The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-10-18
THE END CAME QUIETLY
Death Claims Charles A. Dana of
the New York Sun"
LAST OF THE OLD SCHOOL
His Genius Made the sun" Household
Word Throughout the Country.
Story of n Long, Busy and
Eventful Life


at Glen Cove. Long Island.
Mr.. Dana's death had been expected
| for several hours, and his family and
physicians We're at his bedside when
the end came. His condition has been
| such for several months that the mem
bers of his family had kept themselves
in constant readiness to go 10 his he'd
side at any moment. Dn Saturday
morning he had relapse and II was
| apparent that recovery was impossible,
Several times, however. he rallied. but
| toward night began Ia sink.
During the night there were feeble
rallies. hut they did not last long. This
morning II Was seen that the end WAS
but a few hours of. and his attendants
remained almost constantly at his bed
side The end came quietly. The ex-
treme heat of Friday and Saturday had
much 10 do with Fastening death. ON
Friday Mr.. Dana showed signs of dis
tress and everything possible was done
10 relieve him. He had been weakened
| by his long Illness. and during the
summer was several times thought In
he on the verge Of fatal collapse. but
each time rallied.
He did not improve much with the
coming cooler weather and sinking
spells became more frequent. Dn Fri
day Mr.. Dana was able la take only
the slightest nourishment and this con-
dition continued. Paul Dana and his
sisters. Mrs Draper. Mrs. tnderhlll
| and Mrs. Branan. were AT his home On
saturday morning and were warned Ia
| remain there. They were at the bed
side when death came
The cause of Mr.. Dana's death Was
| cirrhosis of TN. liver. ON June ne
was at his office apparently strong and
healthy. The next day he was taken
III and he never afterwards visited New
York. He was Is years of age.
Preparations for the burial have not
yet been completed.
Charles Anderson Dana was born In
Hinsdale. n. H.. Aug. \. 1913 lie MAS
a dcscendcnt of Jacob. eldest son of
Richard Dana. progenitor "f most oi
those " ho bear the name In the United
States. His boyhood was spent Ia But
falo. y. V. where he worked In n stort
until he Was IS years old. Al that age
he first studied the Latin grammar
and prepared himself for college. enter
ing Harvard in 1889. but after iwo
years. "A SERIOUS trouble with his eye
sight compelled him To leave. He re-
ceived an honorable dismissal and
and masters degree.
In ls42 he became "A member of the
Brook Farm Association for Agricui-
turc and Education. being associated
with George and Sophia Ripley George
William Curtis Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Thsodore Parker. William Henry
Claiming. John sullivan Dwight. Mar
garct Fuller and other philosophers
more or less directly concerned In the
remarkable attempt Ia realize at RoN-
bury a high ideal of social and intel
lectual life. one of the survivors ol
Brock Farm speaks of Mr.. Dana as
the only man of affairs connected with
| that unitarian. humanitarian and so-
cialistic experiment.
His earlier newspaper experience was
gained in the management of the
"Harbinger." which was devoted Ia so-
cial reform and general literature.
After about two years Of editorial work
on Elizur Wright's Boston Chrome
type" daily newspaper. Mr.. Dana
Joined the stan Of the New York Trib-
une i'm ls4,. The next year he spent
eight months in Europe. and after his
return he became one Of the proprie-
| tors and the managing editor of the
| Tribune. post which he held until
1867. The extraordinary influence and
during the 10 years preceding the civil
war was. in degree. due Ia the de-
Nelopmcnt of Mr.. Dana's genius for
| journalism. This remark applies moi
! only to the making of the Tribune us
4 a newspaper. but also to the manage
ment of it's stan of writers. and Ia the
steadiness of its policy as the leading
organ NJ the anti-slavery sentiment
The great struggle of the Tribune UNI
der Greeley and Dana was not so much
for the overthrow of slavery. where IL
already existed. as the further spread
of the institution over unoccupied ter
! rtory and the acquisition If slave
| holding countries outside of the union
u was not less firm la its resistance of
the designs of the slave e-holdinr inter-
est than wise In It's attitude toward the
extremists and impracticables al the
North.
In the Tribunc's opposition tn the at
tempt To break down the Missouri COM
premise and TO carry slavery into Kan
| sas and Nebraska. and IN the develop
ment and organization nf that popular
sentiment which gave birth a. the re-
publican party and led tn the election
of Abraham Lincoln In 1860. Mr. Dana
hore no unimportant part. Writing ot
the political situation in 1854. Henry
the Slave Power" "At the outset Nj
! Greeley was hopeless and seemed dis
| inclined Ia enter the contest lie toll
his associates that he would moi re-.
strain them. but, as fnr himself "a,
had no heart for The strife. They Wcr,
more hopeful. and Richard iidr,lh
the historian. Charles 4. Dana, III
veteran Journalist. James & pix and
| other able writer's. opened and Cup,
tinued a powerful opposition IN III col.
| umns and did very much tu rally ant
reassure the friends Of freedom and t.
nerve them FOR he tight"
In 1861 Mr.. Dara Went tn Alhanv e.
advance the cause of Mr. Greeley a9 G
candidate for the Tnitcd states s'n-
ate, and nearly succeeded In nnulin&i
ing him. The caucus WAS about Vluti
ly divided between MI Greeley s
friends and those ~ Mr. ENaTts while
Ira Harris had a few vutes which held
! the balance Of power, aud AT the In
stigatiun of rhurlow Weed. thn sup
portcrs of Mr.. Evarts went over tc
Judg. Harris.
During the first year of the war the
ideas of Mt 'iIeel,y aud thusr of Mr
Dana In regard a. tho prnprr conduct
! I military operations were somewhat
I at variance: and this Disagreement re.
| suited in tn" resignation nf AR naua
, attn II ylats slrNiCc ou lhg TtigunS