Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-23
MORRELL MAREAN DEAD
ACCIDENTALLY FELL FROM a
sECoND-sToRY WINDOW.
Had Been Ill for Some Time-Was On.
OF the Best Known Telegraphers
in the Country.

Mr.. Morrell Marean, for a score of wears
local manager of the Western Union TEL
egraph Company, died last evening at his
NOME 1858 18th street northwest. The i'm
meolate cause of death was an accidental
ran from second-story window of his resi-
oence earlier In the day. He had been in
HEheaith, however, for several months,
suHerer from nervous prostration, brought
on by overwork
MIS- Marean was in the room when her
HUSBAND who was standing by the win
oow' staggered, and, losing his balance. fell
over the Sill. She screamed for aid. and
herself, almost Frustrated by constant wor-
riment and the awfulness of the situation.
went to his assistance. Mr. Marean was
sitting upright on the lawn when she
reached his side. He was In dazed condi-
ton.
Dr. 5. s. Nicholson, who had been attend
ing Mr. Marean, was summoned The phy-
siciah ana members Of the family carried
tne unfortunate man into the house Mr.
Marean became unconscious. He bled from
the nostrils and from the mouth A super-
nclal examination led to the belief that
there mad been internal injuries which
would likely result In death DR. Mackau
was called in conference, and eyerythinp
was done in the interest Of saving his life
Inc coroner, after investigating the case
OF MI Marean, issued a certificate that
death had resulted from the fracture of the
pelvis, caused by fall
several months ago Mr.. Marean was
ordered to leave the city for a rest He
spent few weeks at a mountain resort in
virginia. He seemed to respond to the
Dracmg air and the change of scene A
pressure of business caused him to leave
the place at time when he should have
remained He resumed work and grad
ually grew worse. During part of last week
h to
One Of the Best-Known Telegraphers.
Mr.. Marean, who was one of the best
known telegraph men in the Unit ed States,
was about sixty years old. He was a ma
tive of Hartford, Susquehanna county, Pa,
where he received his early education and
where he first became a telegraph operator
A few years before the civil war he came
to Washington as an operator for the old
American Telegraph Company.
In 1884 he succeeded Capt. Leonard Whit
ney as manager of the Washington Office
of the Western Union. 1t was said of Mr..
Marean that he sent better Morse than
any other telegraph man in town. For
third of century Washington operators
have been looked upon as the best. This
was due. of course, to the fact that there
was so much Stuff Of national Importance
to be sent to the press of the country.
Whenever a great political convention Is
held it is the Washington offices that are
called upon for expert operators. 1t is
recognized throughout the country that the
operators at the national capital are thor
oughly familiar with the public men and
names that figure in national political
gathering.
When President Garfield was removed to
Elberon to die force of Western Union
operators from Washington sent out the
news Of the wounded mans condition and
finally of his death. Enormous is the
amount Of matter that has been sent out
from the telegraph companies of Washing
ton, and the amount that has gone prac-
tically through the hands of Mr.. Marean
could not be computed easily.
When Garfield Was Shot.
When Garfield was shot the Western
Union was subjected to most unexpected
strain, but it was equal to the emergency,
and when the last tired operator had STUN
bled sleepily Off to his bed there had been
forwarded to the various newspapers of the
country special dispatches aggregatine
nearly half million words, to say nothing
Of the immense amount of kilograms that
had preference because Of the commercial
rates.
That was a large days work for one
Office, but 1t was nothing when compared
with the labor that wearied every operator
in town on that miserably wet and thor
oughly disagreeable day when President
Harrison was inaugurated. The total num-
Der of words of news matter on that occa-
sion was nearly three-quarters of a million
Mr. Marean was an electrician and an an
around telegraph man. There was nothing
about the business that he was not entirely
familiar with. The many important serv-
ices rendered by him are not easily to be
enumerated, but his discoveries and labors
have formed no small part Of the tele-
graphic history OF the United States and
the world.
AT the Offices Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, 14th and F streets the
announcement of Mr.. Mareans death came
as shock. He knew every man from his
assistant down to the Office boy, and they
all loved him. Il was generally known that