Show H WALTER WEBB The New York Central Railroad company com-pany the State of New York the whole country Indeed is a loser by the death of II Walter Webb who died last week In New York He was of the old Revolutionary Revo-lutionary and old literary stock of Wpbbs He was In charge of tho New Ybrk Central in 1S90 when the great strike broke out In settling It he showed marvelous ability and had his health not given way he ant probably 1 prob-ably have been the first railroad man In the United States A strike was rushed upon him as a cyclone conies out of the Southwest and the Commercial Commer-cial Advertiser speaking of the way he handled I says His force resourcefulness resource-fulness complete selfpossession and complete mastery of the great system directly under his direction has seldom been equaled in any similar crisis by much older men than he and has never been surpassed Ilia personal qualities quali-ties were most winsome The Advertiser I Adver-tiser says Modest and unassuming ho made n friend out of cv < jry acquaint o f know him ance since no man could without giving him both respect and affection for sincerity of character and earnestness ofpurpose sat upon him like a garment No man ever had higher Ideas of private and public life than he and no man desired more earnestly than he to make his life honorable hon-orable to himself and helpful to his I fellowmen I The Webb stock has been tried In all manner of situations and they nave been leaders of men In this country since before the Revolutionary war They seem at home alike whether In handling the great working forces of the world or in directing the forces of nations The man for whom young Webb was named was the MinIster France who through his Intimacy with Louis Napoleon was able to explain to him how necessary It was that the French soldiers be withdrawn from Mexico after the great war and It was done There IH something In the stock of men and blood counts among men I as much as it does among horses |