The herald., 1893-02-13
The Grim Reaper Garners q
Bountiful Harvest.
Thirty on DIR. N0rvin Green's
Earthly Career.
His Death Leaves Vacancy in the
Financial World.
Oliver Burr Jennings, q Standard OH
Trustee, Passes Away-Deaths
of California and Texas
Pioneers.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 12.-Mr. Nor
vim Green, president of the Western
Union Telegraph company, died in this
city at Z 80 this morning.
DIR. Yandell described his disease as
catarrhal diarrh@a.
The Western Union wires quickly
flashed the news of Green's death over
the land, and kilograms of coincidence
soon began TO arrive.
The family have arranged to hold the
funeral at 10 O'Clock Thursday morning.
General Eckert has telegraphed that he
and party of gentlemen will come from
New York as soon as possible. The
services will take place at the residence
and the remains will be inferred in Cane
Hill cemetery.
SKETCH OF GREEN'S CAREER.
DR.. Norvin Green was born in New
Albany April II. 1918. His education
was thorough rather than broad. After
a course of study in the medical depart
ment of the University of Louisville, he
was graduated in 1S40 with honorH, and
soon entered upon a successful practice.
The same year he married Martha Eng
lish, daughter OF Captain English. Like
most young men of spirit in Ken
tucky, DR.. Green early connected him
self with the politics of the state, and
was several times elected to the KEN
tucky Legislature, and in 1858 he was ap.
pointed commissioner OF the United
States in charge OF the construction of
national building in Louisville. While
aroorol &ba d,,fsao ~ biu onpoi~.t.
rnent he became the lessee of the United
Morse and Peoples telegraph line be-
tween Louisville and New Orleans, and
becoming president of these interests,
united under the name of the Southern
Telegraph company. He became
thenceforth identified with the history
OF The Telegraph. lie again entered the
politics of the state,. and was waited
upon by delegation of the Legislature
and urged to accept the nomination for
United States senator. It is said he
would have been elected but for cleri-
cal error in the count of the nom;na-
ton caucus. DIR. Green was elected
president of the Western Union Tele.
graph company April 90, 1883.
THE coUNTRY's LOSS.
LAKE FOREST, ILL.,, Feb. 12.-Willianl
Henry Smith, on being interviewed on
the death of DR.. Norvin Green, said:
"The country has lost a citizen OF
marked intellectual power and the
Western Union Telegraph company an
officer whose place will be difficult to
fill. Very few men in this country sur
passed him in mental endowment, and
if he had not been the head of q great
corporation against which there is sup
posed to be prejudice he might have been
president OF the United States, or would
in all probability have been the candi-
date of the Democratic party for the
place some years ago. The newspapers
OF the country are indebted to DIR. Green
for an honorable and just administration
OF the business of the telegraph company
in which he was interested. As for my
self, have lost friend for whom had
formed warm attachment"
"Who will be his successor ?''
"Well, Gen. Thomas I. Eckert de-
serves to be. He is in the line of pro-
motion, has had successful career, and
would be acceptable TO the business
community"