second wife, whom
be married Feb. 90, 1893.