Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-20
Obituary.
Fred. WiIItarn FxellogR,

and to few of his moro intimate friends the painful reality that he was rapidly nearing his death was known for a short time before te died, to most of his many friends in this city and elsewhere the news of his decease falls like sudden, unexpected blow. Short funeral services were held in Batten chapel at 1:3O D. m These services were conduct ed by Rev. Mr. Nichols of Trinity, tue church with which Mir. Kellogg had been connected during his college course, and President For | ter made some remarks. In the course of these remarks the speaker said: "It is sad that death should select one so rich in prom l ise so beautiful in character, so noble in his l ambitions, so consecraJed in all his concep- | tions and aspirations. How can we afford to | lose such as he? And yet we do not lose him | altogether His class will remember him as he was The kingdom of Christ does not 1 lose him. His long preparations for his life work and his studS for the perfection of his character are not all iR vain. He has been called to larger sphere of action, where his | many noble qualities will find larger scope for usefulness" In closing his remarks Pres- ident Porter strove to impress upon the many 1 who were gathered before him the lesson of the life of the one who had just gone that his sudden death might be blessing of an 1n- mortal life.
 The remains were conveyed to the depot
 
 of Mir. KelIogg's father who reached here a few hours before his son died. The remains will be inferred at Red Wing, Minnesota. The pail bearers were B. T. Mclaughlin, E.
 H. Moore. l. K Hull. 0. W. Burpee, J. w. Parrott, F. C. Leonard and D. s. Knowlton, classmates of the deceased.
 Never was the saying "Death loves shin ing mark more strikipgly exsmpilhed than in the death of Fred w. Kellogg Seldom has life SO full of promise been ended when l it seemed as if it should be but beginning | It is but due the memory of the deceased to say that among all those who went out from the halls of Yale last June none gave promise l of such usefulness, none seemed likely to do | so much good in the world. No brief news | paper memoir can hope to convey an ade- quate idea of his noble character, | his simplicity cf heart, his strict, un- sWerving integrity, his love of doing good l which amounted almost to passion. It was his ambition, his chief delight to make others happy. Many child of poor parents can l testify to Mir. Kellogg's kindness, many an | humble home in this city can tell of his charity, many college man will remember his example and will acknowledge to himself | that he is better man for having known him. He was eminently practical in his aims 1 and ambitions for the welfare of others, but was too forgetful of self and often showed l how little he regarded his own comfort and happiness when that of others was at stake. ! HIS VO1C9 WRS Q6ErU III 1lESI AACCI- ing his class held in college and throughout l the course, and he took great interest in the l Berkeley association of the college and his Sunday school class in Tripity.
 His mind was of rare capacity, and no stu dent ever studied more faithfully. He stood | among the foremost students in his class and was salutatorian at graduation. He was a
 writer of unusual ability, his essay on Cardi- | nal Newman, which won the Lit. prize, being | one of the best pieces ever seen in the Lit. | He was 'deservedly elected an editor of the Yale Literary Magazine, and won other high l honors none of which ever changed him
 from being the genial. kindly friend of every | man in his class. In metaphysics and phil | osophy he was especially apt and his clear, 1 incisive recitations showed how thoroughly 1 he mastered his subjscts. He made spe- cialty also of modern languages and master
 ed Spanish, Italian and French. He was bril- liant in the classics He had an unusual c4-
 pacity of concentration and application, and | would often study far into the night and al-
 most till dawn when preparing for examlna-
 ton.
 He had his failines. Who has not? Bat
 they fade into insignifoance when placed be-
 fore tho strong light of the many shining
 qualities of his sterling, manly character. It | is indeed boon to have known the charac
 ter and enjoyed the friendship of such a
 young man.
 His last hours were not ss peaceful and !
 mind wandered in delirium and he seemed
 troubled about many things. He was so
 anxious to be well and to prosecute his work.
 Yet there came occasional flashes of light as
 from heaven over his troubled spirit and at
 one time he imagined himself in the rea!ms l of peace with the angels. At another time ] he said, s'God has given me so many blessings | I am perfectly happy" His purpose was to | become a minister of the gospel In his death
 the church loses an able, aggressive worker,
 the world one who would have spent his life
 in making straight it's crooked ways and light ] ening it's sorrows, and his class oDe Of Its
 most promising members.
 The Recent Supreme Court Decfsion-An
 Incident During the Late Unpleasant-
 ness.
 The agitation caused by recent decision
 of the United States Supreme court declaring
 the Civil Rights bill unconstitutional reminds
 the writer of an amusing incident which hap
 pened twenty years ago and which illustrates
 the disadvantages that surround cur friends
 of African descent During the summer of
 1863 the writer entered train in the New
 Orleans depot, intending to go to Carrollton,
 Louisiana, which was about eight miles from
 the city. He took 8 seat immediately behind two officers whose shoulder straps proved | colored regiment. They appeared to be
 white men and we should not have suspected otherwise but for subsequent events, when l 8 closer examination revealed a slight l mulatto color on their necks, but this was SO slight that it would not be observed | in their faces. Just before the time for thu | train to start the conductor entered and or dered these officers into the e'nigger car. ," | Thn 1fankaUonkC not pIfY l gers" The conductor insisted that they | were, adding that he knew them when they | were owned on certain plantation. The l officers refused to obey the conductor, who 1 went out and soon returned with brakemen | who were ordered to remove the two lieuten- | ants from the car. The brakemen were | about to obey when the officers displayed re- | volvers, remarking that they had purchased | first class tickets and proposed to ride in a l firs.-class car. Of course the brakemen | yielded to the revolver argument, but | the conductor didn't rest here. He went l out, but soon returned with United States soldier who had been stationed in the depot with orders to assist the railway officials in preserving order and enforcing the rules of | the road The soldier courteously informed the lieutenants that the rules required that negroes should ride in 8 car which was next | to the engine. The officers replied, ''We are | not negroes '' The conductor sngrily af- ! frmed that they were, but the soldier observ- ed that he unable to decide the question, | as their skin appeared to be as white as his, and so he refused to execute the conductors wishes Another soldier was found, who was serving as 8 guard in another part of the depot; but, after coming into the car he also refused to forcibly remove the lieutenants, remarking that he was ''a l member of the Twelfth Maine regiment, I which didn't come to Louisiana to act as servants for rebels" These words and few other similar ones caused the conductor to get even more angry, but the lieutenants still held the fort Finally the conductor declared that if these ''nigger officers of nigger regiment" insisted upon riding in that car, they should ride alone. So he sent the engine for another car, and invited the ''ladies and gentlemen" to go into it, which all did except the two officers and the writer, who; 1 though specially urged to follow the others, decided to remain and ascertain the result