Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-08-28
Gone 10 Rest.

Np~ lu.Nptts~ii u shucktd hv the a.
unnccmrn'thd' MAJOR l. / Gam,
,h, editor aud Publisher Of the Td"-
.rpJ had died about i've O'Clock
pu that lay He had Mt been well
iut several week, past. but has III
ness was Mt regarded ~ serious, al
though the recurrence Of severe al
tack- If nervous rrostratlon at sew
oni remote peuud- had aroused II
ieclu. 4 unoaslncss among bis
most intimate friends which this
upnl lapse lias 50 amply aud sadly
,'uh,d y duIdny evening he left
hi~ office combining Of alani ia the
-tumarh lut which was not of ia
turo tu Htodss ALARM on prepare hIm
tt tie oIdcai ~, Lsuc IA few hours
later. At 10 O'Clock bis pains be-
Cnme ~ intense tina. Di. Newell was
rtl.'i lilo nj once pronounced 1t Il
severe attack II neuralgia IF the
stomach The distress seems to in
ctoase continually and no remedy
winch experience aud skill could
all gcst was of any avail Finally
tho disease attacked the hcult, and
IA a short time aud rdch,d by the
most intense pam, the pauen' passed
INTO oblivion.
Nj Gum. or " Major US lac Mas
called by his may friends, was born
IA Milford. Conn, IN March, 1892,
aud came to this Territory Uhcn
Oregon twenty years later, IN 1892
Ito worked awhile at his trade Of
printer on the Pioneer and U,mocrdi
the successor Of the Coiom1ia, the
first newspaper IN the Territory. In
lS15. IA company wi h Mr.. Aflleck,
ho established the Coo,rr, at Stella
COON. which paper they published
several years. Ia 1918 he became
associated with Messrs. L. j. DRYER
aud III l.. Plttock, in the publication
of the Orcgon,an, then village
newspaper la the latter year, he
sold out 10 his partners ana visited
the old homestead near Milford.
Returning to Olympia in 1859, he
again held position OH the Pioneer
and Democrat, and was one Of its
printers until it's suspension, in 1861
lilo then abandoned the trade as a
steady pursuit, and only served at
the case ut intervals, on public work
lilo was. for short time in the 81
loon business, aud subsequently a
salesman with Mr.. G.. A. Barnes
who was engaged in the dry goods
trade. la 1867, associated with MIR.
Gale, ho began the publication Of
the Transcript. The latter retired, a
few years afterwards, and he became
and continued till his death, its sole
publisher and proprietor.
AZ one timo, Mr.. Gum held the
office Of Deputy Collector of Iu-
ternal Revenue, under Hazard Ste
vons. aud in 1872 no was elected
Territorial Treasurer by the Lesis-
la,urc, and served in that Office for
the term Of two years. His duties
IN both these capacities were faith.
fully discharged.
Mr.. Gum was man of quiet de-
meanor. pleasing address, indus
irious habils and he was noted for
close applica ion 10 business. He
seldom took n vacation, even for a
day al time. and il is probably ow.
ing 10 this constant strain upon the
physical powers. that his system be-
came impaired and disease made its
slow inroads upon the once vigorous
frame. That lie was man of warm
friendship 10 evinced by the depth
OF feeling shown for him during life
aud the manifestations Of PROFOUND
sorrow at his death.
Another Of our friends is gone /;
another familiar voice is flushed /;
another. whose exis encc seemed
from the associations Of a lifetime
TO DO little less than a par; of our
own. has passed through that mys-
ferrous portal which shuts him from
sight forever. Friends have lost a
tried companion; the community a
faithful citizen, rnd the Territory
another Of it's honored pioneers
wbose numbers are 80 rapidly grow.
ing less.
But It is not we'll to glieve. Dry
the tears which Affection would shed.
L'fe 10 but span, and humanity the
merest atoms which border the ocean
Of time.
lie, him rest his longings and his meek
ness
No more shall scem at strife,
Ana death has moulded into calm CON-
pletcness
The statue of his life."
Tnr hieltigenccr says that tho cir
Gus cost Seattle about sl5 600, and
left less than 81 900, for expeuses-