The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-10-07
PAYNE
Yields to the
Grim Reaper.
Unoon SCiOuS Six
Hours Before
THE END CAME
Was a Stalwart of
His Party.
Died at 6:1O O'clock tuesday
Night, Aged so
ass Years.
THE END

special to The Daily Index
Washington, Oct. 5.-Henry c.
Payne, postmaster general of the Uni
ted States, a member of the national
republican committee. stalwart OF
his party, with the history of which
both in his home state and nationally
he has been identified for many years
died at his apartments at the Airing.
ton hotel at 6:10 o'clock last night,
aged 60 years
Mr.. Payne had been in poor health
for at least two years, but his last ILL.,
ness covered only seven days, an at
tack of heart trouble last week pre-
cipitating the end at time when af-
ter rest he seemed to have recovered
a small measure of his vitality i'm
paired by years of arduous labor.
Death came after nearly six hours of
Inconsistencies.
The last official caller to inquire as
to Mr.. Payne's condition was Presi-
dent Roosevelt, and he had been gone
only about ten minutes when the
| stricken member of his cabinet expir-
| ed Secretary Hay had called at the
Payne apartments few minutes be-
| fore the president made his visit.
Neither entered the sick room AS
Mr. Roosevelt was leaving he spoke
| freely of Mr.. Payne to the newspaper
men gathered in front of the hotel as
| the sweetest, most lovable and most
| truthful man ever knew"
Around Mr.. Payne's bedside at the
time of his death was his wife, Rev.
DIR. Dunlap, pastor of St Johns Epis-
copal church; Mai. and Mrs W. s.
| Cameron. of jamestown, N. Y: Mr..
and Mrs. Winfield Cameron, OF NIL
waukee: Charles L. Jones and Miss
Louise E Jones, relatives; Private
Secretary Whitney, Miss Marie Bar
bieri, an old companion of Mrs.
Payne; Mr.. and Mrs w. L. Mason, of
Washington, old-time friends Of Mr..
and Mrs Payne. and the faithful col
ored messenger at the department OF
the postmaster general.
4 The last day had been one during
which practically all hope had been
abandoned gfcT some hours. The ap-
proach Of dissolution began during the
noon hour, when the sick man lost
consciousness and no longer recogniz-
ed 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 summoned Rev. Dunlap and at heI
request he read at the bedside Of the
dying man Psalm $50, out of the
Deep" and then repeated the prayers
the Episcopal church provides shall be
read at the bed of those about to pass
| away
Funeral services will be held at st
Johns Episcopal church in this city
next Friday morning and at 3:15 thai
afternoon the body viii be taken &c
the Pennsylvania railroad station and
placed aboard the private car of Pres
ident Earling, Of the Chicago, Milwau
kee & St Paul railroad. The remains
should arrive at Milwaukee Saturday
evening and services will be held mex
Sunday at All Saints Episcopa
church there.
Mr.. John NJ. Hines is being extend
ed the sincere sympathy of a host Of
friends in business and social circles
ON account of the street car accident
last Monday. in which his devoted
wife was fatally injured 1t was re
lported after the accident that Mr.,
Hines was on the car Immediately fol
flowing the one which brought death te
his wife. This statement proves II
have been untrue. as Mr.. Hines wa
at home asleep when the sad acciden
occurred. He was aroused by Mr.
Turner of the Norwood Savings bank
who informed him of the deplorabl'
accident which robbed him of loving
wife and heipmate. Star, Gin