The Portland daily press., 1897-10-18
CHARLES 4. dana DEAD.
Veteran Editor Of the New York Sun
Passes Away.
END CAME AT HIS HOME AT LONG
ISLAND YESTERDAY.

With fastening His Death-The De-
ceased Was Born in New Hampshire
and Was 7S Years of Age.
New York, October 17-CharIes A,
Dana, editor of the New York Sun, died
at 1.2O this afternoon at his home near
Glen Cove, L. I. His death had been ex-
peoted for several hours and his family
and physic ians were at his bedside when
the end came. Mr.. Dana's condition
has been such for several months that the
members of his family had kept them
selves in constant readiness to go to his
bedside at any moment. On Saturday
morning he had relapse and 1t was ap-
parent that recovery was impossible.
several times, however, he rallied, but to-
ward night he began to sink. During
the night there were feeble rallies, but
they did not last long. This morning it
was seen that the end was but few
hours off and his attendants remained
almost constantly at his bedside. The
end came quickly.
d Ihe extreme heat of Saturday and Fri
day had considerable to do with hasten
Ing the end. On Friday Mr.. Dana showed
signs of distresssand everything possible
was done to relieve him. He had been
weakened by his long illness, and during
the summer was several times thought to
be On the verge of fatal collapse, but
each time he rallied. He did not improve
much with the coming cooler weather and
the sinking spells became more frequent.
On Friday Mr.. Dana was able to take
only the slightest nourishment and this
condition continued. Paul Dana and his
sisters, Mrs. Draper, Mrs. Underhill and
Mrs. Branan, were at his home on Satur-
day morning and were-.warned to remain
there. They were at his bedside when
death came.
The cause of Mr.. Dana death was
cirrhosis of the liver. On June he was
at his office, apparently strong and
healthy. The next day he was taken i'll
and has not since visited New York.
Preparations for his burial have not vet
been completed.
Charles A Dana was born in Hinsdale
N. H, In August, 1919. His boyhood
was spent in Buffalo, N. Y, where hs
worked in store until he was Is years
of age. He prepared himselfsfor college,
entering Harvard in 1889, but after two
years serious eye trouble compelled him
to leave. He received an honorable dis
missal and was afterwards given his
bachelors and masters degrees. His
earliest newspaper experience was gained
in the management of the Harbinger,
which was devoted to social reform and
general literature. / AFTER about. two years
editorial work on Elizur Wright's
Ohronotpye, daily newspaper, Mr.. Dana
joined the staff of the New York Tribune
in 1S47. The next year he spent eight
months in Europe, and after his return
he became one of the proprietors and the
managing editor of the Tribune, post
which he held until April i, 1869. The
extraordinary influence and circulation
attained by that newspaper during the
ten years preceding the Civil War was
in degree due to the development of Mr..
Dana's genius for journalism. In 1861
Mr. Dana went to Albany to advance the
cause of Mr.. Greeley as q candidate for the
ceeded in nominating him. During the
first year Of the war the ideas Of Mr..
Greeley and those of Mr.. Dana in regard
to the proper conduct OF military opera
tions were somewhat at variance and
this disagreement resulted in the resig-
nation of Mr.. Dana after Is years SER
vice on the Tribune. He was employed
by Secretary Stanton in special work
of Importance for the war department.,
and in 1868 was appointed assistant Secre-
tary of War, which Office he held until
after the surrender of Lee. After the war
his services were sought by the proprie-
tors of the Chicago Republican, new
daily which failed through causes not
within the EDITORS control. Returning
to New York he organized in 1857 the
stock company which now owns the Sun
newspaper and became it's editor. The
first number of the Sun issued by MIR.
Dana Appeared on the 9th Of January,
1868, and for nearly 30 years he has been
| actively and continuously engaged in the
management of that successful journal
and solely responsible for its conduct.