The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-27
Gpeuiug TtIrgraph
TuFsnAY. DRoRMpER ~ 1884.
OBITUARY.
william Curtis Noyes.

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dressing 30 go down to his Office, he suddenly
experienced paralytle stroke aud fell PROSTATE
upon the floor. He was carried to his bed. and
medical assistance summoned, but il was no.
until after O'Clock of the day that he recovered
sensbily. The usual remedies were applied
and on Saturday his friends thought that he
would recover from the attack but AZ no time
were the nerves Of motion able Ia resume their
functions, although the nerves of sensation were
for a time stimulated to action.
Mr. Moves was born a. or near Utica In this
State we believe, and ut the time of his death
was about fifty nine or sixty years Of age. He
removed TO this city ABOUT quarter Of century
ago, and during that period Of time h IS gradually
risen n to hi64 rank Ia his profession. Tue un-
wearicd industry of Mr.. Noyes, his cap tity for
research and the ardor with which he Brought %
any case all its appropriate eruditiOn, gave him
during the las r years Of his life ,em neuce anon
the learned lawyers OF the State and the country
His management of the North American Irus
Compsny's case, the New Haven Railroad case
and his exhaustive exposition Of the history an
doctrine OF charitable uses, which forms a part
one of the volumes OF the New York reports
were characteristic exhibitions Of his abilities.
Mr. Moves had collected one OF the most Vaua
bic priyate law libraries In the country, consist
ing Of all the American reports, with scarcely a
exception down to the present time, all the
English reports in the court OF law and clGn-
Gerry, and the eXchequer; all the scotch decisions
in The Justciary, Session Courts, and House OF
Lords and the Irish reports in law and equity,
the ancient and modern State trials, and all the
standard and many of the rarest carrier treatises.
He had gathered also very rare collection or
the Don esday books, and considerable col
lection Of codes, among which are the Chinese
and GentOo.
II was not until the last few years of his life
that Mr.. Noyes had engaged at all in politics.
He was a member of the Peace Convention, and
took an active part with his fellow. Republicans
in the deliberations of that body.
For the last two or three years Mr.. Noyes has
Aaa., UnA In he nrpn n
code, and he had just been elected President OF
the New England Society.
Mr. Noyes was aighly thought of by the
younger members of his profession, to whom he
was always kind and his demeanor in court,
always respectful and decorous, not less than his
extremely careful preparation, made him in
those regards their model as well as friend
Lacking that native yigor of intellect which marks
the higher orders of legal minds, and marked
rather by eruditon than by power in his argu-
meniatYe efforts, Mr.. Noyes' death, nevertheless,
makes a yacancrnot easy TO be filed in the New
York bar.
A brave and chivalric soldier, a true and high
souIed gentleman, an American whose name is
indissolubly connected with one of the most brill
liant episodes of our national history, passed
to his rest in this city on Saturday, the 2lth
instant
Colonel Charles A. May, of Maryland, entered
the army of the United States during the second
presidency of Andrew Jackson, and reSigning
his commission in 1860, retired into private life
In this city, where he has since resided, winning
an honorable name among our citizens as the
active and efficient Vice President and Superin-
tendent of the Eighth Avenue Railroad Com
pany, But on the rolls of that noble army of the
Union, enlisted for all time, the company Of
patriotic soldiers who, fighting together side by
side under the ons flag OF their fathers, knew no
North, no South, no East, no West but won for
all the land common triumph and common
fame, the name of Colonel May, the soldier OF
Resaca de Ia Palma and of Monterey is still borne
foremost among the foremost.
Few names shine more brilliantly than his in
the records of the last war waged by Americans
against foreign foe. Others, his companions in
arms, during that glorious episode of our annals,
have since made themselves more widely kaOWn
in the conflicts Of the civil strife which now desc,
lates the republic But the fame of May neiths
South nor North can claim. The story of tn
feliSfless who led so many a charge on those IA
fields Of Mexico belongs to America, and will
proudly remembered by Americans rs long a
knigntly courage stirs the blood of youth, an
duty Loyalty done commands the respect OF men.
Colonel May was still in the vigOr of life, hay
ing been born August 3, lSlS in the city of BAlti-
more; and his singularly stalwart frame and
stately presence, well beittiug soldier OF 70
nance, seemed to promise him many years OF
usefulness and happiness. But ah organic ten
debcy 10 disease of the heart, to which his
brother, Captain Julian May some years since
succumbed, developed Itself into sudden and fatal
force, and aggravated probably by his incre lsed
devotion to the duties of his position among us,
into which he carried a military thoroughness
ana exactness Of administration, over-matchcd
even his colossal strength of frame. He died on
Saturday, as we have said, at the New York
Hotel. His funeral will take place from that hotel
to-day at noon.
James william walIaek.
The theatre-loying public, aud especially the
elder portion of it, will learn with profound regre
of the death of James William Wallack, the
veteran actor of America. He may be said tC
have formed almost the only remaining link that
bound the old school Sf theatricals to that Of thu
present day. For the last six or seven years h,
has not, with slight exceptions, appeared on th(
stage, and since 1861 devoted himself to the man
agement of his new theatre at the corner of Four
teenth street and Broadway.
James William Wallack was born in London Il
1895 Both parents we're on the stage; his father
William Wallack, being distinguished comedian
and vocalist, and his mother, Elizabeth Field
playing he leading female characters with MI
GarIick for several years. He made his FIRST ap
pearance In London at the age Of seven, and afte
playing boys parts for someltime, passed to tn
Academic Theatre, established by q Ieen Char
lore in Leicester street, Leicester Square, wheu
English and German children appeared on alter
nate nights. Here he attracted the attention o
Richard Biinsley Sheridan, who gave him an en-
gagement al Drury Lane. That theatre bein
subsequently, burned down he went to Ireland
but in 1889 returned to England, and on the open
ing night at the New DTury Lane appeared a
"Laertes," in Hamlet.
At the age Of twenty-five he replaced NJ
Booth in playing "Iago" to Keans "Othel'o.
About this time he received very tempting offer
from New York, and having, by the nterventio
of Lord Byron, who was his personal freud
obtained TWO years leave of absence from th
management of Drury Laue, he made his fir:
appearance in America, at the Park Theatre, q
thi, city, September L 1873 in the character
"Maebeth." After two years of remarfabl
success here, he returned TO London, where b
remained only one season, making then a S con
visit to America. Having been injured shOrtl
afterwards by the upsetti0g Of a coach, he wen
home 10 recruit, hut returned for another seasO
10 the United States, and after that became stage
manager OF Drury Lane, under Elliston, perform
ing also the leading characters In 1886 h
opened the National Theatre, at the corner q
Church and Leonard streets, in this city.
In 1889 il was burned down, and during tn
next ten years he played star engagements in tn
United States and Great Britain. In 1851 h
fixed his residence permanently in this city, an
established Wallaek's Theatre NOW WOod's) o
Broadway, at the corner of Broome street. Her
he enjoyed an uninterrupted success for man
years. The establishment was always di
tinguished by uniform excellence Of It's stOc
company, and a careful regard to the prophetic
Of scenery and costumes, which gave It eminenC
among American theatres. In 1861, the preseI
Wallack's theatre the leading theatre of th