San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-01-05

Feb. 2s-Ex Congressman Ward. at Ches-
ter, Pa; aged IS.
Mar. 2o-Gen. Philip st. George Cooke, in
Detroit, Mich; aged 50.
Mar. 29-Maturin NJ. Ballou, of Boston,
editor, publisher and writer, in Cairo,
Egypt; aged IS
Apr s-Judge and ex-Congressman A.
Scott Sloan, at Beaver Dam, Wis: aged rs.
OF the prohibition party. In New York.
Apr 1S-Robert c. Wyckliffe, ex-governor
OF Louisiana. at Shelbyvile, Ky.
Apr 22--Ex-United States Senator James
L. Wilson, at Fairfield, Ia; aged 65.
Apr. SQ-Levi b. Taft, eminent jurist, at
Pontiac. Mich: aged 70.
May LEXICON. Robert S. Green, of New
Jersey, at Elizabeth: aged Co.
May S-Ex-Gov. James A. Weston. of
New Hampshire, at Manchester.
May9-Ex-Congressma A. Nj. Hamilton,
at Fort Wayne. Ind; aged 81.
May 12-Gen. Charles Sutherland re-
tired), In Washington. Ex-Gov. Rev. Ira
J. Chase, of Indiana, at Lubec. Me; aged
6l.. ..Ex-Congressman Julius III. Seelye, ex-
president OF Amherst college. at Amherst,
Mass: aged IL.
May l6zRear Admiral John ! Amy, 2;
....Ex-Gov. Peter n. Burnett. OF Caiifor-
mia, at San Francisco; aged 81
May 2-Congressman William Cogswell.
of Salem, Mass. at Washington: aged 81.
May 23-Henry A. Chittenden, philan-
thropist and abolitionist, at Mt. Clair, N.
j.: aged 70. Hugh McCulloch, Lincoln's
ans Arthur's secretary of treasury, at
May aWsecretary Of state Walter q.
Gresham; aged CO. -. Ex-Congressman
Goldsmith W. Hewitt, at birmingham. Ala.
aged 6l.
Jun. S-Ex-Gov. Lewis Z. Parsons, OF
Alabama, at Montgomery.
Jun. 29-Gen. Green Clay Smith, once
prohibition candidate for president, at
Jun. S0-Ex-Congressman William r.
Parrott, at Evansville, Ind; aged 20.
Jul 4-Chief Justice Harlow s. orion, of
Wisconsin, at Madison; aged rs
Jul. 6-Ex-Gov. Il, A. Stevenson, of Idaho.
committed suicide at Paradise Springs, Cal.
Jul. H-Congressman Frederick Remain,
at Vandalia, Ill. aged as.
Jul. SO-Judge John Dean Cation, in Chi
cago.
Aug. 7-George Frederick Root. composer
of war songs and love ballads, on Bailey's
Aug. s-Howell Edmunds jackson, asso-
ciate justice of u. s. supreme court, at
West Meade, Tenn: aged GO.
Aug, lS-Ex-u. s. Senator Sam Bel
Maxey from Texas, at Eureka Springs,
Ark: aged TO-
Sep. S-Ex-U. s. Senator j. s. Lewis.
near Harrisonburg, Va: aged 81. Ex-
Gov, Charles Anderson. of Ohio. at Kutta-
wa, Ky.
Oct 4-Prof. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen. of
Columbia college, noted Norwegian au-
thor. in New York; aged AZ.
Oct. 7-Willam Wettmore Story, dis
tinguished American sculptor. In Rome.
Oct. S-Ex-Senator Gen. William Malone,
in Washington: aged So.
Oct. H-Ex-Gov. Elisha p. Ferry, OF
Washington, at Seattle; aged 20.
Oct. 22-Ex-Gov. Oliver Ames. of Massa-
chusetts, in North Easton, Eass.; aged g.
Oct. 2i-Ex-U. s. Senator Charles H. Van
Wyck, of Nebraska, in Washington; aged
II.
Nov. 4-Eugene Field, poet and humorist,
at Chicago: aged As.
Nov. 7-Rear Admiral Robert w. Shu.
| feldt (retired), in Washington.
Nov. 16-Rev. DIR. Samuel Francis Smith
author of America" at Boston.
Nov. 22-EX-Congressman Henry Snapp
| at Joliet Ill.
Nov. S6-Senior Bishop A. w. wayman
U. S. African-American church. at Balti
| more.
Dec. 12-Ex-U. S. Senator Allen G.. Thur
man. at Columbus. o.: aged 50. =. Ex-Con
gresham H. s. Bundy, at Wellston. o.
Dec 1S-Brevet Brig. Gen. w. B. Royal
| U. S. A., retired, at Washington; aged 20.
Dec. 15-Ex-Congressman Edward Nc
| Pherson, at Gettysburg, Pa. .Ex-Con
| gresham w. A. McKeighan, at Hastings
| Neb.
Dec 1G-Ex-Congressman B. NJ. Kitchen
at MartinsDurg, W. Va.
Dec. 17-Gen. Moses b. Walker, hero OF
Chickamauga, at kenton, o.
- Dec. lS-Capt Isaac Bassett, assistant
Vlonrk ~ II q senate.