Evening journal., 1889-12-24


daylight came and the news OF bis death
rapidly spread over the city it created .
sorrow never equalled here before. Mr..
Grady will probably be buried ia Athens
beside his father. Mr. Grady leaves wife
aud two children.
Monument To His Memory.
His body will be placed in vault in the
Oakland cemetery on Wednesday at p. m.
movement has already been started Ia
build a monument to his memory
The Funeral Arrangements.
On the afternoon Of Christmas day the
funeral ceremonies will take place From
every section Of the state has come the re
quest that his body might lie in state; THAI
the people might look upon his face ones
more. IN response 70 this request the
family have consented that the remains
shall rest Ia the First Methodist church, Of
which Mr. Grady was a leading member
from O'Clock in the morning until ths
funeral hour Mrs Grady's request is that
there be no display, nothing but the sim-
plest possible funeral
Cleveland, Hin and Randall Mourn.
The bulletin carrying the message Of death
was given TO the country few minutes after
the announcement was made that life had
taken its flight. Then came a food Of mes
sages from all over the Union They carry
their own comment. Among those received
we're the following:
NEW YoRK. Dec %.
Mrs. Henry W. Grady-Accept the heartfelt
sympathy Of one who loved your husband foH
what he was and for all that he has done for his
people and his country. Be assured that every.
where throughout the land warm hearts mourn
with you ia your deep affliction, and deplore the
loss the nation has sustained.
GRovER CLEVELAND.
WAsHHeroN. Dec %.
Hon. f. p. Howell-Gve Mrs. Grady our sin
cerest sympathy. A terrible loss 70 family.
friends, his state and the country.
sAMukL j. RANDALL
ALBANY Dec e.
Capt Evan P, Howell-Please convey TO Mrs.
Grady my deepest sympathy in tile loss Of het
husband He was a noble and brilliant man. foe
whom felt a warm friendship and the highest
respect The entire north viii join with the south
in lamenting the death Of one whose services Ia
the obliteration Of sectional feeling has been So
distinguished and so patriotic.
Roswell p Flower, Clinton B. Fisk and
many others have also sent kilograms Of
sympathy.
sketch OF the Deceased.
Henry Wooden Grady was born in Athens,
Ga, May 10, 1851. He was educated at the
University Of Georgia and the University OF
Virginia. His father was wealthy business
man Of Athens, and although a Union mar
and a supporter Of Bell and Everett, went
with his state when she seeded He was
killed while fighting before Petersburg, whers
he commanded the Twenty-ffth North Caro-.
lima regiment.
An Editor at go.
At the age Of 20 young Henry was editor
/ Of The Daily Commercial Of Rome, Ga He
left it to 60 on The Atlanta Herald, which
he made one Of the hveliest papers ever
printed in the south Il died in 1876. For
four years Mr.. Grady did work for northern
journals, and in 1880 bought a fourth inter-
est in The Atlanta Constitution Since that
time unbroken success followed him AS q
writer his versatility was extraordinary
His intuitions were only equaled by the acute
ness Of his perceptive faculties. His famous
speech ON THE New South" at the New Eng
land dinner three years ago made for him
national reputation
His Fatal Boston Trip.
About ten days ago Mr.. Grady came
north as a special guest Of the Boston Mer-
chants association, in company with thir-
teen other well known southerners He was
suffering with slight cold before he left
| Atlanta, and Mrs. Grady was fearful that
he would become seriously i'll during his
stay in the north. After the reception at
the Vendome hotel Mr.. Grady delivered his
speech on the race problem. He overex-
erted himself, and when he retired after,
midnight was so hoarse he could barely ar
ticulate. On Friday he left Boston for this
city, and when he arrived here he was all
choked up. -
His Love for the South.
His mother arrived st his bedside In an
swer to telegraphic Summons, while his
other relatives and friends were gathered
around the house anxiously waiting for news
from the sick room Prayers were offered
up for his recovery in all the churches of
Atlanta yesterday Mr.. Grady first seemed
to fear the result himself He called in his
private secretary and dictated note OF
thanks TO Col John A. Colvia for noraf
token sent him, and. suddenly quitting this
he said: ~
"Send word to mother to pray for me
Tsll her. it die, that die while trying 70,
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