The National tribune., 1886-01-07
THE DEAD OF 1888.
Some of the Noted Men Who Have Passed Ava

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The death roll of men prominent in war, lit
erature, science politics, and business for th,
| year 1885 is unusually long. One by one death
victims fall, and it is not realized what havoc
has been made until the years list is seen
Most lamented was the great Captain, Ulysse
| 5. Grant, whose death, after months of suffering
and pain, and the wonderfully impressive scene
| OF his burial amid the sorrow of his country
men, will never be forgotten by this generation
| Gen. George B. Mcclellan, Gen. Irwin Mellow.
! ell, Gen. James McQuade and Rear Admiral
George Ii. Preble, all names interviewer with
| the early scenes of the great rebellion, have
! passed away during the year.
Among the noted men whose names appear
on the roll are Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice.
President Of the United States; VIM. H. Van
derbilt, the enormously rich railroad king; ex-
Secretary of State Frelinghuysen; the vener-
able DR.. S. II. Tying; Elizur Wright, the cele-
brated statistician and writer eX-SenatorS VIM
NJ. Gwin VIM. Sharon and Reuben E. Fenton
Edgar K. Apgar, noted in law and politics
Scott Lord, eX-member of Congress and once a
law partner of Roscoe Conkling; Emory A.
Storrs, the brilliant lawyer and stump speaker
ex-Judge Albert Cardozo, of wretched memory
Gen. Robert Toombs. of Georgia; Malcolm Hay,
ex-Assistant Postmaster General; John McCul-
Tough, the great tragedian; r. S. Arthur Rich
ard Grant White and Josh Billings" Henry
w. Shaw celebrated in literature Cardinal
McCloskey, the distinguished prelate; Hon. b.
Gratz Brown, of Missouri; Hon. Schuyler Col
fax, ex-Vice-P President; II. r. Helper, who
wrote the Impending Crisis" Rev. DR.. S.
lrenRus Prime and Rev. DR.. b. F. Tefft, both
celebrated diyines; ex-Secretary of the Interior
Jacob Thompson Chas. Wright, one of the
leading botanists of America; Lieut.. Com
mander Henry III. Gorringe, who brought Cleo
patras Needle to America at Vanderbilts ex-
pense; Geo. L. Hope President of the CONT
mental Life Insurance fOmDauv Of New York
Fred. l.. Winston, President of the Mutual
Life; Jas. III. Rutter, the brilliant railroad
manager and President of the New York Cen
tral; Gilbert G. Walker, an Ex-Governor of
Virginia since the war; Isaac w. England,
publisher of the New York SIN; Gen. Anson
Stager, superintendent of military telegraphs
during the war; Commodore c. X. Garrison
Thos G. Fields, of Tammany fame Clark Foss,
the last of the famous stage drivers of early
California days; Jas. w. Marshall. the discov-
erer of gold in California, poor, old and disap-
pointed; and Dan Mace, the famous driver, has
gone down the home stretch and passed under
the wire.
Mrs Myra Clark Gaines the famous litigant;
Charlotte Cooper, daughter ofthe great novelist,
James Fenimorc Cooper; Mrs Frances Wander
bilt, widow OF the Commodore; Mrs. James Rus
sell Lowell, Susan Warner. of "Wide, Wide
World fame, and Mis-. Helen Hunt Jackson
I'll ii. are among the notable women who
have Gied during the year.
England mourns the loss of gallant Fred Bur-
Daby, slain in battle; the untimely death of
Gen. Gordon Sir Moses Montefiore, the noble
Jewish philanthropist Sir Francis Hincks and
Lord Houghton better known perhaps as Rich
ard Monckton Mines, the graceful poet and
essayist
Germany has lost the Emperor Williams old
friend, Baron Won Manteufel; his brilliant but
hot-headed nephew Prince Frederick Charles
GgShfnD nf mo 90 mn o,,I
Franz Abt. the charming song writer. France
mourns the venerable Victor Hugo full of
years and crowned with many honors Spain
has lost its King, Alfonso and the brave and
sagacious Marshal Serrano
The musical world will miss Dr. Leopold
Damrosch. Brinkly Richards, Arthur Burt the
solo cornet player; Ferdinand Hitler, Col. W.
A. Pond, the music publisher, and Gen. Henry
Z. Oliver, who so years ago composed Federal
Street"