San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-02-21
DEATH OF DOUGLASS.
Notable Career of a Noted Colored
Statesman, Diplomat and
Friend of HIS Race.

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Friend of His Race.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-Freder-
lex Douglass, the most prominent
freedman and a noted orator and d.
plomat of the United States, died
suddenly in this city last night.
He leaves a wife and two children.
Frederick Douglass was born in
Maryland in 1917, and was helped
to his education by VIM Lloyd
Garrison.
In 1871 he was appointed agent
Of the Massachusetts anti-slavery
society.
In 1859 the John Brown riots
took place in Virginia. He was
supposed to be implicated in these
and Governor Wise made requisi-
ton for his arrest upon the COVER
nor of Michigan, in which state he
then was. To avoid difficulty Mr..
Douglass went to England, where
he remained for six or eight
months. When the civil war be-
gan, in 1861, he urged upon Presi-
dent Lincoln the employment of
cOlored troops and the issuance of
a proclamation of emancipation.
In 1868, when it was at last de-
cided to employ such troops, he
gave his assistance in enliSting
men for such regiments and espe-
cially the Fifty-fOurth and Fifty
fifth Massachusetts,.
In 1871 he was appointed assist
ant secretary to the commission of
San Domingo. On his return Pres
ident Grant appointed him one of
the territorial council for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
In 1872 he was elected presiden-
tial electOr-at-large for the state of
New York and was appointed to
carry the electoral vote to Wash
ington. In 1876 he was appointed
United States marshal for the Dis
trict of Columbia. After this he
became recorder OF the deeds for
the District Of Columbia, from
which office he was removed by
President Cleveland in 1886. In
the autumn of that year he revis-
tied England.
After he returned to the United
States he was appointed minister
to Hayti by President Harrison in
1889. He was sent to lIayti in
United States mau-of-War. He ar.
rived in Hayti on October s, 1889,
Just as the country was emerging
from one Of the most exciting rev.
olutions that it had ever with essed.
The government existing upon his
arrival was simply provisional,
and even after the new President
took office there was some delay in
the arrival and presenting Of his
credentials. These circumstances
gave rise in the United States
to persistent rumors that the
Haytien Government had re-
fused to receive Mr.. Doug
lass on account OF his color. They
were denied, however, and Mr..
Douglass was finally warmly re-
ceived. The Haytien minister was
the last position in the gift Of the
United States held by Mr.. Dong
lass.
In 1893 Hayti made an apprOpria-
ton of money for the Columbian
exposition at Chicago and appoint
ed Mr.. Douglass the senior OF her
two mmissiOners to the eXpOsi-
ton. Since the close OF the eXpOsi-
tion'Mr. Douglass has lived quiet
ly in Washington, without engag-
ing in any special business. HIS
wealth is variously estimated at
from 100000 to 100000.
Arrangements for the funeral Of
the late Fred Douglass have not
been concluded this morning. Tae
interment will probably be at
Mount Hope cemetery, New York,
where the remains Of daughter
Of Douglass are Inferred. Doug
lass first wife and son were buried
in Graceland cemetery, in tho
outskirts Of this city. The funeral
services will be held in this city at
the Metropolitan NJ. +. church,
Rev. DR.. Jenifer, pastor.
Unusual Bank Item.
LONDON, Feb. 2l.-Throughout the
wear ending TODAY the rate of dis