The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-30
'N'EWSP }. APER MAN \ !. A \
PASSES AWAY
Nj. R. II Glass, Business Man Man
Il; ager 81 the Lynchburg
News, Dead.
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ESPECIAL to The Times ispa tch.) F
N 1,YjNcHBURG. July s- rs, 1E1'e'
months 81 suffering from an ING urap4e
Z, 4 4 =. robert H, Glass. Jr, pass
ed away this morning ct s:45 9 CLOCK @ g
lis home ION Madison Street He was
First taken i'll last winter, and for !, 2
time it was ii thought that his all lnE en- =
IA Weld to the treatment prescribed
nv his physician, The latter. however YER
soon realized that such could not be- Pc put
4, m "a assurance doubly sure, recon- ON
ne1nded visit to Baltimore for consul SUI
talon With one OF the forem ost ola gnos-.l
ticians Of the day. The trip was taken M
hut no hope Of cure was held out. later
q veil known surgeon was sun m q 1S9 =
from Richmond, but the result was 1ns
same. a$ VI q, ~ X
,,at IS Mo or Robert H. Glass, ana was vas!
horn n this city septembc y. lsoo. ii TIE
mother who, hef fore maria was MISS y. u.
rslizabeth Augusta Chrl stan. dled ~ t t!S
winter OF 1860, and shortly e ~
rubiect of this sketch was. WIN y. ot!lei
members Of the family, taken ,to A ilpe.
mattox to live during the tro plous i.l.sa
OF the war, returning hoWeVet,, - $50 Y
home In this city IN 1854. ~, 1.
u FOR the next six or seven years me Y
deceased studied at the local private
SCHOOLS. hut in 1870 went to Baltimore,
where he took a business co llrse " y! lne
college. then operated by Bryant, stra s.
ton and saddler, Returning TO ylrs.n!a
M obtained a position In the y oflolk
offices az the Atlantic, MISSISSIPPI 8hllu
Isohio railroad, then under the. ma nase-
ment 81 General Malone, A tier Two p!1 OF
three yaars he returned to this city, anu
for some time was bookkeeper, ilrst LOT
Ia firm OF 1cISinney. Hall and Conf
Lany, and Ia ter for Lee, ~ y oI ana GoHsT
pany, but still later nccepted lhe pus.-,
Ton OF business manager OF tne 5!!y =, ~
burg Republican, paper 1o '., !, - !,
lis uncle, Robert Cawthorn, ana az 'hds
tin,o sr,svned BY George ", IIardwlck and
Company u, 5. !, n. 4 ], !
About.the year 1877 Mr., Robert Class
went With his father to Petersburg, pc
coming business 4lnnnag ger OF the Pefers7
hnra / Post. or which Major Glass was
owner and editor. Two Oh three years
,atcr he moved to- r,anyllle bec omll,s
! h,,sIness manager Of the POST Of that
civ. Early in the eg niles, being off tIll
q clerkship In the baltimore ana ollln
|ioyflces In Bal timore, no ccepsoI - n : :.
moved there. and Ills 3splondldS puslltess
,raIning soon resulted In his beinE pro-
noted i' 10 the position Of travelling aN,
ditor, d place he filled With ception Y. J
ABILITY. Ills strong love for homo, how
ever induced him to return 70 !, th' :, s,, o..
1887 accepting pos,tlo y ~ Nh "a Wad,
then under he ownersh'p g = p,fN' y ~
In In 1855 when Mr. Carter Glass pur.
chased the paper, the denea seq pssams
Ielitty editor. Afterwards telegraph easto =,
and subsequently, business mana e ~
hich - scca,paoity he remained until ast
WINTER t when his III health forced him
| tn give mp all s,Vor ,ooS \. I'll.
Mr., Robert Glass IN October, lsos Z, mar y
Red Miss Beatrice paughtrey, OF Rlehy
Inond who with a. .lnaah. . aausi'1 hn
lis stepmother, Mrs. r, III Glass; four
brothers, p. g. GLASS. superintN OF
schools; Hon. Gnrser Glass, rnenspss ~