Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-12-27
HENRY ". GRADY DEAD.
One Of the Most Brilliant Orators and
Editors in the United States.
A Man Whose Heart Was Wrapped
Up in the South.

Up in the South.
ATLANTA, Dec. 23.- Henry w. Grady
died of pneumonia at twenty minutes be-
fore four this morning
ATLANTA, Ga. Dec. 2S.-With per
haps single exception Henry Woodfen
GRADY was the best known editor in all
the southern states. He stood at the front
rank of American journalists and the pros
pect of none was brighter. His father
was Il colonel in the confederate army.
and lost his life in battle when his SON
was only Ii years old. Young Grady was
educated at the University of Georgia in
his native city, where he graduated at the
head Of his class, and his studies were
afterward continued at the university of
Virginia. From the first Mr.. Grady was
strongly attached to journalism, and on
leaving college, a lad of 10. he started a
daily paper on his own account at Rome.
Ga., which failed of support. He moved
to Atlanta and issued the Atlanta Herald.
and afterwards the Atlanta Courier. both
OF which ventures proved unsuccessful.
His ready pen, however, found plenty of
employment He wrote for the Atlanta
Constitution, the Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal, and other papers; and James Gordon
Bennett, the elder, appointed him Georgia
correspondent of the New York Herald, a
post which he held for six year A for
tunate speculation, it is said, il abroad
stock, yielded him $50, 200. whic.-. he very
wisely invested in a quarter interest in the
Atlanta Constitution. This interest. now
enormousl y enhanced, he still owned when
he died
In the December following the Charles
ton catastrophe, Mr. Grady delivered an
address IN New York at the annual dinner
of the New England Society on the New
South. That speech was, and still is. APP
plauded all over the country, south as Well
as north, and helped to make its author
famous in remote localities where his name
had not heretofore been known. Mr..
Grady last public appearance was at the
recent dinner of the Boston Merchants
club, where lie and ex- President Cleveland
played star parts. His theme then was the
status of thenegro in the south. and news
papers throughout the country are still
quoting from its ringing sentences and
commenting upon his stirring utterances
on that occasion.
The fatal illness was contracted by Mr..
Grady in Boston. 1t developed into ty-
phoid pneumonia. Thursday the doctors
announced that his condition was danger
ous. Yesterday they stated that Provi-
dence must be looked to for favorable
change. Mr.. Grady's mother was called
from Athens. His wife and two children
were with him. Prayer was offered in all
the churches yesterday for Mr. Grady In
the First Methodist Episcopal church last
night regular services were suspended and
the entire congregation joined in prayer
for the sick man. From all parts of the
country came inquiries, and from
Europe several cablegrams were
received. 1t is only ten years since he be-
gan to attract attention. His rapid rise in
the affections and esteem of tine people is
almost without parallel. He had for the
past five years been the soul of every pub
lie enterprise in the city. His message to
his mother in a conscious moment yester-
dey was characteristic, "If | die, said he
Il die serving the south, the land love
so well. Father fell in battle for it. | am
proud to die talking for ii"
Mr.. Grady was i'll when he left Atlanta
for Boston to deliversthe speech recently
delivered there He went contrary to the
advice of his physician, and returned quite
sick. Saturday his condition was very
serious and Sunday it was understood that
there was very little hope for his recovery.
The announcement that his death was
possible was great shock to the
people, and the most intense interest was
felt. By half-past 10 o'clock last night he
began growing worse, and at 3 o'clock he
was saidto be dying. At $50 he quietly
breathed his last. When daylight came
and the news of his death spread over the
city it created sorrow never equalled here
before. The arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been made. Mr. Grady was
born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1851. and will
probably be buried there beside his father,
who was gallantly leading the Twenty
fifth North Carolina regiment when he was
killed. Mr.. Grady leaves a widow and two
children.
ATLANTA, Ga, Dec 23.-Message. of
coincidence have been pouring in all day
from the north and south. Ex-President
Cleveland telegraphs Mrs. Grady as fol-
lows:
Accept the heartfelt sympathy of one
who loved your husband for what he was
and for all he has done for his country.
Be assured that everywhere throughout
the land, warm hearts mourn with you in
your deep affiiction and deplOre the loss
the nation has sustained
Co.. Hill, of New York York tele-
graphed as follows:
please convey ta Mrs. Grady my deep
est sympathy in tle loss of her husband.
He was a noble and brilliant man for
whom | felt a warm friendship and the
highest respect The entire north will
join with the south in lamenting the death
of one whose services in the obliteration of
sectional feeling have been so distinguish
ed and patriotic" Among other tele-
grams were those from Samuel J. Randall,
Emory Speer. Roswell P Flower, Patrick
A Collins and Clinton B. Fiske.
BosToN, Dec. 23.-Hon. 2. A. Collins
when informed of Editor Grady's death,
said: Il am stunned by the news. He
was, in my Judgment, the most brilliant
man in the United States. He had all the
solid qualities, good judgment, keen
perception of public needs, and high and
ardent patriotism. The republic may well
mourn the untimely taking off of as bril-
liant and patriotic man as ever sprung
from its soil
Johnathan A. Lane, president of the
Merchants association, whose guest Grady
was at their recent dinner, said Boston
will share in Atlanta's sorrow, for during
Grady's short stay in this city he made
many friends. don't think that | ever
came In contact with southern gentle
hldu "ILo L4duc outn d piceiSdit lul pleSsloh
on me-
New YORK, Dec. 23-The New Eng
land society celebrated tonight the ami
versary of the landing of the Pilgrim
Fathers and in speaking TO the toast
''Unsolved problems Mr.. Depew referred
to the death of Henry W Grady He
said: we forget all differences of opin-
ION and remember only his chivalry, pa
triotism and genius He was the leader Of
the new south and died in the great work
of impressing Its marvellous growth and
national aspirations .Ipon the willing ears
of the north. His daath at this time at the
critical period of his removal forever from
all Misunderstanding and differences be-
tween all section of the republic is a ma
tionaI calamity" There were many no
tables present.
WEST GUILTY.