Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-02-02

sudden Ending of n Busy and Suc-
cessfnI Career

SSH
A telegraphic message received in Eureka
Thursday morning, January 81, brought
the sad and wholly unexpected announce
ment of the death Of Charles G. Wallace,
which occurred the morning previous while
he was on his way To visit his mine in
Mariposa county, California. The news
Of Mr.. W~allace's death was received with
feelings of genuine regret by the people OF
Eureka, where he was so well and favora-
bly, known during the more than twenty
years in which be made this place his
home.
"Charley" Wallace was a natural leader
among men, and possessed to an unusual
degree that quality of personal magnetism
which stamps the successful man of affairs.
Coming to Nevada in 1868, he located at
Austin, the camp being then known as
Clifton. and resided alternately thereafter
on the Comstock, at Treasure Hill, White
pine county, and removing later to Eureka,
where on March /, 1868, he was appointed
the first Assessor Of Eureka county, at its
organization. For twenty years thereafter
Mr.. Wallace held offices Of public trust at
this place, and during his long residence in
the State his personality became part of
its history. He was al energetic and tire
less worker, and it is difficult to realize that
he will never again be seen in the haunts
where he had so long been a familiar figure.
In 1893 Mr.. Wallace resigned the Office
of Assessor Of Eureka county to aceept
a responsible and lucrative position as the
accredited representative of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company, a position
which he held continuously since that time.
In this capacity he had delicate and diff
cult duties to perform, and in some in
stances, perhaps, gained the enmity Of
certain persons whose interests clashed
with his, but through it all he was
credited, by friends and foes alike, with
being a man Of high integrity and generous
impulses, his name having become a syn
onym for fairness, politically and otherwise,
and it has for years been the general asser-
ton that any promise made by him would
be kept inviola.e.
At the announcement Of his death the
people of Eureka, and those throughout
the State who knew him well, will pause
for a momen and give a thought to the
uncertainty of lite. and in that pause a
definite and comprehensive meaning will
be given to the words
"The boast Of heraldy, the pomp Of power,
And all that honor. all that wealth e'er gave,
Await, alike. the inevitable hour
The paths of glory lead bpt to the grave"
Since his departure from Eureka Mr..
Wallace occupied a position in which his
influence could accomplish great good for
this county, and he never missed an oppor-
tunity to advance her interests, or those of
her people. During his frequent visits
here in late years. as in the days when he
made this his home, he was ever liberal in
contributing TO the wants Of those who
were in need Of assistance. In his death
Eureka county has lost its hest friend, and
many there are who will bear him in CRATE
full remembrance during all the years Of
their existence.
The following particulars concerning his
death were received by the SENTINEL in a
special dispatch from Carson City;