The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-08-02
SEN. WASHbURN
DIES AFTER A
HARD FIGHT
DEATH COMES EIGHT DAYS AT.
TER RACE FROM EUROPE TO
REACH "FAIR OAKS"
LAST WISH Is GRANTED.
Able to See Family Dwelling Again.
lapses Into Coma After Bidding
Wife FareweiI.-Stanley
Still Missing.

william Drew Wash
burn, a former United States sen.
ator from Minnesota and pioneer mill
er, lumberman and railway builder,
is dead at Fair Oaks" his Minneapo.
lis home. Death was attributed to all.
ments due to old age, superinduced by
a cancerous growth on his left side.
He was 81 years old. |
For sc hours Mr.. Washburn lay in
an unconscious state prior to his9
death. He died without %recognizingI
the members of his family, who were{
present. excepting Stanley Washburn,{
a son. Stanley is still in the mount
tains Of British Columbia, it is pref
sumed, as no communication has beenV
received from him. I
The former senator's death came.
after a suspense Of eight days fol-
lowing his arrival home from Europey
on Sunday, July 81, during which nog
hope has been held out for his recov-9
cry. Doctors said the mans remark
able vitality had prolonged his life for
almost a week longer than they had
expected.
While making the journey from
Quebec to Minneapolis, Mr.. Washburn
began to sink rapidly. He had ex-
pressed a wish to die at Fair Oaks"
E. c. Washburn, who had joined his
parents in Canada telegraphed to w.
ID. Washburn, Jr, telling him of his
fathers request. Arrangements were
made for a special train to bring the
former senator to Minneapolis over
the Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault
Ste. Marie railroad, which Mr.. Wash.
burn himself had founded.
At the senator's bedside, besides his
widow were c. f. Washburn, Mr.. and
Mrs. William D.. Washburn, Jr., OF
Minneapolis, Cadwallader Washburn O.
Mexico City, Mexico. Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Baldwin of Lakewood. N. J..
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Wright %
Washington, d. c., and Mrs. Stanley
Washburn. Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs.
Wright are daughters.
Mr.. Washburn. known best through
out much of his long residence in
Minneapolis as General" and Sen.
ator." had been one of the pioneer
builders of the city.
Stricken III In Europe.
He was taken suddenly ill nearly a
month ago while travelling with his
wife in Europe. They left Minneapolis
last February for Europe, principally
in the interest of Mrs. Washburn's
health which was poor at the time.
After a visit in Naples they travelled
to Carlsbad.
Mr.. Washburn was taken i'll at Carls-
bad and consulted physicians there.
advised him to hasten home. He
and his wife went Immediately TO Eng.
and sailed on a steamer over the
northern route for Quebec.
Mr.. Washburn's official and political
had been varied and impor.
tant, eliminating in the highest off.
cial position below the presidency, in
the nation-that of senator of the
United States. He had a taste for pol
itics like all his brothers and belong.
to the radical wing of the Repub.
party. Strongly anti-slavery in
ante. bellum days, when that was
~ ShSioooih6 Poii'iSdi QucSIlOH, SCron-
nous for the rights OF the freemen.
he yet tempered his sympathies by a
for practical statesmanship.
He was a protectionist in theory, and
yet recognized the need of practical
views in the arrangement of tariff
In short, he subordinated
strong sympathetic impulses to prac.
measures in craftsmanship.
AS early as 1858 he was elected 70
the lower house Of the Minnesota leg.
stature, but the members elected that
year never took their seats owing In
4 change of appOrtionment. In 1870
was again elected to the same no.
'ition and served through the impor.
ant session Of 1871, giving his in1u.
and vote in favor of subiectins
he railroads to public authority. He
served on the school board of Mime.
ipolis for two terms beginning with
I866.
In 1878 Mr.. Washburn was elected
o congress, carrying the district nv
5000 majority. He was re-elect.
ID in 1880 by $4,000 majority. and
in 1882, serving three consecu.
i've terms. He was an influential and
nuch respected member. Through his
the government erected the
resent postoffice building and under
ook the system of reservoirs at the
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