The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-06-25
GROVER CLEVE-
LAND DEAD
is CALLED SUDDENLY AT
HOME AT PRINCETON
AT 500 O'CLOCK A. M.
WEDNESDAY,
LAST EXPIRES
IDENT.

of the United States, died ait his
home at Princeton, n. at $40
a. m. ednesday.
The following statement sign
ed by DR.. Joseph Lockwood and
DR.. ]. M. Camochran, was Civ
EN- out:
MIR. Cleveland for many years
has suffered from repeated at
tacks of gastral intestinal origin.
Also he had along-standing or
ganic disease of the heart and
kidneys and heart failure ~0m-
phcated with pulmonary throm-
bosis and oedema were the inn
mediate causes of his death.
News of Grover Cleveland 5
death was unexpected to his
many friends, as it was be-
lievedJ he had practically recover
ed from his latest indisposition.
Only yesterday his wife gave
out a reassuring statement, clio
tied by comment on the fact that
the ex-president had not been
taken to his country home at
Lakewood, n. ]. She has con-
stantly denied that he was afflict-
ed with cancer.
Grover Cleveland, the twenty,
second and twenty-fourth pres
ident OF the United States, was
born March Is, 1887 in Caldwell
N. ]. In 1871 the Cleveland fam
lily removed to Fayetteville, n.
Y, where young Grover received
his first schooling, and where lat
err at an early age he served as a
clerk in a small country store.
Still later, when his parents set
tied in Clinton, n. Y, he pursued
his studies further, and when on
ly II he was appointed assistant
teacher in the New York ihstitu-
ton. for the blind.
Mr. Cleveland received his first
public office when appointed as
sistant district attorney OF Erie
county. AT that time he was sup
porting his mother and sister and
when he was drafted to serve in
the army he was forced to Dor
row sufficient funds to send a
substitute.
In 1881 he was nominated as
the Democratic candidate for
mayor of Buffalo and was elected
by the largest majority ever CIV
en- in that city, although the Re-
publican state ticket was carried.
AT the Democratic national
convention held in Chicago in
July, 1884, Cleveland was NOM
mated by his party as its candi-
date for the presidency OF the
United States and at the election
in the following November was
chosen to that office. In the cleo
toral college his plurality over
his opponent, Mr.. Blaine, was
thirty-seven votes. Mr.. Cleveland
was inauguratsd March 4, 1885
and the oath of office was admin
istered to him by Chief Justice
Waite. While president he exer-
cised the veto power beyond all
precedent and out of 9S7 bills he
refused to affix his signature to
115.
Most of these were private pen
sion bills. 1t was during his first
term that Cleveland married in
the White house Miss Frances
Folsom, June 2, 1886. She was a
daughter of his former law part
ner.
In 1888 he was a candidate for
a second term, but was defeated
in the election of that year by
Benjamin Harrison. After his re-
tirement from public life he set
tied in New York City, where he
opened a law office. He had a
large practice and was frequently
in Washington arguing import
ant cases before the United
States Supreme Court.
At the national Democratic
convention held in Chicago in
June 1892. he was for the third
time named as his party's candf-
date for the presidency and in
the following November was
elected. During the great rail
road strike in Chicago in 1894
he ordered out the United States
troops to prevent the obstruction
of the mails, although Gov. Alt
geld, who had not asked for sol
diers. protested against the ac-
ton. After his retirement from
public office Cleveland lived with
his family at Princeton, N. ]. He
delivered two lectures annually
to the students of the Princeton
university. On February l, '07
he was made chairman of the AS
ISOLATION OF Life Insurance Pres
idcnts at a salary of $4,000 a
year. He also acted as chief coun-
sci for the association.
Five children were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Cleveland, of whom 4
two daughters and two sons, are
living.
Kosciusko County Rank Decides