Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-07
HENRY C. PAYNE.

episcopal CuuTCus MAJ. anu MES. w. D.
Cameron, of Jamestown, N. "; Mr.. and
Mrs. Winfield Cameron, of Milwaukee,;
Charles L. Jones and Miss Louise Jones,
relatives; Private Secretary Whitney,
Miss Marie Barbiere, an old companion
of Mrs. Payne; Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Ma
son, of Washington, old-time friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. Payne, and the faithful
colored messenger at the department Of
the postmaster general. When the post
master general had breathed his last
DR.. Magruder led Mrs. Payne out of the
room. 1t was stated that she had stood |
up bravely under the heavy strain.
Mr.. Payne had been in poor health for
at least two years, but his last illness
covered only seven days, an attack of
heart trouble last week precipitating
the end at time wnen after rest he
seemed to have recovered small meas
ure of his vitality impaired ny years of
arduous labor. Death came after near
ly six hours Of unconsciousness.
The Presidents Tribute.
The last official caller to inquire as to
Mr.. Payne's condition was President
Roosevelt, and he had been gone only
about ten minutes when the stricken
member of his cabinet expired. Sec
rotary Hay had called at the Payne
apartments few minutes before the
president made his visit. Neither en-
tered the sickroom. AS Mr.. Roosevelt
was leaving about six o'clock he spoke
feelingly of Mr.. Payne to the newspaper
men gathered in front of the hotel as
s'the sweetest, most lovable and most
trustful man I ever knew"
The Last Scenes.
The last day had been one during
which practically all hope had been
abandoned for some hours. The APP
proach of dissolution began during the
noon hour, when the sick man lost con-
seriousness and no longer recognized
those whom he had attempted to cheer
during his illness by saying to them
that he was all right. When Mrs. Payne
saw that the end was near she sumomned
Rev. DR.. Dunlap. of St. Johns Episcopal
church, and at her request he read at the
bedside of the dying man Psalm One
Hundred and Fifty, "Out of the Depths"
and then repeated the prayers the
Episcopal church provides shall be read
at the bedside of those about to pass
away.
The Funeral
Funeral services will be held at ST.
Johns Episcopal church, this city, next
Friday morning, and at 3:15 that after
noon the body will be taken to the Penn
sylvania railroad station and placed
aboard the private car of President A. ].
Earring. of the Chicago. Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad, who rendered the use
of the car The remains should arrive
at Milwaukee Saturday evening, and
services will be neld next Sunday at the
All Saints Episcopal church there. A
message has been sent to Rt Rev. Isaac
L. Nicholson. the bishop of Milwaukee,
who is now at convention in Boston.
asking him if he can officiate. Interment
will be at the Forest Home cemetery,
milwaukee. Mrs. Payne has expressed
desire that the service be as simple as
possible. Further PLANS for the funeral
will be decided Oh to-day
Cause Of His Breakdown.
Mr.. Payne, in the capacity of member
OF the republican national committee,
had participated in six presidential cam
paieas and during the last four of them
{ was member of the executive commit
tee of the rational committee He was
the acting chairman of the national com
mittee during the interim between the
death Of Se1atcr Hama ard the election
of Secretary Corte:you as its head and
the trying duties that then developed
upon him, supplementing. as they did,
the strain of the postal investigation,
slapped his vitality and led to his final
breakdown.
Sorrow in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 5.-News of the
demise of Postmaster General Henry G.
Payne, while not unexpected, came as a
shock to the thousands of friends and
acquaintance in Milwaukee, which has
been his home city for the past 40 years.
The news was flashed throughout the
city In extra editions OF the afternoon
papers, which were eagerly sought and
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