Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-02-19

! ent, TO find his invalid wife prostrat-
ed well he might have exclaimed: :
"Here is my journeys end; here is my
rut,
And very sea-mark of my utmost SAIL ,
The death cf Mrs. Greeley was an
event which her family had long beer
prepared for. After her death came
HORACE GREELEY's CRUSHING DE-
FEAT,
and Ii was this, and this alone. thai
killed him. For years a stranger tc
home comforts and pleasures, there
was now nothing to dispel the black
and ugly mass of grief that oppressed
him. For years frauds of every de-
scriptiOn, from the millionaire's out
cast son to the petty swindler, had
preyed upon his purse, and he wrote
70 friend of forty years's standing:
. Having lost, by indOrsing, nearly
all ever made, aud being unable TO
work as efficiently as once could, I
have firmly resolved henceforth to
work for my own family rather than
for Others"
But his work was done. Crushed
In mind,
He DIED THE VICTIM OF MIsREPRE-
sENTATION AND FRAUD,
the enormitiy of which he never real
lied.
The most distinguished men Of the
nation followed the deceased Publieist
to his tomb. Here and there in the
cortege was an employee who had
known the founder of the Tribune !.
but standing under the shadow of
Trinity spire were a knot of men who
had passed the best part of their lives
on the Tribune. The pressure of the
hand, now passing them cold in death,
they had felt time and time again, and
no one knew better than they the
causes that led to this solemn scene.
Each could have said truthfully.
4" Not on me the deep damnation Of
his taking OFF,"
THE TRIBUNE DIED WITH ITS FOUND
ER,
but immediate efforts were made by
Mr.. Greeley's old associates to so Sc
cure the assets that the paper could
be resuseitated. This was eonsum-
mated by the purchase by Wm. Orton,
President of the Western Union Tel.
egraph Company, Of fifty-One shares
for $4,000. Mr.. Orton suddenly sold
again fifty shares, and received the
amount he had invested but a few
days before, leaving him the pnssessor
Of one share, which cost him nothing.
The following facts, If known to
Mr.. Orton, may have determined his
action: In January, 1872, the Tri-
1uRe's disaffection
REDUCED ITS CIRCULATION
% that extent, that it excited the ap-
DrehensioRs of its stockholders; but
{ the books of the Tribune don't in
iicate a falling of sixty-two per cent. |
n the subscription receipts from jan
lary llth to January 10Th, inclusive,
If this year, over the same period of |
asst year, then there is no truth in fig
Tres. How Whitelaw Reid was ena-
lied to elect himself publisher and ed |
tor is his own business. A half a |
million of dollars is a large sum to |
aise. 1t is hard to tell what policy
dr. Greeley would have pursued, but
hat he would
WHIrEwAsH JAY GOULD,
nd urge the hanging of Stokes, pass
S belief. The twaddle ABOUT Mr.,
disciples is all "bosh." They
ave all departed, excepting George
sipley, Esq, and he is one of those
courtly gentlemen who, in
is literary labols, comes seldom in
Ontact with the professor or his boys.
he brilliancy Of Hay or the humor
I Twain
CANNOT SAVE THE TRIBUNE.
The assets, consisting OF real estate,
resses and machinery, and Mr.. Gree
'y's life policy, are worth $500, 900;
nd as the location will be between
ne Brooklyn bridge and the new
OstOffice, its value will increase with
ears. XIX.