Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-10-14
PAYNE DIES AFTER
SHORT ILLNESS
Death of Postmaster General
Was Peaceful Without a
Struggle.
MAS ILL NEARLY A WEEK
The Distinguished Man Had Been ia
Poor Health for Two Years, But
Recently Had Shown
Improvement.

Washington. Oct. 5.-Henry C. Payne.
postmaster general of the United
states, a member of the pational re-
publican committee, a stalwart OF his
party. with the history of which both
IN his home state and nationally he
mas been identified for many years,
Yuied at his apartments at the Airing
ton MOTEL. aged go years. The death and
It's cause was announced In the follow
ing bulletin issued by the attending
physicians:
The postmaster general died at $40
p. m. last night. He died peacefully,
without a struggle. Cause of death,
dlsease of mitral valve and dilation OF
heart"
MP. Payne had been in poor health
Tor at least two years, but his last Ill
ness covered only seven days, an at
tack OF heart trouble last week pre-
clpltatlng the end at a time when. after
a rest, he seemed 10 have recovered q
small measure of his vitality. impaired
py years OF arduous labor. Death last
hlght came after nearly six hours of
Inconsistencies.
The last official who called to INQUIRE
as 10 Mr.. Payne's condition was Presi-
DENT Roosevelt, and he had been gone
only about ten minutes when the
nv AlEiiiDCI VI Tile caDlneI GX-
pred. AS Mr.. Roosevelt was leaving
ne spoke feelingly of Mr.. Payne to the
newspaper men gathered in front Of
the hotel as the sweetest, most lov-
able and most trustfui man / ever
knew"
Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by Cap
tam Cowles, also was a caller at the
Iamlly apartments of the Paynes.
Around Mr.. Payne's bedside at the
I'M or death was mis- devoted wife.
the Rev. DR.. Dunlap, pastor of st.
Johns Episcopal church; Major and
Mrs. w. S. Cameron of Jamestown. N.
T.; Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Cameron of
Milwaukee; Charles l.. Jones and Miss
Louise Jones, relatives: Private Secre-
tary Whitney, Miss Mary Barbiere. an
old companion of Mrs. Payne: Mr.. and
Mrs. w. l.. Mason of Washington, old
time friends of MI. and Mrs. Payne,
and the faithful colored messenger at
the department of the postmaster gem
eral.
When Mr.. Payne had breathed his
last, DR.. Magruder led Mrs. Payne out
of his room. 1t was stated that she
had stood up bravely under the strain.
The last day had been one during
which hope had beer abandoned for
some hours, the approach of dissolution
being during the noon hour, when the
SICK man lost consciousness and no
longer recognized those whom he had
attempted to cheer during his illness
by saying to them that he was all
right. Rev. DR.. Dunlap OF ST. Johns
Episcopal church, at the request of Mrs.
Payne, read at the bedside of the dying
man Psalm $50, "Out of the Depths"
II then repeated the prayers pre-
scribed by the Episcopal church SER
vice.
Funeral services will be held at st.
Johns Episcopal church in this city
Friday morning, and at 3:15 o'clock
that afternoon the body will be taken
to the Pennsylvania railroad station
n placed on board the private car Of
President A. J. Earring of the Chicago,
Milwaukee n st. Pau railroad. The
remains will reach Milwaukee Satur-
day morning and services will be held
there Sunday. Further plans for the
funeral will be decided on later.
The death of the postmaster general
came as a result of a succession OF
sinking spells, due to a weak heart that
enfeebled the sick man until the heart
literally gave put.