Death Of W. W. Corcoran

Washington, Feb. SKK- WHUa w íleon Corcoran, thepreat philantbropist, died at hi6 home iu this city at 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning of senile bronchitis in the !tOth year oí his age. His eud was peacetal 'ihe duralion of his illness vas but two weeks, thonph he had been gradually failing for the pasl year. Mr. Corcoran wae luirn ni ipor.'etown, D, C, Dacember 27, 17!is. .-un] v.üs tbe on of Thomae CoTcoran, who emigraced from Irelaixl in J7-;. He recelved a meager eduoatlon, aml beg m ufe as a cliTk in hin futho V t Soon after he attracted the attent en of the president of the i I:nK, aud was by him p-.vni astirtin ble binkinfr career, which jiroved so sneef i-siul In 1 K?.r Mr Corcoran marrietl the dauglit r of Commodore Morr b. Khi died five yeara h.tsr, and he npver raairled again [I l erttmated that Mr Corooran hüh given ov r $3,000,000 to hu fellow-raen in the pasl litt-em yeirs to found - itu (ons Hf üso gave the property of ihe beaütifnl Oak HUI Cmetry, wh-rr li' tho remains ot Chief-Justice Chase. Secretary Stanton and others oí the Nat.on'n diKtiugaished dead Anotbtr instance ot Mr. Corcoran'e pnblic spirit am! liberaltty was lii providjng for the reinterment of the author of " Home, Sweet Home,"1 and tho prectiou oí a monument over h;6 grave. A noble sentiment ie contiincd in the paradoxtoal nentemc onc attered by Mr Coxcoran: "Ot all my money. tbat whicb 1 liuvo jrivpn away ie all that is trnlv mine." His onlv child, a danphtr, who marrted George Kuetis, of Lonifciaiia, iied in lsli7, leaving two soné and a dauprhter, who will undoabtedly inherit ihu huik of J!r. Corooran'e fortune, which is eyliiiiatpd al ÍHi.oOO.OOÜ