Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1886 — DEATH OF H. M. HOXIE. [ARTICLE]

DEATH OF H. M. HOXIE.

A Man Who, from a Hostler, Came to Be a Power in the Railroad World. [New York special.; Mr. H. M. Hoxie died at his rooms in the Metropolitan Opera House in this city on Tuesday. The cause of his death wa« exhaustion consequent on an operation performed on him at Saratoga in June last by removing stones fiom h:s bladder. He bad also suffered from kidney disease for the last thirty-five years. Mrs. Hoxie and Capt. Hayes were with him when he expired. Shortly after the troubles on the Wabash system of railroads and the Southwestern roads last May Mr. Hoxie began to complain of pains in his loins. Finally he became so much worse that he was compelled to give up his work and take a muchneeded rest. The trouble with the strikers worried him very much. He left St. Louis in the latter part of May and came East to Saratoga. After consultation with a physician he concluded to have the operation performed which resulted in his death. Alter the operation Mr. Hoxie was relieved, and felt better for a time than he had lor yoars. He hoped that by taking a rest he would regain his health entirely. Mr. Hoxie, in company with his wife, took a trip to Montreal Aug. 25. From there they went to Quebec and the White Mountains. He came to New York Sept. 10, and took apartments in the Broadway Ha’s in the Metropolitan Opera House block. His physicians, Drs. Metcalfe and Ward, were called. He was still weak from the effects of the operation. Any excitement was deleter ous. He failed rapidly, but suffered little. Mr. Iloxie’s youth was spent in Polk County, lowa. He came of a poor family, and hts first occupation was that of a hostler in a country hotel. Thera*?he ;v'became acquainted with many prominent men. At the outbreak of the war he entered politics. In 1864-5 he was chairman of the lowa Republican State Committee and was alterward appointed United States Marshal. After the war he removed to Palestine, Texas, and became connected with the management of the International Railroad, holding the positions of Superintendent and General Superintendent. When Mr. Gould organized the Wabash system he chose Mr. Hoxie for First Vice President, and his headquarters was established at St. Louis. Mr. Hoxie was Third Vice President of the Missouri Pacitic, and for several years General Manager of the road. He was one of Mr. Gould’s most trusted lieutenants, and at the time of the recent Southwestern strike so great was Gould’s confidence in him that when it was proposed to settle the strike by arbitration the matter was placed in Mr. Hoxie’s charge.