New-York tribune., 1890-01-27
TIE STORY or 4 USEFUL LfFk
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1t {. fitting tla mow enduring record ,honla be
made Of Walker Blaine life than has been contained
I'M The tel. graphic dispatches which tuf'iu,I'd jus
On The I'm of Nay l-55. n ihc well known house "n
,,recr-,t where Ai, mother also va- born. n ha.
@ 9c" pn i At tic cl"c Of the Ia, c,n,Dty D., icjauu
Wh!twcn, vcll-kOwn lawyer, Who came h.ihei loih
walkers Doyhood Wa -pent her" almost continu
ou-Iy until he entered Ihlhp, Academy. At And"'"f
IN n, ,,lca lie wa, moi only proaccn, In all h.
stud,- i'm school. bat an extraordinary reader ana
"a ,,.n aud = nan year ne wa. graduated from
Nndovcr. aud wa, admitted - Harvard tohcfc h
l47I lie did not AT once 20 forward III ~ '"!les"
coIr.e I'm, immediately sailed for Paris. Ills design
wa, To- pend year in a French school 10 learn 70
speak HE Ircnch language, and while doing 1t t. rcad
H French course OF European history.
lie sailed quite alone. though rarely o'Nt'i Yea,
Of age lie made tour Of ENGLAND, ireland ani
~ the cosc Of the summer ira,cIn"E , Lt way o.!
khlnc from Cologne 20 -ira>hurg, ana thence dHr''
10 IN Journey end. ~ Iar- he wa under the
care, and Tor ncar' m3nth te lcI,onai t'e,, o."
attach,ncnt. which cordially recipr'' itei. lie
Thc letter he wrote during h- year absence were
remarkably interesting FOR boy. III remarks "u
Inc current potc- Of France 10 the most interesting
rrrlod sIo~cd "A very acute observation aud very
high intelligence. They were read ln ou All 'r' ln
Of Intimate family friend. Those -tll living recall
lie remained al Harvard only through his fre-h
man year ana finished DIS collegiate ,"nr-e ~ tIeo
v@ar. Al Yale graduating in 1870. lie maintained a
respectable but not high rank in h. cla,- ~ l la,
he wa, such an onuyoIou, reader mat he nc.c,icd
his -tudc, erccay n ih, d,pairWcn' r.ir oi ~
knowledge and with meturY and elegance 81 ,N il,
IN writing seldom surpassed Nv young "'ah VI
twenty one. ,,..,. ,.
school where he va. graduated IN l-1-. lie ihcii
spent half year IN travelling on the Ia,h' ., oa. IT,
nrd Washington. thence 10 most interesting triP
60 Alaska tie wrote valuable and mtcr,'tnt * rh
of hi northern tour for the columns OF lhe Ne"
York Tribune -.
In I-7o he ownt to IT. Paul, intending 70 engage IN
the practice Of l4w lie entered The ohcc OF the Hon
q X uavle at present senator from Minnesota, VIII"
IVA. A nigh appreciation Of Wa<cr's atiIIb ne
for hn as he wa never Of robust strength ~
Wien ms father va, appointed scctc'aiy OF Siac
in 1871 Walker was appointed M, private '"F''fH.
~ bappcpcd tbat he prepared or three paper ior
pro> don't Garfield. who VA. 80 ml'h l,dH Nltn Si
Tbird As,,Stsnt secretary Of state only few d"y
before he was smttcn By an a,sa,,n Ih, fr.'tmo t
had known Walker from MS clndhood ana rom me
rt Va an xlous 10 signalizc his friendship Tor MN
During the early months Of IresdcW Nr,nur r.uic,
Adninistration Walker was sent 70 sonth Amcr.ca
on Diplomatic crrand and spent some 'cvrn m"h,,s
in PERU Chin and Bolivia. ON ms r''ur, I'D ,. o,,
ati,ir ASSISTANT Counsel In the Conrt Of Aabama
Clrms. lie was employed io'I @ Val ~ ,h % lion +
t" 5.,rel and the judgce of the court have borne
frequent and cordial testimony to the ha'No' ""'''
VIII IIUnidrnt Harrison appointed WALKER TO be the
Law, o,icrr Of the state department III, duties were
o' ,0 his father IN the general discarsc Of the
mnltiform dutes Of the Department TO ms elnG,Sn' ,
! IL ;udustry his uniaing aud hdly rourt,,S v
bis associa,es in the Department ana az WIN VIII
he wa brought in communication VIII D'dl IT,"
testimony lie was stricken down at the pc, Di @ nna
/ tIo took 10 hi, bed with bad cold on tIluay eNtn
| me January 10. and died peacefully ana "idcY Dc
| loved ON "Wednesday evening. January Ip' ~, ,A
| MS young life was full Of good dcrue' ~ nay ,
/ ,he tendcIcst Of hearts and never saw .aS0 ,I w.
human suffering that he did not Try TO aiirNla't, n
was always lavish with what money lc , a a. Ini,te. ~,
relief Of The poor and needy. Hi Intimate as>uIae
know indeed that he never could Keep any ,ng ng"oS
lie would lend il to the first friend hai aSheu; no; o
spend il for the aIlcviaon Of the first distress
appealed to his charitable and generous nature, r
seldom that any man. yonng or old' dl'S W." W. b.d
large number Of personal friends, ,, - bis lriI
enemies they not known. The clN ol ~ ~ IL,
and the city where so large part oi hl' nc aS hno
sDent will alike testify TO his excellence ann hh1
az a man TO his great intelligence as an Oihclal I"
his enduring fidelity friend. A., sr
| The writer Of this brief sketch has from thc uat
OF his birth known him with intimacy, ana a. ~ ~
developed In life, with steadily increasing connnen
and admiration He has watched with pIlde ~, n'
| education and training boy and MS ripehIn-
| character a. a lie has never known any your
| nan who had proved a favOritc with 80 MANY clasSr
~ neonlc To his seniors he defcrcDtlal, 10 h'
| cnrnanons he was cordial, 10 ladies he was al al
zines chiyalrously polite. In return he was lovec
| deeply. and he was loved BY many.