St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-24
His Death Regarded Through
out the Country as q Pub
lie Calamity.
HOnOred for What He Was by
the Whole American
People.
Leaders of Men and the
Masses SympathiZe With
the Widow.

Grady is dead. Death came at 3:40 this
morning. Its coming had been feared
by those who had watched the case
closely, but nobody expected it so soon.
The scenes at his home during the last
hours were most pathetic. 1t was
shortly after II o'clock that DR.. Everett
announced that Mr.. Grady was sinking
rapidly and that the end was near.
Then it was that all the members of the
family and relations gathered about the
sick he'd, hoping against hope, yet pray
ing that the cup might be taken from
them. Friends who had, at the doc
tors suggestion, left the house few
hours previously, were hastily sum-
mOned. The same questionable same
answer-"NO hope?" No, no." Strong
men wept like children one by one, then
stole back, gazed for a few seconds upon
the ashy pale face and came back with
bowed heads and burdened hearts.
They realized for the first time that
death was inevitable, there was no hope.
He was still unconscious. At $40 he
drew his last breath. aud
THE GREAT HEART WAS STILL.
The funeral has not yet been def
nitelv arranged. but he will be buried
in Atlanta, probably on Thursday.
With perhaps single exception, Henry
Woodfen Grady was the best-known ed
it0r in all the Southern states. He
stood in the front rank of American
journalists, ,and.the prospect of none was
brighter. His father was cOlonei in
the Confederate army, and lost his life
in battle when his son was only four
teen years old. Young Grady was edu-
Gated at the University of Georgia, in
his native city, where he graduated at
the head of his class, and his studies
were afterwards continued at the Uni
versity of Virginia. From the first Mr..
Grady WAS strongly attached to jour
naiism, and on leaving college, lad OF
nineteen, he started daily paper on
his own acrOunt at Rome, Ga, which
failed OF support. He moved to Atlanta
and issued the Atlanta Herald and aft
erwards the Atlanta Courier, both of
which ventures proved unsuccessful.
His ready pen. however, found plenty
of employment. He wrote for the At
lanta CONSTITUTION, the Louisville COu-
rier-JOurnai, and .Other papers; and
James Gordon Bennett the elder. APP
pointed him Georgia correspondent of
the New York Herald. post which he
held for six years. A fortunate specu-
ldIiOii, ~ 10 SCtltl. III IdlIlO0O SIOCh
yielded him $4,000, which
HE VERY WISELY INVESTED
in quarter interest in the Atlanta Con-
stituti0n. This interest, now enormous
Iy enhanced, he st II owned when he
died. In the December following the
Charleston catastrophe, Mr.. Grady de-
livered all address i'll New York at the
annual dinner of the New England
society Oh the New South" That
speech was, and still is, applauded all
over the country. South as we'll as
North, and helped to make its author
famous in remote places where his name
had before been unknown. He ap-
peared at the Boston Merchants. club
recently where he and eX-President
Clevelend played star parts. His theme
then was The Status of the Negro in
the South" and newspapers throughout
the country are still quoting from its
ringing sentences and commenting upon
his stirring utterances on that occasion.
Mr.. Grady was ill when he left At
lanta for Boston to deliver the speech
recently, delivered there. He went con-
trary to the advice of his ply ysician and
returned quite sick. Saturday his con-
dition was very serious, and Sunday it
was understood that there was very lit
tie hope for his recovery. The an
nOuncement that his death was possible
was a great shock to the people, and the
most intense n crest was felt. By half
past 10 O'cloc6 last night he began
growing worse, and at 8 o'clock he was
said to be dying. At $40 he quietly
breathed his lest. When daylight came
and the news of his death spread over
the city it created a sorrow never
eQualed here before. Mr.. Grady was
born in Athens, Ga, in 1851, and will
probably be buried there beside his fa-
ther, who was killed while gallantly
leading the Twenty-Fifth North Caro-
lima regiment at Petersburg. Mr..
Grady leaves a widow and two chill
dTen.
At o'clock in the afternoon of Christ
mas day the funeral ceremonies will
take place. From every section of the
state has come the request that his
BODY MIGHT LIE IN STATE
that the people might look upon his
face once more. In response to this
request the family have consented that
his body shall rest in the First
Methodist church, of which Mr..
Grady was a leading member.
from 9 o'clock in the morning until
the funeral hour. Mrs. Grady's request
is that there be no display, nothing but
the simplest possible funeral. These
requests will be carried out, and, on
Thursday. special memorial services
will be held at the new capitol, in which
all the people. the military and the So
cietieS of which he was a member will
take part, and speakers will be chosen
from among Mr.. Grady's classmates at
the University of Georgia, the
class being famous for the large
number of young men who have since
won fame in their native state and OUT
of it. To-day all of the courts ad-
journed, and many of the city buildings
are draped in mourning. Some of the
emblemS are touching in telling the
story of the love which all, great and
small. have for this most brilliant man.
kilograms of coincidence have been
pouring in from all sections of the
country, many of them being from men
most prominent in national affairs. In
all other cities in Georgia, public servi-
ces will be held either on "Wednesday or
Thursday.