The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
HARVEST OF DEATH.
NOTED PEOPLE WHO PASSED
AWAY DURING 1s96
IA Army of fright Lights Who Have
Left Iffrss stage OF Actfon-
Statesmen. Prominent "omen'
Composers, PIaysvr5ghts and Act
orr. Military and ssvai o"es'
nen well Known I'm Business
Royal Personages, Educators ana
s~t.r,t.tx. Authors, Artists and
Sewspaper Men

r.. 81. ~ tbos. prominent IN the affairs
az fgfs wfno have died during the LAST year
Is a s.artlingly long one, and y INC. ICES
the names or maay whose names VIII AfS
long IN the annals OF the worlds history,
From the field OF literature have gone
severaJ people whose fame was broad ana
sygosa works were great Perhaps no otner
rxnae IN American literature was ever
better known the world over than tnAt o.
afrs. Harriet Bsechsr stowe. one q MSS
rrorks--ssJncls Toms Cabin lis sAl1 20
have been printed in more languages ihah
any other piece OF hcti9n ever ~flttsh.
But her nfs work was ended daFlns INC
year. No one viii say that its influence
was not greatly 70 the good and the cFsa4t
OF this country.
Two other brilliant women writers rom
whose peYls the ink ceased 20 Tow cuFfAs
the year were Mary Abigail Dodge Gan
HMmlltonfJ and Kate Field. The hVe~ o.
both were fall OF effort and fun o. crecIt
Two other women writers OF somewhat
less resuossn. though with admirers equally
warm. were Mrs. Eliza J. Ntcherson
Qseari Riversl OF the New Orleans Plca-
yans and Mrs Martha Holden Gambler.
who. with Kate Field, was OF the stan OF
the Times-Herald.
Brilliant men have also been called from
the fields Of journalism and literature
william Morris, the English poet: II. c.
Bunner and William Edgar C'BiF) Nye,
the hunorist. were notable among them.
Charles Carleton Coffin. the war eorre-
sp0adent and writer OF juvenile historical
stories; Charles Dickens, son OF the mover
iSt. and others have also passed over TO
the great majority. Bernhard Gillian. the
earfoonfst and Baron de Grimm, the
magazine and newspaper artist, have gone
over with them.
Death has robbed art during the year OF
some Of its most eminent opponents. sir
Frederick Leighton and Sir John Aillais.
successive presidents Of the British Royal
Academy and among the greatest OF the
worlds painters have been gathered TO
their fathers. Other names OF less fame.
but Of great promise have been stricken
from the list of the living Of arts follow
ers.
From the neld Of craftsmanship death
has pIucked old and young. When ex-
Gov. Alpheus Felch. OF Michigan, and
George W. Jones. OF Iowa. answered the
last roll call they left but one OF the trio
who for many years were hcnored as hav-
ing been the oldest United States SEN
ators' and the only survivors of that body
who served with Webster. Clay. Calhoun
and the other great figures OF an exciting
period OF the eountry's history. Gen.
Lueius Fairehild. OF Wisconsin was an
other whose name was greatly honored.
One OF the saddest losses OF the year was
that OF the young ex-Gov. William +. Rus
sell. OF Massachusetts,. man OF rare at
tainment and great promise. Massachu-
setts was also deprived OF another she
could III spare, the serving Gov Green
hslge. The death OF Theodore Runyon.
the American ambassador to Germany,
was deeply regretted by al who knew him
and his record.
or foreign statesmen who died during
the tweivenouth. the most able perhaps,
was Prince Lobanon. thu Russian diplo-
mat. IL was often sa5d that any place In
the Russian government but his could be
easily filed: his Is the one made vacant.
