New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
JULIAN RALPH DEAD.
Var Correspondent and 4utho
EaDires -4t9er Long Illness.

Julian Ralph. war and special correspondent.
author and Eastern representatives OF the St
Louis Exposition. died suddenly last evening
at his boarding place No. us West Eighty
sixth-st For some time Mr.. Ralph had been in
failing health. While in St Louis about six
weeks ago. he had several hemorrhages. and
after coming here was confined to his bed most
OF the time. He suffered from stomach ana
c-ss- troubles For a while his family and
PHYSICIAN. Dr. May of West Seventy-sixth-st-.
Fad hopes that he would recover. but recently
oropsy and other complications set in. The
immediate cause of death was the filling of the
lungs with water. Mr.. Ralph contracted fever IN
South Africa. which seems to have undermined
his health.
At the bedside were Mrs. Ralph and Lester
the eldest son. The other children are Willard,
Alice Edith and Alan.
Julian Ralph was nearly fifty years old. having
been born in this city on May %, 1858. at what
was then known as No CAS- Houston-st He
was educated in the public schools one or his
instructors being DR.. Hunter. now Of the Nor
NAL College. He was the OF DR.. Joseph E
and Selena Ralph. His father died in 1890, and
his mother lives with her son. Justus Ralph, Of
No 25S West Senevty-first-st. In 1870 Julian
Ralph married Isabella Mount of Red Bank,
y J.
He left school when about thirteen, and went
into the composing room Of The Red Bank IN
- Standard" 10 master printing. He soon be-
gan reporting. and when fifteen years old. at
1racted attention by his descriptive work In
1863 he and printer friend started The Red
Bank Leader" which lived about seven weeks.
II seventeen he became editor Of The Nep-
.,- CMass) Times year later he came to
nis city TO ioin the staff Of The New-fork
Daily Graphic" Mr. Ralph's descriptions Of
,Dz4 he al Of
Beecher soon attracted the attention Of Charles
4 Dana and others. Several times Mr. Dana
sent for the young man, and, after the trial
closed he went to The Sun" and was a
member Of the staff for about eighteen years.
,,epresenting the newspaper in Albany, Wash
jngton and elsewhere In 1896 Mr. Ralph went
10 London for The Journal and a year later
he represented Mr. Harmsworth's paper. Ihe
London Mail'' in the Turko-Grecian war lie
also represented The Express" and The New
York Journal" at Queen Victoria's Jubilee in
1897
When The Boer war broke out he went to
South Africa for the London newspapers he
r-as in the campaigns of Lord Roberts and Cen
.-al Netbuen. and collaborated with Rudyard
Kipling in a South African publication called
The Soldiers Friend
Mr. Ralph travelled extensively in CHINA ahq
1he Black Sea region. writing for harper anu
other magazines. He returned TO America Iast
wear and engaged in general magazine woLR h
until appointed Eastern representative OF the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Mr. Ralph the author or many poohs;
among them An American with Lord Roberts,
Wars Brighter Side Toward Pretoria, On on
Canada's Frontier People We Pass, OuI @
Great West" Herpers "Chlcago ana ue
worlds Fair and Alone in China - The novel;
The Angel in a Web" and THE Milionairess
were his last books r. -.
No ARRANGEMENTS have been made for the
funeral The burial will be in Fairview Gene
terry near Red Bank, the former nome OF NlIs'
Ralph