Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-26

moru...-. bat ia the afternoon lapsed into
uncog- -.oasH"sS. ana failed rapidly until
the emf sIme. All OF lis family except a
son in California were at The bedside hut
Col. Henderson was unable to recognize any
one 1Gt his wife since a week ago, except
on Friday. wien he partly regaiHed his
mentgI .agu.tics-
Col Henderson was stricken with paresis
last May. and his condition grew so grave
That he was removed to q hospital in Sep
temhey His condition remained unchanged
except for the usual progress Of such a
disease. until week ago last Friday, when
lie suffered another stroke which resulted
In total blindness. The former Speaker
failed apidly. physically and mentally. I'M
I'll Friday, when his mental powers re-
turned for few hours. followed by a re-
lapse. which ended In death.
The funeral will be held next Thursday
with services In the Episcopal Church, UNI
der the auspices of the Grand Army. For
mer Representative George ID. Perkins of
Sioux City will deliver a eulogy. The body
Is to lie In state on Thursday at the church
Life and Career of Col. Henderson
David Bremner Henderson, former Speaker
of the House Of Representatives, was born
IN Old Deer. Aberdeenshire. Scotland, March
IA. $50 The family came to America when
9pN44E DoN4u was plAly Six years Oiu anu
first settled on a rented farm in Winnie
bago county III. Three years later the
family moved TO Fayettc county. Iowa,
where they acquired a large tract OF gov
erEment land In the northeastern part of
that county, which is still known as Hen
derson's prairie"
Young Henderson attended school read
tha English classics and devoted consider
able time to outdoor sports and amuse-
ments. soon acquiring fame as an athlete
NJ EeN eighteen years old he entered Timer
Iowa University I'm Fayette county, and for
three years was a student I'm this institu-
lion when not working in the field during
Inc harvest season. He taught school one
term and continued his studies at the uni
verslty until the civil war broke out
Young Henderson decided with the impul-
siveness of youth that II was the solemn
duty Of all young men TO enlist under the
stars and stripes
One evening after prayers he asked per-
mission 10 speak "on a subject of vital in
teTest 10 every one present The faculty
consented. and young Henderson made his
FIRST war speech, urging his fellOw-students
TO drop their books and enlist Twenty-orfe
OF his classmates followed him This little
band became the nucleus of a company OF
1O4 Fayette county men, of which Hender-
son was made lieutenant
Lieut. Henderson saw his first fight at
Fort Henry and led his company in a des-
perste assault on Fort Donelson. support
ing the I'd Iowa Regiment. His jaw was
fractured by bullet, and although Sc
In the battle of Corinth, October A. 1861
he was again badly wounded and as a re-
suit MS leg was amputated Before he had
entirely recovered from this wound Col
Allison. acting on the request of William
Larrabee, afterward governor, and Elias
II Williams. afterward supreme Judge In
Iowa. appointed him commissioner of the
Board OF enrolment for the third district of
Iowa, in which position he later prepared
and conducted the draft of 1864
When President Lincoln issued a call for
more troops the 18Th Iowa Infantry was
organized and Henderson, although he had
been twice severely wounded and had only
one leg, rendered his services to the COVER
por and was appointed colonel in which po-
sitlon he served until the end of the war.
Practice of Law.
in November. 1865, on the recommenda-
tion Of Col. Allison. then a member of
Congress from the third district. Col.
Henderson was appointed collector OF in
ternal revenue for the third district of
Iowa and served until June, 1868, when he
resigned to become a member of the law
firm of Shiras, Van DuZee & Henderson in
Dubuque. He had studied law with Bis
sell n Shtras, and when MT Bisseli, then
attorney general, died. Mr.. Shiras later
made Judge OF the United States district
court for the northern district of Iowa.
rendered him the vacancy. He at once
resigned tae coilectorship and entered Wig
orouSly into the practice of the, law.
soon after he was appointed assistant
United States district attorney for the
northern district OF Iowa resigntnR In
1871 so that he might devote all of his
enerGy to the practice Of the law He al
once took high rank as a member of his
profession and was for years one OF the
leading members of the bar of Dubuque.
Career in Congress.
In 1852. the congressional nomination
from the third district of Iowa having
been rendered him, Col. Henderson was
elected 10 the Forty-eighth Congress by
q large majority. lie was reelected to
fhe Forty-ninth. Fifteth, Fifty-first,
Fifty-second. Fifty-third. Fifty-fourth.
Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses.
IL was elected Speaker OF the Fifty-sixth
Congress and the Fifty-seyenth Congress-
Col Henderson declined to make a fight
for the nomination of the Fifty-eighth
Congress and retired to private life
Col. Henderson was married March A,
1865 TO Augusta A Fox. Three children
were born TO them--Mrs. 8. C. Peasiee.
Belle ). Henderson and 3. Don A. Hender-
son Col Henderson was member of the
Key City Club OF Dubuque. the Chicago
Club of Chicago and the Metropolitan Club
o. this city. Upper Iowa University and
Cornell University conferred on him the
degree of LID.
His Frankness.