Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1896 — EX-GOV. RUSSELL DEAD. [ARTICLE]

EX-GOV. RUSSELL DEAD.

DistitiKniahed Son of Massachusetts Expire* Suddenly of Heart Disease. Ex-Gov. William E. Russell of Massachusetts died suddenly at the camp of B. F. Dutton at St. Adelaide, Pabos, Quebec. Gov. Russell, accompanied by his brother, CoL Harry E. Russell, and Coh Francis Peabody, Jr., arrived there only the day previous in search of rest. He had run down in health after the trying scenes at the Chicago convention, and his friends urged upon him the necessity of a rest in the and he accepted the invitation of Mr. Dutton to go to his beautiful Canadian camp. On reaching St. Adelaide the ex-Gov-ernor appeared in good health and spirits, and the evening was spent in a social way and in preparation for a fishing trip the next day. He and his companions retired early. Col. Russell was the first to arise, and when he called his brother he received ng answer. He then attempted to arouse him by shaking him, whereupon he discovered that life had flown. The position of the body and the expression on the dead man’s face showed that his death was painless. William Eustice Russell was born in Cambridge on Jan. 6, 1857, within the shadow of the university from which bo was graduated in 1877. He received his early training in the public schools of Cambridge, in which he prepared for Harvard College, entering that institution in 1873. Mr. Russell’s poljtioa! affiliations had always been Democratic. In 1886 Mr. Russell was elected Mayor of Cambridge by a large majority. ' He held the reins of government in the Mayor’s chair for three terms. Mr. Russell was married to Miss Margaret Swan, daughter of the late Rev. Joshua Swann, formerly of Cambridge, on June 3, 1885. They had three children—two. sons and one daughter. In 1888 he was nominated for Governor, but was defeated by Gov. Arnes. He was nominated again in 1889 and ’..••as elected over Mr. Brackett by a plurality of 8,000. In 1891 he was successful over Charles H. Allen, of Lowell, by a plurality of 7,500. In 1892, the presidential year, he defeated William H. Haile by a plurality of 2,500 votes, while Benjamin Harrison carried the State by a plurality of 30,000. He retired from office at the end of his third term and resumed the practice of law.