The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-20
OHITEARl,

Roswell Smith. President Of the Century
Company. died at Z: 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing OF Bright's disease at his home. ~ Fast
Fifty-f'rst street. Tho funeral will be on
Thursday morning ut 10 o'clock in tho Madi-
son Avenue Presbyterian Church. and tho
burial Will he mt NIontclair. boswell Smith was
born at Lebanon. Conn. March 30. 1870.
His father was Asher L. Smith. and his
uncle. Roswell C. Smith was the author
OF Smiths Grammar" and "Smth's
Arithmetic" Roswell NTH spent much time
in his uncle's home. and at IA he was en-
ployed by Paine Il Burgess in this city. the
publishers of his uncle's books. Three years
later he entered Brown University for the Eng
studied law in hartford with Thomas e. Per-
is53 he marriaI ,iisss Hnaie Esworth. tho
United States Commissioner Of Patents. Hc
grew rich. and in. 1853 retired from tho
INV In rr n 5e H "rsa with snrse ss I" hn
zIns: anl in N2vsmTsr. $50; they ,assoeiatsd
first number Of S,y.i,,1n's Momidi. 81 N;clo'aS
T9S IN s at Sm Smiths s5t bl Hd
land and the Scrihners aud changed tho name
OF tho magazine to the rent'mn Mr.. Smiths
ary." which h. lived to- comrete after ten
years work. lie was an cx- President OF tho
SHniEssstonni yu dres,os Of The AmGr
League and Grolier Clubs. lie leaves Il widow
nn'i daughter. tho vito Of George lnness. Jr..
the artist.
Augustus Allen Hayes d lied on Monday at his
residence, in the Avenue do rAlma. Paris. He
was u wcll-known magazine writer in this city
W lie w"s I in nEit"n and
China. and upon his return lived for II while in
the far West; His best short, stories APPEARED
~ al Il, Ia
HraS ,$taESs AID rMilionsi!S = L s$ q tic
fnn1EE n ,ns oy FSpr Sanc 1s
also published novel. The Jesuits' ling"
Secretary ana Acting vice-Presdent u the
Brush Electric Light Company. lie married
Sne o has ye1 IN pars
Tor several years.
Frederick Martin BoIenstedt. tho we'll
known n writer. Is dead He was born in Han
East. and bercnme nm editor Of newspapers in
Austria and in Germany. In 1870 he took
1854 he was appointed at Munich to the chair
of Slavic languagcn and literature. and he after
ward held other high educational positions;
Theatre ut McininGen He was tho author Of u
number Of works
The Row. Joseph Henson one q the, oldest
ence. died yesterday ut his home. 42l Quincy
street, Brooklyn., in his seventy, ninth, year.
His mnistGr1 lie ueG.n in 1879 and con
churches in Long Island and Connecticut. and
dnrInS the war was chaplain in tho United
for a short timo chaplain in the navy.
Col, II. X. NIi!ward. aged 81 died ut Lexing-
ton. KY. yesterday of paralysis. He was the
first man in Kentucky to enlist ms voluntccr
ranks to DO Isnt%nani- Colonel. Alt"r . the the
and in 1876 President Grant appointed him
Postmaster at Lexington. which position he
held for eleven years.
The Rev John Cook. who, was born on the
home in Syosset. aged 70. lie was n Baptist
minister and went, TO California ut the time OF
first Baptist church in that State. He, had
been retired a number Of years. lle,was Post
master OF syossot ut tho time of his. death.
he leaves WIDOW.
% l'irs, place. Erookiyn in bis 10th year lie |
hnI teen engaged IN the shipping business
was a mcmberrof tho Produce and Maritime |
funeral will take place from the house this
afternoon. |
,! the rharleston con:ier before lis consolida-
ion with tho Charleston Ne"s. died in that
.cr o: the to.n'"z when jlrhard. Ycadon. it's
,ditor in chief offered . reward OF $4,000 for
ne hehu OF l'cnjaEln /. Batter.
detective Sergeant James Lonahan OF tho
Brooklyn Police Department died yesterday Mt
iiS home 40 Bergen street. In his both year.
10 Ind been connected with tho force for
wrnty-scven years aud had served us detec-
i've for twelve years. Recently he was ut
h"hed to the Gates avenue station.
Prof. A. J.. Brown. q microscopic. died yes
rrdny In Camden OF consumltion; lie was
OF tho New Jersey Board of Phar-
macy and professor Of microscopes in the
Ehilnd clpl.a College Of Pharmacy. 10 was u
m ,nrn M "A nruI N fr in,,ls intv
vas 81 years old.
J. b. Smell of Fulton. No. clerk to tho House
COMMITTEES y,s on ,h"inage, WrGhi:Si. ma Meas t
;;onr Il Chairman. died yesterday ut Proyi-
loss of typhoid fever aged A. years.
Mrs. Peabody. widow OF Col. George Pea
Iody and mother Of Mrs. William G.. Endicott,
lied at her home in Salem yesterday. aged
Ibout 81 years.
Frau Brandt, George, prima donna OF tho
asset opera House. died yesterday OF nnraly-
is while undergoing an operation Jya dentist