Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1897 — DEATH OF MR. DANA. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DEATH OF MR. DANA.

PASSES AWAY. IN H!S LONG ISLAND HOME. The New York Journalist, After*Long Battle for Life, Succumbs to Exhaustion—Nov* Scotia Town in Ruins The Triton Disaster. Sun Editor No More. Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, died at his home in Glencove, Long Island, at 1:20 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Death had been expected for several hours, and his family and physicians were at his bedside when the end came. His condition had been such for several months that the members of his family had kept themselves in constant readiness to go to his bedside at any moment. Saturday morning he had a relapse, and it was apparent that recovery was impossible. Several times, however, he rallied, but toward night began to sink. During the night there were feeble rallies, but they did not last long. In the morning it was seen that the end was but -AJfew hours off, and his attendants remained almost constantly at his bedside. The cause of Mr. Dana’s death was cirrhosis of the liver. June 9 he was at his office apparently strong and Healthy. The next day he was taken ill, and he never afterward visited New York. He was 78 years old. It is generally stated in newspaper circles that Mr. Dana had nothing to do with the editorship of the Sun for the last six months and had not had any financial interest in the paper for some time. Theodore E. Hitchcock, a Wall street banker, is reported to be the controlling <rwner and the publisher of the paper. Mr. Lahn is supposed to be the next in ownership. It is thus not believed that Mr. Dane’s death will have any marked change oat the policy of the paper for a time at least, though it is expected that a good deal of

interesting information will come to the surface as to just what Mr. Dana’s relations with the paper were during the last few years of his life.

CHARLES A. DANA.