The times., 1899-06-03
MANY MEN DIE IN HARNESS.
Instances of Deaths sudden Sum
mons Are Quite Frequent.

(From the New York SUM
Many are the men who die in the har-
ness of their vocation, whether they be
artists, professional men, or artisans.
Doubtless many prefer thus 10 have the
helm taken out of their hands. Is it not
easier to yield to the final decree when it
comes suddenly. almost without warning,
in an active life, with activities unabated,
than to hear the sentence OF doom solemn
ly pronounced and then to await its execu-
tion amid long suffering and foreboding?
In Chicago, the other day DR.. Reuben
Ludlam, sr, President OF Hahnemann
Medical College and one of the best-known
HOMEOPATHIC surgeons in the world, fell
suddenly in deaths grasp just as he"reaeh-
ed the critical point in an operation upon
a patient at the college hospital. Whiia ne
was breathing his last his only son, Dr.
Reuben Lud!am. ir, took the instrument
from the dying fingers and completed the
delicate surgical work which saved the
patients life.
II the surgeon should desire his end to
come while he is exercising his skill to
prolong the life of another, is it not equally
appropriate for a minister of the Gospel
to die in his pulpit while conducting tu-
neral service over the remains OF a dead
brother? This last is what happened TO the
Rev. Charles Albert Berry, d. D., one tune
Chairman OF the Congregational Union oil
| England and Wales and the first President
of the National Council OF the Eyanseiicai
Free Churches. He fell dead recently while
offering prayer from the pulpit during the
| funeral services over q Nonconforpist
minister. Dr. Tothericks. in the Wesleyan
| chapel at Bilslon, Staffordshire-
| II was stra1ge, too. yet in sense ap-
propriate and comforting, the way dea;h
! came suddenly to one or two worshipers OF
their devotions in church short time ago
| AT A religious meeting in Kansas City Mrs
| Jennie Walker get on her feet in most
happy frame of mind TO give testimony as
the development of the Christian spirit II
her life. I'm tying TO live Chrlslal
| life" she said. I'm homesick 10 see g.
sns I'm ready to go today, this hour, TN;
minute. il necessary. Praise the Lord!
As the last word left her lips she fell bacB
| into her seat and died
AT ST. Patricks Cathedral in New forl
an old man had been regular attenGan
AZ the morning service for years ii, was
! Felix Chagnon. of S2i Sixth Avenue. Ore
! morning in March he went as usual an'
took his seat in a pew on side aisle. lit
fell dead with the words Of the mass echo'
ing in his ears.
Sometimes musicians who are passion
ataIv fond of music will expire suddenl!
without warning while playing their favor
lie instrument Prof. Carl Kukla. teach
or of music in Milwaukee, dropped deat
without a word of warning or farewell
few days ago, while giving lesson to on'
of his violin pupils. The old professor
with violin in position, was illustratin!
certain methods of expression ana eNecu
ton. As his bow drew forth the las
strains OF a beloved old German melod!
he fell forward on the floor. his instru
ment crashing 10 pieces under him IN
own soul and the soul Of his violin 1901
their flight together.
This recalls the dramatic manner OF re
menyi's death while playing the violin Il
response to an encore at the Orpheun
Vaudeville Theatre In San Francisco las
May The appearance of the celebrates
vic mist had attracted great audience
In response to a second encore he had JUS
drawn few clear, sweet notes from tn
instrument, when all of a sudden his tiu
gers lost their cunning. he reeled and the
pitched down and forward almost over tn
fcotlights In few minutes he was deac
To a party of friends the night before h
had said: "All my life on earth I vii
play. and l will play after l am dead" II
died as he had wished TO die. with his be
loved violin in his hands and the applaus
of great crowd attestins his master
over the instrument ringing in his ear:
Perhaps. too. as in the case of that de
voted old Milwaukee teacher, the soul {