Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-01-02

N%SA$>L4- SS1o VI his death was posi-
Henry ": Grady. BILE was a great
shock to the people, and the most
intense interest was felt. BY
half-past ten o'clock Sunday night
at he began growing worse, and
three o'clock he was said to be dying.
At $40 a. III. he quietly breathed his last.
When daylight came and the news of
his death spread over the city it created
sorrow never equaled here before. The
arrangements for the funeral have not
been made yet.
Yesterday morning the following tele-
grams were received from New York
inquiring for further news than that
contained in the morning papers ar
nouncing Mr. Gradys critical illness:
NEwSORK, Dec. %.
TO CAPTAIN EVAN i. HOWELL: / am ex-
ceedingiy anxious to received news concern
ing Mr.. Grady. Please send me a dispatch.
tSiSnedI GROVER CLEVELAND.
The foregoing message was followed
by this telegram from Governor David b.
Hill to Mrs. Grady:
ALBANY, Y. V, Dec. %.
To MRS HENRY W. GRADY: / am grieved
by the startling reports of Mr.. Grady's con-
dItIon. trust they are exaggerated. Please
accept my heartfelt sympathy in this hour
of your anxiety. DAVID b. HILL.
HE 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 flood of messages from all
over the union. They are their own
comment. Among those received were
the following:
~
MRS HENRY w. GRADY: Accept the heart
felt sympathy of one who loved your hus-
band for what he was and for all that he has
done for his people and his country. BE as
Sured that everywhere throughout the land
warm hearts mourn with you in your deep
atfliction and deplore the loss the nation has
sustained
i~isned. GROVER CLEVELAND.
WASHINGTON, Dec. q.
Hon. f. p HOWELL. Give Mrs. Grady our
sincercst sympathy. \ terrible loss to fami-
~, friend. his state and the country.
lSgncdI SAMUEL j. RANDALL.
ALBANY. y. v. Dec. %
CAPTAIN T.. =. HOWELL: Please convey to
Mrs. Grady my deepest sympathy in the loss
of her husband. He was noble and brilliant
man, for whom felt a warm friendship and
the highest respect The entire North will
join the South in lamcntng the death of one
whose service in the obliteratfon of sectional
feeling has been so distinguished and so
patriotic.
JSignedl DAVID Il. HILL.
MACON. Ga, Dec. %.
Mrs. HENRY w. GRADY: In the pathetic
death of your ilIustrous husband Won will
have the tender sympathy of millions who.
in community of af1iictOn, will sorrow with
his loved ones. and preserve with them in
honorcd memory his name and generous
virtues. but none who will bear him more
loving rem entrance than your friend,
iSiSncdI EMORY SPEAR
ROME Ga Dec n
Mrs. HENRY w. GRADY: oh, madam, may
God comfort you in this hour. am bowed
with you in sorrow unspeakablc. / would
take his place if | C ould and give him back
to you and Georgia. The continent is poorer
in his death.
ISigncdl JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
BOSTON Mass. Dec. %.
CAPTAIN T.. II. HOWELL: am shocked be
yond expression ut the news. 1t is Il per
sonal loss to me, for l found new friend for
whom / felt deep affection. and hoped to
cherish on this earth. But the loss to our
people is great. The republic loses its most
brilliant son, and the North, as well as the
South, mournS.
JSiSnedI PATRICK \. COLLINS
NEW YORK. Dec. q.
MRS. HENRY W. GRADY: My heart goes
out In sympathy to You and your children in
this sad hour The whole country mourns
at the grave of your husband. God alone
can comfort you. Lean on Him and trust
Him. lie will not fOrsakc you.
ISignedl ROSWELL z. FLOWER.
NEW YORK. Dec. %.
MRS. HENRY W. GRADY: There is world
wide sympathy for your noble husbands un-
diving fame But few men held large a
place i'll my heart rs Henry w. Grady. God
bless and comfort his bereaved household.
ISigncd.1 CLINTON Il. FISK.
Among the messages was the follow
ing from {. II. J. Taylor, the colored
lawyer:
BRUNSWICK, Ga, Dec. %.
Mrs. H. W. GRADY: l am Frustrated with
grief at the news of Hon. Henry w. Grady's
death. He was my personal friend, true and
tried viii leave for Atlanta at once.
lSigned. c. III. j. TAYLOR.