The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-23
OBITUARY.

George w. G. Ferris. the inventor and builder
Of tho Ferris wheel. died yesterday at the
Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh. where he had
been treated for typhoid fever for q week.
The disease Is said to have been brought
on through worry over numerous busi-
ness matters. He leaves q widow. He
early in life on the Pacific slope. and was edu-
Gated at Carson City and San Francisco; In
i i]Sstitu he f Troy. \. ' Y. a hsn srsdS@te dN Mi.s hirs
locating coal. mines and railroads in West
Louisville Bridge Company. at Louisyille.
In the capacity of inspector he went to Pitts.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad bridge at
Henderson. ny. After the completion, of this
Account wSra IT, eP He Organized as the arm Of g.
w. G. Ferris & Co, In 1892 Mr.; Ferris
the Worlds Fair at Chicago. The wheel was
constructed in Pittsburgh under the super
Chicago. where he watched the erection
of IT.. Its capacity, was LAO passengers.
The wheel made a Fortune for Ferris: and gavo
him fame as an engineering genius all over the
s %9r : N Ai one Of ne the ,s'f cb GtSsea PARKS srs G for q Tina mas
Later Ferris sold out his interest in IT.
After several months severe illness W. A. Mes;
tayer died at his home: 81. West rTsnty:third
Mr.. Mestayer. after several years work at the
California Theatre with the late John McCul.
Tough. came to New York under an engagement
with Edward Z. Rice. and played under his
management in all tho principal burlesqnes
Barton Key. The Tourists in a Pullman Car"
w wss foi %aSs s BY a W Us { t e So.ss ! TeS.f Rss6e
ing" and The Grab Bag" all OF which were
More No. M Gs lsss ' %strisd rh aS9s' E tsH u ESsnr' ~ eRo
has recently, been hlling an engagement with
Excelsior, IT." at the Boston Mr .s : rn she
o'clock in THE Little Church Around the Cor
ner." Twenty-ninth street and Fifth avenue.
his home in Chicago. aged "a years. He was dis
tinguished as a man OF letters. as a ~linguist.
private laTnSs life. His father. A. Dudley Mann, ne
gotisted the first reciprocity treaty ior the
state u ntnSfSi P a. nTsS fsssi.nns HIS father
was the first diplomatic commissioners of the
Confedsracy 70 the European powers, 6einE aS-
Judge Mann was his fathers companion and in.
t~orpreter during that time. During the last
writing his fathers memoirs. which were pub
lished recently. He was born on the family
estate in Virginia
Mrs. Adelaide Day died of pneumonia on Sat
urday at her home. 81 West Fffty:slxth street:
She was the daughter OF William H.; Scoield of
this city and was born in 1887. In 1861 she
was married to Henry Day. whose father, Ben
iamin Il. Day. was the founder OF II Sun;
Her husband and three Children, Two sons ana
one daughter, survive her.
Charles Bodenhausen died on Saturday at his
home, 81 Vernon avenue Brooklyn. aged 81
years. He served in the war with tho l39th
Volunteers and was a memb Der OF karswill Post,
No. l49. Ii. A. X. He was long active In Demo-
cratic politics in the old town of Flatbush and
was once Excise Commissioner.
Oscar Z. Herold of the Herold Smelling and
Refining W orks died at his home in Newark on
Saturday night, aged 40 years, He was a brother
OF DR.. H.. c. II. Hero!d, the President OF tho
Newark Board OF Health. A widow and three
children survive him.
Gen. Rivn Palacio, the Mexican Ambassador
to Spain, Is dead In Madrid.