(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
A tribute to the late Achad Ha’am was paid by Dr. Julian Morgenstern, president of Hebrew Union College.
“The death of Achad Ha’am is a bitter loss to the whole house of Israel. A faithful son of Jacob, a devoted servant, an inspiring dreamer, we mourn for him sincerely and shall long cherish his memory,” Dr. Morgenstern declared.
Adolphus Hess, who fought in the Civil War with Company A. Thirty-ninth New York, the regiment known as the Garibaldi Guard, died Monday in his eighty-sixth year.
Mr. Hess, who was a clothing merchant, was born on Jan. 5, 1811, at Bingen-on-the-Rhine, Germany, and came here at the age of 13. He enlisted on May 28, 1861, in the Thirty-ninth, thereby becoming a citizen, and, except for the time he was held pirsoner in Libby Prison, he saw active service in the war until his discharge on June 24, 1864. For their participation in the Battle of Gettysburg he and other members of the Thirty-ninth won the personal commendation of President Lincoln.
Sir Joseph Duveen, the art connoisseur, who donated the modern, foreign and Sargent galleries at the Tate Gallery in London was among the seven baronets narned in the King’s list of New Year’s honors.
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