Statewide County WA Archives Obituaries.....Ferry, A.L. April 1893
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Oregonian April 11,1893
A.L.Ferry,who was found dead on his ranch near Union City today,came here last
summer,and after working for some time as a printer on the Morning Olympian
became one of the publishers of the Capital,the organ of the populists here.He
edited the paper during the sesion of the legislature,and his writings were
expressive of his discontent with the present order of things.The business of
the paper under his management was not satisfactory and the former
proprietor,B.M. Price,again took charge of it a few weeks ago.Ferry endeveared
to secure a footing in literary circles here,and became interested in the
Unitarian church.He was melancholy and dispirite,however,much of the time and
felt that he was not sufficiently appreciated.As a printer he complained that
the typographical union was not fairly managed,and that men were given
preference over others in the union y unjust discrimination,and he was in the
habit of citing practices in the Seattle union to prove his allegations.He
fancied himself to be superior to men who had been more fortunate in securing
employment,and this embittered him.His bent of mind mae him a very ardent member
of the people's party,and no proposed economic change was too radical for him.He
finally became disheartened that he talked to several of his acquanitances here
of the desirability of suicide and suggested that he would probably end his
lifeby his own hand.While his talk was not regarded as serious,those who knew of
it were not surprised when the news was received that he had killed
himself.Ferry came to Washington from Decatur Ill., and has spent a considerable
portion of the time since his arrival on the ranch on which he died.Being out of
money,and depsairing of reforming the world,he gave up the struggles.he was
about 38 years old.

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Oregonian is published in Multnomah county,Oregon

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