The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-03
DAVID N. STONE DEAD
Famous Editor Of New York
Journal Of Commerce.
HIS TROUBLE WITH LINCOLN.
VIM. Zeigisr. Organizer OF the Royal,
Cream ana Price Baking Pow.
der Companies, Drowned.

New York. April david NJ. Stone
died tonight IN Brooklyn His death re-
suited from complication OF heart
troubles. after an Illness Of about
month.
David Marvin Stone was horn in Ok
ford. Conn. December =, iSis. He left
hons when he was u years old. and
taught school when he was Ia He was
merchant In Philadelphia from lsi2 TIL
Isa9. when he was called TO New York
city 10 take charge Of the Dry Goods
Reporter. In December OF thai year he
became commercial editor of the New
York Journal Of Commerce. and in Sep
temher. 1851. with William G.. Prime, he
purchased an interest In that paper. sue
eeeding Mr.. Prime IN 1850 as editor-tn-
chief. He was president OF the New
York Associated Press for twenty-five
years. For several years he contributed
a financial article weekly TO the New
York Observer. edited as a pastime the
Ladies' Wreath and conducted the fnan-
cial department Of Hunts Merchants
Magazine An important event In the
history of his paper was Its suppression
by the government In 1854 for publishing
a proclamation purporting TO have been
issued by President Lincoln. calling for
volunteers to serve In the war. and nam
ing day of fasting and prayer. II was
the production OF a notorious faker, JOS
eph Howard. jr.. now writer for the
New York Recorder. and appeared in the
Journal of Commerce on May Is. 1854 The
Herald printed 3.0D copies containing
the so-called proclamation, but. finding
that neither the Times nor the Tribune
had printed IL. destroyed the edition. The
World published IL. but afterward endeay-
ored to undo the mischief President Lin
coin Immediately ordered the suppression
of the Journal of Commerce and the
World. and the arrest and IMPRISONMENT
of their editors and proprietors. Gen.
John A Dix, who knew that the procla-
nation had been left at the newspaper
offices at about 3 O'Clock in the morning.
after the responsible editors had depart
ed. endeavored TO secure a modification
of this order. Some of the persons desig-
mated were arrested, but they did not in
clude David NJ. Stone or Manton Marble
OF the World The government soon
found that il had made a mistake: the
troops that had been put in possession
of the two newspaper offices were with
drawn, and the editors We're released from
arrest and. the papers from suspension.
Mr.. Stones opinions upon commercial
and other matters in his Answers TO
correspondents" were regarded as an au-
thority by merchants throughout the
country. In his younger days he wrote
for the magazines. but since 1850 he did
little literary work, except for his own
paper. He published volume called
Frank Forrest" which passed through
twenty editions. He retired from the
Journal of Commerce In 1898. after forty
four years of service. During that time
he wrote something for the paper every
day. and he said he never wrote anything
that he knew to be untrue. or anything
that he was ashamed OF. He was an
amateur fiower-grower of renown, and
had large gradens. TO which he gave per-
sonal attention.