The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-30
DIR. James H. Garfield Dies in
New York Hospital.
Did Not Rally From His Stroke
Of Apoplexy.
MADE RECORD In WEST
President of Kansas Teachers
Association While at X. u.
As Chancellor Gave Nebraska
University Its First Boost.

New York. March. so.--Dr. James
II. Garfield, librarian of Columbi4
| university and distinguished as an
educator, died last night in ST. Luke's
hospital after short illness from
apoplexy.
| DR.. Garfield was born in Delaware.
Ohio. March IS, 1S47. He graduated
| from Williams college in 1868. He
| was admitted to the bar and prac-
tieed law at st. Joseph. Mich. from
professor of history in the Kansas
university where he held the profess
sorship until 1891, when he was
of Nebraska. In 1895 he was elected
| chancellor of the State University OF
| Ohio and in 1899 accepted the post
| of librarian of Columbia university
He was president of the Kansas State
| Teachers association in 1855. DR..
Garfield wrote Local Government
| of Kansas which was for many years
used as school text book.
An Estimate of the Man.
An intimate acquaintance writing OF
| Dr. Canfield said:
| The greatest triumph which Mr.. Cans
cellor Of the University of Nebraska
While Charles G. Dawes. afterward
lcomptroller of the currency, a man of
lreal ability, rare tact and political
Ipurity, was endeavoring to build up a
law practice in that city and Mr. Bryan
Twas maneuvering for political advance
ent, Chancellor Canf1eId was laying
Ideep and broad the foundation Of a
lstrong prairie institution. He had come
from the state university of Kansas
where his advocacy of the doctrine of
free trade had made him unwelcome TO
the rabid Republicans partisans, and he
found in the control of this new school
| a field for the exercise of his great pow
ers which never could have been ex-
lerted in the class room. Within five
years Of his advent the institution had
I-
Eastern periodicals began to publish IL
Illustrated articles about Nebraska uni-s
Iversity, never heard of before by the
Vast majority Of their readers. Through
1.-THE very period of Nebraska's darkest
I6ays financially and industriously. 49,
'95, the Populist legislatures voted large
Isums for the university's maintenance
land Improvement and evidences of a
ihoom We're present. All this it meant
tsomethin2: it meant that there was a
Imam behind it, big fellow who saw
land fores:l~ and worked and made 9TH
Iers wo-2
Prof. Frederick W. Taylor. formerly
!. head of the agricultural department of
\ Nebraska. told a story illustrating
Canfield's methods. One morning the
chancellor walked into his office, threw
| down a bundle of letters on his desk.
saying as hed did SO: Taylor, think
we ought to have some farmers in
stitutes,', and walked out. These let
ters were replies to circulars sent out
by the chancellor to various parts OF
the state. and in them Mr.. Taylor saw
his chiefs plan and purpose. Garfield
had. with his remark. unloaded the
subject of his mind, and was ready for
brain's attention. So far as the farm
ers' institutes were concerned 1t was
now up to- Mr.. Taylor. And the ex-
traordinary success of those Institutes
the tremendous agency they exert in
bringing the university close to and In
connection with the peorle is face
which disclosed not only the chancel-
lor's provision, but his acute percep-
ton in relying on Mr.. Taylor to carry
out in detail his broad designs
Canfield did not wish to leave the
field Of his triumph Very probably
he would have been elected United
States senator had he remained in
, Nebraska But Ohio university called
him vigorously and with certain
peculiar claims He emphatically de-
: clined the call but the trustees stflk
hoped to win him and actually refused
to elect for another year and then he
: capitulated. The story of the manner
in which Mr. Garfield left Lincoln is
well worth telling as illustrative or
. the human and heart side of the man.
AS soon as the fact of his resignation
| became known it was determined to-
J give him and his family grand fare
we'll reception and banquet. When
!. asked to set a date for it, Garfield at
, tempted to dissuade the projectors
!, and, that failing, begged for later
! consideration. At each solicitation h6
. evaded the subject and. probably told
I | some palpable white lies. Mrs. Cam
? field was summoned to the east ''on
!, business" and the household goods
followed her
! Still the chancellor tarried and no one
. suspected his duplicity. at length one
levening a reporter saw him at the rail-
way station, evidently preparing to go
on a journey and asked him carelessly.
i whittier bound. chancellor" Then
: the big-hearted student. orator, organ
t lizer and tactician blurted out the truth. Z.
e el''Your paper won't come out before
D get away; so I'll tell you. I am leaving
, Lincoln for good 1 am deliberately
e Isneaking out of town. The fact is We
, have been so happy here. we have made
t so many dear friends that we simply
lcouldn't stand it to say goodby. It
' would have broken our hearts. know
s it looks cowardly and I don't seem to
( tive was too painful but can't help it.
S Goodby and tell the people of Lincoln
t goodby for u.s.
Il At Ohio university Mr.. Garfield re-
h peated his Nebraska success, and his
oil selection for the post of librarian OF
: the magnificent new library of Colum-
4 bia university was a worthy reccgni-
q ton of his varied and extraordinary
: | ability. In New York he became at
e once known as one of the elect.
+ Hot Fight in Persia.
e| Teheran, March 30.-According to
: advices received here from Tabriz.
twelve nationalists were killed and
thirty wounded during a fight last
Sunday at Shamghazen with royalist
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