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Col. Robert G. lager soli, the World-Famous Orator and Agnostic,Is Suddenly Called.END CGMtS AT HOME ON THE HUDSON.Stei-IviU-rrt HrDrop* Lifeless lrom a Clittir 3YI»ile Tsi 11.111u ivilli 11i* \VH—Bl'Ief Skeit'li of tlie Carver »f Tills ‘uied j31 nn. I.New York. .Inly — Col. Hubert (!. j [r.gtTsoii died :tt life Iioint. Waiston-w- i Hu^uii, ne«r Dobbs’ Ferry, Friday. \ Ills death was sutiticn and unexpected. j inul from heai'T. disease, from'which lie suffered since ISyii. In tliat ! year, during llie republican muioiiai j eon re u ti on, he was taken ill ami had to I vet nr n home, lie never fully recm e red j from the titiuck of heart disease, imri ! Iv;,s under the care (if physician* eon. j stnntiy. For the last three days Mr. ! iugersoH has not been feeling weil. | Thursday he was in lie iter health, a ml i spent, a portion of the evening pUiying billiards with tVaistim 11. Shown, fits son-m-Jaw, and C. 1’. J-’umdi, his brother-in-law and private secretary. U’e seemed to be in better health mid spirits when he retired than lie hail been for ■several days..Friday morn ins;- he rose ai the usual hour and joined the family at breakfast. He then said lie hud spent a-bad night. but felt better. He had been suffering from abdominal pains and fighl-liess about the chest. He did not think iiis condition at all dangerous-:, lit* Deatli.Co!. Ingcroli spent the, morning swinging in a iiaiiiiiuiek and sitting on The veranda, witli the members of the family. He said he was better, and had is;* pain. At he started to go upstairs. On reaching the head of thewife’s room. .Mrs. 1 ngi.'i.'ull was there. Top-fit her they dismissed what they would have for iHtieheuii. inul Cob In-owing to the trouble with life stomach, iie seemed in good .-‘pirns then. After in'king for a few minutes (Yd. !nger=o!I crossed the room and sal- down in a rocking chair. He leaned his head upon his hand, which rested on the back of the chair. Mrs. TngersoII asked him how he was feeling, and be replied; Oh. better.” These were Ins Iasi words. A second a.fier they were uttered he was dead. The only sign noticed by Mrs. IngcvEoll was that the whites of his eyes suddenly showed. There was not even a sigh or a groan as death came- Doctors were hastily called, but lheir verdict was iiiat dear]i had come in atantsy,Mrs. 1 ngersob was the only person in ihe rooin wiili him when he dieti. Death came to him as he had recently expressed desire iv should. He often in old times said lie wished to die slowly, with a ftii] consciousness, so In* might tell those about, him how it felt. Decently he experienced a change of desire to die painlessly and without warn-Ills Career.Do her t Green Ingersoll was liorn at Dresden. X. Y.. August 11. 1'33. His father was a Consresfttlonil clergy man. When Robert was ten years old the family moved, to Illinois, where his boyhood was spent. After studying law he lieyan the practice of the profession at Shaw nee town with his brother Ehen. who afterward went to congress. In 1P57 the brothers removed to Peoria. In 1-SW Robert was defeated for congress on ti'.o democratic ticket.He was appointed colonel of the Eleventh Illinois cavalry in IStld. Soon afterward 2;c joined the republican party. At the republican national convention of If76 heiber.ey in a speech that attracted much attention and laid the foundation for his reputation as a political speaker in after-years.He was offered the nost of minister to Germany in 1ST, but declined the appointment. He had taken part in many noted lawsuits in all parts of the country, and acted as counsel for the ‘‘star route conspirators. who were acquitted in I5SU. lie sainert fame by his books, pamphlets and speeches against Christianity. Among hfe publi cations are: Some Mistakes ofMoses, ‘‘Prose Poems and Selections,” Modern Thinkers,” ‘’The Bralii and the Bible, and many others.Tennis Champion.
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Marble Rock Weekly
Marble Rock, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 27, 1899
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