Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-03-27
DEATHS ACT.
Lawrence Barrett, the Celebrated
Tragedian, Passes off the Stage
of This Life.
His Last Lines Are Spoken.-.A Brief
Sketch of His Successful Pub.
lie Career.
Italians Said to Be Massing Against New
Orleans-..New York Italians...
Talk Of Indemnity.

OliSO Dul1OuO, Ol1O SO1OuloL,
died in New York city at the Windsor
hotel on the 21st inst. The death
was due to heart failure. The actor
was unconscious but short time be-
fore he died.
His wife and DR.. Chambers, of New
York city, were with Mr.. Barrett
when he breathed his last.
His last sickness dated from We'd
nesday night, when he was Obliged to
leave the theater where he was engag-
ed. 1t was said at that time that he
Was merely suffering from a severe
cold and would not be out for a few
days, and the same report was made
the following day Even the day be-
fore his death the reports from the
sick chamber were favorable. On the
2lst inst, DR.. Chambers called at the
Windsor hotel at 8 o'clock to see his
patient, and shortly thereafter an
nounced that he would remain all
night in the sick room.
Heart failure, the pysician declared,
was the cause OF death. He was un-
conscious for Is to 20 minutes before
he died, and the end was very sudden.
The funeral took place in Boston
and the manager OF Booth and Barrett
had full charge of all the arrangements.
At the time OF his partners and
friends death, Edwin Booth was at
the Players Club in bed asleep. Heidi
not receive the notice OF his death un-
til midnight and was very deeply af-
| fected at the news OF the demise.
Lawrence B. Barrett was born OF
Irish parents at Patterson, N. j., in
1888. Despite his early fondness for
the stage, he was, at the age OF 16,
placed in a Detroit dry goods house,
where, not long after, he succeeded in
getting q place in the old Metropolitan
theater, his first speaking part being
Murod, in "French Spy" Hewent to
work with q will, took every sort of
part and in year had advanced to the
position OF playing Romeo to the Juli-
ct Of Julia Dean Hayne. In the sea-
son of 1854 he went to New York
and soon afterward to Boston, where
he was the leading man at the Howard
Antheneum. Arduous labor achieved
steadily increasing reputation and
| fortune. But it was not until the great
I revival OF "Julius Cesar" at Niblo's
theater that his wonderful perform,
ance OF Cassius won him that recogni.
tion he had so long striven o obtain
During the war Mr.. Barrett served
with distinction as captain in the
2Sth Massachusetts regiment. The
California engagement with Mr.. Nc
Cullough followed an unsuccessful visit
to England in 1866, and a second
trip to England IN 1869 was but little
more satisfactory in its results than
the former one had been. On his re-
turn, after q short season in New
York, he again went to California,
where, with Mccullough, he managed
the theater which Ralston built. With
drawing, however, in time to escape
pecuniary embarrassment, he return
ed East to undertake q starring ca.
reer. His popularity steadily increas.
ed, his name continually becoming
identified with many new parts, and
his greatest roles being Yorlck In "Yor.
ick's Love" and Lanciotto in "Fran.
cesca Da Rimini." But it is with Cas-.
sins that his name will be inseparably
linked. Common consent gives the
part to Barrett. In this role he won
his greatest triumphs, and it is hardly
probable that he will have equally
able successo~" as the lean and hungry
Roman. HI .salso a great Richelieu
A few yes !. ago Mr.. Barrett and Mr.
Booth formed a combination, which
was continued for several seasons, and
they were created everywhere by i'm,
mense audiences.
An Industrious student Mr.. Barrett
was perhaps the most cultured man
on the American stage. Married in
1859 to a daughter of q Boston mer.
chant, he was the father of several
children, his domestic life having al
ways been OF a pleasant and agreeable
| character