Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-18
.JNO. RUSSELL YOUNG.
.ru or THE DIsTINGUishhA
,,rrERArEuR AND DIPLOMAT
yHs LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS
w,,,.ter to China During arthur
tiou-AccOmpanied GEN
cant Around the World IN"
Wrote a Book on the sub,ec"

WASHINGTON, January 17.-Johh N1
y, I,hrarfan Of the Congressional
| library. died at his residence nei' -"
.n,s r1orn,ng after an illness OF se'ei"'
| weeks. =. ~ death
Ar Young was at tho point OF de"' :.
.oar,v all Yesterday. This mornine
| was evident that the end was oio'N ,,,,sseu
,yera with him at his death Mrs' -.
| Young Berkely Young, his son; ~, 40
h,s musician. and Ralph j. MeeN -,
ala rewspaper friends OF the ilDi"
M Ereer. the attending phy
hr,of written statement that oe"'N
a"a,,, los dua 10 "acute Brights oiseaso'
uea." We overwork, and TOO
much brain work"
- voune had a notable ca
1oiih .s,,rnal,st diplomatist, puDhc ON
III onJ the intimate associate " q
10. ,.,'ahad n1,blic men. He was ooin -
p I,i's Chester county, Fa''
1872 % 1Sp. The family mo'eu
ptiiadaInbia and he was educated III IN
n,,bIic schools of that CITY, Aa'e,, ia
vent 10 New Orleans, where dn u, e.,
livad. and continued his scnooI ..,roing
the New Orleans High Schooi' 49, o1
| ~ 4
~. phtIodeInhia Press, in 1851, as copy
bov and from this dated his hewspap. :.
.or,, when John w. Forney came ~
yyash,poton. I'm 1861, to become seer e 800 >
20 H. senate he brought along 'ouns,
who by that time, had become ,s.r 49,,
,r,ter while acting as Colonei oines
nr,vate secretary, Mr.. Young 1ress
bis writings 10 the Philadelpnia &c
na 9, US nv his description OF the lls
, | battle of Bull Run that ne won Ills
as q graphic war correspondent - 4.
ON returning from the seat OF WA ~ ~
= becara managing editor OF the fh ,ae. :,
nbia press. which he resigned III Iooo '.. :,
Start the. Morning Post, which, ho"e'o'
was not a success
ASSOCIATED WITH GREEbf'
He had contributed to the Ne" To-"
n Tribune. and his pleasing style a''s Iii
ed the attention Of Horace uIeeiy' 80, -,
, The result that in 1856 Young oecan
managing editor Of the paper with WIN.
Greely had been so long assocldteu' -,
= that time Young was only % years o'u
I, His leisure time he devoted 10 lhe :,
oP law. and in 1861 he was aoinitteo y
the bar I'm New York city. In lS'V II
"a a1oin tried the establishment OF news
noner of his own this time the Stahuaiu
ID About this time, however, secre'a,
Boutwell, who was at the heau ot VI
treasury in President Grant CaDiue'
l. induced Young TO go abroad 10 ioOA - -,
financial AFFAIRS While abroad On III
IN mission the awful days OF the PARIS CoIl
rune occurred, and Mr.. Young accoul
~ the rise and fall Of the CoinInuhe an
n ~ the stirring days through when III
E,ranch cauital passed is regarded as oi'
90 tbe hest examples of English descrii
tive writing.
WENT WITH GRANT AROUND III
ne WORLD.
In 1872 he became the European IePi
4, .o,.ativs of the New York Herald. l
fs-- General Grant started upon his M
,,,orabla trim around the world, ana .
bis Invitation Mr.. Young joined u
lii nartv This made him for two years q
most a member Of the family Oh -
"a Great General, and a warm frlehush
nc sprang up between them. Ai.er me -
nd turn Mr. Young wrote Arounu -
ev world With General Grant
Of Dnring the trip Mr.. Young was 81
Yin c,alIv interested in China, to when cou
Id 49,, president Arthur sent him IN loSz
ny I-nited States Minister. lie reniai ~
laI en- china. until the opening OF the ~
- C1eveland administration, Wheh TIC
for turned TO this country and engaged
a literary and business pursuits
APPOINTED CONGRESSIONAL LlDN
-, RAN.
rhe When the new library Of Congress
ted completed attention was directed ITO, 10
to choice of a librarian embodying ntera
ability and executive managemenI, o,,
Pyesjdent Mckinley named Mr.. You
: ON Julv /. 1897. He entered upon
duties while the library was sun "a .
cramped quarters at the CaPi.o,' i', o,s
=. a,,ond into the classic temple Oh
rs. ia literature which it now occup
r. is said that his time has been 50
~ Fart on a contribution to literat'
lber ,,,bicb he had hoped TO complete as
en- chief literary achievement Oh HIS NJ
ton The funeral will be held here sa , !,
tee ,,ornlng at 10 o'clock, at st. johns /
-, norai church. The services viii De
Inc S S,cted bv Rev. Alexander Mckay SIN
100. The interment will be in washington
wv will be private.