Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 12, 1912, Page 8

DEATH OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN Py Hon, Henry Ruggles Died After a Short Iliness at the Age of €2—Many Years in the Consular Service of the United States in Spain and Malta—Writer of Much Fluency on Important Topics. Hon, Henry Ruggles, one of Nor-, for study. When it appeared that the ich’s prominent and distinguished | boy desired a therongh education his itizens, passed away at his home No. | father sent him away from home to 101 Broad street at 2.30 o'clock Mon- attend school. Before town high day merning after a short ilines schools became as general as they are Thiss was the cause of much surpri now the incorpgrated academy, fos- nd sorrow fo the many friends tered by the state, was an important agency in the edugcation of young men of Mr, Ruggles who knew nothing of his sickness. He was 82 vears of age. and women who desired to advancd On Saturday Mr. Ruggles was outl | beyond the sphere of the common agd able to We down street, having|school. Before he had reached the age, been in his usual health. Sunday |of 17, young Ruggles had made a good afternqon at four o'clock he complain- od. of not feeling well and took to his bed. During the night his condition grew worse and a physiclan was called, He failed to rally, however, and the end came peacefu being caused by record as a scholar at the academies in Southbridge and New Salem, Mas and at Chester, Vt. Mr. Ruggles at- tended the D alem ademy during the years while John Stacy At the laiter he fitted neart disease and the infirmities of | for college, but jmpaired health com- age. il pelled him to @bandon his cherished Mr. Rugglies was born in Uan}wmk\ purpose to devote the next four years Mase., July 13, 1839, the son of Frank- |t the higher branches of learning, lin and Sally Penniman Ruggles. He |l nough he has never ceased to be a student. Iristead of going from Ches- ter to the ugiversity, as he Intended, his physical condition obliged him to seek a more active life in. business pursuits nd for two yvears he served ag a clerk in Providence, learning the details of trade and laying the foun- datior: of a. snccessful mmercial ca- reer. In 1843 hed himself in business where his i well trained mind, | eful attention to his| ed their legitimate 2ssful business > he retired with Having laid down the ad heing in condi- s artistic and literary | career of 20 years 1 {2 competéncy. cares of busines tion to gratify 1 taste, as tor e the bene- fits of foreign travel, he went abroad in 1868, spending several months in | making the usual rounds of American touris Named by President Grant. April, 1870, President Grant ap- ) ed =i United States consul at Barcelona, Spain, cne of the best con- | sulates on the Mediterranean. In June, fi’;;"‘p’," "‘:.((f”‘ v o 1 his new home, pr ined in the family t gener- 3 8 8 _Oppars ations. JFor many vears Mr. Ruggles and literature, hag heen a resident of Norwich. He commercial character sas @ business man here for vears lercng ook at which i was a SUuc A later >qu. 38 SDatl~ e e WY ame familiar with sular service of the United States : and customs of the coun- where he was ome of the prominent | tr remained in Barcelona nearly representatives of the government atjfive vears and digcharged the duties | foraign posts. of his cflice to the entire satisfaction Mr. Ruggles was three times mag- the United States and the Spanish rled. his first wif aving been Har- On sending his resigns et S. Geer, by whom th were two <he president, througin the le- children, Alice and Willlam Ruggl t Madrid, General Sickles, who e nineried Tontie Cooke ‘a8 hi n minister to Spain, forwarded second wife by whom there was one llowing despatch the state daughter, Annie Louise, and for his ment, bearing evidence to his third e he married Sarah H. Perry, ful service while in charge of the After his foreign servi Mr. Rug- gles spent his last years in this city U ates legation in Spain, with his summers at the home Madnd Hardwiok. He centinued his litersry ir: I have the honor to forward. work and was always a great reader | werewith, in 8 despatch, dated and follower of current events. Hel30th insi, addressed 1o the presiGent was always heard with profit in the | b Hon. Henrv Rugslcs, ohy hoent expression of his views, being a man | tenders his resignation o'f the office of with a fund of useful }nfnrmu\.uu. United States consul at Bnrrelum{ It He was held in the highest esteem | {; g regretted that the consular and to his*leglon of friends his death| gorvice thus loses an accomplished 15 the:cause of {lio.dsapest sorrow. officer, to whoee ability and fidelity, For more than & helf century Guring the time he led his pres- was a subscriber to the Bulletin ent post, I take pleasure in bearing Mr. Ruggles is survived by 1 witness. 