The Washington herald., 1906-12-01
GEN. BAUGHMAND DEAD
End Comes Soon After TAX
ing Dose of Medicine.
LEADER IN STATE POLITICS
Management of Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal and DIrectOrshiD In the
Important Public Service-SfrOng
Man in Democratic Conventions.

Frederick. Nd, Nov 3O-After an Illness
dating from August, 1906 Gen. Louis
Victor Baughman died at his country
home. Poplar Terrace. three miles west
of Frederick, al 90 o'clock this morning.
At the time of his death ne was sur
rounded by his wife, his only daughter,
Mrs. Charles H. Conley. and his son, Col.
F.. Austin Baughman. He was sixty-one
years Old.
For the last year Gen. Baughman's
health had gradually declined. His first
illness began with a severe cold. which
he contracted at Braddock Heights in 1905,
where he addressed large Democratic
gathering. He was sick two months be-
fore his condition showed improvement,
and it soon afterward became apparent
that the Improvement was only tempo
rary. About two weeks ago. while at his
stables, he again contracted a cold, and
never afterward got out of his room. RE
suffered from acute nephritis
Death Comes Suddenly.
While his family and intimate friends
knew that he was gradually growing
weaker, his death came suddenly. Ten
minutes before he died he .Ook medicine
from his nurse, and remarked that he was
having a good night. About two minutes
before the end he was seized with spell
of heart failure and peacefully passed
away.
Besides his immediate family, he is sur
vived by two brothers,. William Baugh-
man, formerly reading clerk in the State
senate, but now living retired life near
Frederick, and Charles II. Baughman,
who. with his son, c. Francis Baughman,
edits the Citizen.
Record as Canal Manager.
Other than his family, two things inter
ested Gen. BaUghman intensely-pOlitics
and his farm. His claim to fame is the
official record Of his presidency Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. where. dur
ing the period Of two terms he struggled
to upbuild the property so that it would
be in a position 10 hold its own againS@
the railroads. This was a hopeless under
taking. for Gen. Baughman contended
with the trend Of the times, which was
toward steam as the means Of getting
products TO market He threw ali his zeal
and energy into the battle and the fight
he made was a good one.
Advocated Sale 10 ID. & o.
Looming up even bigger than this was
his joint directorship with the late United
States Senator German In the Washington
Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road
It was he. it is generally believed. who
first became dissatisfied with the returns
IN stock dividends 10 the state and. Joint
~ with Senator German. submitted a re-
port I'm which facts were set forth hat
resulted ia legislative action that brought
about the selling of the States interest
az a price far i'm excess Of the hopes Of
the most optimistic. Twice he was state
comptroller. where his management of
financial matters left no room for crit
icism.
Always Graceful Loser.
Gen. Baughmans health began to fail
him when his political future seemed the
brightest. He had entertained for years
an ambition 20 be governor Of Maryland.
In 1857 he went into the gubernatorial
nominating convention with the support
Of a large body of delegates. E. f. Jack
son. Of Wicomico County. had even a
stronger following. Gen. Baughman
gracefully stepped aside and used his in
fuence in bringing about the nomination