Other distinguished foreign statesmen who
died were ex-Prsmier Floquet OF France
and ex-Premier Tricoupis OF Greece.
only two OF the rulers OF the earth have
been removed by death during the year.
the shah OF Persia and the sultan OF Fan
zibaF. Neither OF these was Of great Inn
portance IN the worlds affairs. The death
OF the sultan OF Zanzibar gave rise TO
abort but decisive and not very important
war.
other royal personsgss who passed over
the line were Prince Henry OF Bastenburg
husband OF the youngest daughter Of
Queen Victoria. who sacrificed his life IN
the Ashantee expedition into Africa. the
mother OF the emperor OF China and Louis
Charles Philippe Raphael dOrleans. Due
de Namours, second son 81 King Louis
Philippe OF France.
The curtain has rung down for the last
time. too. on many people prominent On
the stage or otherwise connected with it.
James Lewis. the American comedian.
Alexander Slvini. the young italian ro-
mantic actor and Alexander Hermann,
the magician. have made their last an
pearances before the footlights OF this
world. Death has also taken from the
stage Katharine klsfsky. the German op-
era singer. and those princes Of theatrical
enterprise Henry r. Abbey. OF New York.
and SIR Augustus Harris, OF London.
statesmsn and other Public Men.
January s-Juage Aristee Louis Tisso,
New Orleans; Hubert Joseph walther
Erere-orSan. Belgium
January 4-Ipr. Joseph Hubert Retnken.
leader In odd cathossc" movement, Ger
many.
January s-count de LsuSsspin. senator
January T-slr Julian Goldsnit. member
% British parliament. Charles Frederick
1lletE-Mountn, lie senator, France; Felix
utIos.
January s-Circuit Court Judge Tsvter
Barry. Virginia; senator kauibaeh. Nova
s-rotta; ex-Gov. William Il. Marshall.
Minnesota
January ,e-Thomas Dunlap o,d.s.
member Of Tammany Hall. New York.
January u-ex-Senator George O..
January il-Chlst Judge John NJ. Robin
eon. Maryland courf ~ appeals. MAYER
Henry s. Tyler Louisville
January iS-Reginaid windsor sacsyvi,ts
seventh earl De Ia War;
January E,x-t'OnsyreSs Nathaniel
Barrstt-SmitAsrs Delaware.
January frank LAWYER. ex-consress-
man. Chicago.
January Is-i2x-F~eznisr Charlie. F4oqust
France.
January is-JcAn y. Alley. sx-oenxr.s..
nan. Massachusetts,
January se-George w Putnam. Nsx.s-
ehusstis. prominent ii antl-s,avery move
meuG
January ss-Jufrs z. Z. Burton. O,.or,-
wa, Ia, Oscar Turner. ex-congressnaa.
JaRvary 2t-Jossph Sasks~a.,r. ~
:nayo- % New orleans. Judge w "
Upton. second comptroller of ths cur
Fsley under F--s. tdsnt Hayes.
ssalais ,.-J"9n D. lawson. sx-con-
Jan1gafy 2s-Joaa Tyler. son G; Presi-
Jsnssry g--7~,s-o,7r. Rarven r-,,,..
safes ar oss=sa1or "a Germany
January &-CApt wolsa.-,llS -e.-,h.-
Germany.
Fardley Csatlters EnSan.. Also es,.,
1At}v&lls. Eusnos Ayyes
FehTusry w GHsm r. English - IN
Cis "a De1s@cr&t{e candidate Tor We T7-ss-
tdrat 81 IRE Unifed states IN lNsa
E'earBaTy S-JuaEe Joseph At.Esan r,rr-.
50 eogRn3un pleas. FAtAadt rrsa
FEBRUARY la-~N hNEo II Crete, -orr-rz-.
ra1 fran TrNas: eN-SUP-e~s Come
Jl&Es a. q Williams. Arkaus4s
feArnarv Judge Emory n. Potter
E7t-aa. a. prominent nssCe IL congress
Fssraary It-Ri,sard y. czark. ta5ys O..
sgprnre e@rrt - Georgia.
February te-Tehu ~ TaNier. extern
tartal e-te-r1r 70 Dakota
fccroary III -..lse J5hn 4. Grace. Ken