A Statesman Gone

Chicago, Oct 24.- Elihu B. Washlmrne dietl at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the residenoe of his son, Hempstead, of congestión of the heart and lungs. He passed peacefully awajr without a word, his bed surrounded by the family oí his son. Mr. Washburno Icives five ohiklren. There was probably no more striking figure n American politics than KI bu I!. Washburne. Hiscareer was eminently sucoes.sful, and, beginning life as a farmer' s boy, he rose to almost the hishest cminencc to whii'h an American can attaín. Ho was bom in Livermore, Me., in 1S16. In 18S3 he leuned the printer's trade. and with what monoy he had saved Btadied Ibw, In 1S40 he caaie West, settled at üalena, 111., and at once prominently identitied himself with polit es, being a stronK Whig. Ho was a delégate to the memorable Bultimore convention whioh nominated Hwnry Clay for President. In 185a Mr. Washburne wae elected to Concrress, served ten terms, and during the civil war wus one of tho foremost ügures in the counsels of the Admlnistraüou, and was a warm friend oí Abraham Lincoln. He w;is the opponent of cvery kind of jobbary, receiv;ngforhis vigilancethe sobriqnet of "the watch-dog of the treasury.11 He was one of General Granfs earliest and hest ptrons, and it was ohiefly through his efforts that Grant was made a Lieutenant-General and alterward Goneral of the armies of the United States. The ostablishmcnt of National cemeteries was also largelv due to his efforts. When General Grant was elected President Mr. Washburne vúb selected as Secrotary of State, but reBigned in a few days, his health being somewhat impaired. Subsequently he was appointed Minister to trance, au offloe whieh he fllled with distinotion for nine years. After Presideut Hayes' election Mr. Washbarne expressed a desire to res i gn, and soon returnod ;to hls native eounti-y, making hls home in Chicago. He received forty-fonr votes for President in the Republlcan National oonvention ín 188i. The same year he withdrew altogether from political life and devoted his leisure to literary pursuits. In Mvy, 1886, Mr. Washburne was elected president of the American Kxhibition in Ixmdon.