Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-26
THE WORLD WILL MOURN
Death Of an Orator and Journalist at
Atlanta. Ga
Henry ". Grady Expires After a Few
Weeks Illness.
4 Man Whose Heart Was Wrapped Up
in the South.

ATLANTA. Dee % Henry w. Grady
died Of pneumonia at twenty minutes be-
fore four this morning
ATLANTA. Ga, Dec 28. With per.
haps a single exception Horny Wooden
Grady was the hest-kuowu editor IN all
the southern states. Tie stood in the front
rank of American Journalists and the pros
peyt oft none WAS brighter His father
was a colonel IN the confederate army,
and lost his life i'm battle when his SON
was only Ia ycsrs old Young Grady was
educated at the university of Georgia i'm
his nutiye city, where he graduated at the
head of his class and his studies were
aiterward continued at the university of
Virginia From the FIRST Mr. Grady was
strongly attached to journalism, and ON
leaving college, lad of 10, lac 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, how
ever, found plenty of employment He
wrote for the Atlanta Constitution, the
Louisville Courier-Jourual, and other pa
pers and James Gordon Bennett, the
elder appointed him Georgia correspond
emit of the New York Herald, post which
he held for six years A fortunate specu-
lation, it is said in railroad stock, yielded
him $4,000. which te very wisely invested
i'm quarter interest in the Atlanta Con-
stlutiOu This interest, now enormously
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 dim
ner OF the New England Society on the
New South That speech was. and still is
appMuded all over the country, south "a
well Us north, and helped 10 make its
author famous IN remote localities where
his name Ind not heretofore been known
Mr. Grady last public appearance was at
the recent dinner Of the Boston Merchants
club. where ht and cX-prcsident Cleveland
played star parts His theme then was the
status of The negro in the South, and
newspapers throughout the country are
still quoting from It's ringing sentences
and commenting upon his stirring utter
auces on that occasion
The fatal illness wis contracted 10y Mr.
Grady iu Boston. II developed into ty-
pnoid pneumonia Thursday the doctors
announced that his condition was danger
ous Yesterday they stated that Proyi-
dence must be looked 20 for a 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 flr Mr. Grady In
the First Methodist Episcopal church last
night regular services were suspended
aud tho entire congregation Joined in
4 prayer for the sick man, From
/ all parts of the country came inquiries,
aud from Europe several clbegrams were
received u only ten years since he be-
gan 10 attract attention His rapid rise in
The affections and esteem of the people is
almost without parallel He had for the
past five years been the soul of every pub
he enterprise in the city His message to
his mother in conscious moment yester-
day was characteristics "lf die, said he,
II die serving the south. the land love 20
we'll Father iel in battle for IT, am
proud TO die talking for it,
Mr. Grady was Ill when he left Atlanta
for Boston 10 deliver the 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 in
ierest was felt by half-past 10
O'Clock last night he began grow
ing worse. and at 3 O'Clock he was said 10
be dying At $40 be quietly breathed his
last When daylight came ard the news
of his death spread over the city il created
sorrow never e4ualled here before The
arrangements for the funeral have not yet
been made. Mr. Grady WIS born in At
auta Georgia in 1851. and will probably
be- buried there beside bis father, who was
CALAMITY leading the 1wenty-ffth North
Carolina regiment when he was killed
Mr. Grady leaves a widow and twochii-
dren
ATLANTA. Dee. % At 2oclock IN the
afternoon Of Christmas day the funeral
ceremonies win take place The family
have consented that the body shall rest in
the First Methodist church from 9 O'Clock
Do the morning unit the funeral hour ON
Thursday special memorial services will
be held III the new capitol iu which All the
people, military and societies Of which he
was member, will take part Today all
Of the counts adjourned, and many Of the
city buiIdugs are drapcd IN mourning
A Corner on wheat.
CmcAGo. Dee - Daily News