The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-15
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DIED SUNDAY
Widely Known Newspaper Mar.
Passes Away. ..s,..
FUNERAL IN THIS AFTERNOON I:
Interment Will Be Made in the Sol
diers' Section in Hollywood WAS
Long a Resident of
Richmond. ~:

The remains Of Mr.. Eccles CuthDert.
one of the most widely known and popu-
lar southern newspaper men, reached
Richmond last night from Washington
where he died on Sunday afternoon.
Gfessrs Allen Y Stokes Richard
Cauthorn, James P. Wood, P. r. Noel.
John Stamper James 1. McRee. Joseph
W. Hates, and w. A. Mann served as
active pall-bearers. Other friends of the
deceased at the Byrd Street Depot were
Messrs Alfred e. Williams, Gust E. Del
arue. w. w. Archer. and George w.
Minter.
The body was taken to. Laube's tenn
porary undertaking establishment on
Brook Avenue where it will remain un-
I'll this afternoon The funeral services
will be conducted in the Mortuary Chape:
at Hollywood, at 4:3O P NJ. to-day. Rev.
Landon R Mason will probably Off
ciate. The interment will be made in
the soldiers section, in Hollywood.
HIS ILLNESS.
"Max" Cuthbert, as he was Familiarity
known to hundreds of intimate friends,
had been in fairly good health for two
years. He died at the Garfield Hospital
in Washington.
The end came suddenly and unexpect
eddy. While he was very weak from
some heart trouble. it was not thought
the end was SO near at hand nurse
left him for a few minutes. He seemed
to be sleeping peacefully. When she
returned to the room he was dead.
Mr.. Cuthbert was visited on Friday by
his friend of many years. Mr.. James P.
Wood. He was then in excellent spirits.
and Mr.. Wood was greatly shocked wnen
he learned of his death
Messrs w. D. .Chesterman and John
Stampcr also visited Mr.. Cuthbert recent
ly.
Mr.. Cuthtert was widely known AMI
very popular in Richmond. He lived
here for a quarter of a century as the
southern correspondent of the New YORK
Herald, or as one of the editors of the
Dispatch Some eight years ago he re
moved to Washington to become tate'
Dispaths representative there. N,hen
representing the Herald. he had charge
of the whole southern territory for Tint
paper. In those days ne was one o.
the most widely known newspaper men
in the country. It was Mr. Cuthbert,
who gave the late Henry W: Grady. of
the Atlanta Constitution, the first news
paper work that brought the Georgian
into prominence. John E. kenna. who
later on became a distinguished Senator
from West Virginia. did newspaper wori
under him.
tss ~ A POPULAR MAN
Mr.. Cuthbert was a genial, wholesome
ed man. He was a good. story teller,
most enterta lining converse tionalist,
man of wide acquaintance!rw with public
men, and his fund Of stories about them
was never exhausted. He made friends
wherever he went and by his amiable
and lovable disposition seldom, If ever.
lost the friendship of any: one He was
man of many noble qualities of head
and heart. And all who knew him init
mately, are deeply grieved by his death.
Mr.. Cuthbert was born siNty-two
years ago in Ireland, coming here while
a mere lad. He drfted South and 10
Gated in South Carolina where he worked
as a plasterer. The sectional feeling,
which was already running high In South
Carolina, was shared by the young man,
and one year before the outbreak of hos
tiitieS between the North and South he
was a member of a. military organization.
which ultimately became a part of the
First Regiment Of South Carolina Volun-
teers Serving through the war with
distinction he was mustered out in Rich
mond where he remained. taking up
journalism. xbout this time he became
connected with the Herald. He was
sent by the paper to Cuba as its cor
respondent in connection with the Vir
best matter printed in connection with
this tragic event. In 1891 Colonel Cuth-
bert became associated with the Rich
mond Dispatch as news editor, and about
eight years ago@wen to Washington as
its correspondent. AS such he continued
up to the time of his death although his
i'll health for the last two years preclud
ed his actively participate in the work
at times
He is survived by two sisters in Cali
fornia. and a brother Joseph D. Cuth-
bert, a member Of the wellknown firm
of w. & j. Sloane, of San Francisco. His
parents are both dead.
4 notable incident of Mr.. Cuth-
bert's life occurred during his residence
in Charleston. S. c.. where his gallant
defense of the South in the columns of
the New York Herald so won him the
era titll(le of the CITY tina he was present