3 = a son, William €., and daughter TTwn, irl very resbectiolls: mour Annie L. Ruggles of this city. eI e e el AL The well known author, the late ™0 i B SICKLES Willam P. Adams (Oliver Optie) an\vm Bx = _‘fi" y ERS wrote the following biography Mr. | ‘““ Mooke and Minister Ruggles, they having been close| Llenipote _Hon, Hamlilton Selenids { m._‘; State, Washing- From New England Stock. B S arvice in ki, The father of Hon. Henry Ruggi Ducing: bis - térm "of _service w 4 New England farmer, WhO woq cmaking tory” quite as brought up his boys to work in the: a5, the days of Charles V. and fieid, though, ltke those of his class|f N; Rugeles heard tl who have avened the lump” from | grinjer hat announced the Atiantic to tiie Pacific, he had the | ot s;nadeus as king of Spain. and proper appreciation of the value of & | jim “asvar his resignation. sail f education, Henry was the youngest| .. Italy. He witnessed son, and, lke most faurmer's sons, | the Alfonso, the father of| worked on e farm In the summer, at Barcelona. ‘Dur- went to tlre 1Hgge SCHoGh; ih .”"I in Spain, untry er. FKarly in his chi Yo aaia disturbed by civil® dis- his school course | Bhoriinas wars and by incipent | for reading and a strong inclination ed by the various | factions, each struggling to grasp the | of government. Within the ice of two years of his official term | he saw the nment changed from | 4 MmOonar ublic—the lat presidents in thls brief | » -and fnally go back to a mon- | While holding his oii- | position, Mr. Ruggles ed | iite extensively in Spain, vis g all | e . f the principal points of intere | Proves That Lydia E. Pink. : {7 2> sriacioal pomte of interest, ox- | ham’s Vegetable Com- t from there. visiting Morocco « a. pound Is Reliable. Consul to Malta. Reedville vt)n- recome- ough in office w die and none —*‘1 can truly mend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable : _,,lr'“‘y; s "","‘, T}“:f&g,i‘(:’ Compound to all women who are passing ; ad_ held : with -honor. to’ his -coun- through the Change of Life, as it made wd himself. He returned to his| g me a well woman aftep ¢ land and again resided in Nor- sufferin, v But in 1878 President Hayes y three years. — Mrs. %;\i.f\m" BOGART, Reedville, Oregon. : New igned it. ‘““When pas With his the Change of Life I was n troubled with hot flashes, ®itler wezk and di: pells and backache. Iwas notfit for anything until I took Ly- ited him United States consul at | in the Mediterranean. He held position for four years, and then ife and daughter, he then nan, residing for a con- time eachyin Stutt- #den and Heidelberg. Began Writing Early. dia E. Pinkham’s Vege- 1 for i i E. P : 1 ' compe . which table Compound which ¢ ing for the ! proved worth its weight e W became a { ingold tom IAS- tributor to several New York and | TON BLOND: , 1541 Po- lon papers, and afterward to two | lymnia St., New Orleans, . uring his resi- | wal W, enee ag 2 1 ign cor- | awaka,Ind.- Wo- RSt Rt 1 papers, | ere the Springfield Re- 1 Boston Hers { tteds from Germany | | | men passing through the Change of Life can take nothing better than Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetabla Compound. 1 am recom- mendingittoalimyfriends because of what it has ' done for me.’’~Mrs.CHAS, ¥ BAUER, 523 E. Marion St., u were exceedingly | popular with peovle, and were ex- | t ely copied by the mress (hl‘nu:!h-‘\ t country and in Burope. | Lee & Shepard of Boston pub- | a beok written by him, entitled " # any Seem Without Spectacles, MAT::w:i\a.' I“‘}’{- = h passed through several edi- n Station,Ky.~‘Fop tions. months I suffered from While Mr. Ruggics was consul at Darcelona, the Mexican consul at that died and the Mexican government | could not live Ly ia E, appo‘nted Mr. Ruggies to fill the va- e e A : e temporarily, which office he P(, mkha&“; rXaedgintea\l;iI.l held rearly two years in connection | troubles in c6nsequence of my age and thought I v with the American consulate. Bar-| and want othersuffering cciona heing the largest commercial| women toknow aboutit.” ity in Spain, the business between Mrs. EMMA BAILEY, Alton the two countries in exports and im- 2 @ Station, Ky. Deisem, No. Dak. — “‘I was passing through Change of Life and felt very ad. gl could not sleep and was very oryous. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable ympound restored me to perfect health \d | would not be without it.”’