Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-09-01
GEoRGE TILLIAm CURTIS.


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| NorhiuG--.i..e:cho of His Career.
asaodi%sud Press J,apllch by Sppc NJ Htr'G
| New SoRk, Aug 81. George William
| Curtis, the eminent author, editor and
! political leader, died here to-day.
Mr.. Curtis became i'll about two months
| ago, WHEN he began to complain OF pains
i'll the abdomen. DR.. JancwaY was called
| and be, in consultation with DR.. AicBunie
| Of this city, DR.. Wascr of Staten Island
| and DIR. Curtis, made a careful csAini.
nation. There he'd been some talk of
cancer Of the stomach. These physicians
announced that it was impossible to learn
| the exact nature Of the trouble unit. it
| made further progress or the swelling ne
low the abdomen, which had developed
| subsidized. They were OF opinion, huVeyJr,
shat there was tendency to drnpsy wlth
other complications no.:hcn dgIcrminabie.
At that time Mr.. Curtis Suffered good
deal of pain and spent much OF his time
walking up and down his room. lie IVES
told that opium would give him relief, but
he declined 10 take the drug.
At the request of Mrs, Curtis, il was de-
cided early last week to adopt hompop-
athic treatment ana DR.. Resag was called.
From that time Mr.. Curtis suffered little
or no pain, and during the last days he
seemed to be perfectly comfortable. The
swelling did not diminish but his family
NcEt iiupeIul, DFllk ElllGn encouraged D4
the cessation Of the pain.
His condition was not thought to be by
any means critical. But three days ago
Mr. Curtis began to sink rapidly. The
pain did not rectr, however, and until the
end he seemed able to recognize those at his
bedside. The funeral services will be held
Friday morning at the Curtis residence,
and they will be private.
SKETCH OF THE DECEASED.
George William Curtis, author, was
born in Providence, Il. l., February
2lth, 1894. After attending school At
Jamaica Plain, Mass, he removed to
New York with his father in 1889, and
for year was u clark in mercantile
house in that city. He with his elder
brother, in 1912, Joined the community
of Brook Farm, in West Roxbury,
Mass, and after Is months of study and
farm labor, the brothers went TO Con-
cord, Mass. In 1916 Mr.. Curtis went
abroad, living for some time in Italy
and Germany, and afterwards travelling
iii Egypt and Syria. He returned to
this country in 1850, and soon afterward
became one of the editorial staff of the
New York Tribune. Mr.. Curtis was
one of the editors of the first series of
PHtHGRt'S Monthly from its appearance in
1859 till il ceased to exist.
In 1850 he began in HaTper'S MoRthlu
the series of papers entitled the Editors
Easy Chair" and in the same year
entered the lecture field, meeting with
great success. He soon gained reputu-
ton as n popular orator, and in the
Presidential canvass of 1856 spoke in
behalf of the Republican candidates.
Goo, uft No ,tiel,,,,nnt ,,F
Weekly, in 1857, he became its leading
editorial writer, which place he held
until his death; on the establishment of
Hdrper's Bazar, in 1867, he began q
series of papers under the title of "Alan-
ners Upon the Road" which was con-
tinued weekly until the spring of 1873.
He was a delegate to the Republican
National Conventions of 1860 and 1864,
and in the latter year was an unsuccess-
tul candidate for Congress in the First
New York district. In 1869 he declined
the office OF consul-general III Egypt,
offered him by President Lincoln. In
1867 he was elected a delegate at large
to the constitutional convention Of New
York, in which he was chairman of the
committee on education. In 1868 he
was nominated Republican Presiden-
tial elector, and in 1869 declined the Re-
publican nomination for secretary of
state af New York.
Mr.. Curtis was always an earnest adj
vocate of civil service reform, and in
1871 was appointed by President Grant
one of q commission to draw up rules
for the regulation OF civil service. He
was elected chairman of the commission
aud of the advisory board, in which il
was subsequently merged, but resigned
in March, 1873, on account Of difference
OF views between him and the President
in regard to the enforcement of the
rules. lie was delegate 10 the ma
tional Republican convention, 1876, that
nominated President Hayes, and at the
beginning Of tho administration he was
asked to select a foreign mission, which |
he declined He also declined the
specia. offer of the mission to Germany.
Mr. Curtis was chairman of meeting
of Independent Republicans that met in
New York on June 10th, 1884, to take
action against the nomination of James
q. Blaine, made by the Chicago conven-
ton, and he subsequently, supported the
Democratic candidate, Grover Cleye-
land.
Since 1864 Mr.. Curtis has been one of |
the regents of the University of the
State of New York, and was lin 1856 |
its vice-chancelior. He has published |
mile Notes of Il ilowadit New York, |
1851; The Howadii in Syria (1S5); |
Lotus Eating;" letters originally writ
ten 10 the New York Tribune, from yari- |
Gus watering places (lS52E two volumes
of selections from his contributions to /
puLu0yD'g TftbJgiug entitled "pniiuhar