Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-10-23
DEATH Of CHARLES A. DANA
EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK SUN.
Mr.. Dana's Work for Half Cen
tury Has Commanded Foremost
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New York. Oct. ls.-Charles A Dana
! editor of the New York Sun, died yes
/ terday afternoon at his home at Glencove
l.. |. Mr.. DANA death had been expected
for several hours and his family and ply
slclans were at his bedside when the end
came. His condition had been such for
several months that the members of his
family had kept themselves in constant
readiness to go to his bedside at any mo-
ment. On Saturday morning he had re-
lapse and it was apparent that recovery
was impossible. Several times, however,
he rallied, but toward night 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 a few hours off and his attendants re-
The end came quietly. The extreme heat
of Friday and Saturday had much to do
with fastening death. On Friday Mr.
Dana showed signs of distress and every
thing 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 a fatal col
lapse, but each time rallied He did not
improve much with the coming of cooler
Weather, and the sinking spells become
more frequent. On Friday Mr. Dana was
able to take only the lightest nourish-
nent, and this condition continued. Paul
Dana and his sisters, Mrs. Draper, Mrs
Cnderhill and Mrs. Branan, We're at his
home on Saturday morning and We're
warned to remain there They were at
the bedside when death came. The cause
of Mr.. Dana's death was cirrhosis of the
liver. On June 9 he was at his office, ap-
parently strong and healthy The next
day he was taken i'll and he never after
ward visited New York. He was IS years
of age.
Charles Anderson Dana was born in
Hinsdale, N. H., August s, 1910. He was
a descendent of Jacob, eldest son of Rich
ard Dana, progenitor of most of those who
bear the name in the United States His
boyhood was spent in Buffalo, N. Y,
where he worked in store until he was
Is years old At that age he first studied
the Latin gramamr and prepared himself
for college, entering Harvard in 1889, but
after two years serious trouble with his
eyesight compelled him to leave He re-
ceived an honorable dismissal and after
ward was given bachelors and masters
degrees In 1912 he became a member of
the Brook Farm Association.
His earliest newspaper experience was
gained in the management of the Har-
binger, which was devoted to social re-
,orm and general litera ture. After about
two years editorial work on Elizur
Wright's Boston Chronotype, daily pa
per, Mr.. Dana joined the staff of the New
York Tribune in lS47. The next year he
spent eight months in Europe and after
his return he became one of the proprie-
tors and managing editor of the Tribune,
d post which he held unt;i april ], 1862.
The extraordinary influence and circula-
ton attained by that newspaper during
the 10 years preceding the civil war was
in a degree due to the development of
Mr.. Dana's genius for journalism.
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 operations were somewhat at va
rance and this disagreement resulted in
the resignation of Mr.. Dana after Is
years service on the Tribune He was at
once employed by Secretary Stanton in
special work of Importance for the war
department and in 1868 was appointed as
held until after the surrender of Lee.
At the time when General Grants char
acter and probable usefulness We're un
known quantities Mr.. Dana's confidence
in Grants military ability did much to
defeat the powerful effort then making to
break down the rising commander.
Returning to New York, he organized
in 1867 the stock company that now owns
the Sun newspaper and became its editor.
The first number of the Sun, issued by
Mr.. Dana, appeared January 81, 1868, and
since that time he has been actively and
engaged in the management
Of that successful journal and solely re-
sponsible for it's conduct. He made the
Sun democratic newspaper, Independent
and outspoken in the expression of its
opinion respecting the affairs of either
party His criticism of civil mal-adminis-
tration during General Grants terms as
president led to notable attempt on the
part of that administration, in July, 1873.
to take him from New York on charge
of libel, to be tried without jury in a
Washington police court. Application
was made to the United States district
court in New York for writ of removal.
but in a memorable decision Judge |
now justice of the supreme
court Of the United States, refused the
warrant, holding the proposed form of
trial to be unconstitutional. Perhaps to
A greater extent than in the case of any
other conspicuous journalist, Mr.. Dana's
was identified in the public
mind with the newspaper that he edits.
He has recorded no theories of journalism
other than those of common sense and
human interest.
Mr.. Dana's first book was volume en-
titled "The Black Ant New York and
Leipsic, ls4s). In 1855 he planned and
edited with George Ripley the 'The New
American Cyclopaedia" (l6 vols, New
York, ls73-76). With General James H.
Wilson he wrote stLife of Ulysses S.
Grant Springfield, 1869. His "Household
Book of Poetry" a collection of the best
minor poems of the English language, was
first published in 1857, and has since
passed through many editions, the latest,
thoroughly revised, being that of 1884. He
also edited. with Rossiter Johnson, FIFTY
Perfect Poems New York, 1881