The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-09
The Old Dominion Proudly Claimed Hll,5 5aisS
an Adopted son. s
Reared and Educnsed sn THIS stateass
Served with GniInntry in ths con-
federate Army 4 Come cted an SIaI.s
tor with Lending N NeRspspsrss:s,ss:sl
tden'iiled with All Grent En tss
'ions . BEGINNING wish the Csn-
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Augusta, Ga.I Jan.S5 81 1S9S.ss9tt53
Major Moses p. Handy died a moon
to-day. The remains will be taken 4 GU
Berlin, Md, for burial. M RS
Major Handy was stricken witliAtIaSi
illness which ended with hiss tath1
while he was preparing 70 leaVat PARTS,
Tor America, after completing his SorlaSs
as commissioner to the exposittp
never a very strong man, the strain ia
his position had told heavily. on his con- W.
stltutlon and he was advised 81 by his
physicians to give up the more trying
work OF the mission. But he persisteG
until two days before the date Tor saiIs
ing, when he was overcome by nv hat at \
Appeared 70 be temporary weaknesss.sI
which caused him 10 postpone }l1 Is 4 dssS3
parture, He was Eeryously brokenss Y
down and his condition was renderetsf
worse by imp1ired circulation an az
faulty heart action 81.
Lhe French physicians adyised 8Ga ISs
soiute rest and he remained in8Tra nca%
Tor two weeks. When he got to New
YORK he succumbed again, bur pul led
IilinSclI cI together and went to Chicago.
atty, but his pride and Interest & In 81 MI
mission led him to plunge into the work. 4
OIL preparing his report. It was no 81 r. b B
prise to his friends to hear shat sf1ta \
had succumbed while on his way toSs
washington, congestion OF the lungs
ana Kidneys Increasing the gravity of +.
the attack. He was removed to a ar ~
gia, where he lost strength gradIa .ySs
His wife accompanied him to the SoutIIa
and his son, Mr.. w. M. Handy, left
chicago for Georgia Thursday after-sS
noon.
Major Moses P. Handy waa born at Il
warsaw Benton county. No., In i BIN
he was the son Of Rev. T., W. Ks. 80
Handy. prominent Presbyterian cler-ss
syman. When child tho family re-. \
moved TO Virginia, in which StataN.
Major Handy was reared and educa ted III
While under age he entered the Cons
federate service and served with e q -
lantry during the closing months a OF II
the war. He was employed ( by fthaS2
spondent during the Cuban troubles
and won distinction by his report ofssS
the Virginius massacre. Later he .ba-s
came managing editor OF the PhiladeI-gs
phia Times and subsequently editorS 81
the Philadelphia Daily News. He $MaaS;
one of the founders and for many years y
the president OF the Glover Club %s,ftsE
Philadelphia He moved to Chicago aInSsSi
1893 to accept the position OF Chi of
the bureau Of publicity and promot ions
of the Worlds Columbian Exposit tion,s n
At the close of the Fair he went tes 3
New York and engaged in literary WorlISSs
and newspaper correspondence sf for sssss
year. He returned to Chicag go as see1i tors
Of the Times Herald in 1885, wtie rs tIitssI
paper was purchased by Mr.. III. EsFI.s
Kohlsaat. Last year Major }IanayS
was appointed by President McKinfeyss
as special commissioner to the Paris y
Exposition. where he rendered valuable
service. He was one of the comm ia- -
sioners to the exposition at y Jenna ana u
ginia to the Centennial Exposit lion tkt y
PHILADELPHIA. ~