The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-01-02
During the year just ended Death
Vas levied unusually heavy toll, spar

Il during the year Just enueu Death 1
Has levied unusually heavy toll, spar
Ing neither crowned heads nor men
land women distinguished by their
vrank, position or ability in every
branch Of human activity. Army and
Navy, diplomacy, craftsmanship and
!, politics, commerce. industry and f.
nance, literature and the arts, science,
! education, the church, and many other
realms have been invaded by the pitt
mess reaper and robbed of many dis
Z. inguished men and women the loss
i whom will be severely felt.
nj Mutsuhito, Emperor of Japan, under
cowhose long reign Japan advanced from
the obscure position of a semi-bar-
!. barous nation in the far East to that
of a world power, commanding uni
yersal respect; Luitpold, prince regent
of Bavaria and Frederick VIII, King
of Denmark, were the most prominent
among the rulers of nations, who
were removed by death during the
year. Others we're William AleXan-
der, grand duke of Gutenberg, Ma
taafa, former King of Samoa, Duke
Francis Joseph of Bavaria, Infanta
Maria Teresa, sister of the King of
Spain, Prince Louis Murat, grandson
of the King of Naples and the Duke
OF Fife, brother-in-law of King George
"
" Among the noted soldiers who capt.
Hated to Death during 1912 were Will
faelm Won Hahnke, field marshal of the
Z German Army; Gen. Count Mare-suke
4 Noei. the noted Japanese commander;
Homer Lea, general in the Chinese
army and an authority on Chinese mil
itary affairs; Field Marshal Sir George
Stuart White, the defender of Lady
! smith Maj. Gen. Sir John F. Maurice.
one of the ablest British military
writers; Gen. Edward s. Bragg, COM
mander of the Iron Brigade" during
the Civil War. statesman and diplo-
matist; Lieut.-Gen. Arthur Macarthur.
AQtCu IOh LIS HciNitCO III bhC htAiP-
pines; Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant,
eldest son of the late Ulysses S. Grant
and Lieut.. Col. Frank Bridgman, the
oldest retired army offices in the Uni
ted States.
The Navy deplores the loss or many
distinguished men. among them Sir
Frederick William Richards and Sir
Newell Salmon, admirals of the Brit
ish fleet; Rear-Admiral Aubrey, COM
mander of the Italian fleet in the war
with Tripoli; Vice Admiral Jules
Marie de Cavelier de Cuverville, of the
French navy; Rear-Admiral Robley
d. Evans, the idol of the American
navy; RearAdm. George w. Melville,
the Arctic explorer; Rear Admirals
John f. Hanson, BENJAMIN P. Lam
berton, Lucien Young and John M.
Bowyer; Capt. Lucien f. Prud-homme,
formerly professor of mathematics at
The Naval Academy and James Rufus
9ryon, formerly medical director of
be American navy.
| The diplomatic service deplores the
bss of Baron Adolf Marshall Won
the noted German diplo-
hat; Joseph M. Won Radowitz, former
y German ambassador to Turkey and
Spain; Count Nicholas d. Won der
Russian ambassador to
Germany; whitelaw Reid, American
to Great Britain; Hamil-
on King, American minister to Siam;
,ol. A. Louden Snowden. formerly
american minister to Spain, Greece
nd the Balkan States! Alex. Watkins
'errell, formerly American minister to
turkey; VIM. Lindsay Scruggs, for
lerly American minister to Colombia
nd Venezuela; VIM. B. Sorsby, for
lerly minister to Bolivia; Dr. Yung
Wing, the Chinese diplomat and re-
primer; Thos. G. Dawson, an authority |
n Latin-American relations and Ches- ]
n Holcombe, for many years secre-
Try Of the American legation at Pek- S
lg.
The list OF noted leaders in the I
salm of politics who died during the {