The sun., 1894-03-07
OBITUIR

Mrs. Mary Hemenway. the widow OF Augus-
tus Hemenway OF Boston. died yesterday at
| her home In that city. Mrs lIemenway was
| the daughter Of Thomas Tileston. merchant
OF New York. She was about 75 years Of age.
| Throughout her life che was active In pro-
noting works Of q charitable and beneficent
| character. Her property was estimated at
about s15.o0O.OOO. and she was the richest
| woman in Boston. When. In 1876. the exist
| ence Of the Old South meeting house was
| threatened. she gave one-h half OF the S2OO.OOO
| that had to be raised In order TO save the his
| toric old ediflce from being torn down. Then
| she projected plan Tor an institute for the
| announcement Of the study OF American his
| tory among young people. This was the incep-
| tion Of the Old South Work. which has gained
large proportions. and which was supported
wholly by Mrs Hemenway. Besides this Mrs.
| Hemenway took q keen interest in American
archaeology and cthnoloRy; and contributes
tions 10 and ex ns in the Soui Invest. The
| work Of Mr. Cushing among the Huni Indians.
ago. was the result Of Mrs llemenway's en-
| thusiasm and penerosity. subsequent eX pedi-
ly by her. as an enthusiastic cont ributor to the
| funds Of tho American Archaeological Institute.
American Am S EfInoogg sSi dTci,go'ggH She was
for many years deeply pterested n the PUBLIC
ssSG '9s sHfS:Ssd Of 4 SsnIs ne" She She
was also interested In SCHOOLS In
the rndSnS PSns home. iof orph and oRsr
| benevolent nterprisoss almost without number.
At one time Mrs. liemenway's vested in
tSan t those m 9 oi anV NV Other Pe single m propert1
owner In both hor giving and her liv-
| on Mount Vernon street IN which she passed
were daughters. one daughter died early In
life unmarried.v ~ one married levi. Cabot
| Rustus. married a daughter of Amos A. Law
| renee. Her funeral will be held from her resi-
dence on Thursday morning.
| The 1t. kev. John Adams Paddock. Epis-
copal Missionary Bishop Of the diocese OF
Olympia, state OF Washington. died at sapta
VGjJ was IS years @ old. Early in his career he Was
rector Of st. Peters Church in brooklyn. In
| Washington Territory and was consecrated in
his ShusGh IL Br1STyp Ia nSnn b
Convention divided the. lursdiction into the
| dioceses OF Olym pia and spokane. with bishop
| Paddock as the ecclesiastical head OF the for
mer or western portion. for, nearly two years
before his death Bishop Paddock was In fail-
| ing health
The Hon. Andrew. Gllchrist, President Of the
| Stock Growers National Bank. at Chey-
enne. and one OF tho pioneers ., wyoming,
had had been cen Connected n with, the stock GroweIs'
Bank for over ten years, II was largely Que 70
hs r.. .nat storm @ Gan ss
was largely interested In IRRIGATION enter
| lands.
Ex.Policemsn Alexander Finley of Jersey
snake Tiil. Finley bad been In the depart;
ment fifteen years. His mind became Affected
regularly for duty. and the Captain and Ser;
sim~ out in cifisen's Clothes to look for sneak
| thieves. About a year ago he began to Erow
wa and as Snne.ou wst. WSs deemed ad
visable to send him to the asylum.
Oscar Barnett, a hardware manufactu5er and
night Of heart trouble at his home In that city:
He vas born in nshgAy on J1n n stsSs.n sSs a1a
s1: TSsS s9i e Il. n: r
DEM ocrat. He served as School Com missioner
| in 1853 and 1854 and as Alderman In 1872 and
1878 He leaves widow. three sons. and one
his ns SoSe s2o ssS south First % street, Williams
serSss St sss ase IN IN d, Gen.
Brooklyn whose places were abolished by
d was caused II by T heart disease. but his relatives
| say that his discharge fastened 1t.
| Carl Hartmann. resident Of Sta pleton, e L,
is oven tn Il. PRATT rail to % the door %Se t.i
sbont as years old He was engaged in the
| furniture business.
Thomas Du Bots who for forty years drove
Vile Staten Island, died at his home in the
latter village on Monday Of ppnsumonia He
stage line on which he drove. He was born
near tho village OF Tottenville. de leaves .
| sister
strlcSen V With % spoplexy in the pulpit Of the
| Methodist Church In hoslyn Sunday night.
moor noon u" without Recovering consciousness. ii.
was, 30 years old and had been IN charge OF
the Roslyn church for about two years
Mrs. William Wlnslow sherman. vile OF the
Monday at her home. 81 East Fii!y;:iith street
san M an FnsIIsSman, and Was a cousin OF the
Rev. Dr. Van Dyke OF BROOKLYN.
Judge Lyman Walker died on Monday night
OF hsart failure at LanoTte. Ind, where ne hal
Known jurista In Indiana and was promineniiy
identified with state aud national AHaIrs hs
was 81 years old.
The Rev. Archdeacon Sandys rector OF Christ
Church. [ hGtham. ont. and one ol the pest
ysis. Idward sandys OF New York. the maga-
zine writer. is his son.
Hamilton LittleGeld Of Oswego d cd at the
residence q his son, CAM, H. + LittiTisld: at
New York State.
Lewis c. Breithecker who died suddenly on
Sunday night at his home ~ India street.
the Rarge once. He was 81 years old.
| Hicks Skidmore who died at Montclair, n.
| j., on sunday was formerly well known res
ident and merchant In lironklYn; He was long
connected with Plymouth Church.
Charles Chevis. a eolored man who Was Q
familiar figure In Tottsnyille. staten Isl nj.
died at his home on Monday OF old age. IL 10
said he was about 80 years old.
John Hirkard, a clerk in the ComptrollePs
office in BROOKLYN. died on Monday. at hiS
home. "a Grove street. in his 3Ith Year.
The PhiIadeIPhIa Nominations CoRarmsd.
WAsHISGToS. March d-Ths Senate in eX-
seutiya session this afternoon confirmed the