Evening star., 1901-11-25

Wright, magistrate of Mount Vernon town.
ship and acting coroner. Mr.. Wright
searched the body and found number of
stones in the side pockets of his coat evi-
IDENTIFY placed there in order to carry the
body TO the river bottom. They also found
in a pocket a card with Colonel Ander-
sons name on it and a lead pencil
The police boat, which went to Mt. Yer
non this morning carrying the detectives,
will return to this city at or 4:3O O'Clock
this afternoon with the body.
Left Note for Family.
The members of Colonel Anderson's fam
lily found a note in his handwriting
Sunday morning, in which the hus-
band and father bade them farewell
and announced that he had gone 10
end the pain and disquiet from which he
had suffered for so many years. Immediate
ly an alarm was sent to the police and a
sharp lookout ordered in all sections of
the city This mornings sad tidings were
the first obtained.
For several years Col Anderson's health
and the practice of his profession have
been seriously intcrrupted by an acute dis
ease of the stomach. His sufferings grew
more and more intense until about two
years ago, when he found himself almost
unable to sleep. 1t is believed this effect
of his ailment reappeared several weeks
ago and that for a fortnight he had been
unable to sleep for more than an hour at n
time.
Mrs. Anderson and four children-Dwight
Anderson, Edward d. Anderson and An
tolnette Anderson. all of this citv and
SjOrrs Anderson of St. Louis, survive him
The arrangements for the funeral have
not yet been made 1t is expected how
ever, that the funeral services will be held
Wednesday.
born in New England
Colonel Anderson was a New Enclander
by birth, westerner during the earlier
years of his professional career. and
Washingtonian for the last twenty wears
o. his life. He was born in Mansfield
Conn, nfty-eight years ago. Early in 1866
he graduated with nonor from Yale He
then studied for TWO years in the school of
law at Ann Arbor, Mich, and graduated
high IN his class. His first practice was
obtained in St. Louis, where ne served in
1862 as assistant to General John W. Noble
then United States district attorney. and
subsequently, Secretary of the Interior
In connection with his law practice in
the years that followed his st. Louis ex-
perience Colonel Anderson devoted himself
particularly TO the study of Spanish-Ameri-
can subjects. not only from a professional
but from a business and literary view
point.
He wrote several books-"The Silver
Country or Great Southwest The Mis-
sissippi and Her Tributaries THE Teb-
aUntepec Inter-Ocean Railroad" Mexico
from the Material Standpoint" The Teh-
auntepec Ship Railway and Our Foreign
commerce Of the Second Century" all of
which were published by resolution of the
Senate in 1890. In 1854 he served as spe-
cfai commissioner of Spanish American
markets for the industrial and cotton GEN.
tennial exposition at New Orleans
Pro ect for United Exposition.
When Mr.. Anderson came TO Washington
he was frequently designated as one of the
handsomest and most distinguished-looking
men in the city. He brought with him
IL,
for united exposition by the three Amer
icas in celebration of the discovery of this
continent by Columbus. His plan however
was that the celebration should occur in
the nations capital, and he worked earn ct
ly TO that end. Backed by citizens of Wash
ington ard Baltimore he is said to have
expended over S;3.o0e in promoting the
movement for a Columbian exposition In
Washington.
"A public meeting was held here February
- 1875. when the plan was given formal
approval, committees were appointed head
quarters We're opened and an active and
vigorous campaign was begun under Col
anderson direction for the success of the
ialr- IN April, 1856, Senator German intro
duced a memorial presenting the project ed
exposition Tor the approval of Congress BY
vote OF the House of Representatives the
1alr was located in Chicago. From the tes-
tiInony OF every one associated with the
originators Of the movement Col Anderson
at once congratulated the patrons of the
N4S"S" y. eA'4z oiiefSd lnetn MS Serv-
Ices ana joined with them to make an un-
qualified success of the exposition he had
originated and which he planned TO locate
here.
Prominent In Local Affairs.
His genius for organization made Col An
derson prominent figure in local affairs
almost from the beginning of his residence
here He was one of the first advocates of
a progressive board of trade and became
one of its earliest secretaries. He was con-
cerned in many movements for the develop-
-1C-t ana Improvement of the CITY, served
as chairman many committees app ~ - :