Show DEATH OP A DANA paaren away at 1119 camic inland home new york oct 17 chaales A dann editor ot of the now new york sun run died at his home at glen cove long island nt at p in of cirrhosis of tile the liver liter mr donas danas death had been expected for several hours and ills his family and physicians were ivere at t his bedside when the end came ills his condition has bas been feeble for several months and the end was hastened by the extreme heat beat on friday and saturday charles chares anderson uana dana was born in hinsdale Hin scale I 1 N 11 august auguet 8 1810 1819 ills his boyhood was spent in buffalo N X Y where ho he worked in u a store until he be was IS years year of age INS his earliest newspaper experience was gained in the management of the harbinger which was devoted to social reform and general literature after about two years of editorial work on elizur wrights boston Chrono type a daily newspaper mr dana joined the staff of tile the new york tribune in 1817 tile the next year lie he spent eight months in europe pc and upon his return became one of the proprietors prie tors and managing editor of tile the tribune a post which lie he held until april the extraordinary influence and circulation cu attained by that newspaper during the ten years preceding the civil war was in a degree due to the development of mr air danas genius for journalism in 1861 mr dana went to albany to advance the cause of mr fr greeley Gre elcy na as n candidate for the united states senate and nearly succeeded in nominating lim liim the cai caucus le i Is was about equally divided between mr greeleys greelegs Gree leys friends and those of mr evarts while ira harris had a few votes which held the balance of power and at thu the instigation sti of thurlow weed ta the ie supporters of mr evart evarts went over to jud judge jude e harris during the first year of the war the ideas of mr greeley and those ofner of mr dana in regard to the proper conduct of the military operations operation were somewhat it at variance arid and this disagreement resulted in the resignation ofal of mr r dana after fifteen years service on the tribune liev he as at once employed by secretary stanton atan ton in special work of importance forthe war department and in was appointed assistant secretary of war which office he held until after the surrender of lee at the time when general grants character and probable usefulness were unknown quantities mr danas confidence ini in grants military ability probably lid did much to defeat the powerful effort the then n making to break down the rising commander air dana was in the saddle at the front much of the time luring during the campaigns of northern mississippi rind vicksburg the rescue of cha and the marches and battles battler of virginia in 1801 1864 and 1865 after the war liis his services were sought by the chicago republican a new daily which failed through causes not within the editors control returning to new york lie he in 1807 the stock company that now owns the bun newspaper and ana became its editor the first number of the sun issued by mr dana appeared on january 2 27 1868 and for nearly thirty years lie he has been actively and continuously engaged in the management of that successful journal and solely responsible for its conduct lie ile made the sun still a democratic newspaper independent and outspoken in the expression of its opinions respecting thea the affairs f of either party perhaps to a greater extent than in the case of any other conspicuous journalist mr clr danas personality is identified in tile the public mind with the newspaper that he edited ile he has recorded no theories of journalism other than those of common sense and hu man interest ile he was impatient of 0 prolixity xit cant and the conventional standard of news importance mr dagah first book was a volume of stories translated from tile german entitled the black ant in 1855 lie he planned and edited with george ripley hipley the new american cyclopedia with general james 11 wilson lie he wrote a life of ulysses S grant his household hook book of poetry acol a collection of 0 the iest best minor poems of the english language was first published in 18 17 and has passed through many editions the latest thoroughly revised bed being bein that of 1881 |