| Show HORACE K M WHITNEY HIS nite LIFE AND DEATH it is with feelings of sadness mingled with resignation that we chronicle the death of brother horace K whitney he passed away as the clock struck eleven this morning at his rest residence in the ward the readers of the NEWS are familiar with the fact of his long lons illness which commenced last june and continued with little respite up to the hour he died elied ills his was of the heart principally though dropsy and rheumatism were the ultimate cause of death speaking generally it was the breaking down of a constitution naturally strong und under erthe the pres pressure sure gure of years of faithful and incessant toll toil the first marked symptom of his final illness was wa felt on the night of sunday june lit lie he came home from a visit to one of his sons complaining of shortness of breath birath and suffered much durin during duning the night from coughing the next mornin morning ai however he be went to the office and struggled through the days labors and in the evening returned home ty undergo alother adother na night of suffering fering this con continued tin bcd for two weeks lacking two days lie he would not tell teli of his condition outside of home and though seized with spells of faintness at his desk rather than reveal tile the truth to his hig fellow clerks who donld have insisted on ills his going home for rest and care lip he would turn his face to ithe window as it if gazing out on the att acet till the spasm had passed at tile end ead of about a fortnight he could endure no more he fell sick at home and remained awall from the office till the of july when he thought je he was able to return to work being too conscientious ious lous to stay away and let others do the labor he was paid to perform ills his gollaz back to work was against the expressed wishes and counsel of his employers fellow clerks and f friends generally ills strength as foreseen was not equal to ills his anxiety and desire to be up and doing ile he found he could only spend a f few ev hours athis at his post each day and would then have to wend his way ho home using g for the first time in his life ilfe lf a cane to tb support his bottera tot tottering tern tera steps returning home one evenin evening 9 in the latter part of se september te e r 1 the weather being cold an and r rainy in y he took a chill and su suffered ere a relapse from that time lie ne w was as confined to the house though occasionally sio nally riding out to take tb the air and for weeks remained in about the same baule condition lie he was unable to lie down at night I 1 and slept mostly sitting up with his arms and head resting against a pillow upon the table before him the last few weeks as his body grew weaker and weaker his failing tailing also and his memory gnich was extraordinary for the first time began to show symptoms of decay lie he grew haggard and emaciated and though at times tines hopeful and even cheerful it was evident that his bis departure from this world was only a question of a little time since last sunday he lle has sat helpless in his chair dropsy had set in before and was followed oy rheumatism and lie he suffered much agony from the pain in his feet and legs lie ile was treated for this and seemed considerably better only a day or two ago though still suffering suffer in pain lie ile began sinking finally about abut 12 last night opiates had been administered lor for his relief and he be lost consciousness and sense of pain about an hour later lie he never revived afterwards ter wards but slept the rest of his life away avay and died without suffering about Abou half past twelve helas be was sitting cpr upright iegoshua ig lit looking into the lire and his son joshua oshua who watched with him asked him if he did not think he had better lay his head down on the pillow yes yes yes he replied but let bethink me think 1 soon afterwards he gazed round the as if follow following ling a row rov of faces and said in iri a low tone to himself fading fading fading these were his last words horace kimball whitney was the oldest child of cf newel K whitney late presiding bishop of tile the church and elizabeth ann ana whitney both of 0 whom preceded him to the spirit world ile he was born bom july 25 1823 1833 at kirtland OMo where here he was also aiso baptized his parents having embraced tile tiie gospel there when he was a boy seven or eig elg eight lit years of age ile he attended attend edthe the hebrew school tau taught in kirtland where tile the Pro profet het joseph smith and other notable elders were his fellow students and attained marked proficiency fici ency in hebrew greek and latin as well as his molen moler mother tongue besides mastering other branches of education ile he was possessed I 1 in n many respects of a remarkable mind and loved books dooks lil lii almost ill ot inordinately when sent to bed to prevent him from study studying ing inz to excess he would raise his chamber window and aud pore over his lessons less onsby by moonlight llis ills memory was like hooks of steel ile he had a habit of jotting down important events in history as they passed and 1 would relate them with de detailed tailed exactness at the expiration of thirty or forty years as clearly and graphically as it they flad had happened but yesterday lie he left kirtland with his fathers family in the fai faa of IM 1838 bishop whitney having been summoned to missouri ails nils to preside at adam ond ondi ahman but ere they reached their destination the saints were driven and scattered from the state and they stopped at carrolton greene county illinois where the deceased while his father returned to kirtland on business taught school and helped to support the family ile he was then but ant sixteen en years of age and according r to the laws of the state was not qualified in years to teach school however he answered so well the questions put to him by the board of examiners and having a matured appearance none suspected that he be was not old enough in concluding the examination one of the board said 1 I 1 presume mr air whitney you are 1 about 0 ut twenty three years of age 11 guess again was waa the response and the young teacher passed without further question I 1 later on bishop whitney and his family fled from carrolton to escape mobbing the people there having found out that they were mormons cormons Mor mons and next settled at commerce or nauvoo in 1843 just before starting on a mission to the eastern states the deceased was ordained an elder under the hands of the prophet jose joseph it smith The tho prophet with whom moll horace race was vas sas a favorite was murdered while he was away he left nauvoo in the exodus and early in the following year went from winter quarters as one of the mormon lormon pioneers to hunt a hoine homme for his people in the wilds of the rocky mountains arriving in this valley july J MC 1847 he made it his permanent a abiding b 1 ng place lie he ta taught u ht school here in early d days ays andoh and nhsn i the DESERET news was established ju in 1850 was one of the original force of compositors ile he had previously busl set type on the times and seasons I 1 as T in nauvoo one of his earliest fe fett t abort ib ortry rs iu it that office was wag pres es io bicki geor george eq Q cannon president johei Joh taylor hTaylor being editor for over thirty years he has been a clerk clerkin in in trusts office during the lifetime life ilfe time of president brigham young since ills his death and up to the hour when his own health broke down he was a man moan of more thad or dinay ordinary ability but very retiring in disposition and arid though one ot the most sociable and genial of natures in private life he lle instinctively shrank from tie the the glare of publicity ile he was I 1 ason one cof cot of the original members of the deseret dramatic Drama tid association and alter leaving the tile stage played the flute for many years in me the theatre r orchestra in business he was the soul soui of honesty and uprightness punctual and faithful and conscientious almost to a fault ills his private life was equally above reproach lie he was a devoted ana and just husband and a loving lovine and good father if he had an enemy we we are not aware of it ile he leaves a large arge fa family in ily lly and a wide circle of friends who while regretting the loss of his society and labors will be gladdo glad plad to learn that his sufferings are arc at an ait end |
