Show ALLEN G THURMAN the wires tell us that allen alien G thurman Is dying all in all ho he was in his prime the foremost man in his party and one ot of tho foremost men ot of the nation or of 0 the ace he filled high stations in such euch a way that balle hile every man who heard lie ilia voice or came caine within his influence respected him for or his big masterful intellect they respected him more tor for the heart within him ills perfect integrity was never doubted by friend or foe ills ilia patriotism was never suspected by friend or foe oe and then ho he had bad the courage of his bis convictions lie he did what he believed to be right and it matter whether it was in the interest of friends or enemies his theory seemed to bo be that whatever lie did lie he must at least go to lied bed af ac night at peace with his own conscience he made the ablest arguments of any man in his party lie ho was altogether a strong strone and thorough man in every walk of 0 life with fill all his power he be had within him a wonderful fund of 0 humor which showed itself ilbek lu in quiet ways way repeatedly senator nye used to tell an anecdote of 0 him which was most exquisite ile he said when casserly Caa was elected to the senate in california his fellow senators gathered around him and asked what sort of a man mall caber ly was and nyo said ald 1 I explained to them that lie was a graduate fradua te of the university of dublin a profound lawyer and scholar that he was among tho the foremost practitioners ra in fit california one of the first among liter literary W men and that his election to tho the senate be an acquisti tion to that august body well said bald xa nie conton aing after a chlio caerny Ca erly came alone ile he hold had only lopa L opa in the senate two or ahm do a it a abeel i when hen borne little unimportant que auci altion llon caroe came I 1 up a question that no one could talk a moment upon because there was nothing in it lina and casserly rose roae to ml his feet the th president of the senate immediately mewl recognized the gentleman from california then tho the senators senator on the other side of 0 the hall ball quietly got up and drew as near to Cap casserly as ti poll po abble intent upon hearing he zelne what he said I 1 we wa looking on thip ahr marble floor tor for 46 hole not more than on art inch in diameter to fill fall through eh I 1 felt so little myself but glancing up I 1 saw thurman waving hla his bandanna and I 1 followed him to the cloakroom cloak room and then he took me by the arm and lie be said ald jim have you any about you to prove that you ore are not an internal infernal old tool fool A threat great man wag waa allen alien G thurman and it it will be with intense grief that the men of ohio make for him a grave but that grave will make one more na sacred cred spot of ground in ohio forever |