The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-03
OBITUARY.

Promoter" Shaw. In 1889 Mayor Edson's Rapid
Transit Commission formulated scheme for
rapid transit by cable roads, and set apart 10
miles OF streets to DO used by the cable routes.
Mr.. Shaw associated with himself number OF
other gentlemen. and they got q charter under
the name OF tho Cable dComp1ny.with
capital stock Of S2000.0O0. divided into 10000
shares Tho company was composed OF
Joshua d. Shaw q brother OF Charles.
President: W. II. Powers, Treasurer: Charles
Ea.s ad sss Rss NHws 5SsepS
H. Rice, and Charles y. Shaw. the last named
gentleman being the attorney i9r the T germany
Eesaa RrI tie set
this proposed system intoitwenty: nine routes.
them; The sch9me. which gothic name Of tho
s sS1Ions a sE IN iso the Lessature
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Ell iis sp with his brother joshua at East
vent to bellevue Hospital for treatmont for
heart disease He left there short time ago
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and leaves no property. He was lawyer in
good practice before ho took up the cable
West thirteenth street. lnte on Monday night
Col. Devoe was one OF tho old time Ninth
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and r. he M Gpa1d H a rasn Sr him IN
poI sS s super o.. Markets BY Comp
trolier Andrew II. Green. Ho was removed In
1871 1857 By ksy Cam In
Of Colonel a the late war. Col. Deyos devoted
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try. COL Dsvoe leaves widow and five chill
yp rs F rs &c ns R32 so
avenue, last night after an Illness OF two
81 %ssh s nssh BY Boof
Tyr, iilty.seyen years ago. He was
in the santesp fire
Of Old Engine COMPANY 49,, which had
is head9uarters n ciymer street IL the
the Fire Department he became snccessively
driver. assistant foreman: and district en-
gineer. He lett u wife and two children.
sewa kT a The Malss # hs s u Gss
at sef "f EAST sS s no lie
to this city when lad. In the course OF his
career as a builderhe builta number Of houses
s esn sna osp Ia'. Fl:
holders Of tho Brooklyn. Elevated Railway.
and was also interested In the project to bridge
Wiliamsburgh with this city.
Joseph Gates, one Of the best known men in
Columbia. Tenn. was found dead in the woods
woods early in the day. and as he did not re-
a.nssa e s as Ss s2Gs Hs "n d ds
ture. 4 wife and two Children surVivehin.
Walter Gordon, English actor. manager. and
Mr "S 'sIhrosgh Fire and Wat.SS Dearest
Mamma" and other dramas His wife was
In the ap OF Th"
newspaper which Is likely to To remembered
best as the first to encourage Jerome K.
Jerome's pen.
d.: Charles 4: say9ry. Leading physician Of
Professor e oi obststr!cs II Phi adephia% VA also
ha e %sss snsSSs sqs & s Sor III
hsSni soSSt tx IN rst 5ohns ASs
pital.
citizens q Bangor. died on Jan. 30. aged IS
years. He was for nearly half century in the
OF n circle OF noted local vita and story tellers.
Uncle jock, rs he was known. was Il very right
man; and his reputation Tor quaint sayings and
Tho Rev. Anthony Geisenhoff. for eighteen
years pastor u the German Catholic Church Of
81. John the baptist u Elmra. Died on Friday
native OF Philadelphia. and was about 43 years
old: He leaves q brother and sister. who are
from Cape Town. Africa. Yesterday announcing
the death OF Lieut.. Mason 4. Shufelt tretired)
S. the n1yy om hsn se 81 he nv a
Admiral shufeldt
Two extremely Old residents Of Madison
Elijah skidmore OF Hamilton had cntorel on
lS l0ist yer Ws on Jan ~ Ill ana Mrs phebe
SMh Year Both were born , Ia Connecticut a "'i
Addison II. ;Delmnter. q former resident OF
Amsterdam. died on Monday e the grip at his
home in Cleveland. Ito was u years Old; He
one Of the founders Of tho spring factory Of d.
w. Shuler Son In Amsterdam.
Nine. Charlotte Frances Hendrlck. formerly
Of Mnnhattanville Convent, died in Sacred
Heart Convent In Torresdale, Pa. yesterday.
on hertwenty.seconda anniversary Of taking the
veil.
Ithen silshy Richardson; an, inventor. died
" years. Among his inventions WAS the
mashnS now used In Pseins P1%f 4 pGpsr tIs
to lay the first atlantic cable.
Hcnri D6hrlt. tho French dramatist. ia dead.
aged 36, 10 gave promise Of distinguished
az achievements. but OF late yenrs he had been In
II hcnlth: He .collahornted with Gondinet. in
- :, reau Nenve." and with Busnach in Ma
Josiah Travis died on Monday at 1.1O7 Bod.
ford avenue. Brooklyn. in his eighty second
yenr. He was ret red merchant and in his
carly years was noted as an advocate Of the
Wing party. lie was u Quaker.
Mrs Ellen Hickey. tho mother OF the Rev.
Father d. J. Hickey, the pastor Of ST. Francis
Xavier's Church In Brooklyn, died yesterday
at 1T Garfield place. In that city. In her
siXty-llfth year.