Show turning from the general to abo particular wo find the year 1889 it hi happily bolow below tile the average of tho years in the number and prominence of its illustrious dead only a fwu fu v names tower so high about the rest as to be entitled to special sl c mention and even those for the most part had reached or nearly so 90 tile the point at which lie iho ond end seemed near and embers smolder cherb fires once burned of all the illustrious statesmen men inell of letters capitalists or scholars who died nearly nil were far beyond I 1 tile lie medium point the crown prince of austria whose name stands at tile the lead head odthe of the list in point of tine was illustrious only as it a royal expectancy pec tancy ur mr grandy who closed the annal unless we accord that distinction to the ex endres of brozi Br zil was indeed g at ai d lul jul of promise but for t the lie it hii et t the n more 0 re I 1 notable i ot a bl c ii names a tn L s 1 e 10 11 g d ta loile 11 e retired d list such as I 1 I 1 U LT JEFFERSON DAVIS THEODORA WOOL SEY JOHN ERICSSON i anal the three philanthropists VASSAR SHAW and CRERAR BRAR ROBERT 11 whose body now reposes in the poets corner of westminister West minister abbey was hale ard and hearty bearty when tf the c year opened but lie he had been a i nan of letters s fifty years congressman cox was also full of vigor when suddenly called away but ho had been a Congre 0 o sim in some hirty yeara abis it ij nt fc it in inh to say sa that 1889 dealt kindly with the famous men defour f our day dav from this standpoint of mortality the astounding fi fact act of tho the year was the johnstown Johnis town horror how mat y deaths deadie were causes by that diat flood will never be known tb the 0 lowest estimate is 2 2000 this is only half the number nui iber said to have perished d by the great conal at Soo chow china which occurred currod oc in 18 9 but bui that catastrophe was so remote and so go little tn us in its details that it made but slight impression irn on the mind the johnstown calamity an n the c an tary t ary abar r jed ed the attention nt of the ahe people day after day and may well be in aked in the calendar of tho the general public as tho most in A 1 in choly event of 1889 daily enquirer |