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Show Tbe Death ot Mr. McKeo. St. Louit, 20. The death, of Wm. McKee, chief owner of the Globe Demo-cri,bough Demo-cri,bough quite sudden, was not unexpected un-expected to those who have been acquainted ac-quainted wnh his iphysical condition tho past few years. Ho experienced a slight paralytic stroke in tho summer of lb77, since which ho has never regained his .health, although using all efforts to care for himself. He left the city early last summer, and remained at tbe seashoro and New York until October. "When he returned he seemed to have improved, but it soon became evident tbat his improvement im-provement was only temporary. Ho visited vis-ited the Qlobe-Democrat office nearly every day, generally remaining from lJ till 1 o'clock. On Friday be came as usual, and talked pleasantly with callers, boing apparently as well as ho had been for some time past At 1 o'clock he loft tho office for his residence in his family carriage. The last man to speak to him at the office was Mr. McCullough, the editor of the paper, who conversed with him briefly as ho entered his carriage. Mr. McKee was driven to his residence, accompanied by his wife and daughter. Ho spout tho afternoon and evening at home. At night ho becamo interested in a volume vol-ume of Washington Irving's works and read it beyond his u;.uul time for going to bod. Shortly after 11 o'clock lie retired, but soon arose again, saying ho felt rest-lest rest-lest and could not sleep. 1I went from his bedroom to an adjoining sitting room and seated himself in a chair. Hero ho began to fool what he callod an oppression oppres-sion of the chest, whch proved to bo tbe fatal attack. A phyrician wassummonod and remedies applied, but he sank steadily and Bhowed no signs of rallying. At 12.45 he passed as if into a sleep, and to tho surprise of those attending him, it was tho sleep of death. Mr. MeKoe was in theGrUh year of his ago. He was a nativo of Now York, of Irish parentage; was subsequently on tbo (Courier and Enquirer, under J. Watson Webb; came to St, Louis In 18-11, and soon afterwards obtained an interest in tho Evening Gazette,- remaining in it two years; subsequently, and when tho political doctrines of tho Hunker and barn-burn fuctions of Now York had spread to tho west, ho started a campaign shoet called The Ham-burner, tho first freo soil paper published in Missouri, and perhaps in any slavo holding state. Ho waaalso engaged en-gaged in several other newspaper enterprises enter-prises until in 1800. Ho became one of the proprio'-orB ot the Deinocrat. He re-mamed re-mamed in the Democrat until 1872, when he snld that paper to Georgo W. Fish-back, Fish-back, and in connection with D. M Houser, ono of his former partners, started tho Globe. In 1876, thn proprietors pro-prietors of tho Globe purchased tho Democrat, and the two papers wore consolidated. con-solidated. The Globe-Democrat; had large real estate and other investments. His death will not cause any change in tho policy or manajiumoDtof tho .apur. |
