Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-10-07

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y JSA% The Postmaster
IL. {. PAYNE General died at
6:1O p. m. He died peacefully, with
out a struggle. Cause of death, dis
ease Of mitral valve and dilatation of
the heart
At the bedside when the end came
were Mrs. Payne Rev. Dr.. Dunlap of
town, n. Y; Mr. and Mrs. Winfield
st. Johns Episcopal Church, Major
and Mrs. w. S. Cameron of James
town, n Y; Mr.. and Mrs Winfield
Cameron of Milwaukee; Charles H. and
Miss Louise Jones, relatives; Private
Secretary Whitney, Miss Marie Bar,
biere. and Nh. and Mrs. w. l.. Mason
Of Washington, Old-time friends of
Mrs. Payne, and the aged negro mes
senger of the department of the Post
master General.
President Roosevelt was the last Of
fetal caller at the Payne apartments.
He was preceded few moments by
Secretary of State Hay. Neither en-
tered the sick room. and the President
scarcely had left the hotel when Mr..
Payne breathed his last.
Funeral services We're announced for
st. Johns Episcopal Church in Wash
ington, to be followed by further obse-
quies Sunday in All Saints Episcopal,
Church in Milwaukee, and interment in
Forest Home Cemetery.
The Postmaster General was strick
Ell with heart failure, shortly after his
return from Il trip on which it was
believed he had recovered his strength,
undermined by overwOrk. The ensu-
ing days witnessed brave fight for
life. in which several times the end
was thought imminent
George Bruce Cortelyou, chairman
of the Republican National Committee,
it is believed, will be appointed to ill
the vacancy as soon as he can be
spared from work in the campaign.
For more than two decades Mr..
Payne had been Il conspicuous charac-
ter in State and national politics. In
ways maintained the confidence and
trust of men dealing with large affairs.
He was born in Ashtield, Mass, Nov.
%. 1913, and received home training
calculated to develop habits of indus
try and to fit him for life of useful
ness. His ancestors were Puritans,
his father having been the descendant
of an Englishman who settled in
Braintree. Mass, in 1880.
Young Payne was educated in the
Shelburne Falls Academy. graduating
in 1859 He removed to Milwaukee in
1868, and for four years was a clerk
in dry goods store He speedily
forged to the front, however, possess
ing a surplus energy that enabled him
to take a leading part i'll public move
ments. In 1867 he married Lydia w.
Van Dyke. and that event he always
considered as the date from which he
reckoned his rise to fame and prosper
ity.
In 1872 he first became noted in pol
tiles. Almost instantly he sprang into
resentatiye of Wisconsin on the Re
publican National Committee. Then
for ten years he was postmaster in
Milwaukee, retiring in 1886.
The political success of Mr.. Payne
is considered to have been remarkable.
He knew intimately men and condi-
tons, and he was always pacific in his
methods. The rank and file were
taken into his confidence, and appar-
emily he never forgot that party inter-
ests should always be above individual
interests 1t is said of him that when
difficulties arose he disarmed personal
opposition by tolerance and overcame
difficulties by tactful concessions. He
was assertive, but rarely dogmatlc,
and few men possessed greater ability
TO make and retain friends.
In his private life Mr.. Payne was
liberal in his charities broad in his in
terest in public affairs and civic pro-
gress. and generous in his sympathies.
His kindly nature was proverbial.
This was shown especially in his treat
ment of his invalid wife.
Since Mr. Payne's appointment as
Postmaster General, on Jan. s, 1902, he
had become, If that were possible,
more busy man than he had previous
" been. But he dearly loved to play
whist and often engaged old friends
in his favorite pastime. He was a
communicate of the Episcopal Church.