The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-13

eOuSiy Informed thar they could not gam
Ambulance, but that any irforma ton
they might want would be given them
by telephone There was an almost con-
tinuaus procession today Of messenger
boys to the house bearing kilograms Of
coincidence and sympathy
BARELY ALIVE.
A few minutes before o'clock this af-
ternoO1 the report came officially from
the Harrison home that the general had
sunk into Ssmt-con1at0Se condition
from which 1t was impossible to arouse
him and that the only means by which
it could be determined if he were alive
was by holding a mirror over his mOu tn
and nOstrils. Even by this means. it
was apparent only by the closest exami-
nation that respiration still continued
Mrs. Eaton the sister Of Gen. Harrison
who lives in Cincinnati, arrived at the
Harrison home at noon today. Mrs Nor
ris, the sister who resides in Minneapolis
is on her way to this city and is expect
ed to arrive this afternoon or early in
the evening. Mrs. Devin, of OttumWa.
Iowa, the third sister is supposed to be
on her way here. although no word from
her to that effect has been received as
yet
John Scott Harrison, one of Gen. Har-
rison's two brothers who live in Kansas
City, is known TO be en- route but il is
not known at what hour he Will arrive
here Carter B. Harrison Of Murfrees-
been heard from since he was notified
Of the critical condition, Of the general.
1t is thought that he is on his way here.
A large number Of kilograms were re-
unfortunate report got abroad in other
cities that the general had died and
nlessag ges Of coincidence were received
These telegraInS came from all parts cf
the country.
Among the messages received this af-
ternOon was one from Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Carnegie of New York and an
other from United States Senator Fair
banks.
AFKEES WILL GO.
Saratoga. n Y. March 13.-Mr. and
Mrs. James Mckee will leave this after
noon for Indianapolis where they expect
to arrive tomorrow noon. Mrs Mckee
is the daughter Of Gen. Harrison.
EX-PRESIDENT HARRISON'S CA
REER.
Former President Harrison has been a
sufferer from the cause of his IRE cnt i'll
ness for several years Since his retire
rnent from the ofice of president he has
devoted most of his time 20 the practice
of corporation and International law He
was counsel to the Venezuelan boundary
commission. in which capacity he visited
Europe in 1893. His arguments prevailed
and Great Britain ceded hack 70 Vene-
zuela much valuable territory. For his
services in that connection he is said to
Less than month after he ceased to
be president, General Harrison announced
that he would again enter The ranks of
married TO Mrs. Mary Lord Dimmick in
ST. Thomas Episcopal church. His we'd
ding created much opposition among his
relatives. Since his return from Europe
the ex-president has not given much of
The following sketch by F. J. Edwards
was published in the. Munsey naEazinei
exciting campaign OF 1870. the Ike OF
which We shall never see again, which
carried his grandfather to the presidency
His father. John Scott Harrison. was a
farmer-a man respected BY his neigh
bors. who several times elected him to
reared his children to be farmers after
him. But young Benjamin had ambi-
tions- His schoolmates remember him as
a boy of serious mood, who had both
courage and honesty AIoreover. they
thought him lille stubborn IN some
things Even ~ ms cnilceo4d -cays he
qualities that distinguished his ancestors
He absorbed an the scholsrships that
came within his reach. made his way to
the bar and then-already married be-
prove "a true helpmate--he began his ca
reer in the capital city of Indiana
His brethren at the bar very early dis
covered that young Ben Harrison pos
sessed a gift inherited FROM none Of his
ancestors upon the palsfnai slue w neither
we do not know. That the Bluff Ben
but powerful command of argument was !
the testimony of his associates William
Henry Harrison had some hnency ia writ /
speaker The young lawyer of Indian /
apolis early revealed not orly a singular /
Of sentences and the command I
Of those arts which make ne orator put /
also a lucid and convincing power of /
reasoning. IN some of his earlier speeches /
the arrangement OF words was 50 myth /
mical that at times II seemed almost a
If he We're speaking in blank verse His I
fed beyond the habit of most orators OF 1
that day in the west That he should +
more remarka bic when it is known that /
for music itself he has never had any ap-
probation or understanding It is said /
of him in his army days that there were +
)nly two tunes which he recognized when /
giving concerts: one was ''tsld Kindred
and the other The star SDanglad Ran-
N his early career at the bar in Indian
lpolis. Benjamin Harrison gained the rec
0gnition which absolute honesty. both /
moral and intellectual. is sure to secure,
and he was early discovered to be very
srwards strikingly manifested. Perhaps,
after all, the union Of them was most
-Orcibly Illustrated IN a case Whlch must
have appealed very greatly to- the ten
ierer side of his nature request had
been made of him., when PRESIDENT by a
very Influential public man who was
member of his cabinet that he should
r rank, in which a vacancy then existed.
Every impulse of his nature urged him
.osideration for one who was deeply af-
1icted at that time, and even political
ID the promotion. but he saw that to
grant it would be to do injustice to other
ffhcers. senior to the for whom the
place was asked In spite Of inclination.
{ did not take him long 70 decide upon
With the old Puritan quality of frmness.
lis refusal to give the desired order was
lbsoIute It cost him a YER dear friend
ihip. but he felt that he had not been
lufaithful to his convictions of right
The other. pre-enninent characteristics Of
lis family, that OF c0ura ge was revealed
,y Benjamin Harrison after the first ar
Tor and enthusiasm OF youth had passed
With the call for troops in 1861. the mills
ary impulse which had served Cromwell
md the English people so well and a
hundred and fifty years later had so nOta-
,ly aided the struggling colonies. again
,ossessed the young Indiana polls lawyer
lie had a wife and children dependent
Ipon him: he was just beginning to Sc
l1re comfortable practice. but he hesi-
ated not a moment. He would be the
asst man to claim any special merit in
his since he has said that thousands of
Ithers did exactly what he did. But