The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-30

General Harrison Gray Otis, hin. self a veteran of two wars, came of long line of military and states manship ancestry His grandfather was a soldier of note in the Revolu tionary war and the Otis stock pro duced James Otis, Revolutionary pa triot and orator and the first Harri son Gray Otis, once noted as sena- tor from Massachusetts. Gen. Otis was 80 years of age, his birth hay ing occurred on Washington Coun- ty O.. farm, February 10, 1S37
 Over five years of General Otis life was spent as a volunteer sol dier of the United States. In 1861, at the age of 24, he enlisted in the 18th Ohio Volunteers; was promoted through all grades to captain ir 1864 In that year consolidation of regiments placed him in the 23rd Ohio Veteran Volunteers. his colone' and captain being respectively, Ruth erford B. Hayes and William Mckin ley Altogether, Otis saw forty-nine months of actual service in the Civi War, was twice wounded and receiveC seven promotions, including two brev cts, retiring with a title of majo and lieutenantc colonel, by brevet. With the outbreak of the Spanish American war. in 1898, Major Otis at the age of 61. volunteered his ser vices to President Mckinley, and wa
 made brigadier general of volur 1 teers. He was assigned to duty, frs at Camp Merritt. (Cal.l and then tt the Philippines where, at differen' times, he commanded various divi sions of the Eighth Army Corps il ! the campaign for pacification of the native revolt He led a brigade il person in the assault on CaloocaI and participated in the capture of tho i Filipino capital. He resigned his command in April, 1889, returning t. the United States. Upon discharge he was breveted major-general foi "meritorious conduct in action"
 Following the Civil war. Otis re turned to the trade of printer, fOl which he had abandoned school al an early age, acquiring, finally il 1882, fourth interest in the Los Angeles Times. Previously he ha( served for four years as foreman of the government printing office at Washington.
 Quite early in his career as editor and publisher of the Times. for he speedily secured full control. Otis came into conflict with organize labor and thereafter until the da. of his death he waged an unrelent ing warfare for what he termed in dustral freedom, On October 10, o 1910, his building and printing sho was dynamited and twenty of hi workmen were killed. The arrest and trials which followed were mat ters of nationwide interest
 General Otis acquired a large for tune, his interest aside from pub fishing being extensive. In politics his paper ever reflected the attitude of it's editor-aggressive, uncomprc missing Republican, Otis connection with that party dating back to 1866 when he was sent from Kentuck. as a delegate to the convention a Chicago which nominated Lincoln for the presidency.
 Aside from those mentioned. Gen eral Otis held numerous government al positions at different times of hi; life. He was prominent in the Grant Army of the Republic and numerou other patriotic orders and a membei of the American Academy of Science
 The bride of General Otis youn: manhood, Miss Eliza Wetherby, wa his constant associate in journalism and literature until her death il 1904 Of the five children born t. them two daughters survive.