Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-29
Was Vice President of Mobile
and Ohio Railroad.
EXPIRES IN LOCAL HOTEL
Came Here Thursday to Attend
Business Meeting.
BAD COLD LED TO PNEUMONIA
Wife and Daughter at Bedside.
Served With Distinction In
Confederate Army.

Col. Edward l.. Russell of Mobile, Ala.
vice president of the Mobile and Ohio
railroad and one of the leading railroad
men of the south died in his apartments
in the Raleigh Hotel at : o'clock last
, night. Death was due to pneumonia. COM
plicated by heart trouble.
With Col. Russell at the last were his
wife. who had been travelling with shim;
his daughter. Miss Eoline Russell, who.
with r. V. Taylor. general manager of
the Mobile and Ohio railroad. and Mrs.
Robert Smith. reached the bedside only
a few minutes before her fathers death:
DR.. Rhettigoode. chief surgeon of the
Southern railroad. and Mr.. Gaines, Col.
Russelrs confidential secretary. Col.
Russell had been Ill since Thursday. when
he reached Washington from New York.
suffering from a severe cold contracted
in the metropolis.
Col. Russell was in Washington to at
tend the monthly conference of the allied
lines OF the Southern railroad. of which
the Mobile snd Ohio is subsidiary line
He left Mobile January 10. going to New
York to attend a railroad meeting. On
reaching Washington he Immediately re-
tired to his ped. Physicians were sum
moned, but pneumonia set In that night,
and yesterday his condition. because OF
his advanced years, was believed to be
serious.
Daughter Is Summoned.
His daughter was summoned and LETT
Mobile yesterday on a special train, &C
companied by Mrs. Russelrs sister. Mrs.
Robert Smith: Mr.. Taylor and DR.. Rhett-
goode. who for years has acted as Col.
Russelrs physician The party reached
tho bedside just before the end.
Because OF his prominence In the rail
road world OF the south, Col. Russell
was frequent visitor in Washington,
and, with his wife. enjoyed wide az
quaintance in the capital. The body will
be taken to Mobile early this morning on
a special train. The Mobile funeral ar
rangements have not been made.
Col Russell was born in Franklin
county, Alabama. in 1s45. the son OF
George Daniel Russell, d Baptist clergy
man. He was educated by his father,
and. with the family, moved to Missls-
sippi at an early age. At the outbreak
of the civil war he enlisted in the 41st
Mississippi Regiment, &. S. A, acting as
.color-b bearer for his regiment when but
sixteen years Of age. He served with
distinction through the Tennessee cam
were broken at Nashville he retreated to
Franklin and swan Harpers creek to
save his colors from capture.
Studied Law After War.
At the close of the war Col. Russell
studied law in Verona, Miss, and in 1871
was admitted to the bar of that state.
He combined a legal practice with cot
TOM growing until 1876, when he became
general counsel for the Mobile and Ohio.
then an independent line. In 1897 he be-
came president OF his road, which was
bought up by the Southern railroad in
1901. In 1901 he resigned as president
and took up the less arduOuS duties OF
vice president.
Although he s.eadfastly refused to ac-
cept a political office, Col Russell always
took an active interest in politics, and was
u power in local ard state political circles.
lie was a delegate to the democratic ma
tional convention at St. Louis III 1904,
which nominated Judge Alton b. Parker
Of New York for the presidency.
The apartments of Col. Russelfs party.
which occupied the entire second floor OF
the Raleigh, were thronged last night by
persons from every section of the coun-
try, who came to offer condolences to
Mrs Russell and her family. The con-
ference of the allied lines of the South
ern railroad will take appropriate action
on Col RusselIs death at tomorrow's
meeting.