—Mrs. . M. THORN, Deisem, No. Dak. Just Arrived — H. Koehler & Co.s BOCK Yree delivery to all parts of the city, H. JACKEL & CO. ports was large and extensive. During Spanish Excitement. One of the most exciting periods in spanish history occurred in 1873, dur- ing the time Mr. Ruggles was consul | at Barcelona, and at the time Spain was declared a republle. Amadeus, son of Victor Emmanuel of Italy, who nad been erowned king of Spain, ruled the country for about two years, and after two of three unsuccessful at- tempts were made to assassinate him left Madrid suddenly with the queen and returned to Italy, Spain was now without a ruler. The cortes assem- bled at once at Madrid, and a presi- dent with & new ministry or cabinet was elected in pilace of the old. Ser- rano, the gray-haired old soldier, with the aid of Genmeral Pavia, seized the reing of govermment, and in a ve =hort e Spain was declared a T publie, and Figuerasx chosen ils first WHEN you want ts T your busi- negy hafors the u'xgflfz.r 3 ‘l“llo lfl dium better thgn througi tne adverlls- ing soiumoy of The Bulleth SPRING OPENING Today, Tomorrow and Thursday March 12th, 13th and l4th On this occasion we shall dis- play the newest and most ap- proved styles for Spring and Summer Wear 1912, Women’s and Misses’ Smart Tailored Suits, Novelty Coats and Wraps, Dresses for all occasions and Exclusive Waists will be shown in profusion. Imported models and clever adaptions by America’s foremost designers wi Il be displayed. You are very cordially invited to attend. 121-125 Main Street ** Fashionable Apparel for.Women and Misses.” The news soon spread .n‘erl s of two American ships country 1d the excitement was |of w were in port to give the ense, ai tr rder | | a reception, and he was re- the da city and | ce 1 the full henors due to his | rank and position, on bodrd the war of 'the Spanish |ship Brooklyn and tne frigate Shen- republicans and | andcah. Both ships manned their yards g looking forward to | and ifired ‘royal salutes. President the tin their country could | Figueras and the members of the vis- lave a | independent govern- | which included the cap- ment United State The ar the governor of the morning the news of the new republic Catalonia, the alcalde or reached Barcelona with excitement, ral bells were that city was wild | mayor of the city, Church and cathed- | g, cannon boomed and number of 1(,‘},@“ high in office, Kuggels with his family return- lou board by Consul Ruggles and were | € this country. and Norwich I { entertained at lunch on board the | 18 nd bad since lived here. He live Shenandoah. Commodore Bryson of |a retired life among his books and | the United States navy proposed a s, The family erally spe | toast to the health » president of immers on the old farm in Hard the . Spanish republic, and President | wick ,\Ir._ one of the Figueras responded in complimentar foundeérs of I club, which ! terms, honoring the memory of Wash- | was first known as the Elms. He was ington and thanking | people for their sympath |and the government of | republic, the American with Spain | the Spanish a member of the Broadway Congrega tio: church, joining in 1859, and was for years an active worker, taking a ‘lpromluent part. in ite affairs, from the forts near the city ary comparies paraded the sire and | immense. processions, quickly formed | and headed by bands of music, march- ed thrcugh' the principal streets. As soon as Mr. Ruggles, the American consul, was informed of the cause of he rejoicing he at once ran up the srican flag over the consulate of- Soon as the flag was unfurled it ognized as the flag of the great American republic, and an immense crowd soon gathered and commenced cheering and waving small flags. Bands of music were playing Spanish national airs, and even the fami American tune: of Yankee Doodl Hail olumbia, Marching Through Georgia, etc, Cheers were given for El Immortal Washington. E1 Presi- dente Grant, and El Consul de los Estados Unidos. Over the entrance of one of the large municipal build- ings a full length portrait, finely paint- ed, of Lincoln, was displayed, with DI- ogenes holding a lantern, kneeling at Lincoln's feet and looking up into his face, The excitement and rejoicing over the new republic were kept up in Barcelona, and, in fact, all over Spain, for several days, and every day was a holiday. A few weeks after the new President Figueras was inaugur- ated, ne was cailed to Barcelona on some important husiness | Arranged Reception. As soon ag Co I Ruggles heard lie was in the city he arrapged with BAKING POWDER Made from a Superior grade of pure Grape Cream of Tartar. Makes Light, Flaky The faithful friend of the best cooks - Ievelands SUPERIOR ARAR ARnrAn 3 TV