The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-12
Lux. HzRasNG.s DEATH.

Luke Herring IS dead" Sue; IS the
brief but sad message that flashed over the
wire from Wellington last night and came
/ bounding into the EAGLE offce on Cur.
rent of electricity like I, thunder clap from,
clear. blue sky At Wellington his
death had been looked for for several days,
but his friends here bad no intimation
that tie deplorable event was So near nj
hand: they did not even know that his
malay was necessarily fatal. For three
long years ne has suffered untold tortur e
from An insedious but unfelenting disease
and death, under the clrcumst ances. must
be regarded as the blessed vouchsafement
on compassionate, loving aud mercilul
Providence.
An eulogy on the death OF Mr. Herring
is not in coufirrnty with che rules govern
ing the local columns, as be lived in an
other city; but rules Dissolve before the
cherished memory of "A fond companion
ship. and the only regret Is that
words sufficient cannot be coined
out of the sympathy OF a
sorrowing heart TO measure the worth and
virtues OF the stricken friend whose soul,
ere this, has added iustre to that grand
galaxy of luminous spirits which surround
the great white throne of God. The hope
that turned his thoughts away from an
untimely death SAM with siren voice;
but the hope that promised him reward
for life Of purity and virtue was tuned
to the inspired voice OF eternal truth
handed down by the prophets and apostles
10 guide and direct the children of men
through the pilgrimage of life, aud finally
lead them safely through that mystic gate
which men call death into the glorious
radient and eternal mansions of God. He
had a heart filed with boundless sym
pathies, and as warm as the fame of a
virgins love. He lived in an atmosphere
of infiexible purity and in every walk OF
life trod the undertaking path Of manly
recitude. From the straight and narrow
way he turned neither to the right
nor 10 the left for friends, or strangers, for
foes be had none, and even in the conflict
of partisan contests truth, as he saw 1t,
always inspired the powerful battle blade
OF his profession-the pen. Although
loyal Democrat all the giants of-his party
from JetfersonIto Cleveland couldn't bride
his conscience, nor could all the demons
of temptation form his tongue to tell n
lie that would hurt either the feelings or
reputation of fellow mortal. His dom
este life was the very essence of happi-
ness, his home was the temple where he
worshipped most devoutly, his wife was
the empress of his fife ctions and his two
bright little daughters were the crown
jewels of their happy union. He was
loved to brotherly extent by the people
of wellington and his death must neces-
sarily cast a gloom over the entire city.
In the common kinship of grief that casts
a shadow over his casket the writer claims
place and regrets that he cannot
look once more on that bright and well
remem bered face, upon which the gaunt,
remorseless, pitiless phantom OF Death
has set his seal inviolate. Sleep on, dear
friend; and may the grass grow green
above thy breast. May the dark, clay
walled tenement of thy bones be built
near the tiny relics of another loved one.
where the autumn sun will shower its
choicest benedictious upon thee; where
the gentle southern Zephyrs will warble
their sweetest carols, and where the
northern blasts Of winter may sing
their saddest requiem. May heaven de-
cree that for every noble thought and
generous impulse that sprung within thy
living bosom a flower shall spring through
the emerald coverlet of thy turfen couch
until the little mound which marks the
silent abode of your untroubled rest shall
be lost in wilderness of the choicest
manifestations of natures happiest mood.
Luke WAS for many years the editor OF the
Wellington Standard, the official organ of
the Democracy Of Sumner county, and
was one of the ideal newspaper men of
Kansas, as we'll rs being an ideal citizen.
He was Il brother of James j. Herring of
the Wichita National bank. He was cut
down before the meridian of life while the
golden morning sun of promise was still
shedding its bright, radient and invigora-
ting light upon him. To be n good man
was his highest ambition and he realized IL
O its fullest extent before even he had at
tanned his majority. His age is %.