The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-01-01

| ing neither crowned heads nor men
and women distinguished by their
rank, position or ability in every
branch of human activity. Army and
Navy, diplomacy, craftsmanship and
politics, commerce, industry and
finance, literature and the arts, sci
ence, education, the church. and many
other realms have been invaded by the
pitiless reaper and robbed Of many
distinguished men and women the loss
of whom will be severely felt.
Nutsuhito, Emperor of Japan, under
whose long reign Japan advanced from
the obscure position of a semi-barbar-
Gus nation in the far East to that OF
a world power, commanding universal
respect; Luitpold, prince regent of Ba-
varia and Frederick VIII, King of Den
mark were the most prominent among
the rulers of nations, who We're remov-
ed by death during the year. Others
were William Alexander grand duke
of Luxembourg, Mataafa, former King
of Samoa, Duke Francis Joseph of Ba-
varia Infanta Maria Teresa, sister of
the King of Spain, Prince Louis Mu-
rat, grandson of the King of Naples
and the Duke of Fife, brother-in-law of
King George V.
Among the noted soldiers who capt.
ulated to death during 1912 were Will
helm Won Fahnke, field marshal of the
German Army; Gen. Count Mare-suke
Nogi, the noted Japanese commander:
Homer Lea, general in the Chinese ar
my and an authority on Chinese mill
tary affairs Field Marshal Sir George
Stuart White, the defender of Lady
smith; Maj. Gen. Sir John F. Maurice,
one of the ablest British military wri-
tiers; Gen Edward S. Bragg, comman-
der of the Iron Brigade" during the
Civil War, statesman and diplomatist;
Lieut.. Gen. Arthur Mac Arthur, noted
for his services in the Philippines;
Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant, eldest
son of the late Ulysses S. Grant and
Lieut.. Col. Frank Bridgman, the oldest
retired army officer in the United
states.
The Navy deplores the loss of many
distinguished men, among them Sir
Frederick William Richards and Sir
Newell Salmon, admirals of the Brit
ish fleet; RearAdmiral Aubrey, COM
mander of the Italian fleet in the war
with Tripoi; Vice Admiral Jules Ma
RE de Cavelier de Cuverville, of the
French navy; Rear-Admiral Robley D.
Evans, the idol of the American navy:
Rear-Admiral George w. Melville, the
Arctic explorer; Rear Admirals John
F. Hanscom. Benjamin P. Lamberton,
Lucien Young and John NJ Bowyer;
Capt. Lucien F. Prudhomme, formerly
professor of mathematics at the Naval
Academy and James Rufus Tyron, for
merly medical director of the Ameri-
can navy.
The diplomatic service deplores the
loss of Baron Alof Marshall won Bic
bernstein, the noted German diplomat:
Joseph n. Won Radowitz, formerly
German ambassador to Turkey and
Spain; Count Nicholaus D. Won der
Osten-Sacken, Russian ambassador to
Germany; Whitelaw Reid. American
ambassador to Great Britain; Hamil-
ton Ming, American minister to Siam:
Col. A. Louden Snowden, formerly
American minister to Spain, Greece
and the Balkan States; Alex. Watkins
Terrell formerly American minister
to Turkey; VIM. Lindsay Scruggs, for
merly American minister to Colombia
and Venezuela; VIM. B. Sorby, former
ly minister to Bolivia; DR.. Yung Wing,
the Chinese Diplomat and reformer:
Thos. c. Dawson, an authority on Lat
in-American relations and Chester Hol-
combe, for many years secretary of
the American legation at Picking
The list of noted leaders in the
realm Of politics who died during the
past year includes James S. Sherman,
Vice President of the United States:
Gen. Cincinnatus LecOnte, President
of Hayti;~ Alexandra Lopez de Romano,
eX-President of Peru; Ramon Corral,
formerly Vice-president of Mexico;
Lieut.. Gen. Sir Frederick w. Kitchen
er, Governor of Bermuda; Alloys L.
Count Lexa Won Aehrenthal. premier
of AustriaHungary; Jose Canalejas
Mendes. prime minister Of Spain; DR.
NJ. G.. Milovanovich, prime minister Of
Servia; Count Holstein-L edreborg.
former prime minister of Denmark;
Arthur Wellesley Peel, Viscount Peel,
formerly Speaker of the House Of Com
mons; Henri Brisson, former president
of the French Chamber of Deputies;
George Coulen, vice president of the
French Council Of State; Gen. Shiar
oku Ishmioto, the Japanese minister of
war; Henry Labouchere, the British
statesman and journalist; Auguste
Marie Francois Beernaert, the Belgian
statesman: Viscount Ouro Preto and
DR.. J. NJ da S. Paranhos, Baron de Rio
Branco, two noted Brazilian statesmen
and Gen. John Wilcox Noble, secre-
tary Of the Interior under Harrison.
Unusually great was the mortality
among former governors of American
States. The list of the victims in
cludes Henry B. Cleaves and Freder-
lex ROBBIE of Maine; William A. Rich
ards and John W. Hoyt of Wyoming:
James d. Porter of Tennessee; Aus
tin L. Crothers of Maryland; William
Larrabee of Iowa, John Fremont Hill
Of Vermont, Royal Chaplin Taft of
Rhode Island, Gen. Francis T. Mich
oils of louisiana and Charles B. Ay-
cock of North Carolina
The United States senate lost four