The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-19

OHITUAR f

John Decker died at his homo In Port Rich.
mond. S. l.. yesterday. Hc was tho last chief
OF the Volunteer Fire Department OF Now
York city. lie was born In New York on May
is. 1923. and Joined Engine IA in October.
1874. In 1S47 he was elected assist
ant foreman OF tho company. In 1850
he was made foreman. and in 1852
was chosen assistant engineer. He was
elected chief OF the department in $780, and
1863 was reelected. serving in that capacity
until the Volunteer Department dsbanded.
During the memorable draft riots IN 1869
Marshal In Third avenue and destroy Cd the
wheel from which the draft was being drawn.
r" to hs se TMs :" n TSt
spondea. hut were kept away from the fire by
the rioters; GneI Enfinser Decker mounted
TO the ilremen. The mob reassembled utter
the fire fire and ransacked tho Col1rei orGhn99
ARE The around to tSs
sssess any S SsSsr fs ss
found hmss! n the hands Of ha dozen
rops ana shook t il tho face Of ihe Chief, who
sSs Yoa will S onS f sop H9 nus
t ,h GSysrnmsntsi;" % account ne e the run
was t a in rss s the First Fes
Zouayes and assisted in raising S3I 900 In tho
Fire Departmsnt to equip them: He also re-
r. Second Kesimcnt q Fire Iouavesn After
President Of that ass ISOLATION until three years
mond county for five terms. lie retired from
active business fifteen years ago. He leaves
widow.
Ex-ConCressman Milton sayler OF Ohio once
Temporary Speaker Of tho Houso of Represen-
tHtiyesi died suddenly at his residence. s1s
noon. He had been in iii health for some
1me s1t was ahlo f. GO down to t dinner
not complain Of feeling unusually iii. Thurs:
day at noon. when the housek eeper returned
+ ss!sss Rss. It'll
Mr. Sayer was a lawyer. but had not practised
'S FAD ve at tros
He has typ brothers living in Cincinnati. who
done Yesterday: Nr: sayler was Unmarried.
stances. He '; wa ash born in LewisIurc. Prebs
county. g. Nov. 4. 1851 was graduated from
from the Cincinnati Law School. lie prsctised
Hw in that city and was elscted from tas5e to
was elected Nepres entative to Congress. and
served continuously in the House until 1880.
n is ne NV was I'm
acting Speaker for several months.
the Of h Waeh H0 Sss
so nearly white that his race might nave been
mlspk s 4 had not neen for ne w9Gy gs62
thought Of disturbing his possession ofths
franklin Washington: and he declared that no
amS s s IN 3a Of The
iured in u raid BY United states cavalry DUR
ing the war and was taken to Washington.
taken i'll at his, residence. 8 Douglass street.
sumption lie lie was 70 Years old - N''|A ''A
Stephen T. died on ThuTsdsy
tho SON "i the lato Wiiam s Re-riman. The
second President o. the Long Island bank.
SndoR Ha4 s S @as the Hona
island Bank. Vice-President OF the Brookvn
Safe Deposit Company and "A director in the
Eishth Avenue Railroad. Now YORK. and the the,
Peoples Gas Company. He leaves son and
two daughters.
Samuel Carpenter. Eastern passengeragent Of
tho PENNSYLVANIA Railroad. died on Wednes-
day at his residence in this city. AZ late rs
was born in this city. .hity;two years ago. md.
after serving in the Ninth Regiment, New York
1873 no entered the employment Of the rail-
road company in which he remained Tor
I Rs eir atern the Grand Army
OF the Republic.
William Cleveland. second cousin Of Pres!-
i nGisss' INDY S.e Of tyrhoid pn"s%ona Mr.
Cleveland was 40 years old. and leaves three
children.
The Roy. Charles Clarke. tn. Unitarian
cate OF the Chartist movement. died at Biz
minCham. England on Thursday.