Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-10-26
HORACE RTBLEE DEAD.
Passes AWay-Had Been Ill
Two Years.

| WO ears
Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 19-Horace
Rublee, for sixteen years editor of the
Sentinel and the Republican News, which
absorbed the Sentinel, died at his resi-
dence, II Prospect avenue. at twenty
! minutes to 1 o'clock this morning. The
end came peacefully and without pain,
and after several hours of unconscious
ness. Mrs. Rublee and his two sons,
| William A. Rublee and George Rublee.
were constantly with him during the last
days of his illness and when he passed
| away AS late as yesterday morning he
was able to see friends who called and
whom he met with the same cheerfulness
that he had shown during his long ill
ness and which he maintained as long as
he retained consciousness.
| Mr.. Rublee'S illness has extended over
| period of two years. While in the best
of physical health in the summer of 1894
an enlargement of the glands of the
throat took place. At first it was not re-
| garded as serious, but the growth later
became rapid and it was decided to be
| tuberculosis. In the winter of 1894 an
operation was deemed advisable and the
growth was removed by DR.. Sem of Chi
cago. This operation, it was hoped,
would be effective in staying the progress
of the disease. Although much weak
ened by the operation he rallied and later
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summer of 1895 and resuming his news
| paper work. Later in the year the en-
| largement of the glands returned and
| while his general health improved some
what. the local trouble spread, at first
slowly and then more rapidly. While
| causing much discomfort there was for
| tunately little pain. The disease, how
ever, steadily impaired his strength and
| for several months past he had been con-
stantly growing weaker. He, however,
continued to come to the office and dur
ing the summer was able to do some
editorial work He last visited the Office
on October and he said at the time in
| taking leave of his associates, that he
would probably never be able to meet
! them again.
A brilliant Career.
| Horace Rublee was native of Yer
mont and was born in Berkshire, Frank
| lin county, in the shadow of the Green
mountains, in 1929. His father, Alvah
| Rublee, was of Huguenot descent. His
mother, Martha Kent before her mar
riage, was descendant of one of the
early settlers of Vermont. In 1910 Al
yah Rublee moved to Wisconsin, attract
| ed by the stories of the fertility of the
| Western soil, and become one of the
| pioneers of Sheboygan county. Schools
We're few and far between in that Sec
ton those days, but young Rublee was
cry moment he could have to himself he
passed at his books, and in thai way
educated himself. SIS entered the Stats
only one year. In 1852 he was
as newspaper man, which was destined
to be his life work. That and the follow
ing year he reported the proceedings OF
the state Legislature for the Madison
Argus, one of the early newspapers of
/ Hoo l..
to the Madison Journal, then published
by David Atwood, as an editorial writer.
The following year he purchased half
interest in the paper, which he rtained
until he was appointed minister to SWitz-
erland by Gen. Grant. He remained at
this post until the fall of 1876, when he
returned to the United States and ten
dered his resignation to Secretary Fish.
He was, however, asked to withhold It
unit 1.-The expiration of Gen. Grants term
Of office, and he complied. On his re-
turn to Wisconsin Mr.. Rublee was elect
ed chairman of the Republican state CEN
| trail committee.
In 1880 many Of the leaders of the Re-
| publican party in the stare, owing to the
! course of the Sentinel, thought it wise
| to start another Republican paper in Mil
| waukee, and by unanimous consent Mr..
| Rublee was chosen for the editor. He
| assisted in the organization of the cor
poration. and the Milwaukee Republican
was started. In the course of a few
| years it was consolidated with the SEN
! tinel and in time the word Republican
was dropped and the old and familiar
| Sentinel stood alone on the title page.
| During all these changes Mr. Rublee re-
manned at the head Of the paper and con-
tinued as editor-in-chief TO his death He
was one of the founders of the Repub-
/ lcan party in Wisconsin.
Mr. Rublee was married in 1857 to
Miss Katherine Hopkins of Washington
county. N. Y. Two children were the
result of the union, William RubIee, who
for the past few years has been associ-
ated with his father as an editorial writ
er, and George Rublee, who recently
| graduated from the Harvard law school
The Funeral.
In compliance with the wishes of Mr.
| RubIee, the remains OF the dead editor
will be cremated incineration to take
| place at the crematOrium at Forest
Home cemetery OH Wednesday, immedi-
ately after the arrival there of the flu
neral eOrtege.
Funeral services will be held att the
| family residence, II Prospect avenue,
on Wednesday at 30 o'clock. They
will be- conducted by Rev. Charles Stan
| ley Lester, rector of ST. Paul's Episcopal
| church.
In place of meeting and adopting for
NAL resolutions on. the death of Mr..
Rublee. the Press club WILL at some date
to be fixed later. hold a memorial meet
| ing at which tributes of respect to the
memory of the dead journalist will be
paid by prominent members of the club.
Oshkosh, Wis, Oct. 19.-[Speefall-
President G. w Bowron Of the Wiscon-
sin Press association has appointed the
| following members to represent the assO-
ciation at the funeral of the late Horace
Rubee of Milwaukee: 6. ". Peck, Mil
waukee; e. D. Coe, Whitewater; Ellis
B. Usher, La Crosse: w. D. Hoard, Fort
Atkinson; John Nagle. Manitowoc, and
| Col Tobn HicES of Oshkosh