Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1908 — WM. F. VILAS IS DEAD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WM. F. VILAS IS DEAD

HAD BEEN ILL SINCE JULY 20 Bora in Vermont He Had Been a Citisen of Wisconsin for Fifty-Seven Years—His Career. Madison, Wis., Aug. 28.—Ex-Senator William F. Villas died here yesterday after a long illness. It is believed that the immediate cause of death was a

second stroke of paralysis. Colonel Vilas suffered a cerebral hemorrhage July 20 at his home in Madison. His Watory is written on the military and political history of the state and nation. William Freeman Vilas was born in Chelsea, Vt., in 1840, and moved with his parents to Madison, Wis., in 1851. He was graduated from the Univeristv of Wisconsin In 1858 and practiced law in his home town until the outbreak of the civil war. He then recruited a company for the Twenty third Wisconsin volunteers and went to the front. He was soon promoted for gallantry and as lieutenant colonel commanded his regiment in the Vicksburg campaign with eonspienous ability. After the war and several years of active political life he was appointed jHistmaster general by President Cleveland In 1885. He served in that capacity until 1888. when he became secretary of the interior. That office he held until ISB9. From 1891 to 1897 he was in the United States senate.

WILLIAM F. VILAS.