Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-12-27

" oNCI INV wi VIC .uIOIIltSs 8W ItISt
make up the year now nearing Its
close, 1t seems as il death had exacted
an unusual harvest from the ranks
of men who had attained, for one rea'
son or another, special prominence
in the theater of the worlds activi.
ties. OF course, no year passes with
ont leaving an impressive neurological
roll, hut the one about to take its de-
nartllre has made some rather start.
ling erasures from the scroll OF livin{
fame.
Two rather interesting facts serve
TO distinguish the death list Of 1918
from those of most previous years
The first IS that the names of com.
paratively few women are included,
and the second is the almost total
absence of deaths by violence. The
only person of worldwide prominence
who met a violent death during the
year was King George of Greece,
who was assassinated by a fanatic.
The American world of finance and
industry has made distinguished con
tributions to the mortality record,
that Of J. P%ierpont Morgan naturally
attracting the greatest measure Of
public attention. Other notables in
the lis> were Henry NJ. Flagler, the
Standard Oil magnate and railroad
builSer: Adolphus Busch, the st.
Louis brewer: Edward Morris, one
Of the heads of the Chicago meat pack
Ing industry; James r. Keene, famous
DC n Wall ctront cnnonlo{nv A rthrn,,
N. Brady, lighting and traction mag
nate. ana Benjamin Altman and Robt.
c. Ogden. New York merchants.
IN addition to Mr.. Morgan and Mr..
Flagler, both powerful factors in the
n ilroad world, there, passed; away
during the year a number Of promin.
ent RAILROAD executives, active or re.
tired. These included William w.
FINLEY, prest 4ent of the Southern
Railway; Roswell Miller, president of
The Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Paul;
Thomas M. Emerson. president Of the
Atlantic Coast line; James McCrea,
fOrmr president Of the Pennsylvania
railroad; Horace G. Burt, former pre-
sidept OF the Union Pacific, and J
r. Parrot, president of the Florida
East Coast railway. r.
The army and navy also have sus.
tanned serious losses, including Lieut.
Col. David Du Bose Gaillard, who dir
ected the Culebra cut engineering
work on the Panama canal, besides
several other well known general off,
GERS. Eight rear admirals, active or
retired, have joined the great majori-
tv. Great Britain lost her famous sol
Her, Field Marshal Viscount Wolse.
ley, and Admiral Sir Archibald L.
Douglas, former lord Of the British
admiralty. France lost Gen. Andre,
her former wal minister.
Royalty made few contributions to
The mortality record Of the year. With
the exception Of George I. Of Greece
no reigning monarch in Europe died
during the twelve months. The Dow.
ager empress Of China passed away
and Menelik Of Abyssinia was again
reported dead. The British nobility
lost the Duke Of Abercorn and the
Duke of Sutherland, the later one of
Engiand's greatest land owners.
Death deprived the College Of Car
dinals Of five of its members, among
them Cardinal Oreglia, the dean OF the
Sacred College, and the famous Car.
dinal Rampolla, the former Papal sc.
cretary of state. The most notable
loss in American church circles has
been the Rt. Rev. William Croswell
Doane, the venerable Episcopal bis.
hop of Alany. Other deaths recorded
among American churchmen are those
of two Catholic ishops, Hogan of Kan,
sas City and Kenny of St. Augustine.
Some of the deaths Of the year
we're not unexpected. John Fritz. ia
nous for the part he played in the
development Of the iron and steel in.
dustry in the United States, had pass.
ed his ninetieth year. So had Alfred
Russell Wallace, the famous British
scientists. Earl Nelson was in his
ninetieth year and Sir Richard Scott,
senator and long a prominent figure
in Canadian public affairs. was eighty
eight.
From the ranks of politics and dip
lomacy have been taken many figures
of national or international promin'
ence. Here again. however. the Tor
eign mortuary role is far in excess OF
that of the United States. The great
majority of American statesmen and
diplomats who passed away during
the year had previously retired from
he arena of public affairs. The most
notable exceptions were William ],
Gaynor. mayor of New York city;
Jeff Davis. United States senator from
Arkansas: Gen. Joseph +. Johnston,
United States senator from Alabama,
and Timothy L.. Woodruff. former
lieutenant governor OF New York and
later a leader of the progressive par.
ty.
Frank S. Black, ex-governor OF New
York and at one time an Influential
.igure in republican politics. was In
cluded in the mortality record Of
former governors. Others were vii.
lam J. Northen of Georgia and Gen.
Samuel J. Crawford, who was the civil
war governor or Kansas.
Under the head CT diplomats may
BE placed the name of Gen. Stewart
i. Woodford, who was the American
minister to Spain at the beginning OF
he Spanish1American war.
Among the serious losses sustained
by other countries We're Visconnt Hay
ashi, Japaneses statesman and diplo.
mat: Prince 4Aatsura, three times prcs,
mier OF Japan; August Ferdinand
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