Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1897 — ADMIRAL MEADE DEAD. [ARTICLE]

ADMIRAL MEADE DEAD.

American Naval Hero Passes Away at Washington. Admiral Meade, retired, U. S. N., who had been ill at Washington for three weeks, died Tuesday. There were present Drs. Johnston and Wales, Mrs. Meade and Miss Patterson, at whose house Admiral Meade was taken sick with the grip, which was afterward aggravated by appendicitis. An operation had to be performed, and from its effects the admiral failed to rally. Admiral Meade was one of the best known officers of the modern navy, saw hard service before, during and after the civil war, and served in all parts of the world on important naval and diplomatic missions.